Acts 9
1 Meanwhile, Saul angrily continued to say, “I will kill those who believe that [Jesus is] the Lord!” He went to the supreme priest [in Jerusalem]
さてサウロは、なおも主の弟子たちに対する脅迫、殺害の息をはずませながら、大祭司のところに行って、
2 and requested him [to write] letters [introducing him] to [the leaders of] [MTY] the Jewish meeting places in Damascus [city. The letters asked them to authorize Saul] to seize any men or women who followed the way [that Jesus had taught], and to take them as prisoners to Jerusalem [so that the Jewish leaders could judge and punish them].
ダマスコの諸会堂あての添書を求めた。それは、この道の者を見つけ次第、男女の別なく縛りあげて、エルサレムにひっぱって来るためであった。
3 Saul took those letters, and while he [and those with him] traveled toward Damascus, as they were approaching the city, suddenly a [brilliant] light from heaven shone around Saul.
ところが、道を急いでダマスコの近くにきたとき、突然、天から光がさして、彼をめぐり照した。
4 [Immediately] he fell down to the ground. Then he heard the voice [of the Lord] say to him, “Saul, Saul, (stop causing me to suffer!/why are you causing me to suffer?) [RHQ]”
彼は地に倒れたが、その時「サウロ、サウロ、なぜわたしを迫害するのか」と呼びかける声を聞いた。
5 Saul asked him, “Lord, who are you?” He replied, “I am Jesus, [and] you [(sg)] are causing me to suffer [by hurting my followers]!
そこで彼は「主よ、あなたは、どなたですか」と尋ねた。すると答があった、「わたしは、あなたが迫害しているイエスである。
6 Now instead [of continuing to do that], stand up and go into the city! [Someone there] will tell you [(sg)] what I [want] you to do.”
さあ立って、町にはいって行きなさい。そうすれば、そこであなたのなすべき事が告げられるであろう」。
7 The men who were traveling with Saul [became so frightened that they] could not say anything. [They just] stood there. They only heard the sound [when the Lord spoke], but they did not see anyone.
サウロの同行者たちは物も言えずに立っていて、声だけは聞えたが、だれも見えなかった。
8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see anything. So the men [with him] took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.
サウロは地から起き上がって目を開いてみたが、何も見えなかった。そこで人々は、彼の手を引いてダマスコへ連れて行った。
9 For the next three days Saul could not see [anything], and he did not eat or drink anything.
彼は三日間、目が見えず、また食べることも飲むこともしなかった。
10 In Damascus there was [a Jew] named Ananias who believed in Jesus. While [Ananias was seeing] a vision, the Lord [Jesus] said to him, “Ananias!” He replied, “Lord, I [am listening].”
さて、ダマスコにアナニヤというひとりの弟子がいた。この人に主が幻の中に現れて、「アナニヤよ」とお呼びになった。彼は「主よ、わたしでございます」と答えた。
11 The Lord Jesus told him, “Go to Straight Street to the house that belongs to Judas. Ask [someone there if you(sg) can talk to] a man named Saul from Tarsus [city], because, surprisingly, at this moment he is praying [to me].
そこで主が彼に言われた、「立って、『真すぐ』という名の路地に行き、ユダの家でサウロというタルソ人を尋ねなさい。彼はいま祈っている。
12 [Saul has seen] a vision in which a man named Ananias entered [the house where he was staying] and put his hands on him in order that he might see again.”
彼はアナニヤという人がはいってきて、手を自分の上において再び見えるようにしてくれるのを、幻で見たのである」。
13 But Ananias [protested], saying, “But Lord, many people have told me about this man! He has done many evil things to the people in Jerusalem who [believe in] you!
アナニヤは答えた、「主よ、あの人がエルサレムで、どんなにひどい事をあなたの聖徒たちにしたかについては、多くの人たちから聞いています。
14 And the chief priests have authorized him to come here [to Damascus] in order to seize all of us who believe in you [(sg)] [MTY] [and take us to Jerusalem]!”
そして彼はここでも、御名をとなえる者たちをみな捕縛する権を、祭司長たちから得てきているのです」。
15 But the Lord [Jesus] told Ananias, “Go to [Saul! Do what I say], because I have chosen him to serve me in order that he might speak about me [MTY] both to non-Jewish people and [their] kings and to the Israeli people.
しかし、主は仰せになった、「さあ、行きなさい。あの人は、異邦人たち、王たち、またイスラエルの子らにも、わたしの名を伝える器として、わたしが選んだ者である。
16 I myself will tell him that he must often suffer greatly because of [telling people about] me [MTY].”
わたしの名のために彼がどんなに苦しまなければならないかを、彼に知らせよう」。
17 So Ananias went, and [after he found] the house [where Saul was], he entered it. Then, [as soon as he met Saul], he put his hands on him, and he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus [himself] commanded me to come [to you]. He is the [same] one who appeared to you [(sg)] while you were traveling along the road. [He sent me to you] in order that you might see again and that you might be completely controlled by the Holy Spirit {that the Holy Spirit might completely control you}.”
そこでアナニヤは、出かけて行ってその家にはいり、手をサウロの上において言った、「兄弟サウロよ、あなたが来る途中で現れた主イエスは、あなたが再び見えるようになるため、そして聖霊に満たされるために、わたしをここにおつかわしになったのです」。
18 Instantly, things like [fish] scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he was able to see again. Then he stood up and was baptized {[Ananias] baptized him} [immediately].
するとたちどころに、サウロの目から、うろこのようなものが落ちて、元どおり見えるようになった。そこで彼は立ってバプテスマを受け、
19 After Saul ate some food, he felt strong again. Saul stayed with the [other] believers in Damascus for several days.
また食事をとって元気を取りもどした。サウロは、ダマスコにいる弟子たちと共に数日間を過ごしてから、
20 Right away Saul began to preach [to people about Jesus] in the Jewish meeting places [in Damascus. He told them] that Jesus is (the Son of/the man who is also) God.
ただちに諸会堂でイエスのことを宣べ伝え、このイエスこそ神の子であると説きはじめた。
21 And all the people who heard him [preach] were amazed. [Various ones of] them were saying, “([We(inc) can hardly believe that] this is the [same man] who persecuted the believers in Jerusalem!/Is this really the [same man] who persecuted the believers in Jerusalem?) [RHQ, MTY] And we [(inc)] know that he has [RHQ] come here to seize us and take us to the chief priests [in Jerusalem]!”
これを聞いた人たちはみな非常に驚いて言った、「あれは、エルサレムでこの名をとなえる者たちを苦しめた男ではないか。その上ここにやってきたのも、彼らを縛りあげて、祭司長たちのところへひっぱって行くためではなかったか」。
22 But [God] enabled Saul [to preach to many people even] more convincingly. He was proving [from the Scriptures] that Jesus is the Messiah. So the Jewish leaders in Damascus could not think of anything (to refute [what he said/to prove that what he said was not true]).
しかし、サウロはますます力が加わり、このイエスがキリストであることを論証して、ダマスコに住むユダヤ人たちを言い伏せた。
23 Some time later, [after Saul had left Damascus and then returned], the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] [there] plotted to kill him.
相当の日数がたったころ、ユダヤ人たちはサウロを殺す相談をした。
24 [During each] day and night those Jews were continually watching [the people passing through] the city gates, in order that [when they saw Saul] they might kill him. However, someone told Saul what they planned to do.
ところが、その陰謀が彼の知るところとなった。彼らはサウロを殺そうとして、夜昼、町の門を見守っていたのである。
25 So some of those whom he had helped [to believe in Jesus] took him [one] night [to the high stone wall that surrounded the city]. They [used ropes to] lower him in a [large] basket through an opening in the wall. [So he escaped from Damascus].
そこで彼の弟子たちが、夜の間に彼をかごに乗せて、町の城壁づたいにつりおろした。
26 When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he began trying to associate with other believers. However, [almost] all of them continued to be afraid of him, because they did not believe that he had become a believer.
サウロはエルサレムに着いて、弟子たちの仲間に加わろうと努めたが、みんなの者は彼を弟子だとは信じないで、恐れていた。
27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He explained to the apostles how, [while Saul was traveling] along the road [to Damascus], he had seen the Lord [Jesus] and how the Lord had spoken to him [there. He] also told them how Saul had preached boldly about Jesus [MTY] [to people] in Damascus. [The apostles believed Barnabas and told the other believers about that].
ところが、バルナバは彼の世話をして使徒たちのところへ連れて行き、途中で主が彼に現れて語りかけたことや、彼がダマスコでイエスの名で大胆に宣べ伝えた次第を、彼らに説明して聞かせた。
28 So Saul began to associate with the apostles [and other believers] throughout Jerusalem, and he spoke boldly [to people] about [MTY] the Lord [Jesus].
それ以来、彼は使徒たちの仲間に加わり、エルサレムに出入りし、主の名によって大胆に語り、
29 Saul was [also] speaking [about Jesus] with Jews who spoke Greek, and he was debating with them. But they were continually trying [to think] ([of a way] to kill him/of [how they could] kill him).
ギリシヤ語を使うユダヤ人たちとしばしば語り合い、また論じ合った。しかし、彼らは彼を殺そうとねらっていた。
30 When the [other] believers heard that [those Jews were planning to kill him, some of] the believers took Saul down to Caesarea [city. There] they arranged for him to go [by ship] to Tarsus, [his hometown].
兄弟たちはそれと知って、彼をカイザリヤに連れてくだり、タルソへ送り出した。
31 So the groups of believers throughout [the entire regions of] Judea, Galilee, and Samaria lived peacefully [because no one was persecuting them any more]. The Holy Spirit was strengthening them [spiritually] and encouraging them. They were continuing to revere/honor the Lord [Jesus, and the Holy Spirit] was enabling many other people [to become believers].
こうして教会は、ユダヤ、ガリラヤ、サマリヤ全地方にわたって平安を保ち、基礎がかたまり、主をおそれ聖霊にはげまされて歩み、次第に信徒の数を増して行った。
32 While Peter was traveling throughout those [regions, once] he went to [the coastal plain to visit] the believers [who lived] in Lydda [town].
ペテロは方々をめぐり歩いたが、ルダに住む聖徒たちのところへも下って行った。
33 There he met a man whose name was Aeneas. Aeneas had not been able to get up from [his] bed for eight years, because he was paralyzed.
そして、そこで、八年間も床についているアイネヤという人に会った。この人は中風であった。
34 Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you [(sg) right now]! Get up and roll up your mat!” Right away Aeneas stood up.
ペテロが彼に言った、「アイネヤよ、イエス・キリストがあなたをいやして下さるのだ。起きなさい。そして床を取りあげなさい」。すると、彼はただちに起きあがった。
35 Most of the people who lived in Lydda and on Sharon [Plain] saw Aeneas [after the Lord had healed him], so they believed in the Lord [Jesus].
ルダとサロンに住む人たちは、みなそれを見て、主に帰依した。
36 In Joppa [town] there was a believer whose name was Tabitha. [Her name] in the [Greek] language was Dorcas. [Both of these names mean gazelle/deer/antelope]. That woman was continually doing good deeds [for others. Specifically], she was helping poor people [by giving them things that they needed].
ヨッパにタビタ（これを訳すと、ドルカス、すなわち、かもしか）という女弟子がいた。数々のよい働きや施しをしていた婦人であった。
37 During the time [that Peter was in Lydda], she became sick and died. [Some women there] washed her body [according to the Jewish custom so that the people could bury it]. Then they [covered her body with cloth and] placed it in an upstairs room [in her house].
ところが、そのころ病気になって死んだので、人々はそのからだを洗って、屋上の間に安置した。
38 Lydda was near Joppa, so when the believers heard that Peter was [still] in Lydda, they sent two men to [go] to Peter. [When they arrived where Peter was], they repeatedly urged/begged him, “Please come immediately with us [to Joppa]!”
ルダはヨッパに近かったので、弟子たちはペテロがルダにきていると聞き、ふたりの者を彼のもとにやって、「どうぞ、早くこちらにおいで下さい」と頼んだ。
39 So [right away] Peter got ready and went with them. When they arrived [at the house in Joppa], the two men took Peter to the upstairs room [where Dorcas’ body was lying]. All the widows [there] around Peter. They were crying and showing him the cloaks and [other] garments that Dorcas had made for people while she was still alive.
そこでペテロは立って、ふたりの者に連れられてきた。彼が着くとすぐ、屋上の間に案内された。すると、やもめたちがみんな彼のそばに寄ってきて、ドルカスが生前つくった下着や上着の数々を、泣きながら見せるのであった。
40 But Peter sent them all out of the room. Then he got down on his knees and prayed. Then, turning toward Tabitha’s body, he said, “Tabitha, stand up!” [Immediately] she opened her eyes and, when she saw Peter, she sat up.
ペテロはみんなの者を外に出し、ひざまずいて祈った。それから死体の方に向いて、「タビタよ、起きなさい」と言った。すると彼女は目をあけ、ペテロを見て起きなおった。
41 He grasped one of her hands and helped her to stand up. After he had summoned the believers and [especially] the widows [among them to come back in], he showed them that Tabitha was alive [again].
ペテロは彼女に手をかして立たせた。それから、聖徒たちや、やもめたちを呼び入れて、彼女が生きかえっているのを見せた。
42 [Soon] people everywhere in Joppa knew about that miracle, and as a result many people believed in the Lord [Jesus].
このことがヨッパ中に知れわたり、多くの人々が主を信じた。
43 Peter stayed in Joppa many days with a man named Simon who made leather [from animal skins].
ペテロは、皮なめしシモンという人の家に泊まり、しばらくの間ヨッパに滞在した。
