Deuteronomy 25
1 “If [two] Israelis have a dispute and they go to a court, the judge will [probably] decide/declare that one of them (is innocent/did not do any wrong) and the other one is guilty.
人と人との間に争い事があって、さばきを求めてきたならば、さばきびとはこれをさばいて、正しい者を正しいとし、悪い者を悪いとしなければならない。
2 If the judge says that the guilty person must be punished, he shall command him to lie [with his face] on the ground and be whipped. The number of times he is struck with a whip will depend on [what kind of] crime he committed.
その悪い者が、むち打つべき者であるならば、さばきびとは彼を伏させ、自分の前で、その罪にしたがい、数えて彼をむち打たせなければならない。
3 It is permitted that he be struck as many as 40 times, but no more than that. If he is struck more than 40 times, he would be humiliated publicly.
彼をむち打つには四十を越えてはならない。もしそれを越えて、それよりも多くむちを打つときは、あなたの兄弟はあなたの目の前で、はずかしめられることになるであろう。
4 When your ox is treading/walking on the grain [to separate the chaff from the grain], do not (muzzle it/put a covering on its mouth) [to prevent it from eating some of the grain].
脱穀をする牛にくつこを掛けてはならない。
5 If two brothers live on the same property, and one of them who has no son dies, the man’s widow should not marry someone who is not a member of his family. The dead man’s brother must marry her and have sex [EUP] with her. It is his duty to do that.
兄弟が一緒に住んでいて、そのうちのひとりが死んで子のない時は、その死んだ者の妻は出て、他人にとついではならない。その夫の兄弟が彼女の所にはいり、めとって妻とし、夫の兄弟としての道を彼女につくさなければならない。
6 If she later gives birth to a son, that son is to be considered [MTY] the son of the man who died, in order that the dead man’s name will not disappear from Israel.
そしてその女が初めに産む男の子に、死んだ兄弟の名を継がせ、その名をイスラエルのうちに絶やさないようにしなければならない。
7 “But if the dead man’s brother does not want to marry that woman, she must stand at the (gate/central meeting place) of the town and say to the [town] elders, ‘My husband’s brother will not do (his duty/what he is supposed to do). He refuses to [marry me in order that I may give birth to a son who will] prevent my dead husband’s name from disappearing in Israel.’
しかしその人が兄弟の妻をめとるのを好まないならば、その兄弟の妻は町の門へ行って、長老たちに言わなければならない、『わたしの夫の兄弟はその兄弟の名をイスラエルのうちに残すのを拒んで、夫の兄弟としての道をつくすことを好みません』。
8 Then the elders must summon that man and talk to him. If he still refuses to marry that widow,
そのとき町の長老たちは彼を呼び寄せて、さとさなければならない。もし彼が固執して、『わたしは彼女をめとることを好みません』と言うならば、
9 she must go up to him while the elders are watching, and take off one of his sandals [to symbolize/show that he would not receive any of her property], and spit in his face, and say to him, ‘This is what happens to the man who refuses to do what is needed [to allow his dead brother to have a son] in order that our family name does not disappear.’
その兄弟の妻は長老たちの目の前で、彼のそばに行き、その足のくつを脱がせ、その顔につばきして、答えて言わなければならない。『兄弟の家をたてない者には、このようにすべきです』。
10 After that happens, that man’s family will be known as ‘the family of the man whose sandal was pulled off’.
そして彼の家の名は、くつを脱がされた者の家と、イスラエルのうちで呼ばれるであろう。
11 When [two] men are fighting with each other, and the one man’s wife comes near to help her husband by grabbing hold of the other man’s genitals,
ふたりの人が互に争うときに、そのひとりの人の妻が、打つ者の手から夫を救おうとして近づき、手を伸べて、その人の隠し所をつかまえるならば、
12 do not act mercifully toward her; cut off her hand.
その女の手を切り落さなければならない。あわれみをかけてはならない。
13 “[When you are buying or selling things], do not try to cheat people by having two kinds of weights, [one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something], and two kinds of measuring baskets, [one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something].
あなたの袋に大小二種の重り石を入れておいてはならない。
あなたの家に大小二種のますをおいてはならない。
15 Always use correct weights and correct measuring baskets, in order that Yahweh our God will allow you to live a long time in the land that he is giving to you.
不足のない正しい重り石を持ち、また不足のない正しいますを持たなければならない。そうすればあなたの神、主が賜わる地で、あなたは長く命を保つことができるであろう。
16 Yahweh hates all those who act dishonestly, [and he will punish them].
すべてこのような不正をする者を、あなたの神、主が憎まれるからである。
17 Continue to remember what the Amalek people-group did to your ancestors when they were coming out of Egypt.
あなたがエジプトから出てきた時、道でアマレクびとがあなたにしたことを記憶しなければならない。
18 They attacked your ancestors as your ancestors were traveling, when they were weak and exhausted. Those people were not afraid of God at all, so they attacked your ancestors from the rear and killed all those who were unable to walk as fast as the others.
すなわち彼らは道であなたに出会い、あなたがうみ疲れている時、うしろについてきていたすべての弱っている者を攻め撃った。このように彼らは神を恐れなかった。
19 Therefore, when Yahweh our God has given you the land [that he promised to give you], and when he has enabled you to rest from [fighting] all your enemies around you, kill all the Amalek people-group, with the result that no one will remember them any more. Do not forget [to do this]!”
それで、あなたの神、主が嗣業として賜わる地で、あなたの神、主があなたの周囲のすべての敵を征服して、あなたに安息を与えられる時、あなたはアマレクの名を天の下から消し去らなければならない。この事を忘れてはならない。
