Ezekiel 3
1 He said to me, “You human, eat this scroll that is in front of you. Then go and speak to the Israeli people [MTY].”
彼はわたしに言われた。「人の子よ、あなたに与えられたものを食べなさい。この巻物を食べ、行ってイスラエルの家に語りなさい」。
2 So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat it.
そこでわたしが口を開くと、彼はわたしにその巻物を食べさせた。
3 Then he said to me, “You human, eat the scroll that I have given to you. Fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it, and in my mouth it tasted as sweet as honey.
そして彼はわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、わたしがあなたに与えるこの巻物を食べ、これであなたの腹を満たしなさい」。わたしがそれを食べると、それはわたしの口に甘いこと蜜のようであった。
4 Then he said to me, “You human, go to the Israeli people [MTY] and tell them my message.
彼はまたわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、イスラエルの家に行って、わたしの言葉を語りなさい。
5 The people to whom I am sending you are not people whose language is very [to learn], a language which you do not understand. I am sending you to your Israeli people [MTY].
わたしはあなたを、異国語を用い、舌の重い民につかわすのでなく、イスラエルの家につかわすのである。
6 I am sending you to people whose language you understand very well. If I were sending you to people whose language was difficult for you to understand, they [be surprised and] pay attention to what [say to them].
すなわちあなたがその言葉を知らない、異国語の舌の重い多くの民につかわすのではない。もしわたしがあなたをそのような民につかわしたら、彼らはあなたに聞いたであろう。
7 But the Israeli people do not want to listen to you because they do not want to listen to me. [They do not want to listen because] they are all very stubborn [DOU].
しかしイスラエルの家はあなたに聞くのを好まない。彼らはわたしに聞くのを好まないからである。イスラエルの家はすべて厚顔でまた強情である。
8 But I will enable you [SYN] to be as stubborn and tough as they are.
見よ、わたしはあなたの顔を彼らの顔に向かって堅くし、あなたの額を彼らの額に向かって堅くした。
9 I will cause you to be as firm/unbreakable as [SIM] the hardest stone, like flint. So, [even though] they are very rebellious people, do not be afraid of them; do not allow them to cause you to be afraid.”
わたしはあなたの額を岩よりも堅いダイヤモンドのようにした。ゆえに彼らを恐れてはならない。彼らの顔をはばかってはならない。彼らは反逆の家である」。
10 He also said to me, “You human, listen very carefully to what I say, and keep thinking about it [IDM].
また彼はわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、わたしがあなたに語るすべての言葉をあなたの心におさめ、あなたの耳に聞きなさい。
11 Go to your fellow Israelis who [here after being] (exiled/forced to leave their country), and speak to them. Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says,’ [and then tell them my message], whether they want to hear it or whether they do not want to hear it.”
そして捕囚の人々、あなたの民の人々の所へ行って、彼らが聞いても、彼らが拒んでも、『主なる神はこう言われる』と彼らに言いなさい」。
12 [in the vision] the [of God] lifted me up, and I heard behind [someone speaking very loudly], like a loud rumbling sound. [I heard someone say, ] “Praise our glorious Yahweh in the place where he [in heaven]!”
時に霊がわたしをもたげた。そして主の栄光がその所からのぼった時、わたしの後に大いなる地震の響きを聞いた。
13 [I heard] the sound of the wings of the four living creatures brushing against each other, [I also heard] the sound of the wheels that were beside them. It was a loud rumbling sound.
それは互に相触れる生きものの翼の音と、そのかたわらの輪の音で、大いなる地震のように響いた。
14 The Spirit took me away. Within me I was very bitter and angry [DOU], but I felt Yahweh holding me very powerfully.
霊はわたしをもたげ、わたしを取り去ったので、わたしは心を熱くし、苦々しい思いで出て行った。主の手が強くわたしの上にあった。
15 I came to the exiles who lived at Tel [town] near the Kebar River/ [south of Babylon]. Then, where they were living, I sat for seven days. I was [about everything that I had seen].
そしてわたしはケバル川のほとりのテルアビブにいる捕囚の人々のもとへ行き、七日の間、驚きあきれて彼らの中に座した。
16 After those seven days had ended, Yahweh gave me this message:
七日過ぎて後、主の言葉がわたしに臨んだ、
17 “You human, I am appointing [to be like] a watchman [MET] for the Israeli people [MTY]. [So] listen to these messages that I will give you, and tell them those messages to warn them.
「人の子よ、わたしはあなたをイスラエルの家のために見守る者とした。あなたはわたしの口から言葉を聞くたびに、わたしに代って彼らを戒めなさい。
18 When I say about some wicked people, ‘They will surely [because of their sins],’ if you do not warn them or tell them that they must turn from their wicked behavior if they want to (save their lives/remain alive), those wicked people will die because of the sins that they have committed, but I will consider that you are responsible for their deaths [MTY].
わたしが悪人に『あなたは必ず死ぬ』と言うとき、あなたは彼の命を救うために彼を戒めず、また悪人を戒めて、その悪い道から離れるように語らないなら、その悪人は自分の悪のために死ぬ。しかしその血をわたしはあなたの手から求める。
19 But if you warn the wicked people and they do not turn from all their wicked behavior [DOU], they will die because of their sins, but you will have saved [from my punishing you].
しかし、もしあなたが悪人を戒めても、彼がその悪をも、またその悪い道をも離れないなら、彼はその悪のために死ぬ。しかしあなたは自分の命を救う。
20 Similarly, when righteous people turn from their righteous behavior and do evil deeds, I will cause bad things to happen [IDM] to them. [But you must warn them. If you do not warn them], and if they do not stop their sinful behavior, they will die because of their sins; I will not think about the righteous things that they [previously], but I will consider that you are responsible for their deaths [MTY].
また義人がその義にそむき、不義を行うなら、わたしは彼の前に、つまずきを置き、彼は死ぬ。あなたが彼を戒めなかったゆえ、彼はその罪のために死に、その行った義は覚えられない。しかしその血をわたしはあなたの手から求める。
21 But if you warn righteous people not to sin, and they do not sin, they will surely remain alive because they [your] warning, and you will have saved [from my punishing you].”
けれども、もしあなたが義人を戒めて、罪を犯さないように語り、そして彼が罪を犯さないなら、彼は戒めを受けいれたゆえに、その命を保ち、あなたは自分の命を救う」。
22 [I felt] Yahweh take control [MTY] of me, and he said to me, “Get up and go [from the city down] to the plain/valley, and there I will speak to you.”
その所で主の手がわたしの上に臨み、彼はわたしに言われた、「立って、平野に出て行きなさい。その所でわたしはあなたに語ろう」。
23 So I got up and went down to the valley. And I saw the glory of Yahweh there, like the glory that I had seen along the Kebar River/Canal. And I prostrated myself on the ground.
そこで、わたしは立って平野に出て行った。見よ、主の栄光が、かつてわたしがケバル川のほとりで見た栄光のように、その所に立ち現れたので、わたしはひれ伏した。
24 Then the [of God] entered me and enabled me to stand up. He said to me, “Go into your house and stay inside it.
しかし霊がわたしのうちにはいって、わたしを立ちあがらせ、わたしに語って言った、「行って、あなたの家にこもっていなさい。
25 People will tie you with ropes, with the result that you will be unable to go out among the people.
人の子よ、見よ、彼らはあなたの上になわをかけ、それであなたを縛り、あなたを民の中に行かせないようにする。
26 [Even though] they are very rebellious people, I will cause your tongue to stick to the roof of your mouth, with the result that you will be unable to talk and to rebuke them.
わたしはあなたの舌を上あごにつかせ、あなたをおしにして、彼らを戒めることができないようにする。彼らは反逆の家だからである。
27 [then] when I speak to [again], I will enable you to talk [MTY], and you will say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says,’ [and you will tell them my message]. Those who are willing to [to what you say] will listen, [many] will refuse to listen, because they are rebellious people [MTY].”
しかし、わたしがあなたと語るときは、あなたの口を開く。あなたは彼らに『主なる神はこう言われる』と言わなければならない。聞く者は聞くがよい、拒む者は拒むがよい。彼らは反逆の家だからである。
