Isaiah 30
1 Yahweh says, “Terrible things will happen to you, my people who rebel against me. You make plans, but what you plan is not what I want. You have made an alliance [with the rulers of Egypt], but you did not ask my Spirit [if that was what you should do]. By doing that, you have increased the number of your sins.
主は言われる、「そむける子らはわざわいだ、彼らは計りごとを行うけれども、わたしによってではない。彼らは同盟を結ぶけれども、わが霊によってではない、罪に罪を加えるためだ。
2 You went to Egypt [to ask their rulers for help], without asking for my advice. You have trusted in [the army of] the king of Egypt to protect you; you have [trusted in them] [like] people sit in the shade [to protect themselves from the sun] [MET].
彼らはわが言葉を求めず、エジプトへ下っていって、パロの保護にたより、エジプトの陰に隠れようとする。
3 [But] the result of your trusting in the king of Egypt is that you will be [disappointed and] disgraced; because of trusting in him, you will be humiliated.
それゆえ、パロの保護はかえってあなたがたの恥となり、エジプトの陰に隠れることはあなたがたのはずかしめとなる。
4 Officials/ambassadors [from Judah] have gone to Zoan and Hanes [cities in Egypt to make treaties],
たとい、彼の君たちがゾアンにあり、彼の使者たちがハネスに来ても、
5 but all those [who trust in the King of Egypt] will be humiliated, because that nation will not be able to help you; the treaty that you have made [requesting help from them] will be useless; instead, the result will be that you will be humiliated and disgraced [DOU].”
彼らは皆おのれを益することのできない民により、すなわち助けとならず、益とならず、かえって恥となり、はずかしめとなる民によって、恥をかくからである」。
6 [I received from Yahweh] this message about the animals in the southern part of Judah: That area is one where [people experience a lot of] troubles and difficulties, an area where there are male and female lions and various kinds of poisonous snakes. Caravans go through that area taking donkeys and camels loaded with valuable goods. [They are taking them] to Egypt to seek for protection [by the army of Egypt], [but] it will be useless.
ネゲブの獣についての託宣。彼らはその富を若いろばの背に負わせ、その宝をらくだの背に負わせて、雌じし、雄じし、まむしおよび飛びかけるへびの出る悩みと苦しみの国を通って、おのれを益することのできない民に行く。
7 The promises made by [the king of] Egypt are worthless; therefore I call Egypt ‘the sea monster/dragon that does nothing’.
そのエジプトの助けは無益であって、むなしい。それゆえ、わたしはこれを「休んでいるラハブ」と呼んだ。
8 Yahweh told me to write on a scroll a message, in order that it would be a witness [to the people of Judah] that would endure forever.
いま行って、これを彼らの前で札にしるし、書物に載せ、後の世に伝えて、とこしえにあかしとせよ。
9 [It would remind them] that they are deceitful and always rebelling against Yahweh; they refuse to pay attention to what he tells/teaches them.
彼らはそむける民、偽りを言う子ら、主の教を聞こうとしない子らだ。
10 They tell the people who see/receive visions [from Yahweh], “Stop seeing visions!” They tell the prophets, “Do not reveal to us what is right! Tell us pleasant things; do not tell us visions about things that are true!
彼らは先見者にむかって「見るな」と言い、預言者にむかっては「正しい事をわれわれに預言するな、耳に聞きよいことを語れ、迷わしごとを預言せよ。
11 Stop doing what you have been doing [DOU]; stop telling us what the Holy One of Israel [says to us]!”
大路を去り、小路をはなれ、イスラエルの聖者について語り聞かすな」と言う。
12 Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “You have rejected my message, and you are relying on those who oppress and deceive others.
それゆえ、イスラエルの聖者はこう言われる、「あなたがたはこの言葉を侮り、しえたげと、よこしまとを頼み、これにたよるがゆえに、
13 Therefore, the result of your sin [of rejecting me] will be that you will [suddenly experience disasters]; what will happen to you will be like [SIM] a cracked wall that suddenly collapses [DOU].
この不義はあなたがたには突き出て、くずれ落ちようとする高い石がきの破れのようであって、その倒壊はにわかに、またたくまに来る。
14 You will be smashed like a clay jar is smashed [when it is dropped], and it shatters completely, with the result that there is not one piece big enough to carry some coals from a stove or to carry a little bit of water from a well.”
その破れることは陶器師の器を破るように惜しむことなく打ち砕き、その砕けのなかには、炉から火を取り、池から水をくめるほどの、ひとかけらさえ見いだされない」。
15 Yahweh, [our] God, the Holy One of Israel, [also] says this: “You will be rescued [from your enemies only] if you repent and trust [in what I will do for you]; you will be strong [only] if you quit worrying and trust in me. But you do not want [to do that].
主なる神、イスラエルの聖者はこう言われた、「あなたがたは立ち返って、落ち着いているならば救われ、穏やかにして信頼しているならば力を得る」。しかし、あなたがたはこの事を好まなかった。
16 You said, ‘No, we will escape on horses [that the army of Egypt will give us]!’ So, you will [try to] flee. You said, ‘We will [escape from the army of Assyria] by riding on swift horses!’ [But] those who pursue you will [also ride] swiftly.
かえって、あなたがたは言った、「否、われわれは馬に乗って、とんで行こう」と。それゆえ、あなたがたはとんで帰る。また言った、「われらは速い馬に乗ろう」と。それゆえ、あなたがたを追う者は速い。
17 [As a result], 1,000 [of you] will flee when [only] one of them pursues you! When only five [of their soldiers] threaten [to kill you], [all of] will flee. [Only a few of] you will be left, like [SIM] a [single] flagpole on top of a mountain with one signal flag on the pole.”
ひとりの威嚇によって千人は逃げ、五人の威嚇によってあなたがたは逃げて、その残る者はわずかに山の頂にある旗ざおのように、丘の上にある旗のようになる。
18 [But] wants to be kind to you; he desires to show you that he is merciful. [Do not forget that] Yahweh is a God who acts justly; he is pleased with those who patiently trust in him.
それゆえ、主は待っていて、あなたがたに恵を施される。それゆえ、主は立ちあがって、あなたがたをあわれまれる。主は公平の神でいらせられる。すべて主を待ち望む者はさいわいである。
19 You people who live in Jerusalem [DOU], [some day] you will not cry any more. Yahweh will be kind to you when you call out to him for help. He will answer/help you as soon as he hears you call.
シオンにおり、エルサレムに住む民よ、あなたはもはや泣くことはない。主はあなたの呼ばわる声に応じて、必ずあなたに恵みを施される。主がそれを聞かれるとき、直ちに答えられる。
20 Although [now] Yahweh has caused you to [daily] experience [MET] great troubles and suffer much, [he], your teacher, will not hide himself from you. He [SYN] will teach you many things clearly.
たとい主はあなたがたに悩みのパンと苦しみの水を与えられても、あなたの師は再び隠れることはなく、あなたの目はあなたの師を見る。
21 And you will hear him speak to you to guide you. [Right] behind you he will say, “This is the road on which you should walk; walk on this road!”
また、あなたが右に行き、あるいは左に行く時、そのうしろで「これは道だ、これに歩め」と言う言葉を耳に聞く。
22 When that happens, you will destroy [all] your idols that are covered with silver or gold. You will throw them away like you throw away a filthy rag, and you will say to them, “We do not need you any more!”
その時、あなたがたはしろがねをおおった刻んだ像と、こがねを張った鋳た像とを汚し、これをきたない物のようにまき散らして、これに「去れ」と言う。
23 [If you do that], Yahweh will bless you by giving you good rain at the time that you plant your crops. You will have good harvests, and plenty of pasture with grass for your cattle to eat.
主はあなたが地にまく種に雨を与え、地の産物なる穀物をくださる。それはおびただしく、かつ豊かである。その日あなたの家畜は広い牧場で草を食べ、
24 After the wind [blows away the chaff], the oxen and donkeys that [pull the plow to] plow your ground will have good grain to eat.
地を耕す牛と、ろばは、シャベルと、くまででより分けて塩を加えた飼料を食べる。
25 At that time, when [your enemies] have been slaughtered and their towers have (collapsed/been destroyed), there will be streams flowing down every hill and mountain [in Judah].
大いなる虐殺の日、やぐらの倒れる時、すべてのそびえたつ山と、すべての高い丘に水の流れる川がある。
26 The moon will seem to shine as brightly as the sun, and the sun will seem to shine seven times as brightly as previously. That is what it will be like when Yahweh causes [the suffering of] his people [to cease; it will be as though] [MET] he will be putting bandages on their wounds and healing them.
さらに主がその民の傷を包み、その打たれた傷をいやされる日には、月の光は日の光のようになり、日の光は七倍となり、七つの日の光のようにになる。
27 [It is as though] we see Yahweh coming from far away; he is extremely angry, and there are thick clouds of smoke around him. By what he says [MTY] he shows that he is angry; what he says is like [SIM] a devastating/destructive fire.
見よ、主の名は遠い所から燃える怒りと、立ちあがる濃い煙をもって来る。そのくちびるは憤りで満ち、その舌は焼きつくす火のごとく、
28 His breath is like [SIM] a flood that covers [his enemies] up to their necks. He will separate [MET] the nations in order to destroy [some of them]; [it is as though] he will put hooks in their mouths and take them away.
その息はあふれて首にまで達する流れのようであって、滅びのふるいをもってもろもろの国をふるい、また惑わす手綱をもろもろの民のあごにつけるために来る。
29 But [his people] will sing joyfully like they sing during the nights when they celebrate a holy festival. They will be very joyful, like [SIM] [a large group of his people] are joyful when they go up to Zion Hill in Jerusalem, along with men playing flutes [when they are all going there to worship Yahweh]. He is [like] [MET] a huge rock under which [we] Israeli people [are safe].
あなたがたは、聖なる祭を守る夜のように歌をうたう。また笛をならして主の山にきたり、イスラエルの岩なる主にまみえる時のように心に喜ぶ。
30 And Yahweh will enable [us] to hear him speaking powerfully/majestically. He will show us that he [SYN] is very powerful. [We] will see him [SYN] smash [his enemies]. Being very angry, he will descend with a big rainstorm and thunder and hail [to punish them].
主はその威厳ある声を聞かせ、激しい怒りと、焼きつくす火の炎と、豪雨と、暴風と、ひょうとをもってその腕の下ることを示される。
31 [The soldiers of] Assyria will be terrified when they hear the voice of Yahweh and when he strikes them with his rod.
主がそのむちをもって打たれる時、アッスリヤの人々は主の声によって恐れおののく。
32 And while Yahweh strikes them to punish them, [his people] will [celebrate by] playing tambourines and harps. [It will be as though] Yahweh will lift up his powerful hand/arm and defeat the Assyrian army in battle.
主が懲しめのつえを彼らの上に加えられるごとに鼓を鳴らし、琴をひく。主は腕を振りかざして、彼らと戦われる。
33 [The valley of] Topheth [outside Jerusalem] has been prepared for a long time; it is ready for the king [of Assyria]; the (funeral pyre/pile of wood) [for burning his body] is wide and high, and [it will be as though] Yahweh will light the fire with his breath, which will come out like a stream of burning sulfur.
焼き場はすでに設けられた。しかも王のために深く広く備えられ、火と多くのたきぎが積まれてある。主の息はこれを硫黄の流れのように燃やす。
