Isaiah 51
1 [Yahweh says], “You people who desire to act righteously/justly, who want to do what I want you to do, listen to me! Think about Abraham! [It is as though] [MET] he was a huge rock cliff; and when you [people of Israel became a nation], [it was as though] [MET] you were cut from that rock [DOU].
「義を追い求め、主を尋ね求める者よ、わたしに聞け。あなたがたの切り出された岩と、あなたがたの掘り出された穴とを思いみよ。
2 Think about your ancestor Abraham and [his wife] Sarah, of whom [all of] you are descendants. When I first spoke to Abraham, he had no children. But after I blessed him, he had a huge number of descendants.
あなたがたの父アブラハムと、あなたがたを産んだサラとを思いみよ。わたしは彼をただひとりであったときに召し、彼を祝福して、その子孫を増し加えた。
3 [Some day I], Yahweh, will encourage his descendants [again], and I will comfort all [the people who live in] the ruins [of Jerusalem]. The desert in that area will become like Eden, like the garden that I, Yahweh, [made/planted]. All the people there will be joyful and happy; they will thank me and sing.
主はシオンを慰め、またそのすべて荒れた所を慰めて、その荒野をエデンのように、そのさばくを主の園のようにされる。こうして、その中に喜びと楽しみとがあり、感謝と歌の声とがある。
4 My people of Judah, listen carefully [DOU] to me, because [I want you to] proclaim my laws; the just/right things that I do will be [like] [MET] a light for the people of the nations.
わが民よ、わたしに聞け、わが国びとよ、わたしに耳を傾けよ。律法はわたしから出、わが道はもろもろの民の光となる。
5 I will soon/quickly rescue you [DOU]; by my power [MTY] I will bring you back [from being exiled in Babylonia] [DOU]. The people who live on islands in the ocean will wait for me [to help them], confidently expecting for me to use my power [MTY].
わが義はすみやかに近づき、わが救は出て行った。わが腕はもろもろの民を治める。海沿いの国々はわたしを待ち望み、わが腕に寄り頼む。
6 Look up at the sky, and look at the earth, [and see what they are like now], because [some day] the sky will disappear like [SIM] smoke, and the earth will wear out like [SIM] old clothes wear out, and people on the earth will die like gnats/flies. But I will rescue/save you, and you will remain free forever, and I will rule you righteously/fairly forever.
目をあげて天を見、また下なる地を見よ。天は煙のように消え、地は衣のようにふるび、その中に住む者は、ぶよのように死ぬ。しかし、わが救はとこしえにながらえ、わが義はくじけることがない。
7 You people who know what things are right to do, and who know in your inner beings [what is written in] my laws, listen to me! Do not be afraid of people who taunt/insult you; do not be disturbed/upset when people revile you,
義を知る者よ、心のうちにわが律法をたもつ者よ、わたしに聞け。人のそしりを恐れてはならない、彼らのののしりに驚いてはならない。
8 because [some day they will be destroyed] like [MET] clothing that is eaten by ([larvae of] moths/cockroaches), like wool garments that have been eaten by worms. I will save you people, and you will be saved forever.”
彼らは衣のように、しみに食われ、羊の毛のように虫に食われるからだ。しかし、わが義はとこしえにながらえ、わが救はよろず代に及ぶ」。
9 Yahweh, wake up [and do something for us]! Show your power! Do mighty things like you did long ago, when you stabbed [RHQ] that sea monster/dragon Rahab and cut it into pieces.
主のかいなよ、さめよ、さめよ、力を着よ。さめて、いにしえの日、昔の代にあったようになれ。ラハブを切り殺し、龍を刺し貫いたのは、あなたではなかったか。
10 Surely you are [RHQ] the one who caused the [Red] Sea to become dry and made a path through that deep water in order that your people could cross it!
海をかわかし、大いなる淵の水をかわかし、また海の深き所を、あがなわれた者の過ぎる道とされたのは、あなたではなかったか。
11 And those whom Yahweh will rescue [from being exiled in Babylonia] will [similarly] return to Jerusalem, singing. Their being joyful forever will be [like] [MET] a crown on their heads. They will not be sad or mourn any more; they will be [completely] joyful and happy.
主にあがなわれた者は、歌うたいつつ、シオンに帰ってきて、そのこうべに、とこしえの喜びをいただき、彼らは喜びと楽しみとを得、悲しみと嘆きとは逃げ去る。
12 [Yahweh says], “I am the one who encourages you. So (why are you/you should not be) [RHQ] afraid of humans who will [wither and disappear like] [MET] grass.
「わたしこそあなたを慰める者だ。あなたは何者なれば、死ぬべき人を恐れ、草のようになるべき人の子を恐れるのか。
13 (Why have you/You should not have) [RHQ] forgotten [me], Yahweh, the one who created your nation, the one who stretched out the sky and laid the foundations of the earth. (Why are you/You should not be) [RHQ] continually afraid of those who are angry with you and (oppress you/treat you cruelly) and want to get rid of you. [You should not be afraid of them now], because those angry people have now disappeared!
天をのべ、地の基をすえられたあなたの造り主、主を忘れて、なぜ、しえたげる者が滅ぼそうと備えをするとき、その憤りのゆえに常にひねもす恐れるのか。しえたげる者の憤りはどこにあるか。
14 Soon you people who have been caused to be slaves [in Babylonia] will be freed! You will not remain in prison, and you will not die of hunger,
身をかがめている捕われ人は、すみやかに解かれて、死ぬことなく、穴にくだることなく、その食物はつきることがない。
15 because I am Yahweh, your God, the one who stirs up the sea and causes the waves to roar; I am the Commander of the armies of angels!
わたしは海をふるわせ、その波をなりどよめかすあなたの神、主である。その名を万軍の主という。
16 I have given you my message [MTY] to proclaim, and I have protected you with my hand [MTY]. I stretched out the sky and laid the foundation of the earth. And I am the one who says to you Israeli people, ‘You are my people!’”
わたしはわが言葉をあなたの口におき、わが手の陰にあなたを隠した。こうして、わたしは天をのべ、地の基をすえ、シオンにむかって、あなたはわが民であると言う」。
17 [You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, wake up [DOU]! You have experienced Yahweh severely punishing [MTY] you. Yahweh has caused you to suffer much, all that he wanted you to suffer, like [MET] someone who causes another person to suffer by forcing him to drink every drop of [MTY] a cupful of bitter liquid.
エルサレムよ、起きよ、起きよ、立て。あなたはさきに主の手から憤りの杯をうけて飲み、よろめかす大杯を、滓までも飲みほした。
18 [Now] you do not have any children who are alive [DOU] and able to take your hand and guide you.
その産んだもろもろの子のなかに、自分を導く者なく、その育てたもろもろの子のなかに、自分の手をとる者がない。
19 You have experienced several disasters: Your country has become desolate/deserted; [your cities have been] destroyed; [many people have] died from hunger; [many people have been] killed by your enemies’ swords. Now, there is no one [RHQ] left to console/comfort you and sympathize with you.
これら二つの事があなたに臨んだだれがあなたと共に嘆くだろうか荒廃と滅亡、ききんとつるぎ。だれがあなたを慰めるだろうか。
20 Your children have fainted and lie in the streets; they are [as helpless as] [SIM] an antelope [that has been caught] in a net. What has happened to them is because Yahweh has been very angry with them; he has rebuked them severely.
あなたの子らは息絶えだえになり、網にかかった、かもしかのように、すべてのちまたのすみに横たわり、主の憤りと、あなたの神の責めとは、彼らに満ちている。
21 So now, you people who have suffered much, [you act as though] you are drunk, but it is not because you have drunk a lot of wine.
それゆえ、苦しめる者、酒にではなく酔っている者よ、これを聞け。
22 Yahweh, your Lord and your God, the one who argues/pleads your case, says this: “Note this: [It is as though] [MET] I have taken that cup of bitter liquid from your hands; I will not be angry with you and cause you to suffer any more.
あなたの主、おのが民の訴えを弁護されるあなたの神、主はこう言われる、「見よ、わたしはよろめかす杯をあなたの手から取り除き、わが憤りの大杯を取り除いた。あなたは再びこれを飲むことはない。
23 Instead, I will cause those who have tormented you to suffer; [I will severely punish] those who said to you, ‘Prostrate yourselves in order that we may walk on you; [lie down on your stomachs] in order that your backs will be like [SIM] streets that we can walk on.’”
わたしはこれをあなたを悩ます者の手におく。彼らはさきにあなたにむかって言った、『身をかがめよ、われわれは越えていこう』と。そしてあなたはその背を地のようにし、ちまたのようにして、彼らの越えていくにまかせた」。
