Nehemiah 9
1 On October 31, the people gathered together again. They (fasted/abstained from eating food), they wore clothes made from rough cloth, and they put dirt on their heads [to show that they were sorry for their sins].
その月の二十四日にイスラエルの人々は集まって断食し、荒布をまとい、土をかぶった。
2 The Israeli people separated themselves from all the foreigners. They stood there and confessed their sins and the sins that their ancestors had committed.
そしてイスラエルの子孫は、すべての異邦人を離れ、立って自分の罪と先祖の不義とをざんげした。
3 The scroll that contained the laws of Yahweh, the God whom they [worshiped], was read to them for three hours. Then for three more hours they confessed their sins and they worshiped Yahweh.
彼らはその所に立って、その日の四分の一をもってその神、主の律法の書を読み、他の四分の一をもってざんげをなし、その神、主を拝した。
4 [Some of] the descendants of Levi were standing on the stairs. They were Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, [another] Bani, and Kenani.
その時エシュア、バニ、カデミエル、シバニヤ、ブンニ、セレビヤ、バニ、ケナニらはレビびとの台の上に立ち、大声をあげて、その神、主に呼ばわった。
5 Then [the leaders of] the Levites called out to the people. They were Jeshua, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah. They said, “While you are standing there, praise Yahweh your God, who has always lived and will live forever!” [Then one of them continued by praying this to God], “Yahweh, we praise your glorious name! You are much greater than anything that we can think about or talk about!
それからまたエシュア、カデミエル、バニ、ハシャブニヤ、セレビヤ、ホデヤ、セバニヤ、ペタヒヤなどのレビびとは言った、「立ちあがって永遠から永遠にいますあなたがたの神、主をほめなさい。あなたの尊いみ名はほむべきかな。これはすべての祝福とさんびを越えるものです」。
6 “You only are God. You made the sky and the heavens and all the stars. You made the earth and everything that is on it, and you made the seas/oceans and everything that is in them. You are the one who gives life to everything and helps them remain alive. All the angels who are in heaven worship you.
またエズラは言った、「あなたは、ただあなたのみ、主でいらせられます。あなたは天と諸天の天と、その万象、地とその上のすべてのもの、海とその中のすべてのものを造り、これをことごとく保たれます。天の万軍はあなたを拝します。
7 “Yahweh, you are God. You chose Abram and brought him out of Ur [city] in Chaldea [region]. You gave him a new name, Abraham.
あなたは主、神でいらせられます。あなたは昔アブラムを選んでカルデヤのウルから導き出し、彼にアブラハムという名を与え、
8 You saw that he was trustworthy. Then you made (an agreement with/a promise to) him, saying that you would give [to him and] to his descendants the land that the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Amor, Periz, Jebus, and Girgash lived in. And you have done what you promised, because you always do what is right.
彼の心があなたの前に忠信なのを見られて、彼と契約を結び、その子孫にカナンびと、ヘテびと、アモリびと、ペリジびと、エブスびとおよびギルガシびとの地を与えると言われたが、ついにあなたはその約束を成就されました。あなたは正しくいらせられるからです。
9 “You saw what our ancestors were suffering in Egypt. You heard them cry to you for help when they were at the Red Sea.
あなたはわれわれの先祖がエジプトで苦難を受けるのを顧みられ、また紅海のほとりで呼ばわり叫ぶのを聞きいれられ、
10 Because you knew that the leaders of Egypt were treating our ancestors very arrogantly, you performed many kinds of miracles that caused the king and his officials and all his people to suffer. As a result, you became famous then, and you are still famous!
しるしと不思議とをあらわしてパロと、そのすべての家来と、その国のすべての民を攻められました。彼らがわれわれの先祖に対して、ごうまんにふるまったことを知られたからです。そしてあなたが名をあげられたこと今日のようです。
11 You caused the Red Sea to divide, with the result that your people walked through it on the ground without [getting their feet] wet. [After they were all safely on the other side, ] you [caused the water to come back again], and you hurled into the deep water the [soldiers of the Egyptian army] that were pursuing our ancestors. Their soldiers sank into the deep sea like stones!
あなたはまた彼らの前で海を分け、彼らに、かわいた地を踏んで海の中を通らせ、彼らを追う者を、石を大水に投げ入れるように淵に投げ入れ、
12 During each day you led our ancestors with a bright cloud that resembled a huge pillar, and each night you led them by a flaming cloud that gave them light to show them where to walk.
昼は雲の柱をもって彼らを導き、夜は火の柱をもってその行くべき道を照されました。
13 “When our ancestors were at Sinai Mountain, you came down from heaven and spoke to them. You gave them many regulations and instructions that are just and reliable, and you gave them commands and laws that are good.
あなたはまたシナイ山の上に下り、天から彼らと語り、正しいおきてと、まことの律法および良きさだめと戒めとを授け、
14 You taught them about your holy (Sabbath/day of rest), and you gave many kinds of laws to your servant Moses for him to tell to the people.
あなたの聖なる安息日を彼らに示し、あなたのしもべモーセによって戒めと、さだめと、律法とを彼らに命じ、
15 When they were hungry, you gave them manna from the sky; and when they were thirsty, you gave them water from a rock. You commanded them to go and take, from the people who lived there, the land which you had promised to give to them.
天から食物を与えてその飢えをとどめ、岩から水を出してそのかわきを潤し、また、彼らに与えると誓われたその国にはいって、これを獲るように彼らに命じられました。
16 “But our ancestors were very proud and stubborn [IDM], and they did not do what you commanded them to do.
しかし彼ら、すなわちわれわれの先祖はごうまんにふるまい、かたくなで、あなたの戒めに従わず、
17 They refused to heed you, and they forgot about all the miracles that you had performed for them. Instead, they became stubborn [IDM], and they appointed someone to lead them back to Egypt, where they would be slaves again! But you are a God who forgives us and who is kind and merciful [to us]. You do not quickly become angry. You always faithfully love us.
従うことを拒み、あなたが彼らの中で行われた奇跡を心にとめず、かえってかたくなになり、みずからひとりのかしらを立てて、エジプトの奴隷の生活に帰ろうとしました。しかしあなたは罪をゆるす神、恵みあり、あわれみあり、怒ることおそく、いつくしみ豊かにましまして、彼らを捨てられませんでした。
18 So, even though their [leaders] made an idol that resembled a calf and insulted you by saying [about the idol], ‘This is our god, who brought you up out of Egypt,’ you did not desert them.
また彼らがみずから一つの鋳物の子牛を造って、『これはあなたがたをエジプトから導き上ったあなたがたの神である』と言って、大いに汚し事を行った時にも、
19 “Because you always act mercifully, you did not abandon them when they were in the desert. The bright cloud which was like a huge pillar continued to lead them during the daytime, and the fiery cloud showed them where to walk at night.
あなたは大いなるあわれみをもって彼らを荒野に見捨てられず、昼は雲の柱を彼らの上から離さないで道々彼らを導き、夜は火の柱をもって彼らの行くべき道を照されました。
20 You sent your good Spirit to instruct them. You continued to provide water when they were thirsty.
またあなたは良きみたまを賜わって彼らを教え、あなたのマナを常に彼らの口に与え、また水を彼らに与えて、かわきをとどめ、
21 For 40 years you took care of them in the desert. During all that time, they had everything [that they needed]. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell up [even though they were continually walking].
四十年の間彼らを荒野で養われたので、彼らはなんの欠けるところもなく、その衣服も古びず、その足もはれませんでした。
22 “You helped our ancestors to defeat armies of great kings who ruled many people-groups. By doing that, you enabled our ancestors to (occupy/live in) even the most distant places in this land. They occupied the land over which King Sihon ruled from Heshbon [city] and the land over which King Og ruled in [the] Bashan [area].
そしてあなたは彼らに諸国、諸民を与えて、これをすべて分かち取らせられました。彼らはヘシボンの王シホンの領地、およびバシャンの王オグの領地を獲ました。
23 You caused our ancestors’ descendants to become as numerous as the stars in the sky, and you brought them into this land, the land that you told their fathers to enter and occupy.
また彼らの子孫を増して空の星のようにし、彼らの先祖たちに、はいって獲よと言われた地に彼らを導き入れられたので、
24 Their sons went in and took the land [from the people that lived there]. You enabled them to defeat the descendants of Canaan who lived here in this land. You enabled them to conquer the descendants of Canaan and their kings and the people whom they ruled. You enabled our ancestors to do to those people whatever they wanted to do.
その子孫は、はいってこの地を獲ました。あなたはまた、この地に住むカナンびとを彼らの前に征服し、その王たちおよびその地の民を彼らの手に渡して、意のままに扱わせられました。
25 Our ancestors captured cities that had walls around them, and they took possession of fertile land. They took possession of houses that were full of good things, where there were wells that were already dug. They took possession of many vineyards and groves of olive trees and fruit trees. They ate all that they wanted to and became fat. They were delighted in all these good things that you gave to them.
それで彼らは堅固な町々および肥えた地を取り、もろもろの良い物の満ちた家、掘池、ぶどう畑、オリブ畑および多くの果樹を獲、食べて飽き、肥え太り、あなたの大いなる恵みによって楽しみました。
26 “But they disobeyed you and rebelled against you. They (turned their backs on/rejected) your laws. They killed the prophets who warned them that they should return to you. They badly insulted you.
それにもかかわらず彼らは不従順で、あなたにそむき、あなたの律法を後に投げ捨て、彼らを戒めて、あなたに立ち返らせようとした預言者たちを殺し、大いに汚し事を行いました。
27 So you allowed their enemies to defeat them. But when their enemies caused them to suffer, they called out to you. You heard them from heaven, and because you are very merciful, you sent them people to help them, and those leaders rescued them from their enemies.
そこであなたは彼らを敵の手に渡して苦しめられましたが、彼らがその苦難の時にあなたに呼ばわったので、あなたは天からこれを聞かれ、大いなるあわれみをもって彼らに救う者を与え、敵の手から救わせられました。
28 “But after there was a time of peace again, our ancestors again did things that displeased you. So again you allowed their enemies to conquer them. But whenever they cried out to you again [to help them], you heard them from heaven, and because you act mercifully, you rescued them many times.
ところが彼らは安息を得るやいなや、またあなたの前に悪事を行ったので、あなたは彼らを敵の手に捨て置いて、これに治めさせられましたが、彼らがまた立ち返ってあなたに呼ばわったので、あなたは天からこれを聞き、あわれみをもってしばしば彼らを救い出し、
29 “You warned them that they should again [obey] your laws, but they became proud and stubborn, and they disobeyed your commands. They sinned by disobeying what you commanded them to do, the things that would enable them to live a good long life [if they obeyed them]. They stubbornly refused [IDM] to listen to you and continued sinning.
彼らを戒めて、あなたの律法に引きもどそうとされました。けれども彼らはごうまんにふるまい、あなたの戒めに従わず、人がこれを行うならば、これによって生きるというあなたのおきてを破って罪を犯し、肩をそびやかし、かたくなになって、聞き従おうとはしませんでした。
30 You were patient with them for many years. You warned them trough [the messages] your Spirit gave to the prophets. But they did not (heed/pay attention to) those messages. So again you allowed [the armies of] other nations to defeat them.
それでもあなたは年久しく彼らを忍び、あなたの預言者たちにより、あなたのみたまをもって彼らを戒められましたが、彼らは耳を傾けなかったので、彼らを国々の民の手に渡されました。
31 But because you act very mercifully, you did not get rid of them completely or abandon them [forever]. You are a very gracious/kind and merciful God!
しかしあなたは大いなるあわれみによって彼らを絶やさず、また彼らを捨てられませんでした。あなたは恵みあり、あわれみある神でいらせられるからです。
32 “Our God, you are great! You are mighty! You are awesome! You faithfully love us as [you promised in] your agreement with us that you would do! But now we are experiencing great difficulties/hardships. Great troubles have come to us, to our kings, to our [other] leaders, to our priests, and to our prophets. We have been experiencing these troubles since [the armies of] the kings of Assyria [conquered us], and we are still experiencing them. We ask that you sincerely think about [LIT] all these things.
それゆえ、われわれの神、契約を保ち、いつくしみを施される大いにして力強く、恐るべき神よ、アッスリヤの王たちの時から今日まで、われわれとわれわれの王たち、つかさたち、祭司たち、預言者たち、先祖たち、およびあなたのすべての民に臨んだもろもろの苦難を小さい事と見ないでください。
33 [We know that] you acted justly each time that you punished us. We have sinned greatly, but you have treated us fairly.
われわれに臨んだすべての事について、あなたは正しいのです。あなたは誠実をもって行われたのに、われわれは悪を行ったのです。
34 Our kings and other leaders and our priests and our other ancestors did not obey your laws. They did not heed your commands or the warnings that you gave to them.
われわれの王たち、つかさたち、祭司たち、先祖たちはあなたの律法を行わず、あなたがお与えになった命令と戒めとに聞き従いませんでした。
35 Even when they had their own kings, and they enjoyed the good things that you did for them in this large and fertile land that you gave to them, they did not serve you. They refused to quit doing what was evil.
すなわち彼らはおのれの国におり、あなたが下さった大きな恵みのうちにおり、またあなたがお与えになった広い肥えた地におりながら、あなたに仕えず、また自分の悪いわざをやめることをしませんでした。
36 “So now we are [like] slaves here in this land that you gave to our ancestors, the land that you gave to them in order that they could enjoy all the good things that grow here.
われわれは今日奴隷です。あなたがわれわれの先祖に与えて、その実とその良き物とを食べさせようとされた地で、われわれは奴隷となっているのです。
37 Because we have sinned, [we cannot eat the things that grow here]. The kings that now rule over us are enjoying the things that grow here. They rule us and [take] our cattle. We have to serve them and do the things that please them. We are experiencing great misery/distress.
そしてこの地はわれわれの罪のゆえに、あなたがわれわれの上に立てられた王たちのために多くの産物を出しています。かつ彼らはわれわれの身をも、われわれの家畜をも意のままに左右することができるので、われわれは大いなる苦難のうちにあるのです」。
38 “However, we [Israeli] people now are making an agreement/promise [to obey you], and we are writing this agreement/promise [on a scroll]. We will write on it the names of our leaders and the names of the Levites and the names of the priests, and then we will seal it.”
このもろもろの事のためにわれわれは堅い契約を結んで、これを記録し、われわれのつかさたち、レビびとたち祭司たちはこれに印を押した。
