Numbers 11
1 One day the people complained to Yahweh about their troubles. When Yahweh heard what they were saying, he became angry. So he sent a fire which burned among the people at the edge of their camp.
さて、民は災難に会っている人のように、主の耳につぶやいた。主はこれを聞いて怒りを発せられ、主の火が彼らのうちに燃えあがって、宿営の端を焼いた。
2 Then the people cried out to Moses/me, and he/I prayed to Yahweh. Then the fire stopped burning.
そこで民はモーセにむかって叫んだ。モーセが主に祈ったので、その火はしずまった。
3 So they called that place Taberah, [which means ‘burning’], because the fire from Yahweh had burned among them.
主の火が彼らのうちに燃えあがったことによって、その所の名はタベラと呼ばれた。
4 Then some troublemakers from other people-groups [who were traveling] with the Israelis began to want better food. And [when they started complaining] the Israeli people also started to complain.
また彼らのうちにいた多くの寄り集まりびとは欲心を起し、イスラエルの人々もまた再び泣いて言った、「ああ、肉が食べたい。
5 They said, “We wish we had some meat!
われわれは思い起すが、エジプトでは、ただで、魚を食べた。きゅうりも、すいかも、にらも、たまねぎも、そして、にんにくも。
6 We remember the fish that we ate while we were in Egypt, fish that was given to us without (cost/asking us to pay for it). And we had all the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic [that we wanted]. But now we do not have any desire to eat, because all we have to eat is this manna!”
しかし、いま、われわれの精根は尽きた。われわれの目の前には、このマナのほか何もない」。
7 The manna resembled small white seeds.
マナは、こえんどろの実のようで、色はブドラクの色のようであった。
8 [Each morning] the people would go out and gather some [from the surface of the ground]. Then they made flour by grinding it or pounding it with stones. Then they [added water and] boiled it in a pot, or they made flat cakes with it [and baked them]. The cakes tasted like bread that was baked with [olive] oil.
民は歩きまわって、これを集め、ひきうすでひき、または、うすでつき、かまで煮て、これをもちとした。その味は油菓子の味のようであった。
9 Each night the manna came down on their ground where their tents were, like dew [from the sky].
夜、宿営の露がおりるとき、マナはそれと共に降った。
10 Moses/I heard all the Israeli people complaining as they were standing in the entrances of their tents. Yahweh became very angry, and Moses/I was also very perturbed.
モーセは、民が家ごとに、おのおのその天幕の入口で泣くのを聞いた。そこで主は激しく怒られ、またモーセは不快に思った。
11 He/I [went into the Sacred Tent and] asked Yahweh, “Why have you caused me, your servant, to experience this trouble [RHQ]? Act mercifully to me! What wrong have I done, with the result that you have appointed me to take care of all of these people [RHQ]?
そして、モーセは主に言った、「あなたはなぜ、しもべに悪い仕打ちをされるのですか。どうしてわたしはあなたの前に恵みを得ないで、このすべての民の重荷を負わされるのですか。
12 (I am not their father./Am I their father?) [RHQ] Why have you told me to take care of them like a woman carries around her baby and (nurses it/gives it her milk) [MET, RHQ]? How can I take them to the land that you promised to give to our ancestors [RHQ]?
わたしがこのすべての民を、はらんだのですか。わたしがこれを生んだのですか。そうではないのに、あなたはなぜわたしに『養い親が乳児を抱くように、彼らをふところに抱いて、あなたが彼らの先祖たちに誓われた地に行け』と言われるのですか。
13 Where can I get meat to feed all these people? They keep complaining to me, saying, ‘Give us some meat to eat!’
わたしはどこから肉を獲て、このすべての民に与えることができましょうか。彼らは泣いて、『肉を食べさせよ』とわたしに言っているのです。
14 I cannot carry all these people’s burdens by myself! [They are like a heavy load [MET], and] I cannot carry this very heavy load any more.
わたしひとりでは、このすべての民を負うことができません。それはわたしには重過ぎます。
15 If you intend to act like this toward me, kill me now. If you are really concerned about me, be kind to me and [kill me to] end my misery [of trying to take care of them]!”
もしわたしがあなたの前に恵みを得ますならば、わたしにこのような仕打ちをされるよりは、むしろ、ひと思いに殺し、このうえ苦しみに会わせないでください」。
16 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Summon 70 men whom you know are leaders among the Israeli people. Tell them to stand with you in front of the Sacred Tent.
主はモーセに言われた、「イスラエルの長老たちのうち、民の長老となり、つかさとなるべきことを、あなたが知っている者七十人をわたしのもとに集め、会見の幕屋に連れてきて、そこにあなたと共に立たせなさい。
17 I will come down and talk with you there. Then I will take some of [the power of] my Spirit that you have, and I will put [that power] on them also. They will help you to take care of some of the things that the people are concerned about, in order that you will not need to do it alone.
わたしは下って、その所で、あなたと語り、またわたしはあなたの上にある霊を、彼らにも分け与えるであろう。彼らはあなたと共に、民の重荷を負い、あなたが、ただひとりで、それを負うことのないようにするであろう。
18 “Furthermore, say to the people, ‘Make yourselves acceptable to me, and tomorrow you will have meat to eat. You were complaining, and Yahweh heard you when you were saying, “We want some meat to eat. We had better food in Egypt!” Now Yahweh will give you some meat, and you will eat it.
あなたはまた民に言いなさい、『あなたがたは身を清めて、あすを待ちなさい。あなたがたは肉を食べることができるであろう。あなたがたが泣いて主の耳に、わたしたちは肉が食べたい。エジプトにいた時は良かったと言ったからである。それゆえ、主はあなたがたに肉を与えて食べさせられるであろう。
19 You will eat meat not only for one or two days, nor only for five or ten or 20 days.
あなたがたがそれを食べるのは、一日や二日や五日や十日や二十日ではなく、
20 [You will eat meat every day] for one month, and then you will loathe/despise it, and it will cause you to want to vomit. [This will happen] because you have rejected Yahweh who is here among you, and you have wailed in his presence, saying [“We would have had better food to eat] if we had not left Egypt [RHQ].”’”
一か月に及び、ついにあなたがたの鼻から出るようになり、あなたがたは、それに飽き果てるであろう。それはあなたがたのうちにおられる主を軽んじて、その前に泣き、なぜ、わたしたちはエジプトから出てきたのだろうと言ったからである』」。
21 But Moses/I replied to Yahweh, “There are 600,000 men [plus women and children] here with me, so ([why] do you say ‘I will give them plenty of meat every day for a month!’?/it does not seem right for you to say ‘I will give them plenty of meat every day for a month!’) [RHQ]
モーセは言った、「わたしと共におる民は徒歩の男子だけでも六十万です。ところがあなたは、『わたしは彼らに肉を与えて一か月のあいだ食べさせよう』と言われます。
22 Even if we killed all the sheep and cattle, that would not [RHQ] be enough [to provide meat for all of them] Even if we caught all the fish in the sea [and gave it to them], that would not be enough [RHQ]!”
羊と牛の群れを彼らのためにほふって、彼らを飽きさせるというのですか。海のすべての魚を彼らのために集めて、彼らを飽きさせるというのですか」。
23 But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Do you think that I [SYN] have no power? You will now see if I can do what I say I will do.”
主はモーセに言われた、「主の手は短かろうか。あなたは、いま、わたしの言葉の成るかどうかを見るであろう」。
24 So Moses/I went out [from the Sacred Tent] and told the people what Yahweh had said. Then he/I gathered together the 70 leaders and told them to stand around the Sacred Tent.
この時モーセは出て、主の言葉を民に告げ、民の長老たち七十人を集めて、幕屋の周囲に立たせた。
25 Then Yahweh came down in the cloud [that was above the tent] and spoke to Moses/me. He took some of [the power of] the Spirit that he had given to Moses/me and gave it to the 70 leaders. By means of the power of the Spirit within them, they (prophesied/spoke messages that Yahweh gave them), but they did that only once.
主は雲のうちにあって下り、モーセと語られ、モーセの上にある霊を、その七十人の長老たちにも分け与えられた。その霊が彼らの上にとどまった時、彼らは預言した。ただし、その後は重ねて預言しなかった。
26 Two of the leaders whom Moses/I appointed, Eldad and Medad, were not there when the rest of them gathered together. They had not left [their tents] to go and stand around the Sacred Tent. But Yahweh’s Spirit came on them also, and they started to (prophesy/speak messages from Yahweh).
その時ふたりの者が、宿営にとどまっていたが、ひとりの名はエルダデと言い、ひとりの名はメダデといった。彼らの上にも霊がとどまった。彼らは名をしるされた者であったが、幕屋に行かなかったので、宿営のうちで預言した。
27 So a young man ran and told Moses/me, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in all their tents!”
時にひとりの若者が走ってきて、モーセに告げて言った、「エルダデとメダデとが宿営のうちで預言しています」。
28 Joshua, who had helped Moses/me since he was a young man, said, “Sir, tell them to stop doing that!”
若い時からモーセの従者であったヌンの子ヨシュアは答えて言った、「わが主、モーセよ、彼らをさし止めてください」。
29 But Moses/I replied, “(Are you worried that they might injure my reputation/Do you think that I want to be the only one who prophesies) [RHQ]? I wish that all Yahweh’s people could (prophesy/speak messages from Yahweh). I wish that Yahweh would give the power of his Spirit to all of them!”
モーセは彼に言った、「あなたは、わたしのためを思って、ねたみを起しているのか。主の民がみな預言者となり、主がその霊を彼らに与えられることは、願わしいことだ」。
30 Then Moses/I and all the leaders went back to their/our tents.
こうしてモーセはイスラエルの長老たちと共に、宿営に引きあげた。
31 Then Yahweh sent a strong wind from the sea. It blew quail into the area all around the camp for miles in every direction, [and caused the quail to fall onto the ground]. They were piled up on the ground about (3 feet/1 meter) high!
さて、主のもとから風が起り、海の向こうから、うずらを運んできて、これを宿営の近くに落した。その落ちた範囲は、宿営の周囲で、こちら側も、おおよそ一日の行程、あちら側も、おおよそ一日の行程、地面から高さおおよそ二キュビトであった。
32 So the people went out and gathered up the quail all that day, and all that night, and all of the following day. [It seemed as though] everyone gathered at least 50 bushels! They spread the quail out on the ground all around the camp, [so that the quail would dry out].
そこで民は立ち上がってその日は終日、その夜は終夜、またその次の日も終日、うずらを集めたが、集める事の最も少ない者も、十ホメルほど集めた。彼らはみな、それを宿営の周囲に広げておいた。
33 [Then they cooked them and started to eat them]. But while they were still eating the meat [MTY], Yahweh [showed that he] was very angry with them. He struck them with a severe plague/sickness, [and many people died].
その肉がなお、彼らの歯の間にあって食べつくさないうちに、主は民にむかって怒りを発し、主は非常に激しい疫病をもって民を撃たれた。
34 The people who died and were buried were the ones who had said they wanted to eat meat [like they had formerly eaten in Egypt]. So they called that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, [which means ‘graves of those who craved’].
これによって、その所の名はキブロテ・ハッタワと呼ばれた。欲心を起した民を、そこに埋めたからである。
35 From there, the Israelis continued walking [east] until they arrived at Hazeroth [town], where they stopped and stayed [for a long time].
キブロテ・ハッタワから、民はハゼロテに進み、ハゼロテにとどまった。
