Numbers 31
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses/me and said,
さて主はモーセに言われた、
2 “Before you die, [tell the] Israeli people that they should (pay back/get revenge on) the Midian people-group for what they did to you.”
「ミデアンびとにイスラエルの人々のあだを報いなさい。その後、あなたはあなたの民に加えられるであろう」。
3 So Moses/I said to the people, “Get some men prepared for battle. Yahweh will enable them to (pay back/get revenge on) the Midian people-group [for what they did to us].
モーセは民に言った、「あなたがたのうちから人を選んで戦いのために武装させ、ミデアンびとを攻めて、主のためミデアンびとに復讐しなさい。
4 Select 1,000 men from each tribe to fight.”
すなわちイスラエルのすべての部族から、部族ごとに千人ずつを戦いに送り出さなければならない」。
5 So 12,000 men prepared for fighting in the battle, 1,000 from each tribe.
そこでイスラエルの部族のうちから部族ごとに千人ずつを選び、一万二千人を得て、戦いのために武装させた。
6 When Moses/I sent them to the battle, Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, went with them. He took with him some of the things from the Sacred Tent and the trumpets that would be blown to give the signal [to start the battle].
モーセは各部族から千人ずつを戦いにつかわし、また祭司エレアザルの子ピネハスに、聖なる器と吹き鳴らすラッパとを執らせて、共に戦いにつかわした。
7 The Israeli men fought the soldiers from the Midian people-group, as Yahweh had told Moses/me to tell them to do, and they killed every man from the Midian people-group.
彼らは主がモーセに命じられたようにミデアンびとと戦って、その男子をみな殺した。
8 Among those whom they killed were the five kings of the Midian people-group—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also killed with a sword Balaam, the son of Beor.
その殺した者のほかにまたミデアンの王五人を殺した。その名はエビ、レケム、ツル、フル、レバである。またベオルの子バラムをも、つるぎにかけて殺した。
9 They captured all the women and children of the Midian people-group and took away their cattle, their flocks of sheep, and herds of goats, and all their other possessions.
またイスラエルの人々はミデアンの女たちとその子供たちを捕虜にし、その家畜と、羊の群れと、貨財とをことごとく奪い取り、
10 Then they burned down all the houses in the towns and villages where the people of the Midian people-group lived,
そのすまいのある町々と、その部落とを、ことごとく火で焼いた。
11 but they took home with them all the women and children and animals and possessions.
こうして彼らはすべて奪ったものと、かすめたものとは人をも家畜をも取り、
12 They brought all these to Eliezer and Moses/me, and to the rest of the Israeli people who were at their/our camp on the plains where the Moab people-group lived, near the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
その生けどった者と、かすめたものと、奪ったものとを携えて、エリコに近いヨルダンのほとりのモアブの平野の宿営におるモーセと祭司エレアザルとイスラエルの人々の会衆のもとへもどってきた。
13 Eleazar and all the leaders of the people and Moses/I went outside the camp to greet/meet with them.
ときにモーセと祭司エレアザルと会衆のつかさたちはみな宿営の外に出て迎えたが、
14 But Moses/I was angry with some of the men who had returned from the battle. He/I was angry with the army officers and the men who were commanders of 1,000 men and those who were commanders of 100 men.
モーセは軍勢の将たち、すなわち戦場から帰ってきた千人の長たちと、百人の長たちに対して怒った。
15 He/I asked them, “Why did you allow the women to live [RHQ]?
モーセは彼らに言った、「あなたがたは女たちをみな生かしておいたのか。
16 They are the ones who did what Balaam suggested and urged/persuaded our people to worship Baal [instead of Yahweh]. As a result, Yahweh caused a plague to strike his people while they were at Peor.
彼らはバラムのはかりごとによって、イスラエルの人々に、ペオルのことで主に罪を犯させ、ついに主の会衆のうちに疫病を起すに至った。
17 So, now you must kill all the boys of the Midian people-group, and also kill all the women who have had sex [EUP] with any man.
それで今、この子供たちのうちの男の子をみな殺し、また男と寝て、男を知った女をみな殺しなさい。
18 Spare only the girls who are virgins [EUP]. You can keep them to be your [wives or your slaves].
ただし、まだ男と寝ず、男を知らない娘はすべてあなたがたのために生かしておきなさい。
19 All of you who have killed someone or touched the corpse of someone who was killed [in the battle] must stay outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and on the seventh day, you must [perform the ritual to] cause you and those whom you have captured to become acceptable to God again.
そしてあなたがたは七日のあいだ宿営の外にとどまりなさい。あなたがたのうちすべて人を殺した者、およびすべて殺された者に触れた者は、あなたがた自身も、あなたがたの捕虜も共に、三日目と七日目とに身を清めなければならない。
20 You must also wash your clothes and anything [that you took to the battle] that is made of leather or goat’s hair or wood.”
またすべての衣服と、すべての皮の器と、すべてやぎの毛で作ったものと、すべての木の器とを清めなければならない」。
21 Then Eleazar said to the soldiers who had returned from the battle, “This is what Yahweh has instructed Moses:
祭司エレアザルは戦いに出たいくさびとたちに言った、「これは主がモーセに命じられた律法の定めである。
22 You must put into a fire any gold or silver or bronze or iron or tin or lead things [that you brought back from the battle].
金、銀、青銅、鉄、すず、鉛など、
23 Put everything that will not burn into the fire, and then they will be acceptable for you to use. But also sprinkle those things with the water that causes things and people to become acceptable to God. The things that would burn [if you put them] in a fire, sprinkle them with that water.
すべて火に耐える物は火の中を通さなければならない。そうすれば清くなるであろう。なおその上、汚れを清める水で、清めなければならない。しかし、すべて火に耐えないものは水の中を通さなければならない。
24 On the seventh day, wash your clothes, and then you will become acceptable to God again. After you do that, you may return to the camp.”
あなたがたは七日目に衣服を洗わなければならない。そして清くなり、その後宿営にはいることができる」。
25 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
主はモーセに言われた、
26 “Tell Eleazar and the leaders of the family groups that they must write down a list of all the goods, the women, and the animals that were captured [in the battle].
「あなたと祭司エレアザルおよび会衆の氏族のかしらたちは、その生けどった人と家畜の獲物の総数を調べ、
27 Then they must divide all those things, half given to the men who fought in the battle and the other half given to the rest of the people.
その獲物を戦いに出た勇士と、全会衆とに折半しなさい。
28 From the men who fought in the battle, take one from every 500 people and from every 500 cattle and donkeys and sheep, to be a tax for me.
そして戦いに出たいくさびとに、人または牛、またはろば、または羊を、おのおの五百ごとに一つを取り、みつぎとして主にささげさせなさい。
29 Take these things to Eleazar to (be my share/belong to me).
すなわち彼らが受ける半分のなかから、それを取り、主にささげる物として祭司エレアザルに渡しなさい。
30 And from the half that belongs to the ordinary people, take one item from every 50. That includes people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and other animals. Give those things to the descendants of Levi who take care of my Sacred Tent.”
またイスラエルの人々が受ける半分のなかから、その獲た人または牛、またはろば、または羊などの家畜を、おのおの五十ごとに一つを取り、主の幕屋の務をするレビびとに与えなさい」。
31 So Eleazar and Moses/I did what Yahweh commanded.
モーセと祭司エレアザルとは主がモーセに命じられたとおりに行った。
32 There were 675,000 sheep, 72,000 cattle, 61,000 donkeys, and 32,000 virgins that they had captured from the Midian people-group.
そこでその獲物、すなわち、いくさびとたちが奪い取ったものの残りは羊六十七万五千、
牛七万二千、
ろば六万一千、
人三万二千、これはみな男と寝ず、男を知らない女であった。
36 The men who fought in the battle took 337,000 sheep [from the battle],
そしてその半分、すなわち戦いに出た者の分は羊三十三万七千五百、
37 and they gave 675 of them to Yahweh.
主にみつぎとした羊は六百七十五。
38 They took 36,000 cattle and gave 72 of them to Yahweh.
牛は三万六千、そのうちから主にみつぎとしたものは七十二。
39 They took 30,500 donkeys, and they gave 61 of them to Yahweh.
ろばは三万五百、そのうちから主にみつぎとしたものは六十一。
40 They took 16,000 virgins, and they dedicated 32 of them to Yahweh.
人は一万六千、そのうちから主にみつぎとしたものは三十二人であった。
41 Moses/I gave to Eleazar all [the animals] that had been given to Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded.
モーセはそのみつぎを主にささげる物として祭司エレアザルに渡した。主がモーセに命じられたとおりである。
42 Moses/I separated what those who had fought in the battle received from what the other people received. The people had taken 337,500 sheep, 36,000 cattle, 30,500 donkeys, and 16,000 virgins,
モーセが戦いに出た人々とは別にイスラエルの人々に与えた半分、
すなわち会衆の受けた半分は羊三十三万七千五百、
牛三万六千、
ろば三万五百、
人一万六千であって、
47 From what the people received, Moses/I took one from every 50 items and dedicated them to Yahweh. That included animals and people. As Yahweh commanded, he/I gave them all to the descendants of Levi who took care of the Sacred Tent.
モーセはイスラエルの人々の受けた半分のなかから、人および獣をおのおの五十ごとに一つを取って、主の幕屋の務をするレビびとに与えた。主がモーセに命じられたとおりである。
48 Then the army officers and those who commanded 1,000 men and those who commanded 100 men came to Moses/me.
時に軍勢の将であったものども、すなわち千人の長たちと百人の長たちとがモーセのところにきて、
49 They said, “We, who are your servants, have counted the soldiers whom we command, and [we found that] none of them (is missing/has been killed).
モーセに言った、「しもべらは、指揮下のいくさびとを数えましたが、われわれのうち、ひとりも欠けた者はありませんでした。
50 So [to thank Yahweh for that], we have brought to him a gift of the gold items that we found [after the battle]: Gold arm bands and bracelets and rings and earrings and necklaces. This will enable us to be forgiven for our sins.”
それで、われわれは、おのおの手に入れた金の飾り物、すなわち腕飾り、腕輪、指輪、耳輪、首飾りなどを主に携えてきて供え物とし、主の前にわれわれの命のあがないをしようと思います」。
51 So Eleazar and Moses/I accepted the gold items that they brought.
モーセと祭司エレアザルとは、彼らから細工を施した金の飾り物を受け取った。
52 The total of it weighed about (420 pounds/190 kg.).
千人の長たちと百人の長たちとが、主にささげものとした金は合わせて一万六千七百五十シケル。
53 Each soldier had taken these things for himself.
いくさびとは、おのおの自分のぶんどり物を獲た。
54 Eleazar and Moses/I accepted these gold items from these commanders and put them in the Sacred Tent to remind the Israeli people about how Yahweh [had helped them defeat the Midian people-group].
モーセと祭司エレアザルとは、千人の長たちと百人の長たちとから、その金を受け取り、それを携えて会見の幕屋に入り、主の前に置いてイスラエルの人々のために記念とした。
