Genesis 24
1 Now Abraham was very old and Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.
アブラハム年邁て老たりヱホバ萬の事に於てアブラハムを祝みたまへり
2 Abraham said to his servant, the one who was the oldest of his household and who was in charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh
茲にアブラハム其凡の所有を宰る其家の年邁なる僕に言けるは請ふ爾の手を吾髀の下に置よ
3 and I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I make my home.
我爾をして天の神地の神ヱホバを指て誓はしめん即ち汝わが偕に居むカナン人の女の中より吾子に妻を娶るなかれ
4 But you will go to my country, and to my relatives, and get a wife for my son Isaac.”
汝わが故國に往き吾親族に到りて吾子イサクのために妻を娶れ
5 The servant said to him, “What if the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land? Must I take your son back to the land from which you came?”
僕彼に言けるは倘女我に從ひて此地に來ることを好まざる事あらん時は我爾の子を彼汝が出來りし地に導き歸るべきか
6 Abraham said to him, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there!
アブラハム彼に曰けるは汝愼みて吾子を彼處に携かへるなかれ
7 Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my relatives, and who promised me with a solemn oath saying, 'To your offspring I will give this land,' he will send his angel before you, and you will get a wife for my son from there.
天の神ヱホバ我を導きて吾父の家とわが親族の地を離れしめ我に語り我に誓ひて汝の子孫に此地を與へんと言たまひし者其使を遣して汝に先たしめたまはん汝彼處より我子に妻を娶るべし
8 But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this oath of mine. Only you are not to take my son back there.”
若女汝に從ひ來る事を好ざる時は汝吾此誓を解るべし唯我子を彼處に携へかへるなかれ
9 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
是に於て僕手を其主人アブラハムの髀の下に置て此事について彼に誓へり
10 The servant took ten of his master's camels and departed. He also took with him all kinds of gifts from his master. He departed and went to the region of Aram Naharaim, to the city of Nahor.
斯て僕其主人の駱駝の中より十頭の駱駝を取りて出たてり即ち其主人の諸の佳物を手にとりて起てメソポタミアに往きナホルの邑に至り
11 He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water. It was evening, the time that women go out to draw water.
其駱駝を邑の外にて井の傍に跪伏しめたり其時は黄昏にて婦女等の水汲にいづる時なりき
12 Then he said, “Yahweh, God of my master Abraham, grant me success today and show covenant faithfulness to my master Abraham.
斯して彼言けるは吾主人アブラハムの神ヱホバよ願くは今日我にその者を逢しめわが主人アブラハムに恩惠を施し給へ
13 Look, here I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
我この水井の傍に立ち邑の人の女等水を汲に出づ
14 Let it happen like this. When I say to a young woman, 'Please lower your pitcher so that I may drink,' and she says to me, 'Drink, and I will water your camels too,' then let her be the one that you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown covenant faithfulness to my master.”
我童女に向ひて請ふ汝の瓶をかたむけて我に飮しめよと言んに彼答へて飮め我また汝の駱駝にも飮しめんと言ば彼は汝が僕イサクの爲に定め給ひし者なるべし然れば我汝の吾主人に恩惠を施し給ふを知らん
15 It came about that even before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah came out with her water pitcher on her shoulder. Rebekah was born to Bethuel son of Milkah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother.
彼語ふことを終るまへに視よリベカ瓶を肩にのせて出きたる彼はアブラハムの兄弟ナホルの妻ミルカの子ベトエルに生れたる者なり
16 The young woman was very beautiful and a virgin. No man had slept with her. She went down to the spring and filled her pitcher, and came up.
其童女は觀に甚だ美しく且處女にして未だ人に適しことあらず彼井に下り其瓶に水を盈て上りしかば
17 Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please give me a little drink of water from your pitcher.”
僕はせゆきて之にあひ請ふ我をして汝の瓶より少許の水を飮しめよといひけるに
18 She said, “Drink, my master,” and she quickly let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him a drink.
彼主よ飮たまへといひて乃ち急ぎ其瓶を手におろして之にのましめたりしが
19 When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.”
飮せをはりて言ふ汝の駱駝のためにも其飮をはるまで水を汲て飽しめん
20 So she hurried and emptied her pitcher into the trough, then ran again to the well to draw water, and drew water for all his camels.
急ぎて其瓶を水鉢にあけ又汲んとて井にはせゆき其諸の駱駝のために汲みたり
21 The man watched her in silence to see whether Yahweh had prospered his journey or not.
其人之を見つめヱホバが其途に幸福をくだしたまふや否やをしらんとして默し居たり
22 As the camels finished drinking, the man brought out a gold nose ring weighing half a shekel, and two gold bracelets for her arms weighing ten shekels,
茲に駱駝飮をはりしかば其人重半シケルの金の鼻環一箇と重十シケルの金の手釧二箇をとりて
23 and asked, “Whose daughter are you? Tell me please, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?”
言けるは汝は誰の女なるや請ふ我に告よ汝の父の家に我等が宿る隙地ありや
24 She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel son of Milkah, whom she bore to Nahor.”
女彼に曰けるは我はミルカがナホルに生みたる子ベトエルの女なり
25 She also said to him, “We have plenty of both straw and feed, and also room for you to spend the night.”
又彼にいひけるは家には藁も飼草も多くあり且宿る隙地もあり
26 Then the man bowed down and worshiped Yahweh.
是に於て其人伏てヱホバを拜み
27 He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his covenant faithfulness and his trustworthiness toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me directly to the house of my master's relatives.”
言けるは吾主人アブラハムの神ヱホバは讃美べきかなわが主人に慈惠と眞實とを缺きたまはず我途にありしにヱホバ我を吾主人の兄弟の家にみちびきたまへり
28 Then the young woman ran and told her mother's household about all of these things.
茲に童女走行て其母の家に此等の事を告たり
29 Now Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran to the man who was out at the road by the spring.
リベカに一人の兄あり其名をラバンといふラバンはせいで井にゆきて其人の許につく
30 When he had seen the nose ring and the bracelets on his sister's arms, and when he had heard the words of Rebekah his sister, “This is what the man said to me,” he went to the man, and, behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.
すなはち彼鼻環および其妹の手の手釧を見又其妹リベカが其人斯我に語りといふを聞て其人の所に到り見るに井の側らにて駱駝の傍にたちゐたれば
31 Then Laban said, “Come, you blessed of Yahweh. Why are you standing outside? I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels.”
之に言けるは汝ヱホバに祝るる者よ請ふ入れ奚ぞ外にたつや我家を備へ且駱駝のために所をそなへたり
32 So the man came to the house and he unloaded the camels. The camels were given straw and feed, and water was provided to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
是に於て其人家にいりぬラバン乃ち其駱駝の負を釋き藁と飼草を駱駝にあたへ又水をあたへて其人の足と其從者の足をあらはしめ
33 They set food before him to eat, but he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I have to say.” So Laban said, “Speak on.”
斯して彼の前に食をそなへたるに彼言ふ我はわが事をのぶるまでは食はじとラバン語れといひければ
34 He said, “I am Abraham's servant.
彼言ふわれはアブラハムの僕なり
35 Yahweh has blessed my master very much and he has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
ヱホバ大にわが主人をめぐみたまひて大なる者とならしめ又羊牛金銀僕婢駱駝驢馬をこれにたまへり
36 Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old, and he has given everything that he owns to him.
わが主人の妻サラ年老てのちわが主人に男子をうみければ主人其所有を悉く之に與ふ
37 My master made me swear, saying, 'You must not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I make my home.
わが主人我を誓せて言ふ吾すめるカナンの地の人の女子の中よりわが子に妻を娶るなかれ
38 Instead, you must go to my father's family, and to my relatives, and get a wife for my son.'
汝わが父の家にゆきわが親族にいたりわが子のために妻をめとれと
39 I said to my master, 'Perhaps the woman will not follow me.'
我わが主人にいひけるは倘女我にしたがひて來ずば如何
40 But he said to me, 'Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you and he will prosper your way, so that you will get a wife for my son from among my relatives and from my father's family line.
彼我にいひけるは吾事ふるところのヱホバ其使者を汝とともに遣はして汝の途に幸福を降したまはん爾わが親族わが父の家より吾子に妻をめとるべし
41 But you will be free from my oath if you come to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from my oath.'
汝わが親族に至れる時はわが誓を解さるべし若彼等汝にあたへずば汝はわが誓をゆるさるべしと
42 So I arrived today at the spring, and said, 'O Yahweh, God of my master Abraham, please, if you do indeed intend to make my journey successful—
我今日井に至りて謂けらくわが主人アブラハムの神ヱホバねがはくはわがゆく途に幸福を降したまへ
43 here I am, standing by the spring of water—let the young woman who comes out to draw water, the woman to whom I say, “Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,”
我はこの井水の傍に立つ水を汲にいづる處女あらん時我彼にむかひて請ふ汝の瓶より少許の水を我にのましめよと言んに
44 the woman who says to me, “Drink, and I will also draw water for your camels”—let her be the woman whom you, Yahweh, have chosen for my master's son.'
若我に答へて汝飮め我亦汝の駱駝のためにも汲んと言ば是ヱホバがわが主人の子のために定たまひし女なるべし
45 Even before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.'
我心の中に語ふことを終るまへにリベカ其瓶を肩にのせて出來り井にくだりて水を汲みたるにより我彼に請ふ我にのましめよと言ければ
46 She quickly lowered her pitcher from her shoulder and said, 'Drink, and I will give your camels water also.' So I drank, and she watered the camels also.
彼急ぎ其瓶を肩よりおろしていひけるは飮めまた汝の駱駝にものましめんと是に於て我飮しが彼また駱駝にものましめたり
47 I asked her and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' She said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milkah bore to him.' Then I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms.
我彼に問て汝は誰の女なるやといひければミルカがナホルに生たる子ベトエルの女なりといふ是に於て我其鼻に環をつけ其手に手釧をつけたり
48 Then I bowed down and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way to find the daughter of my master's relative for his son.
而して我伏てヱホバを拜み吾主人アブラハムの神ヱホバを頌美たりヱホバ我を正き途に導きてわが主人の兄弟の女を其子のために娶しめんとしたまへばなり
49 Now therefore, if you are prepared to show covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness to my master, tell me. But if not, tell me, so that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.”
されば汝等若わが主人にむかひて慈惠と眞誠をもて事をなさんと思はば我に告よ然ざるも亦我に告よ然ば我右か左におもむくをえん
50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, “The thing has come from Yahweh; we cannot speak to you either bad or good.
ラバンとベトエル答て言けるは此事はヱホバより出づ我等汝に善惡を言ふあたはず
51 Look, Rebekah is before you. Take her and go, so she may be the wife of your master's son, as Yahweh has spoken.”
視よリベカ汝の前にをる携へてゆき彼をしてヱホバの言たまひし如く汝の主人の子の妻とならしめよ
52 When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the ground to Yahweh.
アブラハムの僕彼等の言を聞て地に伏てヱホバを拜めり
53 The servant brought out articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and to her mother.
是に於て僕銀の飾品金の飾品および衣服をとりいだしてリベカに與へ亦其兄と母に寶物をあたへたり
54 Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank. They stayed there overnight, and when they arose in the morning, he said, “Send me away to my master.”
是に於て彼および其從者等食飮して宿りしが朝起たる時彼言我をして吾主人に還らしめよ
55 Her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman stay with us for a few more days, at least ten. After that she may go.”
リベカの兄と母言けるは童女を數日の間少くも十日我等と偕にをらしめよしかるのち彼ゆくべし
56 But he said to them, “Do not hinder me, since Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”
彼人之に言ヱホバ吾途に福祉をくだしたまひたるなれば我を阻むるなかれ我を歸してわが主人に往しめよ
57 They said, “We will call the young woman and ask her.”
彼等いひけるは童女をよびて其言を問んと
58 So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” She replied, “I will go.”
即ちリベカを呼て之に言けるは汝此人と共に往や彼言ふ往ん
59 So they sent their sister Rebekah, along with her female servant, on her journey with Abraham's servant and his men.
是に於て彼等妹リベカと其乳媼およびアブラハムの僕と其從者を遣り去しめたり
60 They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and may your descendants possess the gate of those who hate them.”
即ち彼等リベカを祝して之にいひけるはわれらの妹よ汝千萬の人の母となれ汝の子孫をして其仇の門を獲しめよ
61 Then Rebekah arose, and she and her servant girls mounted the camels, and followed the man. Thus the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
是に於てリベカ起て其童女等とともに駱駝にのりて其人にしたがひ往く僕乃ちリベカを導きてさりぬ
62 Now Isaac was living in the Negev, and had just returned from Beer Lahai Roi.
茲にイサク、ラハイロイの井の路より來れり南の國に住居たればなり
63 Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening. When he looked up and saw, behold, there were camels coming!
しかしてイサク黄昏に野に出て默想をなしたりしが目を擧て見しに駱駝の來るあり
64 Rebekah looked, and when she saw Isaac, she jumped down from the camel.
リベカ目をあげてイサクを見駱駝をおりて
65 She said to the servant, “Who is that man who is walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” So she took her veil, and covered herself.
僕にいひけるは野をあゆみて我等にむかひ來る者は何人なるぞ僕わが主人なりといひければリベカ覆衣をとりて身をおほへり
66 The servant recounted to Isaac all the things that he had done.
茲に僕其凡てなしたる事をイサクに告ぐ
67 Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
イサク、リベカを其母サラの天幕に携至りリベカを娶りて其妻となしてこれを愛したりイサクは母にわかれて後茲に慰籍を得たり
