Jeremiah 37
1 Now Zedekiah son of Josiah reigned as king instead of Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had made Zedekiah king over the land of Judah.
ヨシヤの子ゼデキヤ、ヱホヤキムの子コニヤに代りて王となるバビロンの王ネブカデネザル彼をユダの地に王となせしなり
2 But Zedekiah, his servants, and the people of the land did not listen to the words of Yahweh that he proclaimed by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.
彼もその臣僕等もその地の人々もヱホバが預言者ヱレミヤによりて示したまひし言を聽ざりき
3 So King Zedekiah, Jehukal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest sent a message to Jeremiah the prophet. They said, “Pray on our behalf to Yahweh our God.”
ゼデキヤ王シレミヤの子ユカルとマアセヤの子祭司ゼパニヤを預言者ヱレミヤに遣して請ふ汝我らの爲に我らの神ヱホバに祈れといはしむ
4 Now Jeremiah was coming and going among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.
ヱレミヤは民の中に出入せりそはいまだ獄に入られざればなり
5 Pharaoh's army came out from Egypt, and the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the news about them and left Jerusalem.
パロの軍勢のエジプトより來りしかばヱルサレムを攻圍みたるカルデヤ人は其音信をききてヱルサレムを退けり
6 Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
時にヱホバの言預言者ヱレミヤにのぞみていふ
7 “Yahweh, God of Israel, says this: This is what you will say to the king of Judah, because he has sent you to seek advice from me, 'See, Pharaoh's army, which came to help you, is about to go back to Egypt, its own land.
イスラエルの神ヱホバかくいふ汝らを遣して我に求めしユダの王にかくいへ汝らを救はんとて出きたりしパロの軍勢はおのれの地エジプトへ歸らん
8 The Chaldeans will return. They will fight against this city, capture it, and burn it.'
カルデヤ人再び來りてこの邑を攻て戰ひこれを取り火をもて焚べし
9 Yahweh says this: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, 'Surely the Chaldeans are leaving us,' for they will not leave.
ヱホバかくいふ汝らカルデヤ人は必ず我らをはなれて去んといひて自ら欺く勿れ彼らは去ざるべし
10 Even if you had defeated the entire Chaldean army that is fighting you so that only wounded men were left in their tents, they would get up and burn this city.”
設令汝らおのれを攻て戰ふところのカルデヤ人の軍勢を悉く撃ちやぶりてその中に負傷人のみを遺すとも彼らはおのおの其幕屋に起ちあがり火をもて此邑を焚かん
11 So it was when the Chaldean army had left Jerusalem as Pharaoh's army was coming,
茲にカルデヤ人の軍勢パロの軍勢を懼れてヱルサレムを退きければ
12 then Jeremiah went out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin. He wanted to take possession of a tract of land there among his people.
ヱレミヤ、ベニヤミンの地にて民の中にその分を分ち取らんとてヱルサレムを出でてかの地に行きしが
13 As he was in the Benjamin Gate, a chief guard was there. His name was Irijah son of Shelemiah son of Hananiah. He grabbed hold of Jeremiah the prophet and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans.”
ベニヤミンの門にいりし時そこにハナニヤの子シレミヤの子なるイリヤと名くる門守をり預言者ヱレミヤを執へて汝はカルデヤ人に降るなりといふ
14 But Jeremiah said, “That is not true. I am not deserting to the Chaldeans.” But Irijah did not listen to him. He took Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.
ヱレミヤいひけるは詐なり我はカルデヤ人に降るにあらずと然どイリヤこれを聽ずヱレミヤを執へて侯伯等の許に引ゆけり
15 The officials were angry with Jeremiah. They beat him and put him in prison, which had been the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had turned it into a prison.
侯伯等すなはち怒りてヱレミヤを撻ちこれを書記ヨナタンの室の獄にいれたり蓋この室を獄となしたればなり
16 So Jeremiah was put into an underground cell, where he stayed for many days.
ヱレミヤ獄にいり土牢に入りてそこに多の日を送りしのち
17 Then King Zedekiah sent someone who brought him to the palace. In his house, the king asked him privately, “Is there any word from Yahweh?” Jeremiah answered, “There is a word: You will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
ゼデキヤ王人を遣して彼をひきいださしむ而して王室にて竊にかれにいひけるはヱホバより臨める言あるやとヱレミヤ答へていひけるは有り汝はバビロン王の手に付されん
18 Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you, your servants, or this people so that you have placed me in prison?
ヱレミヤまたゼデキヤ王にいひけるは我汝あるいは汝の臣僕或はこの民に何なる罪を犯したれば汝ら我を獄にいれしや
19 Where are your prophets, the ones who prophesied for you and said the king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land?
汝らに預言してバビロンの王は汝らにも此地にも攻來らじといひし汝らの預言者はいま何處にあるや
20 But now listen, my master the king! Let my pleas come before you. Do not return me to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”
されば王わが君よ願くはいま我に聽たまへ請ふわが願望を受納れ給へ我を書記ヨナタンの家に歸らしめたまふなかれ恐らくは我彼處に死なんと
21 So King Zedekiah gave an order. His servants confined Jeremiah in the courtyard of the guard. A loaf of bread was given him every day from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah stayed in the courtyard of the guard.
是においてゼデキヤ王命じてヱレミヤを獄の庭にいれしめ且邑のパンの悉く盡るまでパンを製る者の街より日々に一片のパンを彼に與へしむ即ちヱレミヤは獄の庭にをる
