Matthew 21
1 As Jesus and his disciples approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
第一項 イエズスエルザレムに歓迎せられ給ふ イエズスの一行エルザレムに近づき、橄欖山の麓なるベトファゲに至りし時、イエズス二人の弟子を遣はさんとして、
2 saying to them, “Go into the next village, and you will immediately find a donkey tied up there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
曰ひけるは、汝等向の邑に往け、然らば直に繋げる牝驢馬の其子と共に居るに遇はん、其を解きて我に牽來れ。
3 If anyone says anything to you about that, you will say, 'The Lord has need of them,' and that person will immediately send them with you.”
若人ありて汝等に語はば、主之を要すと云へ、然らば直に許すべし、と。
4 Now this came about that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled. He said,
総て此事の成れるは、預言者によりて云はれし事の成就せん為なり、
5 “Tell the daughter of Zion, 'See, your King is coming to you, Humble and riding on a donkey— on a colt, the foal of a donkey.'”
曰く「シオンの女に云へ、看よ汝の王柔和にして、牝驢馬と其子なる小驢馬とに乗りて汝に來る」と。
6 Then the disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them.
弟子等往きてイエズスの命じ給ひし如くに為し、
7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat upon the cloaks.
牝驢馬と其子とを牽來り、己が衣服を其上に敷き、イエズスを是に乗せたるに、
8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them in the road.
群衆夥しく己が衣服を道に敷き、或人々は樹の枝を伐りて道に敷きたり。
9 Then the crowds that went before Jesus and those that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
先に立ち後に從へる群衆呼はりて、ダヴィドの裔にホザンナ。主の名によりて來るものは祝せられ給へ。最高き處までホザンナと云ひ居れり。
10 When Jesus had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred and said, “Who is this?”
斯てイエズスエルザレムに入り給ひしに、是は抑誰なるぞ、と町挙りて動揺きけるが、
11 The crowds answered, “This is Jesus the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
人民は、是ガリレアのナザレトより出でたる預言者イエズスなり、と云ひ居れり。
12 Then Jesus entered the temple. He cast out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and turned over the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.
第二項 エルザレムに於るイエズスの所業 イエズス神殿に入り給ひて、殿内にて売買する人を悉く遂出だし、兩替屋の案と鳩売る人々の腰掛とを倒して、
13 He said to them, “It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers.”
彼等に曰ひけるは、録して「我家は祈の家と稱へらるべし」とあるに、汝等は之を強盗の巣窟と為せり、と。
14 Then the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
斯て瞽者跛者等、神殿にてイエズスに近づきしかば、是等を醫し給へり。
15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the marvelous things that he did, and when they heard the children shouting in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became very angry.
然るに司祭長律法學士等、イエズスの為し給へる奇蹟と、ダヴィドの裔にホザンナと殿内に呼はる兒等とを見て憤り、
16 They said to him, “Do you hear what they are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes! But have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of little children and nursing infants you have prepared praise'?”
彼に向ひて云ひけるは、汝彼等の云ふ所を聞くや、と。イエズス是に曰ひけるは、然り「孩兒と乳兒との口に賛美を全うし給へり」とあるを汝等曾て読まざりしか、と。
17 Then Jesus left them and went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.
斯て彼等を離れ、街を出でてベタニアに往き、其處に宿り給へり。
18 Now in the morning as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
明朝街に返る時飢ゑ給ひしが、
19 Seeing a fig tree along the roadside, he went to it and found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, “May there be no fruit from you ever again,” and immediately the fig tree withered. (aiōn g165)
路傍に一本の無花果樹を見て其の下に至り給ひしに、葉の外に何物をも見ざりしかば、是に向ひて、汝何時までも果らざれ、と曰ひしに、無花果樹忽ち枯れたり。 (aiōn g165)
20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled and said, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”
弟子等見て感嘆し、如何にして速に枯れたるぞ、と云ひしに、
21 Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to this fig tree, but you will even say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and it will be done.
イエズス答へて曰ひけるは、我誠に汝等に告ぐ、汝等若信仰ありて躊躇せずば、啻に之を無花果樹に為すべき耳ならず、假令此山に向ひて、汝自抜けて海に入れと云ふとも亦然成らん。
22 Whatever you ask for in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
総て祈りの中に信じて求むる事は、汝等悉く之を受けん、と。
23 When Jesus had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority do you do these things, and who gave you this authority?”
イエズス神殿に至りて教へつつ居給ひけるに、司祭長及民間の長老等、近づきて云ひけるは、汝何の権を以て是等の事を為すぞ、又誰か此権を汝に與へしぞ。
24 Jesus answered and said to them, “I also will ask you one question. If you tell me, I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
イエズス答へて曰ひけるは、我も一言汝等に問はん、汝等之を語らば、我も亦何の権を以て之を行ふかを汝等に告げん。
25 The baptism of John—from where did it come? From heaven or from men?” They discussed among themselves, saying, “If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
ヨハネの洗禮は何處よりなりしぞ、天よりか将人よりか、と。彼等相共に慮りて、
26 But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the crowd, because they all view John as a prophet.”
若天よりと云はば、何故に彼を信ぜざりしかと云はるべく、若人よりと云はば、人皆ヨハネを預言者とせると以て民衆に憚りありとし、
27 Then they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
終にイエズスに答へて、我等之を知らず、と云ひしかば、イエズス亦曰ひけるは、我も何の権を以て是等の事を行ふかを汝等に告げず。
28 But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.'
汝等之を如何に思ふぞ。或人二人の子ありしが、長男に近づきて、子よ、今日我葡萄畑に往きて働け、と云ひけるに、
29 The son answered and said, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind and went.
彼答へて、否と云ひしも、遂に後悔して往きたり。
30 Then the man went to the second son and said the same thing. He answered and said, 'I will go, sir,' but he did not go.
又次男に近づきて同じ様に云ひけるに、彼答へて、父よ我往く、と云ひしも遂に往かざりき。
31 Which of the two sons did his father's will?” They said, “The first one.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes will enter the kingdom of God before you do.
此二人の中孰か父の旨を成したるぞ、と。彼等長男なりと云ひしかば、イエズス曰ひけるは、我誠に汝等に告ぐ、税吏と娼妓とは汝等よりも先に神の國に入らん。
32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, but you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. But you, even when you saw this, you did not repent afterward and believe him.
其はヨハネ義の道を以て汝等に來りしに、汝等彼を信ぜず、税吏と娼妓とは却て彼を信じたりしを、汝等之を見ても猶後悔せず、終に彼を信ぜざりければなり。
33 Listen to another parable. There was a man, a landowner. He planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a watchtower, and rented it out to vine growers. Then he went into another country.
又一の喩を聞け、或家父葡萄畑を作りて籬を繞らし、中に酪穴を堀り、物見台を建て、之を小作人等に貸して遠方へ旅立ちしが、
34 When the time of the fruit harvest approached, he sent some servants to the vine growers to get his fruit.
果時近づきしかば、其果を受取らせんとて、僕等を小作人の許に遣はししに、
35 But the vine growers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned still another.
小作人其僕を捕へて、一人を殴ち、一人を殺し、一人に石を投付けたり。
36 Again, the owner sent other servants, more than the first, but the vine growers treated them in the same way.
更に他の僕等を先よりも多く遣はししに、彼等之をも同じ様に遇へり。
37 After that, the owner sent his own son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
終に、我子をば敬ふならんとて、其子を遣はししに、
38 But when the vine growers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take over the inheritance.'
小作人此子を見て語合ひけるは、是相続人なり、來れかし之を殺さん、而して我等其家督を獲ん、と。
39 So they took him, threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
斯て其子を捕へ、葡萄畑より逐出して殺せり。
40 Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine growers?”
然れば葡萄畑の主來らん時、此小作人等を如何に處置すべきか。
41 They said to him, “He will destroy those miserable men in the most severe way, and will then rent out the vineyard to other vine growers, men who will give him his share of crops at the harvest time.”
彼等云ひけるは、惡人を容赦なく亡ぼし、季節に果を納むる他の小作人に其葡萄畑を貸さん。
42 Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected has been made the cornerstone. This was from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?
イエズス彼等に曰ひけるは、汝等曾て聖書に於て読まざりしか、「家を建つるに棄てられたる石は隅の首石となれり、是主の為し給へる事にて、我等の目には不思議なり」とあり。
43 Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and will be given to a nation that produces its fruits.
然れば我汝等に告ぐ、神の國は汝等より奪はれ、其果を結ぶ人民に與へらるべし。
44 Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces. But anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”
凡此石の上に墜つる人は砕けん、又此石誰の上に隕つるも之を微塵にせん、と。
45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they understood he was speaking about them.
司祭長ファリザイ人等イエズスの喩を聞きて、其己等を斥して曰へるを暁り、
46 Seeking to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowd, because the people regarded him as a prophet.
之を捕へんと謀りしが、群衆彼を預言者とせるを以て之を懼れたり。
