1 Kings 21
1 After these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
さてエズレルびとナボテはエズレルにぶどう畑をもっていたが、サマリヤの王アハブの宮殿のかたわらにあったので、
2 Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.”
アハブはナボテに言った、「あなたのぶどう畑はわたしの家の近くにあるので、わたしに譲って青物畑にさせてください。その代り、わたしはそれよりも良いぶどう畑をあなたにあげましょう。もしお望みならば、その価を金でさしあげましょう」。
3 Naboth said to Ahab, “May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!”
ナボテはアハブに言った、「わたしは先祖の嗣業をあなたに譲ることを断じていたしません」。
4 Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
アハブはエズレルびとナボテが言った言葉を聞いて、悲しみ、かつ怒って家にはいった。ナボテが「わたしは先祖の嗣業をあなたに譲りません」と言ったからである。アハブは床に伏し、顔をそむけて食事をしなかった。
5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sad that you eat no bread?”
妻イゼベルは彼の所にきて、言った、「あなたは何をそんなに悲しんで、食事をなさらないのですか」。
6 He said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it.’ He answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’”
彼は彼女に言った、「わたしはエズレルびとナボテに『あなたのぶどう畑を金で譲ってください。もし望むならば、その代りに、ほかのぶどう畑をあげよう』と言ったが、彼は答えて『わたしはぶどう畑を譲りません』と言ったからだ」。
7 Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
妻イゼベルは彼に言った、「あなたが今イスラエルを治めているのですか。起きて食事をし、元気を出してください。わたしがエズレルびとナボテのぶどう畑をあなたにあげます」。
8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth.
彼女はアハブの名で手紙を書き、彼の印をおして、ナボテと同じように、その町に住んでいる長老たちと身分の尊い人々に、その手紙を送った。
9 She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
彼女はその手紙に書きしるした、「断食を布告して、ナボテを民のうちの高い所にすわらせ、
10 Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death.”
またふたりのよこしまな者を彼の前にすわらせ、そして彼を訴えて、『あなたは神と王とをのろった』と言わせなさい。こうして彼を引き出し、石で撃ち殺しなさい」。
11 The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had instructed them in the letters which she had written and sent to them.
その町の人々、すなわち、その町に住んでいる長老たちおよび身分の尊い人々は、イゼベルが言いつかわしたようにした。彼女が彼らに送った手紙に書きしるされていたように、
12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
彼らは断食を布告して、ナボテを民のうちの高い所にすわらせた。
13 The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.
そしてふたりのよこしまな者がはいってきて、その前にすわり、そのよこしまな者たちが民の前でナボテを訴えて、「ナボテは神と王とをのろった」と言った。そこで人々は彼を町の外に引き出し、石で撃ち殺した。
14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned and is dead.”
そして人々はイゼベルに「ナボテは石で撃ち殺された」と言い送った。
15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”
イゼベルはナボテが石で撃ち殺されたのを聞くとすぐ、アハブに言った、「立って、あのエズレルびとナボテが、あなたに金で譲ることを拒んだぶどう畑を取りなさい。ナボテは生きていません。死んだのです」。
16 When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
アハブはナボテの死んだのを聞くとすぐ、立って、エズレルびとナボテのぶどう畑を取るために、そこへ下っていった。
17 Yahweh’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
そのとき、主の言葉がテシベびとエリヤに臨んだ、
18 “Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it.
「立って、下って行き、サマリヤにいるイスラエルの王アハブに会いなさい。彼はナボテのぶどう畑を取ろうとしてそこへ下っている。
19 You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.”’”
あなたは彼に言わなければならない、『主はこう仰せられる、あなたは殺したのか、また取ったのか』と。また彼に言いなさい、『主はこう仰せられる、犬がナボテの血をなめた場所で、犬があなたの血をなめるであろう』」。
20 Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in Yahweh’s sight.
アハブはエリヤに言った、「わが敵よ、ついに、わたしを見つけたのか」。彼は言った、「見つけました。あなたが主の目の前に悪を行うことに身をゆだねたゆえ、
21 Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.
わたしはあなたに災を下し、あなたを全く滅ぼし、アハブに属する男は、イスラエルにいてつながれた者も、自由な者もことごとく断ち、
22 I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin.”
またあなたの家をネバテの子ヤラベアムの家のようにし、アヒヤの子バアシャの家のようにするでしょう。これはあなたがわたしを怒らせた怒りのゆえ、またイスラエルに罪を犯させたゆえです。
23 Yahweh also spoke of Jezebel, saying, “The dogs will eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.
イゼベルについて、主はまた言われました、『犬がエズレルの地域でイゼベルを食うであろう』と。
24 The dogs will eat he who dies of Ahab in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat he who dies in the field.”
アハブに属する者は、町で死ぬ者を犬が食い、野で死ぬ者を空の鳥が食うでしょう」。
25 But there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
アハブのように主の目の前に悪を行うことに身をゆだねた者はなかった。その妻イゼベルが彼をそそのかしたのである。
26 He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.
彼は主がイスラエルの人々の前から追い払われたアモリびとがしたように偶像に従って、はなはだ憎むべき事を行った。
27 When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his body, fasted, lay in sackcloth, and went about despondently.
アハブはこれらの言葉を聞いた時、衣を裂き、荒布を身にまとい、食を断ち、荒布に伏し、打ちしおれて歩いた。
28 Yahweh’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
この時、主の言葉がテシベびとエリヤに臨んだ、
29 “See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but I will bring the evil on his house in his son’s day.”
「アハブがわたしの前にへりくだっているのを見たか。彼がわたしの前にへりくだっているゆえ、わたしは彼の世には災を下さない。その子の世に災をその家に下すであろう」。
