< Daniel 3 >

1 Nebuchadnezzar the king hath made an image of gold, its height sixty cubits, its breadth six cubits; he hath raised it up in the valley of Dura, in the province of Babylon;
茲にネブカデネザル王 一箇の金の像を造れりその高は六十キユビトその横の廣は六キユビトなりき即ちこれをバビロン州のドラの平野に立たり
2 and Nebuchadnezzar the king hath sent to gather the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the honourable judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the province, to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath raised up.
而してネブカデネザル王は州牧將軍方伯刑官庫官法官士師および州郡の諸有司を召集めそのネブカデネザル王の立たる像の告成禮に臨ましめんとせり
3 Then are gathered the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the honourable judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the province, to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath raised up: and they are standing before the image that Nebuchadnezzar hath raised up.
是においてその州牧將軍方伯刑官庫官法官士師および州郡の諸有司等はネブカデネザル王の立たる像の告成禮に臨みそのネブカデネザル王の立たる像の前に立り
4 And a crier is calling mightily: 'To you they are saying: O peoples, nations, and languages!
時に傳令者大聲に呼はりて言ふ諸民諸族諸音よ汝らは斯命ぜらる
5 at the time that ye hear the voice of the cornet, the flute, the harp, the sackbut, the psaltery, the symphony, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and do obeisance to the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath raised up:
汝ら喇叭簫琵琶琴瑟篳篥などの諸の樂器の音を聞く時は俯伏しネブカデネザル王の立たまへる金像を拝すべし
6 and whoso doth not fall down and do obeisance, in that hour he is cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.'
凡て俯伏て拝せざる者は即時に火の燃る爐の中に投こまるべしと
7 Therefore at that time, when all the peoples are hearing the voice of the cornet, the flute, the harp, the sackbut, the psaltery, and all kinds of music, falling down are all the peoples, nations and languages, doing obeisance to the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath raised up.
是をもて諸民等喇叭簫琵琶琴瑟などの諸の樂器の音を聞くや直に諸民諸族諸音みな俯伏しネブカデネザル王の立たる金像を拝したり
8 Therefore at that time drawn near have certain Chaldeans, and accused the Jews;
その時或カルデヤ人等進みきたりてユダヤ人を讒奏せり
9 they have answered, yea, they are saying to Nebuchadnezzar the king, 'O king, to the ages live!
即ち彼らネブカデネザル王に奏聞して言ふ願くは王長壽かれ
10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree that every man who doth hear the voice of the cornet, the flute, the harp, the sackbut, the psaltery, and the symphony, and all kinds of music, doth fall down and do obeisance to the golden image;
王よ汝は命を出して宣へり凡て喇叭簫琵琶琴瑟篳篥などの諸の樂器の音を聞く者はみな俯伏しこの金像を拝すべし
11 and whoso doth not fall down and do obeisance, is cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
凡て俯伏し拝せざる者はみな火の燃る爐の中に投こまるべしと
12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast appointed over the work of the province of Babylon — Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, these men have not made of thee, O king, [any] regard; thy gods they are not serving, and to the golden image thou hast raised up — are not making obeisance.'
此に汝が立てバビロン州の事務を司どらせ給へるユダヤ人シヤデラク、メシヤクおよびアベデネゴあり王よ此人々は汝を尊ばず汝の神々にも事へず汝の立たまへる金像をも拝せざるなりと
13 Then Nebuchadnezzar, in anger and fury, hath said to bring in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. Then these men have been brought in before the king.
是においてネブカデネザル怒りかつ憤りてシヤデラク、メシヤクおよびアベデネゴを召寄よと命じければ即ちこの人々を王の前に引きたりしに
14 Nebuchadnezzar hath answered and said to them, 'Is [it] a laid plan, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego — my gods ye are not serving, and to the golden image that I have raised up ye are not doing obeisance?
ネブカデネザルかれらに問て言けるはジヤデラク、メシヤク、アベデネゴよ汝ら我神に事へずまた我が立たる金像を拝せざるは是故意にするなるか
15 Now, lo, ye are ready, so that at the time that ye hear the voice of the cornet, the flute, the harp, the sackbut, the psaltery, and the symphony, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and do obeisance to the image that I have made! — and lo, ye do no obeisance — in that hour ye are cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; who is that God who doth deliver you out of my hands?'
汝らもし何の時にもあれ喇叭簫琵琶琴瑟篳篥などの諸の樂器の音を聞く時に俯伏し我が造れる像を拝することを爲ば可し然ど汝らもし拝することをせずば即時に火の燃る爐の中に投こまるべし何の神か能く汝らをわが手より救ひいだすことをせん
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego have answered, yea, they are saying to the king Nebuchadnezzar, 'We have no need concerning this matter to answer thee.
シヤデラク、メシヤクおよびアベデネゴ對へて王に言けるはネブカデネザルよこの事においては我ら汝に答ふるに及ばず
17 Lo, it is; our God whom we are serving, is able to deliver us from a burning fiery furnace; and from thy hand, O king, He doth deliver.
もし善らんには王よ我らの事ふる我らの神我らを救ふの能あり彼その火の燃る爐の中と汝の手の中より我らを救ひいださん
18 And lo — not! be it known to thee, O king, that thy gods we are not serving, and to the golden image thou hast raised up we do no obeisance.'
假令しからざるも王よ知たまへ我らは汝の神々に事へずまた汝の立たる金像を拝せじ
19 Then Nebuchadnezzar hath been full of fury, and the expression of his face hath been changed concerning Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego; he answered and said to heat the furnace seven times above that which it is seen to be heated;
是においてネブカデネザル怒氣を充しシヤデラク、メシヤクおよびアベデネゴにむかひてその面の容を變へ即ち爐を常に熱くするよりも七倍熱くせよと命じ
20 and to certain mighty men who [are] in his force he hath said to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, to cast into the burning fiery furnace.
またその軍勢の中の力強き人々を喚てシヤデラク、メシヤクおよびアベデネゴを縛りてこれを火の燃る爐の中に投こめと命じたり
21 Then these men have been bound in their coats, their tunics, and their turbans, and their clothing, and have been cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
是をもて此人々はその褲子羽織外套およびその他の服装を着たるままにて縛られて火の燃る爐の中に投こまれたりしが
22 Therefore, because that the word of the king is urgent, and the furnace heated exceedingly, those men who have taken up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego — killed them hath the spark of the fire.
王の命はなはだ急にして爐は甚だしく熱しゐたれば彼のシヤデラク、メシヤクおよびアベデネゴを引抱へゆける者等はその火焔に燒ころされたり
23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, have fallen down in the midst of the burning fiery furnace — bound.
また此シヤデラク、メシヤク、デベデネゴの三人は縛られたるままにて燃る爐の中に落いりぬ
24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king hath been astonished, and hath risen in haste; he hath answered and said to his counsellors, 'Have we not cast three men into the midst of the fire — bound?' They have answered and are saying to the king, 'Certainly, O king.'
時にネブカデネザル王驚きて急忙しくたちあがり大臣等に言ふ我らは三人を縛りて火の中に投いれざりしや彼ら王にこたへて言ふ王よ然りと
25 He answered and hath said, 'Lo, I am seeing four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the appearance of the fourth [is] like to a son of the gods.'
王また應へて言ふ今我見るに四人の者縲絏解て火の中に歩みをり凡て何の害をも受ずまたその第四の者の容は神の子のごとしと
26 Then Nebuchadnezzar hath drawn near to the gate of the burning fiery furnace; he hath answered and said, 'Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, servants of God Most High come forth, yea, come;' then come forth do Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, from the midst of the fire;
ネブカデネザルすなはちその火の燃る爐の口に進みよりて呼て言ふ至高神の僕シヤデラク、メシヤク、アベデネゴよ汝ら出きたれと是においてシヤデラク、メシヤクおよびアベデネゴその火の中より出きたりしかば
27 and gathered together, the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, and the counsellors of the king, are seeing these men, that the fire hath no power over their bodies, and the hair of their head hath not been singed, and their coats have not changed, and the smell of fire hath not passed on them.
州牧將軍方伯および王の大臣等集りて比人々を見たり此人々の身は火もこれを害する力なかりきまたその頭の髮は燒けずその衣裳は傷ねず火の臭氣もこれに付ざりき
28 Nebuchadnezzar hath answered and hath said, 'Blessed [is] the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who hath sent His messenger, and hath delivered His servants who trusted on Him, and the word of the king changed, and gave up their bodies that they might not serve nor do obeisance to any god except to their own God.
ネブカデネザルすなはち宣て曰くシヤデラク、メシヤク、アベデネゴの神は讃べき哉彼その使者を遣りて己を賴む僕を救へりまた彼らは自己の神の外には何の神にも事へずまた拝せざらんとて王の命をも用ひず自己の身をも捨んとせり
29 And by me a decree is made, that any people, nation, and language, that doth speak erroneously concerning the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, pieces he is made, and its house is made a dunghill, because that there is no other god who is able thus to deliver.'
然ば我今命を下す諸民諸族諸音の中凡てシヤデラク、メシヤクおよびアベダネゴの神を詈る者あらばその身は切裂れその家は厠にせられん其は是のごとくに救を施す神他にあらざればなりと
30 Then the king hath caused Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, to prosper in the province of Babylon.
かくて王またシヤデラク、メシヤクおよびアベデネゴの位をすすめてバビロン州にをらしむ

< Daniel 3 >