< Jeremiah 21 >

1 The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, in the king Zedekiah's sending unto him Pashhur son of Malchiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
ゼデキヤ王マルキヤの子パシユルと祭司マアセヤの子ゼパニヤをヱレミヤに遣し
2 'Inquire, we pray thee, for us at Jehovah, for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath fought against us; perhaps Jehovah doth deal with us according to all His wonders, and doth cause him to go up from off us.'
バビロンの王ネブカデネザル我らを攻むれば汝われらの爲にヱホバに求めよヱホバ恒のごとくそのもろもろの奇なる跡をもて我らを助けバビロンの王を我らより退かしめたまふことあらんと曰しむ其時ヱホバの言ヱレミヤに臨めり
3 And Jeremiah saith unto them, 'Thus do ye say unto Zedekiah,
ヱレミヤ彼らにこたへけるは汝らゼデキヤにかく語ふべし
4 Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel: Lo, I am turning round the weapons of battle That [are] in your hand, With which ye do fight the king of Babylon, And the Chaldeans, who are laying siege against you, At the outside of the wall, And I have gathered them into the midst of this city,
イスラエルの神ヱホバかくいひたまふ視よわれ汝らがこの邑の外にありて汝らを攻め圍むところのバビロン王およびカルデヤ人とたたかひて手に持ところのその武器をかへし之を邑のうちに聚めん
5 And I — I have fought against you, With a stretched-out hand, and with a strong arm, And in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath,
われ手を伸べ臂をつよくし震怒と憤恨と烈き怒をもて汝らをせむべし
6 And I have smitten the inhabitants of this city, Both man and beast, By a great pestilence do they die.
我また此邑にすめる人と畜を撃ん皆重き疫病によりて死べし
7 And after this — an affirmation of Jehovah, I give Zedekiah king of Judah, And his servants, and the people, And those left in this city, From the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, Into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of their enemies, And into the hand of those seeking their life, And he hath smitten them by the mouth of the sword, He hath no pity on them, Nor doth he spare, nor hath he mercy.
ヱホバいひたまふ此後われユダの王ゼデキヤとその諸臣および民此邑に疫病と劍と饑饉をまぬかれて遺れる者をバビロンの王ネブカデネザルの手と其敵の手および凡そその生命を索る者の手に付さんバビロンの王は劍の刃をもて彼らを撃ちかれらを惜まず顧みず恤れまざるべし
8 And unto this people thou dost say, Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am setting before you the way of life, And the way of death!
汝また此民にヱホバかくいふと語るべし視よわれ生命の道と死の道を汝らの前に置く
9 Whoso is abiding in this city — dieth, By sword, and by famine, and by pestilence, And whoso is going forth, And hath fallen unto the Chaldeans, Who are laying siege against you — liveth, And his life hath been to him for a spoil.
この邑にとどまる者は劍と饑饉と疫病に死べしされど汝らを攻め圍むところのカルデヤ人に出降る者はいきん其命はおのれの掠取物となるべし
10 For I have set My face against this city for evil, And not for good — an affirmation of Jehovah. Into the hand of the king of Babylon it is given, And he hath burned it with fire.
ヱホバいひたまふ我この邑に面を向しは福をあたふる爲にあらず禍をあたへんが爲なりこの邑はバビロンの王の手に付されん彼火をもて之を焚くべし
11 And as to the house of the king of Judah, Hear ye a word of Jehovah;
またユダの王の家に告べし汝らヱホバの言をきけ
12 O house of David, thus said Jehovah: Decide ye judgment at morning, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, Lest My fury go forth as fire, And hath burned, and none is quenching, Because of the evil of your doings.
ダビデの家よヱホバかくいふ汝朝ごとに義く鞫をなし物を奪はるる人をその暴逆者の手より救へ否ざれば汝らの行の惡によりて我怒火のごとくに發で燃て滅ざるべし
13 Lo, I [am] against thee — an affirmation of Jehovah, O inhabitant of the valley, rock of the plain, Who are saying, Who cometh down against us? And who cometh into our habitations?
ヱホバいひたまふ谷と平原の磐とにすめる者よみよ我汝に敵す汝らは誰か降て我儕を攻んや誰かわれらの居處にいらんやといふ
14 And I have laid a charge against you, According to the fruit of your doings, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have kindled a fire in its forest, And it hath consumed — all its suburbs!
我汝らをその行の果によりて罰せん又其林に火を起し其四周をことごとく焚つくすべしとヱホバいひたまふ

< Jeremiah 21 >