列王記Ⅰ 18
1 衆多の日を經たるのち第三年にヱホバの言エリヤに臨みて曰く往て爾の身をアハブに示せ我雨を地の面に降さんと
After many dayes, the worde of the Lord came to Eliiah, in the third yeere, saying, Goe, shewe thy selfe vnto Ahab, and I will sende rayne vpon the earth.
2 エリヤ其身をアハブに示さんとて往り時に饑饉サマリアに甚しかりき
And Eliiah went to shew himselfe vnto Ahab, and there was a great famine in Samaria.
3 茲にアハブ家宰なるオバデヤを召たり
And Ahab called Obadiah the gouernour of his house: (and Obadiah feared God greatly:
4 (オバデヤは大にヱホバを畏みたる者にてイゼベルがヱホバの預言者を絶たる時にオバデヤ百人の預言者を取て之を五十人づつ洞穴に匿しパンと水をもて之を養へり)
For when Iezebel destroyed the Prophets of the Lord, Obadiah tooke an hundreth Prophets, and hid them, by fiftie in a caue, and he fed them with bread and water.)
5 アハブ、オバデヤにいひけるは國中の水の諸の源と諸の川に往け馬と騾を生活むる草を得ることあらん然ば我儕牲畜を盡くは失なふに至らじと
And Ahab saide vnto Obadiah, Goe into the land, vnto all the fountaines of water, and vnto all the riuers, if so be that we may finde grasse to saue the horses and the mules aliue, lest we depriue the lande of the beastes.
6 彼等巡るべき地を二人に分ちアハブは獨にて此途に往きオバデヤは獨にて彼途に往けり
And so they deuided the lande betweene them to walke thorowe it. Ahab went one way by him selfe, and Obadiah went another way by him selfe.
7 オバデヤ途にありし時觀よエリヤ彼に遭り彼エリヤを識て伏て言けるは我主エリヤ汝は此に居たまふや
And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Eliiah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art not thou my lord Eliiah?
8 エリヤ彼に言けるは然り往て汝の主にエリヤは此にありと告よ
And he answered him, Yea, goe tell thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here.
9 彼言けるは我何の罪を犯したれば汝僕をアハブの手に付して我を殺さしめんとする
And he said, What haue I sinned, that thou wouldest deliuer thy seruant into the hande of Ahab, to slay me?
10 汝の神ヱホバは生くわが主の人を遣はして汝を尋ねざる民はなく國はなし若しエリヤは在ずといふ時は其國其民をして汝を見ずといふ誓を爲しめたり
As the Lord thy God liueth, there is no nation or kingdome, whither my lorde hath not sent to seeke thee: and when they sayd, He is not here, he tooke an othe of the kingdome and nation, if they had not found thee.
11 汝今言ふ往て汝の主にエリヤは此にありと告よと
And now thou sayest, Goe, tell thy lorde, Beholde, Eliiah is here.
12 然ど我汝をはなれて往ときヱホバの霊我しらざる處に汝を携へゆかん我至りてアハブに告て彼汝を尋獲ざる時は彼我を殺さん然ながら僕はわが幼少よりヱホバを畏むなり
And when I am gone from thee, the Spirit of the Lord shall cary thee into some place that I doe not know: so when I come and tell Ahab, if he cannot finde thee, then wil he kill me: But I thy seruant feare the Lord from my youth.
13 イゼベルがヱホバの預言者を殺したる時に吾なしたる事即ち我がヱホバの預言者の中百人を五十人づつ洞穴に匿してパンと水を以て之を養ひし事は吾主に聞えざりしや
Was it not tolde my lord, what I did when Iezebel slew the Prophets of the Lord, how I hid an hundreth men of the Lordes Prophets by fifties in a caue, and fed them with bread and water?
14 しかるに今汝言ふ往て汝の主にエリヤは此にありと告よと然らば彼我を殺すならん
And now thou sayest, Go, tel thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here, that he may slay me.
15 エリヤいひけるは我が事ふる萬軍のヱホバは活く我は必ず今日わが身を彼に示すべしと
And Eliiah said, As the Lord of hostes liueth, before whome I stand, I will surely shewe my selfe vnto him this day.
16 オバデヤ乃ち往てアハブに會ひ之に告ければアハブはエリヤに會んとて往きけるが
So Obadiah went to meete Ahab, and tolde him: And Ahab went to meete Eliiah.
17 アハブ、エリヤを見し時アハブ、エリヤに言けるは汝イスラエルを惱ます者此にをるか
And when Ahab saw Eliiah, Ahab said vnto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
18 彼答へけるは我はイスラエルを惱さず但汝と汝の父の家之を惱すなり即ち汝等はヱホバの命令を棄て且汝はバアルに從ひたり
And he answered, I haue not troubled Israel, but thou, and thy fathers house, in that ye haue forsaken the commandements of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.
19 されば人を遣てイスラエルの諸の人およびバアルの預言者四百五十人並にアシラ像の預言者四百人イゼベルの席に食ふ者をカルメル山に集めて我に詣しめよと
Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel vnto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal foure hundreth and fiftie, and the prophets of the groues foure hundreth, which eate at Iezebels table.
20 是においてアハブ、イスラエルの都の子孫の中に人を遣り預言者をカルメル山に集めたり
So Ahab sent vnto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together vnto mount Carmel.
21 時にエリヤ總の民に近づきて言けるは汝等何時まで二の物の間にまよふやヱホバ若し神ならば之に從へされどバアル若し神ならば之に從へと民は一言も彼に答ざりき
And Eliiah came vnto all the people, and said, How long halt ye betweene two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal be he, then goe after him. And the people answered him not a worde.
22 エリヤ民に言けるは惟我一人存りてヱホバの預言者たり然どバアルの預言者は四百五十人あり
Then said Eliiah vnto the people, I onely remayne a Prophet of the Lord: but Baals prophets are foure hundreth and fiftie men.
23 然ば二の犢を我儕に與へよ彼等は其一の犢を選みて之を截り剖き薪の上に載せて火を縦たずに置べし我も其一の犢を調理へ薪の上に載せて火を縦ずに置べし
Let them therefore giue vs two bullockes, and let them chuse the one, and cut him in pieces, and lay him on the wood, but put no fire vnder, and I will prepare the other bullocke, and lay him on the wood, and will put no fire vnder.
24 斯して汝等は汝等の神の名を龥べ我はヱホバの名を龥ん而して火をもて應る神を神と爲べしと民皆答て斯言は善と言り
Then call ye on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and then the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered, and sayde, It is well spoken.
25 エリヤ、バアルの預言者に言けるは汝等は多ければ一の犢を選みて最初に調理へ汝等の神の名を呼ぶべし但し火を縦なかれと
And Eliiah said vnto the prophets of Baal, Chuse you a bullocke, and prepare him first, (for ye are many) and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire vnder.
26 彼等乃ち其與られたる犢を取て調理へ朝より午にいたるまでバアルの名を龥てバアルよ我儕に應へたまへと言り然ど何の聲もなく又何の應る者もなかりければ彼等は其造りたる壇のまはりに踊れり
So they tooke the one bullocke, that was giuen them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal, from morning to noone, saying, O Baal, heare vs: but there was no voyce, nor any to answere: and they leapt vpon the altar that was made.
27 日中におよびてエリヤ彼等を嘲りていひけるは大聲をあげて呼べ彼は神なればなり彼は默想をるか他處に行しか又は旅にあるか或は假寐て醒さるべきかと
And at noone Eliiah mocked them, and said, Crye loude: for he is a god: either he talketh or pursueth his enemies, or is in his iourney, or it may be that he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
28 是において彼等は大聲に呼はり其例に循ひて刀劍と槍を以て其身を傷つけ血を其身に流すに至れり
And they cryed loude, and cut them selues as their maner was, with kniues and launcers, till the blood gushed out vpon them.
29 斯して午時すぐるに至りしが彼等なほ預言を言ひて晩の祭物を献ぐる時にまで及べり然ども何の聲もなく又何の應ふる者も无く又何の顧る者もなかりき
And when midday was passed, and they had prophecied vntil the offring of the euening sacrifice, there was neither voyce, nor one to answere, nor any that regarded.
30 時にエリヤ都の民にむかひて我に近よれと言ければ民皆彼に近よれり彼乃ち破壞たるヱホバの壇を修理ヘり
And Eliiah said vnto all the people, Come to me. And all the people came to him. And he repayred the altar of the Lord that was broken downe.
31 エリヤ、ヤコブの子等の支派の數に循ひて十二の石を取れり(ヱホバの言昔ヤコブに臨みてイスラエルを汝の名とすべしと言り)
And Eliiah tooke twelue stones, according to the nomber of the tribes of the sonnes of Iaakob, (vnto whome the worde of the Lord came, saying, Israel shalbe thy name)
32 彼其石にてヱホバの名を以て壇を築き壇の周圍に種子二セヤを容べき溝を作れり
And with the stones he buylt an altar in the Name of the Lord: and he made a ditch round about the altar, as great as woulde conteine two measures of seede.
33 又薪を陳列べ犢を截剖て薪の上に載せて言けるは四の桶に水を滿て燔祭と薪の上に沃げ
And he put the wood in order, and hewed the bullocke in pieces, and layd him on the wood,
34 又いひけるは再び之を爲せと再びこれをなせしかば又言ふ三次これを爲せと三次これをなせり
And said, Fill foure barrels with water, and powre it on the burnt offring and on the wood. Againe he said, Doe so againe. And they did so the second time. And he sayde, Doe it the third time. And they did it the third time.
35 水に壇の周廻に流るまた溝にも水をみたしたり
And the water ran round about the altar: and he filled the ditch with water also.
36 晩の祭物を献ぐる時に及て預言者エリヤ近よりて言けるはアブラハム、イサク、イスラエルの神ヱホバよ汝のイスラエルにおいて神なることおよび我が汝の僕にして汝の言に循ひて是等の諸の事を爲せることを今日知しめたまへ
And when they should offer the euening sacrifice, Eliiah the Prophet came, and sayd, Lord God of Abraham, Izhak and of Israel, let it be knowen this day, that thou art the God of Israel, and that I am thy seruant, and that I haue done all these things at thy commandement.
37 ヱホバよ我に應へたまへ我に應へたまへ此民をして汝ヱホバは神なることおよび汝は彼等の心を翻へしたまふといふことを知しめたまへと
Heare me, O Lord, heare me, and let this people know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart againe at the last.
38 時にヱホバの火降りて燔祭と薪と石と塵とを焚つくせり亦溝の水を餂涸せり
Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt offring, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked vp the water that was in the ditche.
39 民皆見て伏ていひけるはヱホバは神なりヱホバは神なり
And when all the people sawe it, they fell on their faces, and saide, The Lord is God, the Lord is God.
40 エリヤ彼等に言けるはバアルの預言者を執へよ其一人をも逃遁しむる勿れと即ち之を執へたればエリヤ之をキシヨン川に曳下りて彼處に之を殺せり
And Elijah said vnto them, Take the prophets of Baal, let not a man of them escape. and they tooke them, and Eliiah brought them to the brooke Kishon, and slewe them there.
41 斯てエリヤ、アハブにいひけるは大雨の聲あれば汝上りて食飮すべしと
And Eliiah sayde vnto Ahab, Get thee vp, eate and drinke, for there is a sound of much rayne.
42 アハブ乃ち食飮せんとて上れり然どエリヤはカルメルの嶺に登り地に伏て其面を膝の間に容ゐたりしが
So Ahab went vp to eate and to drinke, and Eliiah went vp to the top of Carmel: and he crouched vnto the earth, and put his face betweene his knees,
43 其少者にいひけるは請ふ上りて海の方を望めと彼上り望みて何もなしといひければ再び往けといひて遂に七次に及べり
And sayde to his seruant, Goe vp now and looke towarde the way of the Sea. And he went vp, and looked, and sayde, There is nothing. Againe he sayd, Goe againe seuen times.
44 第七次に及びて彼いひけるは視よ海より人の手のごとく微の雲起るとエリヤいふ上りてアハブに雨に阻められざるやう車を備へて下りたまへと言ふべしと
And at the seuenth time he sayd, Behold, there ariseth a litle cloude out of the sea like a mans hand. Then he sayd, Vp, and say vnto Ahab, Make readie thy charet, and get thee downe, that the raine stay thee not.
45 驟に雲と風おこり霄漢黑くなりて大雨ありきアハブはヱズレルに乗り往り
And in the meane while the heauen was blacke with cloudes and winde, and there was a great rayne. Then Ahab went vp and came to Izreel.
46 ヱホバの能力エリヤに臨みて彼其腰を束帶びヱズレルの入口までアハブの前に趨りゆけり
And the hand of the Lord was on Eliiah, and he girded vp his Ioynes, and ran before Ahab till he came to Izreel.
