サムエル記Ⅱ 2
1 此のちダビデ、ヱホバに問ていひけるは我ユダのひとつの邑にのぼるべきやヱホバかれにいひたまひけるはのぼれダビデいひけるは何處にのぼるべきやヱホバいひたまひけるはヘブロンにのぼるべしと
And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.
2 ダビデすなはち彼處にのぼれりその二人の妻ヱズレル人アヒノアムおよびカルメル人ナバルの妻なりしアビガルもともにのぼれり
So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
3 ダビデ其おのれとともにありし從者と其家族をことごとく將のぼりければ皆ヘブロンの諸巴にすめり
And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
4 時にユダの人々きたり彼處にてダビデに膏をそそぎてユダの家の王となせり 人々ダビデにつげてサウルを葬りしはヤベシギレアデの人なりといひければ
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, The men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.
5 ダビデ使者をヤベシギレアデの人におくりてこれにいひけるは汝らこの厚意を汝らの主サウルにあらはしてかれを葬りたればねがはくは汝らヱホバより福祉をえよ
And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
6 ねがはくはヱホバ恩寵と眞實を汝等にしめしたまへ汝らこの事をなしたるにより我亦汝らに此恩惠をしめすなり
And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
7 されば汝ら手をつよくして勇ましくなれ汝らの主サウルは死たり又ユダの家我に膏をそそぎて我をかれらの王となしたればなりと
Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be ye valiant: for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
8 爰にサウルの軍の長ネルの子アブネル、サウルの子イシボセテを取りてこれをマナイムにみちびきわたり
Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
9 ギレアデとアシユリ人とヱズレルとエフライムとベニヤミンとイスラエルの衆の王となせり
and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
10 サウルの子イシボセテはイスラエルの王となりし時四十歳にして二年のあひだ位にありしがユダの家はダビデにしたがへり
(Ish-bosheth Saul’s son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years.) But the house of Judah followed David.
11 ダビデのヘブロンにありてユダの家の王たりし日數は七年と六ヶ月なりき
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
12 ネルの子アブネル及びサウルの子なるイシボセテの臣僕等マハナイムを出てギベオンに至れり
And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
13 セルヤの子ヨアブとダビデの臣僕もいでゆけり彼らギベオンの池の傍にて出會一方は池の此畔に一方は池の彼畔に坐す
And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
14 アブネル、ヨアブにいひけるはいざ少者をして起て我らのまへに戯れしめんヨアブいひけるは起しめんと
And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men, I pray thee, arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
15 サウルの子イシボセテに屬するベニヤミンの人其數十二人及びダビデの臣僕十二人起て前み
Then they arose and went over by number; twelve for Benjamin, and for Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
16 おのおの其敵手の首を執へて劍を其敵手の脅に刺し斯して彼等倶に斃れたり是故に其處はヘルカテハヅリム(利劍の地)と稱らる即ちギベオンにあり
And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and [thrust] his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
17 此日戰甚だ烈しくしてアブネルとイスラエルの人々ダビデの臣僕のまへに敗る
And the battle was very sore that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
18 其處にゼルヤの三人の子ヨアブ、アビシヤイ、アサヘル居たりしがアサヘルは疾足なること野にをる麆のごとくなりき
And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
19 アサヘル、アブネルの後を追ひけるが行に右左にまがらずアブネルの後をしたふ
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
20 アブネル後を顧みていふ汝はアサヘルなるか彼しかりと答ふ
Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Is it thou, Asahel? And he answered, It is I.
21 アブネルかれにいひけるは汝の右か左に轉向て少者の一人を擒へて其戎服を取れと然どアサヘル、アブネルをおふことを罷て外に向ふを肯ぜず
And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
22 アブネルふたたびアサヘルにいふ汝我を追ことをやめて外に向へ我なんぞ汝を地に撃ち仆すべけんや然せば我いかでかわが面を汝の兄ヨアブにむくべけんと
And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
23 然どもかれ外にむかふことをいなむによりアブネル槍の後銛をもてかれの腹を刺しければ槍その背後にいでたりかれ其處にたふれて立時に死り斯しかばアサヘルの仆れて死るところに來る者は皆たちどまれり
Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him in the belly, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
24 されどヨアブとアビシヤイはアブネルの後を追きたりしがギベオンの野の道傍にギアの前にあるアンマの山にいたれる時日暮ぬ
But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
25 ベニヤミンの子孫アブネルにしたがひて集まり一隊となりてひとつの山の頂にたてり
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of an hill.
26 爰にアブネル、ヨアブをよびていひけるは刀劍豈永久にほろぼさんや汝其終りには怨恨を結ぶにいたるをしらざるや汝何時まで民に其兄弟を追ふことをやめてかへることを命ぜざるや
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
27 ヨアブいひけるは神は活く若し汝が言出さざりしならば民はおのおの其兄弟を追はずして今晨のうちにさりゆきしならんと
And Joab said, As God liveth, if thou hadst not spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone away, nor followed every one his brother.
28 かくてヨアブ喇叭を吹きければ民皆たちどまりて再イスラエルの後を追はずまたかさねて戰はざりき
So Joab blew the trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
29 アブネルと其從者終夜アラバを經ゆきてヨルダンを濟りビテロンを通りてマハナイムに至れり
And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.
30 ヨアブ、アブネルを追ことをやめて歸り民をことごとく集めたるにダビデの臣僕十九人とアサヘル缺てをらざりき
And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.
31 されどダビデの臣僕はベニヤミンとアブネルの從者三百六十人を撃ち殺せり
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, [so that] three hundred and threescore men died.
32 人々アサヘルを取りあげてベテレヘムにある其父の墓に葬るヨアブと其從者は終夜ゆきて黎明にヘブロンにいたれり
And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and the day brake upon them at Hebron.
