使徒の働き 14
1 二人はイコニオムにて相 共にユダヤ人の會堂に入りて語りたれば、之に由りてユダヤ人およびギリシヤ人あまた信じたり。
At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish meeting place and spoke very convincingly [about the Lord Jesus]. As a result, many Jews and also non-Jews believed [in Jesus].
2 然るに從はぬユダヤ人ら異邦人を唆かし、兄弟たちに對して惡意を懷かしむ。
But [some of] the Jews refused to believe [that message, and] told the non-Jews not to believe it. They told the non-Jewish people that the message [about Jesus] was not true. As a result, [some of] the non-Jews became angry towards the believers [there].
3 二人は久しく留り、主によりて臆せずして語り、主は彼らの手により、徴と不思議とを行ひて惠の御言を證したまふ。
So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there speaking boldly for the Lord, and the Lord Jesus enabled them to do many miracles. In this way he showed [people] that the message about how the Lord saves us in a way that we do not deserve is true.
4 ここに町の人々 相 分れて、或 者はユダヤ人に黨し、或 者は使徒たちに黨せり。
The people [who lived] in [Iconium] city strongly disagreed with each other [concerning the message about Jesus]. Some of them agreed with the Jews [SYN] [who did not believe that message]. Others agreed with Paul and Barnabas.
5 異邦人ユダヤ人および其の司ら相 共に使徒たちを辱しめ、石にて撃たんと企てしに、
Then the non-Jewish people and the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] [who opposed those two] talked among themselves about how they could mistreat them. Some of the important men in that city agreed to help them. Together, they decided that they would [kill Paul and Barnabas by] throwing stones at them.
6 彼ら悟りてルカオニヤの町なるルステラ、デルベ及びその邊の地にのがれ、
But Paul and Barnabas heard about that, so they quickly went away to Lycaonia [district. They went] to Lystra and Derbe [cities in that district] and to the area surrounding [those cities].
7 彼處にて福音を宣傳ふ。
[While they were] in that area, they continually told people the message [about the Lord Jesus].
8 ルステラに足 弱き人ありて坐しゐたり、生れながらの跛者にて曾て歩みたる事なし。
[Once while Paul was preaching to people] in Lystra, a man was sitting there who was crippled in his legs. When [his mother] bore him he had crippled legs, so he was never able to walk.
9 この人パウロの語るを聽きゐたるが、パウロ之に目をとめ、救はるべき信仰あるを見て、
He listened as Paul was speaking [about the Lord Jesus]. Paul looked directly at him and could see [in the man’s face] that he believed that [the Lord Jesus] could make him well.
10 大聲に『なんぢの足にて眞直に起て』と言ひたれば、かれ躍り上りて歩めり。
So Paul called out [to him], “Stand up!” [When the man heard that], he [immediately] jumped up and began to walk [normally].
11 群衆、パウロの爲ししことを見て聲を揚げ、ルカオニヤの國語にて『神たち人の形をかりて我らに降り給へり』と言ひ、
When the crowd saw what Paul had done, [they thought that Paul and Barnabas] [were/must be]) [the gods that they worshipped]. So they shouted [excitedly] in their [own] Lycaonia language, “[Look! These people are] the gods [that we(inc) worship! They] made themselves look like people and have come down [from the sky/heaven to help us]!”
12 バルナバをゼウスと稱へ、パウロを宗と語る人なる故にヘルメスと稱ふ。
They began to say that Barnabas was [probably the chief god, whose name was]. And [they began to say that] Paul was Hermes, [the messenger/spokesman for the other gods. They mistakenly thought that] because Paul was the one who had been speaking.
13 而して町の外なるゼウスの宮の祭司、數匹の牛と花 飾とを門の前に携へきたりて、群衆とともに犧牲を献げんとせり。
Just outside [the gates of] the city there was a temple [where the people worshipped Zeus. The priest who was there heard what Paul and Barnabas had done, so he came] to the city gate, where many people had already gathered. He brought [two] bulls with wreaths [of flowers around their necks]. The priest and the other people wanted to kill the bulls [as part of a ceremony] to worship Paul and Barnabas.
14 使徒たち、即ちバルナバとパウロと之を聞きて、己が衣をさき群衆のなかに馳せ入り、
But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard about that, [and understood that the people thought that they were gods and wanted to sacrifice the bulls to worship them], they [were very distressed], so they tore their own clothes. They rushed among the people, shouting,
15 呼はりて言ふ『人々よ、なんぞ斯かる事をなすか、我らも汝らと同じ情を有てる人なり、汝らに福音を宣べて斯かる虚しき者より離れ、天と地と海とその中にある有らゆる物とを造り給ひし活ける神に歸らしめんとするなり。
“Men, (you must not kill those bulls [to worship us(dl)!]/why are you doing this?) [RHQ] [We are not gods]! We are just human beings like you! We have come to tell you some good news! [We have come to tell you about] God who is all-powerful. He wants you to stop worshipping other gods, because they cannot help you. This true God made the heaven/sky and the earth and the oceans and everything in it.
16 過ぎし時代には神、すべての國人の己が道々を歩むに任せ給ひしかど、
In the past, all of you non-Jewish people [worshipped whatever gods that you wanted to]. God let you worship them, [because you did not know him].
17 また自己を證し給はざりし事なし。即ち善き事をなし、天より雨を賜ひ、豐穰の時をあたへ、食物と勸喜とをもて汝らの心を滿ち足らはせ給ひしなり』
But he has shown us [LIT] [that] he acts kindly [toward us(inc)]. He is the one who causes it to rain and causes crops to grow. He is the one who gives you plenty of food, and makes you very happy.”
18 斯く言ひて辛うじて群衆の己らに犧牲を献げんとするを止めたり。
The people heard what [Paul] said, but they still thought that they should sacrifice those bulls to worship Paul and Barnabas. [But finally, the people decided not to do it].
19 然るに數人のユダヤ人、アンテオケ及びイコニオムより來り、群衆を勸め、而してパウロを石にて撃ち、既に死にたりと思ひて町の外に曳き出せり。
[However], after that, some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and persuaded many of the people of Lystra [that the message Paul had been telling them] was not true. The people [who believed what those Jews said became angry with Paul. They let the Jews] throw stones at him [until he fell down, unconscious]. They [all] thought that he was dead, so they dragged him outside the city [and left him lying there]. But some of the believers [in Lystra had followed them outside the city].
20 弟子たち之を立 圍みゐたるに、パウロ起きて町に入る。明くる日バルナバと共にデルベに出で往き、
They came and stood around Paul, [where he was lying on the ground]. And Paul [became conscious! He] stood up and went back into the city [with the believers]. Acts 14:20b-23 The next day, Paul and Barnabas [left Lystra and] traveled to Derbe.
21 その町に福音を宣傳へ、多くの人を弟子として後、ルステラ、イコニオム、アンテオケに還り、
They [stayed there several days and they kept telling] the people the good message [about Jesus]. Many people became believers. After that, Paul and Barnabas [started on their way back. They] went again to Lystra. [Then they went from there] to Iconium, and [then they went] to Antioch [in Pisidia province].
22 弟子たちの心を堅うし信仰に止らんことを勸め、また我らが多くの艱難を歴て神の國に入るべきことを教ふ。
[In each city], they helped the believers [SYN] to become strong [spiritually], and they urged them to keep on trusting in [the Lord Jesus]. They told [the believers], “It is necessary that [we endure] people often persecuting us [(inc)] before we enter the place where God will rule [over us forever].”
23 また教會 毎に長老をえらび、斷食して祈り、弟子たちを其の信ずる所の主に委ぬ。
Paul and Barnabas appointed leaders for each congregation. [And before Paul and Barnabas left each town, they gathered the believers together and spent some time] praying and (fasting/not eating any food). Then Paul and Barnabas entrusted the [leaders and other believers] to the Lord [Jesus], in whom they had believed, [in order that he would care for them].
24 かくてピシデヤを經てパンフリヤに到り、
After Paul and Barnabas had traveled through Pisidia [district], they went [south] to Pamphylia [district].
25 ペルガにて御言を語りて後アタリヤに下り、
[In that district], they [arrived] at Perga and preached God’s message [about the Lord Jesus to the people there. Then] they went down [to the seacoast] at Attalia.
26 彼處より船出して、その成し果てたる務のために神の惠みに委ねられし處なるアンテオケに往けり。
There they got on a ship and went back to Antioch [in Syria province]. That was the place where Paul and Barnabas had been appointed {where [believers] had sent Paul and Barnabas} to go [to other places] and preach. [Antioch was the place where the believers] had asked God to kindly help Paul and Barnabas in the work that they had now completed.
27 既に到りて教會の人々を集めたれば、神が己らと偕に在して成し給ひし凡てのこと、竝に信仰の門を異邦人にひらき給ひしことを述ぶ。
When they arrived in Antioch, they called the believers together. Then Paul and Barnabas told them all that God had helped them to do. [Specifically, they told them how God] had enabled [IDM] [many] non-Jewish people to believe [in Jesus].
28 かくて久しく留りて弟子たちと偕にゐたり。
Then Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch with the [other] believers for several months.
