使徒の働き 18
1 この後パウロ、アテネを離れてコリントに到り、
After that, Paul left Athens [city] and went to Corinth [city].
2 アクラと云ふポントに生れたるユダヤ人に遇ふ。クラウデオ、ユダヤ人にことごとくロマを退くべき命を下したるによりて、近頃その妻プリスキラと共にイタリヤより來りし者なり。
There he met a Jew whose name was Aquila, who grew up in Pontus [province]. Aquila and his wife Priscilla had recently come from [Rome, in] Italy. [They had previously left Rome] because Claudius, [the Roman Emperor], had ordered that all the Jews must leave Rome. Paul later went to see Aquila and Priscilla.
3 パウロ其の許に到りしに、同業なりしかば偕に居りて工をなせり。彼らの業は幕屋 製造なり。
Those two made tents [to earn] ([money/a living]). Paul also made tents, so he stayed with them, and they all worked together.
4 かくて安息 日 毎に會堂にて論じ、ユダヤ人とギリシヤ人とを勸む。
Every Sabbath, Paul [went] to the Jewish meeting place, where he spoke forcefully to both Jews and non-Jews. He repeatedly tried to persuade them [that Jesus is the Messiah].
5 シラスとテモテとマケドニヤより來りて後は、パウロ專ら御言を宣ぶることに力め、イエスのキリストたることをユダヤ人に證せり。
Then Silas and Timothy arrived there from Macedonia province. After they arrived, Paul [did not make tents any more. He] used all his time preaching [the message about Jesus in the Jewish meeting place]. He continued to tell the Jews [that] the Messiah they had been waiting for was Jesus.
6 然るに、彼ら之に逆ひかつ罵りたれば、パウロ衣を拂ひて言ふ『なんぢらの血は汝らの首に歸すべし、我はいさぎよし、今より異邦人に往かん』
But the Jews began to oppose Paul and to say evil things about him. So he shook [the dust from] his clothes [to show them that they were displeasing God. Then] he said to them, “If God punishes you, it will be your [SYN] own fault [MTY], not mine! From now on I will go [and preach] to non-Jewish people!”
7 遂に此處を去りて、神を敬ふテテオ・ユストと云ふ人の家に到る。この家は會堂に隣れり。
So Paul left [the Jewish meeting place] and went into a house that was next to it, [and preached there]. Titius Justus, the owner of the house, was a non-Jewish man who had accepted what the Jews believe.
8 會堂 司クリスポその家族 一同と共に主を信じ、また多くのコリント人も聽きて信じ、かつバプテスマを受けたり。
[After that], the ruler of the Jewish meeting place, [whose name was] Crispus, and all of his family [MTY] believed in the Lord [Jesus]. Many other people in Corinth who listened [to Paul] also believed [in Jesus]. Then they were baptized. [But there were people who still opposed Paul and his preaching].
9 主は夜まぼろしの中にパウロに言ひ給ふ『おそるな、語れ、默すな、
One night Paul had a vision in which the Lord [Jesus] said to him, “Do not be afraid [of those who oppose you]. Instead, you should continue speaking [to people about me]. Do not stop,
10 我なんぢと偕にあり、誰も汝を攻めて害ふ者なからん。此の町には多くの我が民あり』
because I [will help] you, and no one will be able to harm you [(sg) here. Keep telling people about me], because there are many in this city who will [believe in] me.”
11 かくてパウロ一年 六个月ここに留りて神の言を教へたり。
So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching people the message from God [about Jesus].
12 ガリオ、アカヤの總督たる時、ユダヤ人、心を一つにしてパウロを攻め、審判の座に曳きゆき、
When Gallio was the [Roman] governor of Achaia [province], the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] there got together and seized Paul. They took him before Gallio [and accused him],
13 『この人は律法にかなはぬ仕方にて神を拜むことを人に勸む』と言ひたれば、
saying, “This man is teaching people [a false religion, leading them] to worship God in ways that are contrary to our [Jewish] laws.”
14 パウロ口を開かんとせしに、ガリオ、ユダヤ人に言ふ『ユダヤ人よ、不正または奸惡の事ならば、我が汝らに聽くは道理なれど、
When Paul was about to speak [MTY] [to defend himself], Gallio said to the Jews, “If this man had acted deceitfully or disobeyed [any of our Roman] laws, I would listen [patiently] to what you Jews [want to tell me].
15 もし言・名あるいは汝らの律法にかかはる問題ならば、汝 等みづから理むべし。我かかる事の審判 人となるを好まず』
However, you are merely arguing about words and names and your own [Jewish] laws, so you yourselves need to resolve this. I refuse to judge these things!”
16 かくて彼らを審判の座より逐ひいだす。
After Gallio [had said that], he [commanded some soldiers/guards] that [they] expel those [Jewish leaders] from the courtroom.
17 ここに人々みな會堂 司ソステネを執へ、審判の座の前にて打ち抃きたり。ガリオは凡て此らの事を意とせざりき。
Then [the mob outside] grabbed the leader of the Jewish meeting place, Sosthenes [because they considered that he was responsible for those accusations against Paul]. They beat him, right there in front of the courthouse. But Gallio did nothing about it.
18 パウロなほ久しく留りてのち、兄弟たちに別を告げ、プリスキラとアクラとを伴ひ、シリヤに向ひて船出す。早くより誓願ありたれば、ケンクレヤにて髮を剃れり。
Paul stayed on with the believers in Corinth for (many days/some time). Then he left the believers there, and went with Priscilla and [her husband] Aquila. They went down to Cenchrea, [a port city]. There Paul had his head shaved {[someone] shave his head} in order to partially complete a vow that he had taken. Then they got on a ship and sailed for Syria [province].
19 かくてエペソに著き、其處にこの二人を留めおき、自らは會堂に入りてユダヤ人と論ず。
They arrived at Ephesus [city], and Priscilla and Aquila stayed there. [Before Paul left Ephesus], he entered the Jewish meeting place and lectured to the Jews.
20 人々かれに今しばらく居らんことを請ひたれど、肯んぜずして、
They asked him to stay longer, but he refused.
21 別を告げ『神の御意ならば復なんぢらに返らん』と言ひてエペソより船出し、
But, as he left, he told them, “I will come back, if God wills/desires [me to do that].” Then, [because he wanted to be in Jerusalem to finish completing his vow], he got on [a ship that] sailed from Ephesus.
22 カイザリヤにつき、而してエルサレムに上り、教會の安否を問ひてアンテオケに下り、
When the ship arrived at Caesarea, Paul [got off. He] went up [to Jerusalem] and greeted the believers there. Then he went back down to Antioch [city in Syria province].
23 此處に暫く留りて後、また去りてガラテヤ、フルギヤの地を次々に經て凡ての弟子を堅うせり。
Paul spent some time [with the believers] there. Then he left Antioch and traveled to several towns [that he had visited previously] in Galatia and Phrygia [provinces]. He taught all of the believers more [of the message from God about Jesus].
24 時にアレキサンデリヤ生れのユダヤ人にて、聖書に通達したるアポロと云ふ能辯なる者エペソに下る。
[While Paul was traveling in Galatia and Phrygia], a Jewish man whose name was Apollos came to Ephesus. He was a native of Alexandria [city]. He [spoke eloquently] and he knew the Scriptures thoroughly.
25 この人は曩に主の道を教へられ、ただヨハネのバプテスマを知るのみなれど、熱心にして詳細にイエスの事を語り、かつ教へたり。
[Other believers] had taught him [some things] about how the Lord [Jesus desires that people] should conduct themselves, and he taught those things very enthusiastically [to people. He had heard about] some of the things that Jesus did and said, and he taught those facts accurately [to people. However, he was teaching incompletely about Jesus, because] he knew only what John [the Baptizer had taught people whom he] baptized.
26 かれ會堂にて臆せずして語り始めしを、プリスキラとアクラと聞きゐて之を迎へ入れ、なほも詳細に神の道を解き明せり。
Apollos went to the Jewish meeting place, and he told the people there very confidently the things that he had learned. When Priscilla and Aquila heard what Apollos taught, they invited him [to their home]. There they explained more accurately to him the way [that] God [gives people eternal life].
27 アポロ遂にアカヤに渡らんとしたれば、兄弟たち之を勵まし、かつ弟子たちに彼を受け容るるやうに書き贈れり。彼かしこに往き、既に恩惠によりて信じたる者に多くの益を與ふ。
When Apollos decided that he would like to go to Achaia [province], the believers in Ephesus told him that it would be good for him to do that. So they wrote a letter to the believers [in Achaia saying that they] should welcome Apollos. [So Apollos got on a ship to go to Corinth]. After he arrived, he greatly helped those whom [God] had kindly enabled to believe [in Jesus].
28 即ち聖書に基き、イエスのキリストたる事を示して、激甚くかつ公然にユダヤ人を言ひ伏せたるなり。
Apollos was vigorously arguing publicly with [the leaders of] the Jews while many other people listened. [By quoting] from the Scriptures, he proved to people that Jesus was the Messiah.
