エステル 記 8

1 その日アハシユエロス王ユダヤ人の敵ハマンの家を后エステルに賜ふ モダカイもまた王の前に來れり 是はエステル彼が己と何なる係りなるかを告たればなり

On that day hath the king Ahasuerus given to Esther the queen the house of Haman, adversary of the Jews, and Mordecai hath come in before the king, for Esther hath declared what he [is] to her,

2 王ハマンより取かへせし己の指環をはづしてモルデカイに與ふ 而してエステル、モルデカイをしてハマンの家をつかさどらしむ

and the king turneth aside his signet, that he hath caused to pass away from Haman, and giveth it to Mordecai, and Esther setteth Mordecai over the house of Haman.

3 エステルふたたび王の前に奏してその足下にひれふしアガグ人ハマンがユダヤ人を害せんと謀りしその謀計を除かんことを涙ながらに乞求めたり

And Esther addeth, and speaketh before the king, and falleth before his feet, and weepeth, and maketh supplication to him, to cause the evil of Haman the Agagite to pass away, and his device that he had devised against the Jews;

4 王エステルにむかひて金圭を伸ければエステル起て王の前に立ち

and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre, and Esther riseth, and standeth before the king,

5 言けるは王もし之を善としたまひ我もし王の前に恩を得この事もし王に正と見え我もし御目にかなひたらば アガグ人ハンメダタの子ハマンが王の諸州にあるユダヤ人をほろぼさんと謀りて書おくりたる書をとりけすべき旨を書くだしたまへ

and saith, 'If to the king [it be] good, and if I have found grace before him, and the thing hath been right before the king, and I [be] good in his eyes, let it be written to bring back the letters — a device of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite — that he wrote to destroy the Jews who [are] in all provinces of the king,

6 われ豈わが民に臨まんとする禍害を見るに忍びんや 豈わが宗族のほろぶるを見るにしのびんや

for how do I endure when I have looked on the evil that doth find my people? and how do I endure when I have looked on the destruction of my kindred?'

7 アハシユエロス王后エステルとユダヤ人モルデカイにいひけるはハマン、ユダヤ人を殺さんとしたれば我すでにハマンの家をエステルに與へまたハマンを木にかけたり

And the king Ahasuerus saith to Esther the queen, and to Mordecai the Jew, 'Lo, the house of Haman I have given to Esther, and him they have hanged on the tree, because that he put forth his hand on the Jews,

8 なんぢらも亦おのれの好むごとく王の名をもて書をつくり王の指環をもてこれに印してユダヤ人につたへよ王の名をもて書き王の指環をもて印したる書は誰もとりけすこと能はざればなり

and ye, write ye for the Jews, as [it is] good in your eyes, in the name of the king, and seal with the signet of the king — for the writing that is written in the name of the king, and sealed with the signet of the king, there is none to turn back.'

9 ここをもてその時また王の書記官を召あつむ是三月すなはちシワンの月の二十三日なりきしかして印度よりエテオピアまでの百二十七州のユダヤ人州牧諸州の方伯牧伯等にモルデカイが命ぜんとするところを盡く書しるさしむ 即ちもろもろの州におくるものはその文字をもちひ諸の民におくるものはその言語をもちひて書おくりユダヤ人におくるものはその文字と言語をもちふ

And the scribes of the king are called, at that time, in the third month — it [is] the month of Sivan — in the three and twentieth of it, and it is written, according to all that Mordecai hath commanded, unto the Jews, and unto the lieutenants, and the governors, and the heads of the provinces, that [are] from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces — province and province according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, and unto the Jews according to their writing, and according to their tongue.

10 かれアハシユエロス王の名をもてこれをかき王の指環をもてこれに印し驛卒をして御厩にてそだてたる逸足の御用馬にのりてその書をおくりつたへしむ

And he writeth in the name of the king Ahasuerus, and sealeth with the signet of the king, and sendeth letters by the hand of the runners with horses, riders of the dromedary, the mules, the young mares,

11 その中に云ふ王すべての邑にあるユダヤ人に許す彼らあひ集まり立ておのれの生命を保護しおのれを襲ふ諸國諸州の一切の兵民をその妻子もろともにほろぼし殺し絶し且その所有物を奪ふべし

that the king hath given to the Jews who [are] in every city and city, to be assembled, and to stand for their life, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy the whole force of the people and province who are distressing them, infants and women, and their spoil to seize.

12 アハシユエロス王の諸州において十二月すなはちアダルの月の十三日一日の内かくのごとくするを許さる

In one day, in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month — it [is] the month of Adar —

13 この詔旨を諸州につたへんがためまたユダヤ人をしてかの日のために準備してその敵に仇をかへさしめんがためにその書る物の寫本を一切の民に開きて示せり

a copy of the writing to be made law in every province and province is revealed to all the peoples, and for the Jews being ready at this day to be avenged of their enemies.

14 驛卒逸足の御用馬にのり王の命によりて急がせられせきたてられて出ゆけりこの詔書はシユシヤンの城において出されたり

The runners, riding on the dromedary, [and] the mules, have gone out, hastened and pressed by the word of the king, and the law hath been given in Shushan the palace.

15 かくてモルデカイは藍と白の朝服を着大なる金の冠を戴き紫色の細布の外衣をまとひて王の前よりいできたれり シユシヤンの邑中聲をあげて喜びぬ

And Mordecai went out from before the king, in royal clothing of blue and white, and a great crown of gold, and a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan hath rejoiced and been glad;

16 ユダヤ人には光輝あり喜悦あり快樂あり尊榮ありき

to the Jews hath been light, and gladness, and joy, and honour,

17 いづれの州にても何の邑にても凡て王の命令と詔書のいたるところにてはユダヤ人よろこぴ樂しみ酒宴をひらきて此日を吉日となせりしかして國の民おほくユダヤ人となれり是はユダヤ人を畏るる心おこりたればなり

and in every province and province, and in every city and city, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, gladness and joy [are] to the Jews, a banquet, and a good day; and many of the peoples of the land are becoming Jews, for a fear of the Jews hath fallen upon them.