エズラ記 9
1 是等の事の成し後牧伯等我許にきたりて言ふ イスラエルの民祭司およびレビ人は諸國の民とはなれずしてカナン人ヘテ人ペリジ人エビス人アンモニ人モアブ人エジプト人アモリ人などの中なる憎むべき事を行へり
When as these things were done, the rulers came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the Priestes, and the Leuites are not separated from the people of the lands (as touching their abominations) to wit, of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Iebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
2 即ち彼等の女子を自ら娶りまたその男子に娶れば聖種諸國の民と相雜れり牧伯たる者 長たる者さきだちてこの愆を犯せりと
For they haue taken their daughters to theselues, and to their sonnes, and they haue mixed the holy seede with the people of the landes, and the hande of the princes and rulers hath bene chiefe in this trespasse.
3 我この事を聞て我衣と袍を裂き頭髮と鬚を抜き驚き呆れて坐せり
But when I heard this saying, I rent my clothes and my garment, and pluckt off the heare of mine head, and of my beard, and sate downe astonied.
4 イスラエルの神の言を戰慄おそるる者はみな俘囚より歸り來し者等の愆の故をもて我許に集まりしが我は晩の供物の時まで驚きつつ茫然として坐しぬ
And there assembled vnto me all that feared the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of them of the captiuitie. And I sate downe astonied vntil the euening sacrifice.
5 晩の供物の時にいたり我その苦行より起て衣と袍とを裂たるまま膝を屈めてわが神ヱホバにむかひ手を舒て
And at the euening sacrifice I arose vp from mine heauinesse, and when I had rent my clothes and my garment, I fell vpon my knees, and spred out mine hands vnto the Lord my God,
6 言けるは我神よ我はわが神に向ひて面を擧るを羞て赧らむ 其は我らの罪積りて頭の上に出で我らの愆重りて天に達すればなり
And said, O my God, I am confounded and ashamed, to lift vp mine eyes vnto thee my God: for our iniquities are increased ouer our head, and our trespasse is growen vp vnto the heauen.
7 我らの先祖の日より今日にいたるまで我らは大なる愆を身に負り 我らの罪の故によりて我儕と我らの王等および祭司たちは國々の王等の手に付され劍にかけられ擄へゆかれ掠められ面に恥をかうぶれり 今日のごとし
From the dayes of our fathers haue we bin in a great trespasse vnto this day, and for our iniquities haue we, our Kings, and our Priestes bene deliuered into the hand of the kings of the lands, vnto the sword, into captiuitie, into a spoyle, and into confusion of face, as appeareth this day.
8 然るに今われらの神ヱホバ暫く恩典を施こして逃れ存すべき者を我らの中に殘し我らをしてその聖所にうちし釘のごとくならしめ斯して我らの神われらの目を明にし我らをして奴隸の中にありて少く生る心地せしめたまへり
And now for a litle space grace hath bene shewed from the Lord our God, in causing a remnant to escape, and in giuing vs a nayle in his holy place, that our God may light our eyes, and giue vs a litle reuiuing in our seruitude.
9 そもそも我らは奴隸の身なるがその奴隸たる時にも我らの神われらを忘れず反てペルシヤの王等の目の前にて我らに憐憫を施こして我らに活る心地せしめ我らの神の室を建しめ其破壞を修理はしめユダとヱルサレムにて我らに石垣をたまふ
For though we were bondmen, yet our God hath not forsaken vs in our bondage, but hath enclined mercy vnto vs in the sight of the Kings of Persia, to giue vs life, and to erect the house of our God, and to redresse the places thereof, and to giue vs a wall in Iudah and in Ierusalem.
10 我らの神よ已に是のごとくなれば我ら今何と言のべんや 我儕はやくも汝の命令を棄たればなり
And nowe, our God, what shall we say after this? for we haue forsaken thy commandements,
11 汝かつて汝の僕なる預言者等によりて命じて宣へり 云く汝らが往て獲んとする地はその各地の民の汚穢により其憎むべき事によりて汚れたる地にして此極より彼極までその汚穢盈わたるなり
Which thou hast commanded by thy seruants the Prophets, saying, The land whereunto ye go to possesse it, is an vncleane land, because of the filthines of the people of the lands, which by their abominations, and by their vncleannes haue filled it from corner to corner.
12 然ば汝らの女子を彼らの男子に與ふる勿れ 彼らの女子をなんぢらの男子に娶る勿れ 又何時までもかれらの爲に平安をも福祿をも求むべからず 然すれば汝ら旺盛にしてその地の佳物を食ふことを得永くこれを汝らの子孫に傳へて產業となさしむることを得んと
Now therfore shall ye not giue your daughters vnto their sonnes, neither shall ye take their daughters vnto your sonnes, nor seeke their peace nor wealth for euer, that yee may be strong and eate the goodnes of the lande, and leaue it for an inheritance to your sonnes for euer.
13 我らの惡き行により我らの大なる愆によりて此事すべて我儕に臨みたりしが汝我らの神はわれらの罪よりも輕く我らを罰して我らの中に是のごとく人を遺したまひたれば
And after all that is come vpon vs for our euill deedes, and for our great trespasses, (seeing that thou our God hast stayed vs from being beneath for our iniquities, and hast giuen vs such deliuerance)
14 我儕再び汝の命令を破りて是等の憎むべき行ある民と縁を結ぶべけんや 汝我らを怒りて終に滅ぼし盡し遺る者も逃るる者も無にいたらしめたまはざらんや
Should we returne to breake thy commadements, and ioyne in affinitie with the people of such abominations? wouldest not thou be angrie towarde vs till thou haddest consumed vs, so that there should be no remnant nor any escaping?
15 イスラエルの神ヱホバよ汝は義し 即ち我ら逃れて遺ること今日のごとし 今我ら罪にまとはれて汝の前にあり 是がために一人として汝の前に立ことを得る者なきなり
O Lord God of Israel, thou art iust, for we haue bene reserued to escape, as appeareth this day: beholde, we are before thee in our trespasse: therfore we canot stand before thee because of it.
