創世記 24
1 アブラハム年邁て老たりヱホバ萬の事に於てアブラハムを祝みたまへり
Nowe Abraham was olde, and striken in yeeres, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
2 茲にアブラハム其凡の所有を宰る其家の年邁なる僕に言けるは請ふ爾の手を吾髀の下に置よ
Therefore Abraham saide vnto his eldest seruant of his house, which had the rule ouer all that he had, Put nowe thine hand vnder my thigh,
3 我爾をして天の神地の神ヱホバを指て誓はしめん即ち汝わが偕に居むカナン人の女の中より吾子に妻を娶るなかれ
And I will make thee sweare by ye Lord God of the heauen, and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites among who I dwel.
4 汝わが故國に往き吾親族に到りて吾子イサクのために妻を娶れ
But thou shalt go vnto my countrey, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sone Izhak.
5 僕彼に言けるは倘女我に從ひて此地に來ることを好まざる事あらん時は我爾の子を彼汝が出來りし地に導き歸るべきか
And the seruant saide to him, What if the woman will not come with me to this land? shall I bring thy sonne againe vnto the lande from whence thou camest?
6 アブラハム彼に曰けるは汝愼みて吾子を彼處に携かへるなかれ
To whom Abraham answered, Beware that thou bring not my sonne thither againe.
7 天の神ヱホバ我を導きて吾父の家とわが親族の地を離れしめ我に語り我に誓ひて汝の子孫に此地を與へんと言たまひし者其使を遣して汝に先たしめたまはん汝彼處より我子に妻を娶るべし
The Lord God of heauen, who tooke me from my fathers house, and from the land where I was borne, and that spake vnto me, and that sware vnto me, saying, Vnto thy seede wil I giue this land, he shall send his Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife vnto my sonne from thence.
8 若女汝に從ひ來る事を好ざる時は汝吾此誓を解るべし唯我子を彼處に携へかへるなかれ
Neuertheles if the woman wil not follow thee, then shalt thou bee discharged of this mine othe: onely bring not my sonne thither againe.
9 是に於て僕手を其主人アブラハムの髀の下に置て此事について彼に誓へり
Then the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him for this matter.
10 斯て僕其主人の駱駝の中より十頭の駱駝を取りて出たてり即ち其主人の諸の佳物を手にとりて起てメソポタミアに往きナホルの邑に至り
So the seruant tooke ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed: (for he had all his masters goods in his hand: ) and so he arose, and went to Aram Naharaim, vnto the citie of Nahor.
11 其駱駝を邑の外にて井の傍に跪伏しめたり其時は黄昏にて婦女等の水汲にいづる時なりき
And he made his camels to lye downe without the citie by a well of water, at euentide about the time that the women come out to draw water.
12 斯して彼言けるは吾主人アブラハムの神ヱホバよ願くは今日我にその者を逢しめわが主人アブラハムに恩惠を施し給へ
And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I beseech thee, send me good speede this day, and shew mercy vnto my master Abraham.
13 我この水井の傍に立ち邑の人の女等水を汲に出づ
Lo, I stand by the well of water, whiles the mens daughters of this citie come out to drawe water.
14 我童女に向ひて請ふ汝の瓶をかたむけて我に飮しめよと言んに彼答へて飮め我また汝の駱駝にも飮しめんと言ば彼は汝が僕イサクの爲に定め給ひし者なるべし然れば我汝の吾主人に恩惠を施し給ふを知らん
Graunt therefore that ye maide, to whom I say, Bowe downe thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drinke: if she say, Drinke, and I will giue thy camels drinke also: may be she that thou hast ordeined for thy seruant Izhak: and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed mercy on my master.
15 彼語ふことを終るまへに視よリベカ瓶を肩にのせて出きたる彼はアブラハムの兄弟ナホルの妻ミルカの子ベトエルに生れたる者なり
And nowe yer he had left speaking, beholde, Rebekah came out, the daughter of Bethuel, sonne of Milcah the wife of Nahor Abrahams brother, and her pitcher vpon her shoulder.
16 其童女は觀に甚だ美しく且處女にして未だ人に適しことあらず彼井に下り其瓶に水を盈て上りしかば
(And the maide was very faire to looke vpon, a virgine and vnknowen of man) and she went downe to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came vp.
17 僕はせゆきて之にあひ請ふ我をして汝の瓶より少許の水を飮しめよといひけるに
Then the seruant ranne to meete her, and said, Let me drinke, I pray thee, a litle water of thy pitcher.
18 彼主よ飮たまへといひて乃ち急ぎ其瓶を手におろして之にのましめたりしが
And she said, Drinke sir: and she hasted, and let downe her pitcher vpon her hand and gaue him drinke.
19 飮せをはりて言ふ汝の駱駝のためにも其飮をはるまで水を汲て飽しめん
And when she had giuen him drinke, she said, I will drawe water for thy camels also vntill they haue drunken inough.
20 急ぎて其瓶を水鉢にあけ又汲んとて井にはせゆき其諸の駱駝のために汲みたり
And she powred out her pitcher into the trough speedily; and ranne againe vnto the well to drawe water, and she drewe for all his camels.
21 其人之を見つめヱホバが其途に幸福をくだしたまふや否やをしらんとして默し居たり
So the man wondred at her, and helde his peace, to knowe whether the Lord had made his iourney prosperous or not.
22 茲に駱駝飮をはりしかば其人重半シケルの金の鼻環一箇と重十シケルの金の手釧二箇をとりて
And when the camels had left drinking, the man tooke a golden abillement of halfe a shekell weight, and two bracelets for her hands, of ten shekels weight of golde:
23 言けるは汝は誰の女なるや請ふ我に告よ汝の父の家に我等が宿る隙地ありや
And he said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee, Is there roume in thy fathers house for vs to lodge in?
24 女彼に曰けるは我はミルカがナホルに生みたる子ベトエルの女なり
Then she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the sonne of Milcah whom she bare vnto Nahor.
25 又彼にいひけるは家には藁も飼草も多くあり且宿る隙地もあり
Moreouer she said vnto him, We haue litter also and prouender ynough, and roume to lodge in.
26 是に於て其人伏てヱホバを拜み
And the man bowed himselfe and worshipped the Lord,
27 言けるは吾主人アブラハムの神ヱホバは讃美べきかなわが主人に慈惠と眞實とを缺きたまはず我途にありしにヱホバ我を吾主人の兄弟の家にみちびきたまへり
And said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, which hath not withdrawen his mercie and his trueth from my master: for when I was in the way, the Lord brought me to my masters brethrens house.
28 茲に童女走行て其母の家に此等の事を告たり
And the maide ranne and tolde them of her mothers house according to these wordes.
29 リベカに一人の兄あり其名をラバンといふラバンはせいで井にゆきて其人の許につく
Now Rebekah had a brother called Laban, and Laban ranne vnto the man to the well.
30 すなはち彼鼻環および其妹の手の手釧を見又其妹リベカが其人斯我に語りといふを聞て其人の所に到り見るに井の側らにて駱駝の傍にたちゐたれば
For when he had seene the earings and the bracelets in his sisters hands, and when he heard the wordes of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus said the man vnto me, then he went to the man, and loe, he stoode by the camels at the well.
31 之に言けるは汝ヱホバに祝るる者よ請ふ入れ奚ぞ外にたつや我家を備へ且駱駝のために所をそなへたり
And he saide, Come in thou blessed of the Lord: wherefore standest thou without, seeing I haue prepared the house, and roume for ye camels?
32 是に於て其人家にいりぬラバン乃ち其駱駝の負を釋き藁と飼草を駱駝にあたへ又水をあたへて其人の足と其從者の足をあらはしめ
Then the man came into the house, and he vnsadled the camels, and brought litter and prouender for the camels, and water to wash his feete, and the mens feete that were with him.
33 斯して彼の前に食をそなへたるに彼言ふ我はわが事をのぶるまでは食はじとラバン語れといひければ
Afterward the meate was set before him: but he saide, I will not eate, vntill I haue saide my message: And he said, Speake on.
34 彼言ふわれはアブラハムの僕なり
Then he said, I am Abrahams seruant,
35 ヱホバ大にわが主人をめぐみたまひて大なる者とならしめ又羊牛金銀僕婢駱駝驢馬をこれにたまへり
And the Lord hath blessed my master wonderfully, that he is become great: for he hath giuen him sheepe, and beeues, and siluer, and golde, and men seruants, and maide seruants, and camels, and asses.
36 わが主人の妻サラ年老てのちわが主人に男子をうみければ主人其所有を悉く之に與ふ
And Sarah my masters wife hath borne a sonne to my master, when she was olde, and vnto him hath he giuen all that he hath.
37 わが主人我を誓せて言ふ吾すめるカナンの地の人の女子の中よりわが子に妻を娶るなかれ
Now my master made me sweare, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
38 汝わが父の家にゆきわが親族にいたりわが子のために妻をめとれと
But thou shalt go vnto my fathers house and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne.
39 我わが主人にいひけるは倘女我にしたがひて來ずば如何
Then I saide vnto my master, What if the woman will not follow me?
40 彼我にいひけるは吾事ふるところのヱホバ其使者を汝とともに遣はして汝の途に幸福を降したまはん爾わが親族わが父の家より吾子に妻をめとるべし
Who answered me, The Lord, before who I walke, will send his Angel with thee, and prosper thy iourney, and thou shalt take a wife for my sonne of my kinred and my fathers house.
41 汝わが親族に至れる時はわが誓を解さるべし若彼等汝にあたへずば汝はわが誓をゆるさるべしと
Then shalt thou be discharged of mine othe, when thou commest to my kinred: and if they giue thee not one, thou shalt be free from mine othe.
42 我今日井に至りて謂けらくわが主人アブラハムの神ヱホバねがはくはわがゆく途に幸福を降したまへ
So I came this day to the well, and said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if thou nowe prosper my iourney which I goe,
43 我はこの井水の傍に立つ水を汲にいづる處女あらん時我彼にむかひて請ふ汝の瓶より少許の水を我にのましめよと言んに
Behold, I stand by the well of water: when a virgine commeth forth to drawe water, and I say to her, Giue me, I pray thee, a litle water of thy pitcher to drinke,
44 若我に答へて汝飮め我亦汝の駱駝のためにも汲んと言ば是ヱホバがわが主人の子のために定たまひし女なるべし
And she say to me, Drinke thou, and I will also drawe for thy camels, let her be ye wife, which the Lord hath prepared for my masters sonne.
45 我心の中に語ふことを終るまへにリベカ其瓶を肩にのせて出來り井にくだりて水を汲みたるにより我彼に請ふ我にのましめよと言ければ
And before I had made an end of speaking in mine heart, beholde, Rebekah came foorth, and her pitcher on her shoulder, and she went downe vnto the well, and drewe water. Then I said vnto her, Giue me drinke, I pray thee.
46 彼急ぎ其瓶を肩よりおろしていひけるは飮めまた汝の駱駝にものましめんと是に於て我飮しが彼また駱駝にものましめたり
And she made haste, and tooke downe her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drinke, and I will giue thy camels drinke also. So I dranke, and she gaue the camels drinke also.
47 我彼に問て汝は誰の女なるやといひければミルカがナホルに生たる子ベトエルの女なりといふ是に於て我其鼻に環をつけ其手に手釧をつけたり
Then I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she answered, The daughter of Bethuel Nahors sonne, whom Milcah bare vnto him. Then I put the abillement vpon her face, and the bracelets vpon her hands:
48 而して我伏てヱホバを拜み吾主人アブラハムの神ヱホバを頌美たりヱホバ我を正き途に導きてわが主人の兄弟の女を其子のために娶しめんとしたまへばなり
And I bowed downe and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had brought me the right way to take my masters brothers daughter vnto his sone.
49 されば汝等若わが主人にむかひて慈惠と眞誠をもて事をなさんと思はば我に告よ然ざるも亦我に告よ然ば我右か左におもむくをえん
Now therefore, if ye will deale mercifully and truely with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me that I may turne me to the right hand or to the left.
50 ラバンとベトエル答て言けるは此事はヱホバより出づ我等汝に善惡を言ふあたはず
Then answered Laban and Bethuel, and said, This thing is proceeded of the Lord: we cannot therefore say vnto thee, neither euill nor good.
51 視よリベカ汝の前にをる携へてゆき彼をしてヱホバの言たまひし如く汝の主人の子の妻とならしめよ
Beholde, Rebehak is before thee, take her and goe, that she may be thy masters sonnes wife, euen as the Lord hath said.
52 アブラハムの僕彼等の言を聞て地に伏てヱホバを拜めり
And when Abrahams seruant heard their wordes, he bowed himselfe toward the earth vnto the Lord.
53 是に於て僕銀の飾品金の飾品および衣服をとりいだしてリベカに與へ亦其兄と母に寶物をあたへたり
Then the seruant tooke foorth iewels of siluer, and iewels of golde, and raiment, and gaue to Rebekah: also vnto her brother and to her mother he gaue gifts.
54 是に於て彼および其從者等食飮して宿りしが朝起たる時彼言我をして吾主人に還らしめよ
Afterward they did eate and drinke, both he, and the men that were with him, and taried all night. and when they rose vp in the morning, he said, Let me depart vnto my master.
55 リベカの兄と母言けるは童女を數日の間少くも十日我等と偕にをらしめよしかるのち彼ゆくべし
Then her brother and her mother answered, Let the maide abide with vs, at the least ten dayes: then shall she goe.
56 彼人之に言ヱホバ吾途に福祉をくだしたまひたるなれば我を阻むるなかれ我を歸してわが主人に往しめよ
But he said vnto them, Hinder you me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my iourney: send me away, that I may goe to my master.
57 彼等いひけるは童女をよびて其言を問んと
Then they said, We will call the maide, and aske her consent.
58 即ちリベカを呼て之に言けるは汝此人と共に往や彼言ふ往ん
And they called Rebekah, and saide vnto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she answered, I will go.
59 是に於て彼等妹リベカと其乳媼およびアブラハムの僕と其從者を遣り去しめたり
So they let Rebekah their sister goe, and her nourse, with Abrahams seruant and his men.
60 即ち彼等リベカを祝して之にいひけるはわれらの妹よ汝千萬の人の母となれ汝の子孫をして其仇の門を獲しめよ
And they blessed Rebekah, and sayde vnto her, Thou art our sister, growe into thousande thousands, and thy seede possesse the gate of his enemies.
61 是に於てリベカ起て其童女等とともに駱駝にのりて其人にしたがひ往く僕乃ちリベカを導きてさりぬ
Then Rebekah arose, and her maydes, and rode vpon the camels, and followed the man. and the seruant tooke Rebekah, and departed.
62 茲にイサク、ラハイロイの井の路より來れり南の國に住居たればなり
Nowe Izhak came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi, (for he dwelt in the South countrey)
63 しかしてイサク黄昏に野に出て默想をなしたりしが目を擧て見しに駱駝の來るあり
And Izhak went out. to pray in the fielde toward the euening: who lift vp his eyes and looked, and behold, the camels came.
64 リベカ目をあげてイサクを見駱駝をおりて
Also Rebekah lift vp her eyes, and when she saw Izhak, she lighted downe from the camel.
65 僕にいひけるは野をあゆみて我等にむかひ來る者は何人なるぞ僕わが主人なりといひければリベカ覆衣をとりて身をおほへり
(For shee had sayde to the seruant, Who is yonder man, that commeth in the fielde to meete vs? and the seruant had said, It is my master) So she tooke a vaile, and couered her.
66 茲に僕其凡てなしたる事をイサクに告ぐ
And the seruant tolde Izhak all things, that he had done.
67 イサク、リベカを其母サラの天幕に携至りリベカを娶りて其妻となしてこれを愛したりイサクは母にわかれて後茲に慰籍を得たり
Afterward Izhak brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother, and he tooke Rebekah, and she was his wife, and he loued her: So Izhak was comforted after his mothers death.
