イザヤ書 41
1 もろもろの島よわがまへに默せ もろもろの民よあらたなる力をえて近づききたれ 而して語れ われら寄集ひて諭らはん
Listen to me in silence, you people who live in lands beyond the sea. Let the nations regain their strength. Then let them come and speak, and let us join together for judgment.
2 たれか東より人をおこししや われは公義をもて之をわが足下に召し その前にもろもろの國を服せしめ また之にもろもろの王ををさめしめ かれらの劍をちりのごとくかれらの弓をふきさらるる藁のごとくならしむ
Who has encouraged this one from the east who is called into God's service to do what is right? He gives him nations, and helps him trample kings underfoot. He makes them like dust with his sword, and turns them into chaff with his bow, blown before him on the wind.
3 斯て彼はこれらのものを追 その足いまだ行ざる道をやすらかに過ゆけり
He chases them down, and goes on unharmed, not following the usual routes.
4 このことは誰がおこなひしや たが成しや たが太初より世々の人をよびいだししや われヱホバなり 我ははじめなり終なり
Who has achieved and done this, calling into existence each generation from the beginning of time? I, the Lord, the first and the last, I am the one.
5 もろもろの島はこれを見ておそれ地の極はをののきて寄集ひきたれり
The islands watch in fear, the distant lands tremble. They get together and consult.
6 かれら互にその隣をたすけ その兄弟にいひけるは なんぢ雄々しかれ
They all help each other, encouraging one another to “Be strong!”
7 木匠は鐵工をはげまし鎚をもて平らぐるものは鐵碪をうつものを勵ましていふ 接合せいとよしと また釘をもて堅うして搖くことなからしむ
The craftsman encourages the goldsmith; the one who beats out the metal with a hammer encourages the one hitting the anvil, saying the soldering is good. They nail the idol down so it won't fall over.
8 然どわが僕イスラエルよ わが選めるヤコブわが友アブラハムの裔よ
But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, the ones I have chosen, descendants of my friend Abraham,
9 われ地のはてより汝をたづさへきたり地のはしよりなんぢを召 かくて汝にいへり 汝はわが僕われ汝をえらみて棄ざりきと
I brought you back from distant lands, I called you back from faraway places, telling you, “You are my servants.” I have chosen you, and I have not abandoned you.
10 おそるるなかれ 我なんぢとともにあり 驚くなかれ我なんぢの神なり われなんぢを強くせん 誠になんぢを助けん 誠にわがただしき右手なんぢを支へん
Don't be afraid, for I am with you! Don't be frightened for I, your God, will make you strong, and I will certainly help you. I will support you with my strong hand, acting for what is right.
11 視よなんぢにむかひて怒るものはみな恥をえて惶てふためかん なんぢと爭ふものは無もののごとくなりて滅亡せん
See—everyone who is angry with you will be ashamed and disgraced. Those who fight against you will end up as nothing and die.
12 なんぢ尋ぬるとも汝とたたかふ人々にあはざるべし 汝といくさする者はなきものの如くなりて虚しくなるべし
Even though you look for your enemies, you won't find them. Those who attack you will become absolutely nothing.
13 そは我ヱホバなんぢの神はなんぢの右手をとりて汝にいふ 懼るるなかれ我なんぢを助けんと
For I the Lord will grab you by the hand and tell you, “Don't be afraid! I myself will help you.
14 またヱホバ宣給ふ なんぢ虫にひとしきヤコブよイスラエルの人よ おそるるなかれ我なんぢをたすけん汝をあがなふものはイスラエルの聖者なり
Don't be frightened, Jacob, you little worm, you people of Israel, for I will help you,” declared the Lord your Savior, the Holy One of Israel.
15 視よわれ汝をおほくの鋭歯ある新しき打麥の器となさん なんぢ山をうちて細微にし岡を粃糠のごとくにすべし
Look! I will make you into a new and sharp threshing device, with many pointed teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush the hills, turning them into chaff.
16 なんぢ簸げば風これを巻さり 狂風これを吹ちらさん 汝はヱホバによりて喜びイスラエルの聖者によりて誇らん
You will throw them into the air, the wind will carry them away, and a storm will scatter them. Then you will be happy in the Lord, and boast about the Holy One of Israel.
17 貧しきものと乏しきものと水を求めて水なくその舌かわきて衰ふるとき われヱホバ聽てこたへん 我イスラエルの神かれらを棄ざるなり
The poor and needy search for water, but don't find any—their tongues are dry with thirst. I, the Lord, will respond to them; I, the God of Israel, won't abandon them.
18 われ河をかぶろの山にひらき泉を谷のなかにいだし また荒野を池となし乾ける地を水の源と變ん
I will open up rivers in the desolate highlands and springs in the valleys. I will make pools in the wilderness and springs in the desert.
19 我あれのに香柏 合歎樹 もちの樹 および油の樹をうゑ沙漠に松 杉 及び黄楊をともに置ん
I will plant cedars, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees in the desert. I will place evergreens in the desert, firs and box trees together.
20 かくて彼等これを見てヱホバの手の作たまふところイスラエルの聖者の造り給ふ所なるをしり且こころをとめ且ともどもにさとらん
In this way everyone can see and know, they can think about it and draw the conclusion that the it is the Lord who has done this, that the Holy One of Israel made it happen.
21 ヱホバ言給く なんぢらの道理をとり出せ ヤコブの王いひたまはく 汝等のかたき證をもちきたれ
“Now you submit your case,” says the Lord. “Present your evidence,” says the King of Jacob.
22 これを持來りてわれらに後ならんとする事をしめせ そのいやさきに成るべきことを示せ われら心をとめてその終をしらん 或はきたらんとする事をわれらに聞すべし
“Let them come and tell us what's about to happen. Let them explain the things of the past, so that we can think about them and discover the final outcome. Or they can tell us about the future.
23 なんぢら後ならんとすることをしめせ我儕なんぢらが神なることを知らん なんぢら或はさいはひし或はわざはひせよ 我儕ともに見ておどろかん
Predict what's coming so we can know for sure that you are gods. At least do something, good or bad, to impress us when we see it.
24 視よなんぢらは無もののごとし なんぢらの事はむなし なんぢらを撰ぶものは憎むべきものなり
But look at you! You're nothing, and you can't do anything! Anyone who chooses you is disgusting!
25 われ一人を起して北よりきたらせ我が名をよぶものを東よりきたらしむ 彼きたりもろもろの長をふみて泥のごとくにし陶工のつちくれを踐がごとくにせん
I have encouraged the one who comes from the north. He is from the east, and will respect me. He will tread on rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter treading on clay.
26 たれか初よりこれらの事をわれらに告てしらしめたりや たれか上古よりわれらに告てこは是なりといはしめたりや 一人だに告るものなし一人だに聞するものなし 一人だになんぢらの言をきくものなし
Who announced this beforehand so that we could know about it? Who let us know in the past, so that now we could say: ‘He was right’? None of you announced it, none of you predicted it, and nobody heard you say a word!
27 われ豫じめシオンにいはん なんぢ視よ かれらを見よと われ又よきおとづれを告るものをヱルサレムに予へん
I was the first to announce to Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ I was the one who brought to Jerusalem the good news.
28 われ見るに一人だになし かれらのなかに謀略をまうくるもの一人だになし 我かれらに問どこたふるもの一人だになし
I look at these idols, and find there is no one who can say anything. None of them can give advice; when I ask them something, they can't even answer.
29 かれらの爲はみな徒然にして無もののごとし その偶像は風なりまた空しきなり
Look at them! They're all evil, deceptive things. They can't do anything! They're just idols full of hot air!”
