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1 起よひかりを發て なんぢの光きたりヱホバの榮光なんぢのうへに照出たればなり
Arise, shine! for thy light is come, And the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.
2 視よくらきは地をおほひ闇はもろもろの民をおほはん されど汝の上にはヱホバ照出たまひてその榮光なんぢのうへに顯はるべし
For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, And gross darkness the nations; But upon thee shall Jehovah arise, And his glory shall be seen upon thee.
3 もろもろの國はなんぢの光にゆき もろもろの王はてり出るなんぢが光輝にゆかん
Nations shall come to thy light, And kings to the brightness that riseth upon thee.
4 なんぢの目をあげて環視せ かれらは皆つどひて汝にきたり 汝の子輩はとほきより來り なんぢの女輩はいだかれて來らん
Lift up thine eyes round about and see! They all gather themselves together, and come to thee; Thy sons come from afar, And thy daughters are carried at thy side.
5 そのときなんぢ視てよろこびの光をあらはし なんぢの心おどろきあやしみ且ひろらかになるべし そは海の富はうつりて汝につき もろもろの國の貨財はなんぢに來るべければなり
Then shalt thou see, and be bright with joy; Thy heart shall throb, and swell with delight, When the riches of the sea shall be turned toward thee, And the wealth of the nations shall come to thee.
6 おほくの駱駝ミデアンおよびエバのわかき駱駝なんぢの中にあまねくみち シバのもろもろの人こがね乳香をたづさへきたりてヱホバの譽をのべつたへん
A multitude of camels shall cover thee, Dromedaries from Midian and Ephah; From Sheba shall they all come. Gold and frankincense shall they bring, And proclaim the praises of Jehovah.
7 ケダルのひつじの群はみな汝にあつまりきたり ネバヨテの牡羊はなんぢに事へ わが祭壇のうへにのぼりて受納られん 斯てわれわが榮光の家をかがやかすべし
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to thee, And the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to thee; They shall ascend mine altar, an acceptable offering, And my glorious house I will adorn.
8 雲のごとくにとび鳩のその窠にとびかへるが如くしてきたる者はたれぞ
Who are these that fly like clouds, And like doves to their habitations?
9 もろもろの島はわれを俟望み タルシシのふねは首先になんぢの子輩をとほきより載きたり 並かれらの金銀をともにのせきたりてなんぢの神ヱホバの名にささげ イスラエルの聖者にささげん ヱホバなんぢを輝かせたまひたればなり
Behold, the distant coasts shall wait for me, And the ships of Tarshish among the first, To bring thy sons from afar, And their silver and their gold with them, Because of the name of Jehovah thy God, Of the Holy One of Israel, for he glorifieth thee.
10 異邦人はなんぢの石垣をきづき かれらの王等はなんぢに事へん そは我いかりて汝をうちしかどまた惠をもて汝を憐みたればなり
The sons of the stranger shall build up thy walls, And their kings shall minister to thee; For in my wrath I smote thee, But in my mercy will I have pity upon thee.
11 なんぢの門はつねに開きて夜も日もとざすことなし こは人もろもろの國の貨財をなんぢに携へきたり その王等をひきゐ來らんがためなり
Thy gates shall be open continually; They shall not be shut by day or by night, That the treasures of the nations may be brought to thee, And that their kings may come with their retinues.
12 なんぢに事へざる國と民とはほろび そのくにぐには全くあれすたるべし
For that nation and that kingdom Which will not serve thee shall perish; Yea, those nations shall be utterly destroyed.
13 レバノンの榮はなんぢにきたり 松 杉 黄楊はみな共にきたりて我が聖所をかがやかさん われ亦わが足をおく所をたふとくすべし
The glory of Lebanon shall come to thee, The cypress, the plane-tree, and the larch together, To adorn the place of my sanctuary, That I may make the place where my feet rest glorious.
14 汝を苦しめたるものの子輩はかがみて汝にきたり 汝をさげしめたる者はことごとくなんぢの足下にふし 斯て汝をヱホバの都イスラエルの聖者のシオンととなへん
The sons of thine oppressors shall come bending before thee; They that despised thee shall fall down at thy feet; And they shall call thee the city of Jehovah, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 なんぢ前にはすてられ憎まれてその中をすぐる者もなかりしが 今はわれ汝をとこしへの華美よよの歡喜となさん
Instead of being forsaken and hated, So that no one passed through thee, I will make thee an everlasting glory; The joy of many generations.
16 なんぢ亦もろもろの國の乳をすひ王たちの乳房をすひ 而して我ヱホバなんぢの救主なんぢの贖主ヤコブの全能者なるを知るべし
Thou shalt also suck the milk of the nations, And be nursed from the breast of kings; And thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, am thy saviour, That thy redeemer is the Mighty One of Jacob.
17 われ黄金をたづさへきたりて赤銅にかへ 白銀をたづさへきたりて鐵にかへ 赤銅を木にかへ鐵を石にかへ なんぢの施政者をおだやかにし なんぢを役するものを義うせん
Instead of brass will I bring gold; And instead of iron will I bring silver, And instead of wood, brass, And instead of stones, iron; I will make thine officers peace, And thy magistrates righteousness.
18 強暴のこと再びなんぢの地にきこえず 殘害と敗壞とはふたたびなんぢの境にきこえず 汝その石垣をすくひととなへ その門を譽ととなへん
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, Wasting or destruction within thy borders; Thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, And thy gates Praise.
19 晝は日ふたたびなんぢの光とならず 月もまた輝きてなんぢを照さず ヱホバ永遠になんぢの光となり なんぢの神はなんぢの榮となり給はん
No more shall the sun be thy light by day, Nor with her brightness shall the moon enlighten thee: But Jehovah shall be to thee an everlasting light, And thy God thy glory.
20 なんぢの日はふたたび落ず なんぢの月はかくることなかるべし そはヱホバ永遠になんぢの光となり 汝のかなしみの日畢るべければなり
Thy sun shall no more go down, Neither shall thy moon be hid; For Jehovah shall be thine everlasting light, And the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
21 汝の民はことごとく義者となりてとこしへに地を嗣ん かれはわが植たる樹株わが手の工わが榮光をあらはす者となるべし
Thy people shall be all righteous; Forever shall they possess the land, The scion of my planting, The work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
22 その小きものは千となり その弱きものは強國となるべし われヱホバその時いたらば速かにこの事をなさん
The little one shall become a thousand, And the small one a strong nation; I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.