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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 your light has come, and the LORD’s glory has risen on you!
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 will cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you.
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 will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
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 your eyes all around, and see: they all gather themselves together. They come to you. Your sons will come from far away, and your daughters will be carried in arms.
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 you shall see and be radiant, and your heart will thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you. The wealth of the nations will come to you.
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 will cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah. All from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense, and will proclaim the praises of the LORD.
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 will be gathered together to you. The rams of Nebaioth will serve you. They will be accepted as offerings on my altar; and I will beautify my glorious house.
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 who fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
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
Surely the islands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far away, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of the LORD your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.
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
“Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will serve you; for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favour I have had mercy on you.
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
Your gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night, that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive.
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 kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
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 you, the cypress tree, the pine, and the box tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet 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 those who afflicted you will come bowing to you; and all those who despised you will bow themselves down at the soles of your feet. They will call you the LORD’s City, 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
“Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no one passed through you, I will make you an eternal excellency, a 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
You will also drink the milk of the nations, and will nurse from royal breasts. Then you will know that I, the LORD, am your Saviour, your Redeemer, 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
For bronze I will bring gold; for iron I will bring silver; for wood, bronze, and for stones, iron. I will also make peace your governor, and righteousness your ruler.
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 your land, nor desolation or destruction within your borders; but you will call your walls Salvation, and your 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
The sun will be no more your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your 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
Your sun will not go down any more, nor will your moon withdraw itself; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning will end.
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
Then your people will all be righteous. They will inherit the land forever, the branch 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 will become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation. I, the LORD, will do this quickly in its time.”