士師記 3

1 ヱホバが凡てカナンの諸の戰爭を知ざるイスラエルの者どもをこころみんとて遺しおきたまへる國民は左のごとし

These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,

2 〔こはただイスラエルの代々の子孫特にいまだ戰爭を知ざるものにこれををしへ知らしめんがためなり〕

if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:

3 即ちペリシテ人の五人の伯すべてのカナン人シドン人およびレバノン山に住みてバアルヘルモンの山よりハマテに入るところまでを占めたるヒビ人是なり

the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

4 これらをもてイスラエルをこころみかれらがヱホバのモーセによりてその先祖に命じたまひし命令に遵ふや否を可知りしなり

These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.

5 イスラエルの子孫はカナン人ヘテ人アモリ人

Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

6 ペリジ人ヒビ人エブス人のうちに住みかれらの女を妻に娶りまたおのれの女をかれらの子に與へかつかれらの神に事へたり

And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

7 斯くイスラエルの子孫ヱホバのまへに惡をおこなひ己れの神なるヱホバをわすれてバアリムおよびアシラに事へたり

So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

8 是においてヱホバはげしくイスラエルを怒りてこれをメソポタミヤの王クシヤンリシヤタイムの手に賣り付したまひしかばイスラエルの子孫はおよそ八年のあひだクシヤンリシヤタイムにつかへたり

Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.

9 茲にイスラエルの子孫ヱホバによばはりしかばヱホバはイスラエルの子孫の爲にひとりの救者を起して之を救はしめ給ふすなはちカレブの舍弟ケナズの子オテニエル是なり

But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.

10 ヱホバの靈オテニエルにのぞみたれば彼イスラエルを治め戰ひに出づヱホバ、メソポタミヤの王クシヤンリシヤタイムをその手に付したまひたればオテニエルの手クシヤンリシヤタイムに勝ことを得たり

The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.

11 かくて國は四十年のあひだ太平なりきケナズの子オテニエルつひに死り

So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

12 イスラエルの子孫復ヱホバの眼のまへに惡をおこなふヱホバかれらがヱホバのまへに惡をおこなふによりてモアブの王エグロンをつよくなしてイスラエルに敵せしめたまへり

Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

13 エグロンすなはちアンモンおよびアマレクの子孫を招き聚め往きてイスラエルを撃ち椶櫚の邑を取り

After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.

14 ここにおいてイスラエルの子孫は十八年のあひだモアブの王エグロンに事へたりしが

The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

15 イスラエルの子孫ヱホバに呼はりけるときヱホバかれらの爲に一個の救者を起したまふすなはちベニヤミン人ゲラの子なる左手利捷のエホデ是なりイスラエルの子孫かれを以てモアブの王エグロンに餽物せり

And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

16 エホデ長一キユビトなる兩刃の劍を作らせこれを衣のしたに右の股のあたりにおび

Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak

17 餽物を齎してモアブの王エグロンのもとに詣るエグロンは甚だ肥たる人なりき

and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.

18 さて餽物を獻ぐることをはりしかば彼餽物を負ひ來りしものをかへし去らしめ

After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.

19 自らはギルガルの傍なる石像の在る所より引き回していひけるは王よ我爾に告ぐべき密事ありと王人拂を命じたればその旁に立つものみな出で去りぬ

But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.

20 エホデすなはち王のところに入來れり時に王はひとり上なる涼殿に坐し居たりしがエホデ我神の命に由りて爾に傳ふべきことありといひければ王すなはち座より起に

Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.

21 エホデ左の手を出し右の股より劍を取りてその腹を刺せり

And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.

22 抦もまた刃とともに入りたりしが脂肉刃を塞ぎて之を腹より拔き出すことあたはずその鋒鋩うしろに出づ

Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.

23 エホデすなはち廊をとほりてその後に樓の戸を閉てこれを鎖せり

Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.

24 その出でしのち王の僕來りて樓の戸の鎖したるを見いひけるは王はかならず涼殿の間に足を蔽ひ居るならんと

After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.

25 僕ども耻るまでに俟居たれど王樓の戸をひらかざれば鑰をとりて之を開き見るにその君は地に仆れて死をる

So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.

26 エホデは彼等の猶豫ふ間に逃れて石像の在るところを過りセイラテに遁げゆけり

Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.

27 かれ旣に至りエフライムの山に箛を吹きければイスラエルの子孫これとともに山より下るエホデこれを導けり

On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.

28 かれ人衆にいひけるは我に續て來れヱホバ汝等の敵モアブ人を汝等の手に付したまふなりここにおいてかれらエホデにしたがひて下りモアブにおもむくところのヨルダンの津を取りて一人も渡ることを允さざりき

“Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.

29 そのとき彼らモアブ人およそ一萬人を殺せり是皆肥太たる勇士なりそのうち一人も脱れたるものなし

At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.

30 モアブはその日イスラエルの手に服せり而して國は八十年の間太平なりき

So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.

31 エホデの後にアナテの子シヤムガルといふものあり牛の策を以てペリシテ人六百人を殺せり此人もまたイスラエルを救へり

After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.