ルカの福音書 2
1 その頃、天下の人を戸籍に著かすべき詔令、カイザル・アウグストより出づ。
About that time the Emperor Augustus commanded that ([his officials must] write down the names/[a census be taken]) of all the people who lived in countries [controlled] by the Roman [government] {that the Roman [government controlled]}, [so that the government could collect taxes from them].
2 この戸籍 登録は、クレニオ、シリヤの總督たりし時に行はれし初のものなり。
That was the first time that they (wrote down the names/took a census) in Syria [province, which included Judea district]. They did this while Quirinius was the governor of the province.
3 さて人みな戸籍に著かんとて、各自その故郷に歸る。
Every person had to go to the town where his [most famous ancestor] had lived, so that [the officials] could write down their names.
4 ヨセフもダビデの家系また血統なれば、既に孕める許嫁の妻マリヤとともに、戸籍に著かんとて、ガリラヤの町ナザレを出でてユダヤに上り、ダビデの町ベツレヘムといふ處に到りぬ。
So, because Joseph was a descendant of [King] David, he went up from Nazareth, the town in Galilee [district where he lived], to the town of Bethlehem in Judea [district]. That was the town where [King] David [grew up].
5 ヨセフもダビデの家系また血統なれば、既に孕める許嫁の妻マリヤとともに、戸籍に著かんとて、ガリラヤの町ナザレを出でてユダヤに上り、ダビデの町ベツレヘムといふ處に到りぬ。
Joseph went with Mary, who [was considered] {whom [people considered]} [to be] his wife, who was now pregnant. They went so that they could put his name and Mary’s name [in the record book].
6 此處に居るほどに、マリヤ月 滿ちて、
When they arrived [in Bethlehem], there was no place for them to stay in the house where travelers stay. [So they stayed in a cattle shed]. When the time for Mary to give birth arrived, she gave birth to her first son there. She wrapped him in strips of cloth and placed him in a trough where [people] put food for the animals.
7 初子をうみ、之を布に包みて馬槽に臥させたり。旅舍にをる處なかりし故なり。
8 この地に野宿して、夜 群を守りをる牧者ありしが、
That night, there were [some] shepherds who were taking care of their sheep [as usual] in the fields near [Bethlehem].
9 主の使その傍らに立ち、主の榮光その周圍を照したれば、甚く懼る。
An angel from God appeared to them. A great light (from the Lord/from God) shone on them and around them. [So] they became very afraid.
10 御使かれらに言ふ『懼るな、視よ、この民 一般に及ぶべき、大なる歡喜の音信を我なんぢらに告ぐ。
But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! I have come to tell you good news, which will [make you] very happy! This message is for everyone [to hear].
11 今日ダビデの町にて汝らの爲に救主うまれ給へり、これ主キリストなり。
[The message is that] today a baby has been born in [Bethlehem, the town where King] David grew up. That baby will [eventually] save you [from the guilt of your sins]! He is the Messiah, [your] Lord!
12 なんぢら布にて包まれ、馬槽に臥しをる嬰兒を見ん、是その徴なり』
I will tell you how [you will recognize him] (OR, how you will know [that what I say is true]): [In Bethlehem] you will find a baby who has been wrapped {[whose mother] has wrapped him} in strips of cloth and placed in a trough where [people] put food for the animals.”
13 忽ちあまたの天の軍勢、御使に加はり、神を讃美して言ふ、
Suddenly a large group of angels from heaven appeared and joined the other angel. They all praised God, singing/saying,
14 『いと高き處には榮光、神にあれ。地には平和、主の悦び給ふ人にあれ』
“May [all the angels] in the highest heaven praise God! And on the earth may the people to whom God has shown his favor have peace [with him]!”
15 御使 等さりて天に往きしとき、牧者たがひに語る『いざ、ベツレヘムにいたり、主の示し給ひし起れる事を見ん』
After the angels left them [and returned] to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem to see this [wonderful] thing that has happened, which (the Lord/God) has told us about!”
16 乃ち急ぎ往きて、マリヤとヨセフと、馬槽に臥したる嬰兒とに尋ねあふ。
So they went quickly. They found the [place where] Mary and Joseph [were staying], and [they saw] the baby lying in the trough where [people] put food for the animals.
17 既に見て、この子につき御使の語りしことを告げたれば、
Then they told [Mary and Joseph and others] what had been told them {what [the angel] had told them} about this child.
18 聞く者はみな牧者の語りしことを怪しみたり。
Everyone who heard what was said by the shepherds {what the shepherds said} to them was amazed.
19 而してマリヤは凡て此 等のことを心に留めて思ひ囘せり。
But Mary [did not talk to others about what the angels said]; she just kept thinking very much about it.
20 牧者は御使の語りしごとく凡ての事を見 聞せしによりて、神を崇めかつ讃美しつつ歸れり。
The shepherds returned [to their sheep]. They kept praising God very much for all the things that they had heard and seen, [because] everything [happened] exactly like [the angels] told them.
21 八日みちて幼兒に割禮を施すべき日となりたれば、未だ胎内に宿らぬ先に御使の名づけし如く、その名をイエスと名づけたり。
Seven days later, when [the priests] circumcised the baby, [his parents] named him Jesus. That was the name that [they were told by] the angel {the angel [told them]} [to] give him before Mary became pregnant.
22 モーセの律法に定めたる潔の日 滿ちたれば、彼ら幼兒を携へてエルサレムに上る。
It had been written by Moses {Moses had written} [long ago] in a law that God gave him, that when a woman gave birth to her first son, the parents had to take him [to the Temple] in Jerusalem in order that they might dedicate him (to the Lord/to God). So when the time came for them to do those rituals so that [God would consider] them pure again, Mary and Joseph took Jesus there.
23 これは主の律法に『すべて初子に生るる男子は、主につける聖なる者と稱へらるべし』と録されたる如く、幼兒を主に献げ、
24 また主の律法に『山鳩 一つがひ或は家 鴿の雛 二 羽』と云ひたるに遵ひて、犧牲を供へん爲なり。
God had commanded in his laws that if the first child [of a couple] was a boy, his parents should offer as a sacrifice to God two turtledoves or two young pigeons. [So Joseph and Mary gave the priest two birds so he could offer them].
25 視よ、エルサレムにシメオンといふ人あり。この人は義かつ敬虔にして、イスラエルの慰められんことを待ち望む。聖 靈その上に在す。
At that time there was an [old] man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. He habitually did what was pleasing to God and he obeyed God’s laws. The Holy Spirit was [directing] him as he was waiting for [God] [MTY] [to] encourage the Israeli [people by sending the Messiah].
26 また聖 靈に、主のキリストを見ぬうちは死を見ずと示されたれしが、
It was [previously] revealed by the Holy Spirit {The Holy Spirit [previously] revealed} to him that he would see God’s [promised] Messiah before he died.
27 此とき御靈に感じて宮に入る。兩親その子イエスを携へ、この子のために律法の慣例に遵ひて行はんとて來りたれば、
When Joseph and Mary brought their baby Jesus [to the Temple] in order to perform the rituals that [God had commanded] in his laws, the Spirit led Simeon to enter the Temple [courtyard, and revealed to him that Jesus was the Messiah].
28 シメオン、イエスを取りいだき、神を讃めて言ふ、
So he took Jesus up in his arms and praised God, saying,
29 『主よ、今こそ御言に循ひて、僕を安らかに逝かしめ給ふなれ。
Lord, you promised me that I would see the one [MTY] who would enable you to save people of all people-groups from the guilt of their sins. He will be [MET] like a light that will reveal your truth to non-Jews, and he will cause people to think highly of your people, the Israeli people. Since I [SYN] have now seen this one that you promised to send, now let me die peacefully.
30 わが目は、はや主の救を見たり。
31 是もろもろの民の前に備へ給ひし者、
32 異邦人をてらす光、御民イスラエルの榮光なり』
33 かく幼兒に就きて語ることを、其の父 母あやしみ居たれば、
His parents marveled about what [Simeon] said about [Jesus]. Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary,
34 シメオン彼らを祝して母マリヤに言ふ『視よ、この幼兒は、イスラエルの多くの人の或は倒れ、或は起たん爲に、また言ひ逆ひを受くる徴のために置かる。
“Note what I say: [God] has determined that because of this child, many Israeli people will [turn away from God], and many others will turn to God [MET]. Although he will be like a sign [MET] [to warn people], [many] people will oppose him.
35 ――劍なんぢの心をも刺し貫くべし――これは多くの人の心の念の顯れん爲なり』
As a result, the [evil] thoughts of many people will be made evident {he will reveal the [evil] thoughts of many people}. [Furthermore, the cruel things that they will do to him] [MET] [will be like] a sword that will pierce your (soul/inner being).”
36 ここにアセルの族パヌエルの娘に、アンナといふ預言者あり、年いたく老ゆ。處女のとき、夫に適きて七 年ともに居り、
There was also [in the Temple courtyard] a very old woman named Anna. She was a prophetess. Her father Phanuel was a member of the tribe of Asher. After she had been married seven years, her husband died.
37 八 十四年 寡婦たり。宮を離れず、夜も晝も斷食と祈祷とを爲して神に事ふ。
After that, she lived until she was 84 years old, and she was still a widow. She stayed in the Temple [area] all the time, night and day, worshipping God. She often (abstained from food/fasted) as she prayed.
38 この時すすみ寄りて神に感謝し、また凡てエルサレムの拯贖を待ちのぞむ人に、幼兒のことを語れり。
[While Joseph and Mary and the baby were] still [in the Temple, Anna came to them. She thanked God for the baby]. Then she spoke about Jesus to many people who were expecting [God to send the Messiah] [MTY] to set [the people of] [MTY] Jerusalem free [from their enemies].
39 さて主の律法に遵ひて、凡ての事を果したれば、ガリラヤに歸り、己が町ナザレに到れり。
After Joseph and Mary had finished performing the rituals that (the Lord/God) required [the parents of a first son] to perform, they returned to their own town, Nazareth, in Galilee [district].
40 幼兒は漸に成長して健かになり、智慧みち、かつ神の惠その上にありき。
As Jesus grew up, he became strong and very wise, and God was very pleased with him.
41 かくてその兩親、過越の祭には年毎にエルサレムに往きぬ。
Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem to [celebrate] the Passover festival.
42 イエスの十二 歳のとき、祭の慣例に遵ひて上りゆき、
So when Jesus was twelve years old, they went up [to Jerusalem] as they always did.
43 祭の日 終りて歸る時、その子イエスはエルサレムに止りたまふ。兩親は之を知らずして、
When the celebration ended, his parents started to return home, but Jesus stayed in Jerusalem. [His parents] did not realize that [Jesus stayed there].
44 道伴のうちに居るならんと思ひ、一日 路ゆきて、親族・知邊のうちを尋ぬれど、
They thought that he was with the other people who were traveling with them. They walked all day. Then they started to look for him among their relatives and friends.
45 遇はぬに因りて復たづねつつエルサレムに歸り、
They did not find him, so they returned to Jerusalem to search for him.
46 三日ののち、宮にて教師のなかに坐し、かつ聽き、かつ問ひゐ給ふに遇ふ。
Two days later, they found him. He was in the Temple [courtyard], sitting with the [Jewish] religious teachers. He was listening to what they said, and he was asking them questions.
47 聞く者は皆その聰と答とを怪しむ。
Everyone who heard what he [said] was amazed at how much he understood and [how well] he answered [the questions that the teachers asked].
48 兩親イエスを見て、いたく驚き、母は言ふ『兒よ、何 故かかる事を我らに爲しぞ、視よ、汝の父と我と憂ひて尋ねたり』
When his parents saw him, they were very surprised. His mother said to him, “My son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been very worried as we [(exc)] have been searching for you!”
49 イエス言ひたまふ『何 故われを尋ねたるか、我はわが父の家に居るべきを知らぬか』
He said to them, [speaking about the Temple being God his Father’s house], “(I am surprised that you [(dl)] did [not know] where to find me!/Why did you [not know] where to find me?) [RHQ] (You [(dl)] should have known that it was necessary for me to be in my Father’s house!/Did you not know that it was necessary for me to be in my Father’s house?) [RHQ]”
50 兩親はその語りたまふ事を悟らず。
But they did not understand [the meaning of] what he said to them.
51 かくてイエス彼 等とともに下り、ナザレに往きて順ひ事へたまふ。其の母これらの事をことごとく心に藏む。
Then he returned with them down to Nazareth. He always obeyed them. But his mother kept thinking about all those things.
52 イエス智慧も身のたけも彌まさり、神と人とにますます愛せられ給ふ。
[As the years passed], Jesus continued to become wiser and he grew taller. God and people continued to approve of him more and more.
