マルコの福音書 2
1 數日の後、またカペナウムに入り給ひしに、その家に在することを聞きて、
[Jesus and his disciples] returned to Capernaum [town]. A few days later, because it was {people} heard that Jesus was in [his] house,
2 多くの人あつまり來り、門口すら隙間なき程なり。イエス彼らに御言を語り給ふ。
many people gathered there. As a result, [after the people filled the house], there was no longer space to stand [in the house or outside] around the doorway. Jesus preached [God’s] message to them.
3 ここに四人に擔はれたる中風の者を人々つれ來る。
Some people came to the house bringing to Jesus a man who was paralyzed. He was carried by four men {Four men carried [him]} [on a sleeping pad].
4 群衆によりて御許にゆくこと能はざれば、在す所の屋根を穿ちあけて、中風の者を床のまま縋り下せり。
They were not able to bring the man to Jesus because there was a crowd there. So they [went up the steps to the flat roof and] removed [some of] the tiles [above] where Jesus was. Then, after they made a [big] hole in the roof, they lowered [by ropes] the sleeping pad on which the paralyzed man lay. They lowered [it through the hole, down in front of Jesus].
5 イエス彼らの信仰を見て、中風の者に言ひたまふ『子よ、汝の罪ゆるされたり』
After Jesus perceived that the men believed [that he could heal this man], he said to the paralyzed man, “My friend, [I] forgive your sins!”
6 ある學者たち其處に坐しゐたるが、心の中に、
There were some men who taught [the Jewish] laws sitting there. They started thinking like this:
7 『この人なんぞ斯く言ふか、これは神を瀆すなり、神ひとりの外は誰か罪を赦すことを得べき』と論ぜしかば、
“(Who does this man think he is, talking like that/This man shouldn’t talk like that!) [RHQ]? (He is insulting God!/Does he think he is God?) [RHQ] (No person can forgive sins!/Who can forgive sins?) [RHQ] Only God can forgive sins!”
8 イエス直ちに彼 等がかく論ずるを心に悟りて言ひ給ふ『なにゆゑ斯かることを心に論ずるか、
Jesus sensed that they were deliberating like that within themselves. So he said to them, “(You should not question within yourselves [whether I have the right to forgive this man’s sins]!/Why do you question [whether I have the right to forgive this man’s sins]?) [RHQ]
9 中風の者に「なんぢの罪ゆるされたり」と言ふと「起きよ、床をとりて歩め」と言ふと、孰か易き。
It is [not risky] [RHQ] for someone to tell the man who is paralyzed, ‘Your sins are forgiven {[I] forgive your sins},’ [because no one can prove that it has happened]. But no one would say to him, ‘Get up, pick up your stretcher, and then walk away’, [unless he really had the power to heal him, because people can easily see whether it happens or not].
10 人の子の地にて罪を赦す權威ある事を、汝らに知らせん爲に』――中風の者に言ひ給ふ――
So I [will do something] in order that you may know that [God] has authorized me, the one who came from heaven, to forgive sins on earth [as well as to heal people].” Then he said to the paralyzed man,
11 『なんぢに告ぐ、起きよ、床をとりて家に歸れ』
“To you I say, ‘Get up! Pick up your sleeping pad! And then go home!’”
12 彼おきて直ちに床をとりあげ、人々の眼前いで往けば、皆おどろき、かつ神を崇めて言ふ『われら斯くの如きことは斷えて見ざりき』
The man stood up immediately! He picked up the sleeping pad, and then he went away, while all the people [there] were watching. They were all amazed, and they praised God and said, “We have never before seen anything like [what happened] just now!”
13 イエスまた海邊に出でゆき給ひしに、群衆みもとに集ひ來りたれば、之を教へ給へり。
Jesus left [Capernaum town again and walked with his disciples] alongside [Galilee] lake. A large crowd came to him. Then he taught them.
14 かくて過ぎ往くとき、アルパヨの子レビの收税所に坐しをるを見て『われに從へ』と言ひ給へば、立ちて從へり。
As he walked on further, he saw a man named Levi, whose other name was Matthew, and whose father’s name was Alpheus. He was sitting in his office where he collected taxes [for the Roman government]. Jesus said to him, “Come with me [and become my disciple]!” So he got up and went with Jesus.
15 而して其の家にて食事の席につき居給ふとき、多くの取税人・罪人ら、イエス及び弟子たちと共に席に列る、これらの者おほく居て、イエスに從へるなり。
[Later], Jesus was eating a meal in Levi’s house. Many men who collected taxes and [other] people who were [considered to be] sinning regularly were eating with Jesus and his disciples. [This was not surprising], for there were many people like this who were going [everywhere] with Jesus.
16 パリサイ人の學者ら、イエスの罪人・取税人とともに食し給ふを見て、その弟子たちに言ふ『なにゆゑ取税人・罪人とともに食するか』
The [men who taught the Jewish] laws [who were there] and who were members of the Pharisee [sect] saw that Jesus was eating with men who collected taxes and [others who were considered] {[whom they considered]} [to be] sinners. So they said to his disciples, “(It is disgusting that he eats with [such disgusting] men as those who collect taxes, and with [other] sinners!/Why is it that he eats with [such disgusting] men as those who collect taxes, and with [other] sinners?)” [RHQ]
17 イエス聞きて言ひ給ふ『健かなる者は醫者を要せず、ただ病ある者これを要す。我は正しき者を招かんとにあらで、罪人を招かんとて來れり』
After Jesus heard [what they were saying], he said to the men who taught the [Jewish] laws, “People who [consider that they] are well do not seek a doctor. On the contrary, it is those who are sick [who seek a doctor] [MET]!” [This he said to indicate that it was those who knew that they had sinned who were coming to him in order that he might help them spiritually]. And he said, “I did not come to invite people [who think that] [IRO] they are righteous [to come to me and turn from their sinful behavior]. On the contrary, I came [from heaven to invite] people who [know that they] are sinners, [in order that they might turn from their sins and come to me].”
18 ヨハネの弟子とパリサイ人とは、斷食しゐたり。人々イエスに來りて言ふ『なにゆゑヨハネの弟子とパリサイ人の弟子とは斷食して、汝の弟子は斷食せぬか』
The disciples of John [the Baptizer] and some men who belonged to the Pharisee [sect] used to abstain from food [to show that they wanted to please God]. One day, some people came [to Jesus] and asked him [critically], “The disciples of John and the Pharisees (fast/abstain from food) [from time to time], but your disciples do not. [We think they should abstain from food also. What do you say about that] [RHQ]?”
19 イエス言ひ給ふ『新郎の友だち、新郎と偕にをるうちは斷食し得べきか、新郎と偕にをる間は、斷食するを得ず。
[Jesus wanted them to understand that it was not appropriate for his disciples to show sorrow by abstaining from food while he was still with them]. So he said to them, “When a man is marrying a woman, his friends will certainly not abstain from food while he is still with them, will they [RHQ]? No. During the time that he is with them, they will not abstain from food [because they are happy together].
20 されど新郎をとらるる日きたらん、その日には斷食せん。
But some day, he will be taken away {his [enemies] will take him away} from them. Then, in those days, they will abstain from food, [because they will be sad].”
21 誰も新しき布の裂を舊き衣に縫ひつくることは爲じ。もし然せば、その補ひたる新しきものは、舊き物をやぶり、破綻さらに甚だしからん。
[Jesus wanted to show that those who desire to live in accordance with his new message should not try to continue to obey the old religious traditions like fasting. So he also said to them], “People do not sew a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment [in order to mend a hole]. If they did that, [when they washed the garment, the patch would shrink] and the new [piece of cloth] would tear off more of the old cloth. As a result, the hole would become bigger!
22 誰も新しき葡萄酒を、ふるき革嚢に入るることは爲じ。もし然せば、葡萄酒は嚢をはりさきて、葡萄酒も嚢も廢らん。新しき葡萄酒は、新しき革嚢に入るるなり』
[Similarly], people do not put newly [squeezed] grape juice into old skin bags [to store it]. If they did that, that juice will burst the skin bags [because they would not stretch when the wine ferments and expands]. As a result both the wine and the skin bags would be ruined! On the contrary, people must put new wine into new skin bags!” [MET]
23 イエス安息 日に麥 畠をとほり給ひしに、弟子たち歩みつつ穗を摘み始めたれば、
On one (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest) Jesus was walking through some grain fields with his disciples. As they were walking along [through the grain fields], the disciples were plucking some of the heads of grain. [They rubbed them in their hands to remove the chaff, and were eating the grain. The laws of Moses permitted people to do that if they were hungry].
24 パリサイ人、イエスに言ふ『視よ、彼らは何ゆゑ安息 日に爲まじき事をするか』
[Some of] the Pharisees [saw them doing what they considered to be work. So they] said to him, “Look! (They should not be doing on our (Sabbath day/day of rest) [work] that our laws forbid!/Why are they doing on our (Sabbath day/day of rest) [work] that our laws forbid?) [RHQ]”
25 答へ給ふ『ダビデその伴へる人々と共に乏しくして飢ゑしとき爲しし事を未だ讀まぬか。
[Jesus wanted to show them that the record in the Scriptures indicated that God permitted people to disobey certain religious laws when they needed food]. So he said to them, “[It is written in the Scriptures] what [our revered ancestor, King] David, did when he needed food, and both he and the men with him were hungry. You have read about that, but ([you do not think about what it implies./why do you not think about what it implies]?) [RHQ]
26 即ち大 祭司アビアタルの時、ダビデ神の家に入りて、祭司のほかは食ふまじき供のパンを取りて食ひ、おのれと偕なる者にも與へたり』
During the time Abiathar was high priest, David entered the big tent [where people worshipped] God [and asked for some bread. The high priest gave him some] of the loaves of bread. That bread was the bread he had presented to God. It was permitted in one of Moses’ laws that only the priests could eat that bread! But David ate some of it. Then he also gave some of it to the men who were with him. [But God did not consider that was wrong!]”
27 また言ひたまふ『安息 日は人のために設けられて、人は安息 日のために設けられず。
Jesus said to them further, “[God] established (the day of rest/the Sabbath day) [to help] people! He did not create people to [obey rules about] (the Sabbath/the day of rest)!
28 されば人の子は安息 日にも主たるなり』
And [think about this]: I am the one who came from heaven. So I have the authority [to determine what is right for my disciples to do] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day)!”
