ヨハネの黙示録 14
1 われ見しに、視よ、羔羊シオンの山に立ちたまふ。十四萬 四千の人これと偕に居り、その額には羔羊の名および羔羊の父の名 記しあり。
But then I saw the [one who is like a] lamb standing on Zion Hill [in Jerusalem]. With him were 144,000 [people]. His name and his Father’s name had been written {[He] had written his name and his Father’s name} on their foreheads.
2 われ天よりの聲を聞けり、多くの水の音のごとく、大なる雷霆の聲のごとし。わが聞きし此の聲は彈琴者の立琴を彈く音のごとし。
I heard a sound from heaven, which was as [loud] [SIM] as the sound of a huge waterfall (OR, a great/wide [river of rushing] water) and which was [also as loud as] [SIM] mighty thunder. The sound that I heard was like [the sound that] people make when they are playing their harps.
3 かれら新しき歌を御座の前および四つの活物と長老たちとの前にて歌ふ。この歌は地より贖はれたる十四萬 四千 人の他は誰も學びうる者なかりき。
The 144,000 people were singing a new song [while they stood] in front of the throne, in front of the four living [creatures], and in front of the elders. Only the 144,000 [people], the ones who have been {whom [the one who is like a lamb] has} redeemed/bought from among the people on the earth, could learn that song. No one else could learn the song [that they sang].
4 彼らは女に汚されぬ者なり、潔き者なり、何處にまれ羔羊の往き給ふところに隨ふ。彼らは人の中より贖はれて神と羔羊とのために初穗となれり。
Those 144,000 are the people who are [spiritually] pure, [like] virgins [are morally pure]. They have not (defiled themselves/made themselves impure) [MET] [by worshipping any false god]. They are the ones who accompany Jesus, the [one who is like a] lamb, wherever he goes. They [represent all those whom he has] redeemed/bought for God from among the people [of earth, in order that he might offer] them to God and to [himself].
5 その口に虚僞なし、彼らは瑕なき者なり。
[Those people] never lie when they speak [MTY], and they never act immorally.
I saw another angel that was flying between the sky and heaven. He was bringing [God’s] eternal good message [to earth], in order that he might proclaim it to people who live on the earth. He will proclaim it to every nation, [to every] tribe, [to speakers of every] language [MTY], and [to every] people-[group]. (aiōnios g166)
7 大聲にて言ふ『なんぢら神を畏れ、神に榮光を歸せよ。その審判のとき既に至りたればなり。汝ら天と地と海と水の源泉とを造り給ひし者を拜せよ』
He said in a loud voice, “Revere God and honor him, because it is now time for him to judge [people]! Worship [God, because he is] the one who created the heaven, the earth, the ocean, and the springs of water.”
8 ほかの第二の御使、かれに從ひて言ふ『倒れたり、倒れたり。大なるバビロン、己が淫行より出づる憤恚の葡萄酒をもろもろの國人に飮ませし者』
A second angel came after him saying, “The very evil [cities] (OR, [city]) [represented by] Babylon are completely destroyed! [God] has punished [their people because] they [have persuaded people of] all the nations [to forsake God, just like a prostitute] [MET] persuades [men] to drink [strong] wine and [as a result] commit sexual immorality.”
9 ほかの第三の御使、かれらに從ひ大聲にて言ふ『もし獸とその像とを拜し、且その額あるいは手に徽章を受くる者あらば、
A third angel came next, saying in a loud voice, “If people worship the beast and its image and [allow] its mark to be put {its [agent to] put its mark} on their foreheads or on their hands,
10 必ず神の怒の酒杯に盛りたる混りなき憤恚の葡萄酒を飮み、かつ聖なる御使たち及び羔羊の前にて、火と硫黄とにて苦しめらるべし。
God will be angry with them and punish them very severely [MET]. They will be tormented {[God] will torment them} in burning sulfur in the presence of his holy angels and in the presence of the [one who is like a] lamb.
The smoke [from the fire] that torments them will rise forever. [They will] be tormented {[God will] torment them} continually, day and night. [That is what will happen to] the people who worship the beast and its image and who allow its name to be marked on them {allow [its agent] to mark them with its name}.” (aiōn g165)
12 神の誡命とイエスを信ずる信仰とを守る聖徒の忍耐は茲にあり』
So God’s people, those who obey what God commands and who trust in Jesus, must faithfully continue [obeying and trusting him].
13 我また天より聲ありて『書き記せ「今よりのち主にありて死ぬる死人は幸福なり」御靈も言ひたまふ「然り、彼 等はその勞役を止めて息まん。その業これに隨ふなり」』と言ふを聞けり。
I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write [this: God will] now [abundantly] bless the people who have a close relationship with the Lord [Jesus] for the rest of [their lives].” [God’s] Spirit says, “Yes, [after they die], they will no longer have to work hard. Instead, they will rest, and [the record of the good deeds] [MTY] that they have done will go with them (OR, [God] will [reward them] for the good deeds that they have done).”
14 また見しに、視よ、白き雲あり、その雲の上に人の子の如きもの坐して、首には金の冠冕をいただき、手には利き鎌を持ちたまふ。
Then I was surprised to see a white cloud, and on the cloud [someone] was sitting who looked like the one who came from heaven. He [was wearing] a golden crown on his head. In his hand [he held] a sharp sickle.
15 又ほかの御使、聖所より出で、雲のうへに坐したまふ者にむかひ、大聲に呼はりて『なんぢの鎌を入れて刈れ、地の穀物は全く熟し、既に刈り取るべき時 至ればなり』と言ふ。
Another angel came out of the temple [in heaven]. In a loud voice, [speaking figuratively about gathering people for God to judge them], he said to the one who was sitting on the cloud, “The time has come to reap [the grain on the earth], so with your sickle [reap] the [grain], because the grain on the earth is ripe.”
16 かくて雲の上に坐したまふ者その鎌を地に入れたれば、地の穀物は刈り取られたり。
The one who was sitting on the cloud forcefully gathered together [all the people] on earth, [as] [MET] [a farmer] reaps grain with his sickle.
17 又ほかの御使、天の聖所より出で、同じく利き鎌を持てり。
Another angel came out of the sanctuary in heaven. He also held a sharp sickle.
18 又ほかの火を掌どる御使、祭壇より出で、利き鎌を持つ者にむかひ大聲に呼はりて『なんぢの利き鎌を入れて地の葡萄の樹の房を刈り收めよ、葡萄は既に熟したり』と言ふ。
From the altar came another angel. He is the one who takes care of the fire [of the altar. Also speaking figuratively about gathering the wicked people for God to judge and punish them], he said in a loud voice to the angel who held the sharp sickle, “With your sharp sickle cut off the clusters of grapes in the vineyards on the earth! Then gather the clusters of grapes together, because its grapes are ripe!”
19 御使その鎌を地に入れて地の葡萄を刈りをさめ、神の憤恚の大なる酒槽に投げ入れたり。
So, [just like a man would] cut off with his sickle the clusters of grapes in his vineyard [MET], an angel forcefully [gathered the wicked people] on the earth. Then he threw them into the huge place where God will angrily punish them.
20 かくて都の外にて酒槽を踐みしに、血 酒槽より流れ出でて馬の轡に達くほどになり、一 千 六 百 町に廣がれり。
[The wicked people] were trampled on {[God’s agent] trod on [the wicked people]} [in] the winepress outside the city. The blood that came out from the winepress flowed [in a stream so deep that it reached] to the bridles of the horses, [and extended] (180 miles/300 kilometers).
