ヨハネの黙示録 18
1 この後また他の一人の御使の大なる權威を有ちて天より降るを見しに、地はその榮光によりて照されたり。
After this, [in the vision] I saw another angel, who had great authority, coming down from heaven. The earth became bright [because] he was shining so intensely/brightly.
2 かれ強き聲にて呼はりて言ふ『大なるバビロンは倒れたり、倒れたり、かつ惡魔の住家、もろもろの穢れたる靈の檻、もろもろの穢れたる憎むべき鳥の檻となれり。
He shouted with a very loud voice, “[God is about to] completely destroy [DOU] all the very [evil] cities (OR, the very evil [city]) [that] Babylon [represents]. As a result, all [kinds of] evil spirits [DOU] will live there, and all [kinds of] foul and detestable [DOU] birds will live there.
3 もろもろの國人はその淫行の憤恚の葡萄酒を飮み、地の王たちは彼と淫をおこなひ、地の商人らは彼の奢の勢力によりて富みたればなり』
[God will destroy those cities] because [their rulers have persuaded] the people of [MTY] all nations to act very immorally [and idolatrously with the people of] [MET] [those cities, just like] a prostitute persuades men to drink [strong] wine and then commit fornication with her. The rulers of the earth have also acted immorally [and idolatrously] with the people of [MTY] those cities. The merchants of the earth have become rich [because the people of those cities] strongly desired [and bought from the merchants] many (luxuries/expensive things).”
4 また天より他の聲あるを聞けり。曰く『わが民よ、かれの罪に干らず、彼の苦難を共に受けざらんため、その中を出でよ。
I heard [Jesus] speak from heaven. He said, “My people, flee from [those cities], in order that you do not sin as the people [of those cities do. If you sin as they do], I will punish you as I will punish them.
5 かれの罪は積りて天にいたり、神その不義を憶え給ひたればなり。
[It is as though] their sins have been piled {have piled} up to heaven, and God remembers them [DOU], [so now he will punish them] [MTY].”
6 彼が爲しし如く彼に爲し、その行爲に應じ倍して之を報い、かれが酌み與へし酒杯に倍して之に酌み與へよ。
[To the angels whom God assigned to punish those cities, Jesus said], “Pay back/Punish the people of those cities to the same extent that they harmed [other people]. Cause them to suffer twice as much [as they caused other people to suffer] [DOU, MET].
7 かれが自ら尊びみづから奢りしと同じほどの苦難と悲歎とを之に與へよ。彼は心のうちに「われは女王の位に坐する者にして寡婦にあらず、決して悲歎を見ざるべし」と言ふ。
To the same extent that they have boasted about themselves and done the things that they wanted to do, to that extent torment them and cause them to grieve. [Do that because] in their minds they think, ‘We rule as queens! We are not widows, and we will never mourn [as widows do]’!
8 この故に、さまざまの苦難、一日のうちに彼の身にきたらん、即ち死と悲歎と饑饉となり。彼また火にて燒き盡されん、彼を審きたまふ主なる神は強ければなり。
So in one day terrible calamities/troubles will come upon them. [The people in those cities] will die, others will mourn for them, people will be hungry [because there will be no food], and [their cities] will be burned up. The Lord God is able to punish those cities [like that], because he is very powerful.”
9 彼と淫をおこなひ、彼とともに奢りたる地の王たちは、其の燒かるる煙を見て泣きかつ歎き、
“The kings of the earth who have acted immorally [with people of those cities] and have lived with the people of those cities, doing just what they wanted to do, will weep and mourn [DOU] for them when they see the smoke of the fire that is burning those cities.
10 その苦難を懼れ、遙に立ちて「禍害なるかな、禍害なるかな、大なる都、堅固なる都バビロンよ、汝の審判は時の間に來れり」と言はん。
They will stand far away [from those cities], because they will be afraid [that they will suffer just like the people of those cities] are suffering. They will say, ‘Terrible things will happen to the awesome and mighty cities [represented by] Babylon! [God] will punish them suddenly and swiftly [MTY]!’
11 地の商人かれが爲に泣き悲しまん。今より後その商品を買ふ者なければなり。
The merchants of the earth will weep and will mourn [DOU] [for those cities], because no one will ever again buy the things that they have [to sell to the people in those cities].
12 その商品は金・銀・寶石・眞珠・細布・紫色・絹・緋色および各樣の香木、また象牙のさまざまの器、價 貴き木、眞鍮・鐵・蝋石などの各樣の器、
[They sell ornaments made] of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls. They sell [expensive cloth made of] fine linen and silk, [expensive cloth that is dyed] purple and crimson. They sell all kinds of [rare] wood, all kinds of items [made of] ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron, and marble. They sell cinnamon, spice, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, and grain. They sell cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots. They even sell human beings [SYN, DOU] to become slaves.
13 また肉桂・香料・香・香 油・乳香・葡萄酒・オリブ油・麥粉・麥・牛・羊・馬・車・奴隷および人の靈魂なり。
14 なんぢの靈魂の嗜みたる果物は汝を去り、すべての美味、華美なる物は亡びて汝を離れん、今より後これを見ること無かるべし。
[The merchants will say], ‘The good things you people longed to have are gone! All your luxurious and splendid [DOU] [possessions have vanished!]! They will be gone forever/You will never have them again [LIT]!’
15 これらの物を商ひ、バビロンに由りて富を得たる商人らは、其の苦難を懼れて遙に立ち、泣き悲しみて言はん、
The merchants [who sold] these things and who had become rich by [supplying them] for those [cities] will stand far away, because they will be afraid [that they will suffer just like] the people [of those cities] are suffering. They will weep and mourn [DOU],
16 「禍害なるかな、禍害なるかな、細布と紫色と緋とを著、金・寶石・眞珠をもて身を飾りたる大なる都、
and they will say, ‘Terrible things [DOU] have happened to the awesome/great [MET] cities! [They were like queens] who dressed themselves in [clothes made of] [MTY] fine linen [cloth] and expensive cloth dyed purple and crimson, and who were adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls.
17 斯ばかり大なる富の時の間に荒涼ばんとは」而して凡ての船 長、すべて海をわたる人々、舟子および海によりて生活を爲すもの遙かに立ち、
But suddenly and swiftly [MTY] [God] has destroyed these expensive things.’ Every ship captain, all people who travel by ship, all (sailors/those who work on ships), and all others who earn their living [by traveling on] the ocean will stand far away [from those cities].
18 バビロンの燒かるる煙を見て叫び「いづれの都か、この大なる都に比ぶべき」と言はん。
When they see the smoke of the fire that is burning those cities, they will shout, ‘No [other] cities have ever been so awesome!’ [RHQ]
19 彼 等また塵をおのが首に被りて泣き悲しみ叫びて「禍害なるかな、禍害なるかな、此の大なる都、その奢によりて海に船を有てる人々の富を得たる都、かく時の間に荒涼ばんとは」と言はん。
They will throw dust on their heads [to show that they are sad], and they will shout, weep, and mourn [DOU]. They will say, ‘Terrible things have happened to the awesome/great cities, the cities that made all people who own ships [that sail] on the ocean become rich by [carrying] their costly (things for them to sell/merchandise)! [God] has suddenly and swiftly destroyed [MTY] those cities!’”
20 天よ、聖徒・使徒・預言者よ、この都につきて喜べ、神なんぢらの爲に之を審き給ひたればなり』
Then someone spoke from heaven saying, “All you who live in heaven, rejoice over what has happened to [the cities represented by] Babylon! You who are God’s people, including you apostles, you (prophets/who speak messages that come directly from God), rejoice, because God has justly punished the people of those cities because they acted in an evil way toward you!”
21 ここに一人の強き御使、大なる碾臼のごとき石を擡げ海に投げて言ふ『おほいなる都バビロンは斯くのごとく烈しく撃ち倒されて、今より後 見えざるべし。
Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large stone for grinding grain, and threw it into the ocean. Then he said, “O you people in [APO] the awesome/great cities [represented by] Babylon, your cities will be destroyed so that they will disappear just like that stone disappeared in the ocean! Your cities will be gone forever [LIT]!
22 今よりのち立琴を彈くもの、樂を奏するもの、笛を吹く者、ラッパを鳴す者の聲なんぢの中に聞えず、今より後さまざまの細工をなす細工人なんぢの中に見えず、碾臼の音なんぢの中に聞えず、
In your cities there will never again be [anyone] playing harps, singing, playing flutes, and blowing trumpets. There will no longer be any (skilled workers/craftsmen) making things. There will never again be people grinding [grain at] [MTY] the mills.
23 今よりのち燈火の光なんぢの中に輝かず、今よりのち新郎・新婦の聲なんぢの中に聞えざるべし。そは汝の商人は地の大臣となり、諸種の國人はなんぢの咒術に惑され、
No lamplight will ever again shine. There will never again be the [happy] voices of a bridegroom and his bride. [God will destroy your cities] because your merchants were the most [deceitful] men in the world. You persuaded them to deceive [people of] [MTY] all nations.
24 また預言者・聖徒および凡て地の上に殺されし者の血は、この都の中に見出されたればなり』
You are also [responsible for killing] [MTY] [the] prophets and [others] of God’s people. Indeed, you are the ones who are guilty for the deaths of all those who have been {whom [others] have} killed on the earth!”
