サムエル記Ⅰ 25
1 さてサムエルが死んだので、イスラエルの人々はみな集まって、彼のためにひじょうに悲しみ、ラマにあるその家に彼を葬った。そしてダビデは立ってパランの荒野に下って行った。
[Soon after that], Samuel died, and all the Israeli people gathered and mourned for him. They buried his body outside his home in Ramah. Then David and his men moved to the Maon Desert.
2 マオンに、ひとりの人があって、カルメルにその所有があり、ひじょうに裕福で、羊三千頭、やぎ一千頭を持っていた。彼はカルメルで羊の毛を切っていた。
In Maon [town] there was a man who owned land in Carmel, [a nearby village]. He was very rich; he owned 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats.
3 その人の名はナバルといい、妻の名はアビガイルといった。アビガイルは賢くて美しかったが、その夫は剛情で、粗暴であった。彼はカレブびとであった。
His name was Nabal; he was a descendant of Caleb. His wife Abigail was a wise and beautiful woman, but Nabal was very cruel and treated people very unkindly [IDM].
4 ダビデは荒野にいて、ナバルがその羊の毛を切っていることを聞いたので、
One day while David [and his men] were in the desert, someone told him that Nabal was cutting the wool from his sheep.
5 十人の若者をつかわし、その若者たちに言った、「カルメルに上って行ってナバルの所へ行き、わたしの名をもって彼にあいさつし、
So David told ten of his men, “Go to Nabal at Carmel and greet him for me.
6 彼にこう言いなさい、『どうぞあなたに平安があるように。あなたの家に平安があるように。またあなたのすべての持ち物に平安があるように。
Then tell to him this message from me, ‘I wish/desire that things will go well for you and your family and for everything that you possess.
7 わたしはあなたが羊の毛を切っておられることを聞きました。あなたの羊飼たちはわれわれと一緒にいたのですが、われわれは彼らを少しも害しませんでした。また彼らはカルメルにいる間に、何ひとつ失ったことはありません。
‘heard people say that you are cutting the wool from your sheep. Previously, when your shepherds were among us, we did not harm them. All the time that your shepherds were among us at Camel, we did not steal any sheep from them.
8 あなたの若者たちに聞いてみられるならば、わかります。それゆえ、わたしの若者たちに、あなたの好意を示してください。われわれは祝の日にきたのです。どうぞ、あなたの手もとにあるものを、贈り物として、しもべどもとあなたの子ダビデにください』」。
You can ask your servants if this is true, and they will tell you [that it is true]. We have come here at a time when you are celebrating, so I ask you to please be kind to us and give these men whatever extra food you have, for me, David, and my men to eat.’”
9 ダビデの若者たちは行って、ダビデの名をもって、これらの言葉をナバルに語り、そして待っていた。
When David’s men arrived where Nabal was, they gave David’s message to him, and they waited [for him to reply]. But Nabal spoke harshly to them.
10 ナバルはダビデの若者たちに答えて言った、「ダビデとはだれか。エッサイの子とはだれか。このごろは、主人を捨てて逃げるしもべが多い。
He said to them, “Who [does] this man, this son of Jesse, [think that he] is? [DOU, RHQ] There are many slaves who are running away from their masters at the present time, [and it seems to me that he is just one of them].
11 どうしてわたしのパンと水、またわたしの羊の毛を切る人々のためにほふった肉をとって、どこからきたのかわからない人々に与えることができようか」。
I give bread and water to the men who are cutting the wool from my sheep, and I give them meat from animals that I have slaughtered. Why should I take some of those things and give them to a group of outlaws [RHQ]? (Who knows where they have come from?/I do not even know where they have come from.)” [RHQ]
12 ダビデの若者たちは、そこを去り、帰ってきて、彼にこのすべての事を告げた。
Then David’s men returned and told him what Nabal had said.
13 そこでダビデは従者たちに言った、「おのおの、つるぎを帯びなさい」。彼らはおのおのつるぎを帯び、ダビデもまたつるぎを帯びた。そしておおよそ四百人がダビデに従って上っていき、二百人は荷物のところにとどまった。
When David heard that, he told his men, “[We are going to kill Nabal; ] fasten your swords!” So he fastened on his sword and about 400 men fastened on their swords and went with David. There were 200 of his men who stayed with their supplies.
14 ところで、ひとりの若者がナバルの妻アビガイルに言った、「ダビデが荒野から使者をつかわして、主人にあいさつをしたのに、主人はその使者たちをののしられました。
One of Nabal’s servants [found out what David and his men were planning to do, so he] went to Nabal’s wife Abigail and said to her, “David sent some messengers from the desert to greet our master Nabal, but Nabal only yelled at them.
15 しかし、あの人々はわれわれに大へんよくしてくれて、われわれは少しも害を受けず、またわれわれが野にいた時、彼らと共にいた間は、何ひとつ失ったことはありませんでした。
All the time that we were in the fields close to them, those men of David were very kind to us. They did not harm us. They did not steal anything from us.
16 われわれが羊を飼って彼らと共にいる間、彼らは夜も昼もわれわれのかきとなってくれました。
They protected us during the daytime and during the night. They were like a wall [MET] around us to protect us while we were taking care of our sheep.
17 それで、あなたは今それを知って、自分のすることを考えてください。主人とその一家に災が起きるからです。しかも主人はよこしまな人で、話しかけることもできません」。
So now you should think about it and decide what you can do. [If you do not do something, ] terrible things will happen to our master and to all his family. Nabal is an extremely wicked man, with the result that [he will not heed anyone when] that person tries to tell him anything [that he should do].”
18 その時、アビガイルは急いでパン二百、ぶどう酒の皮袋二つ、調理した羊五頭、いり麦五セア、ほしぶどう百ふさ、ほしいちじくのかたまり二百を取って、ろばにのせ、
[When] Abigail [heard that, she] very quickly gathered 200 loaves [of bread], and also got two leather bags full of wine, the meat from five sheep, a bushel of roasted grain, 100 packs of raisins, and 200 packs of dried figs. She put all those things on donkeys.
19 若者たちに言った、「わたしのさきに進みなさい。わたしはあなたがたのうしろに、ついて行きます」。しかし彼女は夫ナバルには告げなかった。
Then she told her servants, “Go ahead of me. I will follow you.” But she did not tell her husband [what she was going to do].
20 アビガイルが、ろばに乗って山陰を下ってきた時、ダビデと従者たちは彼女の方に向かって降りてきたので、彼女はその人々に出会った。
David and his men [had left the place where they were staying and were on the road to Nabal’s property. They] were coming down a hill when they met Abigail.
21 さて、ダビデはさきにこう言った、「わたしはこの人が荒野で持っている物をみな守って、その人に属する物を何ひとつなくならないようにしたが、それは全くむだであった。彼はわたしのした親切に悪をもって報いた。
David had been saying to his men, “It was useless for us to protect that man and all his possessions here in this desert. We did not steal anything that belonged to him, but he has done evil to me in return for our good [things we did for him].
22 もしわたしがあすの朝まで、ナバルに属するすべての者のうち、ひとりの男でも残しておくならば、神が幾重にもダビデを罰してくださるように」。
I hope/desire that God will strike me and kill me [IDM] if he or even one of his men [IDM] is still alive tomorrow morning!”
23 アビガイルはダビデを見て、急いで、ろばを降り、ダビデの前で地にひれ伏し、
When Abigail saw David, she quickly got down from her donkey and bowed before him, with her face touching the ground.
24 その足もとに伏して言った、「わが君よ、このとがをわたしだけに負わせてください。しかしどうぞ、はしために、あなたの耳に語ることを許し、はしための言葉をお聞きください。
Then she prostrated herself at David’s feet and said to him, “Sir, I deserve to be punished [for what my husband has done]. Please listen to what I say to you.
25 わが君よ、どうぞ、このよこしまな人ナバルのことを気にかけないでください。あの人はその名のとおりです。名はナバルで、愚かな者です。あなたのはしためであるわたしは、わが君なるあなたがつかわされた若者たちを見なかったのです。
Please do not pay attention to [IDM] what this worthless man Nabal has said. His name means ‘fool’, and he surely is a foolish man. But I, who am [willing to be] your servant, did not see the messengers whom you sent to him.
26 それゆえ今、わが君よ、主は生きておられます。またあなたは生きておられます。主は、あなたがきて血を流し、また手ずから、あだを報いるのをとどめられました。どうぞ今、あなたの敵、およびわが君に害を加えようとする者は、ナバルのごとくになりますように。
Yahweh has prevented you from getting revenge on anyone and killing anyone. I hope/desire that as surely as Yahweh lives and as surely as you live, your enemies will be [cursed] like Nabal will be.
27 今、あなたのつかえめが、わが君に携えてきた贈り物を、わが君に従う若者たちに与えてください。
I have brought a gift for you and for the men who are with you.
28 どうぞ、はしためのとがを許してください。主は必ずわが君のために確かな家を造られるでしょう。わが君が主のいくさを戦い、またこの世に生きながらえられる間、あなたのうちに悪いことが見いだされないからです。
Please forgive me if I have done anything wrong to you. Yahweh will surely [reward you by] allowing many of your descendants to become kings of Israel, because you are fighting the battles that Yahweh [wants you to fight]. And [I know that] throughout all your life you have not done anything wrong.
29 たとい人が立ってあなたを追い、あなたの命を求めても、わが君の命は、生きている者の束にたばねられて、あなたの神、主のもとに守られるでしょう。しかし主はあなたの敵の命を、石投げの中から投げるように、投げ捨てられるでしょう。
Even when those who are trying to kill you pursue you, you are safe, because Yahweh your God takes care of you. You will be [protected as though you were] [MET] a bundle that he has safely tied up. But your enemies will [disappear as fast as stones] that are hurled from a sling.
30 そして主があなたについて語られたすべての良いことをわが君に行い、あなたをイスラエルのつかさに任じられる時、
Yahweh has promised to do good things for you, and he will do what he has promised. And he will cause you to become the ruler of the Israeli people.
31 あなたが、ゆえなく血を流し、またわが君がみずからあだを報いたと言うことで、それがあなたのつまずきとなり、またわが君の心の責めとなることのないようにしてください。主がわが君を良くせられる時、このはしためを思いだしてください」。
When that happens, [you will be glad that you did not kill any] people in Nabal’s household. You will not think that you deserve to be punished for having taken revenge yourself and killed innocent people. And when Yahweh enables you to successfully [become the king], please do not forget [to be kind to] me.”
32 ダビデはアビガイルに言った、「きょう、あなたをつかわして、わたしを迎えさせられたイスラエルの神、主はほむべきかな。
David replied to Abigail, “I praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], because he sent you to [talk with] me.
33 あなたの知恵はほむべきかな。またあなたはほむべきかな。あなたは、きょう、わたしがきて血を流し、手ずからあだを報いることをとどめられたのです。
I hope/desire that Yahweh will bless you for being very wise. You have prevented me from taking revenge myself and killing many people [MTY] today.
34 わたしがあなたを害することをとどめられたイスラエルの神、主はまことに生きておられる。もしあなたが急いでわたしに会いにこなかったならば、あすの朝までには、ナバルのところに、ひとりの男も残らなかったでしょう」。
Just as surely as Yahweh the God whom we Israelis [worship] is alive, he has prevented me from harming you. If you had not come quickly to talk to me, neither Nabal nor even one of Nabal’s men [IDM] would be still alive tomorrow morning.”
35 ダビデはアビガイルが携えてきた物をその手から受けて、彼女に言った、「あなたは無事にのぼって、家に帰りなさい。わたしはあなたの声を聞きいれ、あなたの願いを許します」。
Then David accepted the gifts that Abigail had brought to him. He said to her, “I hope/desire that things will go well for you. I have heard what you said, and I will do what you have requested.”
36 こうしてアビガイルはナバルのもとにきたが、見よ、彼はその家で、王の酒宴のような酒宴を開いていた。ナバルは心に楽しみ、ひじょうに酔っていたので、アビガイルは明くる朝まで事の大小を問わず何をも彼に告げなかった。
When Abigail returned to Nabal, he was in his house, having a big celebration like kings have. He was very drunk and feeling very happy. So Abigail did not say anything to him that night [about her meeting with David].
37 朝になってナバルの酔いがさめたとき、その妻が彼にこれらの事を告げると、彼の心はそのうちに死んで、彼は石のようになった。
The next morning, when he was no longer drunk, she told him everything [that had happened when she talked with David]. [Immediately] (he had a stroke/a blood vessel burst in his brain) and he became paralyzed [MET].
38 十日ばかりして主がナバルを撃たれたので彼は死んだ。
About ten days later Yahweh struck him [again] and he died.
39 ダビデはナバルが死んだと聞いて言った、「主はほむべきかな。主はわたしがナバルの手から受けた侮辱に報いて、しもべが悪をおこなわないようにされた。主はナバルの悪行をそのこうべに報いられたのだ」。ダビデはアビガイルを妻にめとろうと、人をつかわして彼女に申し込んだ。
After David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise Yahweh! Nabal insulted me, but Yahweh (vindicated me/got revenge for me). He has prevented me from [doing anything] wrong. And he has punished Nabal for the wrong that he did.” Then David sent [messengers] to Abigail, to ask her if she would become his wife.
40 ダビデのしもべたちはカルメルにいるアビガイルの所にきて、彼女に言った、「ダビデはあなたを妻にめとろうと、われわれをあなたの所へつかわしたのです」。
His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail, “David sent us to take you to become his wife.”
41 アビガイルは立ち、地にひれ伏し拝して言った、「はしためは、わが君のしもべたちの足を洗うつかえめです」。
Abigail bowed down with her face touching the ground. Then she told [the messengers to tell David], “[I am happy to become your wife]. I will be your servant. And I am willing to wash the feet of your slaves.”
42 アビガイルは急いで立ち、ろばに乗って、五人の侍女たちを連れ、ダビデの使者たちに従って行き、ダビデの妻となった。
Abigail quickly got on her donkey and went with David’s messengers. Five of her maids went with her. [When she arrived where David was, ] she became his wife.
43 ダビデはまたエズレルのアヒノアムをめとった。彼女たちはふたりともダビデの妻となった。
David had previously married Ahinoam, a woman from Jezreel [town near Carmel]. So both Abigail and Ahinoam were now David’s wives.
44 ところでサウルはその娘、ダビデの妻ミカルを、ガリムの人であるライシの子パルテに与えた。
King Saul’s daughter Michal was also David’s wife, but Saul had given her to Laish’s son Paltiel, who was from Gallim [town].
