< 歴代誌Ⅱ 15 >
Now, as for Azariah son of Oded, there came upon him, the spirit of God.
2 彼は出ていってアサを迎え、これに言った、「アサおよびユダとベニヤミンの人々よ、わたしに聞きなさい。あなたがたが主と共におる間は、主もあなたがたと共におられます。あなたがたが、もし彼を求めるならば、彼に会うでしょう。しかし、彼を捨てるならば、彼もあなたがたを捨てられるでしょう。
So he went forth to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear me, O Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin, —Yahweh, is with you, so long as ye are with him, and, if ye seek him, he will be found of you, but, if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
3 そもそも、イスラエルには長い間、まことの神がなく、教をなす祭司もなく、律法もなかった。
Now, many days, had Israel been, —without the faithful God, and without a teaching priest, and without the law;
4 しかし、悩みの時、彼らがイスラエルの神、主に立ち返り、彼を求めたので彼に会った。
But they turned, in their distress, unto Yahweh God of Israel, —and sought him, and he was found of them.
5 そのころは、出る者にも入る者にも、平安がなく、大いなる騒乱が国々のすべての住民を悩ました。
And, in those times, there had been no prosperity, to him that went out nor to him that came in, —for, great consternations, were upon all the inhabitants of the lands;
6 国は国に、町は町に撃ち砕かれた。神がもろもろの悩みをもって彼らを苦しめられたからです。
and they were beaten in pieces-nation against nation, and city against city, —for, God, discomfited them with all manner of distress.
7 しかしあなたがたは勇気を出しなさい。手を弱くしてはならない。あなたがたのわざには報いがあるからです」。
Ye, therefore, be strong, and let not your hands be slack, —for there is a reward for your work!
8 アサはこれらの言葉すなわちオデデの子アザリヤの預言を聞いて勇気を得、憎むべき偶像をユダとベニヤミンの全地から除き、また彼がエフライムの山地で得た町々から除き、主の宮の廊の前にあった主の祭壇を再興した。
And, when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he strengthened himself, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had captured out of the hill country of Ephraim, —and renewed the altar of Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh.
9 彼はまたユダとベニヤミンの人々およびエフライム、マナセ、シメオンから来て、彼らの間に寄留していた者を集めた。その神、主がアサと共におられるのを見て、イスラエルからアサのもとに下った者が多くあったからである。
And he gathered together all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them, out of Ephraim and out of Manasseh, and out of Simeon, —for they fell unto him out of Israel, in great numbers, because they saw that, Yahweh his God, was with him.
10 彼らはアサの治世の十五年の三月にエルサレムに集まり、
So they gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem, in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11 携えてきたぶんどり物のうちから牛七百頭、羊七千頭をその日主にささげた。
And they sacrificed unto Yahweh, on that day, out of the spoil they had brought in, —oxen, seven hundred, and sheep, seven thousand.
12 そして彼らは契約を結び、心をつくし、精神をつくして先祖の神、主を求めることと、
And they entered into a covenant, to seek Yahweh, God of their fathers, —with all their heart, and with all their soul;
13 すべてイスラエルの神、主を求めない者は老幼男女の別なく殺さるべきことを約した。
and, whosoever would not seek unto Yahweh God of Israel, should be put to death, —whether small or great, whether man or woman.
14 そして彼らは大声をあげて叫び、ラッパを吹き、角笛を鳴らして、主に誓いを立てた。
So they bound themselves by oath unto Yahweh, with a loud voice, and with shouting, —and with trumpets and with horns.
15 ユダは皆その誓いを喜んだ。彼らは心をつくして誓いを立て、精神をつくして主を求めたので、主は彼らに会い、四方で彼らに安息を賜わった。
And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for, with all their heart, had they sworn, and, with all their good will, had they sought him, and he was found of them, —and Yahweh gave them rest round about.
16 アサ王の母マアカがアシラのために憎むべき像を造ったので、アサは彼女をおとして太后とせず、その憎むべき像を切り倒して粉々に砕き、キデロン川でそれを焼いた。
Moreover also, as touching Maacah mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made, unto the Sacred Stem, a monstrous thing, —so Asa cut down her monstrous thing, and reduced it to dust, and burnt it up, in the Kidron ravine.
17 ただし高き所はイスラエルから除かなかったが、アサの心は一生の間、正しかった。
But, the high places, were not taken away out of Israel, —only, the heart of Asa, was perfect, all his days.
18 彼はまた、その父のささげた物および自分のささげた物、すなわち銀、金並びに器物などを主の宮に携え入れた。
And he brought the hallowed things of his father and his own hallowed things, into the house of God, —silver and gold, and utensils.
19 そしてアサの治世の三十五年までは再び戦争がなかった。
And, war, was there none, —until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.