歴代誌Ⅱ 23
1 第七年になって、エホヤダは勇気をだしてエロハムの子アザリヤ、ヨハナンの子イシマエル、オベデの子アザリヤ、アダヤの子マアセヤ、ジクリの子エリシャパテなどの百人の長たちを招いて契約を結ばせた。
After Joash had been hidden in the temple for six years, Jehoiada the priest decided that it was necessary to do something. So he made an agreement with the army commanders of groups of 100 soldiers: Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zicri.
2 そこで彼らはユダを行きめぐって、ユダのすべての町からレビびとを集め、またイスラエルの氏族の長たちを集めて、エルサレムに来た。
They went throughout Judah and gathered the descendants of Levi and the leaders of Israeli families from all the towns. When they came to Jerusalem,
3 そしてその会衆は皆神の宮で王と契約を結んだ。その時エホヤダは彼らに言った、「主がダビデの子孫のことについて言われたように、王の子が位につくべきです。
the whole group went to the temple and made an agreement with the young king there. Jehoiada said to them, “This is the son of the previous king of Judah. So he is the one who must rule, like Yahweh promised that the descendants of King David must do.
4 あなたがたのなすべき事はこれです。すなわちあなたがた祭司およびレビびとの安息日にはいって来る者の、三分の一は門を守る者となり、
“So this is what you must do: One-third of you priests and other descendants of Levi who are starting their work on the Sabbath day must guard the doors [of the temple].
5 三分の一は王の家におり、三分の一は礎の門におり、民は皆、主の宮の庭にいなさい。
One-third of you must guard the king’s palace, and one-third of you must guard the Foundation Gate. All the other people will be in the courtyards outside the temple.
6 祭司と、勤めをするレビびとのほかは、だれも主の宮に、はいってはならない。彼らは聖なる者であるから、はいることができる。民は皆、主の命令を守らなければならない。
Only the priests and the descendants of Levi who work there will enter the temple. They will be allowed to enter the temple because they are set apart [for that work]. All the others must remain in the courtyards, obeying what Yahweh has commanded.
7 レビびとはめいめい手に武器をとって王のまわりに立たなければならない。宮にはいる者をすべて殺しなさい。あなたがたは王がはいる時にも出る時にも、王と共にいなさい」。
You descendants of Levi must stand around the young king, each of you with your weapon in your hand. Anyone else who tries to enter the temple you must kill. And stay close to the young king, wherever he goes.”
8 そこでレビびとおよびユダの人々は、祭司エホヤダがすべて命じたように行い、めいめいその組の者で、安息日にはいって来るべき者と、安息日に出て行くべき者を率いていた。祭司エホヤダが組の者を去らせなかったからである。
So the descendants of Levi and all [the men of] Judah did what Jehoiada had told them. He did not allow anyone to go home after having finished his work on that Sabbath day. Each commander took charge of his men, the ones who were finishing their work on that day and those who were starting their work on that day.
9 また祭司エホヤダは、神の宮にあるダビデ王のやりおよび大盾、小盾を百人の長たちに渡し、
Then Jehoiada gave each of the commanders the spears and the large and small shields that had been put there in the temple by King David.
10 また王を守るために、すべての民にめいめい手に武器をとらせ、宮の南側から北側にわたって、祭壇と宮に沿って立たせた。
He commanded all the guards to stand in their positions, each with his sword in his hand, all around the king—around the altar and the temple, from the north side to the south side.
11 こうして王の子を連れ出して、これに冠をいただかせ、あかしの書を渡して王となし、エホヤダおよびその子たちが彼に油を注いだ。そして「王万歳」と言った。
Then Jehoiada and his sons brought Joash out. They put a crown on his head and gave him [a scroll] on which were written the rules [that the kings needed to obey], and proclaimed that he was now the king. They anointed him with olive oil and shouted, “We hope that the king will live for many years!”
12 アタリヤは民の走りながら王をほめる声を聞いたので、主の宮に入り、民の所へ行って、
When Athaliah heard the noise being made by the people running [toward the king] and cheering, she ran to the temple.
13 見ると、王は入口で柱のかたわらに立ち、王のかたわらには将軍たちとラッパ手が立っており、また国の民は皆喜んでラッパを吹き、歌をうたう者は楽器をもってさんびしていたので、アタリヤは衣を裂いて「反逆だ、反逆だ」と叫んだ。
She saw the young king there, standing alongside the pillar at the entrance of the temple, [which is the place at the temple] where the kings usually stood. The army commanders and trumpet players were standing beside the king, and all the people of Judah were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and singers with their musical instruments were leading the people while they praised God. Then Athaliah tore her robes and started screaming, “You are committing treason!”
14 その時エホヤダは軍勢を統率する百人の長たちを呼び出し、「列の間から彼女を連れ出せ、彼女に従う者をつるぎで殺せ」と言った。祭司が彼女を主の宮で殺してはならないと言ったからである。
Jehoiada the Supreme Priest said to the army commanders, “Kill her, but do not kill her at the temple of Yahweh!” Then he said to them, “Bring Athaliah out in front of the troops and kill anyone who tries to follow her!”
15 そこで人々は彼女に手をかけ、王の家の馬の門の入口まで連れて行き、その所で彼女を殺した。
[She tried to flee, but] they seized her as she reached the gate where horses enter the palace area, and they killed her there.
16 エホヤダは自分とすべての民と王との間に、彼らは皆、主の民となるとの契約を結んだ。
Then Jehoiada made an agreement that he and the king and all the other people would be Yahweh’s people.
17 そこですべての民はバアルの家に行って、それをこわし、その祭壇とその像とを打ち砕き、バアルの祭司マッタンを祭壇の前で殺した。
Then all the people who were there went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars [of Baal]. They also killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of those altars.
18 エホヤダはまた主の宮の守衛を、祭司とレビびとの指揮のもとに置いた。このレビびとは昔ダビデがモーセの律法にしるされているように、喜びと歌とをもって主に燔祭をささげるために、主の宮に配置したものであって、今そのダビデの例にならったものである。
Then Jehoiada appointed the priests, who were also descended from Levi, to work at the temple. They were part of the group to whom King David had given various jobs at the temple, to sacrifice the animals that were to be completely burned on the altar, doing what was written in the laws that Moses had given to them. He also told them to rejoice and sing, which was also what David had commanded.
19 彼はまた主の宮のもろもろの門に門衛を置き、汚れた者は何によって汚れた者でも、はいらせないようにした。
He also put guards at the gates of the temple in order that anyone who was unacceptable to God would not be allowed to enter.
20 こうしてエホヤダは百人の長たち、貴族たち、民のつかさたちおよび国のすべての民を率いて、主の宮から王を連れ下り、上の門から王の家に進み、王を国の位につかせた。
Jehoiada took with him the army commanders, the important men, the leaders and many others, and brought the king down from the temple. They went into the palace through the Upper Gate, and put the king on his throne.
21 国の民は皆喜んだ。町はアタリヤがつるぎで殺された後、穏やかであった。
Then all the people of Judah rejoiced. And there was calm throughout the city, because Athaliah had been killed.
