歴代誌Ⅱ 34
1 ヨシヤは八歳のとき王となり、エルサレムで三十一年の間世を治めた。
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
2 彼は主の良しと見られることをなし、その父ダビデの道を歩んで、右にも左にも曲らなかった。
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
3 彼はまだ若かったが、その治世の第八年に父ダビデの神を求めることを始め、その十二年には高き所、アシラ像、刻んだ像、鋳た像などを除いて、ユダとエルサレムを清めることを始め、
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
4 もろもろのバアルの祭壇を、自分の前で打ちこわさせ、その上に立っていた香の祭壇を切り倒し、アシラ像、刻んだ像、鋳た像を打ち砕いて粉々にし、これらの像に犠牲をささげた者どもの墓の上にそれをまき散らし、
And they broke down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it on the graves of them that had sacrificed to them.
5 祭司らの骨をそのもろもろの祭壇の上で焼き、こうしてユダとエルサレムを清めた。
And he burnt the bones of the priests on their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
6 またマナセ、エフライム、シメオンおよびナフタリの荒れた町々にもこのようにし、
And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even to Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
7 もろもろの祭壇をこわし、アシラ像およびもろもろの刻んだ像を粉々に打ち砕き、イスラエル全国の香の祭壇をことごとく切り倒して、エルサレムに帰った。
And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
8 ヨシヤはその治世の十八年に、国と宮とを清めた時、その神、主の宮を繕わせようと、アザリヤの子シャパン、町のつかさマアセヤおよびヨアハズの子史官ヨアをつかわした。
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
9 彼らは大祭司ヒルキヤのもとへ行って、神の宮にはいった金を渡した。これは門を守るレビびとがマナセ、エフライムおよびその他のすべてのイスラエル、ならびにユダとベニヤミンのすべての人、およびエルサレムの住民の手から集めたものである。
And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.
10 彼らはこれを主の宮を監督する職工らの手に渡したので、主の宮で働く職工らは、これを宮を繕い直すために支払った。
And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that worked in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:
11 すなわち、大工および建築者にこれを渡して、ユダの王たちが破った建物のために、切り石および骨組の材木を買わせ、梁材を整えさせた。
Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
12 その人々は忠実に仕事をした。その監督者はメラリの子孫であるレビびとヤハテとオバデヤ、およびコハテびとの子孫であるゼカリヤとメシュラムであって、工事をつかさどった。また楽器に巧みなレビびとがこれに伴った。
And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of music.
13 彼らはまた荷を負う者を監督し、様々の仕事に働くすべての者をつかさどった。また他のレビびとは書記となり、役人となり、また門衛となった。
Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that worked the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
14 さて彼らが主の宮にはいった金を取りだした時、祭司ヒルキヤはモーセの伝えた主の律法の書を発見した。
And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses.
15 そこでヒルキヤは書記官シャパンに言った、「わたしは主の宮で律法の書を発見しました」と。そしてヒルキヤはその書をシャパンに渡した。
And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
16 シャパンはその書を王のもとに持って行き、さらに王に復命して言った、「しもべらはゆだねられた事をことごとくなし、
And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to your servants, they do it.
17 主の宮にあった金をあけて、監督者の手および職工の手に渡しました」。
And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.
18 書記官シャパンはまた王に告げて、「祭司ヒルキヤはわたしに一つの書物を渡しました」と言い、シャパンはそれを王の前で読んだ。
Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
19 王はその律法の言葉を聞いて衣を裂いた。
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
20 そして王はヒルキヤおよびシャパンの子アヒカムとミカの子アブドンと書記官シャパンと王の家来アサヤとに命じて言った、
And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king’s, saying,
21 「あなたがたは行って、この発見された書物の言葉についてわたしのために、またイスラエルとユダの残りの者のために主に問いなさい。われわれの先祖たちが主の言葉を守らず、すべてこの書物にしるされていることを行わなかったので、主はわれわれに大いなる怒りを注がれるからです」。
Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
22 そこでヒルキヤおよび王のつかわした人々は、シャルムの妻である女預言者ホルダのもとへ行った。シャルムはハスラの子であるトクハテの子で、衣装を守る者である。時にホルダは、エルサレムの第二区に住んでいた。彼らはホルダにその趣意を語ったので、
And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelled in Jerusalem in the college: ) and they spoke to her to that effect.
23 ホルダは彼らに言った、「イスラエルの神、主はこう仰せられます、『あなたがたをわたしにつかわした人に告げなさい。
And she answered them, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Tell you the man that sent you to me,
24 主はこう仰せられます。見よ、わたしはユダの王の前で読んだ書物にしるされているもろもろののろい、すなわち災をこの所と、ここに住む者に下す。
Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:
25 彼らはわたしを捨てて、他の神々に香をたき、自分の手で造ったもろもろの物をもって、わたしの怒りを引き起そうとしたからである。それゆえ、わたしの怒りは、この所に注がれて消えない。
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out on this place, and shall not be quenched.
26 しかしあなたがたをつかわして、主に問わせるユダの王にはこう言いなさい。イスラエルの神、主はこう仰せられる。あなたが聞いた言葉については、
And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, so shall you say to him, Thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which you have heard;
27 この所と、ここに住む者を責める神の言葉を、あなたが聞いた時、心に悔い、神の前に身をひくくし、わたしの前にへりくだり、衣を裂いて、わたしの前に泣いたので、わたしもまた、あなたに聞いた、と主は言われる。
Because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbled yourself before me, and did rend your clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard you also, says the LORD.
28 見よ、わたしはあなたを先祖たちのもとに集める。あなたは安らかにあなたの墓に集められる。あなたはわたしがこの所と、ここに住む者に下すもろもろの災を目に見ることがない』と」。彼らは王に復命した。
Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil that I will bring on this place, and on the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.
29 そこで王は人をつかわしてユダとエルサレムの長老をことごとく集め、
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
30 そして王は主の宮に上って行った。ユダのすべての人々、エルサレムの住民、祭司、レビびと、およびすべての民は、老いた者も若い者もことごとく彼に従った。そこで王は主の宮で発見した契約の書の言葉を、ことごとく彼らの耳に読み聞かせ、
And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.
31 そして王は自分の所に立って、主の前に契約を立て、主に従って歩み、心をつくし、精神をつくして、その戒めと、あかしと定めとをまもり、この書にしるされた契約の言葉を行おうと言い、
And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
32 エルサレムおよびベニヤミンの人々を皆これに加わらせた。エルサレムの住民は先祖の神であるその神の契約にしたがって行った。
And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
33 ヨシヤはイスラエルの人々に属するすべての地から、憎むべきものをことごとく取り除き、イスラエルにいるすべての人をその神、主に仕えさせた。ヨシヤが世にある日の間は、彼らは先祖の神、主に従って離れなかった。
And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
