列王記Ⅱ 3
1 ユダの王ヨシャパテの第十八年にアハブの子ヨラムはサマリヤでイスラエルの王となり、十二年世を治めた。
Truly, Joram, the son of Ahab, reigned over Israel, in Samaria, in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah. And he reigned for twelve years.
2 彼は主の目の前に悪をおこなったが、その父母のようではなかった。彼がその父の造ったバアルの石柱を除いたからである。
And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as his father and mother did. For he took away the statues of Baal, which his father had made.
3 しかし彼はイスラエルに罪を犯させたネバテの子ヤラベアムの罪につき従って、それを離れなかった。
Yet truly, he did adhere to the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin; neither did he withdraw from these.
4 モアブの王メシャは羊の飼育者で、十万の小羊と、十万の雄羊の毛とを年々イスラエルの王に納めていたが、
Now Mesha, the king of Moab, raised many sheep. And he repaid to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs, and one hundred thousand rams, with their fleece.
5 アハブが死んだ後、モアブの王はイスラエルの王にそむいた。
And when Ahab had died, he transgressed the pact that he had with the king of Israel.
6 そこでヨラム王はその時サマリヤを出て、イスラエルびとをことごとく集め、
Therefore, king Joram departed on that day from Samaria, and he took a count of all of Israel.
7 また、人をユダの王ヨシャパテにつかわし、「モアブの王はわたしにそむきました。あなたはモアブと戦うために、わたしと一緒に行かれませんか」と言わせた。彼は言った、「行きましょう。わたしはあなたと一つです。わたしの民はあなたの民と一つです。わたしの馬はあなたの馬と一つです」。
And he sent to Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, saying: “The king of Moab has withdrawn from me. Come to battle with me against him.” And he responded: “I will go up. What is mine, is yours. My people are your people. And my horses are your horses.”
8 彼はまた言った、「われわれはどの道を上るのですか」。ヨラムは答えた、「エドムの荒野の道を上りましょう」。
And he said, “Along which way shall we ascend?” So he responded, “Along the desert of Idumea.”
9 こうしてイスラエルの王はユダの王およびエドムの王と共に出て行った。しかし彼らは回り道をして、七日の間進んだが、軍勢とそれに従う家畜の飲む水がなかったので、
Therefore, the king of Israel, and the king of Judah, and the king of Idumea, traveled, and they went by a circuitous path for seven days. But there was no water for the army or for the beasts of burden which were following them.
10 イスラエルの王は言った、「ああ、主は、この三人の王をモアブの手に渡そうとして召し集められたのだ」。
And the king of Israel said: “Alas, alas, alas! The Lord has gathered we three kings, so that he might deliver us into the hands of Moab.”
11 ヨシャパテは言った、「われわれが主に問うことのできる主の預言者はここにいませんか」。イスラエルの王のひとりの家来が答えた、「エリヤの手に水を注いだシャパテの子エリシャがここにいます」。
And Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord here, so that we may appeal to the Lord through him?” And one of the servants of the king of Israel responded, “Elisha, the son of Shaphat, is here, who poured water upon the hands of Elijah.”
12 ヨシャパテは言った、「主の言葉が彼にあります」。そこでイスラエルの王とヨシャパテとエドムの王とは彼のもとへ下っていった。
And Jehoshaphat said, “The word of the Lord is with him.” And so, the king of Israel, with Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, and with the king of Idumea, descended to him.
13 エリシャはイスラエルの王に言った、「わたしはあなたとなんのかかわりがありますか。あなたの父上の預言者たちと母上の預言者たちの所へ行きなさい」。イスラエルの王は彼に言った、「いいえ、主がこの三人の王をモアブの手に渡そうとして召し集められたのです」。
Then Elisha said to the king of Israel: “What is there between you and me? Go to the prophets of your father and your mother.” And the king of Israel said to him, “Why has the Lord gathered these three kings, so that he might deliver them into the hands of Moab?”
14 エリシャは言った、「わたしの仕える万軍の主は生きておられます。わたしはユダの王ヨシャパテのためにするのでなければ、あなたを顧み、あなたに会うことはしないのだが、
And Elisha said to him: “As the Lord of hosts lives, in whose sight I stand, if I was not humbled by the face of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, certainly I would neither have listened to you, nor have looked upon you.
15 いま楽人をわたしの所に連れてきなさい」。そこで楽人が楽を奏すると、主の手が彼に臨んで、
But now, bring a musician to me.” And while the musician was playing, the hand of the Lord fell upon him, and he said:
16 彼は言った、「主はこう仰せられる、『わたしはこの谷を水たまりで満たそう』。
“Thus says the Lord: Make, in the channel of this torrent, pit after pit.
17 これは主がこう仰せられるからである、『あなたがたは風も雨も見ないのに、この谷に水が満ちて、あなたがたと、その家畜および獣が飲むであろう』。
For thus says the Lord: You shall not see wind or rain. And yet this channel shall be filled with water. And you shall drink, you and your families, and your beasts of burden.
18 これは主の目には小さい事である。主はモアブびとをも、あなたがたの手に渡される。
And this is small in the sight of the Lord. So, in addition, he will also deliver Moab into your hands.
19 そしてあなたがたはすべての堅固な町と、すべての良い町を撃ち、すべての良い木を切り倒し、すべての水の井戸をふさぎ、石をもって地のすべての良い所を荒すであろう」。
And you shall strike every fortified town and every elect city. And you shall cut down every fruitful tree. And you shall obstruct all the sources of water. And you shall cover every excellent field with stones.”
20 あくる朝になって、供え物をささげる時に、水がエドムの方から流れてきて、水は国に満ちた。
Then it happened that, in the morning, when the sacrifices were usually to be offered, behold, water was arriving along the way of Idumea, and the land was filled with water.
21 さてモアブびとは皆、王たちが自分たちを攻めるために上ってきたのを聞いたので、よろいを着ることのできる者を、老いも若きもことごとく召集して、国境に配置したが、
Then all the Moabites, hearing that the kings had ascended so that they might fight against them, gathered all who had been girded with a belt around them, and they stood at the borders.
22 朝はやく起きて、太陽がのぼって水を照したとき、モアブびとは目の前に血のように赤い水を見たので、
And rising up in early morning, and when the sun was now rising before the waters, the Moabites saw the waters opposite them, which were red like blood.
23 彼らは言った、「これは血だ、きっと王たちが互に戦って殺し合ったのだ。だから、モアブよ、ぶんどりに行きなさい」。
And they said: “It is the blood of the sword! The kings have fought among themselves, and they have slain one another. Go now, Moab, to the spoils!”
24 しかしモアブびとがイスラエルの陣営に行くと、イスラエルびとは立ちあがってモアブびとを撃ったので、彼らはイスラエルの前から逃げ去った。イスラエルびとは進んで、モアブびとを撃ち、その国にはいって、
And they went into the camp of Israel. But Israel, rising up, struck Moab, and they fled before them. And since they had prevailed, they went and struck down Moab.
25 町々を滅ぼし、おのおの石を一つずつ、地のすべての良い所に投げて、これに満たし、水の井戸をことごとくふさぎ、良い木をことごとく切り倒して、ただキル・ハラセテはその名を残すのみとなったが、石を投げる者がこれを囲んで撃ち滅ぼした。
And they destroyed the cities. And they filled up every excellent field, each one casting stones. And they obstructed all the sources of water. And they cut down all the fruitful trees, to such an extent that only brick walls remained. And the city was encircled by the slingers of stones. And a great part of it was struck down.
26 モアブの王は戦いがあまりに激しく、当りがたいのを見て、つるぎを抜く者七百人を率い、エドムの王の所に突き入ろうとしたが、果さなかったので、
And when the king of Moab had seen this, specifically, that the enemies had prevailed, he took with him seven hundred men who draw the sword, so that he might break through to the king of Idumea. But they were unable.
27 自分の位を継ぐべきその長子をとって城壁の上で燔祭としてささげた。その時イスラエルに大いなる憤りが臨んだので、彼らは彼をすてて自分の国に帰った。
And taking his firstborn son, who would have reigned in his place, he offered him as a holocaust upon the wall. And there was great indignation in Israel. And they promptly withdrew from him, and they turned back to their own land.
