アモス書 5
1 イスラエルの家よ、わたしが悲しみの歌をもって、あなたがたについて宣べるこの言葉を聞け、
You people [MTY] of Israel, listen to this funeral song that I will sing about you:
2 「おとめイスラエルは倒れて、また起き上がらず、彼女はおのれの地に投げ倒されてこれを起す者がない」。
“You are like [MET] a young woman, but in spite of that, you will certainly be struck down and you will never get up again! You will lie on the ground, abandoned, and there will be no one to help you stand up.”
3 主なる神はこう言われる、「イスラエルの家では、千人出た町は百人残り、百人出た町は十人残る」。
This is what Yahweh the Lord says to the people [MTY] of Israel: [“When your enemies attack you, ] and when 1,000 [of your soldiers] will go [to a battle], there will be only 100 who will survive. When 100 soldiers march out [from a city to fight], there will be only ten who will remain alive.”
4 主はイスラエルの家にこう言われる、「あなたがたはわたしを求めよ、そして生きよ。
Yahweh continues to say to the people [MTY] of Israel: “You Israeli people, return to me! If you do that, you will continue to remain alive.
5 ベテルを求めるな、ギルガルに行くな。ベエルシバにおもむくな。ギルガルは必ず捕えられて行き、ベテルは無に帰するからである」。
Do not go to Bethel to seek [my help]; do not go to Gilgal [to worship]; do not [even] go to Beersheba, because [your enemies] will drag away [the people of] Gilgal to other countries, and Bethel will be completely destroyed.”
6 あなたがたは主を求めよ、そして生きよ。さもないと主は火のようにヨセフの家に落ち下られる。火はこれを焼くが、ベテルのためにこれを消す者はひとりもない。
So, come to Yahweh; if you do that, you will remain alive. If you do not do that, Yahweh will descend on you descendants [MTY] of Joseph like [SIM] a fire; that fire will burn everything in Bethel, and (nothing/no one) will be able to save that town.
7 あなたがた、公道をにがよもぎに変え、正義を地に投げ捨てる者よ。
You people distort what is fair/right and cause [people to think that] it is something that is very bitter; you treat good things as though they are evil.
8 プレアデスおよびオリオンを造り、暗黒を朝に変じ、昼を暗くして夜となし、海の水を呼んで、地のおもてに注がれる者、その名は主という。
[Do you know who] created all the groups of stars and put them in their places? [Each morning] he causes the darkness to become the dawn, and [each evening] he causes the daylight to become darkness. He scoops up water from the oceans [to become clouds], and then he dumps the water [from the clouds] onto the earth. The one who does those things is named Yahweh.
9 主は滅びをたちまち強い者に臨ませられるので、滅びはついに城に臨む。
He causes strong [soldiers] to be killed, and causes the (high walls around/fortresses of) cities to be torn down.
10 彼らは門にいて戒める者を憎み、真実を語る者を忌みきらう。
[He is the one who will punish you] because you hate those who challenge anyone who tries to make unjust decisions, and you hate those who tell the truth in your courts.
11 あなたがたは貧しい者を踏みつけ、彼から麦の贈り物をとるゆえ、あなたがたは切り石の家を建てても、その中に住むことはできない。美しいぶどう畑を作っても、その酒を飲むことはできない。
You oppress poor people and force them to pay big taxes. You have built big stone mansions [for yourselves], but you will not be able to live in them. You have planted vineyards, but there will not be any [grapes for you to harvest to make] wine.
12 わたしは知る、あなたがたのとがは多く、あなたがたの罪は大きいからである。あなたがたは正しい者をしえたげ、まいないを取り、門で貧しい者を退ける。
I know all of your sins and the terrible crimes that you have committed. You oppress righteous/honest people, and you accept bribes. You do not allow judges to treat poor people justly.
13 それゆえ、このような時には賢い者は沈黙する、これは悪い時だからである。
This is a time when [many people do] evil things, so people who have good sense say nothing [when they hear about such things being done].
14 善を求めよ、悪を求めるな。そうすればあなたがたは生きることができる。またあなたがたが言うように、万軍の神、主はあなたがたと共におられる。
In order to remain alive, you must stop doing what is wrong, and start doing what is right. If you do that, the Commander of the armies of angels will be with you like you claim [that he always is].
15 悪を憎み、善を愛し、門で公義を立てよ。万軍の神、主は、あるいはヨセフの残りの者をあわれまれるであろう。
Love what is good, and hate what is evil! Try to cause [judges] in your courts to make decisions that are right/fair! If you do those things, perhaps the Commander of the armies of angels will act mercifully toward [you descendants of] Joseph who are still alive.
16 それゆえ、主なる万軍の神、主はこう言われる、「すべての広場で泣くことがあろう。すべてのちまたで人々は『悲しいかな、悲しいかな』と言う。また彼らは農夫を呼んできて嘆かせ、巧みな泣き女を招いて泣かせ、
“Because I, Yahweh, [will punish you for your sins], this is what I have solemnly declared: People will be wailing loudly in every street, and people will be very sorrowful in every plaza. Farmers will be summoned to [come and] weep, along with the other official mourners who will wail [for those who have died].
17 またすべてのぶどう畑にも泣くことがあろう。それはわたしがあなたがたの中を通るからである」と主は言われる。
People will be wailing in your vineyards, because I will punish you [IDM] severely. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it!”
18 わざわいなるかな、主の日を望む者よ、あなたがたは何ゆえ主の日を望むのか。これは暗くて光がない。
Terrible things will happen to you who desire that it will soon be the day when Yahweh [will punish your enemies], because that will be a day of darkness, not of light.
19 人がししの前を逃れてもくまに出会い、また家にはいって、手を壁につけると、へびにかまれるようなものである。
[At that time, ] when you try to run from a lion, you will face a bear. When you run into your house [to be safe], and you put your hand on a wall, it will be bitten by a snake.
20 主の日は暗くて、光がなく、薄暗くて輝きがないではないか。
That day, [when he punishes people], will certainly be [RHQ] a very dark day [MET], without even a little bit of light.
21 わたしはあなたがたの祭を憎み、かつ卑しめる。わたしはまた、あなたがたの聖会を喜ばない。
[Yahweh says], “I hate your religious celebrations and the times when you gather to worship me; I detest them [DOU].
22 たといあなたがたは燔祭や素祭をささげても、わたしはこれを受けいれない。あなたがたの肥えた獣の酬恩祭はわたしはこれを顧みない。
Even if you bring me offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar] and offerings of grain, I will no longer accept them. Even if you bring me offerings to renew/maintain fellowship with me, I will not pay any attention to them.
23 あなたがたの歌の騒がしい音をわたしの前から断て。あなたがたの琴の音は、わたしはこれを聞かない。
So, stop singing noisy/loud songs! I will not listen when you play harps.
24 公道を水のように、正義をつきない川のように流れさせよ。
Instead, your continually acting justly/fairly and righteously should be [never stop, ] like [SIM] [the water in] a river that never stops flowing.
25 「イスラエルの家よ、あなたがたは四十年の間、荒野でわたしに犠牲と供え物をささげたか。
You Israeli people [MTY], your [ancestors] wandered through the desert for 40 years; and during that time, they never brought any sacrifices and offerings to me!
26 かえってあなたがたの王シクテをにない、あなたがたが自分で作ったあなたがたの偶像、星の神、キウンをになった。
But they carried the two idols that they had made— the idols of Succoth, the god [that they considered to be] their king, and Kaiwan, [the image of the] star [that they worshiped].
27 それゆえわたしはあなたがたをダマスコのかなたに捕え移す」と、その名を万軍の神ととなえられる主は言われる。
Therefore, now I will force you to go to [a country that is] far beyond Damascus! [That will surely happen because] I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it!”
