申命記 11
1 それゆえ、あなたの神、主を愛し、常にそのさとしと、定めと、おきてと、戒めとを守らなければならない。
“[Because of all that] Yahweh your God [has done for you], you must love him and continually obey all his rules and regulations and commandments.
2 あなたがたは、きょう、次のことを知らなければならない。わたしが語るのは、あなたがたの子供たちに対してではない。彼らはあなたがたの神、主の訓練と、主の大いなる事と、その強い手と、伸べた腕とを知らず、また見なかった。
It was you and your ancestors, not your children, whom he disciplined [by causing all of you to have/experience difficulties]. So, starting today, continue to think about how very great and very powerful he is [DOU, MTY].
3 また彼らは主がエジプトで、エジプト王パロとその全国に対して行われたしるしと、わざ、
Think about the various miracles [DOU] that he performed in Egypt. Think about what he did to the king of Egypt and to his country.
4 また主がエジプトの軍勢とその馬と戦車とに行われた事、すなわち彼らがあなたがたのあとを追ってきた時に、紅海の水を彼らの上にあふれさせ、彼らを滅ぼされて、今日に至った事、
Think about what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and their chariots. Think about how he caused the Red Sea to flood/cover over them while they were pursuing your ancestors, and how the army of Egypt was completely (wiped out/destroyed).
5 またあなたがたがこの所に来るまで、主が荒野で、あなたがたに行われた事、
Think about what Yahweh did for your ancestors in the desert before you arrived at this place.
6 およびルベンの子のエリアブの子、ダタンとアビラムとにされた事、すなわちイスラエルのすべての人々の中で、地が口を開き、彼らと、その家族と、天幕と、彼らに従うすべてのものを、のみつくした事などを彼らは知らず、また見なかった。
Think about what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the two sons of Eliab from the tribe of Reuben. While all of your ancestors were watching, the earth split open, and they fell into the opening [and disappeared], along with their families and their tents, their servants, and their animals.
7 しかし、あなたがたは主が行われたこれらの大いなる事を、ことごとく目に見たのである。
You [SYN] and your ancestors have seen all these miracles that Yahweh performed.
8 ゆえに、わたしが、きょう、あなたがたに命じる戒めを、ことごとく守らなければならない。そうすればあなたがたは強くなり、渡って行って取ろうとする地にはいって、それを取ることができ、
So, obey all the commandments that I am giving you today, in order that you will be strong and able to cross the river and occupy the land that you are about to enter,
9 かつ、主が先祖たちに誓って彼らとその子孫とに与えようと言われた地、乳と蜜の流れる国において、長く生きることができるであろう。
and in order that you will live for a long time in that land, the land that Yahweh solemnly promised your ancestors that he would give to them and to their descendants, a land that is very fertile [IDM].
10 あなたがたが行って取ろうとする地は、あなたがたが出てきたエジプトの地のようではない。あそこでは、青物畑でするように、あなたがたは種をまき、足でそれに水を注いだ。
The land that you are about to enter and occupy is not like the land of Egypt, where your ancestors lived. In Egypt, after they planted seeds, it was necessary for them to work hard [MTY] to water [the plants that grew].
11 しかし、あなたがたが渡って行って取る地は、山と谷の多い地で、天から降る雨で潤っている。
But the land that you are about to enter is a land where there are many hills and valleys, where there is plenty of rain.
12 その地は、あなたの神、主が顧みられる所で、年の始めから年の終りまで、あなたの神、主の目が常にその上にある。
Yahweh takes care of that land. He [SYN] watches over it every day, from the beginning of each year to the end of each year.
13 もし、きょう、あなたがたに命じるわたしの命令によく聞き従って、あなたがたの神、主を愛し、心をつくし、精神をつくして仕えるならば、
Today I am commanding you to love Yahweh our God and to serve him with your entire inner beings. If you do that,
14 主はあなたがたの地に雨を、秋の雨、春の雨ともに、時にしたがって降らせ、穀物と、ぶどう酒と、油を取り入れさせ、
each year he will send rain on your land at the (right times/times when it is needed), (in the autumn/at the end of the dry season) and (in the spring/before the next dry season starts). As a result, you will have grain and [grapes to make] wine and [olives to make olive] oil.
15 また家畜のために野に草を生えさせられるであろう。あなたは飽きるほど食べることができるであろう。
And he will cause grass to grow in your fields for your livestock [to eat]. You will have all the food that you want.
16 あなたがたは心が迷い、離れ去って、他の神々に仕え、それを拝むことのないよう、慎まなければならない。
“But I warn you, do not turn away from Yahweh our God and start to worship other gods,
17 おそらく主はあなたがたにむかい怒りを発して、天を閉ざされるであろう。そのため雨は降らず、地は産物を出さず、あなたがたは主が賜わる良い地から、すみやかに滅びうせるであろう。
because if you do that, Yahweh will become very angry with you. He will prevent any rain from falling. As a result, the crops will not grow, and you will soon die [from hunger] in the good land that Yahweh is about to give to you.
18 それゆえ、これらのわたしの言葉を心と魂におさめ、またそれを手につけて、しるしとし、目の間に置いて覚えとし、
So, keep thinking [IDM] about these commands. Write them [on tiny scrolls] and fasten them to your arms/wrists, and write them on bands that you fasten to your foreheads [to help you to remember them].
19 これを子供たちに教え、家に座している時も、道を歩く時も、寝る時も、起きる時も、それについて語り、
Teach them to your children again and again. Talk about them [all the time]: When you are in your houses and when you are walking outside; talk about them when you are lying down at night and when you are getting up in the morning.
20 また家の入口の柱と、門にそれを書きしるさなければならない。
Write them on the doorposts and on the gates of your houses.
21 そうすれば、主が先祖たちに与えようと誓われた地に、あなたがたの住む日数およびあなたがたの子供たちの住む日数は、天が地をおおう日数のように多いであろう。
Do that in order that you and your children will live for a long time in the land that Yahweh promised to our ancestors that he would give to them. That land will belong to you [and your descendants] as long as there is a sky above the earth.
22 もしわたしがあなたがたに命じるこのすべての命令をよく守って行い、あなたがたの神、主を愛し、そのすべての道に歩み、主につき従うならば、
“Faithfully continue to obey what I am commanding you to do—to love Yahweh our God, and to conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and to (be faithful to/have a close relationship with) him.
23 主はこの国々の民を皆、あなたがたの前から追い払われ、あなたがたはあなたがたよりも大きく、かつ強い国々を取るに至るであろう。
If you do that, Yahweh will expel all the people-groups in that land as you advance, people-groups that are more numerous and more powerful than you are.
24 あなたがたが足の裏で踏む所は皆、あなたがたのものとなり、あなたがたの領域は荒野からレバノンに及び、また大川ユフラテから西の海に及ぶであろう。
All the ground [in that land] on which you walk will be yours. Your territory will extend from the desert [in the south] to the Lebanon [Mountains in the north], and from the Euphrates River [in the east] to the [Mediterranean] Sea in the west.
25 だれもあなたがたに立ち向かうことのできる者はないであろう。あなたがたの神、主は、かつて言われたように、あなたがたの踏み入る地の人々が、あなたがたを恐れおののくようにされるであろう。
Yahweh our God will cause all the people in that land to be afraid of you, which is what he promised, with the result that no people-group will be able to stop you.
26 見よ、わたしは、きょう、あなたがたの前に祝福と、のろいとを置く。
“Listen carefully: Today I am telling you [that Yahweh will either] bless [you or he will] curse you.
27 もし、きょう、わたしがあなたがたに命じるあなたがたの神、主の命令に聞き従うならば、祝福を受けるであろう。
If you obey the commandments of Yahweh our God that I am giving to you today, he will bless you.
28 もしあなたがたの神、主の命令に聞き従わず、わたしが、きょう、あなたがたに命じる道を離れ、あなたがたの知らなかった他の神々に従うならば、のろいを受けるであろう。
If you do not obey them, and if you turn away from him to worship other gods that you have never known about before, he will curse you.
29 あなたの神、主が、あなたの行って占領する地にあなたを導き入れられる時、あなたはゲリジム山に祝福を置き、エバル山にのろいを置かなければならない。
And when Yahweh brings you into the land that you are about to enter and occupy, [some of you must stand on top of] Gerizim Mountain and proclaim what will cause Yahweh to bless you, and [the others must stand on top of] Ebal Mountain and proclaim [what will cause Yahweh to] curse you.”
30 これらの山はヨルダンの向こう側、アラバに住んでいるカナンびとの地で、日の入る方の道の西側にあり、ギルガルに向かいあって、モレのテレビンの木の近くにあるではないか。
(Those two mountains are [RHQ] west of the Jordan [River], west of the Jordan Valley near the huge oak tree at Moreh [village] in the land where the Canaan people-group lives. They live close to the sacred trees near Gilgal.)
31 あなたがたはヨルダンを渡り、あなたがたの神、主が賜わる地にはいって、それを占領しようとしている。あなたがたはそれを占領して、そこに住むであろう。
“You will soon cross the Jordan [River] to occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you. When you enter that land and start to live there,
32 それゆえ、わたしが、きょう、あなたがたに授ける定めと、おきてをことごとく守って行わなければならない。
be sure to obey all the rules and regulations that I am giving to you today.”
