< 申命記 16 >

1 あなたはアビブの月を守って、あなたの神、主のために過越の祭を行わなければならない。アビブの月に、あなたの神、主が夜の間にあなたをエジプトから導き出されたからである。
“[Each year] honor Yahweh our God by celebrating the Passover [Festival] in the month of Abib [in early spring]. It was on a night in that month that Yahweh rescued your ancestors from Egypt.
2 主がその名を置くために選ばれる場所で、羊または牛をあなたの神、主に過越の犠牲としてほふらなければならない。
[In order to celebrate that festival], go to the place that Yahweh will choose [for you to worship him], and offer [there one young animal] from your cattle or your sheep to be the Passover sacrifice, to honor Yahweh [MTY].
3 種を入れたパンをそれと共に食べてはならない。七日のあいだ、種入れぬパンすなわち悩みのパンを、それと共に食べなければならない。あなたがエジプトの国から出るとき、急いで出たからである。こうして世に生きながらえる日の間、エジプトの国から出てきた日を常に覚えなければならない。
[When you eat the Passover meal], the bread that you eat must not have yeast in it. You must eat this kind of bread, which will be called the bread of suffering/misery, for seven days. This is to help you to remember all during the time that you are alive that when your ancestors left Egypt, [where they were suffering because they were slaves], they left very quickly. [They did not put in yeast and wait for the dough to swell up].
4 その七日の間は、国の内どこにもパン種があってはならない。また初めの日の夕暮にほふるものの肉を、翌朝まで残しておいてはならない。
[During that festival], you must not have any yeast in any house in your land for seven days. Furthermore, the meat [of the animals] that you sacrifice on the evening of the first day [of the Passover Festival must be eaten during that night]; do not allow any of it to remain until the next day.
5 あなたの神、主が賜わる町の内で、過越の犠牲をほふってはならない。
“To honor Yahweh our God, you must offer the Passover sacrifice only at the place that he chooses for you [to worship him]; do not offer that sacrifice in any other town in the land that Yahweh is giving to you. Offer that sacrifice when the sun is setting, at the same time of day that your ancestors [started to] leave Egypt.
6 ただあなたの神、主がその名を置くために選ばれる場所で、夕暮の日の入るころ、あなたがエジプトから出た時刻に、過越の犠牲をほふらなければならない。
7 そしてあなたの神、主が選ばれる場所で、それを焼いて食べ、朝になって天幕に帰らなければならない。
Boil [the meat] and eat it at the place [of worship] that Yahweh our God chooses. The next morning, you may return to your tents.
8 六日のあいだ種入れぬパンを食べ、七日目にあなたの神、主のために聖会を開かなければならない。なんの仕事もしてはならない。
Each day for six days the bread that you eat must have no yeast in it. On the seventh day, you must all gather to worship Yahweh our God. [It will be a day of rest]; you must not do any work on that day.”
9 また七週間を数えなければならない。すなわち穀物に、かまを入れ始める時から七週間を数え始めなければならない。
“[Each year], from the day that you start to harvest your grain, count seven weeks.
10 そしてあなたの神、主のために七週の祭を行い、あなたの神、主が賜わる祝福にしたがって、力に応じ、自発の供え物をささげなければならない。
Then, to honor Yahweh our God, celebrate the Harvest Festival. Do that by bringing to him an offering [of grain]. Yahweh has blessed you [by causing it to grow in your fields during that year]. If you had a big harvest, bring a big offering. If you had a small harvest, bring a small offering.
11 こうしてあなたはむすこ、娘、しもべ、はしためおよび町の内におるレビびと、ならびにあなたがたのうちにおる寄留の他国人と孤児と寡婦と共に、あなたの神、主がその名を置くために選ばれる場所で、あなたの神、主の前に喜び楽しまなければならない。
[Each married couple] should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh. Their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should also be joyful. Bring those offerings to the place of worship that Yahweh will choose.
12 あなたはかつてエジプトで奴隷であったことを覚え、これらの定めを守り行わなければならない。
[“When you celebrate these festivals] by obeying these commands, remember that your ancestors were previously slaves in Egypt.”
13 打ち場と、酒ぶねから取入れをしたとき、七日のあいだ仮庵の祭を行わなければならない。
“[Each year], after you have threshed all your grain and pressed [the juice from] all your grapes, you must celebrate the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters for seven days.
14 その祭の時には、あなたはむすこ、娘、しもべ、はしためおよび町の内におるレビびと、寄留の他国人、孤児、寡婦と共に喜び楽しまなければならない。
[Each married couple] along with their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh.
15 主が選ばれる場所で七日の間、あなたの神、主のために祭を行わなければならない。あなたの神、主はすべての産物と、手のすべてのわざとにおいて、あなたを祝福されるから、あなたは大いに喜び楽しまなければならない。
Honor Yahweh our God by celebrating this festival for seven days in the place that Yahweh chooses [for you to worship him]. You should all be joyful, because Yahweh will have blessed your harvest and all the other work that you have done.
16 あなたのうちの男子は皆あなたの神、主が選ばれる場所で、年に三度、すなわち種入れぬパンの祭と、七週の祭と、仮庵の祭に、主の前に出なければならない。ただし、から手で主の前に出てはならない。
“So, each year all of you Israeli men must gather [with your families] to worship Yahweh our God at the place that he will choose, [to celebrate three festivals]: The Passover Festival, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. Each of you men must bring [LIT] an offering [for Yahweh to these festivals]
17 あなたの神、主が賜わる祝福にしたがい、おのおの力に応じて、ささげ物をしなければならない。
in proportion to the blessings that Yahweh has given you [during that year].”
18 あなたの神、主が賜わるすべての町々の内に、部族にしたがって、さばきびとと、つかさびととを、立てなければならない。そして彼らは正しいさばきをもって民をさばかなければならない。
“Appoint judges and other officials throughout your tribes, in all the towns [in the land] that Yahweh our God is giving to you. They must judge people fairly/justly.
19 あなたはさばきを曲げてはならない。人をかたより見てはならない。また賄賂を取ってはならない。賄賂は賢い者の目をくらまし、正しい者の事件を曲げるからである。
They must not judge unjustly. They must not favor one person more than another. The judges must not accept bribes, because if a judge accepts a bribe, even if he is wise and honest, it will be very difficult for him to judge fairly [IDM]; [he will do what the person who gave him the bribe wants him to do and declare that] the righteous/innocent people [must be punished].
20 ただ公義をのみ求めなければならない。そうすればあなたは生きながらえて、あなたの神、主が賜わる地を所有するにいたるであろう。
You must be completely fair and just [DOU], in order that you will enter and occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”
21 あなたの神、主のために築く祭壇のかたわらに、アシラの木像をも立ててはならない。
“When you make an altar to worship Yahweh our God, do not put next to it any wooden statue [that represents] the goddess Asherah.
22 またあなたの神、主が憎まれる柱を立ててはならない。
And do not set up any [stone] pillar [to worship any idol, because] Yahweh hates them.”

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