申命記 2
1 それから、われわれは身をめぐらし、主がわたしに告げられたように、紅海の方に向かって荒野に進み入り、日久しくセイル山を行きめぐっていたが、
“Then we turned around and went through the desert toward the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba), as Yahweh told us to do, and we wandered in the Edom area for many years.
2 主はわたしに言われた、
Then Yahweh said to me,
3 『あなたがたは既に久しくこの山を行きめぐっているが、身をめぐらして北に進みなさい。
‘You have been wandering around this hilly area for a long enough time. Now turn [and travel] toward the north.
4 おまえはまた民に命じて言え、「あなたがたは、エサウの子孫、すなわちセイルに住んでいるあなたがたの兄弟の領内を通ろうとしている。彼らはあなたがたを恐れるであろう。それゆえ、あなたがたはみずから深く慎み、
And tell the people that they are about to travel near the land that belongs to the descendants of Esau, who are also descendants of Isaac. They live in the [hilly] Edom region. They will be afraid of you,
5 彼らと争ってはならない。彼らの地は、足の裏で踏むほどでも、あなたがたに与えないであろう。わたしがセイル山をエサウに与えて、領地とさせたからである。
but do not start to fight against them, because I am not going to give you even a tiny bit [HYP] of their land. I have given that land to the descendants of Esau.
6 あなたがたは彼らから金で食物を買って食べ、また金で水を買って飲まなければならない。
[When you travel near their land], buy food and water from them.’
7 あなたの神、主が、あなたのするすべての事において、あなたを恵み、あなたがこの大いなる荒野を通るのを、見守られたからである。あなたの神、主がこの四十年の間、あなたと共におられたので、あなたは何も乏しいことがなかった」』。
Do not forget that Yahweh our God has blessed you in everything that you [SYN] have done. He knows [what has happened to you while] you have wandered in this huge desert. But he has been with you during those 40 years, and as a result you have had everything that you needed [LIT].
8 こうしてわれわれは、エサウの子孫でセイルに住んでいる兄弟を離れ、アラバの道を避け、エラテとエジオン・ゲベルを離れて進んだ。われわれは転じて、モアブの荒野の方に向かって進んだ。
So we continued to travel. We avoided going through the hilly area where the descendants of Esau live. We stayed away from the road through the Jordan [River] Valley past Ezion-Geber and Elath [towns], and we turned and traveled northeast toward the desert area where the Moab people-group lives.
9 その時、主はわたしに言われた、『モアブを敵視してはならない。またそれと争い戦ってはならない。彼らの地は、領地としてあなたに与えない。ロトの子孫にアルを与えて、領地とさせたからである。
Yahweh said to me, ‘Do not bother/harass the people of Moab, and do not start to fight against them, because I am not going to give you any of their land. [Do not forget that] they are descendants of [Abraham’s nephew] Lot, and I have given to them Ar [city, their capital, and the other areas in that country].’”
10 （むかし、エミびとがこの所に住んでいた。この民は大いなる民であって、数も多く、アナクびとのように背も高く、
A large group of giants called Emim formerly lived there. They were strong and numerous, and as tall as the giants who were descendants of Anak.
11 またアナクびとと同じくレパイムであると、みなされていたが、モアブびとは、これをエミびとと呼んでいた。
They and the descendants of Anak are also called the Repha giants, but the people of Moab call them Emim.
12 ホリびとも、むかしはセイルに住んでいたが、エサウの子孫がこれを追い払い、これを滅ぼし、彼らに代ってそこに住んだ。主が賜わった所有の地に、イスラエルがおこなったのと同じである。）
The Hor people-group also formerly lived in the Edom area, but the descendants of Esau chased them out. They defeated and killed them and (settled in/occupied) their land, just as the Israeli people later expelled their enemies from the land that Yahweh gave to them.
13 あなたがたは、いま、立ちあがってゼレデ川を渡りなさい』。そこでわれわれはゼレデ川を渡った。
[I also said to the Israeli people], “Then we crossed the Zered Gorge, as Yahweh told us to do.
14 カデシ・バルネアを出てこのかた、ゼレデ川を渡るまでの間の日は三十八年であって、その世代のいくさびとはみな死に絶えて、宿営のうちにいなくなった。主が彼らに誓われたとおりである。
It had been thirty-eight years from the time we first left Kadesh-Barnea until we crossed the Zered Gorge. During those years, all the Israeli (fighting men/soldiers) of that generation had died, as Yahweh had vowed would happen.
15 まことに主の手が彼らを攻め、宿営のうちから滅ぼし去られたので、彼らはついに死に絶えた。
They died because Yahweh opposed them, until he had gotten rid of all of them.
16 いくさびとがみな民のうちから死に絶えたとき、
After all the men who had been old enough to fight in wars had died [DOU],
17 主はわたしに言われた、
Yahweh said to me,
18 『おまえは、きょう、モアブの領地アルを通ろうとしている。
‘Today you all must cross the border into the Moab region, near Ar, [their capital city].
19 アンモンの子孫に近づく時、おまえは彼らを敵視してはならない。また争ってはならない。わたしはアンモンの子孫の地を領地として、おまえに与えない。それをロトの子孫に領地として与えたからである。
When you come near the border of the land where the Ammon people-group live, do not bother/harass them or start to fight against them. They are also descendants of Lot, so I am not going to give you any of the land that I have given to them.’”
20 （これもまたレパイムの国とみなされた。むかし、レパイムがここに住んでいたからである。しかし、アンモンびとは彼らをザムズミびとと呼んだ。
That region is also called the land of the Repha giants, who formerly lived there. The Ammon people-group call them the Zamzum group.
21 この民は大いなる民であって数も多く、アナクびとのように背も高かったが、主はアンモンびとの前から、これを滅ぼされ、アンモンびとがこれを追い払って、彼らに代ってそこに住んだ。
They were a large and powerful group, who were as tall as the descendants of Anak. But Yahweh got rid of them, and the Ammon people-group expelled them and took their land away from them and started to live there.
22 この事は、セイルに住んでいるエサウの子孫のためにその前から、ホリびとを滅ぼされたのと同じである。彼らはホリびとを追い払い、これに代って今日までそこに住んでいる。
Yahweh had done the same thing for the descendants of Esau who live in the hilly area of Edom. He got rid of the Hor people-group, with the result that the Edom people-group took their land from them and started to live there. They still live there.
23 またカフトルから出たカフトルびとは、ガザにまで及ぶ村々に住んでいたアビびとを滅ぼして、これに代ってそこに住んでいる。）
People who came from Crete [Island] got rid of the Av group [who previously lived in the land close to the Mediterranean Sea], as far south as Gaza. They took their land from them and started to live there.
24 あなたがたは立ちあがり、進んでアルノン川を渡りなさい。わたしはヘシボンの王アモリびとシホンとその国とを、おまえの手に渡した。それを征服し始めよ。彼と争って戦え。
“[After we had gone through the Moab region], Yahweh said to us, ‘Now cross the Arnon [River]. I will help you to defeat [IDM] [the army of] Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lives in Heshbon [city]. So attack their army and start to take their land from them.
25 きょうから、わたしは全天下の民に、おまえをおびえ恐れさせるであろう。彼らはおまえのうわさを聞いて震え、おまえのために苦しむであろう』。
Today I will begin to cause everyone, everywhere, to be afraid of you. Everyone who hears about you will tremble and be terrified.’
26 そこでわたしは、ケデモテの荒野から、ヘシボンの王シホンに使者をつかわし、平和の言葉を述べさせた。
Then I sent messengers to go from the desert to King Sihon at Heshbon. I told them to give this peaceful message to the king:
27 『あなたの国を通らせてください。わたしは大路をとおっていきます、右にも左にも曲りません。
‘Please allow us to travel through your land. We [promise that we] will stay on the road; we will not turn off to the right or to the left.
28 金で食物を売ってわたしに食べさせ、金をとって水を与えてわたしに飲ませてください。徒歩で通らせてくださるだけでよいのです。
We will pay for any food or water that you allow us to buy. We want only to walk through your country,
29 セイルに住むエサウの子孫と、アルに住むモアブびとが、わたしにしたようにしてください。そうすれば、わたしはヨルダンを渡って、われわれの神、主が賜わる地に行きます』。
until we cross the Jordan [River] into the land that Yahweh our God is giving to us. Do for us just as the descendants of Esau who live in the Edom area and the Moab people-group did for us when they allowed us to go through their areas.’
30 しかし、ヘシボンの王シホンは、われわれを通らせるのを好まなかった。あなたの神、主が彼をあなたの手に渡すため、その気を強くし、その心をかたくなにされたからである。今日見るとおりである。
But King Sihon would not allow us to go through his country. That was because Yahweh our God caused him to be stubborn [IDM]. The result was that Yahweh enabled us to defeat his army and take his land [IDM], which we still live in.
31 時に主はわたしに言われた、『わたしはシホンと、その地とを、おまえに渡し始めた。おまえはそれを征服しはじめ、その地を自分のものとせよ』。
Yahweh said to me, ‘Listen! I am about to allow you to defeat Sihon’s [army] and to take the people’s land from them. So start to occupy it!’
32 そこでシホンは、われわれを攻めようとして、その民をことごとく率い、出てきてヤハズで戦ったが、
Then Sihon came out [of the city] with all his army to fight against us at Jahaz [town].
33 われわれの神、主が彼を渡されたので、われわれは彼とその子らと、そのすべての民とを撃ち殺した。
But God enabled us to defeat [DOU] them, and we killed Sihon and his sons and all his soldiers.
34 その時、われわれは彼のすべての町を取り、そのすべての町の男、女および子供を全く滅ぼして、ひとりをも残さなかった。
We captured all their cities and destroyed them all. We killed all the men and women and children; we did not allow any of them to remain alive.
35 ただその家畜は、われわれが取った町々のぶんどり物と共に、われわれが獲て自分の物とした。
We took the valuable things that were in the cities that we captured and also their cattle.
36 アルノンの谷のほとりにあるアロエルおよび谷の中にある町からギレアデに至るまで、われわれが攻めて取れなかった町は一つもなかった。われわれの神、主がことごとくわれわれに渡されたのである。
Yahweh our God enabled us to capture [IDM] all their towns from Aroer [in the south], which is at the edge of the Arnon River [Valley], to the Gilead [region in the north]. Some of their cities had [walls around them], but we were able to [climb over them].
37 ただアンモンの子孫の地、すなわちヤボク川の全岸、および山地の町々、またすべてわれわれの神、主が禁じられた所には近寄らなかった。
But we did not go near the area where the Ammon people-group live, or the banks of the Jabbok riverbed, or the towns in the hilly area, or any other place where Yahweh our God told us not to go.”
