申命記 26
1 あなたの神、主が嗣業として賜わる国にはいって、それを所有し、そこに住む時は、
“After you occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you (have settled/are living) there,
2 あなたの神、主が賜わる国にできる、地のすべての実の初物を取ってかごに入れ、あなたの神、主がその名を置くために選ばれる所へ携えて行かなければならない。
[each of] you must take some of the first crops that you harvest, put them in a basket, and take them to the place that Yahweh will have chosen for you to worship [MTY] there.
3 そしてその時の祭司の所へ行って彼に言わなければならない、『きょう、あなたの神、主にわたしは申します。主がわれわれに与えると先祖たちに誓われた国に、わたしははいることができました』。
Go to the Supreme Priest who is serving at that time and say to him, ‘[By giving you this first part of my harvest] today, I am declaring to Yahweh our God that I have [picked it in] the land that he vowed to our ancestors to give to us.’
4 そのとき祭司はあなたの手からそのかごを受け取ってあなたの神、主の祭壇の前に置かなければならない。
Then the priest must take the basket of food from your hand and put it on the altar where sacrifices are offered to Yahweh our God.
5 そして、あなたはあなたの神、主の前に述べて言わなければならない、『わたしの先祖は、さすらいの一アラムびとでありましたが、わずかの人を連れてエジプトへ下って行って、その所に寄留し、ついにそこで大きく、強い、人数の多い国民になりました。
Then in Yahweh’s presence you must say this: ‘My ancestor [Jacob] was a man from Aram/Syria who was continually wandering [from one place to another]. He took his family to Egypt. They were a small group [when they went there], but they lived there and their descendants became a very large/populous [DOU] and powerful nation.
6 ところがエジプトびとはわれわれをしえたげ、また悩まして、つらい労役を負わせましたが、
Then the people of Egypt treated them very harshly [DOU], and they forced them to become their slaves and to work very hard.
7 われわれが先祖たちの神、主に叫んだので、主はわれわれの声を聞き、われわれの悩みと、骨折りと、しえたげとを顧み、
Then our ancestors cried out to you, Yahweh our God, and you heard them. You saw that they were suffering, and that they were forced to work very hard, and were being oppressed.
8 主は強い手と、伸べた腕と、大いなる恐るべき事と、しるしと、不思議とをもって、われわれをエジプトから導き出し、
Then by your great power [MTY] and by performing many kinds of miracles [DOU], and other terrifying things, you brought them out of Egypt.
9 われわれをこの所へ連れてきて、乳と蜜の流れるこの地をわれわれに賜わりました。
You brought us to this land and gave it to us, a land that is very fertile [IDM].
10 主よ、ごらんください。あなたがわたしに賜わった地の実の初物を、いま携えてきました』。そしてあなたはそれをあなたの神、主の前に置いて、あなたの神、主の前に礼拝し、
So now, Yahweh, I have brought to you the first part of the harvest from the land that I received.’ Then you must set the basket down in Yahweh’s presence and worship him there.
11 あなたの神、主があなたとあなたの家とに賜わったすべての良い物をもって、レビびとおよびあなたのなかにいる寄留の他国人と共に喜び楽しまなければならない。
And you must celebrate [by eating a meal together to thank] Yahweh our God for all the good things that he has given to you and to your family. And you must invite the descendants of Levi and the foreigners who are living among you to also rejoice [and eat] with you.
12 第三年すなわち十分の一を納める年に、あなたがすべての産物の十分の一を納め終って、それをレビびとと寄留の他国人と孤児と寡婦とに与え、町のうちで彼らに飽きるほど食べさせた時、
Every third year, you must bring to the descendants of Levi and to the foreigners [who are living among you] and the orphans and the widows (a tithe/10 percent) of your crops, in order that in every town they will have plenty to eat.
13 あなたの神、主の前で言わなければならない、『わたしはその聖なる物を家から取り出し、またレビびとと寄留の他国人と孤児と寡婦とにそれを与え、すべてあなたが命じられた命令のとおりにいたしました。わたしはあなたの命令にそむかず、またそれを忘れませんでした。
Then you must say to Yahweh, ‘I have brought to you, from my house, all of the sacred tithe [from my harvest this year]. I am giving it to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, as you commanded us to do. I have not disobeyed any of your commands [about the tithes], and I have not forgotten any of your commands [about tithes].
14 わたしはその聖なる物を喪のうちで食べたことがなく、また汚れた身でそれを取り出したことがなく、また死人にそれを供えたことがありませんでした。わたしはわたしの神、主の声に聞き従い、すべてあなたがわたしに命じられたとおりにいたしました。
[I declare that] I have not eaten any food from the tithe while I was mourning [for someone who died]. And I have not touched any of it while I was unacceptable to you; I have not offered any of it to [spirits of] dead people. Yahweh, I have obeyed you and done everything that you have commanded us [concerning the tithe].
15 あなたの聖なるすみかである天からみそなわして、あなたの民イスラエルと、あなたがわれわれに与えられた地とを祝福してください。これはあなたがわれわれの先祖に誓われた乳と蜜の流れる地です』。
So [please] look down from your holy place in heaven, and bless us, your Israeli people. Also bless this very fertile [IDM] land which you have given to us, which is what you promised our ancestors that you would do.’
16 きょう、あなたの神、主はこれらの定めと、おきてとを行うことをあなたに命じられる。それゆえ、あなたは心をつくし、精神をつくしてそれを守り行わなければならない。
Today Yahweh our God is commanding you to obey all these rules and regulations. So obey them faithfully, with your entire inner being [DOU].
17 きょう、あなたは主をあなたの神とし、かつその道に歩み、定めと、戒めと、おきてとを守り、その声に聞き従うことを明言した。
Today you have declared that Yahweh is your God, and that you will conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and that you will obey all his commands and rules and regulations, and that you will do all that he tells you to do.
18 そして、主は先に約束されたように、きょう、あなたを自分の宝の民とされること、また、あなたがそのすべての命令を守るべきことを明言された。
And today Yahweh has declared that you are his people, which is what he promised that you would be, and he commands you to obey all his commands.
19 主は誉と良き名と栄えとをあなたに与えて、主の造られたすべての国民にまさるものとされるであろう。あなたは主が言われたように、あなたの神、主の聖なる民となるであろう」。
If you do that, he will cause you to become greater than any other nation that he has established, and he will enable you to praise him and honor him [DOU]. You will truly belong to Yahweh our God, which is what he has promised.”
