エゼキエル書 12
1 主の言葉がわたしに臨んだ、
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 「人の子よ、あなたは反逆の家の中にいる。彼らは見る目があるが見ず、聞く耳があるが聞かず、彼らは反逆の家である。
“You human, you are living among people who are [very] rebellious. They have eyes, but they do not [what I want them to see]; they have ears, but they do not [what I want them to hear], because they are rebellious/stubborn people.
3 それゆえ、人の子よ、捕囚の荷物を整え、彼らの目の前で昼のうちに移れ、彼らの目の前であなたの所から他の所に移れ。彼らは反逆の家であるが、あるいは彼らは顧みるところがあろう。
Therefore, you human, pack your belongings as though you were (going into exile/being forced to go to another country). Then, during the daytime, while people are watching, [prepare to] go to another place. Even though the people are rebellious, perhaps they will [what you are symbolizing].
4 あなたは、捕囚の荷物のようなあなたの荷物を、彼らの目の前で昼のうちに持ち出せ。そして捕囚に行くべき人々のように、彼らの目の前で夕べのうちに出て行け。
During the daytime, while they are watching, bring out the things that you want to take and pack them. Then in the evening, while they are watching, do what those who are preparing to go into exile do.
5 すなわち彼らの目の前で壁に穴をあけ、そこから出て行け。
Dig through [city] wall and take your things through the hole.
6 あなたは彼らの目の前でその荷物を肩に負い、やみのうちにそれを運び出せ。あなたの顔をおおって地を見るな。わたしはあなたをしるしとなして、イスラエルの家に示すのだ」。
Then put [in a sack] on your shoulder while they are watching and leave at dusk. Cover your face in order that you cannot see the path. [I want you to do this] because I want you to warn the Israeli people.”
7 そこでわたしは命じられたようにし、捕囚の荷物のような荷物を昼のうちに持ち出し、夕べにはわたしの手で壁に穴をあけ、やみのうちに彼らの目の前で、これを肩に負って運び出した。
[So] I did what Yahweh told me to do. During the day I brought things out of my [as though] I was packing to go into exile. Then in the evening I dug through [city] wall. [Then] while people watched, I put my sack of belongings on my shoulder and left.
8 次の朝、主の言葉がわたしに臨んだ、
The next morning, Yahweh gave me this message:
9 「人の子よ、反逆の家であるイスラエルの家は、あなたに向かって、『何をしているのか』と言わなかったか。
“You human, the rebellious people [MTY] of Israel asked you, ‘What are you doing?’
10 あなたは彼らに言いなさい、『主なる神はこう言われる、この託宣はエルサレムの君、およびその中にあるイスラエルの全家にかかわるものである』と。
[So go back and] say to them, ‘What I did is about the king in Jerusalem and all the [other] people of Israel who are there.’
11 また言いなさい、『わたしはあなたがたのしるしである。わたしがしたとおりに彼らもされる。彼らはとりこにされて移される』と。
Tell [them], ‘[What I did] is a warning to you.’ What has happened to you will happen to them. They will be captured and forced to go to another country.
12 彼らのうちの君は、やみのうちにその荷物を肩に載せて出て行く。彼は壁に穴をあけて、そこから出て行く。彼は顔をおおって、自分の目でこの地を見ない。
Their king will put his belongings on his shoulder at dusk and leave. [His servants] will dig a hole through the city wall, [and he will take his belongings] through it. He will cover his face in order [others will not recognize] him.
13 わたしはわたしの網を彼の上に打ちかける。彼はわたしのわなにかかる。わたしは彼をカルデヤびとの地のバビロンに引いて行く。しかし彼はそれを見ないで、そこで死ぬであろう。
[it will be as though] I will spread a net for [to be captured]; [enemy soldiers will] capture him and take him to [city]. But he will [be able to] see it; and there he will die.
14 またすべて彼の周囲にいて彼を助ける者および彼の軍隊を、わたしは四方に散らし、つるぎを抜いてそのあとを追う。
I will scatter in all directions [IDM] all those who have been around him—his advisors and his soldiers—and I will cause his enemies to pursue them, with their swords ready to strike them.
15 わたしが彼らを諸国民の中に散らし、国々にまき散らすとき、彼らはわたしが主であることを知る。
Then, when I scatter them among many nations [DOU], they will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].
16 ただし、わたしは彼らのうちに、わずかの者を残して、つるぎと、ききんと、疫病を免れさせ、彼らがおこなったもろもろの憎むべきことを、彼らが行く国びとの中に告白させよう。そして彼らはわたしが主であることを知るようになる」。
But I will spare/save a few of them from being killed by swords and from dying from famines or plagues, with the result that in the nations to which they are forced to go, they will realize/admit that they have been doing disgusting things, and they will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
17 主の言葉がまたわたしに臨んだ、
Then Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
18 「人の子よ、震えてあなたのパンを食べ、おののきと恐れとをもって水を飲め。
“You human, tremble while you eat your food, and shudder fearfully while you drink your water.
19 そしてこの地の民について言え、主なる神はイスラエルの地のエルサレムの民についてこう言われる、彼らは恐れをもってそのパンを食べ、驚きをもってその水を飲むようになる。これはその地が、すべてその中に住む者の暴虐のために衰え、荒れ地となるからである。
Tell [this to] the Israeli people: 'This is what Yahweh the Lord says about those who are [still] living in Jerusalem and [other places in] Israel: They also will be very anxious/worried [DOU] while they eat their food and drink their water, because their country will [soon] have everything taken away. That will happen because the people who live there [continually] act [very] violently.
20 人の住んでいた町々は荒れはて、地は荒塚となる。そしてあなたがたは、わたしが主であることを知るようになる」。
The towns where people live will be devastated, and the land will become barren/empty. Then you people will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do].'”
21 主の言葉がわたしに臨んだ、
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
22 「人の子よ、イスラエルの地について、あなたがたが『日は延び、すべての幻はむなしくなった』という、このことわざはなんであるか。
“You human, the people in Israel have this proverb/saying: ‘The days pass, and [the prophets] predict never happens.’
23 それゆえ、彼らに言え、『主なる神はこう言われる、わたしはこのことわざをやめさせ、彼らが再びイスラエルで、これをことわざとしないようにする』と。しかし、あなたは彼らに言え、『日とすべての幻の実現とは近づいた』と。
So say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: I am going to prove that (what they say/that proverb) is not correct, and then they will never say that again in Israel.’ Tell them, ‘It will soon be the time when everything that the prophets have predicted will happen.
24 イスラエルの家のうちには、もはやむなしい幻も、偽りの占いもなくなる。
No longer [false prophets tell] to the Israeli people false visions, or prophecies that try to please people.
25 しかし主なるわたしは、わが語るべきことを語り、それは必ず成就する。決して延びることはない。ああ、反逆の家よ、あなたの日にわたしはこれを語り、これを成就すると、主なる神は言われる」。
Instead, I, Yahweh, will say what I want to tell the people, and what I predict will quickly happen. You rebellious people, I will cause to happen everything that I say will happen. [That is what I, ] Yahweh the Lord, say.’”
26 主の言葉がまたわたしに臨んだ、
Yahweh also gave me this message:
27 「人の子よ、見よ、イスラエルの家は言う、『彼の見る幻は、なお多くの日の後の事である。彼が預言することは遠い後の時のことである』と。
“You human, the Israeli people are [constantly] saying [about you], ‘The things that he sees in [will not happen soon]. They are [things that will happen] many years from now, far in the future.’
28 それゆえ、彼らに言え、主なる神はこう言われる、わたしの言葉はもはや延びない。わたしの語る言葉は成就すると、主なる神は言われる」。
Therefore say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord [DOU] says: I will no longer [causing to happen] any of the things that I have prophesied. Whatever I have predicted [very soon] happen.’”
