エゼキエル書 27
1 主の言葉がわたしに臨んだ、
Yahweh said this to me:
2 「人の子よ、ツロのために悲しみの歌をのべ、
“You human, sing a funeral song about Tyre.
3 海の入口に住んで、多くの海沿いの国々の民の商人であるツロに対して言え、主なる神はこう言われる、ツロよ、あなたは言った、『わたしの美は完全である』と。
[The city of] is located [on an island] at the edge of the sea, and their merchants (traded/bought and sold goods) with people-groups [who live] along many seacoasts. This is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say [that you should tell them]: ‘You [people of] Tyre said that your [city] was very beautiful.
4 あなたの境は海の中にあり、あなたの建設者はあなたの美を完全にした。
You controlled what was bought and sold by people who lived along the sea. Those who built your [city] caused it to become very beautiful.
5 人々はセニルのもみの木であなたのために船板を造り、レバノンから香柏をとって、あなたのために帆柱を造り、
You were like [SIM] a huge ship that was built from the from pine/cypress [trees] on Hermon [Mountain]. Then they took cedar [wood] from Lebanon to make a mast for the ship.
6 バシャンのかしの木で、あなたのためにかいを造り、クプロの島から来る松の木に象牙をはめて、あなたのために甲板を造った。
They carved your oars from oak trees from the Bashan [region]. They made the deck from cypress/pine wood from Cyprus [island], and they covered [the decks] with ivory.
7 あなたの帆はエジプトから来るあや布であって、あなたの旗に用いられ、あなたのおおいはエリシャの海岸から来る青と紫の布である。
The sails for the ship were made from fine embroidered linen from Egypt, and those sails were like flags that people could see [far away]. For shade they [hung pieces of] blue and purple cloth [brought] from [people living on] Cyprus [island].
8 あなたのこぎ手は、シドンとアルワデの住民、あなたのかじとりは、あなたのうちにいる熟練なゼメルの人々である。
Men from Sidon and Arvad [cities] pulled the oars; the men who steered the boat were skilled men from Tyre.
9 ゲバルの老人たち、およびその熟練な人々は、あなたのうちにいて漏りを繕い、海のすべての船およびその船員らはあなたのうちにいて、あなたの商品を交易する。
Experienced craftsmen from Byblos [city on the coast] (did the caulking/filled the spaces between the planks in the sides) of the ship. Sailors from many countries came in their ships to buy and sell goods there.
10 ペルシャ人、ルデびと、プテびとはあなたの軍に加わって、あなたの戦士となる。彼らはあなたのうちに、盾とかぶとを掛け、あなたに輝きをそえた。
Men from [as far away as] Persia, Lydia, and Libya were [soldiers] in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on [the walls of] your [city], and that caused people to admire your city.
11 アルワデとヘレクの人々は、あなたの周囲の城壁の上にあり、ガマデの人々は、あなたのやぐらの中にあり、彼らは、あなたの周囲の城壁にその盾を掛けて、あなたの美観を全うした。
Men from Arvad and Helech [cities were watchmen] on the walls [of your city]; men from Gammad [town] were in your towers. They [also] hung their shields on your walls; they also caused your [city] to be very beautiful.
12 あなたはそのすべての貨物に富むゆえに、タルシシはあなたと交易をなし、銀、鉄、すず、鉛をあなたの商品と交換した。
Because of the many things that you had [to trade], men from Tarshish [in Spain] sent merchants who brought silver, iron, tin, and lead to trade for things that you had.
13 ヤワン、トバル、およびメセクはあなたと取引し、彼らは人身と青銅の器とを、あなたの商品と交換した。
[Merchants from] Greece, Tubal, and Meshech brought slaves and things made from bronze to trade for things that you had.
14 ベテ・トガルマは馬、軍馬、および騾馬をあなたの商品と交換した。
[Men from] Beth-Togarmah [in Armenia] brought work horses, war horses, and mules to trade for things that you had.
15 ローヅ島の人々はあなたと取引し、多くの海沿いの国々は、あなたの市場となり、象牙と黒たんとを、みつぎとしてあなたに持ってきた。
Merchants came to you from Rhodes [island]. [People from] nations along the coast traded with you; they brought (ivory/elephant tusks) and [valuable black] ebony [wood] to trade for things that you had.
16 あなたの製品が多いので、エドムはあなたと商売し、彼らは赤玉、紫、縫い取りの布、細布、さんご、めのうをもって、あなたの商品と交換した。
Because you had very many things [to trade], people from Syria brought to you valuable turquoise stones, purple [cloth], embroidered [cloth], fine linen [cloth], and [jewelry made from] coral and rubies to trade for your things.
17 ユダとイスラエルの地は、あなたと取引し、麦、オリブ、いちじく、蜜、油、および乳香をもって、あなたの商品と交換した。
Men from Judah and Israel brought wheat from Minnith [city in Ammon], and figs, honey, [olive] oil, and ointment to trade for your things.
18 あなたの製品が多く、あなたの富が多いので、ダマスコはあなたと取引し、ヘルボンの酒と、さらした羊毛と、
Because you had very many things [to trade], men from Damascus brought wine from Helbon [town] and white wool from the Zahar [area] to trade for many things that you had.
19 ウザルの酒をもって、あなたの商品と交換し、銑鉄、肉桂、菖蒲をもって、あなたの商品と交易した。
Greek men from the Uzal [area] brought things made of iron, and cassia [spice], and [fragrant] calamus [seeds] to trade for things that you had.
20 デダンは乗物の鞍敷をもって、あなたと取引した。
[Merchants came from] Dedan [in southern Edom] bringing saddle blankets to trade for things that you had.
21 アラビヤびと、およびケダルのすべての君たちは小羊、雄羊、やぎをもって、あなたと取引し、これらの物をあなたと交易した。
Men from Arabia and all the rulers of the Kedar [region] sent merchants to trade lambs and rams and male goats for things that you had.
22 シバとラアマの商人は、あなたと取引し、もろもろの尊い香料と、もろもろの宝石と金とをもって、あなたの商品と交換した。
Merchants from Sheba and Raamah [in Arabia] brought many kinds of very good spices and jewels and gold to exchange for things that you had.
23 ハラン、カンネ、エデン、アッスリヤ、キルマデはあなたと取引した。
[Men came from] Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur and Kilmad [in Mesopotamia] with their goods.
24 彼らは、はなやかな衣服と、青く縫い取りした布と、ひもで結んで、じょうぶにした敷物などをもって、あなたと取引した。
They brought pretty things to trade: Blue cloth, embroidered cloth, and rugs of [many] colors that were [rolled up and] tied with ropes.
25 タルシシの船はあなたの商品を運んでまわった。あなたは海の中にいて満ち足り、いたく栄えた。
Cargo ships from Tarshish carried [all] those things that you traded; and the warehouses on your island were full of all those things.’”
26 あなたのこぎ手らはあなたを大海の中に進め、海の中で東風があなたの船を破った。
“‘The men who row your boats took [the ships full of] cargo out on the stormy seas. But the strong east wind wrecked those cargo boats.
27 あなたの財宝、あなたの貨物、あなたの商品、あなたの船員、あなたのかじ取り、あなたの漏りを繕う者、あなたの商品を商う者、あなたの中にいるすべての軍人、あなたの中にいるすべての仲間は皆、あなたの破滅の日に海の中に沈む。
Everything in the boats (was lost/sank to the bottom of the sea)— all the valuable cargo [DOU] and [many of] [HYP] the sailors and ship pilots, the ship workers and merchants and soldiers. On the day that the ships were wrecked, many of those on the ships sank to the bottom of the sea.
28 あなたのかじ取りの叫び声に、近郷は震い、
[The people in cities along] the coast trembled when they heard your ship pilots cry out.
29 すべてかいをとる者は船からくだる。船員および海のすべてのかじ取りは海べに立ち、
All the men who remained who pulled the oars left the ships; the sailors and pilots [go to the shore and] stand on the beach.
30 あなたのために声をあげて泣き、はげしく叫び、ちりをこうべにかぶり、灰の中にまろび、
They cry aloud because of [what has happened to] your [wealth], and they weep bitterly. They throw dirt on their heads and roll around in ashes.
31 あなたのために髪をそり、荒布をまとい、あなたのために心を痛めて泣き、はげしく嘆く。
They shave their heads to show that they are very sad because of [what has happened to] you, and they put on rough sackcloth. They weep for you very bitterly and mourn for you.
32 彼らは悲しんで、あなたのために悲しみの歌をのべ、あなたを弔って言う、『だれかツロのように海の中で滅びたものがあるか。
While they wail and mourn because of what has happened to you, they sing this sad funeral song: “There was certainly never [RHQ] a city like Tyre that now is silent, covered by the waves of the sea.”
33 あなたの商品が海を越えてきた時、あなたは多くの民を飽かせ、あなたの多くの財宝と商品とをもって、地の王たちを富ませた。
The goods that your merchants traded were things that pleased the people of many countries. Kings in very distant places became rich from the wealth that they obtained from trading with you.
34 今あなたは海で破船し、深い水に沈み、あなたの商品と、あなたのすべての船員とは、あなたと共に沈んだ。
But now your city is like a ship [MET] that is wrecked in the sea, and everything that was in it is broken, at the bottom of the sea. All of your cargo and your sailors have sunk to the bottom of the sea along with the ships.
35 海沿いの国々に住む者は皆あなたについて驚き、その王たちは大いに恐れてその顔を震わす。
All the people who live along the seacoast are appalled/horrified because of what has happened to you. Their kings are very horrified, [causing] their faces to be twisted [as they watch].
36 もろもろの民の中の商人らはあなたをあざける。あなたは恐るべき終りを遂げ、永遠にうせはてる』」。
The merchants of the [other] nations shake their heads [because it is difficult for them to believe what has happened]; your city has disappeared, and it will not exist any more.’”
