エゼキエル書 38
1 主の言葉がわたしに臨んだ、
Yahweh gave me another message. He said to me,
2 「人の子よ、メセクとトバルの大君であるマゴグの地のゴグに、あなたの顔を向け、これに対して預言して、
“You human, turn and face Magog, the country where Gog [is the king]. He is [also] the ruler of [the nations of] Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy about [the terrible things that will happen to] him,
3 言え。主なる神はこう言われる、メセクとトバルの大君であるゴグよ、見よ、わたしはあなたの敵となる。
and say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: Gog, you who rule Meshech and Tubal, I am opposed to you.
4 わたしはあなたを引きもどし、あなたのあごにかぎをかけて、あなたと、あなたのすべての軍勢と、馬と、騎兵とを引き出す。彼らはみな武具をつけ、大盾、小盾を持ち、すべてつるぎをとる者で大軍である。
[It will be as though] I will turn you around and put hooks in your jaws and bring you [to Israel]—you and all of your army, [including your] horses and men carrying weapons who ride the horses, and many other soldiers carrying large shields and small shields, all of them carrying swords.
5 ペルシャ、エチオピヤ、プテは彼らと共におり、みな盾とかぶとを持つ。
[Armies from] Persia, Ethiopia, and Put/Libya will also come, all of them with shields and helmets.
6 ゴメルとそのすべての軍隊、北の果のベテ・トガルマと、そのすべての軍隊など、多くの民もあなたと共におる。
An army from Gomer [north of Israel] will come, and an army from Togarmah far north [of Israel] will come. Armies of many nations will accompany you.’
7 あなたは備えをなせ。あなたとあなたの所に集まった軍隊は、みな備えをなせ。そしてあなたは彼らの保護者となれ。
[Tell Gog, ] ‘Get ready and be prepared to be the commander of all those groups of soldiers.
8 多くの日の後、あなたは集められ、終りの年にあなたは戦いから回復された地、すなわち多くの民の中から、人々が集められた地に向かい、久しく荒れすたれたイスラエルの山々に向かって進む。その人々は国々から導き出されて、みな安らかに住んでいる。
At some future time, I will command you to lead those armies to attack [Israel], a country whose [buildings] have been rebuilt after [they were destroyed in] wars. Their people will have been brought back from many nations [to live again] on the hills of Israel, which had been deserted for a long time. They had been brought back from [other] nations and will be living peacefully.
9 あなたはそのすべての軍隊および多くの民を率いて上り、暴風のように進み、雲のように地をおおう。
You and all those armies from many nations will go up to Israel, advancing like [SIM] a big storm. Your army will be like a huge cloud that covers the land.
10 主なる神はこう言われる、その日に、あなたの心に思いが起り、悪い計りごとを企てて、
But this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: On that day, you will have an idea about [DOU] doing an evil thing.
11 言う、『わたしは無防備の村々の地に上り、穏やかにして安らかに住む民、すべて石がきもなく、貫の木も門もない地に住む者どもを攻めよう』と。
You will say [to yourself], “My [army] will invade a country where the villages do not have walls around them. We will attack people who are peaceful and do not suspect/think [that they will be attacked]. Their towns and villages do not have walls with gates and bars.
12 そしてあなたは物を奪い、物をかすめ、いま人の住むようになっている荒れ跡を攻め、また国々から集まってきて、地の中央に住み、家畜と貨財とを持つ民を攻めようとする。
So [it will be easy for] us to attack the people who are living again in those towns that were previously destroyed. They are people who have been gathered from many countries [where they had lived for many years], people who now live safely in their land with all their livestock and other possessions. They are living in the country that is in the middle of the most important countries (OR, [that they think is] [IRO] the most important country) in the world. Our soldiers will take away [DOU] all their valuable possessions.”
13 シバ、デダン、タルシシの商人、およびそのもろもろの村々はあなたに言う、『あなたは物を奪うために来たのか。物をかすめるために軍隊を集めたのか。あなたは金銀を持ち去り、家畜と貨財とを取りあげ、大いに物を奪おうとするのか』と。
[Then people of] Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and nearby villages will come and say to you, “Are you gathering all your soldiers in order to [attack Israel and] take away all their silver and gold? [Do you plan] to take away their livestock and all their other valuable possessions [DOU]?”’
14 それゆえ、人の子よ、ゴグに預言して言え。主なる神はこう言われる、わが民イスラエルの安らかに住むその日に、あなたは立ちあがり、
Therefore, you human, prophesy about Gog and say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: At that time, when my people of Israel are living safely, you will certainly think about that.
15 北の果のあなたの所から来る。多くの民はあなたと共におり、みな馬に乗り、その軍隊は大きく、その兵士は強い。
So you will come from your place far north [of Israel], with the armies of many [other] nations, all riding horses, a huge army.
16 あなたはわが民イスラエルに攻めのぼり、雲のように地をおおう。ゴグよ、終りの日にわたしはあなたを、わが国に攻めきたらせ、あなたをとおして、わたしの聖なることを諸国民の目の前にあらわして、彼らにわたしを知らせる。
You will march toward my Israeli people, and [your soldiers] will cover the land like a huge cloud. Gog, I will bring your army to attack the country that belongs to me, but [what I do] for you will show the people of other nations that I am holy.
17 主なる神はこう言われる、わたしが昔、わがしもべイスラエルの預言者たちによって語ったのは、あなたのことではないか。すなわち彼らは、そのころ年久しく預言して、わたしはあなたを送って、彼らを攻めさせると言ったではないか。
This is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say to Gog: In past years, when I gave messages to my servants, the prophets [in Israel], there were messages [RHQ] about you. At that time, they prophesied for [many] years that I would bring your [armies] to attack my people.
18 しかし主なる神は言われる、その日、すなわちゴグがイスラエルの地に攻め入る日に、わが怒りは現れる。
[So] this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say will happen: When your [army] attacks Israel, I will be very angry with you.
19 わたしは、わがねたみと、燃えたつ怒りとをもって言う。その日には必ずイスラエルの地に、大いなる震動があり、
I will be very furious, and to show that I am angry, there will be a great earthquake in Israel, [where your armies will be].
20 海の魚、空の鳥、野の獣、すべての地に這うもの、地のおもてにあるすべての人は、わが前に打ち震える。また山々はくずれ、がけは落ち、すべての石がきは地に倒れる。
The fish in the sea, the birds, the wild animals, and the animals/creatures that crawl on the ground, and all the people on the earth will tremble because of what I [am doing]. Mountains will fall down, cliffs will crumble, and walls everywhere will fall to the ground.
21 主なる神は言われる、わたしはゴグに対し、すべての恐れを呼びよせる。すべての人のつるぎは、その兄弟に向けられる。
Gog, on all the mountains in the country that belongs to me I will cause your soldiers to fight against each other with their swords.
22 わたしは疫病と流血とをもって彼をさばく。わたしはみなぎる雨と、ひょうと、火と、硫黄とを、彼とその軍隊および彼と共におる多くの民の上に降らせる。
I will punish [MTY] you [and your soldiers] with plagues and murders [MTY]. And I will send down [from the sky], on you and your troops that have come from many nations, huge amounts of rain and hail and burning sulfur.
23 そしてわたしはわたしの大いなることと、わたしの聖なることとを、多くの国民の目に示す。そして彼らはわたしが主であることを悟る。
By doing that, I will cause [the people of] many nations to know that I am very great and holy, and they will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do the things that I say that I will do].’”
