創世記 9
1 神はノアとその子らとを祝福して彼らに言われた、「生めよ、ふえよ、地に満ちよ。
And God blessed Noah and his sons. And he said to them: “Increase, and multiply, and fill the earth.
2 地のすべての獣、空のすべての鳥、地に這うすべてのもの、海のすべての魚は恐れおののいて、あなたがたの支配に服し、
And let the fear and trembling of you be upon all the animals of the earth, and upon all the birds of the air, along with all that moves across the earth. All the fish of the sea have been delivered into your hand.
3 すべて生きて動くものはあなたがたの食物となるであろう。さきに青草をあなたがたに与えたように、わたしはこれらのものを皆あなたがたに与える。
And everything that moves and lives will be food for you. Just as with the edible plants, I have delivered them all to you,
4 しかし肉を、その命である血のままで、食べてはならない。
except that flesh with blood you shall not eat.
5 あなたがたの命の血を流すものには、わたしは必ず報復するであろう。いかなる獣にも報復する。兄弟である人にも、わたしは人の命のために、報復するであろう。
For I will examine the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast. So also, at the hand of mankind, at the hand of each man and his brother, I will examine the life of mankind.
6 人の血を流すものは、人に血を流される、神が自分のかたちに人を造られたゆえに。
Whoever will shed human blood, his blood will be poured out. For man was indeed made to the image of God.
7 あなたがたは、生めよ、ふえよ、地に群がり、地の上にふえよ」。
But as for you: increase and multiply, and go forth upon the earth and fulfill it.”
8 神はノアおよび共にいる子らに言われた、
To Noah and to his sons with him, God also said this:
9 「わたしはあなたがた及びあなたがたの後の子孫と契約を立てる。
“Behold, I will establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
10 またあなたがたと共にいるすべての生き物、あなたがたと共にいる鳥、家畜、地のすべての獣、すなわち、すべて箱舟から出たものは、地のすべての獣にいたるまで、わたしはそれと契約を立てよう。
and with every living soul that is with you: as much with the birds as with the cattle and all the animals of the earth that have gone forth from the ark, and with all the wild beasts of the earth.
11 わたしがあなたがたと立てるこの契約により、すべて肉なる者は、もはや洪水によって滅ぼされることはなく、また地を滅ぼす洪水は、再び起らないであろう」。
I will establish my covenant with you, and no longer will all that is flesh be put to death by the waters of a great flood, and, henceforth, there will not be a great flood to utterly destroy the earth.”
12 さらに神は言われた、「これはわたしと、あなたがた及びあなたがたと共にいるすべての生き物との間に代々かぎりなく、わたしが立てる契約のしるしである。
And God said: “This is the sign of the pact that I grant between me and you, and to every living soul that is with you, for perpetual generations.
13 すなわち、わたしは雲の中に、にじを置く。これがわたしと地との間の契約のしるしとなる。
I will place my arc in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the pact between myself and the earth.
14 わたしが雲を地の上に起すとき、にじは雲の中に現れる。
And when I obscure the sky with clouds, my arc will appear in the clouds.
15 こうして、わたしは、わたしとあなたがた、及びすべて肉なるあらゆる生き物との間に立てた契約を思いおこすゆえ、水はふたたび、すべて肉なる者を滅ぼす洪水とはならない。
And I will remember my covenant with you, and with every living soul that enlivens flesh. And there will no longer be waters from a great flood to wipe away all that is flesh.
16 にじが雲の中に現れるとき、わたしはこれを見て、神が地上にあるすべて肉なるあらゆる生き物との間に立てた永遠の契約を思いおこすであろう」。
And the arc will be in the clouds, and I will see it, and I will remember the everlasting covenant that was enacted between God and every living soul of all that is flesh upon the earth.”
17 そして神はノアに言われた、「これがわたしと地にあるすべて肉なるものとの間に、わたしが立てた契約のしるしである」。
And God said to Noah, “This will be the sign of the covenant that I have established between myself and all that is flesh upon the earth.”
18 箱舟から出たノアの子らはセム、ハム、ヤペテであった。ハムはカナンの父である。
And so the sons of Noah, who came out of the ark, were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Now Ham himself is the father of Canaan.
19 この三人はノアの子らで、全地の民は彼らから出て、広がったのである。
These three are the sons of Noah. And from these all the family of mankind was spread over the whole earth.
20 さてノアは農夫となり、ぶどう畑をつくり始めたが、
And Noah, a good farmer, began to cultivate the land, and he planted a vineyard.
21 彼はぶどう酒を飲んで酔い、天幕の中で裸になっていた。
And by drinking its wine, he became inebriated and was naked in his tent.
22 カナンの父ハムは父の裸を見て、外にいるふたりの兄弟に告げた。
Because of this, when Ham, the father of Canaan, had indeed seen the privates of his father to be naked, he reported it to his two brothers outside.
23 セムとヤペテとは着物を取って、肩にかけ、うしろ向きに歩み寄って、父の裸をおおい、顔をそむけて父の裸を見なかった。
And truly, Shem and Japheth put a cloak upon their arms, and, advancing backwards, covered the privates of their father. And their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father’s manhood.
24 やがてノアは酔いがさめて、末の子が彼にした事を知ったとき、
Then Noah, awaking from the wine, when he had learned what his younger son had done to him,
25 彼は言った、「カナンはのろわれよ。彼はしもべのしもべとなって、その兄弟たちに仕える」。
he said, “Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants will he be to his brothers.”
26 また言った、「セムの神、主はほむべきかな、カナンはそのしもべとなれ。
And he said: “Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, let Canaan be his servant.
27 神はヤペテを大いならしめ、セムの天幕に彼を住まわせられるように。カナンはそのしもべとなれ」。
May God enlarge Japheth, and may he live in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.”
28 ノアは洪水の後、なお三百五十年生きた。
And after the great flood, Noah lived for three hundred and fifty years.
29 ノアの年は合わせて九百五十歳であった。そして彼は死んだ。
And all his days were completed in nine hundred and fifty years, and then he died.
