イザヤ書 1
1 アモツの子イザヤがユダの王ウジヤ、ヨタム、アハズ、ヒゼキヤの世にユダとエルサレムについて見た幻。
[I am] Isaiah, the son of Amoz. [Yahweh showed me] visions about Jerusalem and [all the other places in] Judah. He showed me these visions during the years that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah.
2 天よ、聞け、地よ、耳を傾けよ、主が次のように語られたから、「わたしは子を養い育てた、しかし彼らはわたしにそむいた。
This is what Yahweh says: “All you [angels in] [APO] heaven and [all you people on] [APO] earth, listen to me! The people that I caused to exist and took care of [DOU] have rebelled against me.
3 牛はその飼主を知り、ろばはその主人のまぐさおけを知る。しかしイスラエルは知らず、わが民は悟らない」。
Oxen know their owners, and donkeys know who provides food for them, but my Israeli people do not know [me]; they do not realize [that I am the one who takes care of them].”
4 ああ、罪深い国びと、不義を負う民、悪をなす者のすえ、堕落せる子らよ。彼らは主を捨て、イスラエルの聖者をあなどり、これをうとんじ遠ざかった。
Terrible things will happen to that sinful nation, to those people who are guilty of sinning greatly. They are a group of very evil people, who act very unjustly. They have abandoned Yahweh, the holy one of Israel; they have (abandoned/turned away from) him.
5 あなたがたは、どうして重ね重ねそむいて、なおも打たれようとするのか。その頭はことごとく病み、その心は全く弱りはてている。
Why do you [RHQ] continue to [do things for which] you should be punished? Why do you continue to rebel against Yahweh? [You are like] [MET] someone whose head is badly injured and whose mind is sick/corrupt.
6 足のうらから頭まで、完全なところがなく、傷と打ち傷と生傷ばかりだ。これを絞り出すものなく、包むものなく、油をもってやわらげるものもない。
[It is as though] [MET] from the soles/bottoms of your feet to the [tops of your] heads nothing is healthy; there are only open wounds and cuts and sores that have not been cleaned or bandaged, and no [olive] oil has been put on them [to heal them].
7 あなたがたの国は荒れすたれ、町々は火で焼かれ、田畑のものはあなたがたの前で外国人に食われ、滅ぼされたソドムのように荒れすたれた。
[It is as though] your country is ruined/desolate; your towns have been burned. Foreigners plunder/steal the crops in your fields while you watch; they destroy everything [that they see].
8 シオンの娘はぶどう畑の仮小屋のように、きゅうり畑の番小屋のように、包囲された町のように、ただひとり残った。
The city of Jerusalem has [already] been abandoned, it is like [SIM] a shelter in a vineyard that has been abandoned by the watchmen; it is like [SIM] a watchman’s hut in a field of melons that has been deserted. It is a city surrounded by its enemies who are waiting to attack it.
9 もし万軍の主が、われわれに少しの生存者を残されなかったなら、われわれはソドムのようになり、またゴモラと同じようになったであろう。
If the Commander of the armies of angels had not allowed a few of us [his people] to (survive/remain alive), we would have [all] been [destroyed], like [the cities of] Sodom and Gomorrah [were destroyed].
10 あなたがたソドムのつかさたちよ、主の言葉を聞け。あなたがたゴモラの民よ、われわれの神の教に耳を傾けよ。
You [leaders of Judah are as wicked as] the rulers of Sodom were, and you [other people in Jerusalem areas are as wicked as] the people in Gomorrah [were]. Listen to this message from Yahweh, [all of you]!
11 主は言われる、「あなたがたがささげる多くの犠牲は、わたしになんの益があるか。わたしは雄羊の燔祭と、肥えた獣の脂肪とに飽いている。わたしは雄牛あるいは小羊、あるいは雄やぎの血を喜ばない。
He says, “You continue to bring many sacrifices to me, but I do not [RHQ] want them [because you do not worship me sincerely]! You bring me many offerings to be completely burned [on the altar], [but] I (am tired/do not want any more) of your burning all those offerings, the burning rams and the fat from fat cattle. I am not pleased with the blood of bulls and lambs and goats that [the priest] pours [against the altar].
12 あなたがたは、わたしにまみえようとして来るが、だれが、わたしの庭を踏み荒すことを求めたか。
When you come to my temple to worship me, no one [RHQ] told you to trample on my courtyard while you perform all those rituals.
13 あなたがたは、もはや、むなしい供え物を携えてきてはならない。薫香は、わたしの忌みきらうものだ。新月、安息日、また会衆を呼び集めることわたしは不義と聖会とに耐えられない。
Stop bringing to me those offerings, because they are useless [to me]; I am disgusted with the incense that [the priests burn]. And [your feasts to celebrate] the new moon [each month] and your (Sabbath [days]/days of rest) and your [other] festivals— I detest them because of the wicked things [that you do].
14 あなたがたの新月と定めの祭とは、わが魂の憎むもの、それはわたしの重荷となり、わたしは、それを負うのに疲れた。
I [SYN] hate [all] your celebrations of each new moon and the [other] festivals that you celebrate each year. They are [like] [MET] a heavy burden that I am tired of carrying.
15 あなたがたが手を伸べるとき、わたしは目をおおって、あなたがたを見ない。たとい多くの祈をささげても、わたしは聞かない。あなたがたの手は血まみれである。
[So], when you lift up your hands when you pray [to me], I will not [even] look at you. Even if you pray [to me very] frequently, I will not listen [to you], [because it is as though] your hands are covered with the blood [of people whom you have killed].
16 あなたがたは身を洗って、清くなり、わたしの目の前からあなたがたの悪い行いを除き、悪を行うことをやめ、
Cleanse your inner beings, and become [spiritually] clean! Stop your evil behavior! Stop doing things that are wrong!
17 善を行うことをならい、公平を求め、しえたげる者を戒め、みなしごを正しく守り、寡婦の訴えを弁護せよ。
Learn to do [things that are] good! [Try to] cause people to do what is just. Help people who are (oppressed/treated cruelly). Defend orphans and widows [when people take them to court].”
18 主は言われる、さあ、われわれは互に論じよう。たといあなたがたの罪は緋のようであっても、雪のように白くなるのだ。紅のように赤くても、羊の毛のようになるのだ。
Yahweh says, “You need to think about the results of what you do. Even though [the guilt of] your sins be [as evident and as difficult to get rid of] as [SIM] red [stains on a white garment] [DOU], [I will get rid of them completely] [like someone who can make that stained garment] become as white as snow or wool [DOU].
19 もし、あなたがたが快く従うなら、地の良き物を食べることができる。
If you are willing to obey [me], [I will enable] you to have plenty to eat.
20 しかし、あなたがたが拒みそむくならば、つるぎで滅ぼされる」。これは主がその口で語られたことである。
But, if you turn away [from me and] rebel against me, you will be killed [by your enemies’] swords. [That will surely happen, because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”
21 かつては忠信であった町、どうして遊女となったのか。昔は公平で満ち、正義がそのうちにやどっていたのに、今は人を殺す者ばかりとなってしまった。
“[You people of Jerusalem previously] faithfully [worshiped only] me, but now you have become like [MET] prostitutes [who are not faithful to any husband]. Previously, people there always acted justly/fairly and righteously, but now your city [is full of] murderers.
22 あなたの銀はかすとなり、あなたのぶどう酒は水をまじえ、
Previously, you were [like] [MET] pure silver, but now you have become [like] [MET] the scum that is left [when silver is purified]. Previously you were [like pure] wine, but you have become [like] [MET] wine that has [a lot of] water mixed with it.
23 あなたのつかさたちはそむいて、盗びとの仲間となり、みな、まいないを好み、贈り物を追い求め、みなしごを正しく守らず、寡婦の訴えは彼らに届かない。
Your leaders are rebels; they spend time with thieves. They all want to get bribes and force others to give them gifts [in order that they do good things for them]. They do not defend orphans [in court], and they do not do all they can to enable widows to get what they should receive.
24 このゆえに、主、万軍の主、イスラエルの全能者は言われる、「ああ、わたしはわが敵にむかって憤りをもらし、わがあだにむかって恨みをはらす。
Therefore [I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, the mighty God of Israel, say to my enemies, ‘will get revenge on you; you will not cause me any more trouble. And I will pay you back for the evil things that you did.
25 わたしはまた、わが手をあなたに向け、あなたのかすを灰汁で溶かすように溶かし去り、あなたの混ざり物をすべて取り除く。
I will raise my fist to strike you. I will [punish you severely] [MET], as though [MET] you were silver [and I needed to heat you very greatly to] melt you and get rid of the impurities.
26 こうして、あなたのさばきびとをもとのとおりに、あなたの議官を初めのとおりに回復する。その後あなたは正義の都、忠信の町ととなえられる」。
[After that happens, ] I will give you good judges like you had previously; you will have [wise] counselors like you had long ago. Then people will call your city “a city where people [act] righteously, a city where people are loyal to me.”'”
27 シオンは公平をもってあがなわれ、そのうちの悔い改める者は、正義をもってあがなわれる。
Because the people of Jerusalem will do what is fair/just, their city will be restored; those who repent [will be saved] because of [their acting] righteously.
28 しかし、そむく者と罪びととは共に滅ぼされ、主を捨てる者は滅びうせる。
But rebels and sinners will be crushed by Yahweh, and those who forsake him will disappear.
29 あなたがたは、みずから喜んだかしの木によって、はずかしめを受け、みずから選んだ園によって、恥じ赤らむ。
You will be ashamed because [you worshiped] idols under the oak trees [that you considered to be] sacred; you will be disgraced because [you worshiped idols] in the gardens where you chose [to worship them].
30 あなたがたは葉の枯れるかしの木のように、水のない園のようになり、
You will be like [SIM] a very large tree which has withered leaves, like [SIM] a garden that [is dried up because] it has no water.
31 強い者も麻くずのように、そのわざは火花のようになり、その二つのものは共に燃えて、それを消す者はない。
Those among you who are [very] strong will become [like] [MET] dry wood, and the work they do will be [like] [MET] a spark; both they and the evil things that they do will burn up completely, and no one will be able to put out the fire.
