イザヤ書 38
1 そのころヒゼキヤは病気になって死にかかっていた。アモツの子預言者イザヤは彼のところに来て言った、「主はこう仰せられます、あなたの家を整えておきなさい。あなたは死にます、生きながらえることはできません」。
About that time, Hezekiah became [very] ill and was close to dying. [So] I went to see him. And I gave him this message: “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you will not recover from this illness. You are going to die’”
2 そこでヒゼキヤは顔を壁に向けて主に祈って言った、
Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed this:
3 「ああ主よ、願わくは、わたしが真実と真心とをもって、み前に歩み、あなたの目にかなう事を行ったのを覚えてください」。そしてヒゼキヤはひどく泣いた。
“Yahweh, do not forget that I have always served you very faithfully, and I have done things that pleased you!” Then Hezekiah [started to] cry loudly.
4 その時主の言葉がイザヤに臨んで言った、
[I left his room, but] Yahweh gave me this message:
5 「行って、ヒゼキヤに言いなさい、『あなたの父ダビデの神、主はこう仰せられます、「わたしはあなたの祈を聞いた。あなたの涙を見た。見よ、わたしはあなたのよわいを十五年増そう。
“Go [back] to Hezekiah and tell him that this is what I, the God to whom your ancestor King David belonged, say: ‘I have heard what you prayed, and I have seen you crying. So listen: I will enable you to live 15 years more.
6 わたしはあなたと、この町とをアッスリヤの王の手から救い、この町を守ろう」。
And, I will rescue you and this city from the power [MTY] of the King of Assyria. I will defend this city.
7 主が約束されたことを行われることについては、あなたは主からこのしるしを得る。
And this is what I will do to prove that I will do what I have just now promised. I will cause the shadow of the sun to move ten steps backward on the sundial that was built by King Ahaz.’”
8 見よ、わたしはアハズの日時計の上に進んだ日影を十度退かせよう』」。すると日時計の上に進んだ日影が十度退いた。
So the shadow of the sun on the sundial moved backward ten steps.
9 次の言葉はユダの王ヒゼキヤが病気になって、その病気が直った後、書きしるしたものである。
When King Hezekiah was almost well again, he wrote this:
I thought to myself, “Is it necessary for me to die and go to the place where the dead people are during this time of my life when I am still strong? Is Yahweh going to rob me of the remaining years that I [should live]?” (Sheol h7585)
11 わたしは言った、わたしは生ける者の地で、主を見ることなく、世におる人々のうちに、再び人を見ることがない。
I said, “I will not see Yahweh [again] in this world where people are alive. I will not see my friends again, or be with others who [now] are alive in this world.
12 わがすまいは抜き去られて羊飼の天幕のようにわたしを離れる。わたしは、わが命を機織りのように巻いた。彼はわたしを機から切り離す。あなたは朝から夕までの間に、わたしを滅ぼされる。
[It is as if] my life has been taken away like [SIM] a tent [whose pegs] have been pulled up by a shepherd and taken away. My time to live has been cut short, like a piece of cloth that a weaver [cuts and] rolls up [after he has finished weaving a cloth].” Suddenly, [it seemed that] my life was ending.
13 わたしは朝まで叫んだ。主はししのようにわが骨をことごとく砕かれる。あなたは朝から夕までの間に、わたしを滅ぼされる。
I waited patiently all during the night, but [my pain was as though] [MET] I was being torn apart by lions. [It seemed that] my life was finished.
14 わたしは、つばめのように、つるのように鳴き、はとのようにうめき、わが目は上を見て衰える。主よ、わたしは、しえたげられています。どうか、わたしの保証人となってください。
[I was delirious, and] I chirped like a swift or a swallow, and moaned like a dove. My eyes became tired looking up [toward heaven] for help. I cried out, Lord, help me, [because] I am distressed!’
15 しかし、わたしは何を言うことができましょう。主はわたしに言われ、かつ、自らそれをなされたからである。わが魂の苦しみによって、わが眠りはことごとく逃げ去った。
But there was really nothing [RHQ] that I could say and ask him to reply to me, because it was Yahweh who sent this illness. [So now] I will live humbly during my [remaining] years because I am very anguished.
16 主よ、これらの事によって人は生きる。わが霊の命もすべてこれらの事による。どうか、わたしをいやし、わたしを生かしてください。
Yahweh, the sufferings (OR, the promises) that you give are good, [because] what you do and what you say bring [new] life and health to us. And you restore/heal me and allow me [to continue] to live!
17 見よ、わたしが大いなる苦しみにあったのは、わが幸福のためであった。あなたはわが命を引きとめて、滅びの穴をまぬかれさせられた。これは、あなたがわが罪をことごとく、あなたの後に捨てられたからである。
Truly, my suffering was good for me; you loved me, and as a result you have rescued me from dying and have also forgiven all my sins.
Dead people [MTY] cannot praise you; they cannot sing to praise you. Those who have descended to their graves cannot confidently expect you to faithfully [do things for them]. (Sheol h7585)
19 ただ生ける者、生ける者のみ、きょう、わたしがするように、あなたに感謝する。父はあなたのまことを、その子らに知らせる。
Only people who are still alive, like I am, can praise you. Fathers tell their children how you are faithful, [and if I remain alive, I will do the same thing].
20 主はわたしを救われる。われわれは世にあるかぎり、主の家で琴にあわせて、歌をうたおう。
[I know that] Yahweh will fully heal me, [so] I will sing to praise him while others praise him playing musical instruments; I will do that every day of my life, in the temple of Yahweh.”
21 イザヤは言った、「干いちじくのひとかたまりを持ってこさせ、それを腫物につけなさい。そうすれば直るでしょう」。
I had [previously] said to Hezekiah’s servants, “Prepare an ointment from [mashed] figs, and spread it on his boil, and then he will recover.” [So they did that, and Hezekiah recovered].
22 ヒゼキヤはまた言った、「わたしが主の家に上ることについて、どんなしるしがありましょうか」。
And Hezekiah had [previously] asked, “What will Yahweh do to prove that I will [recover and be able to] go to his temple?”
