イザヤ書 43
1 ヤコブよ、あなたを創造された主はこう言われる。イスラエルよ、あなたを造られた主はいまこう言われる、「恐れるな、わたしはあなたをあがなった。わたしはあなたの名を呼んだ、あなたはわたしのものだ。
But now, you people of Israel, listen to Yahweh, the one who established your nation. The one who caused you to become a nation [DOU] says this: “Do not be afraid, because I previously rescued you. I enabled you to have a personal relationship with me [MTY], and you belong to me.
2 あなたが水の中を過ぎるとき、わたしはあなたと共におる。川の中を過ぎるとき、水はあなたの上にあふれることがない。あなたが火の中を行くとき、焼かれることもなく、炎もあなたに燃えつくことがない。
When you [experience dangerous situations], and [you feel like] [MET] you are crossing deep rivers, I will be with you. When you have very big troubles/difficulties, you will [LIT] be able to endure them. When [people try to kill you like they tried to kill Daniel’s three friends by] throwing them in a fire, you will not [die, just like Daniel’s three friends were not] burned up,
3 わたしはあなたの神、主である、イスラエルの聖者、あなたの救主である。わたしはエジプトを与えてあなたのあがないしろとし、エチオピヤとセバとをあなたの代りとする。
because I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the one who rescues you. I will enable [the army of the emperor of Persia] to conquer Egypt instead of conquering you; similarly I will enable them to conquer Ethiopia, and Seba [in Arabia], in order that you can be saved.
4 あなたはわが目に尊く、重んぜられるもの、わたしはあなたを愛するがゆえに、あなたの代りに人を与え、あなたの命の代りに民を与える。
I will cause other countries to be conquered, instead of your country; I will trade them for you, in order that you will not be killed, because you are very precious [DOU] to me and because I love you.
5 恐れるな、わたしはあなたと共におる。わたしは、あなたの子孫を東からこさせ、西からあなたを集める。
Do not be afraid, because I am with you. [Some day] I will gather your descendants from the east and from the west.
6 わたしは北にむかって『ゆるせ』と言い、南にむかって『留めるな』と言う。わが子らを遠くからこさせ、わが娘らを地の果からこさせよ。
I will command the [rulers of the nations to] the north and to the south, ‘Allow all the people of Israel to return [to their country], from the most distant places on the earth.
7 すべてわが名をもってとなえられる者をこさせよ。わたしは彼らをわが栄光のために創造し、これを造り、これを仕立てた」。
Allow all those who belong to me [MTY] to return, because I have caused them to become a nation in order that they would honor me; I am the one who has done that [DOU].’
8 目があっても目しいのような民、耳があっても耳しいのような民を連れ出せ。
Summon the people who have eyes but [it is as though] they are blind; summon those who have ears but [because they do not listen to me, it is as though] they are deaf.
9 国々はみな相つどい、もろもろの民は集まれ。彼らのうち、だれがこの事を告げ、さきの事どもを、われわれに聞かせることができるか。その証人を出して、おのれの正しい事を証明させ、それを聞いて「これは真実だ」と言わせよ。
Gather people of all nations together, ones from all people-groups, [and ask them this]: ‘Has any of their idols foretold the things that are happening now? And can any of them predict what will happen in the future?’ Then bring people who will testify and say ‘I heard them predict things, and what they predicted was what happened,’ [but they will be lying].”
10 主は言われる、「あなたがたはわが証人、わたしが選んだわがしもべである。それゆえ、あなたがたは知って、わたしを信じ、わたしが主であることを悟ることができる。わたしより前に造られた神はなく、わたしより後にもない。
But Yahweh says, “You people of Israel (are my witnesses/know what I have done), and you are the ones who serve me. I chose you in order that you would know me, believe in me, and understand that I am the only one who is [truly] God. There is no other [true] God. There was no other [true] God previously, and there will never be another [true] God.
11 ただわたしのみ主である。わたしのほかに救う者はいない。
I, [only] I, am Yahweh, and there is no other one who can save you.
12 わたしはさきに告げ、かつ救い、かつ聞かせた。あなたがたのうちには、ほかの神はなかった。あなたがたはわが証人である」と主は言われる。
I said that I would rescue [your ancestors], and then I rescued them, and I proclaimed [that I had done it]. No foreign god among you did that! And you are witnesses that only I, Yahweh, am God.
13 「わたしは神である、今より後もわたしは主である。わが手から救い出しうる者はない。わたしがおこなえば、だれが、これをとどめることができよう」。
I am God, the one who has existed forever and who will exist forever; no one can snatch people from my hand, and no one can alter/change what I have done.”
14 あなたがたをあがなう者、イスラエルの聖者、主はこう言われる、「あなたがたのために、わたしは人をバビロンにつかわし、すべての貫の木をこわし、カルデヤびとの喜びの声を嘆きに変らせる。
Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, is the one who rescues you; and this is what he says: “For your sake, I will send [an army] to [attack] Babylon. They will force the people of that city to flee in ships which they have been proud of.
15 わたしは主、あなたがたの聖者、イスラエルの創造者、あなたがたの王である」。
I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the one who caused Israel to become a nation, and the one who is really your king.
16 海のなかに大路を設け、大いなる水の中に道をつくり、
I am Yahweh, the one who opened a path through the water, making a road through the [Red] Sea.
17 戦車および馬、軍勢および兵士を出てこさせ、これを倒して起きることができないようにし、絶え滅ぼして、灯心の消えうせるようにされる主はこう言われる、
Then I summoned the great army [of Egypt] to come with all their chariots and horses. [But when they tried to pursue my people], I caused the waves to flow over them [and they drowned]; their lives ended [like the light of a candle ends when someone] [MET] snuffs out the wick.
18 「あなたがたは、さきの事を思い出してはならない、また、いにしえのことを考えてはならない。
But do not think [only] about what happened in the past, long ago [DOU].
19 見よ、わたしは新しい事をなす。やがてそれは起る、あなたがたはそれを知らないのか。わたしは荒野に道を設け、さばくに川を流れさせる。
Instead, consider the new thing that I am going to do. I have already started to do it; can you see it? I am going to make a road through the desert. And I will cause there to be streams in the wasteland/desert.
20 野の獣はわたしをあがめ、山犬および、だちょうもわたしをあがめる。わたしが荒野に水をいだし、さばくに川を流れさせて、わたしの選んだ民に飲ませるからだ。
The jackals/wolves and owls and other wild creatures will thank me for giving them water in the desert. I will cause streams to appear in the dry desert in order that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water;
21 この民は、わが誉を述べさせるためにわたしが自分のために造ったものである。
I will do that for the people whom I have created [and chosen] to belong to me, and [some day] they will cause many others to praise me.
22 ところがヤコブよ、あなたはわたしを呼ばなかった。イスラエルよ、あなたはわたしをうとんじた。
But now, you descendants of Jacob, you refuse to request my help. It seems that you people of Israel have become tired of worshiping me.
23 あなたは燔祭の羊をわたしに持ってこなかった。また犠牲をもってわたしをあがめなかった。わたしは供え物の重荷をあなたに負わせなかった。また乳香をもってあなたを煩わさなかった。
You have not brought to me sheep or goats for offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar]; you have not honored me by [bringing to me any] sacrifices, even though the offerings of grain and incense [that I asked you] to bring to me were not a burden to you.
24 あなたは金を出して、わたしのために菖蒲を買わず、犠牲の脂肪を供えて、わたしを飽かせず、かえって、あなたの罪の重荷をわたしに負わせ、あなたの不義をもって、わたしを煩わせた。
You have bought for me fragrant reeds, and you have brought me the fat from your sacrifices. But these have not pleased me, because you have burdened me by all the sins that you have committed, and made me weary because of all (your iniquities/the wrong things that you have done).
25 わたしこそ、わたし自身のためにあなたのとがを消す者である。わたしは、あなたの罪を心にとめない。
I am the one who is able to forgive you for all your sins; I am the only one who can do that, with the result that I will never think about them again.
26 あなたは、自分の正しいことを証明するために自分のことを述べて、わたしに思い出させよ。われわれは共に論じよう。
Tell me what I have done that you do not like. Do you think that when you state your case, you will prove that you (are innocent/have done nothing wrong) [IRO]?
27 あなたの遠い先祖は罪を犯し、あなたの仲保者らはわたしにそむいた。
No, [what has happened is that] the first ancestor of you Israelis sinned [against me], and since then, all your leaders have rebelled against me.
28 それゆえ、わたしは聖所の君たちを汚し、ヤコブを全き滅びにわたし、イスラエルをののしらしめた。
That is why I have caused your priests to be disgraced; and I have allowed others to destroy you people of Israel and caused you to be despised.”
