イザヤ書 9
1 しかし、苦しみにあった地にも、やみがなくなる。さきにはゼブルンの地、ナフタリの地にはずかしめを与えられたが、後には海に至る道、ヨルダンの向こうの地、異邦人のガリラヤに光栄を与えられる。
Drink this first. Act quickly, O land of Zabulon, land of Nephthalim, and the rest [inhabiting] the sea-coast, and [the land] beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.
2 暗やみの中に歩んでいた民は大いなる光を見た。暗黒の地に住んでいた人々の上に光が照った。
O people walking in darkness, behold a great light: you that dwell in the region [and] shadow of death, a light shall shine upon you.
3 あなたが国民を増し、その喜びを大きくされたので、彼らは刈入れ時に喜ぶように、獲物を分かつ時に楽しむように、あなたの前に喜んだ。
The multitude of the people which you have brought down in your joy, they shall even rejoice before you as they that rejoice in harvest, and as they that divide the spoil.
4 これはあなたが彼らの負っているくびきと、その肩のつえと、しえたげる者のむちとを、ミデアンの日になされたように折られたからだ。
Because the yoke that was laid upon them has been taken away, and the rod that was on their neck: for he has broken the rod of the exactors, as in the day of Madiam.
5 すべて戦場で、歩兵のはいたくつと、血にまみれた衣とは、火の燃えくさとなって焼かれる。
For they shall compensate for every garment that has been acquired by deceit, and [all] raiment with restitution; and they shall be willing, [even] if they were burnt with fire.
6 ひとりのみどりごがわれわれのために生れた、ひとりの男の子がわれわれに与えられた。まつりごとはその肩にあり、その名は、「霊妙なる議士、大能の神、とこしえの父、平和の君」ととなえられる。
For a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, whose government is upon his shoulder: and his name is called the Messenger of great counsel: for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to him.
7 そのまつりごとと平和とは、増し加わって限りなく、ダビデの位に座して、その国を治め、今より後、とこしえに公平と正義とをもってこれを立て、これを保たれる。万軍の主の熱心がこれをなされるのである。
His government shall be great, and of his peace there is no end: [it shall be] upon the throne of David, and [upon] his kingdom, to establish it, and to support [it] with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth and forever. The seal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.
8 主はひと言をヤコブにおくり、これをイスラエルの上にくだされる。
The Lord has sent death upon Jacob, and it has come upon Israel.
9 すべてこの民、エフライムとサマリヤに住む者とは知るであろう。彼らは高ぶり、心おごって言う、
And all the people of Ephraim, and they that lived in Samaria shall know, who say in their pride and lofty heart,
10 「かわらがくずれても、われわれは切り石をもって建てよう。くわの木が切り倒されても、われわれは香柏をもってこれにかえよう」と。
The bricks are fallen down, but come, let us hew stones, and cut down sycamores and cedars, and let us build for ourselves a tower.
11 それゆえ、主は敵を起して彼らを攻めさせ、そのあだを奮い立たせられる。
And God shall dash down them that rise up against him on mount Sion, and shall scatter his enemies;
12 東にスリヤびとあり、西にペリシテびとあり、彼らは大口をあけてイスラエルを食い尽す。それでも主の怒りはやまず、なおも、そのみ手を伸ばされる。
[even] Syria from the rising of the sun, and the Greeks from the setting of the sun, who devour Israel with open mouth. For all this [his] anger is not turned away, but still [his] hand is exalted.
13 しかもなお、この民は自分たちを撃った者に帰らず、万軍の主を求めない。
But the people turned not until they were struck, and they sought not the Lord.
14 それゆえ、主はイスラエルから頭と尾と、しゅろの枝と葦とを一日のうちに断ち切られる。
So the Lord took away from Israel the head and tail, great and small, in one day:
15 その頭とは、長老と尊き人、その尾とは、偽りを教える預言者である。
the old man, and them that respect persons, this is the head; and the prophet teaching unlawful things, he is the tail.
16 この民を導く者は、これを迷わせ、彼らに導かれる者は、のみ尽される。
And they that pronounce this people blessed shall mislead them; and they mislead them that they may devour them.
17 それゆえ、主はその若き人々を喜ばれず、そのみなしごと寡婦とをあわれまれない。彼らはみな、不信仰であって、悪を行う者、すべての口は愚かな事を語るからである。それでも主の怒りはやまず、なおも、そのみ手を伸ばされる。
Therefore the Lord shall not take pleasure in their young men, neither shall he have pity on their orphans or on their widows: for they are all transgressors and wicked, and every mouth speaks unjustly. For all this [his] anger is not turned away, but [his] hand is yet exalted.
18 悪は火のように燃え、いばらと、おどろとを食い尽し、茂りあう林を焼き、煙の柱となって巻きあがる。
And iniquity shall burn as fire, and shall be devoured by fire as dry grass: and it shall burn in the thickets of the wood, and shall devour all that is round about the hills.
19 万軍の主の怒りによって地は焼け、その民は火の燃えくさのようになり、だれもその兄弟をあわれむ者がない。
The whole earth is set on fire because of the fierce anger of the Lord, and the people shall be as men burnt by fire: no man shall pity his brother.
20 彼らは右手につかんでも、なお飢え、左手で食べても飽くことがない。おのおのその隣り人の肉を食う。
But [one] shall turn aside to the right hand, for he shall be hungry; and shall eat on the left, and a man shall by no means be satisfied with eating the flesh of his own arm.
21 マナセはエフライムを、エフライムはマナセを食い、彼らは共にユダを攻める。それでも主の怒りはやまず、なおも、そのみ手を伸ばされる。
For Manasses shall eat [the flesh] of Ephraim, and Ephraim [the flesh] of Manasses; for they shall besiege Juda together. For all this [his] anger is not turned away, but [his] hand is yet exalted.
