エレミヤ書 39
1 ユダの王ゼデキヤの九年十月、バビロンの王ネブカデレザルはその全軍を率い、エルサレムに来てこれを攻め囲んだが、
After King Zedekiah had been ruling Judah for almost nine years, King Nebuchadnezzar came in January with his army, and they surrounded Jerusalem.
2 ゼデキヤの十一年四月九日になって町の一角が破れた。
One and a half years later, after Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years, on July 18, [soldiers from Babylonia] broke through the city [wall. Then they rushed in and captured the city].
3 エルサレムが取られたので、バビロンの王のつかさたち、すなわちネルガル・シャレゼル、サムガル・ネボ、ラブサリスのサルセキム、ラブマグのネルガル・シャレゼルおよびバビロンの王のその他のつかさたちは皆ともに来て中の門に座した。
Then all the officers of the king of Babylon came in and sat down at the Middle Gate [to decide what they would do to the city. They included] Nergal-Sharezer from Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim who was one of the chief army officers, another Nergal-Sharezer, the king’s advisor, and many other officials.
4 ユダの王ゼデキヤとすべての兵士たちはこれを見て逃げ、夜のうちに、王の庭園の道を通って、二つの城壁の間の門から町を出て、アラバの方へ行ったが、
When King Zedekiah and all his soldiers realized that [the army of Babylonia had broken into the city], they fled. [They waited until] it was dark. Then they went out of the city through the king’s garden, through the gate that was between the two walls. Then they started [running] toward the Jordan River Valley.
5 カルデヤびとの軍勢はこれを追って、エリコの平地でゼデキヤに追いつき、これを捕えて、ハマテの地リブラにいるバビロンの王ネブカデレザルのもとに引いて行ったので、王はそこで彼の罪をさだめた。
But the soldiers from Babylonia pursued the king, and they caught him on the plains near Jericho. They took him to the King of Babylon, who was at Riblah [town] in the Hamath [region]. There the king of Babylon told [his soldiers what] they should do to punish Zedekiah.
6 バビロンの王はリブラで、ゼデキヤの子たちを彼の目の前で殺した。バビロンの王はまたユダのすべての貴族たちを殺した。
They forced Zedekiah to watch while they killed his sons and all the officials from Judah.
7 王はまたゼデキヤの目をつぶさせ、彼をバビロンに引いて行くために、鎖につないだ。
[Then] they gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes. They fastened him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.
8 またカルデヤびとは王宮と民家を火で焼き、エルサレムの城壁を破壊した。
[Meanwhile, ] the Babylonian army burned the palace and all the other buildings in Jerusalem. And they tore down the city walls.
9 そして侍衛の長ネブザラダンは町のうちに残っている民と、自分に降伏した者、およびその他の残っている民をバビロンに捕え移した。
Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the [king’s] bodyguards, forced to go to Babylon [most of] the other people who remained in the city and the Jews who had joined the soldiers of Babylonia.
10 しかし侍衛の長ネブザラダンは、民の貧しい無産者をユダの地に残し、同時にぶどう畑と田地をこれに与えた。
But he allowed some of the very poor people to remain in Judah, and he gave them vineyards and fields [to take care of].
11 さてバビロンの王ネブカデレザルはエレミヤの事について侍衛の長ネブザラダンに命じて言った、
King Nebuchadnezzar had [previously] told Nebuzaradan to find me. He said,
12 「彼をとり、よく世話をせよ。害を加えることなく、彼があなたに言うようにしてやりなさい」。
“Make sure that no one harms him. Take care of him, and do for him whatever he requests you to do.”
13 そこで侍衛の長ネブザラダン、ラブサリスのネブシャズバン、ラブマグのネルガル・シャレゼル、およびバビロンの王のつかさたちは、
So he and Nebushazban, who was one of their chief officers, and Nergal-Sharezer the king’s advisor, and other officers of the King of Babylon
14 人をつかわして、エレミヤを監視の庭から連れてこさせ、シャパンの子アヒカムの子であるゲダリヤに託して、家につれて行かせた。こうして彼は民のうちにいた。
sent [some men] to bring me out of the courtyard outside of the palace. They took me to Gedaliah who was the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan. Then Gedaliah took me to my home, and I stayed [in Judah] among [my own] people [who had been allowed to remain there].
15 エレミヤが監視の庭に閉じこめられていた時、主の言葉が彼に臨んだ、
While I was [still] being guarded in the palace courtyard, Yahweh gave me this message:
16 「行って、エチオピヤびとエベデメレクに告げなさい、『万軍の主、イスラエルの神はこう言われる、わたしの言った災をわたしはこの町に下す、幸をこれに下すのではない。その日、この事があなたの目の前で成就する。
“Say this to Ebed-Melech, the official from Ethiopia: ‘This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says: “I will do to this city everything that I said that I would do. I will not enable the people to prosper; I will cause them to experience disasters. You will see Jerusalem being destroyed,
17 主は言われる、その日わたしはあなたを救う。あなたは自分の恐れている人々の手に渡されることはない。
but I will rescue you from the people whom you are afraid of.
18 わたしが必ずあなたを救い、つるぎに倒れることのないようにするからである。あなたの命はあなたのぶんどり物となる。あなたがわたしに寄り頼んだからであると主は言われる』」。
You trusted me, so I will save you. You will not be killed by [your enemies’] swords; you will remain alive. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
