エレミヤ書 41
1 七月のころ、王家のもので、エリシャマの子ネタニヤの子であり、また王の高官のひとりであるイシマエルは、王の十人のつかさたちと共にミヅパにいたアヒカムの子ゲダリヤのもとにきて、ミヅパで食を共にしたが、
But it happened that in the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama, from the royal family, and some officers of the king, came—ten men were with him—to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. They ate food together there in Mizpah.
2 ネタニヤの子イシマエルおよび共にいた十人の者は立ち上がって、バビロンの王がこの地の総督としたシャパンの子アヒカムの子であるゲダリヤを刀で殺し、
But Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him rose up and attacked Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, with the sword. Ishmael killed Gedaliah, whom the king of Babylon had put in charge of the land.
3 イシマエルはまたミヅパでゲダリヤと共にいたすべてのユダヤ人と、たまたまそこにいたカルデヤびとの兵士たちを殺した。
Then Ishmael killed all the Judeans who were with Gedaliah in Mizpah and the Chaldean fighting men found there.
4 ゲダリヤが殺された次の日、まだだれもその事を知らないうちに、
Then it was the second day after the killing of Gedaliah, but no one knew.
5 八十人の人々がそのひげをそり、衣服をさき、身に傷をつけ、手には素祭のささげ物と香を携え、シケム、シロ、サマリヤからきて、主の宮にささげようとした。
Some men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria—eighty men who had shaved their beard, torn their clothes, and cut themselves—with food offerings and frankincense in their hands to go to Yahweh's house.
6 ネタニヤの子イシマエルはミヅパから泣きながら出てきて彼らを迎え、彼らに会って、「アヒカムの子ゲダリヤのもとにおいでなさい」と言った。
So Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them as they went, walking and weeping. Then it happened that as he encountered them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam!”
7 そして彼らが町の中にはいったとき、ネタニヤの子イシマエルは自分と一緒にいた人々と共に彼らを殺して、その死体を穴に投げ入れた。
It came about that when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah slaughtered them and threw them into a pit, he and the men who were with him.
8 しかしそのうちの十人はイシマエルに向かい、「わたしたちは畑に小麦、大麦、油、および蜜を隠しています、わたしたちを殺さないでください」と言ったので、彼らをその仲間と共に殺さないでしまった。
But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for there are provisions of ours in a field: Wheat and barley, oil and honey.” So he did not kill them with their other companions.
9 イシマエルが自分の殺した人々の死体を投げ入れた穴は、アサ王がイスラエルの王バアシャを恐れて掘った穴であった。ネタニヤの子イシマエルは殺した人々をこれに満たした。
The cistern where Ishmael threw all the dead bodies that he had killed, was a large cistern that King Asa dug to make a defense against King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it in with the dead.
10 次いでイシマエルはミヅパに残っているすべての民、すなわち王の娘たちと侍衛の長ネブザラダンがアヒカムの子ゲダリヤに託したミヅパに残っているすべての民とを捕虜とした。ネタニヤの子イシマエルは彼らを捕虜とし、アンモンびとのもとに渡り行こうとして立ち去った。
Next Ishmael captured all the other people who were in Mizpah, the king's daughters and all the people who were left in Mizpah whom Nebuzaradan the chief guard had assigned to Gedaliah son of Ahikam. So Ishmael son of Nethaniah captured them and went to cross over to the people of Ammon.
11 カレヤの子ヨハナンおよび彼と共にいる軍勢の長たちはネタニヤの子イシマエルの行った悪事をみな聞き、
But Johanan son of Kareah and all the army commanders with him heard of all the harm that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had done.
12 その兵士たちを率いて、ネタニヤの子イシマエルと戦うために出て行き、ギベオンの大池のほとりで彼に会った。
So they took all their men and went to fight against Ishmael son of Nethaniah. They found him at the great pool of Gibeon.
13 イシマエルと共にいる人々は、カレヤの子ヨハナンおよび彼と共にいる軍勢の長たちを見て喜んだ。
Then it happened that when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the army commanders who were with him, they were very happy.
14 そしてイシマエルがミヅパから捕虜にしてきた人々は身をめぐらしてカレヤの子ヨハナンのもとへ行った。
So all the people whom Ishmael had captured at Mizpah turned around and went to Johanan son of Kareah.
15 ネタニヤの子イシマエルは八人の者と共にヨハナンを避けて逃げ、アンモンびとの所へ行った。
But Ishmael son of Nethaniah fled with eight men from Johanan. He went to the people of Ammon.
16 そこでカレヤの子ヨハナンおよび彼と共にいる軍勢の長たちはネタニヤの子イシマエルがアヒカムの子ゲダリヤを殺して、ミヅパから捕虜として連れてきた、あの残っていた民、すなわち兵士や女、子供、宦官をギベオンから連れ帰ったが、
Johanan son of Kareah and all the army commanders with him took from Mizpah all the people who had been rescued from Ishmael son of Nethaniah. This was after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Johanan and his companions took the strong men, the fighting men, the women and children, and the eunuchs who had been rescued at Gibeon.
17 彼らはエジプトへ行こうとしてベツレヘムの近くにあるゲルテ・キムハムへ行って、そこにとどまった。
Then they went and stayed for a while in Geruth Kimham, which is near Bethlehem. They were going to go to Egypt
18 これは、ネタニヤの子イシマエルが、バビロンの王によってこの地の総督に任じられたアヒカムの子ゲダリヤを殺したことにより、カルデヤびとを恐れたからである。
because of the Chaldeans. They were afraid of them since Ishmael son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had put in charge of the land.
