Holy Bible Aionian Edition® ~ Japanese---Japanese-Kougo-yaku ~ Job Chapter 23

< ヨブ記 23 >

1 そこでヨブは答えて言った、

Then Job replied again,

2 「きょうもまた、わたしのつぶやきは激しく、彼の手はわたしの嘆きにかかわらず、重い。

“Today I am again complaining bitterly/strongly [to God]; I [continue] groaning, but he [SYN] [continues to] (punish me/cause me to suffer).

3 どうか、彼を尋ねてどこで会えるかを知り、そのみ座に至ることができるように。

I (wish that I knew/want to know) where I could meet/talk with him, so that I could go to the place where he lives.

4 わたしは彼の前にわたしの訴えをならべ、口をきわめて論議するであろう。

If I could do that, I would tell him why [I know that] I am innocent; I would tell [MTY] to him all my (arguments/evidence [to show that I have not done what is evil]).

5 わたしは、わたしに答えられるみ言葉を知り、わたしに言われる所を悟ろう。

Then I would find out what he would reply to me [DOU].

6 彼は大いなる力をもって、わたしと争われるであろうか、いな、かえってわたしを顧みられるであろう。

Would he use his great power to argue with me? No, he would listen to me carefully.

7 かしこでは正しい人は彼と言い争うことができる。そうすれば、わたしはわたしをさばく者から永久に救われるであろう。

I am (an honest/a righteous) man; so I would be able to discuss things with him [fairly], and then he would declare that I am innocent, [and that decision would endure] forever.

8 見よ、わたしが進んでも、彼を見ない。退いても、彼を認めることができない。

“But, I have gone to the east, and he is not there; I have gone to the west, but I have not found him there.

9 左の方に尋ねても、会うことができない。右の方に向かっても、見ることができない。

I have gone north and I have gone south, but I have not seen him anywhere.

10 しかし彼はわたしの歩む道を知っておられる。彼がわたしを試みられるとき、わたしは金のように出て来るであろう。

But he knows how I have conducted my life; and when he has finished testing me, [he] will [see that] I [am] as pure as [SIM] gold [whose impurities have all been burned out].

11 わたしの足は彼の歩みに堅く従った。わたしは彼の道を守って離れなかった。

I [SYN] have faithfully walked on the path that he showed me; I have not stopped [obeying] him.

12 わたしは彼のくちびるの命令にそむかず、その口の言葉をわたしの胸にたくわえた。

I have always obeyed what he [SYN] commanded; I have treasured the words that he has spoken.

13 しかし彼は変ることはない。だれが彼をひるがえすことができようか。彼はその心の欲するところを行われるのだ。

“He never changes. There is no one who can [RHQ] stop him [from doing what he desires]. Whatever he wants to do, he does.

14 彼はわたしのために定めた事をなし遂げられる。そしてこのような事が多く彼の心にある。

And he will finish doing for me the things that he has planned for me; [and I am sure that] he has thought about doing many things for me.

15 それゆえ、わたしは彼の前におののく。わたしは考えるとき、彼を恐れる。

So I am terrified in his presence; when I think [about what he can do], I am very afraid [DOU].

16 神はわたしの心を弱くされた。全能者はわたしを恐れさせられた。

Almighty God has caused me [SYN] to feel terrified [DOU].