ヨブ 記 5
1 試みに呼んでみよ、だれかあなたに答える者があるか。どの聖者にあなたは頼もうとするのか。
“Job, [it is okay that you] continue to cry out for someone to help you, but [I am certain that] [RHQ] no angel will come to help you!
2 確かに、憤りは愚かな者を殺し、ねたみはあさはかな者を死なせる。
Foolish people die because of being (resentful/very angry at someone); people who are easily deceived are destroyed by their being jealous [of others].
3 わたしは愚かな者の根を張るのを見た、しかしわたしは、にわかにそのすみかをのろった。
I have seen foolish people who seemed to be successful/prosperous, but suddenly [they experienced disaster/trouble because] someone cursed their home.
4 その子らは安きを得ず、町の門でしえたげられても、これを救う者がない。
Their sons are never safe; they (lose their case/are condemned) when someone (takes them to court/sues them), because there is no one to defend them.
5 その収穫は飢えた人が食べ、いばらの中からさえ、これを奪う。また、かわいた者はその財産をあえぎ求める。
Hungry people [steal] the crops that foolish people harvest, [and] eat [those crops]; they even steal the crops that grow among thorns, and greedy people take away the wealth of foolish people.
6 苦しみは、ちりから起るものでなく、悩みは土から生じるものでない。
But evil circumstances/sufferings are not produced by the soil; troubles do not grow up from the ground.
7 人が生れて悩みを受けるのは、火の子が上に飛ぶにひとしい。
People have troubles from the time that they are born just as surely as sparks shoot up [from a fire].
8 しかし、わたしであるならば、神に求め、神に、わたしの事をまかせる。
[“If I were suffering like you are, ] I would ask God [for help] and tell him (what I am complaining about/about my suffering).
9 彼は大いなる事をされるかたで、測り知れない、その不思議なみわざは数えがたい。
He does great things, things that we cannot understand; we cannot even count the marvelous things that he does.
10 彼は地に雨を降らせ、野に水を送られる。
He sends rain on the ground; he sends water on our fields.
11 彼は低い者を高くあげ、悲しむ者を引き上げて、安全にされる。
He exalts those who are humble, and causes those who mourn to be joyful (OR, safe, prosperous).
12 彼は悪賢い者の計りごとを敗られる。それで何事もその手になし遂げることはできない。
He causes crafty/cunning people to not be able to do what they plan to do, with the result that they achieve nothing.
13 彼は賢い者を、彼ら自身の悪巧みによって捕え、曲った者の計りごとをくつがえされる。
He causes people who [think that they] [IRO] are wise to be trapped by the cunning things they try to do, with the result that they do not succeed.
14 彼らは昼も、やみに会い、真昼にも、夜のように手探りする。
[It is as though] even in the daytime they are covered by darkness, and grope around [trying to find the road] at noontime like people do at night.
15 彼は貧しい者を彼らの口のつるぎから救い、また強い者の手から救われる。
But God saves helpless people from being harmed by what [wicked people] say [MTY], he saves needy people from being injured by [MTY] powerful people.
16 それゆえ乏しい者に望みがあり、不義はその口を閉じる。
So, poor people confidently expect [that good things will happen to them] but God causes wicked [people] to stop talking.
17 見よ、神に戒められる人はさいわいだ。それゆえ全能者の懲しめを軽んじてはならない。
“But those whom God corrects/rebukes are happy; so do not despise/dislike it when [God] who is all-powerful disciplines you.
18 彼は傷つけ、また包み、撃ち、またその手をもっていやされる。
He wounds people, but then he puts bandages on those wounds; he hurts people, but he [SYN] also heals them.
19 彼はあなたを六つの悩みから救い、七つのうちでも、災はあなたに触れることがない。
He will rescue you many times from your troubles, with the result that nothing evil will happen to you.
20 ききんの時には、あなたをあがなって、死を免れさせ、いくさの時には、つるぎの力を免れさせられる。
When there is a famine, he will not allow you to die, and when there is a war, you will not be killed [MTY].
21 あなたは舌をもってむち打たれる時にも、おおい隠され、滅びが来る時でも、恐れることはない。
God will protect you when people slander [MTY] you; you will not be afraid when many things [around you] are destroyed.
22 あなたは滅びと、ききんとを笑い、地の獣をも恐れることはない。
You will [be able to] laugh/scoff when things are destroyed and when there is famine, and you will not be afraid of wild animals.
23 あなたは野の石と契約を結び、野の獣はあなたと和らぐからである。
You will not worry about [having big] rocks in your fields [that will make plowing difficult], and you will not worry about [being attacked by] wild animals there.
24 あなたは自分の天幕の安全なことを知り、自分の家畜のおりを見回っても、欠けた物がなく、
In your tent, you will know that things will go well for you, and when you look at your livestock, you will see that (they are all there/none of them is missing).
25 また、あなたの子孫の多くなり、そのすえが地の草のようになるのを知るであろう。
You will be sure that you will have many descendants, who will be as numerous as blades of grass.
26 あなたは高齢に達して墓に入る、あたかも麦束をその季節になって打ち場に運びあげるようになるであろう。
You will become very old before you die, like sheaves of grain continue to grow until it is time to harvest them.
27 見よ、われわれの尋ねきわめた所はこのとおりだ。あなたはこれを聞いて、みずから知るがよい」。
[“My friends and I] have thought carefully about these things, and [we know that] they are true, so pay attention to what I have said!”
