ヨシュア記 10
1 エルサレムの王アドニゼデクは、ヨシュアがアイを攻め取って、それを全く滅ぼし、さきにエリコとその王とにしたように、アイとその王にもしたこと、またギベオンの住民が、イスラエルと和を講じて、そのうちにおることを聞き、
Later, Adonizedek, the king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua’s army had captured Ai [town] and had destroyed everything in the town. He heard that they had done to the people of Ai and to their king the same thing that they had done to the people of Jericho and their king. He also heard that the people of Gibeon [city] had made a peace treaty with the Israeli people, and that the people of Gibeon were now living near the Israelis and being protected by them.
2 大いに恐れた。それは、ギベオンが大きな町であって、王の都にもひとしいものであり、またアイより大きくて、そのうちの人々が、すべて強かったからである。
Because of that, he and the people whom he ruled became very afraid, because Gibeon was an important city, like the other cities that had kings. And [even though] Gibeon was a larger city than Ai and all its soldiers were good fighters, [they thought Joshua’s army might defeat them].
3 それでエルサレムの王アドニゼデクは、ヘブロンの王ホハム、ヤルムテの王ピラム、ラキシの王ヤピア、およびエグロンの王デビルに人をつかわして言った、
So King Adonizedek sent a message to Hosham the king of Hebron [city], to Piram the king of Jarmuth [city], to Jarmuth the king of Lachish [city], and to Debir the king of Eglon [city].
4 「わたしの所に上ってきて、わたしを助けてください。われわれはギベオンを撃ちましょう。ギベオンはヨシュアおよびイスラエルの人々と和を講じたからです」。
In the message he said, “Please come up with your armies and help me to attack Gibeon, because the people of Gibeon have made a peace treaty with Joshua and the Israelis.”
5 アモリびとの五人の王、すなわちエルサレムの王、ヘブロンの王、ヤルムテの王、ラキシの王、およびエグロンの王は兵を集め、そのすべての軍勢を率いて上ってきて、ギベオンに向かって陣を取り、それを攻めて戦った。
So those five kings who ruled all the groups who were descendants of Amor—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Debir—came up with all of their soldiers and surrounded the city. Then they prepared to attack it.
6 ギベオンの人々は、ギルガルの陣営に人をつかわし、ヨシュアに言った、「あなたの手を引かないで、しもべどもを助けてください。早く、われわれの所に上ってきて、われわれを救い、助けてください。山地に住むアモリびとの王たちがみな集まって、われわれを攻めるからです」。
So the people of Gibeon sent a message to Joshua while he was in the camp at Gilgal. They said, “We are your servants. So do not forsake us. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, because the kings of all of the groups descended from Amor and their armies have joined their forces and have come from the hilly area to attack us!”
7 そこでヨシュアはすべてのいくさびとと、すべての大勇士を率いて、ギルガルから上って行った。
So Joshua and all his army, including the soldiers who were his best fighting men, marched up from Gilgal.
8 その時、主はヨシュアに言われた、「彼らを恐れてはならない。わたしが彼らをあなたの手にわたしたからである。彼らのうちには、あなたに当ることのできるものは、ひとりもないであろう」。
Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of those armies! I will enable your army to defeat them [IDM]. None of them will be able to (resist/fight and defeat) your army.”
9 ヨシュアは、ギルガルから、よもすがら進みのぼって、にわかに彼らに攻めよせたところ、
Joshua’s army marched all night and arrived very early in the morning.
10 主は彼らを、イスラエルの前に、恐れあわてさせられたので、イスラエルはギベオンで彼らをおびただしく撃ち殺し、ベテホロンの上り坂をとおって逃げる彼らを、アゼカとマッケダまで追撃した。
They attacked their enemies before anyone knew that they had come. Yahweh caused their enemies to (become very confused/start running in all directions) when they saw the Israeli army. As a result, the Israeli army defeated them very severely at Gibeon [and killed many of them]. The rest of them fled along the road that goes up to Beth-Horon. But the Israeli army pursued them and killed them all along the road that goes to Azekah and Makkedah towns.
11 彼らがイスラエルの前から逃げ走って、ベテホロンの下り坂をおりていた時、主は天から彼らの上に大石を降らし、アゼカにいたるまでもそうされたので、多くの人々が死んだ。イスラエルの人々がつるぎをもって殺したものよりも、雹に打たれて死んだもののほうが多かった。
As they fled in front of the Israeli army, Yahweh threw down huge hailstones from the sky. As a result, more of them died from hailstones falling on them than died as a result of the Israeli army killing them with swords.
12 主がアモリびとをイスラエルの人々にわたされた日に、ヨシュアはイスラエルの人々の前で主にむかって言った、「日よ、ギベオンの上にとどまれ、月よ、アヤロンの谷にやすらえ」。
On the day that Yahweh enabled the Israeli army to defeat the groups who were descendants of Amor, Joshua said to Yahweh while the Israeli people were listening, “Yahweh, cause the sun to stand still over Gibeon, and cause the moon to not move when it is over Aijalon Valley.”
13 民がその敵を撃ち破るまで、日はとどまり、月は動かなかった。これはヤシャルの書にしるされているではないか。日が天の中空にとどまって、急いで没しなかったこと、おおよそ一日であった。
And that is what happened. The sun stood still, and the moon did not move, until the Israeli army defeated their enemies. That is what has been written in the book that Jashar wrote. The sun stopped while it was in the middle of the sky, and did not (set/go down) for about a whole day.
14 これより先にも、あとにも、主がこのように人の言葉を聞きいれられた日は一日もなかった。主がイスラエルのために戦われたからである。
On that day Yahweh did a great miracle that someone asked him to do. There was never a day like that previously, and there has never been a day like that since. Yahweh was certainly fighting for the Israeli people!
15 こうしてヨシュアはイスラエルのすべての人と共にギルガルの陣営に帰った。
After Joshua’s army defeated their enemies, they all returned to their camp at Gilgal.
16 かの五人の王たちは逃げて行って、マッケダのほら穴に隠れたが、
While the enemy soldiers were fleeing from Joshua’s army, their five kings also fled and hid in a cave at Makkedah [town].
17 五人の王たちがマッケダのほら穴にかくれているのが見つかったと、ヨシュアに告げる者があったので、
Then someone told Joshua, “We found those five kings, hiding in a cave at Makkedah!”
18 ヨシュアは言った、「ほら穴の口に大石をころがし、そのそばに人を置いて、守らせなさい。
When Joshua heard that, he said, “Roll some very large rocks to the entrance of the cave so that the kings cannot escape, and leave some soldiers there to guard it.
19 ただし、あなたがたは、そこにとどまらないで、敵のあとを追い、そのしんがりを撃ち、彼らをその町にはいらせてはならない。あなたがたの神、主が彼らをあなたがたの手に渡されたからである」。
But do not stay there! Pursue our enemies! Attack them from behind! Do not allow them to escape to their cities, because Yahweh, our God, will enable you to defeat/kill them. [IDM]”
20 ヨシュアとイスラエルの人々は、大いに彼らを撃ち殺し、ついに彼らを滅ぼしつくしたが、彼らのうちのがれて生き残った者どもは、堅固な町々に逃げこんだので、
So Joshua’s army did what he told them to do. They killed almost all of the enemy soldiers, but a few of them were able to reach their cities and be safe inside the walls of the cities.
21 民はみな安らかにマッケダの陣営のヨシュアのもとに帰ってきたが、イスラエルの人々にむかって舌を鳴らす者はひとりもなかった。
Then Joshua’s army returned to Joshua, who was still in their camp at Makkedah. No one in the land dared to criticize [MTY] the Israelis.
22 その時ヨシュアは言った、「ほら穴の口を開いて、ほら穴から、かの五人の王たちを、わたしのもとにひき出しなさい」。
Then Joshua said, “Open the entrance of the cave, and bring out to me those five kings!”
23 やがて、そのようにして、かの五人の王たち、すなわち、エルサレムの王、ヘブロンの王、ヤルムテの王、ラキシの王、およびエグロンの王を、ほら穴から彼のもとにひき出した。
So the soldiers brought those five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
24 この王たちをヨシュアのもとにひき出した時、ヨシュアはイスラエルのすべての人々を呼び寄せ、自分と共に行ったいくさびとの長たちに言った、「近寄って、この王たちのくびに足をかけなさい」。そこで近寄って、その王たちのくびに足をかけたので、
When they brought those kings to Joshua [and forced them to lie on the ground], he summoned all the Israeli soldiers, and then he said to the army commanders, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings!” So the commanders did that.
25 ヨシュアは彼らに言った、「恐れおののいてはならない。強くまた雄々しくあれ。あなたがたが攻めて戦うすべての敵には、主がこのようにされるのである」。
Then Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid of any of our enemies! Never be discouraged! Be strong and courageous. This is what Yahweh will do to all the enemies you will fight!”
26 そして後ヨシュアは彼らを撃って死なせ、五本の木にかけて、夕暮れまで木の上にさらして置いたが、
Then Joshua killed each of the five kings with his sword, and told his soldiers to hang the bodies of the five kings on trees. So they did that, and they left the bodies hanging on the trees until sunset.
27 日の入るころになって、ヨシュアが命じたので、これを木からおろし、彼らが隠れていたほら穴に投げ入れ、ほら穴の口に大石を置いた。これは今日まで残っている。
At sunset, Joshua told them to take the bodies down from the trees and throw them into the cave where they had been hiding. So the soldiers did that, and then they put those large rocks at the entrance of the cave again. Those rocks are still there.
28 その日ヨシュアはマッケダを取り、つるぎをもって、それと、その王とを撃ち、その中のすべての人を、ことごとく滅ぼして、ひとりも残さず、エリコの王にしたように、マッケダの王にもした。
That is how Joshua’s army attacked and captured Makkedah. They killed the king and everyone else in the town. They did not leave anyone alive. They did to the king of Makkedah the same thing that they had done to the king of Jericho.
29 こうしてヨシュアはイスラエルのすべての人を率いて、マッケダからリブナに進み、リブナを攻めて戦った。
That same day, Joshua and his Israeli army went [southwest] from Makkedah to Libnah [city] and attacked it.
30 主が、それと、その王をも、イスラエルの手に渡されたので、つるぎをもって、それと、その中のすべての人を撃ち滅ぼして、ひとりもその中に残さず、エリコの王にしたように、その王にもした。
Yahweh enabled the Israelis to conquer [MTY] that city and its king. They killed everyone in the city; they did not (spare anyone/allow anyone to remain alive). They killed the king of Libnah just like they had killed the king of Jericho.
31 ヨシュアはまたイスラエルのすべての人を率いて、リブナからラキシに進み、これに向かって陣をしき、攻め戦った。
Then Joshua and his army went [south] from Libnah to Lachish [city]. They surrounded the city and attacked it.
32 主がラキシをイスラエルの手に渡されたので、ふつか目にこれを取り、つるぎをもって、それと、その中のすべての人を撃ち滅ぼした。すべてリブナにしたとおりであった。
On the second day of the battle, Yahweh enabled the Israelis to conquer [MTY] the city. And like they had done at Libnah, they killed everyone [DOU] in the city.
33 その時、ゲゼルの王ホラムが、ラキシを助けるために上ってきたので、ヨシュアは彼と、その民とを撃ち滅ぼして、ついにひとりも残さなかった。
King Horam from Gezer [city and his army] came to help [the soldiers of] Lachish, but Joshua’s [army] defeated Horam and his army, and did not allow any of them to remain alive.
34 ヨシュアはまたイスラエルのすべての人を率いて、ラキシからエグロンに進み、これに向かって陣をしき、攻め戦った。
Then Joshua and his army went [west] from Lachish to Eglon [city]. They surrounded the city and attacked it.
35 その日これを取り、つるぎをもって、これを撃ち、その中のすべての人を、ことごとくその日に滅ぼした。すべてラキシにしたとおりであった。
On that day, they captured the city and killed [MTY] everyone in it [DOU], just like they had done at Lachish.
36 ヨシュアはまたイスラエルのすべての人を率いて、エグロンからヘブロンに進み上り、これを攻めて戦い、
Then Joshua and his army went [west from Eglon] up [into the hills] to Hebron [city]. They attacked the city
37 それを取って、それと、その王、およびそのすべての町々と、その中のすべての人を、つるぎをもって撃ち滅ぼし、ひとりも残さなかった。すべてエグロンにしたとおりであった。すなわち、それとその中のすべての人を、ことごとく滅ぼした。
and captured it. They killed the king and everyone else, just like they had done at Eglon. They did not allow anyone to remain alive.
38 またヨシュアはイスラエルのすべての人を率いて、デビルへひきかえし、これを攻めて戦い、
Then Joshua and his army turned [south] and went to Debir [city] and attacked it.
39 それと、その王、およびそのすべての町々を取り、つるぎをもってそれを撃ち、その中のすべての人を、ことごとく滅ぼし、ひとりも残さなかった。彼がデビルと、その王にしたことは、ヘブロンにしたとおりであり、またリブナと、その王にしたとおりであった。
They captured the city and its king, and also captured the nearby towns. Then they killed everyone [DOU]; they did to the people there the same thing that they had done at Hebron and Libnah.
40 こうしてヨシュアはその地の全部、すなわち、山地、ネゲブ、平地、および山腹の地と、そのすべての王たちを撃ち滅ぼして、ひとりも残さず、すべて息のあるものは、ことごとく滅ぼした。イスラエルの神、主が命じられたとおりであった。
That is how Joshua [and his army] conquered the entire southern part of Canaan. They defeated the kings [who ruled] the hilly area, the dry southern area, the [western] foothills, and the [eastern] slopes. They killed everyone [DOU] in those areas; they did not allow anyone to remain alive.
41 ヨシュアはカデシ・バルネアからガザまでの国々、およびゴセンの全地を撃ち滅ぼして、ギベオンにまで及んだ。
Joshua’s soldiers captured all the cities from Kadesh-Barnea [city] in the far south to Gaza [city] near the coast, including all the Goshen area, and north to Gibeon [city].
42 イスラエルの神、主がイスラエルのために戦われたので、ヨシュアはこれらすべての王たちと、その地をいちどきに取った。
At that one time, Joshua’s army conquered all the kings and captured all the territory that they [ruled]. They were able to do that because Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people [worship], was fighting for them.
43 そしてヨシュアはイスラエルのすべての人を率いて、ギルガルの陣営に帰った。
Then Joshua and his army returned to their camp at Gilgal.
