ミカ書 4
1 末の日になって、主の家の山はもろもろの山のかしらとして堅く立てられ、もろもろの峰よりも高くあげられ、もろもろの民はこれに流れくる。
Yahweh [says that] some day his temple will be on top of a mountain, and that mountain will be the most important [MET] one on the earth; it will be [as though it is] higher than all the hills, and huge groups of people from all over the world will come there [to worship].
2 多くの国民は来て言う、「さあ、われわれは主の山に登り、ヤコブの神の家に行こう。彼はその道をわれわれに教え、われわれはその道に歩もう」と。律法はシオンから出、主の言葉はエルサレムから出るからである。
[People from] many nations will say [to each other], “Let’s go to the mountain where Yahweh is, to the temple where we can worship the God whom Jacob [worshiped]. There God will teach us how he wants us to conduct our lives, and we will do what he wants us to do.” Zion [Hill] is the place where he will teach [people]; and [people will go] out from Jerusalem [to tell others] his messages.
3 彼は多くの民の間をさばき、遠い所まで強い国々のために仲裁される。そこで彼らはつるぎを打ちかえて、すきとし、そのやりを打ちかえて、かまとし、国は国にむかってつるぎをあげず、再び戦いのことを学ばない。
Yahweh will settle disputes between many people, and he will [also] settle disputes between powerful nations that are far away. Then people will hammer their swords to cause them to become plow blades, and [hammer] their spears to cause them to become pruning knives. [Armies of] nations will no [longer] fight against [armies of other] nations, and they will no longer train [men how to fight] in wars.
4 彼らは皆そのぶどうの木の下に座し、そのいちじくの木の下にいる。彼らを恐れさせる者はない。これは万軍の主がその口で語られたことである。
Everyone will sit [peacefully] under his own grapevines, and under his own fig trees; no one will cause them to be afraid. [That is what will surely happen] because the Commander of the armies of angels has said it.
5 すべての民はおのおのその神の名によって歩む。しかしわれわれはわれわれの神、主の名によって、とこしえに歩む。
Many [HYP] [of the people of other] nations will worship [IDM] their own gods, but we will worship Yahweh our God always, forever.
6 主は言われる、その日には、わたしはかの足のなえた者を集め、またかの追いやられた者およびわたしが苦しめた者を集め、
Yahweh says, “There will soon be a time when I will gather the people whom I have punished, who have been (exiled/forced to go to other countries), all those whom [I have caused to] suffer much.
7 その足のなえた者を残れる民とし、遠く追いやられた者を強い国民とする。主はシオンの山で、今よりとこしえに彼らを治められる。
My people who did not die while they were exiled will become a strong nation [again]. Then [I], Yahweh, will be their king, and I will rule from Jerusalem forever.
8 羊の群れのやぐら、シオンの娘の山よ、以前の主権はあなたに帰ってくる。すなわちエルサレムの娘の国はあなたに帰ってくる。
As for you people of Jerusalem [MET], you who [guard all of my people] like [MET] [a shepherd guards his sheep] from a tower, you [who live on] Zion [Hill], will have great power again. You people who live in Jerusalem will again rule like you did previously.
9 今あなたは何ゆえわめき叫ぶのか、あなたのうちに王がないのか。あなたの相談相手は絶えはて、産婦のように激しい痛みがあなたを捕えたのか。
[So] why [RHQ] are you wailing now? Is it because you have no king? Have all your wise people died? You are groaning loudly like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby.
10 シオンの娘よ、産婦のように苦しんでうめけ。あなたは今、町を出て野にやどり、バビロンに行かなければならない。その所であなたは救われる。主はその所であなたを敵の手からあがなわれる。
[Well], you people of Jerusalem should writhe and groan like [SIM] a woman who is having birth pains, because now you must leave this city, and [while you are traveling], you will set up tents in open fields [at night]; you will go to [live in] Babylon. [But while you are] there, [I], Yahweh, will rescue you; I will free you from the power/control [MTY] of your enemies.
11 いま多くの国民はあなたに逆らい、集まって言う、「どうかシオンが汚されるように、われわれの目がシオンを見てあざ笑うように」と。
Now [the armies of] many nations have gathered to attack you. They are saying, ‘Jerusalem must be destroyed! We want to see this city [when it becomes ruins]!’
12 しかし彼らは主の思いを知らず、またその計画を悟らない。すなわち主が麦束を打ち場に集めるように、彼らを集められることを悟らない。
But they do not know what [I], Yahweh, think, and they do not understand what I plan: I will gather them [and punish them] like [SIM] [farmers] thresh grain on the ground.
13 シオンの娘よ、立って打ちこなせ。わたしはあなたの角を鉄となし、あなたのひずめを青銅としよう。あなたは多くの民を打ち砕き、彼らのぶんどり物を主にささげ、彼らの富を全地の主にささげる。
So, you people of Jerusalem, rise up and punish [MET] [the nations who oppose you]. I will cause you [to be very strong], [as if] [MET] you had horns made of iron, [as if] [MET] you had hoofs made of bronze; and you will crush many nations. And [then you will take] from your enemies the valuable things that they have taken [from other countries], and you will dedicate those things to [me, the one who is] the Lord of all [the people on] the earth.”
