民数記 19
1 主はモーセとアロンに言われた、
Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
2 「主の命じられた律法の定めは次のとおりである。すなわち『イスラエルの人々に告げて、完全で、傷がなく、まだくびきを負ったことのない赤い雌牛を、あなたのもとに引いてこさせ、
“I am now giving to you another regulation. Tell the Israeli people to bring to you one reddish-brown cow that has no defects. It must be an animal that (has never been/no one has ever) used for plowing ground.
3 これを祭司エレアザルにわたして、宿営の外にひき出させ、彼の前でこれをほふらせなければならない。
Give it to Eleazar, the priest. He must take it outside the camp and slaughter it [and drain the blood in a basin].
4 そして祭司エレアザルは、指をもってその血を取り、会見の幕屋の表に向かって、その血を七たびふりかけなければならない。
He must dip one of his fingers in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times [on the ground] near the Sacred Tent.
5 ついでその雌牛を自分の目の前で焼かせ、その皮と肉と血とは、その汚物と共に焼かなければならない。
Then, while Eleazar watches, the cow must be burned completely—its hide, its meat, [the rest of] its blood, and even its dung.
6 そして祭司は香柏の木と、ヒソプと、緋の糸とを取って雌牛の燃えているなかに投げ入れなければならない。
Eliezer then must take a stick of cedar wood, a stalk of [a plant named] hyssop, and some scarlet/red yarn, and throw them into the fire where the cow is burning.
7 そして祭司は衣服を洗い、水に身をすすいで後、宿営に、はいることができる。ただし祭司は夕まで汚れる。
“Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe. After doing that, he may return to the camp. But he will be unfit for doing any sacred work until that evening.
8 またその雌牛を焼いた者も水で衣服を洗い、水に身をすすがなければならない。彼も夕まで汚れる。
The man who burns the cow must also wash his clothes and bathe, and he will also be unacceptable to me until that evening.
9 それから身の清い者がひとり、その雌牛の灰を集め、宿営の外の清い所にたくわえておかなければならない。これはイスラエルの人々の会衆のため、汚れを清める水をつくるために備えるものであって、罪を清めるものである。
“Then someone who has not become unacceptable to me must gather up the ashes of the cow and put them in a (sacred place/place that is acceptable to me) outside the camp. The ashes must be kept there for the people of Israel to [use when they] mix it with water for the ritual to remove the guilt of sin.
10 その雌牛の灰を集めた者は衣服を洗わなければならない。その人は夕まで汚れる。これはイスラエルの人々と、そのうちに宿っている他国人との、永久に守るべき定めとしなければならない。
The man who gathers up the ashes of the cow must [also] wash his clothes, and he [also] will be unfit to do any more sacred work until that evening. That is a regulation that will never be changed. It must be obeyed by you Israeli people and by any foreigners who live among you.
11 すべて人の死体に触れる者は、七日のあいだ汚れる。
“All those who touch a corpse will be unacceptable to me for seven days.
12 その人は三日目と七日目とに、この灰の水をもって身を清めなければならない。そうすれば清くなるであろう。しかし、もし三日目と七日目とに、身を清めないならば、清くならないであろう。
On the third day and on the seventh day [after touching a corpse], in order to become acceptable to me again, [they must have sprinkled on them] some of that water for removing the guilt of their sin. If they do not do that on both of those days, they will continue to be unacceptable to me.
13 すべて死人の死体に触れて、身を清めない者は主の幕屋を汚す者で、その人はイスラエルから断たれなければならない。汚れを清める水がその身に注ぎかけられないゆえ、その人は清くならず、その汚れは、なお、その身にあるからである。
All those who touch a corpse, and do not perform in the correct way the ritual to become acceptable to me again, defile Yahweh’s Sacred Tent. They will no longer be permitted to live among the Israeli people. The water to remove the guilt of sin was not sprinkled on them, so they continue to be unacceptable to me.
14 人が天幕の中で死んだ時に用いる律法は次のとおりである。すなわち、すべてその天幕にはいった者、およびすべてその天幕にいた者は七日のあいだ汚れる。
“There is another ritual that must be performed when someone dies inside a tent. All those who were inside that tent when that person died or who enter that tent will be unacceptable to me for seven days.
15 ふたで上をおおわない器はみな汚れる。
Any jars that are inside that tent that are not covered are not permitted to be used.
16 つるぎで殺された者、または死んだ者、または人の骨、または墓などに、野外で触れる者は皆、七日のあいだ汚れる。
If someone who is out in a field touches the corpse of someone who was murdered, or who died from natural causes, or if someone touches a bone from some human or touches a grave, that person will be unacceptable to me for seven days.
17 汚れた者があった時には、罪を清める焼いた雌牛の灰を取って器に入れ、流れの水をこれに加え、
“For someone like that to become acceptable to me again, some of the ashes from [the cow] that was burned must be taken and put in a jar. Then some fresh water must be poured over the ashes.
18 身の清い者がひとりヒソプを取って、その水に浸し、これをその天幕と、すべての器と、そこにいた人々と、骨、あるいは殺された者、あるいは死んだ者、あるいは墓などに触れた者とにふりかけなければならない。
Then someone who is still acceptable to me must take a stalk of [a plant named] hyssop and dip it into the water. Then that person must sprinkle some of the water on the tent where that person died, on the things that are in the tent, and on the people who were in the tent. He must also sprinkle some of that water on any person who touched a human bone or who touched a person who died, or who touched a grave.
19 すなわちその身の清い人は三日目と七日目とにその汚れたものに、それをふりかけなければならない。そして七日目にその人は身を清め、衣服を洗い、水に身をすすがなければならない。そうすれば夕になって清くなるであろう。
On the third day and on the seventh day after that, the person who is acceptable to me must sprinkle some of that water on those who have become unacceptable to me. On the seventh day, the people who are performing that ritual to become acceptable to me again must wash their clothes and bathe. If they do that, on that evening they will become acceptable to me again.
20 しかし、汚れて身を清めない人は主の聖所を汚す者で、その人は会衆のうちから断たれなければならない。汚れを清める水がその身に注ぎかけられないゆえ、その人は汚れているからである。
“If those who have become unacceptable to me do not become acceptable to me again by doing this, they will no longer be permitted to live among the Israeli people, because they have defiled my Sacred Tent. They did not sprinkle on themselves the water that removes the guilt of their sins, so they remain unacceptable to me.
21 これは彼らの永久に守るべき定めとしなければならない。すなわち汚れを清める水をふりかけた者は衣服を洗わなければならない。また汚れを清める水に触れた者も夕まで汚れるであろう。
That is a law for the Israeli people that will never be changed. Those who sprinkle that water on themselves must then wash their clothes. And anyone who touches that water which removes guilt for sins will remain unacceptable to God until that evening.
22 すべて汚れた人の触れる物は汚れる。またそれに触れる人も夕まで汚れるであろう』」。
“If someone touches a thing or a person that has become unacceptable to me, that person will remain unacceptable to me until that evening.”
