< 民数記 5 >
2 「イスラエルの人々に命じて、らい病人、流出のある者、死体にふれて汚れた者を、ことごとく宿営の外に出させなさい。
“Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘You must send away from your (camp/area where you have your tents) any man or woman who has leprosy and anyone who has a discharge [of some fluid from his body], and anyone who has become unacceptable to God because of [having touched] a corpse.
3 男でも女でも、あなたがたは彼らを宿営の外に出してそこにおらせ、彼らに宿営を汚させてはならない。わたしがその中に住んでいるからである」。
Send them away from there in order that they will not [touch people in the camp area] where I live among you and cause them to become unacceptable to me.’”
4 イスラエルの人々はそのようにして、彼らを宿営の外に出した。すなわち、主がモーセに言われたようにイスラエルの人々は行った。
So [Moses/I told that to the Israeli people, and] the Israeli people obeyed what Yahweh commanded Moses/me.
Yahweh also told Moses/me,
6 「イスラエルの人々に告げなさい、『男または女が、もし人の犯す罪をおかして、主に罪を得、その人がとがある者となる時は、
“Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If someone (commits a crime against/does something wrong to) another person, [I consider that] that person has done wrong to me.
7 その犯した罪を告白し、その物の価にその五分の一を加えて、彼がとがを犯した相手方に渡し、そのとがをことごとく償わなければならない。
That person must confess that he or she is guilty, and he or she must pay to the person to whom wrong was done [what others consider to be a suitable/proper payment] for what he has done, and he must pay an extra 20 percent.
8 しかし、もし、そのとがの償いを受け取るべき親族も、その人にない時は、主にそのとがの償いをして、これを祭司に帰せしめなければならない。なお、このほか、そのあがないをするために用いた贖罪の雄羊も、祭司に帰せしめなければならない。
If the person against whom the wrong was done [has died and] there is no relative to whom the money can be paid, then the money belongs to me, and it must be paid to the priest. In addition, the one who did the wrong must give a male sheep to the priest [to sacrifice] in order that (that person’s sin may be forgiven/I can forgive that person for his sin).
9 イスラエルの人々が、祭司のもとに携えて来るすべての聖なるささげ物は、みな祭司に帰せしめなければならない。
All the sacred offerings that the Israelis bring to the priest belong to the priest.
10 すべて人の聖なるささげ物は祭司に帰し、すべて人が祭司に与える物は祭司に帰するであろう』」。
The priest can keep those gifts.’”
Yahweh also said this to Moses/me:
12 「イスラエルの人々に告げなさい、『もし人の妻たる者が、道ならぬ事をして、その夫に罪を犯し、
“Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘Suppose a man thinks that his wife has slept with another man,
13 人が彼女と寝たのに、その事が夫の目に隠れて現れず、彼女はその身を汚したけれども、それに対する証人もなく、彼女もまたその時に捕えられなかった場合、
but neither he nor anyone else knows if it is true or not, because no one saw her doing that.
14 すなわち、妻が身を汚したために、夫が疑いの心を起して妻を疑うことがあり、または妻が身を汚した事がないのに、夫が疑いの心を起して妻を疑うことがあれば、
But if the woman’s husband is jealous, and if he suspects that she has committed adultery, and he wants to know whether that is true or not,
15 夫は妻を祭司のもとに伴い、彼女のために大麦の粉一エパの十分の一を供え物として携えてこなければならない。ただし、その上に油を注いではならない。また乳香を加えてはならない。これは疑いの供え物、覚えの供え物であって罪を覚えさせるものだからである。
he should take his wife to the priest. He must take along as an offering two quarts/liters of barley flour. The priest must not pour [olive] oil or incense on it, because this is an offering that the man has brought because he (is jealous/wants his wife to sleep only with him). It is an offering to find out if she is guilty or not. [Neither olive oil nor incense should be used because are associated with joy and this is not a time for joy.]
16 祭司はその女を近く進ませ、主の前に立たせなければならない。
The priest must tell the woman to stand [in front of the altar] in my presence.
17 祭司はまた土の器に聖なる水を入れ、幕屋のゆかのちりを取ってその水に入れ、
He must put some sacred water in a clay jar, and then he must put some dirt from the floor of the Sacred Tent into the water.
18 その女を主の前に立たせ、女にその髪の毛をほどかせ、覚えの供え物すなわち、疑いの供え物を、その手に持たせなければならない。そして祭司は、のろいの苦い水を手に取り、
He must untie/unfasten the woman’s hair. Then he must put in her hands the grain that her jealous husband is offering to determine whether she has committed adultery or not. The priest must hold [the bowl that contains] bitter water that will cause (the woman to be cursed/bad things to happen to the woman) [if she is guilty].
19 女に誓わせて、これに言わなければならない、「もし人があなたと寝たことがなく、またあなたが、夫のもとにあって、道ならぬ事をして汚れたことがなければ、のろいの苦い水も、あなたに害を与えないであろう。
The priest must require her to solemnly declare [that she will tell the truth]. Then he must say to her, “Has another man had sex [EUP] with you? Have you faithfully [slept only with your husband] or not? If you have not slept with another man, nothing bad will happen to you if you drink the water.
20 しかし、あなたが、もし夫のもとにあって、道ならぬことをして身を汚し、あなたの夫でない人が、あなたと寝たことがあるならば、
But if you have had sex with another man, [Yahweh will curse you].
21 祭司はその女に、のろいの誓いをもって誓わせ、その女に言わなければならない。主はあなたのももをやせさせ、あなたの腹をふくれさせて、あなたを民のうちの、のろいとし、また、ののしりとされるように。
Your womb will shrivel up and your stomach will swell up. You will never be able to give birth to children, and as a result, everyone will curse you and avoid you. If you have committed adultery, [when you drink] this water, that is what will happen to you.” Then the woman must answer, “[If I am guilty], I will not object if that happens.”
22 また、のろいの水が、あなたの腹にはいってあなたの腹をふくれさせ、あなたのももをやせさせるように」。その時、女は「アァメン、アァメン」と言わなければならない。
23 祭司は、こののろいを書き物に書きしるし、それを苦い水に洗い落し、
‘Then the priest must write [with ink] on a small scroll these (curses/bad things that will happen to her if she is guilty) [and then wash the ink off into the bitter water].
24 女にそののろいの水を飲ませなければならない。そののろいの水は彼女のうちにはいって苦くなるであろう。
The priest must take from her the offering of barley flour [that she is holding], and lift it up to dedicate it to me. Then he must put it on the altar
25 そして祭司はその女の手から疑いの供え物を取り、その供え物を主の前に揺り動かして、それを祭壇に持ってこなければならない。
26 祭司はその供え物のうちから、覚えの分、一握りを取って、それを祭壇で焼き、その後、女にその水を飲ませなければならない。
and burn part of it as a sacrifice. Then the woman must drink the bitter water.
27 その水を女に飲ませる時、もしその女が身を汚し、夫に罪を犯した事があれば、そののろいの水は女のうちにはいって苦くなり、その腹はふくれ、ももはやせて、その女は民のうちののろいとなるであろう。
If the woman has committed adultery, the water will cause her to suffer greatly. Her stomach will swell up and her womb will shrink, [and she will be unable to give birth to children]. And then her (relatives/fellow Israelis) will curse her.
28 しかし、もし女が身を汚した事がなく、清いならば、害を受けないで、子を産むことができるであろう。
But if she (is innocent/has not committed adultery), her body will not be harmed, and she will still be able to give birth to children.
29 これは疑いのある時のおきてである。妻たる者が夫のもとにあって、道ならぬ事をして身を汚した時、
‘That is the ritual that must be performed when a woman who is married has been unfaithful to her husband,
30 または夫たる者が疑いの心を起して、妻を疑う時、彼はその女を主の前に立たせ、祭司はこのおきてを、ことごとく彼女に行わなければならない。
or when a man is jealous and suspects that his wife [has had sex with another man]. The priest must tell that woman to stand [at the altar] in my presence and obey these instructions.
31 こうするならば、夫は罪がなく、妻は罪を負うであろう』」。
Even if the woman has not done what the husband suspected, he will not be punished [MTY] for doing something wrong [by bringing his wife to the priest]. But if his wife is guilty, she will suffer as a result.’”