使徒の働き 26
1 アグリッパパウロに向ひ、汝自らの為に弁解する事を許されたるぞ、と云ひしかば、パウロ手を伸べて事由を言出でけるは、
And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul reaching forth his hand, proceeded with his defence:
2 アグリッパ王よ、我がユデア人より訴へらるる凡ての事に就き、今日御前に弁解せん事は、身に取りて幸とする所なり。
O king Agrippa, I consider myself happy, being about this day to make my defence before thee concerning all those things of which I am accused by the Jews:
3 殊更ユデア人の間に於る慣習も問題も、凡て汝の知る所なれば、願くは忍耐を以て我に耳を籍し給はん事を。
especially as thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions among the Jews: therefore I pray you to hear me patiently.
4 我が初よりエルザレムにて、我國民の間に営みし少年以來の生活は、ユデア人の皆知る所にして、
Moreover indeed all the Jews know my life from my youth; being from the beginning in my nation and in Jerusalem,
5 彼等若證明する心あらば、我等が宗教の最も確なる派に從ひて、ファリザイ人として我が生活せし事は、素より之を知れるなり。
knowing me originally, if they may be willing to testify, that according to the most rigid sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6 今も亦神より我等の先祖に為れし約束に望みを繋くればこそ、我は立ちて裁判を受くるなれ。
And now for the hope of the promise which is from God to our fathers, I stand being judged:
7 我等の十二族は晝夜となく、一向神を禮拝して、此約束を得ん事を希望するに、王よ、此希望に就きてぞ、我はユデア人より訴へらるる。
unto which our twelve tribes constantly worshiping night and day, hope to attain: concerning which hope I am accused by the Jews, O king.
8 神の死者を復活せしめ給ふ事を、汝等何ぞ信じ難しとする、
Why is it judged by you incredible, if God shall raise the dead?
9 我も實に、ナザレトのイエズスの御名に對して、大いに逆らはざるべからず、と曾ては思ひたりしかば、
Moreover indeed, I thought to myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene:
10 エルザレムに於ても然為せり、且司祭長等より権力を授りて、多くの聖徒を監獄に閉籠め、且彼等の殺さるる時に之に賛成の投票をなせり。
which I did also in Jerusalem, and shut up many of the saints in prison; and having received authority from the chief priests, and they being slain, I gave my vote against them;
11 又諸會堂に於て數次彼等を罰し、冒涜を迫り、且益彼等に對して狂憤し、外國の市町まで迫害しつつありき。
and throughout all the synagogues, frequently punishing them, I compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceeding mad against them, I was persecuting them even also unto foreign cities.
12 斯て司祭長等より権力と許可とを得て、ダマスコに赴きし際、
Meanwhile journeying to Damascus with power and authority of the chief priests, I saw on the way, O king,
13 王よ、途次日中に、日の輝にも優れる光の我及び伴侶を圍み照せるを見たり。
about midday, a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me;
14 我等は皆地に倒れしが、ヘブレオ語にて、サウロよ、サウロよ、何ぞ我を迫害するや、刺ある鞭に逆らふことは汝に取りて難し、と我に謂へる聲を聞けり。
and we all having fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against goads.
15 我、主よ、汝は誰ぞ、と云ひしに主曰はく、我は汝の迫害するイエズスなり、
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou art persecuting.
16 但起きて足にて立てよ、我が汝に現れしは、汝を立てて役者と為し、且汝の既に見し事と、又我が現れて汝に示すべき事に就きて證人たらしめん為なり。
But rise up, and stand upon thy feet: for unto this have I appeared unto thee, to make thee a minister and a martyr both of those things which thou hast seen, and of which I will appear unto thee;
17 我此人民、及び異邦人の手より汝を救はん、汝を彼等に遣はすは、
delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
18 彼等の目を開きて暗より光に、サタンの権威より神に立歸らしめ、我に於る信仰に由りて罪の赦と聖徒中の配分とを得させん為なり、と。
to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God, in order that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
19 然ればアグリッパ王よ、我は天の示に背かずして、
Therefore, O king, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:
20 先ダマスコに在る人々に、次にエルザレムに、次にユデア全地方に至り、次に異邦人にまでも彼等が改心すべき事、又改心に相應しき業を為して、神に立歸るべき事を告げつつありき。
but first to those in Damascus, and also in Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and to the Gentiles, I was preaching that they should repent and turn to God, doing things worthy of repentance.
21 之が為に、我が[神]殿に在りし時、ユデア人我を捕へて殺さんと試みたり。
On account of these things the Jews, taking me while in the temple, endeavored to kill me.
22 然れど神御祐によりて、今日に至るまで倒るる事なく、小き人にも、大いなる人にも證明して、云ふ所は、預言者等及びモイゼが、将來起こるべしと語りし事の外ならず。
Then having received help from God, I have stood unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said were about to come to pass:
23 即ちキリストの苦しむべき事、死者の中より先に復活して、人民及び異邦人に光を傳うべき事是なり、と。
how that Christ must suffer, how being the first from the resurrection of the dead, he is to proclaim light both to the people, and the Gentiles.
24 パウロが斯く語りて弁解しつつある程に、フェスト聲高く、パウロよ、汝は狂へるなり、博學汝を狂わせたり、と云ひしかば、
And he making his defence to these things, Festus says with a loud voice, O Paul, thou art beside thyself; many writings turned thee into insanity.
25 パウロ [云ひけるは、]最尊きフェストよ、我は狂はず、語る所は眞と常識との言なり。
But Paul says, I am not a maniac, most noble Festus; but I speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
26 蓋[アグリッパ]王は是等の事を知り給へば、我も亦憚らずして之に語る。其は此事、一も片隅に於て行はれたるに非ざれば、王に知れざるものなきを確信すればなり。
For the king, to whom I also speak boldly, knows concerning these things: for I am persuaded that nothing of these things is hidden; for this has not been done in a corner.
27 アグリッパ王よ、預言者等を信じ給ふか、我は其信じ給ふを知れり、と。
O king Agrippa, dost thou believe the prophets? I know that thou believest them.
28 アグリッパパウロに向ひ、汝我を説きてキリスト信者たらしむるに、殘れる所僅なり、と云ひしかば、
And Agrippa said to Paul, With little persuasion thou dost persuade thyself to make me a Christian.
29 パウロ [答へける]は、神の御前に我が望む所は、僅の事に由らず多き事に由らず、獨汝のみならで聞ける人々も亦一同、此縲絏を除くの外は、我が如き者とならん事是なり、と。
And Paul said, I would to God, that both in little and in much, not only you, but also all of those hearing me this day, were such as I am, except these bonds.
30 此時王と総督とベルニケと、並に列座の人々立上りしが、
And the king, and the governor, and Bernice, and those sitting with them, arose up:
31 退きて後語合ひて、彼は死刑若くは就縛に當る何事をも為しし事なし、と云へるに、
and having gone away, they were talking to one another, saying, that This man is doing nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
32 アグリッパフェストに謂ひけるは、彼人セザルに上告せざりしならば、免さるべかりしものを、と。
But Agrippa said to Festus, This man was able to have been released, if he had not appealed to Caesar.
