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イザヤ書 59
Japanese Living Bible
イザヤ書 59
Japanese Living Bible
罪、告白、救い
59 さあ、耳をすまして聞きなさい。
主があなたがたを救わないのは、
力がないからではありません。
耳が聞こえなくなったのでもありません。
あなたがたの声は間違いなく主の耳に届きます。
2 問題はあなたがたの罪です。
罪があなたがたと神との断絶のもとなのです。
罪のために、神は顔をそむけ、
いっこうに聞こうとされません。
3 あなたがたの手は血に染まり、
あなたがたの指は罪に汚れています。
あなたがたはうそをつき、不平を言い、
正しいことに盾を突きます。
4 公正で、人に偏見をもつまいと心がける者は、
一人もいません。
訴えはうそで固められています。
あなたがたは悪事を企んで、
それを行うことに力を入れます。
5 恐ろしい結果を招く計画を練ることに
時間をかけます。
6 手当たりしだい人をだまし、不当に扱います。
やることなすこと罪にまみれ、
暴虐があなたがたのしるしです。
7 足は悪を求めて走り、
人殺しとなると全速力で走ります。
頭には罪を犯すことしかなく、
どこへ行っても悲惨と死の足跡を残します。
8 平和がどんなものか、正義や善意がどんなものか
知りません。
いつでも、どんな所でも悪いことをするので、
あなたがたに従う者たちも、平和の味を知りません。
9 こんな悪に染まっているからこそ、
あなたがたは神の祝福を見いだせないのです。
だからこそ、あなたがたに危害を加える者を、
神は罰しないのです。
光を望みながら暗闇に閉ざされているのも、
むりはありません。
暗がりの中を歩いて当然です。
10 盲人のように手探りで歩き、
真昼なのに真夜中のようにつまずいても、
不思議ではありません。
元気な若者と比べたら、
死人同然に見えるのも、もっともです。
11 あなたがたは飢えた熊のようにほえ、
鳩のように、いかにも悲しそうなうめき声を上げます。
神を見上げますが、神は守ってくれません。
横を向いてしまったのです。
12 正しい神の前に、あなたがたの罪が積み上げられ、
それが、あなたがたに不利な証言をするからです。
私たちは、自分がどんなにひどい罪人であるかを
知っています。
13 自分の不従順さを知っています。
私たちは、神である主を否みました。
自分がひどい反逆者であり、
どんなに誠実さに欠けているかを知っています。
それというのも、私たちはどううそをつこうかと、
入念に考えているからです。
14 法廷では正しい人を不利にし、
公正な精神など、かけらもありません。
真実は路上で行き倒れになり、
正義は追放されています。
15 真実は行方不明になり、
まじめな生活をしようと心がける者は、
すぐさま攻撃の的になります。
主はこのような悪を見、
何の手も打たれていないのを不快に思いました。
16 また、誰ひとりあなたがたを助ける者がなく、
誰ひとりも介入しないのを不思議に思いました。
そこで、ご自分の大能の力と正義をもって
あなたがたを救い出そうと、
介入してきたのです。
17 神は正義のよろいをまとい、救いのかぶとをかぶり、
復讐と激しい怒りの衣を身に覆いました。
18 敵国の悪事に報い、
遠くの国々に対しても怒りに燃えて報復するのです。
19 そしてついに、人々は西から東に至るまで、
神の御名を敬い、あがめるようになります。
御口の息に押し流されるように、
神はやって来ます。
20 罪に背を向けたシオン（エルサレム）の
住民のもとに、救い主としてやって来るのです。
21 主はこう告げます。
「これが彼らへの約束だ。
わたしの霊は決して彼らから離れない。
彼らは正しいことを望み、悪を憎むようになる。
彼らだけでなく、子々孫々、永遠にそのようになる。」
Isaiah 59
New International Version
Isaiah 59
New International Version
Sin, Confession and Redemption
59 Surely the arm(A) of the Lord is not too short(B) to save,
nor his ear too dull to hear.(C)
2 But your iniquities have separated(D)
you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you,
so that he will not hear.(E)
3 For your hands are stained with blood,(F)
your fingers with guilt.(G)
Your lips have spoken falsely,(H)
and your tongue mutters wicked things.
4 No one calls for justice;(I)
no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely(J) on empty arguments, they utter lies;(K)
they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.(L)
5 They hatch the eggs of vipers(M)
and spin a spider’s web.(N)
Whoever eats their eggs will die,
and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
6 Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;
they cannot cover themselves with what they make.(O)
Their deeds are evil deeds,
and acts of violence(P) are in their hands.
7 Their feet rush into sin;
they are swift to shed innocent blood.(Q)
They pursue evil schemes;(R)
acts of violence mark their ways.(S)
8 The way of peace they do not know;(T)
there is no justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;(U)
no one who walks along them will know peace.(V)
9 So justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not reach us.
We look for light, but all is darkness;(W)
for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
10 Like the blind(X) we grope along the wall,
feeling our way like people without eyes.
At midday we stumble(Y) as if it were twilight;
among the strong, we are like the dead.(Z)
11 We all growl like bears;
we moan mournfully like doves.(AA)
We look for justice, but find none;
for deliverance, but it is far away.
12 For our offenses(AB) are many in your sight,
and our sins testify(AC) against us.
Our offenses are ever with us,
and we acknowledge our iniquities:(AD)
13 rebellion(AE) and treachery against the Lord,
turning our backs(AF) on our God,
inciting revolt and oppression,(AG)
uttering lies(AH) our hearts have conceived.
14 So justice(AI) is driven back,
and righteousness(AJ) stands at a distance;
truth(AK) has stumbled in the streets,
honesty cannot enter.
15 Truth(AL) is nowhere to be found,
and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.
The Lord looked and was displeased
that there was no justice.(AM)
16 He saw that there was no one,(AN)
he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;(AO)
so his own arm achieved salvation(AP) for him,
and his own righteousness(AQ) sustained him.
17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate,(AR)
and the helmet(AS) of salvation on his head;
he put on the garments(AT) of vengeance(AU)
and wrapped himself in zeal(AV) as in a cloak.
18 According to what they have done,
so will he repay(AW)
wrath to his enemies
and retribution to his foes;
he will repay the islands(AX) their due.
19 From the west,(AY) people will fear the name of the Lord,
and from the rising of the sun,(AZ) they will revere his glory.(BA)
For he will come like a pent-up flood
that the breath(BB) of the Lord drives along.[a]
20 “The Redeemer(BC) will come to Zion,(BD)
to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”(BE)
declares the Lord.
21 “As for me, this is my covenant(BF) with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit,(BG) who is on you, will not depart from you,(BH) and my words that I have put in your mouth(BI) will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants—from this time on and forever,” says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:19 Or When enemies come in like a flood, / the Spirit of the Lord will put them to flight
Isaiah 59
New King James Version
Isaiah 59
New King James Version
Separated from God
59 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not (A)shortened,
That it cannot save;
Nor His ear heavy,
That it cannot hear.
2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God;
And your sins have hidden His face from you,
So that He will (B)not hear.
3 For (C)your hands are defiled with [a]blood,
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken lies,
Your tongue has muttered perversity.
4 No one calls for justice,
Nor does any plead for truth.
They trust in (D)empty words and speak lies;
(E)They conceive [b]evil and bring forth iniquity.
5 They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s web;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is crushed a viper breaks out.
6 (F)Their webs will not become garments,
Nor will they cover themselves with their works;
Their works are works of iniquity,
And the act of violence is in their hands.
7 (G)Their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed (H)innocent blood;
(I)Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
Wasting and (J)destruction are in their paths.
8 The way of (K)peace they have not known,
And there is no justice in their ways;
(L)They have made themselves crooked paths;
Whoever takes that way shall not know peace.
Sin Confessed
9 Therefore justice is far from us,
Nor does righteousness overtake us;
(M)We look for light, but there is darkness!
For brightness, but we walk in blackness!
10 (N)We grope for the wall like the blind,
And we grope as if we had no eyes;
We stumble at noonday as at twilight;
We are as dead men in desolate places.
11 We all growl like bears,
And (O)moan sadly like doves;
We look for justice, but there is none;
For salvation, but it is far from us.
12 For our (P)transgressions are multiplied before You,
And our sins testify against us;
For our transgressions are with us,
And as for our iniquities, we know them:
13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord,
And departing from our God,
Speaking oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and uttering (Q)from the heart words of falsehood.
14 Justice is turned back,
And righteousness stands afar off;
For truth is fallen in the street,
And equity cannot enter.
15 So truth fails,
And he who departs from evil makes himself a (R)prey.
The Redeemer of Zion
Then the Lord saw it, and [c]it displeased Him
That there was no justice.
16 (S)He saw that there was no man,
And (T)wondered that there was no intercessor;
(U)Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him;
And His own righteousness, it sustained Him.
17 (V)For He put on righteousness as a breastplate,
And a helmet of salvation on His head;
He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing,
And was clad with zeal as a cloak.
18 (W)According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay,
Fury to His adversaries,
Recompense to His enemies;
The coastlands He will fully repay.
19 (X)So shall they fear
The name of the Lord from the west,
And His glory from the rising of the sun;
When the enemy comes in (Y)like a flood,
The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him.
20 “The(Z) Redeemer will come to Zion,
And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,”
Says the Lord.
21 “As(AA) for Me,” says the Lord, “this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants,” says the Lord, “from this time and forevermore.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:3 bloodshed
- Isaiah 59:4 trouble
- Isaiah 59:15 Lit. it was evil in His eyes
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