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マタイの福音書 2
Japanese Living Bible
マタイの福音書 2
Japanese Living Bible
イエスの誕生
2 イエスはヘロデ大王の時代に、ユダヤのベツレヘムの町でお生まれになりました。そのころ、天文学者たちが、東の国からはるばるエルサレムへやって来て、こう尋ねました。 2 「このたびお生まれになったユダヤ人の王様は、どこにおられますか。私たちは、その方の星をはるか東の国で見たので、その方を拝むために参ったのです。」
3 それを聞いたヘロデ大王は、ひどくうろたえ、エルサレム中がそのうわさで騒然となりました。 4 ヘロデはさっそくユダヤ人の宗教的指導者たちを召集し、「預言者たちは、メシヤ（ヘブル語で、救い主）がどこで生まれると告げているのか」と尋ねました。
5 彼らは答えました。「ユダヤのベツレヘムです。預言者ミカがこう書いております。
6 『ベツレヘムよ。
あなたはユダヤの中で、
決して小さな町ではない。
あなたから偉大な支配者が出て、
わたしの国民イスラエルを
治めるようになるからだ。』（ミカ5・2）」
7 それでヘロデは、ひそかに天文学者たちを呼びにやり、その星が初めて現れた正確な時刻を聞き出しました。 8 そして彼らに、「さあ、ベツレヘムへ行って、その子を捜すがいい。見つかったら、必ず知らせてくれ。私も、ぜひその方を拝みに行きたいから」と命じました。
9 彼らがさっそく出発すると、なんと、あの星がまた現れて、彼らをベツレヘムに導き、とある家の上にとどまりました。 10 それを見た彼らは、躍り上がって喜びました。
11 その家に入ると、幼子と母マリヤがいました。彼らはひれ伏して、その幼子を拝みました。そして宝の箱を開け、黄金と乳香（香料の一種）と没薬（天然ゴムの樹脂で、古代の貴重な防腐剤）を贈り物としてささげました。 12 それから、ヘロデ大王に報告をしにエルサレムへは戻らず、そのまま自分たちの国へ帰って行きました。神から夢の中で、ほかの道を通って帰るように警告を受けたからです。
13 彼らが帰ったあと、天使が夢でヨセフに現れて言いました。「起きなさい。子どもとその母を連れて、エジプトに逃げるのです。そして、私が帰れと言うまで、ずっとそこにいなさい。ヘロデがこの子を殺そうとしています。」 14 ヨセフは、マリヤと幼子を連れて、その夜のうちにエジプトへ旅立ちました。 15 そして、ヘロデ大王が死ぬまでそこに住みました。こうして、「わたしは、わたしの子をエジプトから呼び出した」（ホセア11・1）という預言者のことばが実現することになったのです。
16 ヘロデは天文学者たちにだまされたとわかると、怒り狂い、すぐさまベツレヘムに軍兵をやって、町とその近辺に住む二歳以下の男の子を一人残らず殺せ、と命じました。というのは、学者たちが、その星は二年前に現れたと言っていたからです。 17 ヘロデのこの残忍な行為によって、エレミヤの次の預言が実現しました。
18 「ラマから声が聞こえる。
苦しみの叫びと、大きな泣き声が。
ラケルが子どもたちのために泣いている。
だれも彼女を慰めることができない。
子どもたちは死んでしまったのだから。」（エレミヤ31・15）
19 ヘロデ大王が死ぬと、エジプトに住むヨセフの夢に天使が現れ、 20 「さあ、子どもとその母を連れてイスラエルに帰りなさい。子どもを殺そうとしていた者たちは死んだから」と言いました。
21 そこでヨセフは、イエスとマリヤを連れて、すぐイスラエルに帰りました。 22 ところが途中で、ユダヤの新しい王がヘロデ大王の息子アケラオだと聞いて、危険を覚えました。すると、夢でユダヤに行ってはならないと警告を受けたので、ガリラヤ地方に行き、 23 ナザレという町に住みました。こうして、預言者がメシヤのことを、「彼はナザレ人と呼ばれる」と語ったとおりになったのです。
Matthew 2
New International Version
Matthew 2
New International Version
The Magi Visit the Messiah
2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea,(A) during the time of King Herod,(B) Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?(C) We saw his star(D) when it rose and have come to worship him.”
3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5 “In Bethlehem(E) in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
6 “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.’[b]”(F)
7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”
9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him.(G) Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts(H) of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 12 And having been warned(I) in a dream(J) not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
The Escape to Egypt
13 When they had gone, an angel(K) of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream.(L) “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”(M)
14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled(N) what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”[c](O)
16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. 17 Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:(P)
18 “A voice is heard in Ramah,
weeping and great mourning,
Rachel(Q) weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more.”[d](R)
The Return to Nazareth
19 After Herod died, an angel(S) of the Lord appeared in a dream(T) to Joseph in Egypt 20 and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”(U)
21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream,(V) he withdrew to the district of Galilee,(W) 23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth.(X) So was fulfilled(Y) what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.(Z)
Footnotes
- Matthew 2:1 Traditionally wise men
- Matthew 2:6 Micah 5:2,4
- Matthew 2:15 Hosea 11:1
- Matthew 2:18 Jer. 31:15
Matthew 2
New King James Version
Matthew 2
New King James Version
Wise Men from the East
2 Now after (A)Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, [a]wise men (B)from the East came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, (C)“Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen (D)His star in the East and have come to worship Him.”
3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And when he had gathered all (E)the chief priests and (F)scribes of the people together, (G)he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
5 So they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet:
6 ‘But(H) you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
Are not the least among the rulers of Judah;
For out of you shall come a Ruler
(I)Who will shepherd My people Israel.’ ”
7 Then Herod, when he had secretly called the [b]wise men, determined from them what time the (J)star appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the young Child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, that I may come and worship Him also.”
9 When they heard the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. 11 And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, (K)they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
12 Then, being divinely warned (L)in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed for their own country another way.
The Flight into Egypt
13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.”
14 When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, 15 and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, (M)“Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
Massacre of the Innocents
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying:
18 “A (N)voice was heard in Ramah,
Lamentation, weeping, and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children,
Refusing to be comforted,
Because they are no more.”
The Home in Nazareth(O)
19 Now when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 (P)saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who (Q)sought the young Child’s life are dead.” 21 Then he arose, took the young Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.
22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned by God in a (R)dream, he turned aside (S)into the region of Galilee. 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called (T)Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled (U)which was spoken by the prophets, “He shall be called a Nazarene.”
Footnotes
- Matthew 2:1 Gr. magoi
- Matthew 2:7 Gr. magoi
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