マルコの福音書 4
Japanese Living Bible
神の国のたとえ話
4 イエスが湖のほとりで教えておられると、またもや多くの群衆が集まって来ました。それでイエスは小舟に乗り、そこに腰をおろして、お話しになりました。 2 イエスが人々に教えられる時には、たとえ話を使うのが普通でしたが、この日の話は次のようなものでした。
3 「よく聞きなさい。農夫が種まきをしました。畑に種をまいていると、 4 ある種はあぜ道に落ちました。すると鳥が来て、その種を食べてしまいました。 5 別の種は土の浅い石地に落ちました。初めは勢いよく成長した種も、 6 土が浅いため、根から十分養分を取ることができず、強い日差しの中で、すぐに枯れてしまいました。 7 また、いばらの中に落ちた種もありましたが、いばらが茂って成長をはばみ、結局、実を結べませんでした。 8 けれども中には、良い地に落ちた種もありました。その種は、三十倍、六十倍、いや百倍もの収穫をあげることができたのです。 9 聞く耳のある人はよく聞きなさい。」
10 その後、イエスが一人になられると、十二人の弟子とほかの弟子たちが、そろってイエスに尋ねました。「先生。さっきのお話はどういう意味でしょう。」
11 イエスはお答えになりました。「あなたがたには、神の国の真理を知ることが許されていますが、ほかの人には隠されているのです。 12 預言者イザヤが言ったように、『彼らは見もし、聞きもするが、悔い改めて神に立ち返り、その罪を赦していただくことはない』（イザヤ6・9）のです。 13 それにしても、こんな簡単なたとえがわからないのですか。そんなことで、これから話すほかのすべてのたとえは、どうなることでしょう。
14 いいですか。農夫とは、人々に神のことばを伝える人のことです。このような人たちは、聞く人の心に良い種をまこうとします。 15 初めの種が落ちた踏み固められたあぜ道とは、神のことばを聞いても心を堅く閉ざした人のことです。すぐにサタンがやって来て、そのことばを忘れさせてしまうのです。 16-17 土が浅く石ころの多い地とは、最初は喜んで神のことばを聞く人の心を表しています。ところが、そんな地に落ちた種は、根を深くおろすことができません。だから、初めのうちこそうまくいっても、迫害が始まると、たちまちぐらついてしまうのです。
18-19 いばらの地とは、神のすばらしい知らせに耳を傾け、それを受け入れる人の心を表しています。けれども、すぐにこの世の魅力、金もうけの楽しさ、欲望のとりこになり、神のことばなどは心からはじき出されて、実を結ぶまでには至らない人です。
20 良い地とは、神のことばをまちがいなく受け入れて成長し、神のために、三十倍、六十倍、百倍もの収穫をあげる人の心を表しています。」
21 イエスは、続けてお話しになりました。「せっかくあかりをともしたランプに箱をかぶせ、光をさえぎる人がいるでしょうか。もちろんいません。それでは意味がありませんから。ランプは台の上に置き、あたりを照らしてこそ、存在価値があるのです。
22 いま隠されているものはみな、いつかは明るみに出されます。 23 聞く耳のある人はよく聞きなさい。 24 また、聞いたことは必ず実行しなさい。そうすればするほど、わたしの言ったことがわかるようになります。 25 持っている人はさらに与えられ、持っていない人は、持っているわずかな物さえ取り上げられてしまうのです。
26 神の国のたとえを、もう一つ話しましょう。
ある農夫が畑に種をまいて、 27 家に帰りました。日がたつにつれて、別に何もしなくても、種はどんどん成長しました。 28 土が種を成長させるからです。まず芽が出て、次に穂、そして最後に穂の中に実が入ります。 29 すると、さっそく農夫が刈り取るのです。」
30 また、こうも言われました。「神の国をどう説明し、何にたとえたらいいでしょう。 31 それは、小さなからし種のようです。からし種は種の中でも最も小さいものですが、 32 成長すると、とても大きくなり、鳥が巣を作れるほどになります。」
33 このように、イエスは多くのたとえを使って、人々の理解力に応じて教えられました。 34 たとえを使わずに話をなさることはありませんでした。ただ弟子たちにだけは、その意味を解き明かされました。
35 夕闇の迫るころ、イエスは弟子たちに、「さあ、湖の向こう岸に渡ろう」と言われました。 36 弟子たちは群衆をあとに残し、イエスの乗られた小舟をこぎ出しました。あとからついて来る舟も、何そうかありました。 37 ところが、まもなく恐ろしい嵐が襲って来たのです。小舟は大波にほんろうされ、舟は水浸しです。 38 イエスを見ると、船尾のほうで眠っておられます。弟子たちは気が気ではありません。すっかり動転して、イエスを呼び起こしました。「先生！ 舟が沈みかけているのに、よく平気でいられますね！」
39 イエスはゆっくり起き上がると、風をしかり、湖に「静まれ」と言われました。するとどうでしょう。たちまち風はやみ、湖は何事もなかったかのような大なぎになりました。
40 イエスは弟子たちに言われました。「どうしてそんなにこわがるのですか。まだわたしが信じられないのですか。」
41 弟子たちは、ただもう恐怖に打ちのめされて、「ああ、なんというお方だ。風や湖までが従うとは」と、ささやき合いました。
Mark 4
New American Standard Bible
Parable of the Sower and Soils
4 Again (A)He began to teach (B)by the sea. And such a very large crowd gathered to Him that (C)He got into a boat on the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land. 2 And He was teaching them many things in (D)parables, and was saying to them in His teaching, 3 “Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow; 4 as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil. 6 And when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop. 8 Other seeds fell into the good soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.” 9 And He was saying, “(E)He who has ears to hear, [a]let him hear.”
10 As soon as He was alone, [b]His followers, along with the twelve disciples, began asking Him about the parables. 11 And He was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but for (F)those who are outside, everything comes (G)in parables, 12 so that (H)while seeing they may see, and not perceive, and while hearing, they may hear, and not understand, otherwise they might return and it would be forgiven them.”
Explanation of the Parable
13 (I)And He *said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables? 14 The sower sows the word. 15 These are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown; and when they hear, immediately (J)Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them. 16 And in a similar way these are the ones sown with seed on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy; 17 and yet they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution occurs because of the word, immediately they [c]fall away. 18 And others are the ones sown with seed among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word, 19 but the worries of (K)the [d]world, and the (L)deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for other things enter and choke the word, and it [e]becomes unfruitful. 20 And those are the ones sown with seed on the good soil; and they hear the word and accept it and (M)bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.”
21 And He was saying to them, “(N)A lamp is not brought to be put under a [f]basket, or under a bed, is it? Is it not brought to be put on the lampstand? 22 (O)For nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret, but that it would come to light. 23 (P)If anyone has ears to hear, [g]let him hear.” 24 And He was saying to them, “Take care what you listen to. [h](Q)By your standard of measure it will be measured to you; and more will be given you besides. 25 (R)For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”
Parable of the Seed
26 And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil; 27 and he goes to bed at night and gets up daily, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know. 28 The soil produces crops by itself; first the stalk, then the head, then the mature grain in the head. 29 Now when the crop permits, he immediately [i](S)puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
Parable of the Mustard Seed
30 (T)And He was saying, “How shall we [j](U)picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is the smallest of all the seeds that are upon the soil, 32 yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants, and forms large branches, with the result that (V)the birds of the sky can nest under its shade.”
33 And with many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to [k]understand it; 34 and He did not speak to them (W)without a parable; but He was (X)explaining everything privately to His own disciples.
Jesus Stills the Sea
35 (Y)On that day, when evening came, He *said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side.” 36 After dismissing the crowd, they *took Him along with them (Z)in the boat, just as He was; and other boats were with Him. 37 And a fierce gale of wind *developed, and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling with water. 38 And yet Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they *woke Him and *said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” 39 And He got up and (AA)rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still.” And the wind died down and [l]it became perfectly calm. 40 And He said to them, “Why are you [m]afraid? (AB)Do you still have no faith?” 41 They became very much afraid and said to one another, “Who, then, is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”
Footnotes
- Mark 4:9 Or hear! or listen!
- Mark 4:10 Lit those about Him
- Mark 4:17 I.e., from the faith
- Mark 4:19 Or age
- Mark 4:19 Or proves to be unfruitful
- Mark 4:21 Lit peck-measure
- Mark 4:23 Or hear! or listen!
- Mark 4:24 Lit By what measure you measure
- Mark 4:29 Lit sends forth
- Mark 4:30 Lit compare
- Mark 4:33 Lit hear
- Mark 4:39 Lit a great calm occurred
- Mark 4:40 Lit cowardly
Mark 4
King James Version
4 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
14 The sower soweth the word.
15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.
37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
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