出エジプト記 16
Japanese Living Bible
うずらとマナ
16 それから、彼らはエリムを発ち、エリムとシナイ山との間に広がるシンの荒野に向かいました。荒野に着いたのは、エジプトを出た翌月の十五日でした。 2 そこでも人々は、モーセとアロンを非難しました。 3 「ああ、エジプトにいればよかったのに。あのまま主の手にかかって死んだほうがまだましだった。あのころは、少なくとも食べ物はたっぷりあった。なのに、あなたたちはこんな荒野に私たちを連れ出し、ここでみんなを飢え死にさせようとしている。」
4 主はモーセに言いました。「天からパンを降らせよう。毎日みんな外へ出て、その日に必要なだけ集めなさい。これは、わたしの指示を守るかどうかを見るテストにもなる。 5 ただ、六日目だけは、ふだんの二倍集めさせなさい。」
6 モーセとアロンは、人々を全員呼び集めて言いました。「あなたがたをエジプトから救い出したのは主だったということが、今日の夕方にはわかる。 7-9 そして朝になったら、主のすばらしさをもっとよく知ることになるだろう。不平を言ったのを、主はちゃんと聞いておられたのだ。私たちに文句を言ったつもりだろうが、私たちは取るに足りない人間なのだ。けれども、主は夕方には肉を、朝にはパンを下さると約束なさった。さあ主の前へ出て、どうお答えになるか聞くがいい。」
10 そして、アロンが一同を呼び集めると、今まで人々を先導してきた雲の柱の間から、突然、主の栄光が荒野に輝きわたりました。 11-12 主はモーセに告げました。「みなの不平は確かに聞いた。わたしの返事はこうだ。『夕方には肉を、朝にはパンを満足のいくまで食べさせよう。これによって、わたしがあなたがたの神、主であることを知るようになる。』」
13 その夕方、おびただしい数のうずらが飛んで来て、宿営全体を覆いました。翌朝、テントの回りの砂漠に露が降り、 14 露が消えると、あとには霜のような薄くて小さなものが一面に残りました。 15 人々はそれを見て口々に、「いったいこれは何だ？」と言いました。そこで、モーセが説明しました。「これは主があなたがたに下さったパンです。 16 みんな、一人当たり一オメル（一オメルは二・三リットル）の割で、家族に必要なだけ集めなさい。」
17 人々は外へ出てそのパンのようなものを集めました。 18 集めたものを量ると、ちょうど一人当たり一オメルずつあって、みなに十分行き渡りました。たくさん集めた者も余らず、少ししか集めなかった者も足りなくならず、どの家族にもちょうど必要なだけありました。
19 「これを明日まで残しておいてはいけない。」モーセはきつく注意しました。
20 ところが中には言うことを聞かない者もいて、翌朝まで残しておいたところ、そのパンのようなものは朝になると、虫がついて悪臭を放ちました。モーセは指示を守らない者をしかりました。 21 こうして人々は毎朝、それぞれ家族の人数に応じて必要なだけ集めました。日が昇って日ざしがだんだん強くなると、それは溶けて消えてしまうのです。
22 六日目には、ふだんの二倍に当たる二オメル（四・六リットル）を集めました。どうして六日目だけ二倍なのか、指導者たちは不思議に思い、モーセにわけを尋ねました。 23 モーセは言いました。「主が、その翌日を休息の日と定められたからだ。その日は一日、主のことだけを考えて過ごし、日常の仕事はいっさい休まなければならない。だから、今日のうちに、明日の分まで調理しておきなさい。」 24 今度は、次の朝になっても、虫もつかず、悪臭もなく、少しも傷んでいません。 25 モーセは言いました。「今日は、昨日取っておいた分を食べなさい。主の安息日だから、今日は外に出ても何もない。 26 集められるのは六日間だけだ。七日目は安息日で、何も見つけることはできない。」
27 そう言われたにもかかわらず、ある者は安息日に食べ物を集めに出かけました。しかし、やはり何も見つかりませんでした。 28-29 主はあきれてモーセに告げました。「いつになったら、この民は言うことを聞くのか。六日目にいつもの二倍を与えるのは、二日分の量が十分あるようにということなのがわからないのか。七日は休息の日としてわたしが与えたのだから、テントの中にいて、食べ物を取りになど外へ出たりしないようにしなさい。」
30 そこで、人々は七日目には休むようになりました。
31 この食べ物はのちに、「マナ」〔「これはいったい何だろう」の意〕と呼ばれるようになりました。コエンドロ（エジプトやパレスチナ地域に自生する一年草）の種のように白く、平べったくて、はちみつ入りのパンのような味がしました。
32 モーセはさらに、主からの指示をみなに伝えました。「記念としてマナを一オメル取っておき、主がエジプト脱出の時、荒野でどういうパンを与えてくださったか、のちの時代の人たちが見られるようにするのです。」 33 モーセはアロンに、容器を持って来て一オメル分のマナを入れ、それを主の前の聖なる場所に納めて、何代も保存するよう命じました。 34 アロンはそのとおりにしました。すべて主が命じたとおりです。やがて、それは契約の箱に納められることになります。
35-36 こうしてイスラエル人は、その地の作物が取れるカナンの地に着くまで四十年間、ずっとマナを食べ続けました。
Exodus 16
King James Version
16 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
4 Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.
6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the Lord hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:
7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord; for that he heareth your murmurings against the Lord: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?
8 And Moses said, This shall be, when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord.
9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the Lord: for he hath heard your murmurings.
10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.
11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.
13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.
16 This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.
17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
23 And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the Lord: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
28 And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
29 See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
32 And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations.
34 As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
Exodus 16
New King James Version
Bread from Heaven
16 And they (A)journeyed from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and (B)Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they departed from the land of Egypt. 2 Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel (C)complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 3 And the children of Israel said to them, (D)“Oh, that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, (E)when we sat by the pots of meat and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain (F)bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather [a]a certain quota every day, that I may (G)test them, whether they will (H)walk in My law or not. 5 And it shall be on the sixth day that they shall prepare what they bring in, and (I)it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.”
6 Then Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, (J)“At evening you shall know that the Lord has brought you out of the land of Egypt. 7 And in the morning you shall see (K)the glory of the Lord; for He (L)hears your complaints against the Lord. But (M)what are we, that you complain against us?” 8 Also Moses said, “This shall be seen when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to the full; for the Lord hears your complaints which you make against Him. And what are we? Your complaints are not against us but (N)against the Lord.”
9 Then Moses spoke to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, (O)‘Come near before the Lord, for He has heard your complaints.’ ” 10 Now it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the Lord (P)appeared in the cloud.
11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12 (Q)“I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, (R)‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and (S)in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’ ”
13 So it was that (T)quail came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning (U)the dew lay all around the camp. 14 And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was (V)a small round (W)substance, as fine as frost on the ground. 15 So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was.
And Moses said to them, (X)“This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. 16 This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: ‘Let every man gather it (Y)according to each one’s need, one (Z)omer for each person, according to the number of persons; let every man take for those who are in his tent.’ ”
17 Then the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less. 18 So when they measured it by omers, (AA)he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one’s need. 19 And Moses said, “Let no one (AB)leave any of it till morning.” 20 Notwithstanding they did not [b]heed Moses. But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them. 21 So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted.
22 And so it was, on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. 23 Then he said to them, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Tomorrow is (AC)a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.’ ” 24 So they laid it up till morning, as Moses commanded; and it did not (AD)stink, nor were there any worms in it. 25 Then Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field. 26 (AE)Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”
27 Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none. 28 And the Lord said to Moses, “How long (AF)do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws? 29 See! For the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.” 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
31 And the house of Israel called its name [c]Manna. And (AG)it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
32 Then Moses said, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: ‘Fill an omer with it, to be kept for your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’ ” 33 And Moses said to Aaron, (AH)“Take a pot and put an omer of manna in it, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations.” 34 As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up (AI)before the Testimony, to be kept. 35 And the children of Israel (AJ)ate manna (AK)forty years, (AL)until they came to an inhabited land; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. 36 Now an omer is one-tenth of an ephah.
Footnotes
- Exodus 16:4 Lit. the portion of a day in its day
- Exodus 16:20 listen to
- Exodus 16:31 Lit. What? Ex. 16:15
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