出エジプト記 23
Japanese Living Bible
裁判において
23 根拠のないうわさを流してはならない。証言台で偽証をし、悪人を助けることがないようにしなさい。
2-3 多数の力に流されて、悪事に加担してはならない。証言台に立つとき、その場の雰囲気に左右されて不当な証言をしてはならない。また、ただ貧しいというだけで人に同情し、証言をゆがめてはいけない。
4 あなたの敵の牛やろばが道に迷っているのを見たら、彼のもとに送り返しなさい。 5 もしあなたの敵のろばが重荷に押しつぶされてうめいていたら、そのまま見過ごしにしてはならない。力を貸してろばを立たせてやりなさい。
6 正義を曲げ、貧しい人に不利になる裁判をしてはならない。
7 絶対に、うその訴えをしてはならない。無実の者が死刑になるようなことは決してあってはならない。
8 わいろを取ってはならない。わいろは人の目をくらませ、判断を誤らせるからである。わいろは正しい人の申し立てをゆがめる。
9 在留異国人をしいたげてはならない。外国に住む心細さはよく知っているはずである。エジプトでの体験を思い出しなさい。
安息年、安息日
10 六年間は種をまき、収穫を得なさい。 11 七年目は土地を休ませ、貧しい者が自然に生えたものを刈り取れるようにする。あとは、野の動物たちが自由に食べられるように残しておきなさい。この規定はぶどう畑とオリーブ畑にも当てはまる。
12 六日間は働いて七日目は休みなさい。牛やろばを休ませ、奴隷や在留異国人も含め、家族全員に休息をとらせるためである。
13 これらのおきてを必ずすべて守らなければならない。特に忘れてはならないのは、ほかの神々の名を決して唱えてはならないことだ。
祭りについて
14 毎年、守るべき祭りが三つある。 15 最初は種なしパンの祭りである。すでに命じておいたように、七日間、種を入れないパンを食べる。この祭りは第一月（太陽暦では三月）、つまり、あなたがたがエジプトから脱出した時期に毎年行う。この時はささげ物を持って来る。 16 次に、刈り入れの祭りがある。この時は最初の収穫物を持って来なければならない。最後に、収穫期の終わりに収穫の祭りがくる。 17 毎年この三回、イスラエル人はみな神の前に出なければならない。
18 いけにえの血は、種を入れたパンといっしょに供えてはならない。いけにえの脂肪を翌朝までそのまま残しておいてはならない。
19 刈り入れの時、最初の収穫の中でも最良の物を持って来なさい。それをあなたの神、主にささげなければならない。
子やぎを母親の乳で煮てはならない。
戒めを守る者への祝福
20 わたしは、約束の地に無事にあなたがたを連れて行くため、使いを送る。 21 彼を敬い、その教えに従いなさい。背いてはならない。彼はあなたがたの罪を赦さないからだ。この使いはわたしの名において行動する。
22 しかし、心を尽くして彼に従い、あらゆる戒めを守るならば、あなたがたの敵はわたしの敵となる。 23 わたしの使いが先立って、あなたがたをエモリ人、ヘテ人、ペリジ人、カナン人、ヒビ人、エブス人の国に導き、そこに住まわせる。その国々を、わたしはあなたがたの目の前で滅ぼそう。
24 こういった国々の偶像を拝んではならない。どんなことがあっても、それらの神々にいけにえをささげてはならない。異教徒の悪い習慣に染まらず、むしろ完全に彼らを征服し、その汚れた偶像を打ち壊さなければならない。
25 あなたがたの神、主にだけ仕えなければならない。そうすれば、わたしはみなを祝福して食べ物と水を与え、あらゆる病気をなくす。 26 流産もなくなり、子を産めない女もいなくなる。それぞれの一生を全うできるようにする。
27 わたしは、これから征服する地の民に恐れを抱かせる。彼らはあなたがたの前から逃げ去る。 28 わたしはまた、ヒビ人、カナン人、ヘテ人を追い払うために、くまばちを送る。 29 しかし、一年のうちに彼らを追い出すことはしない。そんなことをしたら、土地が荒れ果て、野生動物が増えて手に負えなくなってしまうからだ。 30 だから、あなたがたの人口が増え、国の全土に広がって住むようになるまで、彼らを少しずつ追い払う。 31 あなたがたの領土も広げよう。紅海（ここではアカバ湾）からペリシテの海岸（パレスチナ西海岸）まで、南の砂漠からユーフラテス川に至るまでとする。その地の住民をあなたがたの手に渡すので、あなたがたは彼らを追い出すことになる。
32 彼らといっさい契約を結んではならない。彼らの神々とかかわり合ってはならない。 33 彼らをイスラエルに住ませてはならない。さもないと、偽りの神々を拝む彼らの罪に染まってしまう。それは、あなたがたにとって災い以外の何ものでもない。」
Exodus 23
King James Version
23 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God.
18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
25 And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
Exodus 23
New King James Version
Justice for All
23 “You (A)shall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an (B)unrighteous witness. 2 (C)You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; (D)nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to pervert justice. 3 You shall not show partiality to a (E)poor man in his dispute.
4 (F)“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. 5 (G)If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden, and you would refrain from helping it, you shall surely help him with it.
6 (H)“You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his dispute. 7 (I)Keep yourself far from a false matter; (J)do not kill the innocent and righteous. For (K)I will not justify the wicked. 8 And (L)you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.
9 “Also (M)you shall not oppress a [a]stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
The Law of Sabbaths
10 (N)“Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce, 11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. In like manner you shall do with your vineyard and your [b]olive grove. 12 (O)Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female servant and the stranger may be refreshed.
13 “And in all that I have said to you, (P)be circumspect and (Q)make no mention of the name of other gods, nor let it be heard from your mouth.
Three Annual Feasts(R)
14 (S)“Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the year: 15 (T)You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt; (U)none shall appear before Me empty); 16 (V)and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and (W)the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from the field.
17 (X)“Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord [c]God.
18 (Y)“You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened (Z)bread; nor shall the fat of My [d]sacrifice remain until morning. 19 (AA)The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. (AB)You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
The Angel and the Promises
20 (AC)“Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. 21 Beware of Him and obey His voice; (AD)do not provoke Him, for He will (AE)not pardon your transgressions; for (AF)My name is in Him. 22 But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then (AG)I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. 23 (AH)For My Angel will go before you and (AI)bring you in to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will [e]cut them off. 24 You shall not (AJ)bow down to their gods, nor serve them, (AK)nor do according to their works; (AL)but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars.
25 “So you shall (AM)serve the Lord your God, and (AN)He will bless your bread and your water. And (AO)I will take sickness away from the midst of you. 26 (AP)No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will (AQ)fulfill the number of your days.
27 “I will send (AR)My fear before you, I will (AS)cause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. 28 And (AT)I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you. 29 (AU)I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you. 30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land. 31 And (AV)I will set your [f]bounds from the Red Sea to the sea, Philistia, and from the desert to the [g]River. For I will (AW)deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you. 32 (AX)You shall make no [h]covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, (AY)it will surely be a snare to you.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 23:9 sojourner
- Exodus 23:11 olive yards
- Exodus 23:17 Heb. YHWH, usually translated Lord
- Exodus 23:18 feast
- Exodus 23:23 annihilate them
- Exodus 23:31 boundaries
- Exodus 23:31 Heb. Nahar, the Euphrates
- Exodus 23:32 treaty
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