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エゼキエル書 4-7
Japanese Living Bible
エゼキエル書 4-7
Japanese Living Bible
エルサレム包囲の象徴
4 人の子よ、大きな一枚の粘土板を置いて、その上にエルサレムの町の地図を描きなさい。 2 町を攻撃するために築かれるとりで、町を包囲する敵軍の陣営、さらに城壁の回りに破城槌（城門を突破する兵器）を描きなさい。 3 また、あなたと町との間に、鉄の壁のように一枚の鉄板を立てなさい。こうして、敵軍がどのようにエルサレムを攻略するかを表現して見せるのだ。わたしが命じた一つ一つのことには、それぞれ特別の意味がある。というのは、それはイスラエルの民に対する警告だからだ。
4-5 三百九十日間、左わきを下にして横になりなさい。それは、捕囚と破滅によって三百九十年間、イスラエルが罰せられることを示すためだ。その一日は、イスラエルにやがて訪れる一年間の罰を表している。 6 次に、ユダに対する罰の期間を示すために四十日間、今度は右わきを下にして横になりなさい。やはり一日は一年に相当する。 7 その間も、エルサレムの包囲の様子を実演して見せるのだ。その包囲と攻撃がどんなに強烈なものかを教えるために、腕をまくって横になりなさい。これはエルサレム滅亡の預言だ。 8 わたしがあなたの体を動けなくさせるので、あなたは包囲の全期間が終わるまで寝返りさえ打てない。
9 初めの三百九十日間は、小麦、大麦、そら豆、レンズ豆、あわ、裸麦の粉をつぼに入れて混ぜ合わせ、その粉でパンを作って食べなさい。 10 一日に一食、一回二十シェケル（二百三十グラム）ずつに分けて食べるのだ。 11 水は一日に六分の一ヒン（一ヒンは三・八リットル）だけ飲んでよいが、それ以上飲んではならない。 12 毎日、たるから粉を取り出し、大麦のパン菓子を作りなさい。みんなの見ている前で、乾いた人糞の火の上で焼いて、そのパンを食べなさい。 13 わたしの命令だ。イスラエルは捕囚となる異国の地で、汚れたパンを食べるのだ。」
14 「おお神よ。私は人糞で身を汚さなければならないのでしょうか。今まで、一度も身を汚したことがありません。子どもの時から今まで、病気で死んだ動物や、野獣に殺された動物を食べたことはありません。また、律法が禁じている獣を食べたこともありません。」
15 すると、主は答えました。「それなら、人糞の代わりに牛の糞でもよい。」 16 主はこう言って、さらにことばを続けました。「人の子よ。エルサレムではパンの配給が乏しくなる。注意深く量り、こわごわ食べることになるだろう。水も少量しか分け与えられず、人々は不安のうちにそれを飲むようになる。 17 わたしは人々を乏しくさせる。また、異常な恐怖心を抱いて互いを見るようにし、罰によって疲れはてさせる。
神のさばきの剣
5 人の子よ。鋭い刃の剣を取り、床屋のかみそりのようにそれを使って頭とひげをそりなさい。また、その毛をはかりにかけて、三等分にしなさい。 2 その三分の一をエルサレムの地図の真ん中に置き、包囲の期間が終わったらそこで燃やしなさい。次の三分の一を、地図に描いた町の回りに広げ、ナイフで切りきざみなさい。残りの三分の一は、風で吹き散らしなさい。わたしは剣をもってわたしの民を追いかけるからだ。 3 その毛を少し取っておき、衣のすそで包みなさい。 4 また、そこから数本の毛を取り出し、火に投げ込みなさい。この残りの毛から出る火が、全イスラエルを焼き滅ぼす。」
5-7 主は言います。「これはエルサレムに起こることである。エルサレムはわたしのおきてから離れ、周囲の国々よりも悪くなってしまったからだ。」 8 それで、神である主は言います。「今、わたしもあなたを攻め、すべての国々が見守る中で罰する。 9 あなたが犯した恐ろしい罪のゆえに、今までにも下したことがなく、これからも下さないような重い罰を下す。 10 親がわが子を食べ、子も親を食べるようになる。幸いにして生き残った者も、世界中に散らされる。 11 あなたに約束する。偶像や忌まわしいいけにえによってわたしの聖所を汚したからには、あなたを惜しんだり、あわれんだりしない。 12 あなたの三分の一はききんと疫病で倒れ、他の三分の一は敵に殺される。残りの三分の一は四散するが、そのあとから敵の剣が追いかける。
13 こうして、わたしの怒りがようやく収まる。全イスラエルは、わたしが警告どおりに実行することを悟るだろう。
14 わたしは、周囲のすべての国々に、また、廃墟となったこの地を通り過ぎるすべての旅人に対して、あなたを見せしめとする。 15 あなたは全世界の笑いものとなり、すべての人への恐ろしい見せしめとなる。主が一つの国を激しく叱責し、その国全体に立ち向かうとき、どのようなことが起こるかを見るからだ。主であるわたしが、これを語っている。 16 わたしは恐ろしいききんの矢を雨と降らせて、あなたを滅ぼす。ききんはますますひどくなり、一切れのパンも残らなくなる。 17 ききんばかりでなく、野獣があなたとあなたの家族を襲って、かみ殺す。疫病と戦争が国中に起こり、敵の剣があなたを虐殺する。主であるわたしが、これを語っている。」
イスラエルの山々の運命
6 再び、主からのことばがありました。
2 「人の子よ、イスラエルの山々に預言せよ。
3 ああ、イスラエルの山々よ。あなたに、また、川や谷に語られる神、主のことばを聞け。わたしが、主であるこのわたしが、あなたがたの偶像を滅ぼすために戦争を起こす。 4-7 町々はすべて打ち砕かれ、焼かれる。偶像の祭壇は捨て去られる。神々の像は粉々に砕かれ、偶像の礼拝者たちの骨も祭壇の回りにまき散らされる。その時、ようやくあなたがたは、わたしこそ主であることを知る。
8 しかし、わたしは、わたしの民のうち少数の者を逃れさせ、国々の間に散らそう。 9 そうすれば、国々に捕囚として連れて行かれるとき、彼らはわたしを思い起こすだろう。わたしが彼らの姦淫の心、偶像を愛する心を取り去り、ほかの神々を慕うみだらな目を見えなくするからだ。その時になってやっと、彼らは自分が犯した悪のゆえに自分自身を嫌悪するようになる。 10 彼らは、わたしだけが神であり、わたしがこれらすべてのことが起こると語ったとき、決して理由もなく言ったのでないと気づくだろう。」
11 神である主はこう語ります。「恐れおののきつつ両手を上げ、激しい自責の念にかられて叫べ。『ああ、何という悪事をしでかしたことか』と叫ぶがいい。戦争とききんと疫病で滅びようとしているからだ。 12 捕囚の地にある者は疫病で死に、イスラエルの国にいる者は戦争で倒れ、生き残った者もききんと籠城で死ぬ。こうして、わたしの憤りもようやく収まる。 13 殺された者が、丘や山の上にある偶像や祭壇の回りに、また、神々に香をたいた青い木や茂った樫の木の下に散り散りに横たえられるとき、わたしだけが神であることに気づく。 14 わたしはあなたがたを押しつぶし、南は荒野から北はリブラまで、町々を荒廃させる。その時、わたしが主であることを知るだろう。」
終わりの時がくる
7 続いて、神からのことばが私にありました。
2 「イスラエルに告げよ。あなたの見るところはみな、東も西も、南も北も、もう終わりだ。この国はもう終わりが来た。 3 わたしは、偶像を拝んだあなたに怒りをぶつける。もう絶体絶命だ。 4 わたしはあなたから目を背け、あわれんだりはしない。とことんまで罰する。そうすれば、わたしが主であることを、あなたがたは知るようになるだろう。」
5-6 神である主は言います。「次から次へと災いを送って、あなたにとどめを刺そう。終わりはすでにきている。終局の破滅が待っているだけだ。 7 ああ、イスラエルよ。滅亡の日のきざしは現れ、時はきた。苦難の日は近い。それは喜びの声を上げる日ではなく、苦しみもだえて叫ぶ日だ。 8-9 やがて、わたしは憤りを注ぎ、おまえたちの悪のすべてを徹底的に罰しよう。もはや、あなたを惜しまず、あわれまない。これをしているのが、主であるわたしであることを、あなたがたは知るようになるだろう。
10-11 ついに、さばきの日がきた。朝日が昇ってくる。あなたの悪と高ぶりは頂点に達し、行き着くところまで行ったからだ。富におごり、高ぶる悪者は、一人も生き長らえない。高慢の鼻は完全にへし折られ、あなたがたの運命を嘆く者もいなくなる。
12 さあ、その時がきた。その日が近づいた。神の怒りがその地に臨むので、買う物もなく、売る物もなくなる。 13 主がイスラエルの民全体にさばきを宣言したので、たとえ商人が生き長らえても、商売はできなくなる。すべての人が滅ぼされる。罪に満ちた生活をしている者はだれも立ち直れない。
14 イスラエル軍に、『進め』と角笛を吹き鳴らしても、だれも聞こうとしない。わたしの怒りがすべての者に臨むからだ。 15 城壁の外に出れば、敵が彼らを殺そうと待ちかまえている。城壁の内側にとどまれば、ききんと疫病で滅ぼし尽くされる。 16 運よく逃れた者も、山々にひそむ鳩のように、その寂しさを嘆き悲しみ、自分の罪のために泣き悲しむ。 17 手も弱くなり、ひざもがくがく震えるようになる。 18 彼らは荒布をまとい、恐怖と恥で包まれ、悲しみと自責の念にかられて頭をそる。
19 金銀を投げ捨てよ。怒りの日には何の価値もなくなるのだから、がらくたのように放り出せ。彼らの罪の根本は金銀を愛することにある。それが、腹を満たすことも満足させることもできなくなるのだ。 20 わたしの神殿を美しく飾るために与えた金で、彼らは偶像を造ってしまった。それゆえ、わたしはそれを全部取り上げる。 21 戦利品として外国人や悪者どもに与える。彼らはわたしの神殿を汚すだろう。 22 その時、わたしは見て見ぬふりをする。止めはしない。彼らは強盗のように宝物をあさり、神殿を廃墟のようにする。
23 わたしの民のために鎖を用意せよ。この国は流血の罪で満ちているからだ。エルサレムは暴虐に満ちているので、わたしはその住民を奴隷とする。 24 諸国の中でも最悪の国を、エルサレムに来させよう。彼らの家々を占領させ、彼らが誇っている要塞を破壊させ、神殿を汚させ、高慢の鼻をへし折らせる。 25 イスラエルを切り捨てる時が、いよいよきた。平和を求めても得られない。 26-27 災いの上に災いが、悲しみの上に悲しみが、惨事の上に惨事が襲う。彼らは預言者の指導を求める。それなのに、祭司も長老も、王も君主も、ただ手をこまねいているだけで、絶望のうちに泣き悲しんでいる。わたしは彼らが行った悪に対し、それに十分見合った報いをするので、彼らは恐怖のあまり震えおののく。そして、わたしが主であることを知るようになる。」
Ezekiel 4-7
New International Version
Ezekiel 4-7
New International Version
Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized
4 “Now, son of man, take a block of clay, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it. 2 Then lay siege to it: Erect siege works against it, build a ramp(A) up to it, set up camps against it and put battering rams around it.(B) 3 Then take an iron pan,(C) place it as an iron wall between you and the city and turn your face toward(D) it. It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign(E) to the people of Israel.(F)
4 “Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the people of Israel upon yourself.[a] You are to bear their sin for the number of days you lie on your side. 5 I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for 390 days you will bear the sin of the people of Israel.
6 “After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin(G) of the people of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year.(H) 7 Turn your face(I) toward the siege of Jerusalem and with bared arm prophesy against her. 8 I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.(J)
9 “Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt;(K) put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side. 10 Weigh out twenty shekels[b](L) of food to eat each day and eat it at set times. 11 Also measure out a sixth of a hin[c] of water and drink it at set times.(M) 12 Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement(N) for fuel.” 13 The Lord said, “In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them.”(O)
14 Then I said, “Not so, Sovereign Lord!(P) I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead(Q) or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.(R)”
15 “Very well,” he said, “I will let you bake your bread over cow dung instead of human excrement.”
16 He then said to me: “Son of man, I am about to cut off(S) the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair,(T) 17 for food and water will be scarce.(U) They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of[d] their sin.(V)
God’s Razor of Judgment
5 “Now, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber’s razor(W) to shave(X) your head and your beard.(Y) Then take a set of scales and divide up the hair. 2 When the days of your siege come to an end, burn(Z) a third(AA) of the hair inside the city. Take a third and strike it with the sword all around the city. And scatter a third to the wind.(AB) For I will pursue them with drawn sword.(AC) 3 But take a few hairs and tuck them away in the folds of your garment.(AD) 4 Again, take a few of these and throw them into the fire(AE) and burn them up. A fire will spread from there to all Israel.
5 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.(AF) 6 Yet in her wickedness she has rebelled against my laws and decrees more than the nations and countries around her. She has rejected my laws and has not followed my decrees.(AG)
7 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: You have been more unruly than the nations around you and have not followed my decrees or kept my laws. You have not even[e] conformed to the standards of the nations around you.(AH)
8 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will inflict punishment on you in the sight of the nations.(AI) 9 Because of all your detestable idols, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again.(AJ) 10 Therefore in your midst parents will eat their children, and children will eat their parents.(AK) I will inflict punishment on you and will scatter all your survivors to the winds.(AL) 11 Therefore as surely as I live,(AM) declares the Sovereign(AN) Lord, because you have defiled my sanctuary(AO) with all your vile images(AP) and detestable practices,(AQ) I myself will shave you; I will not look on you with pity or spare you.(AR) 12 A third of your people will die of the plague or perish by famine inside you; a third will fall by the sword outside your walls; and a third I will scatter to the winds(AS) and pursue with drawn sword.(AT)
13 “Then my anger will cease and my wrath(AU) against them will subside, and I will be avenged.(AV) And when I have spent my wrath on them, they will know that I the Lord have spoken in my zeal.(AW)
14 “I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.(AX) 15 You will be a reproach(AY) and a taunt, a warning(AZ) and an object of horror to the nations around you when I inflict punishment on you in anger and in wrath and with stinging rebuke.(BA) I the Lord have spoken.(BB) 16 When I shoot at you with my deadly and destructive arrows of famine, I will shoot to destroy you. I will bring more and more famine upon you and cut off your supply of food.(BC) 17 I will send famine and wild beasts(BD) against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed(BE) will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I the Lord have spoken.(BF)”
Doom for the Mountains of Israel
6 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face(BG) against the mountains(BH) of Israel; prophesy against them(BI) 3 and say: ‘You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys:(BJ) I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.(BK) 4 Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars(BL) will be smashed; and I will slay your people in front of your idols.(BM) 5 I will lay the dead bodies of the Israelites in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones(BN) around your altars.(BO) 6 Wherever you live,(BP) the towns will be laid waste and the high places(BQ) demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and devastated, your idols(BR) smashed and ruined, your incense altars(BS) broken down, and what you have made wiped out.(BT) 7 Your people will fall slain(BU) among you, and you will know that I am the Lord.(BV)
8 “‘But I will spare some, for some of you will escape(BW) the sword when you are scattered among the lands and nations.(BX) 9 Then in the nations where they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember(BY) me—how I have been grieved(BZ) by their adulterous hearts, which have turned away from me, and by their eyes, which have lusted after their idols.(CA) They will loathe themselves for the evil(CB) they have done and for all their detestable practices.(CC) 10 And they will know that I am the Lord;(CD) I did not threaten in vain to bring this calamity on them.(CE)
11 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Strike your hands together and stamp your feet and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked and detestable practices of the people of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine and plague.(CF) 12 One who is far away will die of the plague, and one who is near will fall by the sword, and anyone who survives and is spared will die of famine. So will I pour out my wrath(CG) on them.(CH) 13 And they will know that I am the Lord, when their people lie slain among their idols(CI) around their altars, on every high hill and on all the mountaintops, under every spreading tree and every leafy oak(CJ)—places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.(CK) 14 And I will stretch out my hand(CL) against them and make the land a desolate waste from the desert to Diblah[f]—wherever they live. Then they will know that I am the Lord.(CM)’”
The End Has Come
7 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel:
“‘The end!(CN) The end has come
upon the four corners(CO) of the land!
3 The end is now upon you,
and I will unleash my anger against you.
I will judge you according to your conduct(CP)
and repay you for all your detestable practices.(CQ)
4 I will not look on you with pity;(CR)
I will not spare you.
I will surely repay you for your conduct
and for the detestable practices among you.
“‘Then you will know that I am the Lord.’(CS)
5 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“‘Disaster!(CT) Unheard-of[g] disaster!
See, it comes!
6 The end(CU) has come!
The end has come!
It has roused itself against you.
See, it comes!
7 Doom has come upon you,
upon you who dwell in the land.
The time has come! The day(CV) is near!(CW)
There is panic, not joy, on the mountains.
8 I am about to pour out my wrath(CX) on you
and spend my anger against you.
I will judge you according to your conduct
and repay you for all your detestable practices.(CY)
9 I will not look on you with pity;
I will not spare you.(CZ)
I will repay you for your conduct
and for the detestable practices among you.(DA)
“‘Then you will know that it is I the Lord who strikes you.(DB)
10 “‘See, the day!
See, it comes!
Doom has burst forth,
the rod(DC) has budded,
arrogance has blossomed!
11 Violence(DD) has arisen,[h]
a rod to punish the wicked.
None of the people will be left,
none of that crowd—
none of their wealth,
nothing of value.(DE)
12 The time has come!
The day has arrived!
Let not the buyer(DF) rejoice
nor the seller grieve,
for my wrath is on the whole crowd.(DG)
13 The seller will not recover
the property that was sold—
as long as both buyer and seller live.
For the vision concerning the whole crowd
will not be reversed.
Because of their sins, not one of them
will preserve their life.(DH)
14 “‘They have blown the trumpet,(DI)
they have made all things ready,
but no one will go into battle,
for my wrath(DJ) is on the whole crowd.
15 Outside is the sword;
inside are plague and famine.
Those in the country
will die by the sword;
those in the city
will be devoured by famine and plague.(DK)
16 The fugitives(DL) who escape
will flee to the mountains.
Like doves(DM) of the valleys,
they will all moan,
each for their own sins.(DN)
17 Every hand will go limp;(DO)
every leg will be wet with urine.(DP)
18 They will put on sackcloth(DQ)
and be clothed with terror.(DR)
Every face will be covered with shame,
and every head will be shaved.(DS)
19 “‘They will throw their silver into the streets,(DT)
and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean.
Their silver and gold
will not be able to deliver them
in the day of the Lord’s wrath.(DU)
It will not satisfy(DV) their hunger
or fill their stomachs,
for it has caused them to stumble(DW) into sin.(DX)
20 They took pride in their beautiful jewelry
and used it to make(DY) their detestable idols.
They made it into vile images;(DZ)
therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.(EA)
21 I will give their wealth as plunder(EB) to foreigners
and as loot to the wicked of the earth,
who will defile it.(EC)
22 I will turn my face(ED) away from the people,
and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure.
They will enter it
and will defile it.(EE)
23 “‘Prepare chains!
For the land is full of bloodshed,(EF)
and the city is full of violence.(EG)
24 I will bring the most wicked of nations
to take possession of their houses.
I will put an end to the pride of the mighty,
and their sanctuaries(EH) will be desecrated.(EI)
25 When terror comes,
they will seek peace in vain.(EJ)
26 Calamity upon calamity(EK) will come,
and rumor upon rumor.
They will go searching for a vision from the prophet,(EL)
priestly instruction in the law will cease,
the counsel of the elders will come to an end.(EM)
27 The king will mourn,
the prince will be clothed with despair,(EN)
and the hands of the people of the land will tremble.
I will deal with them according to their conduct,(EO)
and by their own standards I will judge them.
“‘Then they will know that I am the Lord.(EP)’”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 4:4 Or upon your side
- Ezekiel 4:10 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams
- Ezekiel 4:11 That is, about 2/3 quart or about 0.6 liter
- Ezekiel 4:17 Or away in
- Ezekiel 5:7 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac You have
- Ezekiel 6:14 Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts Riblah
- Ezekiel 7:5 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Disaster after
- Ezekiel 7:11 Or The violent one has become
Ezekiel 4-7
King James Version
Ezekiel 4-7
King James Version
4 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.
5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
8 And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
13 And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
14 Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
5 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
5 Thus saith the Lord God; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.
6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it.
16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee: and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the Lord have spoken it.
6 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
5 And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
8 Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
10 And they shall know that I am the Lord, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.
11 Thus saith the Lord God; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
13 Then shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.
14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the Lord.
7 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.
4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
5 Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.
7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.
9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth.
10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall there be wailing for them.
12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.
25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
エゼキエル書 4-7
Japanese Living Bible
エゼキエル書 4-7
Japanese Living Bible
エルサレム包囲の象徴
4 人の子よ、大きな一枚の粘土板を置いて、その上にエルサレムの町の地図を描きなさい。 2 町を攻撃するために築かれるとりで、町を包囲する敵軍の陣営、さらに城壁の回りに破城槌（城門を突破する兵器）を描きなさい。 3 また、あなたと町との間に、鉄の壁のように一枚の鉄板を立てなさい。こうして、敵軍がどのようにエルサレムを攻略するかを表現して見せるのだ。わたしが命じた一つ一つのことには、それぞれ特別の意味がある。というのは、それはイスラエルの民に対する警告だからだ。
4-5 三百九十日間、左わきを下にして横になりなさい。それは、捕囚と破滅によって三百九十年間、イスラエルが罰せられることを示すためだ。その一日は、イスラエルにやがて訪れる一年間の罰を表している。 6 次に、ユダに対する罰の期間を示すために四十日間、今度は右わきを下にして横になりなさい。やはり一日は一年に相当する。 7 その間も、エルサレムの包囲の様子を実演して見せるのだ。その包囲と攻撃がどんなに強烈なものかを教えるために、腕をまくって横になりなさい。これはエルサレム滅亡の預言だ。 8 わたしがあなたの体を動けなくさせるので、あなたは包囲の全期間が終わるまで寝返りさえ打てない。
9 初めの三百九十日間は、小麦、大麦、そら豆、レンズ豆、あわ、裸麦の粉をつぼに入れて混ぜ合わせ、その粉でパンを作って食べなさい。 10 一日に一食、一回二十シェケル（二百三十グラム）ずつに分けて食べるのだ。 11 水は一日に六分の一ヒン（一ヒンは三・八リットル）だけ飲んでよいが、それ以上飲んではならない。 12 毎日、たるから粉を取り出し、大麦のパン菓子を作りなさい。みんなの見ている前で、乾いた人糞の火の上で焼いて、そのパンを食べなさい。 13 わたしの命令だ。イスラエルは捕囚となる異国の地で、汚れたパンを食べるのだ。」
14 「おお神よ。私は人糞で身を汚さなければならないのでしょうか。今まで、一度も身を汚したことがありません。子どもの時から今まで、病気で死んだ動物や、野獣に殺された動物を食べたことはありません。また、律法が禁じている獣を食べたこともありません。」
15 すると、主は答えました。「それなら、人糞の代わりに牛の糞でもよい。」 16 主はこう言って、さらにことばを続けました。「人の子よ。エルサレムではパンの配給が乏しくなる。注意深く量り、こわごわ食べることになるだろう。水も少量しか分け与えられず、人々は不安のうちにそれを飲むようになる。 17 わたしは人々を乏しくさせる。また、異常な恐怖心を抱いて互いを見るようにし、罰によって疲れはてさせる。
神のさばきの剣
5 人の子よ。鋭い刃の剣を取り、床屋のかみそりのようにそれを使って頭とひげをそりなさい。また、その毛をはかりにかけて、三等分にしなさい。 2 その三分の一をエルサレムの地図の真ん中に置き、包囲の期間が終わったらそこで燃やしなさい。次の三分の一を、地図に描いた町の回りに広げ、ナイフで切りきざみなさい。残りの三分の一は、風で吹き散らしなさい。わたしは剣をもってわたしの民を追いかけるからだ。 3 その毛を少し取っておき、衣のすそで包みなさい。 4 また、そこから数本の毛を取り出し、火に投げ込みなさい。この残りの毛から出る火が、全イスラエルを焼き滅ぼす。」
5-7 主は言います。「これはエルサレムに起こることである。エルサレムはわたしのおきてから離れ、周囲の国々よりも悪くなってしまったからだ。」 8 それで、神である主は言います。「今、わたしもあなたを攻め、すべての国々が見守る中で罰する。 9 あなたが犯した恐ろしい罪のゆえに、今までにも下したことがなく、これからも下さないような重い罰を下す。 10 親がわが子を食べ、子も親を食べるようになる。幸いにして生き残った者も、世界中に散らされる。 11 あなたに約束する。偶像や忌まわしいいけにえによってわたしの聖所を汚したからには、あなたを惜しんだり、あわれんだりしない。 12 あなたの三分の一はききんと疫病で倒れ、他の三分の一は敵に殺される。残りの三分の一は四散するが、そのあとから敵の剣が追いかける。
13 こうして、わたしの怒りがようやく収まる。全イスラエルは、わたしが警告どおりに実行することを悟るだろう。
14 わたしは、周囲のすべての国々に、また、廃墟となったこの地を通り過ぎるすべての旅人に対して、あなたを見せしめとする。 15 あなたは全世界の笑いものとなり、すべての人への恐ろしい見せしめとなる。主が一つの国を激しく叱責し、その国全体に立ち向かうとき、どのようなことが起こるかを見るからだ。主であるわたしが、これを語っている。 16 わたしは恐ろしいききんの矢を雨と降らせて、あなたを滅ぼす。ききんはますますひどくなり、一切れのパンも残らなくなる。 17 ききんばかりでなく、野獣があなたとあなたの家族を襲って、かみ殺す。疫病と戦争が国中に起こり、敵の剣があなたを虐殺する。主であるわたしが、これを語っている。」
イスラエルの山々の運命
6 再び、主からのことばがありました。
2 「人の子よ、イスラエルの山々に預言せよ。
3 ああ、イスラエルの山々よ。あなたに、また、川や谷に語られる神、主のことばを聞け。わたしが、主であるこのわたしが、あなたがたの偶像を滅ぼすために戦争を起こす。 4-7 町々はすべて打ち砕かれ、焼かれる。偶像の祭壇は捨て去られる。神々の像は粉々に砕かれ、偶像の礼拝者たちの骨も祭壇の回りにまき散らされる。その時、ようやくあなたがたは、わたしこそ主であることを知る。
8 しかし、わたしは、わたしの民のうち少数の者を逃れさせ、国々の間に散らそう。 9 そうすれば、国々に捕囚として連れて行かれるとき、彼らはわたしを思い起こすだろう。わたしが彼らの姦淫の心、偶像を愛する心を取り去り、ほかの神々を慕うみだらな目を見えなくするからだ。その時になってやっと、彼らは自分が犯した悪のゆえに自分自身を嫌悪するようになる。 10 彼らは、わたしだけが神であり、わたしがこれらすべてのことが起こると語ったとき、決して理由もなく言ったのでないと気づくだろう。」
11 神である主はこう語ります。「恐れおののきつつ両手を上げ、激しい自責の念にかられて叫べ。『ああ、何という悪事をしでかしたことか』と叫ぶがいい。戦争とききんと疫病で滅びようとしているからだ。 12 捕囚の地にある者は疫病で死に、イスラエルの国にいる者は戦争で倒れ、生き残った者もききんと籠城で死ぬ。こうして、わたしの憤りもようやく収まる。 13 殺された者が、丘や山の上にある偶像や祭壇の回りに、また、神々に香をたいた青い木や茂った樫の木の下に散り散りに横たえられるとき、わたしだけが神であることに気づく。 14 わたしはあなたがたを押しつぶし、南は荒野から北はリブラまで、町々を荒廃させる。その時、わたしが主であることを知るだろう。」
終わりの時がくる
7 続いて、神からのことばが私にありました。
2 「イスラエルに告げよ。あなたの見るところはみな、東も西も、南も北も、もう終わりだ。この国はもう終わりが来た。 3 わたしは、偶像を拝んだあなたに怒りをぶつける。もう絶体絶命だ。 4 わたしはあなたから目を背け、あわれんだりはしない。とことんまで罰する。そうすれば、わたしが主であることを、あなたがたは知るようになるだろう。」
5-6 神である主は言います。「次から次へと災いを送って、あなたにとどめを刺そう。終わりはすでにきている。終局の破滅が待っているだけだ。 7 ああ、イスラエルよ。滅亡の日のきざしは現れ、時はきた。苦難の日は近い。それは喜びの声を上げる日ではなく、苦しみもだえて叫ぶ日だ。 8-9 やがて、わたしは憤りを注ぎ、おまえたちの悪のすべてを徹底的に罰しよう。もはや、あなたを惜しまず、あわれまない。これをしているのが、主であるわたしであることを、あなたがたは知るようになるだろう。
10-11 ついに、さばきの日がきた。朝日が昇ってくる。あなたの悪と高ぶりは頂点に達し、行き着くところまで行ったからだ。富におごり、高ぶる悪者は、一人も生き長らえない。高慢の鼻は完全にへし折られ、あなたがたの運命を嘆く者もいなくなる。
12 さあ、その時がきた。その日が近づいた。神の怒りがその地に臨むので、買う物もなく、売る物もなくなる。 13 主がイスラエルの民全体にさばきを宣言したので、たとえ商人が生き長らえても、商売はできなくなる。すべての人が滅ぼされる。罪に満ちた生活をしている者はだれも立ち直れない。
14 イスラエル軍に、『進め』と角笛を吹き鳴らしても、だれも聞こうとしない。わたしの怒りがすべての者に臨むからだ。 15 城壁の外に出れば、敵が彼らを殺そうと待ちかまえている。城壁の内側にとどまれば、ききんと疫病で滅ぼし尽くされる。 16 運よく逃れた者も、山々にひそむ鳩のように、その寂しさを嘆き悲しみ、自分の罪のために泣き悲しむ。 17 手も弱くなり、ひざもがくがく震えるようになる。 18 彼らは荒布をまとい、恐怖と恥で包まれ、悲しみと自責の念にかられて頭をそる。
19 金銀を投げ捨てよ。怒りの日には何の価値もなくなるのだから、がらくたのように放り出せ。彼らの罪の根本は金銀を愛することにある。それが、腹を満たすことも満足させることもできなくなるのだ。 20 わたしの神殿を美しく飾るために与えた金で、彼らは偶像を造ってしまった。それゆえ、わたしはそれを全部取り上げる。 21 戦利品として外国人や悪者どもに与える。彼らはわたしの神殿を汚すだろう。 22 その時、わたしは見て見ぬふりをする。止めはしない。彼らは強盗のように宝物をあさり、神殿を廃墟のようにする。
23 わたしの民のために鎖を用意せよ。この国は流血の罪で満ちているからだ。エルサレムは暴虐に満ちているので、わたしはその住民を奴隷とする。 24 諸国の中でも最悪の国を、エルサレムに来させよう。彼らの家々を占領させ、彼らが誇っている要塞を破壊させ、神殿を汚させ、高慢の鼻をへし折らせる。 25 イスラエルを切り捨てる時が、いよいよきた。平和を求めても得られない。 26-27 災いの上に災いが、悲しみの上に悲しみが、惨事の上に惨事が襲う。彼らは預言者の指導を求める。それなのに、祭司も長老も、王も君主も、ただ手をこまねいているだけで、絶望のうちに泣き悲しんでいる。わたしは彼らが行った悪に対し、それに十分見合った報いをするので、彼らは恐怖のあまり震えおののく。そして、わたしが主であることを知るようになる。」
Ezekiel 4-7
New International Version
Ezekiel 4-7
New International Version
Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized
4 “Now, son of man, take a block of clay, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it. 2 Then lay siege to it: Erect siege works against it, build a ramp(A) up to it, set up camps against it and put battering rams around it.(B) 3 Then take an iron pan,(C) place it as an iron wall between you and the city and turn your face toward(D) it. It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign(E) to the people of Israel.(F)
4 “Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the people of Israel upon yourself.[a] You are to bear their sin for the number of days you lie on your side. 5 I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for 390 days you will bear the sin of the people of Israel.
6 “After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin(G) of the people of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year.(H) 7 Turn your face(I) toward the siege of Jerusalem and with bared arm prophesy against her. 8 I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.(J)
9 “Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt;(K) put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side. 10 Weigh out twenty shekels[b](L) of food to eat each day and eat it at set times. 11 Also measure out a sixth of a hin[c] of water and drink it at set times.(M) 12 Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement(N) for fuel.” 13 The Lord said, “In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them.”(O)
14 Then I said, “Not so, Sovereign Lord!(P) I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead(Q) or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.(R)”
15 “Very well,” he said, “I will let you bake your bread over cow dung instead of human excrement.”
16 He then said to me: “Son of man, I am about to cut off(S) the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair,(T) 17 for food and water will be scarce.(U) They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of[d] their sin.(V)
God’s Razor of Judgment
5 “Now, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber’s razor(W) to shave(X) your head and your beard.(Y) Then take a set of scales and divide up the hair. 2 When the days of your siege come to an end, burn(Z) a third(AA) of the hair inside the city. Take a third and strike it with the sword all around the city. And scatter a third to the wind.(AB) For I will pursue them with drawn sword.(AC) 3 But take a few hairs and tuck them away in the folds of your garment.(AD) 4 Again, take a few of these and throw them into the fire(AE) and burn them up. A fire will spread from there to all Israel.
5 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.(AF) 6 Yet in her wickedness she has rebelled against my laws and decrees more than the nations and countries around her. She has rejected my laws and has not followed my decrees.(AG)
7 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: You have been more unruly than the nations around you and have not followed my decrees or kept my laws. You have not even[e] conformed to the standards of the nations around you.(AH)
8 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will inflict punishment on you in the sight of the nations.(AI) 9 Because of all your detestable idols, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again.(AJ) 10 Therefore in your midst parents will eat their children, and children will eat their parents.(AK) I will inflict punishment on you and will scatter all your survivors to the winds.(AL) 11 Therefore as surely as I live,(AM) declares the Sovereign(AN) Lord, because you have defiled my sanctuary(AO) with all your vile images(AP) and detestable practices,(AQ) I myself will shave you; I will not look on you with pity or spare you.(AR) 12 A third of your people will die of the plague or perish by famine inside you; a third will fall by the sword outside your walls; and a third I will scatter to the winds(AS) and pursue with drawn sword.(AT)
13 “Then my anger will cease and my wrath(AU) against them will subside, and I will be avenged.(AV) And when I have spent my wrath on them, they will know that I the Lord have spoken in my zeal.(AW)
14 “I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.(AX) 15 You will be a reproach(AY) and a taunt, a warning(AZ) and an object of horror to the nations around you when I inflict punishment on you in anger and in wrath and with stinging rebuke.(BA) I the Lord have spoken.(BB) 16 When I shoot at you with my deadly and destructive arrows of famine, I will shoot to destroy you. I will bring more and more famine upon you and cut off your supply of food.(BC) 17 I will send famine and wild beasts(BD) against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed(BE) will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I the Lord have spoken.(BF)”
Doom for the Mountains of Israel
6 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face(BG) against the mountains(BH) of Israel; prophesy against them(BI) 3 and say: ‘You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys:(BJ) I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.(BK) 4 Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars(BL) will be smashed; and I will slay your people in front of your idols.(BM) 5 I will lay the dead bodies of the Israelites in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones(BN) around your altars.(BO) 6 Wherever you live,(BP) the towns will be laid waste and the high places(BQ) demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and devastated, your idols(BR) smashed and ruined, your incense altars(BS) broken down, and what you have made wiped out.(BT) 7 Your people will fall slain(BU) among you, and you will know that I am the Lord.(BV)
8 “‘But I will spare some, for some of you will escape(BW) the sword when you are scattered among the lands and nations.(BX) 9 Then in the nations where they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember(BY) me—how I have been grieved(BZ) by their adulterous hearts, which have turned away from me, and by their eyes, which have lusted after their idols.(CA) They will loathe themselves for the evil(CB) they have done and for all their detestable practices.(CC) 10 And they will know that I am the Lord;(CD) I did not threaten in vain to bring this calamity on them.(CE)
11 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Strike your hands together and stamp your feet and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked and detestable practices of the people of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine and plague.(CF) 12 One who is far away will die of the plague, and one who is near will fall by the sword, and anyone who survives and is spared will die of famine. So will I pour out my wrath(CG) on them.(CH) 13 And they will know that I am the Lord, when their people lie slain among their idols(CI) around their altars, on every high hill and on all the mountaintops, under every spreading tree and every leafy oak(CJ)—places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.(CK) 14 And I will stretch out my hand(CL) against them and make the land a desolate waste from the desert to Diblah[f]—wherever they live. Then they will know that I am the Lord.(CM)’”
The End Has Come
7 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel:
“‘The end!(CN) The end has come
upon the four corners(CO) of the land!
3 The end is now upon you,
and I will unleash my anger against you.
I will judge you according to your conduct(CP)
and repay you for all your detestable practices.(CQ)
4 I will not look on you with pity;(CR)
I will not spare you.
I will surely repay you for your conduct
and for the detestable practices among you.
“‘Then you will know that I am the Lord.’(CS)
5 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“‘Disaster!(CT) Unheard-of[g] disaster!
See, it comes!
6 The end(CU) has come!
The end has come!
It has roused itself against you.
See, it comes!
7 Doom has come upon you,
upon you who dwell in the land.
The time has come! The day(CV) is near!(CW)
There is panic, not joy, on the mountains.
8 I am about to pour out my wrath(CX) on you
and spend my anger against you.
I will judge you according to your conduct
and repay you for all your detestable practices.(CY)
9 I will not look on you with pity;
I will not spare you.(CZ)
I will repay you for your conduct
and for the detestable practices among you.(DA)
“‘Then you will know that it is I the Lord who strikes you.(DB)
10 “‘See, the day!
See, it comes!
Doom has burst forth,
the rod(DC) has budded,
arrogance has blossomed!
11 Violence(DD) has arisen,[h]
a rod to punish the wicked.
None of the people will be left,
none of that crowd—
none of their wealth,
nothing of value.(DE)
12 The time has come!
The day has arrived!
Let not the buyer(DF) rejoice
nor the seller grieve,
for my wrath is on the whole crowd.(DG)
13 The seller will not recover
the property that was sold—
as long as both buyer and seller live.
For the vision concerning the whole crowd
will not be reversed.
Because of their sins, not one of them
will preserve their life.(DH)
14 “‘They have blown the trumpet,(DI)
they have made all things ready,
but no one will go into battle,
for my wrath(DJ) is on the whole crowd.
15 Outside is the sword;
inside are plague and famine.
Those in the country
will die by the sword;
those in the city
will be devoured by famine and plague.(DK)
16 The fugitives(DL) who escape
will flee to the mountains.
Like doves(DM) of the valleys,
they will all moan,
each for their own sins.(DN)
17 Every hand will go limp;(DO)
every leg will be wet with urine.(DP)
18 They will put on sackcloth(DQ)
and be clothed with terror.(DR)
Every face will be covered with shame,
and every head will be shaved.(DS)
19 “‘They will throw their silver into the streets,(DT)
and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean.
Their silver and gold
will not be able to deliver them
in the day of the Lord’s wrath.(DU)
It will not satisfy(DV) their hunger
or fill their stomachs,
for it has caused them to stumble(DW) into sin.(DX)
20 They took pride in their beautiful jewelry
and used it to make(DY) their detestable idols.
They made it into vile images;(DZ)
therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.(EA)
21 I will give their wealth as plunder(EB) to foreigners
and as loot to the wicked of the earth,
who will defile it.(EC)
22 I will turn my face(ED) away from the people,
and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure.
They will enter it
and will defile it.(EE)
23 “‘Prepare chains!
For the land is full of bloodshed,(EF)
and the city is full of violence.(EG)
24 I will bring the most wicked of nations
to take possession of their houses.
I will put an end to the pride of the mighty,
and their sanctuaries(EH) will be desecrated.(EI)
25 When terror comes,
they will seek peace in vain.(EJ)
26 Calamity upon calamity(EK) will come,
and rumor upon rumor.
They will go searching for a vision from the prophet,(EL)
priestly instruction in the law will cease,
the counsel of the elders will come to an end.(EM)
27 The king will mourn,
the prince will be clothed with despair,(EN)
and the hands of the people of the land will tremble.
I will deal with them according to their conduct,(EO)
and by their own standards I will judge them.
“‘Then they will know that I am the Lord.(EP)’”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 4:4 Or upon your side
- Ezekiel 4:10 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams
- Ezekiel 4:11 That is, about 2/3 quart or about 0.6 liter
- Ezekiel 4:17 Or away in
- Ezekiel 5:7 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac You have
- Ezekiel 6:14 Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts Riblah
- Ezekiel 7:5 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Disaster after
- Ezekiel 7:11 Or The violent one has become
Ezekiel 4-7
King James Version
Ezekiel 4-7
King James Version
4 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.
5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
8 And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
13 And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
14 Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
5 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
5 Thus saith the Lord God; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.
6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it.
16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee: and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the Lord have spoken it.
6 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
5 And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
8 Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
10 And they shall know that I am the Lord, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.
11 Thus saith the Lord God; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
13 Then shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.
14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the Lord.
7 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.
4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
5 Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.
7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.
9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth.
10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall there be wailing for them.
12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.
25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
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ヨハネの黙示録 3
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3 サルデスにある教会の指導者に、次のように書き送りなさい。『この手紙は、神の七つの霊と七つの星を持つ方からのものです。「あなたは生き生きした活動的な教会だと言われていますが、実は死んだ状態にあることを、わたしは知っています。 2 だから目を覚ましなさい。死の一歩手前まで来ている、残された者たちを力づけなさい。あなたの今までの行いは、どう見ても、神の前に正しくありません。 3 最初に聞いたこと、また、信じたことを思い出しなさい。それをしっかり守って、もう一度、わたしに心を向けなさい。さもないと、わたしは盗人のように、思いがけない時にあなたを襲って、罰します。 4 しかしなお、サルデスの教会には、この世の汚れに染まっていない少数の人々がいます。その人々は白い衣を着て、わたしと共に歩みます。彼らには、その資格があるからです。 5 勝利を得る者はみな、白い衣をまといます。わたしは、その人の名をいのちの書から消し去らず、父と天使の前で、彼らはわたしのものであるとはっきり宣言します。 6 聞く耳のある人は、聖霊が諸教会に言われることに耳を傾けなさい。」』
7 フィラデルフィヤにある教会の指導者に、次のように書き送りなさい。『この手紙は、きよく真実な方、ダビデのかぎを持つ方からのものです。この方が、そのかぎで開くとだれも閉じることができず、閉じるとだれも開けることができません。 8 「わたしは、あなたをよく知っています。あなたは決して強くはありませんが、わたしの教えを守ろうと努力し、わたしの名を否定しませんでした。それで、あなたの前に、だれも閉じることのできない門を開いておきました。 9 よく見なさい。神の民だと自称しながら〔実はそうではなく〕悪魔に味方する者を、わたしはこのような目に会わせます。彼らをあなたの足もとにひれ伏させ、あなたに対するわたしの愛を明らかにします。 10 あなたは迫害にもめげず、じっと忍耐して、わたしの教えに従ってきました。それで、すべての人間を試すために全世界に襲いかかる苦しみと試練の時に、わたしはあなたを守ります。 11 見なさい。わたしはすぐに来ます。いま手にしているわずかなものを、しっかり握りしめていなさい。自分の冠をだれにも奪われないためです。 12 わたしは、勝利を得る者を、わたしの神の神殿の柱とします。そこは安全で、もはや追い出されたりしません。わたしはその人に、神の名を刻みます。そして、神の都、すなわち、天の神のもとから下って来る新しい都エルサレムの市民とします。こうして彼は、わたしの新しい名を刻まれるのです。 13 聞く耳のある人は、聖霊が諸教会に言われることに耳を傾けなさい。」』
14 ラオデキヤにある教会の指導者に、次のように書き送りなさい。『この手紙は、確固として立つ方、忠実で、過去、現在、未来にわたって存在する万物の真の証人である方、神に造られたものの根源である方からのものです。 15 「わたしは、あなたをよく知っています。あなたは冷たくもなく熱くもありません。むしろ、冷たいか熱いかの、どちらかであってほしいのです。 16 しかし、なまぬるいだけなので、わたしは口から吐き出します。 17 あなたは、『私は金持ちだ。ほしいものは何でも手に入るし、もうこれ以上望むものはない』とうそぶいています。しかし、そんなあなたは、ほんとうにあわれで、みじめで、貧しくて、盲目で、おまけに裸同然であることに気づいていないのです。 18 忠告しておきます。真に豊かな者になるために、火で精錬された純金をわたしから買いなさい。また、裸の恥をさらさないために、しみ一つない清潔な白い衣をわたしから買いなさい。また、見えるようになるために、わたしから目につける薬を買いなさい。 19 わたしは愛する者を絶えず訓練し、しかったり、懲らしめたりします。ですから、もし神に対して熱い心を持たなければ、わたしの罰を受けることになります。 20 見なさい。わたしは戸の外でたたいています。その呼びかけにこたえて戸を開ける人なら、わたしは中に入って、だれとでも親しく語り合います。そして、互いに楽しい時を過ごすのです。 21 勝利を得る者を、わたしと共に王座につかせましょう。ちょうど、わたしが勝利を得た時、父から、王座に共に座ることを許されたように。 22 聞く耳のある人は、聖霊が諸教会に言われることに耳を傾けなさい。」』」
Revelation 3
New International Version
Revelation 3
New International Version
To the Church in Sardis
3 “To the angel[a] of the church in Sardis(A) write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits[b](B) of God and the seven stars.(C) I know your deeds;(D) you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.(E) 2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. 3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent.(F) But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief,(G) and you will not know at what time(H) I will come to you.
4 Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes.(I) They will walk with me, dressed in white,(J) for they are worthy. 5 The one who is victorious(K) will, like them, be dressed in white.(L) I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life,(M) but will acknowledge that name before my Father(N) and his angels. 6 Whoever has ears, let them hear(O) what the Spirit says to the churches.
To the Church in Philadelphia
7 “To the angel of the church in Philadelphia(P) write:
These are the words of him who is holy(Q) and true,(R) who holds the key of David.(S) What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. 8 I know your deeds.(T) See, I have placed before you an open door(U) that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.(V) 9 I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan,(W) who claim to be Jews though they are not,(X) but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet(Y) and acknowledge that I have loved you.(Z) 10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you(AA) from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world(AB) to test(AC) the inhabitants of the earth.(AD)
11 I am coming soon.(AE) Hold on to what you have,(AF) so that no one will take your crown.(AG) 12 The one who is victorious(AH) I will make a pillar(AI) in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God(AJ) and the name of the city of my God,(AK) the new Jerusalem,(AL) which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name. 13 Whoever has ears, let them hear(AM) what the Spirit says to the churches.
To the Church in Laodicea
14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea(AN) write:
These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness,(AO) the ruler of God’s creation.(AP) 15 I know your deeds,(AQ) that you are neither cold nor hot.(AR) I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’(AS) But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.(AT) 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire,(AU) so you can become rich; and white clothes(AV) to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness;(AW) and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.
19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.(AX) So be earnest and repent.(AY) 20 Here I am! I stand at the door(AZ) and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,(BA) I will come in(BB) and eat with that person, and they with me.
21 To the one who is victorious,(BC) I will give the right to sit with me on my throne,(BD) just as I was victorious(BE) and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 Whoever has ears, let them hear(BF) what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Footnotes
- Revelation 3:1 Or messenger; also in verses 7 and 14
- Revelation 3:1 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
Revelation 3
King James Version
Revelation 3
King James Version
3 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
ヨハネの黙示録 3
Japanese Living Bible
ヨハネの黙示録 3
Japanese Living Bible
3 サルデスにある教会の指導者に、次のように書き送りなさい。『この手紙は、神の七つの霊と七つの星を持つ方からのものです。「あなたは生き生きした活動的な教会だと言われていますが、実は死んだ状態にあることを、わたしは知っています。 2 だから目を覚ましなさい。死の一歩手前まで来ている、残された者たちを力づけなさい。あなたの今までの行いは、どう見ても、神の前に正しくありません。 3 最初に聞いたこと、また、信じたことを思い出しなさい。それをしっかり守って、もう一度、わたしに心を向けなさい。さもないと、わたしは盗人のように、思いがけない時にあなたを襲って、罰します。 4 しかしなお、サルデスの教会には、この世の汚れに染まっていない少数の人々がいます。その人々は白い衣を着て、わたしと共に歩みます。彼らには、その資格があるからです。 5 勝利を得る者はみな、白い衣をまといます。わたしは、その人の名をいのちの書から消し去らず、父と天使の前で、彼らはわたしのものであるとはっきり宣言します。 6 聞く耳のある人は、聖霊が諸教会に言われることに耳を傾けなさい。」』
7 フィラデルフィヤにある教会の指導者に、次のように書き送りなさい。『この手紙は、きよく真実な方、ダビデのかぎを持つ方からのものです。この方が、そのかぎで開くとだれも閉じることができず、閉じるとだれも開けることができません。 8 「わたしは、あなたをよく知っています。あなたは決して強くはありませんが、わたしの教えを守ろうと努力し、わたしの名を否定しませんでした。それで、あなたの前に、だれも閉じることのできない門を開いておきました。 9 よく見なさい。神の民だと自称しながら〔実はそうではなく〕悪魔に味方する者を、わたしはこのような目に会わせます。彼らをあなたの足もとにひれ伏させ、あなたに対するわたしの愛を明らかにします。 10 あなたは迫害にもめげず、じっと忍耐して、わたしの教えに従ってきました。それで、すべての人間を試すために全世界に襲いかかる苦しみと試練の時に、わたしはあなたを守ります。 11 見なさい。わたしはすぐに来ます。いま手にしているわずかなものを、しっかり握りしめていなさい。自分の冠をだれにも奪われないためです。 12 わたしは、勝利を得る者を、わたしの神の神殿の柱とします。そこは安全で、もはや追い出されたりしません。わたしはその人に、神の名を刻みます。そして、神の都、すなわち、天の神のもとから下って来る新しい都エルサレムの市民とします。こうして彼は、わたしの新しい名を刻まれるのです。 13 聞く耳のある人は、聖霊が諸教会に言われることに耳を傾けなさい。」』
14 ラオデキヤにある教会の指導者に、次のように書き送りなさい。『この手紙は、確固として立つ方、忠実で、過去、現在、未来にわたって存在する万物の真の証人である方、神に造られたものの根源である方からのものです。 15 「わたしは、あなたをよく知っています。あなたは冷たくもなく熱くもありません。むしろ、冷たいか熱いかの、どちらかであってほしいのです。 16 しかし、なまぬるいだけなので、わたしは口から吐き出します。 17 あなたは、『私は金持ちだ。ほしいものは何でも手に入るし、もうこれ以上望むものはない』とうそぶいています。しかし、そんなあなたは、ほんとうにあわれで、みじめで、貧しくて、盲目で、おまけに裸同然であることに気づいていないのです。 18 忠告しておきます。真に豊かな者になるために、火で精錬された純金をわたしから買いなさい。また、裸の恥をさらさないために、しみ一つない清潔な白い衣をわたしから買いなさい。また、見えるようになるために、わたしから目につける薬を買いなさい。 19 わたしは愛する者を絶えず訓練し、しかったり、懲らしめたりします。ですから、もし神に対して熱い心を持たなければ、わたしの罰を受けることになります。 20 見なさい。わたしは戸の外でたたいています。その呼びかけにこたえて戸を開ける人なら、わたしは中に入って、だれとでも親しく語り合います。そして、互いに楽しい時を過ごすのです。 21 勝利を得る者を、わたしと共に王座につかせましょう。ちょうど、わたしが勝利を得た時、父から、王座に共に座ることを許されたように。 22 聞く耳のある人は、聖霊が諸教会に言われることに耳を傾けなさい。」』」
Revelation 3
New International Version
Revelation 3
New International Version
To the Church in Sardis
3 “To the angel[a] of the church in Sardis(A) write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits[b](B) of God and the seven stars.(C) I know your deeds;(D) you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.(E) 2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. 3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent.(F) But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief,(G) and you will not know at what time(H) I will come to you.
4 Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes.(I) They will walk with me, dressed in white,(J) for they are worthy. 5 The one who is victorious(K) will, like them, be dressed in white.(L) I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life,(M) but will acknowledge that name before my Father(N) and his angels. 6 Whoever has ears, let them hear(O) what the Spirit says to the churches.
To the Church in Philadelphia
7 “To the angel of the church in Philadelphia(P) write:
These are the words of him who is holy(Q) and true,(R) who holds the key of David.(S) What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. 8 I know your deeds.(T) See, I have placed before you an open door(U) that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.(V) 9 I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan,(W) who claim to be Jews though they are not,(X) but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet(Y) and acknowledge that I have loved you.(Z) 10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you(AA) from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world(AB) to test(AC) the inhabitants of the earth.(AD)
11 I am coming soon.(AE) Hold on to what you have,(AF) so that no one will take your crown.(AG) 12 The one who is victorious(AH) I will make a pillar(AI) in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God(AJ) and the name of the city of my God,(AK) the new Jerusalem,(AL) which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name. 13 Whoever has ears, let them hear(AM) what the Spirit says to the churches.
To the Church in Laodicea
14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea(AN) write:
These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness,(AO) the ruler of God’s creation.(AP) 15 I know your deeds,(AQ) that you are neither cold nor hot.(AR) I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’(AS) But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.(AT) 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire,(AU) so you can become rich; and white clothes(AV) to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness;(AW) and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.
19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.(AX) So be earnest and repent.(AY) 20 Here I am! I stand at the door(AZ) and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,(BA) I will come in(BB) and eat with that person, and they with me.
21 To the one who is victorious,(BC) I will give the right to sit with me on my throne,(BD) just as I was victorious(BE) and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 Whoever has ears, let them hear(BF) what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Footnotes
- Revelation 3:1 Or messenger; also in verses 7 and 14
- Revelation 3:1 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
Revelation 3
King James Version
Revelation 3
King James Version
3 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
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