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ミカ書 7
Japanese Living Bible
ミカ書 7
Japanese Living Bible
イスラエルの悲惨さ
7 1-2 ああ、悲しいことだ。
正直者を見つけるのがこんなにも困難だとは。
まるで、収穫期を過ぎてから、
ぶどうやいちじくの実を見つけるようなものだ。
どんなに欲しくても、
ぶどう一ふさ、初なりのいちじく一個もない。
正しい人は地上から消えてしまった。
誠実な人は一人も残っていない。
みな人殺しで、
自分の兄弟まで手にかけようとしている。
3 彼らは、あらゆる手段を用いて悪を働いている。
しかも、その手口のうまいこと。
政治家も裁判官も、わいろを求める。
金持ちは彼らを買収し、じゃま者を消す相談をする。
正義はゆがめられてしまった。
4 一番ましな者でも、いばらのようにとげとげしい。
最もまっすぐな者でも、
いばらの垣根よりねじれている。
そんなあなたをさばく日が、すばやくやってくる。
処罰の時がそこまできている。
混乱と破滅と恐怖があなたに起こる。
5 だれも信用するな。
親友も、妻でさえも。
6 息子は父親をばかにし、
娘は母親に逆らい、嫁はしゅうとめをのろう。
まさに、敵は自分の家の中にいる。
7 それでも、私は主に助けを求め、
神が私を救い出すのを待ち望む。
神は私の言うことを聞いてくださる。
イスラエルは立ち上がる
8 敵よ、私のことで喜ぶな。
私は倒れても、また起き上がるからだ。
たとえ暗闇の中に座っていても、
主が私の光となる。
9 主から罰を受けている間、私はじっと耐えていよう。
私が主に罪を犯したからだ。
そののち、私を敵の手から守り、
彼らが私にしたすべての悪を罰する。
神は私を暗闇から光の中へ連れ出し、
私は神のいつくしみを見る。
10 その時敵は、神が私の味方であることを認め、
「おまえの神はどこにいるのか」
とあざけったことを恥ずかしく思う。
今すでに、彼らが道の土のように
踏みつけられるさまが見えている。
11 神の民よ。あなたの町々は建て直され、
前よりも大きくなり、繁栄する。
12 アッシリヤからエジプトまで、
エジプトからユーフラテス川まで、海から海まで、
遠い山と丘から、多くの国の人々が来て、
あなたをほめる。
13 しかしまず、恐ろしい滅亡がイスラエルに臨む。
それはイスラエルの民のはなはだしい悪のためだ。
祈りと賛美
14 主よ、来て、あなたの民を治めてください。
あなたの群れを養い、
平和で豊かな生活を送らせてください。
昔のように、バシャンとギルアデの肥沃な牧草地を
楽しませてください。
15 主はこう答えます。
「そうしよう。
エジプトで奴隷となっていたおまえを
連れ出した時のように、
おまえのために力強い奇跡を行おう。
16 全世界はわたしのすることに驚き、
自分たちの力が取るに足りないものであることを知って
困惑する。
恐れのあまり口もきけず、
周囲のことは何も耳に入らない。」
17 彼らは、蛇や穴からはい出す虫けらのように、
みじめな自分に気づく。
そして、私たちの神、主に会うため、
自分たちのとりでから震えながら出て来る。
彼らは主を恐れかしこんで、立ち尽くす。
18 あなたのような神が、ほかにいるでしょうか。
あなたはご自分の民の中で生き残った者の
罪を赦してくださいます。
あわれみを好み、
ご自分のためをいつまでも怒ってはおられません。
19 再び、私たちにあわれみをかけてくださいます。
私たちの罪を踏みつけ、海の底に投げ込まれます。
20 昔ヤコブに約束したように、
私たちを祝福してくださいます。
先祖アブラハムに約束したように、
私たちを愛してくださいます。
Micah 7
New International Version
Micah 7
New International Version
Israel’s Misery
7 What misery is mine!
I am like one who gathers summer fruit
at the gleaning of the vineyard;
there is no cluster of grapes to eat,
none of the early figs(A) that I crave.
2 The faithful have been swept from the land;(B)
not one(C) upright person remains.
Everyone lies in wait(D) to shed blood;(E)
they hunt each other(F) with nets.(G)
3 Both hands are skilled in doing evil;(H)
the ruler demands gifts,
the judge accepts bribes,(I)
the powerful dictate what they desire—
they all conspire together.
4 The best of them is like a brier,(J)
the most upright worse than a thorn(K) hedge.
The day God visits you has come,
the day your watchmen sound the alarm.
Now is the time of your confusion.(L)
5 Do not trust a neighbor;
put no confidence in a friend.(M)
Even with the woman who lies in your embrace
guard the words of your lips.
6 For a son dishonors his father,
a daughter rises up against her mother,(N)
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.(O)
7 But as for me, I watch(P) in hope(Q) for the Lord,
I wait for God my Savior;
my God will hear(R) me.
Israel Will Rise
8 Do not gloat over me,(S) my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will rise.(T)
Though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.(U)
9 Because I have sinned against him,
I will bear the Lord’s wrath,(V)
until he pleads my case(W)
and upholds my cause.
He will bring me out into the light;(X)
I will see his righteousness.(Y)
10 Then my enemy will see it
and will be covered with shame,(Z)
she who said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”(AA)
My eyes will see her downfall;(AB)
even now she will be trampled(AC) underfoot
like mire in the streets.
11 The day for building your walls(AD) will come,
the day for extending your boundaries.
12 In that day people will come to you
from Assyria(AE) and the cities of Egypt,
even from Egypt to the Euphrates
and from sea to sea
and from mountain to mountain.(AF)
13 The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants,
as the result of their deeds.(AG)
Prayer and Praise
14 Shepherd(AH) your people with your staff,(AI)
the flock of your inheritance,
which lives by itself in a forest,
in fertile pasturelands.[a](AJ)
Let them feed in Bashan(AK) and Gilead(AL)
as in days long ago.(AM)
15 “As in the days when you came out of Egypt,
I will show them my wonders.(AN)”
16 Nations will see and be ashamed,(AO)
deprived of all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths(AP)
and their ears will become deaf.
17 They will lick dust(AQ) like a snake,
like creatures that crawl on the ground.
They will come trembling(AR) out of their dens;
they will turn in fear(AS) to the Lord our God
and will be afraid of you.
18 Who is a God(AT) like you,
who pardons sin(AU) and forgives(AV) the transgression
of the remnant(AW) of his inheritance?(AX)
You do not stay angry(AY) forever
but delight to show mercy.(AZ)
19 You will again have compassion on us;
you will tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities(BA) into the depths of the sea.(BB)
20 You will be faithful to Jacob,
and show love to Abraham,(BC)
as you pledged on oath to our ancestors(BD)
in days long ago.(BE)
Footnotes
- Micah 7:14 Or in the middle of Carmel
Micah 7
King James Version
Micah 7
King James Version
7 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
7 Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
9 I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
12 In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.
16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.
18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
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