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カナン人との戦い

ヨシュアの死後、イスラエルの民は主からの指示を仰ごうと尋ねました。「カナン人と戦うには、まずどの部族が出陣すればよいでしょうか。」 すると、「ユダ族が行きなさい。彼らに輝かしい勝利を約束しよう」と主は言いました。 そこで、ユダ族の指導者たちは、シメオン族に加勢を求めました。「私たちの割り当て地に住む者たちを追い払うのに力を貸してほしい。その代わり、あなたたちが戦う時には必ず応援するから。」そうして、シメオンとユダの軍隊は合流して出陣しました。

4-6 主の助けによって、彼らはカナン人とペリジ人を打ち破りました。このベゼクでの戦闘で、なんと一万人もの敵を打ったのです。アドニ・ベゼク王は逃げ出したものの、すぐ捕らえられ、手足の親指を切り取られました。 「わしもこうやって七十人もの王の親指を切り取り、わしの食卓から落ちるパンくずを食べさせたものだが、今、神はそのつけを回してこられたというわけか」と、ベゼク王は嘆きました。王はエルサレムへ連れて行かれ、そこで息を引き取りました。

ユダ族はエルサレムを占領し、住民を打ち、町に火をかけました。 そののちユダの軍隊は、低地に住むカナン人を攻めたばかりか、山地やネゲブのカナン人とも戦いました。 10 また、以前キルヤテ・アルバと呼ばれたヘブロンにいるカナン人に向かって進撃し、シェシャイ、アヒマン、タルマイなどの町を滅ぼしました。

11 さらにそののち、以前キルヤテ・セフェルと呼ばれたデビルを攻めました。 12 カレブは、「だれか、率先してデビルを攻撃する者はいないか。占領した者には、私の娘アクサを妻として与えるぞ」と全軍に呼びかけました。 13 カレブの弟ケナズの子オテニエルが、先陣を志願してデビルを占領し、アクサを花嫁に迎えました。 14 アクサは嫁ぐ時、夫にそそのかされて、贈り物としてもっと土地をくれるよう父に求めました。彼女がろばから降りると、カレブは尋ねました。「どうした。何か欲しいものでもあるのか。」

15 アクサは答えました。「ネゲブの地は十分に頂いたのですけれど、できれば泉も頂きたいのです。」そこでカレブは、上の泉と下の泉を彼女に与えました。

16 ユダ族が、アラデの南方ネゲブの荒野の新天地に移った時、モーセの義父の子孫であるケニ族の人々も同行しました。彼らは、「なつめやしの町」と呼ばれたエリコを離れ、以後ずっといっしょに生活しました。 17 そののちユダ軍はシメオン軍の加勢を得て、ツェファテの町に住むカナン人を打ち、彼らを滅ぼしました。今でも、その町はホルマ〔「絶滅」の意〕と呼ばれています。 18 ユダ軍はさらに、ガザ、アシュケロン、エクロンの町々と周辺の村々を手中に収めました。 19 主の助けがあったので、山地一帯の住民を滅ぼすことができたのです。ただ、谷の住民は鉄の戦車を持っていたので、征服できませんでした。 20 ヘブロンの町は、主の約束どおりカレブの手の中に落ちました。カレブは、そこに住むアナクの三人の息子を追い出しました。

21 ベニヤミン族は、エルサレムに住むエブス人を根絶やしにできませんでした。それでエブス人は、今でもイスラエル人といっしょに住んでいます。

22-23 ヨセフ族も、以前ルズと呼ばれたベテルの町を襲撃しました。主はヨセフ族とともにいました。まず、偵察隊が派遣され、 24 彼らは町から出て来た男を捕まえ、「町の城壁の出入口を教えてくれたらいのちを助けよう」と持ちかけたのです。 25 男が町に入る方法を話したので、ヨセフ族は町に攻め込み、全住民を打ちました。もちろん、その男と彼の家族だけは助かりました。 26 のちに、その男はヘテ人の地に町を建て、ルズと名づけました。今も知られているとおりです。

27 マナセ族は、ベテ・シェアン、タナク、ドル、イブレアム、メギドとその周辺の町々の住民を追い出すことに失敗しました。それでカナン人は、その地にとどまり続けました。 28 のちにイスラエルは強大になりましたが、カナン人を奴隷として働かせることはあっても、追い出すことはしませんでした。 29 ゲゼルに住むカナン人についても同じです。彼らは今もなお、エフライム族に混じって生活しています。

30 ゼブルン族も、キテロンとナハラルの住民を滅ぼすには至らず、奴隷として働かせました。

31-32 アシェル族は、アコ、シドン、マハレブ、アクジブ、ヘルバ、アフェク、レホブの住民を追い出しませんでした。それでイスラエル人は、今なお、原住民であるカナン人といっしょに住んでいます。

33 ナフタリ族は、ベテ・シェメシュとベテ・アナテの住民を追い出しませんでした。彼らは奴隷として、イスラエル人に混じって暮らし続けました。

34 ダン族の場合は、エモリ人に圧倒されて山地へ追いやられ、谷に降りることができませんでした。 35 しかし、のちにエモリ人は、ヘレス山、アヤロン、シャアルビムへと散在するにつれてヨセフ族に征服され、奴隷となりました。 36 エモリ人との境界線は、アクラビムの丘陵地帯から始まり、セラと呼ばれる地点を通り、そこから上の方に及びました。

Israel Fights the Remaining Canaanites(A)

After the death(B) of Joshua, the Israelites asked the Lord, “Who of us is to go up first(C) to fight against the Canaanites?(D)

The Lord answered, “Judah(E) shall go up; I have given the land into their hands.(F)

The men of Judah then said to the Simeonites their fellow Israelites, “Come up with us into the territory allotted to us, to fight against the Canaanites. We in turn will go with you into yours.” So the Simeonites(G) went with them.

When Judah attacked, the Lord gave the Canaanites and Perizzites(H) into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.(I) It was there that they found Adoni-Bezek(J) and fought against him, putting to rout the Canaanites and Perizzites. Adoni-Bezek fled, but they chased him and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

Then Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back(K) for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem,(L) and he died there.

The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem(M) also and took it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.

After that, Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country,(N) the Negev(O) and the western foothills. 10 They advanced against the Canaanites living in Hebron(P) (formerly called Kiriath Arba(Q)) and defeated Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai.(R) 11 From there they advanced against the people living in Debir(S) (formerly called Kiriath Sepher).

12 And Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Aksah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.” 13 Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him in marriage.

14 One day when she came to Othniel, she urged him[a] to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What can I do for you?”

15 She replied, “Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me also springs of water.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.(T)

16 The descendants of Moses’ father-in-law,(U) the Kenite,(V) went up from the City of Palms[b](W) with the people of Judah to live among the inhabitants of the Desert of Judah in the Negev near Arad.(X)

17 Then the men of Judah went with the Simeonites(Y) their fellow Israelites and attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they totally destroyed[c] the city. Therefore it was called Hormah.[d](Z) 18 Judah also took[e] Gaza,(AA) Ashkelon(AB) and Ekron—each city with its territory.

19 The Lord was with(AC) the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country,(AD) but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had chariots fitted with iron.(AE) 20 As Moses had promised, Hebron(AF) was given to Caleb, who drove from it the three sons of Anak.(AG) 21 The Benjamites, however, did not drive out(AH) the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem;(AI) to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites.

22 Now the tribes of Joseph(AJ) attacked Bethel,(AK) and the Lord was with them. 23 When they sent men to spy out Bethel (formerly called Luz),(AL) 24 the spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, “Show us how to get into the city and we will see that you are treated well.(AM) 25 So he showed them, and they put the city to the sword but spared(AN) the man and his whole family. 26 He then went to the land of the Hittites,(AO) where he built a city and called it Luz,(AP) which is its name to this day.

27 But Manasseh did not(AQ) drive out the people of Beth Shan or Taanach or Dor(AR) or Ibleam(AS) or Megiddo(AT) and their surrounding settlements, for the Canaanites(AU) were determined to live in that land. 28 When Israel became strong, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor but never drove them out completely.(AV) 29 Nor did Ephraim(AW) drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer,(AX) but the Canaanites continued to live there among them.(AY) 30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the Canaanites living in Kitron or Nahalol, so these Canaanites lived among them, but Zebulun did subject them to forced labor. 31 Nor did Asher(AZ) drive out those living in Akko or Sidon(BA) or Ahlab or Akzib(BB) or Helbah or Aphek(BC) or Rehob.(BD) 32 The Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land because they did not drive them out. 33 Neither did Naphtali drive out those living in Beth Shemesh(BE) or Beth Anath(BF); but the Naphtalites too lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, and those living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath became forced laborers for them. 34 The Amorites(BG) confined the Danites(BH) to the hill country, not allowing them to come down into the plain.(BI) 35 And the Amorites were determined also to hold out in Mount Heres,(BJ) Aijalon(BK) and Shaalbim,(BL) but when the power of the tribes of Joseph increased, they too were pressed into forced labor. 36 The boundary of the Amorites was from Scorpion Pass(BM) to Sela(BN) and beyond.(BO)

Footnotes

  1. Judges 1:14 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate Othniel, he urged her
  2. Judges 1:16 That is, Jericho
  3. Judges 1:17 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
  4. Judges 1:17 Hormah means destruction.
  5. Judges 1:18 Hebrew; Septuagint Judah did not take

Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

And Judah went up; and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.

10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher:

12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?

15 And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

19 And the Lord was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.

21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the Lord was with them.

23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.

25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.

27 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.

29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

31 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:

32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.

33 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.

34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:

35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.

36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.