民数記 31
Japanese Living Bible
ミデヤン人への報復
31 それからまた、主はモーセに告げて言いました。 2 「ミデヤン人に報復をしなさい。ほんとうの神でない偶像を拝めとそそのかした罰である。それがすんだら、あなたは天に移される。」
3 そこで、モーセは人々に言いました。「さあ、主の命令だ。武器を取って、ミデヤン人たちと戦え。 4-5 各部族から千人ずつ兵を出すのだ。」
直ちにこのとおりにされ、一万二千人が戦場に送られました。 6 祭司エルアザルの子ピネハスもいっしょです。進軍ラッパを鳴らし、聖具を持っていく役だからです。
7 戦いは大勝利でした。敵方の男はみな殺され、 8 ミデヤン人の五人の王、エビ、レケム、ツル、フル、レバも、あえない最期を遂げました。あのベオルの子バラムも、この戦いで死にました。
9-11 イスラエル軍はミデヤン人の女と子どもを全員捕虜にし、牛や羊のほか、いろいろな戦利品を奪い、町や村を一つ残らず焼き払いました。 12-13 捕虜を引っ立てて、戦利品を山ほどかかえて意気揚々と引き揚げて来た一行を、モーセや祭司エルアザルをはじめ指導者たちが迎えました。その時、人々はまだヨルダン川の東側で、エリコに向かい合うあたりのモアブ平原に野営していました。
14 ところが、モーセは一行を見るなり、将校や指揮官をしかりつけました。 15 「なぜ女たちを生かしておいたのか。 16 あのバラムの勧めに従って、ペオル山で偶像を拝めとそそのかしたのはこの者たちである。それで、大ぜいの者が疫病にかかって死んだ。 17 子どものうち男の子と、男と寝たことのある女は生かしておくな。 18 女の子だけは助け、めいめいが引き取ってもかまわない。 19 ところで、殺害に加わった者、死体にさわった者はみな、七日間は宿営に入ってはならない。そして三日目と七日目に、自分と捕虜の身をきよめなければならない。 20 また、衣服、皮ややぎの毛や木で作った物など全部をきよめるのを忘れるな。」
21 祭司エルアザルも兵士たちに言いました。「主がモーセに命じたのは、こういうことだ。 22 金、銀、青銅、鉄、すず、鉛など、燃えない物はみな、 23 火で焼ききよめ、それからきよめの水できよめる。燃える物は水できよめるだけでかまわない。 24 そして七日目に、衣服を洗い、身をきよめてから宿営に戻りなさい。」
25 主はモーセに言いました。 26 「祭司エルアザルや族長たちといっしょに、捕虜、家畜、戦利品の数を表にまとめなさい。 27 それを、兵士と国民とに半分ずつ分けるのだ。 28 兵士はその中から、捕虜、牛、ろば、羊の五百分の一を主に献納しなければならない。 29 祭司エルアザルがそれを受け取り、神への奉納物としてささげる。 30 また国民も同じように、分け前の捕虜や家畜のそれぞれ五十分の一を納めなければならない。それはわたしの取り分だから、幕屋で働くレビ人に与えるのだ。」
31 そこでモーセと祭司エルアザルは、命じられたとおりにしました。 32-35 宝石、衣服などを除いた戦利品の総計は、羊六七万五、〇〇〇頭、牛七万二、〇〇〇頭、ろば六万一、〇〇〇頭、少女三万二、〇〇〇人でした。 36-40 この半分が兵士の分け前です。羊三三万七、五〇〇頭〔うち主にささげたのは六七五頭〕。牛三万六、〇〇〇頭〔うち主にささげたのは七二頭〕。ろば三万五〇〇頭〔うち主にささげたのは六一頭〕。少女一万六、〇〇〇人〔うちレビ部族に与えられたのは三二人〕。 41 主がモーセに命令されたとおり、主の取り分はみな祭司エルアザルが受け取りました。
42-46 兵士の分とは別に、人々も全く同じだけの分け前を受け取れます。 47 主の命令どおり、その五十分の一はレビ人のものになります。
48-49 その時、将校や指揮官たちがモーセに申し出ました。「兵士の数を調べたところ、出兵した者は全員無事に戻ってまいりました。 50 そこで、戦利品の中から、金製の腕飾り、腕輪、くるぶしの飾り輪、指輪、イヤリング、ネックレスなどをささげて、感謝の気持ちを表したいのです。どうかこれをお納めください。全員のいのちが守られたお礼でございます。」
51-52 モーセと祭司エルアザルはささげ物を受け取りましたが、全部で金一万六、七五〇シェケル（一九二キログラム）以上にもなりました。 53 このほかにも、兵士たちはそれぞれ戦利品を持っています。 54 ささげ物は幕屋に運ばれ、戦勝の記念品として大切に保管されました。
Numbers 31
King James Version
31 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of Midian.
4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.
17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses;
22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.
24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
25 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
27 And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
28 And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the Lord.
30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.
31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
34 And threescore and one thousand asses,
35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.
36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
37 And the Lord'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the Lord'S tribute was threescore and twelve.
39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the Lord'S tribute was threescore and one.
40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the Lord'S tribute was thirty and two persons.
41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord'S heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.
42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
43 (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
44 And thirty and six thousand beeves,
45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
46 And sixteen thousand persons;)
47 Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.
48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord.
51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the Lord, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord.
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