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諸国に勝利する主

38 さらに、主から別のことばがありました。 2-3 「人の子よ。北の方、マゴグの地に顔を向け、メシェクとトバルの王ゴグ(神に敵対する勢力を総結集した軍隊を表す、象徴的な存在)に預言して言え。神である主はこう語る、と。ゴグよ、わたしはおまえの敵となる。 わたしはおまえのあごに鉤針をかけ、破局へと引きずり込もう。おまえの軍隊や武装した騎兵隊を総動員し、完全武装の強力な大軍に仕立てよう。 ペルシヤ、エチオピヤ、プテも、それぞれの武器を持っておまえに合流する。 また、ゴメルとその全軍、北の果てのベテ・トガルマの軍隊、その他多くの軍勢も、おまえの味方につく。

いつでも出動できるように、備えておくのだ。ゴグよ、おまえが全軍の総指揮官なのだから。 おまえが出動命令を下すのは、ずっと先のことだ。幾多の年月を経てから、おまえはイスラエルに襲いかかる。そこには、多くの国々から帰って来た民が平穏に暮らしている。 おまえとその同盟国は、恐ろしい大軍となって、嵐のように攻め寄せ、雲のように地を覆う。

10 その時、おまえは悪いことを考えるようになる。 11 おまえはこう言うだろう。『イスラエルは、城壁のない、無防備な村の集まりのようなものだ。よし、この地に攻め入り、そんな大胆不敵な態度で暮らしている彼らを、一気にひねりつぶしてやろう。 12 一度は廃墟となり、今は国々から戻った者らで栄えている町々を攻め、山のような分捕り物と大ぜいの奴隷を手に入れよう。彼らは、今はたくさんの家畜や財産を持ち、世界の中心のようにふるまっているのだから。』 13 だが、シェバやデダン、それにイスラエルと交易しているタルシシュの豪商たちは、こう問い返すだろう。『イスラエルの金銀を奪い、家畜や財産を略奪して彼らを貧乏にしようとするおまえは、いったい何者か。』」

14 主はゴグにこう語ります。「わたしの民が自分の国で平和に暮らしている時、おまえは動きだす。 15-16 騎兵の大軍を率いて北から攻め入り、雲のようにこの地を覆う。このことが起こるのは終わりの日、末の遠い将来だ。わたしはおまえに、わたしの地を攻めさせる。みなが見ている前で、おまえは徹底的に打ちのめされる。それによってわたしのきよさが示され、すべての国々は、わたしが神であることを知る。」

17 神である主はこう語ります。「わたしが昔、イスラエルの預言者たちを通して語った人物とは、おまえのことだ。彼らは、ずっとのちに、わたしがおまえにイスラエルを攻めさせる、と長年にわたり預言していたのだ。 18 だが、おまえがイスラエルを滅ぼそうと攻めて来る時、わたしの怒りは燃え上がる。 19 その日には、わたしはねたみと激しく燃える怒りとで、イスラエルに大地震を起こそう。 20 すべての生き物は、あまりの恐ろしさに、わたしの前で震え上がる。山々は倒れ、崖はくずれ落ち、城壁は粉々に壊れる。 21 わたしはおまえをあらゆる恐怖に直面させる。」神である主はこう語ります。「おまえたちは同士打ちで倒れる。 22 わたしは、剣、疫病、大洪水、大きな雹、火と硫黄で、おまえと戦おう。 23 こうして、わたしの大きさを示し、わたしの誉れを表そう。国々は、わたしが行ったことを聞き、わたしが神であることを知る。」

The Lord’s Great Victory Over the Nations

38 The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, set your face against Gog,(A) of the land of Magog,(B) the chief prince of[a] Meshek and Tubal;(C) prophesy against him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of[b] Meshek and Tubal.(D) I will turn you around, put hooks(E) in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army—your horses, your horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their swords.(F) Persia, Cush[c](G) and Put(H) will be with them, all with shields and helmets, also Gomer(I) with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah(J) from the far north(K) with all its troops—the many nations with you.

“‘Get ready; be prepared,(L) you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them. After many days(M) you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations(N) to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety.(O) You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm;(P) you will be like a cloud(Q) covering the land.(R)

10 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind(S) and you will devise an evil scheme.(T) 11 You will say, “I will invade a land of unwalled villages; I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people(U)—all of them living without walls and without gates and bars.(V) 12 I will plunder and loot and turn my hand against the resettled ruins and the people gathered from the nations, rich in livestock and goods, living at the center of the land.[d] 13 Sheba(W) and Dedan(X) and the merchants of Tarshish(Y) and all her villages[e] will say to you, “Have you come to plunder? Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?(Z)”’

14 “Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In that day, when my people Israel are living in safety,(AA) will you not take notice of it? 15 You will come from your place in the far north,(AB) you and many nations with you, all of them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army.(AC) 16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud(AD) that covers the land.(AE) In days to come, Gog, I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am proved holy(AF) through you before their eyes.(AG)

17 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You are the one I spoke of in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel. At that time they prophesied for years that I would bring you against them. 18 This is what will happen in that day: When Gog attacks the land of Israel, my hot anger will be aroused, declares the Sovereign Lord. 19 In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there shall be a great earthquake(AH) in the land of Israel.(AI) 20 The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble(AJ) at my presence. The mountains will be overturned,(AK) the cliffs will crumble(AL) and every wall will fall to the ground.(AM) 21 I will summon a sword(AN) against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign Lord. Every man’s sword will be against his brother.(AO) 22 I will execute judgment(AP) on him with plague and bloodshed;(AQ) I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones(AR) and burning sulfur(AS) on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.(AT) 23 And so I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.(AU)

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 38:2 Or the prince of Rosh,
  2. Ezekiel 38:3 Or Gog, prince of Rosh,
  3. Ezekiel 38:5 That is, the upper Nile region
  4. Ezekiel 38:12 The Hebrew for this phrase means the navel of the earth.
  5. Ezekiel 38:13 Or her strong lions

38 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:

Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:

Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.

Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.

Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.

10 Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:

11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?

15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:

16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

17 Thus saith the Lord God; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?

18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God, that my fury shall come up in my face.

19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord God: every man's sword shall be against his brother.

22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.

39 「人の子よ、このこともゴグに預言し、彼にこう告げよ。メシェクとトバルの王であるゴグよ、わたしはおまえを攻める。 おまえを遠い北の果てから引き回すように連れて来て、イスラエルの山地まで攻め入らせる。そして、おまえの軍隊の大半を山の中で滅ぼす。 おまえの手から武器をたたき落とし、手も足も出ないようにする。 おまえもその大軍も山の中で死に、はげたかや野獣のえじきとなる。 おまえが町まで達することは絶対にない。野で倒れてしまうからだ。わたしがこれを語ったのだ。」神である主は言います。 「わたしは、マゴグや沿岸地域に安住しているおまえの同盟国すべてに、火の雨を降らせる。その時、彼らもわたしが主であることを知る。 こうして、わたしの民イスラエルの間に、わたしの聖なる名を知らせよう。わたしの名があざけられるようなことは、二度とさせない。諸国の民も、わたしがイスラエルの聖なる神、主であることを知る。

審判の日は必ずくる。わたしが予告したとおりに、すべてのことが起こる。 イスラエルの町々の住民は出て来て、おまえの盾と大盾、弓と矢、投げ槍と槍を拾い集めて薪とする。それは七年分もある。 10 七年間は、ほかに薪はいらない。野や森の木を切らなくても、それだけで十分間に合う。イスラエルの民は、略奪した者たちの持ち物を使うようになる。

11 死海の東にある旅人の谷に、わたしはゴグとその軍隊の広大な墓地を設ける。そのため旅人の道がふさがれてしまうほどだ。そこにゴグとその軍隊が埋葬され、『ハモン・ゴグ(ゴグ軍)の谷』と呼ばれるようになる。 12 死体の埋葬に七か月かかり、 13 イスラエルのすべての民がこれを手伝う。わたしの栄光が現されるこの日こそ、イスラエルにとって輝かしい勝利の日となるからだ。」主がこう語るのです。

14 「さて、七か月目の終わりに、国をきよめるために、国中をくまなく調査し、残っている骨を埋葬する人々が選び出される。 15-16 骨を見つけた者は、埋葬する者にわかるように、そばに標識を立てる。それを見て、埋葬する者がその骨を『ハモン・ゴグの谷』に運び、埋葬する。そのために、そこの町はハモナと呼ばれるようになる。こうして、国全体が完全にきよめられる。

17 さあ、人の子よ、鳥にも獣にも呼びかけて、こう言いなさい。みな集まれ。いけにえの大饗宴だ。近くからも遠くからも、イスラエルの山々に来なさい。さあ、肉を食べ、血を飲むのだ。 18 勇士たちの肉を食べ、君主たちの血を飲むのだ。彼らこそ、わたしの祭りのための雄羊、子羊、雄やぎ、バシャンの肥えた若い雄牛だ。 19 飽きるほどたらふく肉を食べ、とことん酔っ払うまで血を飲み干せ。これが、おまえたちのために準備したいけにえのごちそうだ。 20 わたしの宴のテーブルで、心ゆくまで食べるのだ。さあ、馬も、騎手も、勇敢な戦士も。」主がこう語るのです。

21 「こうして、わたしは国々の中にわたしの栄光を現す。諸国の民はゴグが受けた刑罰を見て、わたしがそれをしたことを知る。 22 その時から、イスラエルの民は、わたしが彼らの神、主であることを知る。 23 諸国の民は、イスラエルが捕囚として異国に送られたのは、彼らの罪に対するさばきであったことを知る。事実、彼らは神を裏切る行為をしたからだ。それで、わたしは彼らから顔をそむけ、敵の手で滅ぼされるようにしたのだ。 24 顔をそむけて、その大きな罪にふさわしく、彼らを厳罰に処したのだ。」

25 しかし今、神である主はこう語ります。「わたしは、わたしの民の捕囚を終わらせ、彼らをいつくしんで、また元のように栄えさせる。こうするのは、わたしの栄誉のためだ。 26 彼らの反逆と恥辱の時代は過ぎ去る。彼らは祖国に帰り、平和で安らかな生活を送る。もう、だれにも脅かされず、悩まされることもない。 27 わたしは彼らを、敵の国々から祖国へ帰らせる。そうする時、わたしの栄光がすべての国々に示される。イスラエルの民を通して、わたしのきよさが、国々の前で示されるのだ。 28 その時、わたしの民は彼らを捕囚に追いやったのも、また祖国に連れ戻したのも、彼らの神である主であることを知る。わたしは一人も残さず国々から連れ戻す。 29 再び、彼らから顔をそむけることはしない。わたしの霊を彼らに注ぐからだ。」神である主がこう語るのです。

39 “Son of man, prophesy against Gog(A) and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of[a] Meshek(B) and Tubal.(C) I will turn you around and drag you along. I will bring you from the far north(D) and send you against the mountains of Israel.(E) Then I will strike your bow(F) from your left hand and make your arrows(G) drop from your right hand. On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to all kinds of carrion birds(H) and to the wild animals.(I) You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.(J) I will send fire(K) on Magog(L) and on those who live in safety in the coastlands,(M) and they will know(N) that I am the Lord.

“‘I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned,(O) and the nations will know(P) that I the Lord am the Holy One in Israel.(Q) It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign Lord. This is the day(R) I have spoken of.

“‘Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the weapons for fuel and burn them up—the small and large shields, the bows and arrows,(S) the war clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.(T) 10 They will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel. And they will plunder(U) those who plundered them and loot those who looted them, declares the Sovereign Lord.(V)

11 “‘On that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, in the valley of those who travel east of the Sea. It will block the way of travelers, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried(W) there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon Gog.[b](X)

12 “‘For seven months the Israelites will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.(Y) 13 All the people of the land will bury them, and the day I display my glory(Z) will be a memorable day for them, declares the Sovereign Lord. 14 People will be continually employed in cleansing the land. They will spread out across the land and, along with others, they will bury any bodies that are lying on the ground.

“‘After the seven months they will carry out a more detailed search. 15 As they go through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will leave a marker beside it until the gravediggers bury it in the Valley of Hamon Gog, 16 near a town called Hamonah.[c] And so they will cleanse the land.’

17 “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Call out to every kind of bird(AA) and all the wild animals: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrifice I am preparing for you, the great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.(AB) 18 You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as if they were rams and lambs, goats and bulls—all of them fattened animals from Bashan.(AC) 19 At the sacrifice(AD) I am preparing for you, you will eat fat till you are glutted and drink blood till you are drunk. 20 At my table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, mighty men and soldiers of every kind,’ declares the Sovereign Lord.(AE)

21 “I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the punishment I inflict and the hand I lay on them.(AF) 22 From that day forward the people of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God. 23 And the nations will know that the people of Israel went into exile for their sin, because they were unfaithful to me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies, and they all fell by the sword.(AG) 24 I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their offenses, and I hid my face from them.(AH)

25 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will now restore the fortunes of Jacob[d](AI) and will have compassion(AJ) on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name.(AK) 26 They will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness they showed toward me when they lived in safety(AL) in their land with no one to make them afraid.(AM) 27 When I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will be proved holy through them in the sight of many nations.(AN) 28 Then they will know that I am the Lord their God, for though I sent them into exile among the nations, I will gather them(AO) to their own land, not leaving any behind.(AP) 29 I will no longer hide my face(AQ) from them, for I will pour out my Spirit(AR) on the people of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord.(AS)

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 39:1 Or Gog, prince of Rosh,
  2. Ezekiel 39:11 Hamon Gog means hordes of Gog.
  3. Ezekiel 39:16 Hamonah means horde.
  4. Ezekiel 39:25 Or now bring Jacob back from captivity

39 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:

And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.

Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord God; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:

10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord God.

11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.

12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.

13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord God.

14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.

15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.

16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord God.

21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward.

23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.

24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.

25 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;

26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.

27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;

28 Then shall they know that I am the Lord their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.

29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord God.

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私は毎日、そしていつまでも、
あなたをほめたたえます。
声の限り、偉大な主をたたえましょう。
神の偉大さは、一生かけても
窮めることができません。
それぞれの時代に生きる人々が、
その子どもたちに、神のすばらしさを
伝えていきますように。
そのまぶしいばかりの栄光、威光、それに奇跡を、
私は深く思い巡らします。
だれもが、神のなさる
恐ろしいみわざについて語ります。
私はその偉大さを伝えます。
人々は、神の恵み深さと、正しさについて歌います。
主は優しく、あわれみ深く、すぐには怒らず、
愛にあふれておられます。
だれにでも恵み深い主の思いやりは、
造られたすべてのものに注がれます。
10 主よ。いのちあるものはみな、
あなたに感謝をささげます。
あなたの民は賛美し、
11 栄光に輝くあなたの王国について語り、
その力について語り合うでしょう。
12 また、主の行われた奇跡と、
栄光に包まれたご支配についても語るでしょう。
13 あなたの王国に終わりはなく、
その統治は、代々限りなく続くからです。

14 主は倒れた人を起こし、
あまりの重荷に身をかがめている人の
背筋を伸ばされます。
15 すべての人が、あなたに助けを求め、
必要な食べ物を頂くのです。
16 あなたはいつも、生きているすべての者の
願いに答えてくださいます。
17 主はいつでも公平で、恵みにあふれています。
18 そして、真心から願い出る人の
そば近くにいてくださるのです。
19 主は、敬虔な心で信頼を寄せる人々の願いを、
かなえてくださいます。
助けを呼び求める声を聞いてくださいます。
20 主を慕う人はみな守られ、悪者どもは滅ぼされます。
21 私は主をほめたたえ、世界中の人に、
神のきよい御名をいつまでもあがめるようにと
呼びかけます。

Psalm 145[a]

A psalm of praise. Of David.

I will exalt you,(A) my God the King;(B)
    I will praise your name(C) for ever and ever.
Every day I will praise(D) you
    and extol your name(E) for ever and ever.

Great(F) is the Lord and most worthy of praise;(G)
    his greatness no one can fathom.(H)
One generation(I) commends your works to another;
    they tell(J) of your mighty acts.(K)
They speak of the glorious splendor(L) of your majesty—
    and I will meditate on your wonderful works.[b](M)
They tell(N) of the power of your awesome works—(O)
    and I will proclaim(P) your great deeds.(Q)
They celebrate your abundant goodness(R)
    and joyfully sing(S) of your righteousness.(T)

The Lord is gracious and compassionate,(U)
    slow to anger and rich in love.(V)

The Lord is good(W) to all;
    he has compassion(X) on all he has made.
10 All your works praise you,(Y) Lord;
    your faithful people extol(Z) you.(AA)
11 They tell of the glory of your kingdom(AB)
    and speak of your might,(AC)
12 so that all people may know of your mighty acts(AD)
    and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.(AE)
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,(AF)
    and your dominion endures through all generations.

The Lord is trustworthy(AG) in all he promises(AH)
    and faithful in all he does.[c]
14 The Lord upholds(AI) all who fall
    and lifts up all(AJ) who are bowed down.(AK)
15 The eyes of all look to you,
    and you give them their food(AL) at the proper time.
16 You open your hand
    and satisfy the desires(AM) of every living thing.

17 The Lord is righteous(AN) in all his ways
    and faithful in all he does.(AO)
18 The Lord is near(AP) to all who call on him,(AQ)
    to all who call on him in truth.
19 He fulfills the desires(AR) of those who fear him;(AS)
    he hears their cry(AT) and saves them.(AU)
20 The Lord watches over(AV) all who love him,(AW)
    but all the wicked he will destroy.(AX)

21 My mouth will speak(AY) in praise of the Lord.
    Let every creature(AZ) praise his holy name(BA)
    for ever and ever.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 145:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which (including verse 13b) begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
  2. Psalm 145:5 Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text On the glorious splendor of your majesty / and on your wonderful works I will meditate
  3. Psalm 145:13 One manuscript of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text do not have the last two lines of verse 13.

145 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.

And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.

They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

10 All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee.

11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;

12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.

13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

悪魔、底なしの穴へ

20 そのとき私は、底なしの穴のかぎと太い鎖とを手にした天使が、天から下って来るのを見ました。 彼は、悪魔とかサタンとか呼ばれている、あの古い蛇である竜をつかまえ、鎖で縛って、千年の間、 底なしの穴に閉じ込めてしまいました。こうして竜は、定められた千年が過ぎるまでは、世界の国々をだますことができなくなりました。しかし、その期間が終われば、しばらくの間だけ自由な活動が許されるのです。

それから私は、数多くの王座を見ました。そこには、さばく権威を神から授けられた人々が座っていました。私はまた、イエスについて証言し、神のことばを伝えたために首をはねられた人々のたましいと、獣もその像も拝まず、額や手に獣の刻印を受けなかった人々のたましいとを見ました。その人々はみな生き返って、キリストと共に千年間、世界を支配しました。 これが第一の復活です。〔残りの死者は、千年が過ぎるまで死んだままでした。〕 第一の復活を経験する人は幸いな人であり、きよい人です。彼らには第二の死など何の力もありません。神とキリストの祭司になった彼らは、キリストと共に、千年間、支配するからです。

千年の後、悪魔は閉じ込められていた場所から出されます。 悪魔は、地上の国々を惑わそうと行き巡り、戦いのために、すべての人々を〔ゴグとマゴグともども〕召集します。それは、海辺の砂のように数えきれない大軍です。 彼らは地上の広々とした大平原に攻め上り、クリスチャンと都エルサレムとを取り囲みます。すると、天から敵軍めがけて火が下り、彼らを焼き滅ぼします。 10 その後、人々を惑わしていた悪魔は、獣や偽預言者と同じく、硫黄の燃える火の池へ投げ込まれます。そこで、昼も夜も、永遠に苦しむのです。

11 また私は、大きな白い王座と、そこに座っておられる方とを見ました。地も空も、その方の顔を避けて逃げ出し、影も形もなくなってしまいました。 12 私はすべての死者が、大きい者も小さい者も、神の前に立つのを見ました。いのちの書をはじめ、さまざまな書物が開かれました。死者は、これらの書物の規定に従い、それぞれの行いに応じてさばかれました。 13 海も、死と地獄も、その中の死者を吐き出しました。そして各自が、その行いに応じてさばかれました。 14 それから死と地獄は、火の池に投げ込まれました。これが、第二の死です。 15 いのちの書に名前の記されていない者はみな、火の池に投げ込まれたのです。

The Thousand Years

20 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven,(A) having the key(B) to the Abyss(C) and holding in his hand a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan,(D) and bound him for a thousand years.(E) He threw him into the Abyss,(F) and locked and sealed(G) it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations(H) anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.

I saw thrones(I) on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge.(J) And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded(K) because of their testimony about Jesus(L) and because of the word of God.(M) They[a] had not worshiped the beast(N) or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands.(O) They came to life and reigned(P) with Christ a thousand years. (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.(Q) Blessed(R) and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death(S) has no power over them, but they will be priests(T) of God and of Christ and will reign with him(U) for a thousand years.

The Judgment of Satan

When the thousand years are over,(V) Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations(W) in the four corners of the earth(X)—Gog and Magog(Y)—and to gather them for battle.(Z) In number they are like the sand on the seashore.(AA) They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded(AB) the camp of God’s people, the city he loves.(AC) But fire came down from heaven(AD) and devoured them. 10 And the devil, who deceived them,(AE) was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur,(AF) where the beast(AG) and the false prophet(AH) had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.(AI)

The Judgment of the Dead

11 Then I saw a great white throne(AJ) and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence,(AK) and there was no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small,(AL) standing before the throne, and books were opened.(AM) Another book was opened, which is the book of life.(AN) The dead were judged(AO) according to what they had done(AP) as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades(AQ) gave up the dead(AR) that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.(AS) 14 Then death(AT) and Hades(AU) were thrown into the lake of fire.(AV) The lake of fire is the second death.(AW) 15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life(AX) was thrown into the lake of fire.

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 20:4 Or God; I also saw those who

20 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.