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エレミヤ書 23
Japanese Living Bible
エレミヤ書 23
Japanese Living Bible
正義の若枝
23 神は宣告します。「わたしは、民の羊飼いである指導者に災いを下す。彼らは、世話をしなければならない者を滅ぼし、散らしたからだ。 2 おまえたちは、群れを安全に導くどころか、置き去りにし、滅びへと追いやった。わたしは、おまえたちが彼らに行った悪のために刑罰を下す。 3 一方、群れの残りを、わたしが追いやった所から集め、元の牧場に連れ戻す。彼らは再び子を生んで増える。 4 また彼らの上に、責任感の強い羊飼いを立てる。彼らは二度と怖がる必要はなく、四六時中、守られるようになる。
5-6 やがて、わたしがダビデの王座に、
正義の若枝を置く時がくる。
彼は知恵と正義をもって治める王となり、
地上に正しさが行き渡るようにする。
『主は私たちの正義』が、彼の呼び名だ。
その時、ユダは救われ、
イスラエルは平和のうちに過ごす。
7 その日、誓いを立てる時、人々は『イスラエルの民をエジプトから救い出した神は生きておられる』ではなく、 8 『ユダヤ人を、追いやられた国々からイスラエルへ連れ戻した神は生きておられる』と言うようになる。」
うそを語る預言者
9 うそで固めた偽預言者たちのことを考えると、
心が痛みます。
私は恐ろしくなって目を覚まし、
酔っぱらいのようにふらつきます。
彼らには、恐ろしい運命が待ちかまえているからです。
神は刑罰を下すと宣告なさいました。
10 この国は姦淫する者で満ちているため、
神ののろいがかかっています。
地そのものが嘆き悲しみ、
牧草地は枯れています。
預言者たちは悪に走り、
不正を行うことに力を注いでいます。
11 祭司も預言者同様、神を敬わない悪党ばかりです。
主は言います。
「わたしは神殿の中でさえ
卑劣なことが行われるのを見た。
12 そのため、彼らの道は暗く、すべりやすくなる。
彼らは、暗い危険な小道に追い込まれて倒れる。
わたしは彼らに災いを下し、
時がきたら、罰金を必ず全額支払わせる。
13 わたしは、サマリヤの預言者が
考えられないほど悪いことを知った。
彼らはバアルによって預言し、
わたしの民イスラエルを罪に引きずり込んだからだ。
14 エルサレムの預言者はもっと悪い。
彼らのしていることは、目をそむけたくなるほどで、
姦淫を犯し、不正を愛している。
悪いことをしている者を罪から引き戻すどころか、
反対にほめ、励ましている。
この預言者たちは、ソドムやゴモラの住民のように、
徹底して堕落している。」
15 そのため、天の軍勢の主は宣告します。
「わたしは彼らに苦い物を食べさせ、毒を飲ませる。
彼らがいたばかりに、
この国に悪がはびこるようになったからだ。」
16 これがわたしの民への警告だと、
天の軍勢の主は告げます。
「むなしい希望を与える偽預言者の言うことを
聞いてはならない。
彼らは口から出まかせを言い、
わたしのために語ろうとしない。
17 わたしを侮る反逆者たちに、
『何も心配することはない。何もかもうまくいく』
としきりに言う。
自分勝手な生活をしている者たちには、
『平安があるとの、神のことばがありました』
と言っている。
18 だが、神のことばを聞けるほど近くにいる預言者を、
ただの一人でも挙げることができようか。
彼らのうちの一人でも、
神のことばを聞こうと努力しただろうか。
19 このような悪者どもを吹き飛ばすために、
わたしは激しいつむじ風を送る。
20 わたしの恐ろしい憤りは、
刑罰を余すところなく下すまでは終わらない。
後に、エルサレムが敵の手に落ちたとき、
おまえたちはわたしの言ったことを認めるようになる。
21 わたしが遣わした覚えのない預言者が、
わたしのために語っていると言っている。
わたしは彼らに何も言わなかったのに、
自分たちの預言がわたしのものだと言いはる。
22 もし彼らがわたしの預言者なら、
わたしの民を悪の道から立ち返らせようと
努力しただろうに。
23 わたしはどこか一つの場所にだけいて、
彼のしていることが見えないような神だろうか。
24 人はわたしから姿を隠せるだろうか。
わたしは、天にも地にも、どこにでもいるではないか。
25 『ゆうべ、神からの夢を見た。その話を聞いてほしい』と、彼らは言う。こうして、わたしの名によってうそを並べるのだ。 26 こんなことが、いつまで続くのか。もし彼らが『預言者』だと言うなら、彼らは偽預言者で、自分で考え出したことを語っているのだ。 27 わたしが見せなかった夢を得々と説明して、バアルの偶像礼拝に転向していった先祖のように、わたしの民にわたしを忘れさせようとしている。 28 こんな偽りの預言者は、夢物語にうつつを抜かしていればいい。だがわたしの本物の使者は、わたしのことばを余すところなく忠実に語る。両者には、麦ともみがらほどの差がある。 29 わたしのことばは、火のように燃えないだろうか。それは、岩でさえ粉々に砕く巨大なハンマーではないか。 30-31 わたしは、語ることを互いに教え合っている『預言者』どもに立ち向かう。舌先三寸の預言者どもは、『このことばは神からのものだ』と言う。 32 彼らが知恵をしぼって考え出した夢は、わたしの民を罪へ誘い込む、まことしやかなうそで固まっている。わたしは彼らを遣わさなかったし、彼らには、わたしの民に告げることなど何もない。
偽りの預言
33 民の一人、または『預言者』か祭司の一人が、『エレミヤよ。今日は神からどんな悲しいニュースを聞いたのか』と尋ねたら、こう答えなさい。『どんなニュースを聞きたいのか。おまえたち自身が悲しいニュースそのものではないか。神がおまえたちを捨てたのだから。』 34 『今日の神からの悲しいニュース』などと悪ふざけをする偽預言者、祭司、民がいたら、わたしは彼らとその家族を罰する。
35 『神はどんなことを語りましたか』と真剣に尋ね合うのはよい。 36 だが、『神からの悲しいニュース』と言って悪ふざけをしてはならない。悲しいのは、おまえたち自身のこと、おまえたちが平気でうそをつくことにほかならないからだ。おまえたちはわたしのことばを曲げ、わたしが言いもしない『神のことば』を作り上げている。
37 『神からどんなことばがありましたか。神は何と言われましたか』と、敬意を込めてエレミヤに尋ねるべきだ。 38-39 だが、わたしの警告を無視して、『今日の神からの悲しいニュース』について聞こうとすれば、神であるわたしは、重荷となっているおまえたちを捨てる。おまえたちと、おまえたちの先祖に与えたこの町を、共にわたしの前から放り投げる。 40 わたしはおまえたちの恥をさらすので、おまえたちの名はいつまでも不名誉なものとなる。」
Jeremiah 23
New International Version
Jeremiah 23
New International Version
The Righteous Branch
23 “Woe to the shepherds(A) who are destroying and scattering(B) the sheep of my pasture!”(C) declares the Lord. 2 Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds(D) who tend my people: “Because you have scattered my flock(E) and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil(F) you have done,” declares the Lord. 3 “I myself will gather the remnant(G) of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture,(H) where they will be fruitful and increase in number. 4 I will place shepherds(I) over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid(J) or terrified, nor will any be missing,(K)” declares the Lord.
5 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will raise up for David[a] a righteous Branch,(L)
a King(M) who will reign(N) wisely
and do what is just and right(O) in the land.
6 In his days Judah will be saved
and Israel will live in safety.(P)
This is the name(Q) by which he will be called:
The Lord Our Righteous Savior.(R)
7 “So then, the days are coming,”(S) declares the Lord, “when people will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’(T) 8 but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”(U)
Lying Prophets
9 Concerning the prophets:
My heart(V) is broken within me;
all my bones tremble.(W)
I am like a drunken man,
like a strong man overcome by wine,
because of the Lord
and his holy words.(X)
10 The land is full of adulterers;(Y)
because of the curse[b](Z) the land lies parched
and the pastures(AA) in the wilderness are withered.(AB)
The prophets follow an evil course
and use their power unjustly.
11 “Both prophet and priest are godless;(AC)
even in my temple(AD) I find their wickedness,”
declares the Lord.
12 “Therefore their path will become slippery;(AE)
they will be banished to darkness
and there they will fall.
I will bring disaster on them
in the year they are punished,(AF)”
declares the Lord.
13 “Among the prophets of Samaria
I saw this repulsive thing:
They prophesied by Baal(AG)
and led my people Israel astray.(AH)
14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem
I have seen something horrible:(AI)
They commit adultery and live a lie.(AJ)
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,(AK)
so that not one of them turns from their wickedness.(AL)
They are all like Sodom(AM) to me;
the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”(AN)
15 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says concerning the prophets:
“I will make them eat bitter food
and drink poisoned water,(AO)
because from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness(AP) has spread throughout the land.”
16 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“Do not listen(AQ) to what the prophets are prophesying to you;
they fill you with false hopes.
They speak visions(AR) from their own minds,
not from the mouth(AS) of the Lord.
17 They keep saying(AT) to those who despise me,
‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’(AU)
And to all who follow the stubbornness(AV) of their hearts
they say, ‘No harm(AW) will come to you.’
18 But which of them has stood in the council(AX) of the Lord
to see or to hear his word?
Who has listened and heard his word?
19 See, the storm(AY) of the Lord
will burst out in wrath,
a whirlwind(AZ) swirling down
on the heads of the wicked.
20 The anger(BA) of the Lord will not turn back(BB)
until he fully accomplishes
the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
you will understand it clearly.
21 I did not send(BC) these prophets,
yet they have run with their message;
I did not speak to them,
yet they have prophesied.
22 But if they had stood in my council,(BD)
they would have proclaimed(BE) my words to my people
and would have turned(BF) them from their evil ways
and from their evil deeds.(BG)
23 “Am I only a God nearby,(BH)”
declares the Lord,
“and not a God far away?
24 Who can hide(BI) in secret places
so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord.
“Do not I fill heaven and earth?”(BJ)
declares the Lord.
25 “I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies(BK) in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream!(BL) I had a dream!’ 26 How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions(BM) of their own minds?(BN) 27 They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget(BO) my name, just as their ancestors forgot(BP) my name through Baal worship.(BQ) 28 Let the prophet who has a dream(BR) recount the dream, but let the one who has my word(BS) speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord. 29 “Is not my word like fire,”(BT) declares the Lord, “and like a hammer(BU) that breaks a rock in pieces?
30 “Therefore,” declares the Lord, “I am against(BV) the prophets(BW) who steal from one another words supposedly from me. 31 Yes,” declares the Lord, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, ‘The Lord declares.’(BX) 32 Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,(BY)” declares the Lord. “They tell them and lead my people astray(BZ) with their reckless lies,(CA) yet I did not send(CB) or appoint them. They do not benefit(CC) these people in the least,” declares the Lord.
False Prophecy
33 “When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, ‘What is the message(CD) from the Lord?’ say to them, ‘What message? I will forsake(CE) you, declares the Lord.’ 34 If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, ‘This is a message(CF) from the Lord,’ I will punish(CG) them and their household. 35 This is what each of you keeps saying to your friends and other Israelites: ‘What is the Lord’s answer?’(CH) or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ 36 But you must not mention ‘a message from the Lord’ again, because each one’s word becomes their own message. So you distort(CI) the words of the living God,(CJ) the Lord Almighty, our God. 37 This is what you keep saying to a prophet: ‘What is the Lord’s answer to you?’ or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ 38 Although you claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ this is what the Lord says: You used the words, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ even though I told you that you must not claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord.’ 39 Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast(CK) you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your ancestors. 40 I will bring on you everlasting disgrace(CL)—everlasting shame that will not be forgotten.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 23:5 Or up from David’s line
- Jeremiah 23:10 Or because of these things
Jeremiah 23
King James Version
Jeremiah 23
King James Version
23 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.
2 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.
3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.
5 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord Our Righteousness.
7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
8 But, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, and because of the words of his holiness.
10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord.
12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.
17 They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
19 Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
20 The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
23 Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?
24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.
25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.
29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord.
33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the Lord.
34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even punish that man and his house.
35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the Lord answered? and, What hath the Lord spoken?
36 And the burden of the Lord shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts our God.
37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the Lord answered thee? and, What hath the Lord spoken?
38 But since ye say, The burden of the Lord; therefore thus saith the Lord; Because ye say this word, The burden of the Lord, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord;
39 Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:
40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
エレミヤ書 25
Japanese Living Bible
エレミヤ書 25
Japanese Living Bible
七十年間の捕虜生活
25 ユダのすべての民にあてられた次のことばは、ヨシヤの子でユダ王国のエホヤキム王の治世の第四年に、主がエレミヤに語ったものです。この年に、バビロンのネブカデネザル王が即位しました。
2-3 アモンの子でユダ王国のヨシヤ王の第十三年から今まで、二十三年間にわたって、私に神のことばがありました。私はそのことばを忠実に伝えたのに、あなたがたは聞こうとしませんでした。 4 神は何度も、ご自分の預言者を遣わしたのに、あなたがたは耳をふさぎました。 5 神のことばは、いつも次のようなものでした。「悪の道から離れ、悪事から足を洗いなさい。そうすれば、わたしがおまえたちと先祖に与えたこの地に、いつまでも住むことができる。 6 偶像礼拝という大それたことをして、わたしを怒らせてはならない。わたしに真実を尽くすなら、害は加えない。 7 だがおまえたちは、わたしのことばを聞こうとしなかった。かえって、まっしぐらに悪の道に進み、偶像のことでわたしを怒らせた。ありとあらゆる災いを受ける結果を、自ら招いた。」
8-9 そして今、天の軍勢の主である神は、こう宣告します。「おまえたちはわたしのことばを聞かなかったので、わたしの代理人に立てたバビロンのネブカデネザル王の率いる北方軍団を呼び、この国と住民、それに周囲の国々を攻めさせる。こうして、おまえたちを徹底的に滅ぼし、永久にさげすみの代名詞とする。 10 喜びと楽しみ、結婚式の喜びを取り除く。事業は失敗し、家庭は暗闇に閉ざされる。 11 国の全土は見渡す限りの荒れ地となるので、全世界の人は、おまえたちに降りかかった災害を知ってショックを受ける。イスラエルと近隣諸国は、七十年間バビロン王に仕える。 12 この奴隷の期間が終わったら、わたしはバビロン王とその国の民を、彼らの罪のために罰する。カルデヤの地を永久に荒れ果てた所とする。 13 この書の中で約束した恐ろしい災害、エレミヤが国々に宣告した刑罰を全部、この地にもたらす。 14 多くの国々と強い王たちは、カルデヤ人がわたしの民を奴隷にしたように、今度はカルデヤ人を奴隷にする。わたしは彼らを、彼らがわたしの民を扱った基準に従って罰する。」
15 主は私に、こう語りました。「わたしの手から、わたしの憤りがなみなみとつがれているぶどう酒の杯を取り、わたしがあなたを遣わす、すべての国々の人に飲ませなさい。 16 彼らは飲んでふらつき、わたしが下す致命的打撃によって錯乱状態になる。」 17 そこで、私は主の手から憤りの杯を取り、遣わされたすべての国々の人に飲ませました。 18 私はエルサレムとユダの町々へ行きました。すると、王と長官はその杯から飲んだので、その日以来、彼らはみじめな状態になり、憎まれ、のろわれるようになりました。 19-20 私はまた、エジプトの王とその家来、指導者とすべての国の民のところへ行きました。彼らもまた、その地に住む外国人ともども、この恐怖の杯から飲みました。ウツの地のすべての王、ペリシテの町々の王、すなわちアシュケロン、ガザ、エクロン、アシュドデの残りの者にも、同じようにしました。 21 私はさらにエドム、モアブ、アモンの国々へ行きました。 22 またツロとシドンのすべての王、海の向こうにある地方の王、 23 デダン、テマ、ブズ、およびそこにいる異教の民、 24 アラビヤのすべての王、荒野の遊牧民のすべての王、 25 ジムリ、エラム、メディヤのすべての王、 26 北方のすべての王を、一人一人訪ね、地上のすべての王国を巡りました。最後に、バビロンの王自身が、神の憤りを盛ったこの杯から飲みました。 27 「あなたは彼らにこう言いなさい。『イスラエルの神である天の軍勢の主は言う。酔っ払って、嘔吐し、二度と立てなくなるまで、わたしの憤りを盛ったこの杯から飲め。おまえたちに恐ろしい戦争を送るからだ。』
28 もし杯を受け取らないなら、こう言いなさい。『天の軍勢の主は、どうしてもこれを飲めと命じている。避けるわけにはいかない。 29 すでに、自分の民さえ罰し始めているからだ。おまえたちだけ無罪放免になるわけがない。どんなにもがいても、刑罰を免れることはできない。わたしは地上の全住民に戦争を呼び寄せる。』
30 だから、彼らに預言して言え。
主は天の聖所から自分の民に呼びかけ、
全世界の民に呼びかける。
『主は、
酒ぶねの中でぶどうの実を踏みつぶす者のように、
大声を張り上げる。
31 このさばきの叫び声は、地の果てまで届く。
神が全世界の人をさばき、すべての悪者を殺すからだ。』
32 天の軍勢の主はこう言う。
『刑罰が国から国へと渡り歩き、
神の憤りの暴風は地の果てまで吹きつける。
33 その日、主に殺される者は地の果てから果てまで及ぶ。だれも彼らのために嘆き悲しんだり、死体を埋葬したりしないので、彼らは地の肥やしとなる。
34 悪い羊飼いよ、泣きわめけ。
民の指導者よ、石に頭を打ちつけよ。
おまえたちが虐殺され、散らされる時がきたからだ。
おまえたちは弱々しい女性のように倒れる。
35 逃げ隠れする場所を探しても、
どこにも見つからない。
36 羊飼いの半狂乱の叫び声、
指導者の絶望まじりの叫び声を聞くがいい。
わたしは彼らの牧場を荒らしたのだ。
37 今まで平穏無事な生活を送ってきた者も、
主の激しい怒りによって切り倒される。
38 神は、獲物を探すライオンのように、
忍び足で出て行った。
主の激しい怒りのために、
彼らの国は侵入してくる軍隊によって荒れ果てた。』」
Jeremiah 25
New International Version
Jeremiah 25
New International Version
Seventy Years of Captivity
25 The word came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim(A) son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar(B) king of Babylon. 2 So Jeremiah the prophet said to all the people of Judah(C) and to all those living in Jerusalem: 3 For twenty-three years—from the thirteenth year of Josiah(D) son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—the word of the Lord has come to me and I have spoken to you again and again,(E) but you have not listened.(F)
4 And though the Lord has sent all his servants the prophets(G) to you again and again, you have not listened or paid any attention.(H) 5 They said, “Turn(I) now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and you can stay in the land(J) the Lord gave to you and your ancestors for ever and ever. 6 Do not follow other gods(K) to serve and worship them; do not arouse my anger with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm you.”
7 “But you did not listen to me,” declares the Lord, “and you have aroused(L) my anger with what your hands have made,(M) and you have brought harm(N) to yourselves.”
8 Therefore the Lord Almighty says this: “Because you have not listened to my words, 9 I will summon(O) all the peoples of the north(P) and my servant(Q) Nebuchadnezzar(R) king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy[a](S) them and make them an object of horror and scorn,(T) and an everlasting ruin.(U) 10 I will banish from them the sounds(V) of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom,(W) the sound of millstones(X) and the light of the lamp.(Y) 11 This whole country will become a desolate wasteland,(Z) and these nations will serve(AA) the king of Babylon seventy years.(AB)
12 “But when the seventy years(AC) are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon(AD) and his nation, the land of the Babylonians,[b] for their guilt,” declares the Lord, “and will make it desolate(AE) forever. 13 I will bring on that land all the things I have spoken against it, all that are written(AF) in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations. 14 They themselves will be enslaved(AG) by many nations(AH) and great kings; I will repay(AI) them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”
The Cup of God’s Wrath
15 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup(AJ) filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send(AK) you drink it. 16 When they drink(AL) it, they will stagger(AM) and go mad(AN) because of the sword(AO) I will send among them.”
17 So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent(AP) me drink it: 18 Jerusalem(AQ) and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin(AR) and an object of horror and scorn,(AS) a curse[c](AT)—as they are today;(AU) 19 Pharaoh king(AV) of Egypt,(AW) his attendants, his officials and all his people, 20 and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz;(AX) all the kings of the Philistines(AY) (those of Ashkelon,(AZ) Gaza,(BA) Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod); 21 Edom,(BB) Moab(BC) and Ammon;(BD) 22 all the kings of Tyre(BE) and Sidon;(BF) the kings of the coastlands(BG) across the sea; 23 Dedan,(BH) Tema,(BI) Buz(BJ) and all who are in distant places[d];(BK) 24 all the kings of Arabia(BL) and all the kings of the foreign people(BM) who live in the wilderness; 25 all the kings of Zimri,(BN) Elam(BO) and Media;(BP) 26 and all the kings of the north,(BQ) near and far, one after the other—all the kingdoms(BR) on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshak[e](BS) will drink it too.
27 “Then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk(BT) and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword(BU) I will send among you.’ 28 But if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink(BV), tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: You must drink it! 29 See, I am beginning to bring disaster(BW) on the city that bears my Name,(BX) and will you indeed go unpunished?(BY) You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword(BZ) on all(CA) who live on the earth,(CB) declares the Lord Almighty.’
30 “Now prophesy all these words against them and say to them:
“‘The Lord will roar(CC) from on high;
he will thunder(CD) from his holy dwelling(CE)
and roar mightily against his land.
He will shout like those who tread(CF) the grapes,
shout against all who live on the earth.
31 The tumult(CG) will resound to the ends of the earth,
for the Lord will bring charges(CH) against the nations;
he will bring judgment(CI) on all(CJ) mankind
and put the wicked to the sword,(CK)’”
declares the Lord.
32 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“Look! Disaster(CL) is spreading
from nation to nation;(CM)
a mighty storm(CN) is rising
from the ends of the earth.”(CO)
33 At that time those slain(CP) by the Lord will be everywhere—from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned or gathered(CQ) up or buried,(CR) but will be like dung lying on the ground.
34 Weep and wail, you shepherds;(CS)
roll(CT) in the dust, you leaders of the flock.
For your time to be slaughtered(CU) has come;
you will fall like the best of the rams.[f](CV)
35 The shepherds will have nowhere to flee,
the leaders of the flock no place to escape.(CW)
36 Hear the cry(CX) of the shepherds,(CY)
the wailing of the leaders of the flock,
for the Lord is destroying their pasture.
37 The peaceful meadows will be laid waste
because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
38 Like a lion(CZ) he will leave his lair,
and their land will become desolate(DA)
because of the sword[g] of the oppressor(DB)
and because of the Lord’s fierce anger.(DC)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 25:9 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
- Jeremiah 25:12 Or Chaldeans
- Jeremiah 25:18 That is, their names to be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, to be seen by others as cursed
- Jeremiah 25:23 Or who clip the hair by their foreheads
- Jeremiah 25:26 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.
- Jeremiah 25:34 Septuagint; Hebrew fall and be shattered like fine pottery
- Jeremiah 25:38 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 46:16 and 50:16); most Hebrew manuscripts anger
Jeremiah 25
King James Version
Jeremiah 25
King James Version
25 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
4 And the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the Lord; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,
9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.
13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.
14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
15 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
17 Then took I the cup at the Lord's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me:
18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
20 And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
22 And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.
29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.
30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The Lord shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord.
32 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
33 And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the Lord hath spoiled their pasture.
37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
ヨハネの福音書 19
Japanese Living Bible
ヨハネの福音書 19
Japanese Living Bible
19 しかたなくピラトは、イエスの背中を鉛のついたむちで打たせました。 2 そして兵士たちは、いばらで冠を編み、イエスの頭にかぶらせ、王の着る紫色のガウンを着せました。 3 それから、「ユダヤ人の王様、ばんざーい！」とさんざんからかい、平手でたたいたりしました。 4 ピラトはもう一度外に出て、ユダヤ人たちに念を押しました。「今、あの男を連れ出す。だがいいか。私の見たところでは、あの男は無罪だ。」 5 イエスは、いばらの冠に紫色のガウンという姿のまま出て来られました。「よく見ろ。この男だ」と、ピラトが言いました。
6 「十字架につけろ！ 十字架だ！」イエスを見るやいなや、祭司長やユダヤ人の役人たちは、大声で訴えました。ピラトは言いました。「そこまで言うならおまえたちがやれ！ 私の調べでは無罪だ。」 7 「こいつは自分を神の子とぬかしました。私どもの法律では死刑です。」 8 そのことばを聞くと、ピラトはますますこわくなりました。 9 もう一度イエスを官邸へ連れ戻し、尋ねました。「おまえはいったい、どこから来たのだ。」しかし、イエスはひとこともお答えになりません。 10 ピラトはさらに問い詰めます。「何も言わないのか。わからんやつだな。私の命令ひとつで、おまえを釈放することも、十字架につけることもできるのだぞ。」 11 イエスは言われました。「神から与えられた権威でなければ、あなたは何も手出しはできません。わたしをあなたに引き渡した者の罪は、もっと大きいのです。」 12 何とかしてイエスを釈放しようと手を尽くすピラトに、ユダヤ人の指導者たちは激しく抵抗しました。「こいつを釈放なさるおつもりですか。そんなことをしたら、あなた様はカイザル（ローマ皇帝）の味方ではありません。だれであろうと、自分を王とする者は謀反人です。」 13 こう言われて、ピラトはまたもやイエスを外に連れ出し、「敷石」〔ヘブル語で、ガバタ〕と呼ばれる場所で裁判の席に着きました。 14 それはちょうど、過越の祭りの前日、正午ごろのことでした。「さあ、おまえたちの王だ。」 15 「殺せ、殺せ。十字架につけろ！」「なに？ おまえたちの王をか？」「カイザルのほかに王はない！」祭司長たちは、むきになって叫び返します。 16 これでは、しかたがありません。ついにピラトもあきらめ、十字架につけるため、イエスをユダヤ人に引き渡しました。
十字架につけられ、埋葬されるイエス
17 ついにイエスはユダヤ人たちの手に渡されました。イエスは十字架を背負わされ、エルサレム市外の、「どくろ」〔ヘブル語で、ゴルゴタ〕という場所へ引かれて行きました。 18 人々はそこで、ほかの二人といっしょにイエスを十字架につけました。イエスは真ん中、二人はそれぞれその両側に。 19 ピラトはイエスの頭上に、「ユダヤ人の王、ナザレのイエス」と書いた罪状書きを掲げました。 20 処刑の場所は都に近く、しかも罪状書きはヘブル語、ラテン語、ギリシヤ語で書いてあったので、大ぜいの人が読みました。 21 これを見た祭司長たちは、ピラトに抗議しました。「『ユダヤ人の王』とあるのは納得がいきません。『ユダヤ人の王と自称した』と書き直してください。」 22 「私が書いたことに口出しする気か。そのままにしておけ。」ピラトは聞き入れませんでした。
23 さて、イエスを十字架につけてしまうと、兵士たちははぎ取った着物を四つに分け、一つずつ取りました。下着もそうしようとしましたが、見ると縫い目がありません。 24 「こいつは裂くわけにいかないな。よし、だれが取るか、くじで決めよう」と話がまとまりました。「彼らはわたしの着物を分け合い、下着をくじ引きにした」（詩篇22・18）という聖書のことばどおりになったのです。 25 兵士たちがこんなやり方をしたのも、聖書のことばが実現するためでした。十字架のそばには、イエスの母マリヤ、おば、クロパの妻マリヤ、マグダラのマリヤが立っていました。 26 イエスに愛された弟子の私（ヨハネ）もいっしょでした。イエスは、私と、私のそばに立ち尽くしているご自分の母親とを見つめ、「お母さん。ほら、そこにあなたの息子がいますよ」と声をかけられました。 27 それから、弟子の私に、「さあ、あなたの母ですよ」とおっしゃいました。その時以来、私は先生のお母さんを家に引き取ったのです。
28 こうして、何もかもすっかり終わったことを知ったイエスは、「わたしは渇く」と言われました。これも聖書のことばどおりの出来事です。 29 そこには、ちょうど酸っぱいぶどう酒のつぼが置いてありました。人々は海綿を浸し、ヒソプの枝の先につけて、イエスの口もとに差し出しました。 30 それをお受けになると、最後に、「すべて成し遂げた」とひとこと叫び、頭を垂れて息を引きとられたのです。
31 翌日は安息日でした。しかも、特別に重要な日でした。ユダヤ人の指導者たちは、どうしても死体を翌日まで十字架にかけたままにしておきたくありませんでした。ピラトに、受刑者たちの足のすねを折って早く死なせるよう取り計らってほしい、と願い出ました。そうすれば十字架から取り降ろせるからです。 32 さっそく兵士たちが来て、イエスといっしょに十字架につけられた二人の男のすねを折りました。 33 最後にイエスのところに来て見上げると、すでに亡くなっていたので、すねを折るのはやめました。 34 ところが、兵士の一人が何を思ったのか、いきなり槍でわき腹を突きました。すると、そこから血と水が流れ出たのです。 35 この一部始終を、私は確かにこの目で見ました。それをありのままに、正確に報告しています。皆さんにも信じていただきたいからです。 36-37 兵士たちがこうしたのは、聖書に、「彼の骨は一つも砕かれない」 （詩篇34・20他）、また「彼らは自分たちが突き刺した方を見る」（ゼカリヤ12・10）とあることが、そのとおり起こるためでした。
38 このあと、弟子でありながら、ユダヤ人の指導者たちを恐れてそれを隠していたアリマタヤのヨセフが、勇気を奮い起こし、ピラトにイエスの死体の引き取りを願い出ました。ピラトの許可を得ると、すぐ刑場に駆けつけ、死体を取り降ろしました。 39 以前に、夜、イエスのところに来たことのあるニコデモも、没薬（天然ゴムの樹脂で、古代の貴重な防腐剤）とアロエでつくった埋葬用の香油を三十キロほど用意して来ました。 40 二人はユダヤ人の埋葬の習慣に従い、香料をしみ込ませた長い亜麻布でイエスの体を包みました。 41 刑場の近くに園があり、そこにはさいわい新しい墓がありました。 42 安息日の前日ですから、急がなければなりません。すぐ近くだったこともあり、イエスをその墓に納めました。
John 19
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John 19
New International Version
Jesus Sentenced to Be Crucified(A)
19 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.(B) 2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe 3 and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!”(C) And they slapped him in the face.(D)
4 Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, “Look, I am bringing him out(E) to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”(F) 5 When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe,(G) Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
6 As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”
But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him.(H) As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.”(I)
7 The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die,(J) because he claimed to be the Son of God.”(K)
8 When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, 9 and he went back inside the palace.(L) “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer.(M) 10 “Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?”
11 Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above.(N) Therefore the one who handed me over to you(O) is guilty of a greater sin.”
12 From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king(P) opposes Caesar.”
13 When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat(Q) at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic(R) is Gabbatha). 14 It was the day of Preparation(S) of the Passover; it was about noon.(T)
“Here is your king,”(U) Pilate said to the Jews.
15 But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”
“Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.
“We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.
16 Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.(V)
The Crucifixion of Jesus(W)
So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17 Carrying his own cross,(X) he went out to the place of the Skull(Y) (which in Aramaic(Z) is called Golgotha). 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others(AA)—one on each side and Jesus in the middle.
19 Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth,(AB) the king of the jews.(AC) 20 Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city,(AD) and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. 21 The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.”(AE)
22 Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”
23 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
24 “Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.”
This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled(AF) that said,
So this is what the soldiers did.
25 Near the cross(AH) of Jesus stood his mother,(AI) his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.(AJ) 26 When Jesus saw his mother(AK) there, and the disciple whom he loved(AL) standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,[b] here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.
The Death of Jesus(AM)
28 Later, knowing that everything had now been finished,(AN) and so that Scripture would be fulfilled,(AO) Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” 29 A jar of wine vinegar(AP) was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. 30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.”(AQ) With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
31 Now it was the day of Preparation,(AR) and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses(AS) during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32 The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other.(AT) 33 But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced(AU) Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.(AV) 35 The man who saw it(AW) has given testimony, and his testimony is true.(AX) He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. 36 These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled:(AY) “Not one of his bones will be broken,”[c](AZ) 37 and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.”[d](BA)
The Burial of Jesus(BB)
38 Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders.(BC) With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. 39 He was accompanied by Nicodemus,(BD) the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.[e] 40 Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen.(BE) This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.(BF) 41 At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. 42 Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation(BG) and since the tomb was nearby,(BH) they laid Jesus there.
Footnotes
- John 19:24 Psalm 22:18
- John 19:26 The Greek for Woman does not denote any disrespect.
- John 19:36 Exodus 12:46; Num. 9:12; Psalm 34:20
- John 19:37 Zech. 12:10
- John 19:39 Or about 34 kilograms
John 19
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John 19
King James Version
19 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was Jesus Of Nazareth The King Of The Jews.
20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
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