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汚れた者を遠ざける

1-2 主はさらにモーセに告げて言われました。「ツァラアト(皮膚が冒され、汚れているとされた当時の疾患)の人、傷口のふさがらないけが人、死体にさわって汚れた者は、野営地から追放するように言いなさい。 野営地が汚れないように、そのような者は男でも女でも遠ざけなさい。わたしがあなたがたの中に住んでいるからだ。」 このことも、命じられたとおりに行われました。

罪の償い

5-6 それから、主はまたモーセに告げて言われました。「男でも女でも、神を欺き、人に罪を犯した者は、 罪を告白し、全額を被害者に弁償したうえで、さらに盗んだ額の二割を加えて支払わなければならない。 被害者が死に、近親者もいない場合、その金は神のものであり、罪過を償うためにささげる雄の子羊とともに祭司に差し出す。 9-10 イスラエルの人々が祭司のもとに持って来るささげる物はみな、祭司のものとなる。」

姦淫の疑いがある妻に関する指示

11-12 また主は、こうも命じました。「人々に言いなさい。人妻が姦淫したにもかかわらず、 13 現場を押さえることができず、証拠もなく証人もいない場合、 14 また、夫が嫉妬のあまり妻を疑った場合、 15 彼女を祭司のところへ連れて行きなさい。そのとき、油や香料を混ぜない大麦の粉を十分の一エパ(二・三リットル)持って行きなさい。それは、彼女が白か黒かをはっきりさせるためにささげる穀物の供え物である。

16 祭司は彼女を主の前に連れて行きなさい。 17 それから、土の器にきよい水を取り、それに幕屋の床のちりを混ぜる。 18 さらに女の髪をほどかせ、夫の疑いが正しいかどうかを決めるために、女の手に供え物を載せる。そして、のろいをかける苦い水の入った水がめを持って女の前に立ち、 19 女に身の潔白を誓わせてから、こう言いなさい。『夫以外の男と寝たことがなければ、この水を飲んでも何ともない。 20 だが、もし姦淫したのであれば、 21-22 あなたは主にのろわれる。その証拠に、ももは腐り、腹はふくれ上がるだろう。』そのとき、女は『それでもかまいません』と答える。

23 祭司はのろいのことばを書きつけ、苦い水の中に洗い落とす。 24 もし罪を犯していたなら、祭司が女にその水を飲ませると、彼女の体内で苦くなる。 25 そのあと祭司は、女の手から供え物を取り、主に向かって揺り動かし、祭壇にささげなさい。 26 それを一つかみ祭壇の上で焼き、女に水を飲ませなさい。 27 女が罪を犯して身が汚れていれば、水は腹の中で苦くなり、腹はふくれ、ももは腐りだす。こうして、のろわれたことがはっきりする。 28 しかし潔白であれば、害も受けず、まもなく子を宿すようになる。

29 以上は、妻が姦淫したとき、 30 または夫が嫉妬して妻を疑ったときの指示である。夫は妻を主の前に連れて行き、祭司は彼女を指示のとおりにさばくのだ。 31 その結果、妻が恐ろしい病気にかかっても、それは妻の責任だから、夫はさばかれない。」

The Purity of the Camp

The Lord said to Moses, “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has a defiling skin disease[a](A) or a discharge(B) of any kind, or who is ceremonially unclean(C) because of a dead body.(D) Send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.(E) The Israelites did so; they sent them outside the camp. They did just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

Restitution for Wrongs

The Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites: ‘Any man or woman who wrongs another in any way[b] and so is unfaithful(F) to the Lord is guilty(G) and must confess(H) the sin they have committed. They must make full restitution(I) for the wrong they have done, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the person they have wronged. But if that person has no close relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the Lord and must be given to the priest, along with the ram(J) with which atonement is made for the wrongdoer.(K) All the sacred contributions the Israelites bring to a priest will belong to him.(L) 10 Sacred things belong to their owners, but what they give to the priest will belong to the priest.(M)’”

The Test for an Unfaithful Wife

11 Then the Lord said to Moses, 12 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man’s wife goes astray(N) and is unfaithful to him 13 so that another man has sexual relations with her,(O) and this is hidden from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act), 14 and if feelings of jealousy(P) come over her husband and he suspects his wife and she is impure—or if he is jealous and suspects her even though she is not impure— 15 then he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of a tenth of an ephah[c](Q) of barley flour(R) on her behalf. He must not pour olive oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy,(S) a reminder-offering(T) to draw attention to wrongdoing.

16 “‘The priest shall bring her and have her stand before the Lord. 17 Then he shall take some holy water in a clay jar and put some dust from the tabernacle floor into the water. 18 After the priest has had the woman stand before the Lord, he shall loosen her hair(U) and place in her hands the reminder-offering, the grain offering for jealousy,(V) while he himself holds the bitter water that brings a curse.(W) 19 Then the priest shall put the woman under oath and say to her, “If no other man has had sexual relations with you and you have not gone astray(X) and become impure while married to your husband, may this bitter water that brings a curse(Y) not harm you. 20 But if you have gone astray(Z) while married to your husband and you have made yourself impure by having sexual relations with a man other than your husband”— 21 here the priest is to put the woman under this curse(AA)—“may the Lord cause you to become a curse[d] among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell. 22 May this water(AB) that brings a curse(AC) enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.”

“‘Then the woman is to say, “Amen. So be it.(AD)

23 “‘The priest is to write these curses on a scroll(AE) and then wash them off into the bitter water. 24 He shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and this water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering will enter her. 25 The priest is to take from her hands the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the Lord(AF) and bring it to the altar. 26 The priest is then to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial[e] offering(AG) and burn it on the altar; after that, he is to have the woman drink the water. 27 If she has made herself impure and been unfaithful to her husband, this will be the result: When she is made to drink the water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering, it will enter her, her abdomen will swell and her womb will miscarry, and she will become a curse.(AH) 28 If, however, the woman has not made herself impure, but is clean, she will be cleared of guilt and will be able to have children.

29 “‘This, then, is the law of jealousy when a woman goes astray(AI) and makes herself impure while married to her husband, 30 or when feelings of jealousy(AJ) come over a man because he suspects his wife. The priest is to have her stand before the Lord and is to apply this entire law to her. 31 The husband will be innocent of any wrongdoing, but the woman will bear the consequences(AK) of her sin.’”

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:2 The Hebrew word for defiling skin disease, traditionally translated “leprosy,” was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
  2. Numbers 5:6 Or woman who commits any wrong common to mankind
  3. Numbers 5:15 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms
  4. Numbers 5:21 That is, may he cause your name to be used in cursing (see Jer. 29:22); or, may others see that you are cursed; similarly in verse 27.
  5. Numbers 5:26 Or representative

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:

Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.

And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the Lord spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the Lord, and that person be guilty;

Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.

But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the Lord, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.

And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.

10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.

11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;

14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:

15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord:

17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:

18 And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:

20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:

21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.

25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the Lord, and offer it upon the altar:

26 And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.

27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;

30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.

31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.

ナジル人の誓願

1-2 主はさらに、イスラエルの人々が守るべきことを、モーセに示しました。「男でも女でも、ナジル人(親や自分の誓願によって神に特別に仕える決意をした者)になると誓って、特別にわたしに身をささげる者は、 3-4 誓いの期間、強い酒、ぶどう酒、ぶどうジュース、ぶどうおよび干しぶどうを食べてはいけない。ぶどうから生じるものは、種や皮でもいっさい食べてはいけない。

その間は髪を切ってもいけない。きよい者としてわたしに身をささげているのだから、髪は伸ばしたままにしておきなさい。

6-7 誓いの期間中は死体に近づいてはいけない。たとえ、親、兄弟、姉妹であっても。 その間はきよい者としてわたしに身をささげているからだ。 偶然だれかが死ぬところに居合わせて汚れてしまった場合は、七日目に頭髪をそれば、汚れはきよめられる。 10 そして八日目に、山鳩か若い鳩を二羽、幕屋の入口にいる祭司のところへ持って来なさい。 11 祭司は、一羽を罪の赦しのためのいけにえ、もう一羽を焼き尽くすいけにえとしてささげ、汚れをきよめる儀式をしなければならない。こうしてから、誓いをし直し、もう一度髪を伸ばす。 12 それ以前の期間は無効だから、改めて誓いを立て、初めからやり直すのだ。罪過を償ういけにえとして、一歳の雄の子羊を引いて来なさい。

13 わたしに身をささげると誓った期間が終わったら、幕屋の入口に行き、 14 傷のない一歳の子羊を、焼き尽くすいけにえとしてささげなさい。また、罪の赦しのためのいけにえとして傷のない一歳の雌の子羊を、和解のいけにえとして傷のない雄羊をささげる。 15 さらに、パン種(イースト菌)を入れないパン一かご、オリーブ油と上等の小麦粉で作ったドーナツ型のパン、油を塗った薄焼きパンなどの穀物の供え物を、飲み物の供え物といっしょにささげる。 16 祭司はこれをみな神の前にささげる。初めに罪の赦しのためのいけにえと、焼き尽くすいけにえ、 17 次に、和解のいけにえの雄羊とパン種を入れないパン一かごとをいっしょにささげ、最後に穀物と飲み物の供え物をささげる。

18 それから、幕屋の入口で、献身の誓いのしるしの長い髪をそりなさい。そった髪は和解のいけにえの火にくべる。 19 頭をそり終わったら、祭司は焼いた子羊の肩とパン種を入れないドーナツ型のパン一個、薄焼きパン一枚を、そのナジル人の手に載せる。 20 そして、祭司がいけにえであることを示すために、わたしの前でそれを揺り動かしてささげる。それは、みなきよいもので、ささげられた胸の肉、ももの肉とともに祭司のものとなる。こうして初めてナジル人の誓いが解け、ぶどう酒を飲むことができるようになる。

21 以上が、ナジル人としての誓いの期間が終わった時にささげるいけにえについての規定である。ナジル人になる誓いをしたときに、規定以外の物もささげると約束した場合は、それも持って来なければならない。」

アロンの祝福

22-23 続けて主はモーセに告げました。「アロンとその子らに、人々を祝福させなさい。 24-26 『どうか神様があなたを祝福し、守られるように。あなたを喜んでくださるように。あなたに優しく親切にし、平安を与えてくださるように』と。 27 このように、アロンとその子らが祈るなら、わたしも人々を祝福しよう。」

The Nazirite

The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man or woman wants to make a special vow(A), a vow of dedication(B) to the Lord as a Nazirite,(C) they must abstain from wine(D) and other fermented drink and must not drink vinegar(E) made from wine or other fermented drink. They must not drink grape juice or eat grapes(F) or raisins. As long as they remain under their Nazirite vow, they must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.

“‘During the entire period of their Nazirite vow, no razor(G) may be used on their head.(H) They must be holy until the period of their dedication to the Lord is over; they must let their hair grow long.

“‘Throughout the period of their dedication to the Lord, the Nazirite must not go near a dead body.(I) Even if their own father or mother or brother or sister dies, they must not make themselves ceremonially unclean(J) on account of them, because the symbol of their dedication to God is on their head. Throughout the period of their dedication, they are consecrated to the Lord.

“‘If someone dies suddenly in the Nazirite’s presence, thus defiling the hair that symbolizes their dedication,(K) they must shave their head on the seventh day—the day of their cleansing.(L) 10 Then on the eighth day(M) they must bring two doves or two young pigeons(N) to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting.(O) 11 The priest is to offer one as a sin offering[a](P) and the other as a burnt offering(Q) to make atonement(R) for the Nazirite because they sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. That same day they are to consecrate their head again. 12 They must rededicate themselves to the Lord for the same period of dedication and must bring a year-old male lamb(S) as a guilt offering.(T) The previous days do not count, because they became defiled during their period of dedication.

13 “‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite when the period of their dedication is over.(U) They are to be brought to the entrance to the tent of meeting.(V) 14 There they are to present their offerings to the Lord: a year-old male lamb without defect(W) for a burnt offering, a year-old ewe lamb without defect for a sin offering,(X) a ram(Y) without defect for a fellowship offering,(Z) 15 together with their grain offerings(AA) and drink offerings,(AB) and a basket of bread made with the finest flour and without yeast—thick loaves with olive oil mixed in, and thin loaves brushed with olive oil.(AC)

16 “‘The priest is to present all these(AD) before the Lord(AE) and make the sin offering and the burnt offering.(AF) 17 He is to present the basket of unleavened bread and is to sacrifice the ram as a fellowship offering(AG) to the Lord, together with its grain offering(AH) and drink offering.(AI)

18 “‘Then at the entrance to the tent of meeting, the Nazirite must shave off the hair that symbolizes their dedication.(AJ) They are to take the hair and put it in the fire that is under the sacrifice of the fellowship offering.

19 “‘After the Nazirite has shaved off the hair that symbolizes their dedication, the priest is to place in their hands a boiled shoulder of the ram, and one thick loaf and one thin loaf from the basket, both made without yeast.(AK) 20 The priest shall then wave these before the Lord as a wave offering;(AL) they are holy(AM) and belong to the priest, together with the breast that was waved and the thigh that was presented.(AN) After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.(AO)

21 “‘This is the law of the Nazirite(AP) who vows offerings to the Lord in accordance with their dedication, in addition to whatever else they can afford. They must fulfill the vows(AQ) they have made, according to the law of the Nazirite.’”

The Priestly Blessing

22 The Lord said to Moses, 23 “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless(AR) the Israelites. Say to them:

24 “‘“The Lord bless you(AS)
    and keep you;(AT)
25 the Lord make his face shine on you(AU)
    and be gracious to you;(AV)
26 the Lord turn his face(AW) toward you
    and give you peace.(AX)”’

27 “So they will put my name(AY) on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 6:11 Or purification offering; also in verses 14 and 16

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord:

He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.

All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.

All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body.

He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord.

And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:

11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.

12 And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.

13 And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:

14 And he shall offer his offering unto the Lord, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,

15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings.

16 And the priest shall bring them before the Lord, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:

17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.

18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.

19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:

20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.

21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the Lord for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.

22 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,

24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:

25 The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.

22 神よ、私の神よ。
どうして、私をお見捨てになったのですか。
どうして、助けるどころか、
うめきさえ聞いてくださらないのですか。
私は昼となく夜となく泣いては、
助けを叫び求めていますのに、
あなたは答えてくださいません。
3-4 しかし、あなたはきよいお方です。
私たちの先祖の賛美が、
御座を取り囲んでいました。
あなたに信頼していた彼らを、
あなたは助け出してくださいました。
彼らの叫びを聞いて、救い出してくださいました。
助けを求める人々を、ただの一度も
失望に終わらせなかったのです。

しかし、私は虫けら同然で人間ではありません。
同国人ばかりか、すべての人々から
さげすまれています。
私を見ると、だれもがあざけり、
冷笑し、肩をすくめます。
彼らは、こう言って笑います。
「これが、主に重荷を肩代わりしてもらった
という男なのか。
主のお気に入りだとうぬぼれていたやつか。
主に助け出されるところを
見せてもらおうではないか。
そうしたら信じてやってもいい。」
9-11 主よ、以前はいつも
助けてくださったではありませんか。
母の胎から安全に取り上げ、幼い日々も、
無事に過ごさせてくださったではありませんか。
私は生まれてこのかた、
ずっと主を頼りとして生きてきたのです。
主はいつも私の神でした。
今になって、置き去りにしないでください。
苦難が近づいており、主のほかだれも、
私を助けることはできないのです。

12 バシャンの巨大な雄牛のように獰猛な敵が、
私を囲んでいます。
13 まるで獲物をねらってほえたけるライオンのように、
口を開けて近づいて来ます。
14 私は水のように流れ出し、骨はみなはずれ、
心臓はろうのように溶けてしまいました。
15 天日で乾かした粘土のようにひからび、
舌は上あごにくっつきました。
主が私を、死のちりの中に置かれたからです。
16 徒党を組んだ悪人どもが、
群がる野犬のように私を取り巻きます。
私の手足は引き裂かれています。
17 自分の骨を、一本残らず数えることができるほどです。
私を見てはほくそ笑む、
この悪人どもをごらんください。
18 彼らはくじ引きで、私の着物を分け合うのです。
19 ああ主よ、そばにいてください。
ああ、私の力である神よ、
大急ぎで助けに来てください。
20 死から救い出してください。
私の尊いいのちを、
こんな悪人の手に渡さないでください。
21 ライオンの口や、野牛の角からお救いください。
そうです、神は答えて、
私を助け出してくださいます。

22 私はすべての兄弟の前であなたをたたえ、
会衆に向かって、あなたのすばらしいみわざを語ります。
23 私は語ります。
「主を恐れる人たちよ、主をほめたたえよ。
主の名を恐れ、敬え。
イスラエルのすべての人よ、
主に向かって賛美の歌を歌え。
24 主は、私の絶望の底からの叫びをさげすまれなかった。
背を向けて立ち去ることはなさらなかった。
叫び声が届くと、主は助けに来てくださった。」
25 私は全会衆を前にして、主をほめたたえます。
御名を心から敬う人々の前で誓いを果たします。

26 貧しい者は十分に食べて満足し、
主を求める者は主を見いだして、
御名をほめたたえるでしょう。
その心は永遠の喜びに酔いしれるはずです。
27 それを目の当たりにした全世界の人々は、
主のもとに立ち返るでしょう。
あらゆる国民が主を礼拝するでしょう。
28 主は王であって、国々を支配します。
29 高慢な者も謙遜な者も、
死ぬべき運命にある人はみな、主を拝みます。
30 私たちの子どもも主に仕えます。
私たちが、主のすばらしさを語り伝えるからです。
31 のちの世代もまた、
主が私たちのためになさった
すべての奇跡のことを聞くでしょう。

Psalm 22[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?(A)
    Why are you so far(B) from saving me,
    so far from my cries of anguish?(C)
My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,(D)
    by night,(E) but I find no rest.[b]

Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;(F)
    you are the one Israel praises.[c](G)
In you our ancestors put their trust;
    they trusted and you delivered them.(H)
To you they cried out(I) and were saved;
    in you they trusted(J) and were not put to shame.(K)

But I am a worm(L) and not a man,
    scorned by everyone,(M) despised(N) by the people.
All who see me mock me;(O)
    they hurl insults,(P) shaking their heads.(Q)
“He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
    “let the Lord rescue him.(R)
Let him deliver him,(S)
    since he delights(T) in him.”

Yet you brought me out of the womb;(U)
    you made me trust(V) in you, even at my mother’s breast.
10 From birth(W) I was cast on you;
    from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

11 Do not be far from me,(X)
    for trouble is near(Y)
    and there is no one to help.(Z)

12 Many bulls(AA) surround me;(AB)
    strong bulls of Bashan(AC) encircle me.
13 Roaring lions(AD) that tear their prey(AE)
    open their mouths wide(AF) against me.
14 I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.(AG)
My heart has turned to wax;(AH)
    it has melted(AI) within me.
15 My mouth[d] is dried up like a potsherd,(AJ)
    and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;(AK)
    you lay me in the dust(AL) of death.

16 Dogs(AM) surround me,
    a pack of villains encircles me;
    they pierce[e](AN) my hands and my feet.
17 All my bones are on display;
    people stare(AO) and gloat over me.(AP)
18 They divide my clothes among them
    and cast lots(AQ) for my garment.(AR)

19 But you, Lord, do not be far from me.(AS)
    You are my strength;(AT) come quickly(AU) to help me.(AV)
20 Deliver me from the sword,(AW)
    my precious life(AX) from the power of the dogs.(AY)
21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;(AZ)
    save me from the horns of the wild oxen.(BA)

22 I will declare your name to my people;
    in the assembly(BB) I will praise you.(BC)
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!(BD)
    All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!(BE)
    Revere him,(BF) all you descendants of Israel!
24 For he has not despised(BG) or scorned
    the suffering of the afflicted one;(BH)
he has not hidden his face(BI) from him
    but has listened to his cry for help.(BJ)

25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;(BK)
    before those who fear you[f] I will fulfill my vows.(BL)
26 The poor will eat(BM) and be satisfied;
    those who seek the Lord will praise him—(BN)
    may your hearts live forever!

27 All the ends of the earth(BO)
    will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
    will bow down before him,(BP)
28 for dominion belongs to the Lord(BQ)
    and he rules over the nations.

29 All the rich(BR) of the earth will feast and worship;(BS)
    all who go down to the dust(BT) will kneel before him—
    those who cannot keep themselves alive.(BU)
30 Posterity(BV) will serve him;
    future generations(BW) will be told about the Lord.
31 They will proclaim his righteousness,(BX)
    declaring to a people yet unborn:(BY)
    He has done it!(BZ)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:1 In Hebrew texts 22:1-31 is numbered 22:2-32.
  2. Psalm 22:2 Or night, and am not silent
  3. Psalm 22:3 Or Yet you are holy, / enthroned on the praises of Israel
  4. Psalm 22:15 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text strength
  5. Psalm 22:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text me, / like a lion
  6. Psalm 22:25 Hebrew him

22 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

23 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

28 For the kingdom is the Lord's: and he is the governor among the nations.

29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

アグリッパ王に答えるパウロ

26 アグリッパはパウロに、「さあ、おまえの言い分を話しなさい」とうながしました。アグリッパに敬意を表してから、パウロは話し始めました。

「アグリッパ王。あなた様の前で釈明できますことを、たいへん光栄に存じます。 あなた様がユダヤ人の問題と慣習に精通しておられるからです。どうぞ忍耐してお聞きくださいますように。

このことはユダヤ人もよく知っているのですが、私はタルソで生まれ、エルサレムでユダヤ教徒としての徹底した訓練を受け、それにふさわしく生きてまいりました。 また、ユダヤのおきてと慣習を守ることでは、最も厳格なパリサイ派の一人でした。その気さえあれば、ユダヤ人も私のことをすぐに証言できることです。 しかし彼らが訴えたいのは、そんなことではありません。私が、先祖に与えられた約束の実現を待ち望んでいることが、彼らの気に入らないのです。 イスラエルの十二の部族は、私と同じ希望をいだいて昼も夜も神に仕えてきました。王よ。それなのに、私だけ罪に問われるとは理にかないません。 死者の復活を信じることが犯罪でしょうか。神が人間を復活させることは、そんなに信じがたいことでしょうか。

かつて私は、ナザレのイエスの弟子は撲滅すべきだと堅く信じていました。 10 ですから、祭司長たちの手先になり、エルサレムでクリスチャンを片っぱしから投獄し、裁判の時には、死刑に賛成の票を投じました。 11 また、クリスチャンにキリストを冒瀆することばを吐かせるためには手段を選ばず、拷問を加えることもしばしばでした。それほど激しく反対していた私ですから、遠く外国まで迫害の手を伸ばそうとしたのも不思議はありません。

12 ところが、祭司長たちに任され、ダマスコに向かう途中、 13 あれは、ちょうど正午ごろでしたが、太陽よりもまばゆい光が、天から私と連れの者とを照らしたのです。 14 私たちはみな、その場に倒れました。その時です。私は、ヘブル語でこう語りかける声を聞いたのです。『パウロ、パウロ。なぜわたしを迫害するのか。そんなことをしたら、自分が傷つくばかりだ。』

15 『あなたは、いったいどなたですか』と私は尋ねました。すると主は言われたのです。『わたしは、あなたが迫害しているイエスだ。 16 さあ、立ちなさい。あなたに姿を現したのは、あなたを、わたしに仕える者、またわたしの証人として任命するためだ。あなたは、このことをはじめとして、これから後もわたしがあなたに現れて示す多くのことを、世界中に語り伝えなければならない。 17 心配はいらない。あなたを、ユダヤ人からも外国人からも守ろう。あなたを外国人のところに派遣するのだから。 18 人々の目を開き、自分のほんとうの姿に気づかせ、罪を悔い改め、悪魔の暗闇から出て、神の光の中に生きるようにするために。わたしを信じる信仰によって、彼らは罪の赦しを受け、きよくされたすべての人たちと共に、神の相続財産を受けるようになる。』

19 それでアグリッパ王よ。私はこの天からの幻に従ったのでございます。 20 ダマスコを手はじめに、エルサレム、ユダヤ全国、さらに外国人にも、すべての人が罪を捨てて神に立ち返り、それを良い行いで示さなければならない、と宣べ伝えてきました。 21 このために、ユダヤ人は私を神殿でつかまえ、殺そうとしたのです。 22 しかし神のお守りがあったので、私は今日まで生きながらえ、身分の高い人にも低い人にも、あらゆる人にこのことを伝えているのです。私は、預言者とモーセが語ったこと以外、何も話してはおりません。 23 私が話しているのは、キリストは苦しみを受け、死者の中から最初に復活して、ユダヤ人にも外国人にも光をもたらすということだけです。」

24 ここで突然、フェストが大声をあげました。「パウロ、気がおかしくなったか! あまりに学問に身を入れすぎて、おかしくなったのだ。」

25 「何をおっしゃいます、フェスト閣下。気など狂ってはおりません。まじめに真理を語っているだけでございます。 26 アグリッパ王はよくご存じのはずです。そう確信しておりますから、率直に申し上げているのです。これらはみな、どこかの片すみで起こったことではないのですから。 27 アグリッパ王、あなた様は預言者を信じておられますか。もちろん、信じておられるものと確信しておりますが。」

28 アグリッパは、パウロのことばをさえぎりました。「おまえは少しばかり話しただけで、私をクリスチャンにしようというのか。」

29 「お話ししたことが短かろうと長かろうと、そんなことはかまいません。私がひたすら神にお願いするのは、あなた様をはじめ、ここにおられる皆さん全部が、私と同じようになってくださることです。もちろん、この鎖につながれることは別ですが……。」

30 ここで王と総督とベルニケ、またほかの人たちもみな席を立ち、出て行きました。 31 あとで話し合った結果、一致した意見は、「あの男は、死刑や投獄にあたることは何もしていない」ということでした。

32 アグリッパはフェストに、「カイザルに上訴さえしていなければ、自由の身になれたものを……」ともらしました。

26 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.”(A)

So Paul motioned with his hand(B) and began his defense: “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you(C) today as I make my defense against all the accusations of the Jews,(D) and especially so because you are well acquainted with all the Jewish customs(E) and controversies.(F) Therefore, I beg you to listen to me patiently.

“The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child,(G) from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem. They have known me for a long time(H) and can testify, if they are willing, that I conformed to the strictest sect(I) of our religion, living as a Pharisee.(J) And now it is because of my hope(K) in what God has promised our ancestors(L) that I am on trial today. This is the promise our twelve tribes(M) are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night.(N) King Agrippa, it is because of this hope that these Jews are accusing me.(O) Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?(P)

“I too was convinced(Q) that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose(R) the name of Jesus of Nazareth.(S) 10 And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people(T) in prison,(U) and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.(V) 11 Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished,(W) and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.

12 “On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. 13 About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions. 14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice(X) saying to me in Aramaic,[a](Y) ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

15 “Then I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’

‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied. 16 ‘Now get up and stand on your feet.(Z) I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me.(AA) 17 I will rescue you(AB) from your own people and from the Gentiles.(AC) I am sending you to them 18 to open their eyes(AD) and turn them from darkness to light,(AE) and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins(AF) and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(AG)

19 “So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient(AH) to the vision from heaven. 20 First to those in Damascus,(AI) then to those in Jerusalem(AJ) and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles,(AK) I preached that they should repent(AL) and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.(AM) 21 That is why some Jews seized me(AN) in the temple courts and tried to kill me.(AO) 22 But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen(AP) 23 that the Messiah would suffer(AQ) and, as the first to rise from the dead,(AR) would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.”(AS)

24 At this point Festus interrupted Paul’s defense. “You are out of your mind,(AT) Paul!” he shouted. “Your great learning(AU) is driving you insane.”

25 “I am not insane, most excellent(AV) Festus,” Paul replied. “What I am saying is true and reasonable. 26 The king is familiar with these things,(AW) and I can speak freely to him. I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner. 27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”

28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?”(AX)

29 Paul replied, “Short time or long—I pray to God that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains.”(AY)

30 The king rose, and with him the governor and Bernice(AZ) and those sitting with them. 31 After they left the room, they began saying to one another, “This man is not doing anything that deserves death or imprisonment.”(BA)

32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free(BB) if he had not appealed to Caesar.”(BC)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 26:14 Or Hebrew

26 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:

I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:

Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God, unto our fathers:

Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.

22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

26 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.

27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.

28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:

31 And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.