Acts 23
1 Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”
パウロ議會に目を注ぎて言ふ『兄弟たちよ、我は今日に至るまで事 毎に良心に從ひて神に事へたり』
2 The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
大 祭司アナニヤ傍らに立つ者どもに、彼の口を撃つことを命ず。
3 Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?”
ここにパウロ言ふ『白く塗りたる壁よ、神なんぢを撃ち給はん、なんぢ律法によりて我を審くために坐しながら、律法に悖りて我を撃つことを命ずるか』
4 Those who stood by said, “Do you malign God’s high priest?”
傍らに立つ者いふ『なんぢ神の大 祭司を罵るか』
5 Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”
パウロ言ふ『兄弟たちよ、我その大 祭司たることを知らざりき。録して「なんぢの民の司をそしる可からず」とあればなり』
6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!”
かくてパウロ、その一部はサドカイ人、その一部はパリサイ人たるを知りて、議會のうちに呼はりて言ふ『兄弟たちよ、我はパリサイ人にしてパリサイ人の子なり、我は死人の甦へることの希望につきて審かるるなり』
7 When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the crowd was divided.
斯く言ひしに因りて、パリサイ人とサドカイ人との間に紛爭おこりて、會衆 相 分れたり。
8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these.
サドカイ人は復活もなく御使も靈もなしと言ひ、パリサイ人は兩ながらありと云ふ。
9 A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and contended, saying, “We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let’s not fight against God!”
遂に大なる喧噪となりて、パリサイ人の中の學者 數人たちて爭ひて言ふ『われら此の人に惡しき事あるを見ず、もし靈または御使かれに語りたるならば如何』
10 When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them and bring him into the barracks.
紛爭いよいよ激しくなりたれば、千卒長、パウロの彼らに引 裂かれんことを恐れ、兵卒どもに命じて下りゆかしめ、彼らの中より引取りて陣營に連れ來らしめたり。
11 The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”
その夜、主パウロの傍らに立ちて言ひ給ふ『雄々しかれ、汝エルサレムにて我につきて證をなしたる如く、ロマにても證をなすべし』
12 When it was day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
夜明になりてユダヤ人、徒黨を組み盟約を立てて、パウロを殺すまでは飮食せじと言ふ。
13 There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy.
この徒黨を結びたる者は四十 人 餘なり。
14 They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great curse to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.
彼らは祭司長・長老らに往きて言ふ『われらパウロを殺すまでは何をも味ふまじと堅く盟約を立てたり。
15 Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near.”
されば汝 等なほ詳細に訊べんとする状して、彼を汝らの許に連れ下らすることを、議會とともに千卒長に訴へよ。我等その近くならぬ間に殺す準備をなせり』
16 But Paul’s sister’s son heard they were lying in wait, and he came and entered into the barracks and told Paul.
パウロの姉妹の子この待伏の事をきき、往きて陣營に入りパウロに告げたれば、
17 Paul summoned one of the centurions and said, “Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him.”
パウロ百卒長の一人を呼びて言ふ『この若者を千卒長につれ往け、告ぐる事あり』
18 So he took him and brought him to the commanding officer and said, “Paul, the prisoner, summoned me and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”
百卒長これを携へ、千卒長に至りて言ふ『囚人パウロ我を呼びて、この若者なんぢに言ふべき事ありとて、汝に連れ往くことを請へり』
19 The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?”
千卒長その手を執り退きて、私に問ふ『われに告ぐる事とは何ぞ』
20 He said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though intending to inquire somewhat more accurately concerning him.
若者いふ『ユダヤ人は、汝がパウロの事をなほ詳細に訊ぶる爲にとて、明日かれを議會に連れ下ることを汝に請はんと申合せたり。
21 Therefore don’t yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse to neither eat nor drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you.”
汝その請に從ふな、彼らの中にて四十 人 餘の者、パウロを待伏せ、之を殺すまでは飮食せじと盟約を立て、今その準備をなして汝の許諾を待てり』
22 So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, “Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.”
ここに千卒長、若者に『これらの事を我に訴へたりと誰にも語るな』と命じて歸せり。
23 He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night.”
さて百卒長を兩 三人よびて言ふ『今夜 九時ごろカイザリヤに向けて往くために、兵卒 二 百、騎兵 七 十、槍をとる者 二 百を整へよ』
24 He asked them to provide mounts, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.
また畜を備へ、パウロを乘せて安全に總督ペリクスの許に護送することを命じ、
25 He wrote a letter like this:
かつ左のごとき書をかき贈る。
26 “Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.
『クラウデオ・ルシヤ謹みて總督ペリクス閣下の平安を祈る。
27 “This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them when I came with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.
この人はユダヤ人に捕へられて殺されんとせしを、我そのロマ人なるを聞き、兵卒どもを率ゐ往きて救へり。
28 Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council.
ユダヤ人の彼を訴ふる理由を知らんと欲して、その議會に引き往きたるに、
29 I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of death or of imprisonment.
彼らの律法の問題につき訴へられたるにて、死もしくは縛に當る罪の訴訟にあらざるを知りたり。
30 When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell.”
又この人を害せんとする謀計ありと我に聞えたれば、われ俄にこれを汝のもとに送り、これを訴ふる者に、なんぢの前にて彼を訴へんことを命じたり』
31 So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
ここに兵卒ども命ぜられたる如くパウロを受けとりて、夜中アンテパトリスまで連れてゆき、
32 But on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the barracks.
翌日これを騎兵に委ね、ともに往かしめて陣營に歸れり。
33 When they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.
騎兵はカイザリヤに入り、總督に書をわたし、パウロを其の前に立たしむ。
34 When the governor had read it, he asked what province he was from. When he understood that he was from Cilicia, he said,
總督、書を讀みて、パウロのいづこの國の者なるかを問ひ、そのキリキヤ人なるを知りて、
35 “I will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive.” He commanded that he be kept in Herod’s palace.
『汝を訴ふる者の來らんとき、尚つまびらかに汝のことを聽かん』と言ひ、かつ命じて、ヘロデでの官邸に之を守らしめたり。
