1 Kings 8

1 Then all those greater by birth of Israel, with the leaders of the tribes and the rulers of the families of the sons of Israel, gathered together before king Solomon at Jerusalem, so that they might carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, from the city of David, that is, from Zion.

ソロモンは主の契約の箱をダビデの町、すなわちシオンからかつぎ上ろうとして、イスラエルの長老たちと、すべての部族のかしらたちと、イスラエルの人々の氏族の長たちをエルサレムでソロモン王のもとに召し集めた。

2 And all of Israel assembled before king Solomon, on the solemn day in the month of Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

イスラエルの人は皆エタニムの月すなわち七月の祭にソロモン王のもとに集まった。

3 And all the elders of Israel arrived, and the priests took up the ark.

イスラエルの長老たちが皆来たので、祭司たちは箱を取りあげた。

4 And they carried the ark of the Lord, and the tabernacle of the covenant, and all the vessels of the Sanctuary, which were in the tabernacle; and the priests and the Levites carried these.

そして彼らは主の箱と、会見の幕屋と、幕屋にあるすべての聖なる器をかつぎ上った。すなわち祭司とレビびとがこれらの物をかつぎ上った。

5 Then king Solomon, and the entire multitude of Israel, who had assembled before him, advanced with him before the ark. And they immolated sheep and oxen, which could not be numbered or estimated.

ソロモン王および彼のもとに集まったイスラエルの会衆は皆彼と共に箱の前で、羊と牛をささげたが、その数が多くて調べることも数えることもできなかった。

6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, into the oracle of the temple, in the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim.

祭司たちは主の契約の箱をその場所にかつぎ入れた。すなわち宮の本殿である至聖所のうちのケルビムの翼の下に置いた。

7 For indeed, the cherubim extended their wings over the place of the ark, and they protected the ark and its bars from above.

ケルビムは翼を箱の所に伸べていたので、ケルビムは上から箱とそのさおをおおった。

8 And since the bars projected outward, their ends were visible from without, in the Sanctuary before the oracle; but they were not visible farther outward. And they have been in that place even to the present day.

さおは長かったので、さおの端が本殿の前の聖所から見えた。しかし外には見えなかった。そのさおは今日までそこにある。

9 Now inside the ark, there was nothing other than the two tablets of stone, which Moses had placed in it at Horeb, when the Lord formed a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they departed from the land of Egypt.

箱の内には二つの石の板のほか何もなかった。これはイスラエルの人々がエジプトの地から出たとき、主が彼らと契約を結ばれたときに、モーセがホレブで、それに納めたものである。

10 Then it happened that, when the priests had exited from the Sanctuary, a cloud filled the house of the Lord.

そして祭司たちが聖所から出たとき、雲が主の宮に満ちたので、

11 And the priests were unable to stand and minister, because of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.

祭司たちは雲のために立って仕えることができなかった。主の栄光が主の宮に満ちたからである。

12 Then Solomon said: “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a cloud.

そこでソロモンは言った、「主は日を天に置かれた。しかも主は自ら濃き雲の中に住まおうと言われた。

13 Building, I have built a house as your dwelling place, your most firm throne forever.”

わたしはあなたのために高き家、とこしえのみすまいを建てた」。

14 And the king turned his face, and he blessed the entire assembly of Israel. For the entire assembly of Israel was standing.

王は身をめぐらして、イスラエルのすべての会衆を祝福した。その時イスラエルのすべての会衆は立っていた。

15 And Solomon said: “Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to my father David, and who, with his own hands, has perfected it, saying:

彼は言った、「イスラエルの神、主はほむべきかな。主はその口をもってわたしの父ダビデに約束されたことを、その手をもってなし遂げられた。主は言われた、

16 ‘From the day when I led my people Israel away from Egypt, I did not choose any city out of all the tribes of Israel, so that a house would be built, and so that my name might be there. Instead, I chose David to be over my people Israel.’

『わが民イスラエルをエジプトから導き出した日から、わたしはわたしの名を置くべき宮を建てるために、イスラエルのもろもろの部族のうちから、どの町をも選んだことがなかった。ただダビデを選んで、わが民イスラエルの上に立たせた』と。

17 And my father David wanted to build a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

イスラエルの神、主の名のために宮を建てることは、わたしの父ダビデの心にあった。

18 But the Lord said to my father David: ‘Since you have planned in your heart to build a house to my name, you have done well by considering this plan in your mind.

しかし主はわたしの父ダビデに言われた、『わたしの名のために宮を建てることはあなたの心にあった。あなたの心にこの事のあったのは結構である。

19 Yet truly, you shall not build a house for me. Instead, your son, who shall go forth from your loins, he himself shall build a house to my name.’

けれどもあなたはその宮を建ててはならない。あなたの身から出るあなたの子がわたしの名のために宮を建てるであろう』と。

20 The Lord has confirmed his word which he spoke. And so I stand in place of my father David, and I sit upon the throne of Israel, just as the Lord said. And I have built a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

そして主はその言われた言葉を行われた。すなわちわたしは父ダビデに代って立ち、主が言われたように、イスラエルの位に座し、イスラエルの神、主の名のために宮を建てた。

21 And there I have appointed a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he struck with our fathers, when they went forth from the land of Egypt.”

わたしはまたそこに主の契約を納めた箱のために一つの場所を設けた。その契約は主がわれわれの先祖をエジプトの地から導き出された時に、彼らと結ばれたものである」。

22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord, in the sight of the assembly of Israel, and he extended his hands toward heaven.

ソロモンはイスラエルの全会衆の前で、主の祭壇の前に立ち、手を天に伸べて、

23 And he said: “Lord God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, nor on the earth below. You preserve covenant and mercy with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart.

言った、「イスラエルの神、主よ、上の天にも、下の地にも、あなたのような神はありません。あなたは契約を守られ、心をつくしてあなたの前に歩むあなたのしもべらに、いつくしみを施し、

24 You have fulfilled, for your servant David, my father, that which you said to him. With your mouth, you spoke; and with your hands, you completed; just as this day proves.

あなたのしもべであるわたしの父ダビデに約束されたことを守られました。あなたが口をもって約束されたことを、手をもってなし遂げられたことは、今日見るとおりであります。

25 Now therefore, O Lord God of Israel, fulfill, for your servant David, my father, that which you spoke to him, saying, ‘There shall not be taken away from you a man before me, who may sit upon the throne of Israel, if only your sons will guard their way, so that they walk before me, just as you have walked in my sight.’

それゆえ、イスラエルの神、主よ、あなたのしもべであるわたしの父ダビデに、あなたが約束して『おまえがわたしの前に歩んだように、おまえの子孫が、その道を慎んで、わたしの前に歩むならば、おまえにはイスラエルの位に座する人が、わたしの前に欠けることはないであろう』と言われたことを、ダビデのために守ってください。

26 And now, O Lord God of Israel, establish your words, which you spoke to your servant David, my father.

イスラエルの神よ、どうぞ、あなたのしもべであるわたしの父ダビデに言われた言葉を確認してください。

27 Is it, then, to be understood that truly God would dwell upon the earth? For if heaven, and the heavens of heavens, are not able to contain you, how much less this house, which I have built?

しかし神は、はたして地上に住まわれるでしょうか。見よ、天も、いと高き天もあなたをいれることはできません。ましてわたしの建てたこの宮はなおさらです。

28 Yet look with favor upon the prayer of your servant and upon his petitions, O Lord, my God. Listen to the hymn and the prayer, which your servant prays before you this day,

しかしわが神、主よ、しもべの祈と願いを顧みて、しもべがきょう、あなたの前にささげる叫びと祈をお聞きください。

29 so that your eyes may be open over this house, night and day, over the house about which you said, ‘My name shall be there,’ so that you may heed the prayer that your servant is praying in this place to you.

あなたが『わたしの名をそこに置く』と言われた所、すなわち、この宮に向かって夜昼あなたの目をお開きください。しもべがこの所に向かって祈る祈をお聞きください。

30 So may you heed the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel, whatever they will pray for in this place, and so may you heed them in your dwelling place in heaven. And when you heed, you will be gracious.

しもべと、あなたの民イスラエルがこの所に向かって祈る時に、その願いをお聞きください。あなたのすみかである天で聞き、聞いておゆるしください。

31 But if any man sins against his neighbor, and he has any kind of an oath by which he is bound, and he arrives because of the oath, before your altar in your house,

もし人がその隣り人に対して罪を犯し、誓いをすることを求められる時、来てこの宮であなたの祭壇の前に誓うならば、

32 you will hear in heaven, and you will act and judge your servants, condemning the impious, and repaying his own way upon his own head, but justifying the just, and rewarding him in accord with his justice.

あなたは天で聞いて行い、あなたのしもべらをさばき、悪人を罰して、そのおこないの報いをそのこうべに帰し、義人を義として、その義にしたがって、その人に報いてください。

33 And if your people Israel will have fled from their enemies, because they have sinned against you, and doing penance and confessing to your name, shall arrive and pray and petition you in this house,

もしあなたの民イスラエルが、あなたに対して罪を犯したために敵の前に敗れた時、あなたに立ち返って、あなたの名をあがめ、この宮であなたに祈り願うならば、

34 listen in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and lead them back to the land, which you gave to their fathers.

あなたは天にあって聞き、あなたの民イスラエルの罪をゆるして、あなたが彼らの先祖に賜わった地に彼らを帰らせてください。

35 And if the heavens have closed, so that there is no rain, because of their sins, and they, praying in this place, shall do penance to your name, and shall be converted from their sins, by occasion of their afflictions,

もし彼らがあなたに罪を犯したために、天が閉ざされて雨がなく、あなたが彼らを苦しめられる時、彼らがこの所に向かって祈り、あなたの名をあがめ、その罪を離れるならば、

36 hear them from heaven, and forgive the sins of your servants and of your people Israel. And reveal to them the good way, along which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as a possession.

あなたは天で聞き、あなたのしもべ、あなたの民イスラエルの罪をゆるし、彼らに歩むべき良い道を教えて、あなたが、あなたの民に嗣業として与えられた地に雨を降らせてください。

37 Then, if famine rises over the land, or pestilence, or corrupt air, or blight, or locust, or mildew, or if their enemy afflicts them, besieging the gates, or any harm or infirmity,

もし国にききんがあるか、もしくは疫病、立ち枯れ、腐り穂、いなご、青虫があるか、もしくは敵のために町の中に攻め囲まれることがあるか、どんな災害、どんな病気があっても、

38 or whatever curse or divine intervention may happen to any man among your people Israel, if anyone understands, having been wounded in his heart, and if he will have extended his hands in this house,

もし、だれでも、あなたの民イスラエルがみな、おのおのその心の悩みを知って、この宮に向かい、手を伸べるならば、どんな祈、どんな願いでも、

39 you will hear in heaven, in your dwelling place, and you will forgive. And you will act so that you give to each one in accord with his own ways, just as you see in his heart, for you alone know the heart of all the sons of men.

あなたは、あなたのすみかである天で聞いてゆるし、かつ行い、おのおのの人に、その心を知っておられるゆえ、そのすべての道にしたがって報いてください。ただ、あなただけ、すべての人の心を知っておられるからです。

40 So may they fear you, all the days that they live upon the face of the land, which you have given to our fathers.

あなたが、われわれの先祖に賜わった地に、彼らの生きながらえる日の間、常にあなたを恐れさせてください。

41 Moreover, the foreigner too, who is not of your people Israel, when he will have arrived from a distant land because of your name, for they shall hear about your great name, and your strong hand,

またあなたの民イスラエルの者でなく、あなたの名のために遠い国から来る異邦人が、

42 and your outstretched arm everywhere: so when he arrives and prays in this place,

それは彼らがあなたの大いなる名と、強い手と、伸べた腕とについて聞き及ぶからです、もしきて、この宮に向かって祈るならば、

43 you will listen in heaven, in the firmament of your dwelling place. And you will do all the things, for which that foreigner will have called upon you. So may all the peoples of the earth learn to fear your name, just as your people Israel do. And so may they show that your name has been invoked over this house, which I have built.

あなたは、あなたのすみかである天で聞き、すべて異邦人があなたに呼び求めることをかなえさせてください。そうすれば、地のすべての民は、あなたの民イスラエルのように、あなたの名を知り、あなたを恐れ、またわたしが建てたこの宮があなたの名によって呼ばれることを知るにいたるでしょう。

44 And if your people have gone out to war against their enemies, along whatever way you will send them, they shall pray to you in the direction of the city, which you have chosen, and toward the house, which I have built to your name.

あなたの民が敵と戦うために、あなたがつかわされる道を通って出て行くとき、もし彼らがあなたの選ばれた町、わたしがあなたの名のために建てた宮の方に向かって、主に祈るならば、

45 And you will hear in heaven their prayers and their petitions. And you will accomplish judgment for them.

あなたは天で、彼らの祈と願いを聞いて彼らをお助けください。

46 But if they sin against you, for there is no man who does not sin, and you, being angry, deliver them to their enemies, and they will have been led away as captives to the land of their enemies, whether far or near,

彼らがあなたに対して罪を犯すことがあって、人は罪を犯さない者はないのです、あなたが彼らを怒り、彼らを敵にわたし、敵が彼らを捕虜として遠近にかかわらず、敵の地に引いて行く時、

47 and if they do penance in their heart, in the place of captivity, and having been converted, make supplication to you in their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned; we acted unjustly; we committed impiety,’

もし彼らが捕われていった地で、みずから省みて悔い、自分を捕えていった者の地で、あなたに願い、『われわれは罪を犯しました、そむいて悪を行いました』と言い、

48 and they return to you with all their heart and all their soul, in the land of their enemies, to which they have been led away as captives, and if they pray to you in the direction of their land, which you gave to their fathers, and of the city, which you have chosen, and of the temple, which I have built to your name:

自分を捕えていった敵の地で、心をつくし、精神をつくしてあなたに立ち返り、あなたが彼らの先祖に与えられた地、あなたが選ばれた町、わたしがあなたの名のために建てた宮の方に向かって、あなたに祈るならば、

49 you will hear in heaven, in the firmament of your throne, their prayers and their petitions. And you will accomplish their judgment.

あなたのすみかである天で、彼らの祈と願いを聞いて、彼らを助け、

50 And you will forgive your people, who have sinned against you, and all their iniquities, by which they have transgressed against you. And you will grant to them mercy in the sight of those who have made them captives, so that they may take pity on them.

あなたの民が、あなたに対して犯した罪と、あなたに対して行ったすべてのあやまちをゆるし、彼らを捕えていった者の前で、彼らにあわれみを得させ、その人々が彼らをあわれむようにしてください。

51 For they are your people and your inheritance, whom you have led away from the land of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron.

（彼らはあなたがエジプトから、鉄のかまどの中から導き出されたあなたの民、あなたの嗣業であるからです）。

52 So may your eyes be open to the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel. And so may you heed them in all the things about which they will call upon you.

どうぞ、しもべの願いと、あなたの民イスラエルの願いに、あなたの目を開き、すべてあなたに呼び求める時、彼らの願いをお聞きください。

53 For you have separated them to yourself as an inheritance, from among all the peoples of the earth, just as you spoke by Moses, your servant, when you led our fathers away from Egypt, O Lord God.”

あなたは彼らを地のすべての民のうちから区別して、あなたの嗣業とされたからです。主なる神よ、あなたがわれわれの先祖をエジプトから導き出された時、モーセによって言われたとおりです」。

54 And it happened that, when Solomon had completed praying this entire prayer and supplication to the Lord, he rose up from the sight of the altar of the Lord. For he had fixed both knees upon the ground, and he had extended his hands toward heaven.

ソロモンはこの祈と願いをことごとく主にささげ終ると、それまで天に向かって手を伸べ、ひざまずいていた主の祭壇の前から立ちあがり、

55 Then he stood and blessed the entire assembly of Israel in a great voice, saying:

立って大声でイスラエルの全会衆を祝福して言った、

56 “Blessed is the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel, in accord with all that he said. Not even one word, out of all the good things that he spoke by his servant Moses, has fallen away.

「主はほむべきかな。主はすべて約束されたように、その民イスラエルに太平を賜わった。そのしもべモーセによって仰せられたその良き約束は皆一つもたがわなかった。

57 May the Lord our God be with us, just as he was with our fathers, not abandoning us, and not rejecting us.

われわれの神がわれわれの先祖と共におられたように、われわれと共におられるように。われわれを離れず、またわれわれを見捨てられないように。

58 But may he incline our hearts to himself, so that we may walk in all his ways, and keep his commandments, and his ceremonies, and whatever judgments he commanded to our fathers.

われわれの心を主に傾けて、主のすべての道に歩ませ、われわれの先祖に命じられた戒めと定めと、おきてとを守らせられるように。

59 And may these my words, by which I have prayed before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God, day and night, so that he may accomplish judgment for his servant and for his people Israel, throughout each day.

主の前にわたしが述べたこれらの願いの言葉が、日夜われわれの神、主に覚えられるように。そして主は日々の事に、しもべを助け、主の民イスラエルを助けられるように。

60 So may all the peoples of the earth know that the Lord himself is God, and there is no other beside him.

そうすれば、地のすべての民は主が神であることと、他に神のないことを知るに至るであろう。

61 Also, may our hearts be perfect with the Lord our God, so that we may walk in his decrees, and keep his commandments, as also on this day.”

それゆえ、あなたがたは、今日のようにわれわれの神、主に対して、心は全く真実であり、主の定めに歩み、主の戒めを守らなければならない」。

62 Then the king, and all of Israel with him, immolated victims before the Lord.

そして王および王と共にいるすべてのイスラエルびとは主の前に犠牲をささげた。

63 And Solomon slew sacrifices of peace offerings, which he immolated to the Lord: twenty-two thousand oxen, and twenty thousand one hundred sheep. And the king and all the sons of Israel dedicated the temple of the Lord.

ソロモンは酬恩祭として牛二万二千頭、羊十二万頭を主にささげた。こうして王とイスラエルの人々は皆主の宮を奉献した。

64 On that day, the king sanctified the middle of the atrium, which was before the house of the Lord. For in that place, he offered holocaust, and sacrifice, and the fat of peace offerings. For the bronze altar, which was before the Lord, was too small and was not able to hold the holocaust, and the sacrifice, and the fat of the peace offerings.

その日、王は主の宮の前にある庭の中を聖別し、その所で燔祭と素祭と酬恩祭の脂肪をささげた。これは主の前にある青銅の祭壇が素祭と酬恩祭の脂肪とを受けるに足りなかったからである。

65 Then Solomon made, at that time, a celebratory festival, and all of Israel with him, a great multitude, from the entrance of Hamath to the river of Egypt, in the sight of the Lord our God, for seven days plus seven days, that is, fourteen days.

その時ソロモンは七日の間われわれの神、主の前に祭を行った。ハマテの入口からエジプトの川に至るまでのすべてのイスラエルびとの大いなる会衆が彼と共にいた。

66 And on the eighth day, he dismissed the people. And blessing the king, they set out for their tents, rejoicing and cheerful in heart over all the good things that the Lord had done for his servant David and for his people Israel.

八日目にソロモンは民を帰らせた。民は王を祝福し、主がそのしもべダビデと、その民イスラエルとに施されたもろもろの恵みを喜び、心に楽しんでその天幕に帰って行った。