2 Chronicles 32
1 After these things, and after this manner of truth, Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians arrived. And entering Judah, he besieged the fortified cities, desiring to seize them.
ヒゼキヤがこれらの事を忠実に行った後、アッスリヤの王セナケリブが来てユダに侵入し、堅固な町々に向かって陣を張り、これを攻め取ろうとした。
2 And when Hezekiah had seen this, specifically that Sennacherib had arrived, and that the entire force of the war was turning against Jerusalem,
ヒゼキヤはセナケリブが来て、エルサレムを攻めようとするのを見たので、
3 he took counsel with the rulers and with the most valiant men, so that they might obstruct the heads of the springs which were beyond the city. And with everyone discerning the same judgment about this,
そのつかさたちおよび勇士たちと相談して、町の外にある泉の水を、ふさごうとした。彼らはこれを助けた。
4 he gathered together a great multitude, and they obstructed all the springs, and the brook which was flowing through the midst of the land, saying: “Otherwise, the kings of the Assyrians might arrive and find an abundance of water.”
多くの民は集まって、すべての泉および国の中を流れる谷川をふさいで言った、「アッスリヤの王たちがきて、多くの水を得られるようなことをしておいていいだろうか」。
5 Also, acting industriously, he built up the entire wall that had been broken apart. And he constructed towers upon it, and another wall outside it. And he repaired Millo, in the City of David. And he made all kinds of weapons and shields.
ヒゼキヤはまた勇気を出して、破れた城壁をことごとく築き直して、その上にやぐらを建て、その外にまた城壁を巡らし、ダビデの町のミロを堅固にし、武器および盾を多く造り、
6 And he appointed leaders of the warriors within the army. And he summoned them all to the wide street of the gate of the city. And he spoke to their heart, saying:
軍長を民の上に置き、町の門の広場に民を集めて、これを励まして言った、
7 “Act manfully and be strengthened. Do not be afraid. Neither should you dread the king of the Assyrians and the entire multitude that is with him. For many more are with us than with him.
「心を強くし、勇みたちなさい。アッスリヤの王をも、彼と共にいるすべての群衆をも恐れてはならない。おののいてはならない。われわれと共におる者は彼らと共におる者よりも大いなる者だからである。
8 For with him is an arm of flesh; with us is the Lord our God, who is our helper, and who fights for us.” And the people were strengthened by this type of words from Hezekiah, the king of Judah.
彼と共におる者は肉の腕である。しかしわれわれと共におる者はわれわれの神、主であって、われわれを助け、われわれに代って戦われる」。民はユダの王ヒゼキヤの言葉に安心した。
9 After these things, Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, sent his servants to Jerusalem, (for he and his entire army were besieging Lachish) to Hezekiah, the king of Judah, and to all the people who were in the city, saying:
この後アッスリヤの王セナケリブはその全軍をもってラキシを囲んでいたが、その家来をエルサレムにつかわして、ユダの王ヒゼキヤおよびエルサレムにいるすべてのユダの人に告げさせて言った、
10 “Thus says Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians: In whom do you have faith, as you sit besieged in Jerusalem?
「アッスリヤの王セナケリブはこう言います、『あなたがたは何を頼んでエルサレムにこもっているのか。
11 Does not Hezekiah deceive you, so that he would deliver you to die from hunger and thirst, by affirming that the Lord your God will free you from the hand of the king of the Assyrians?
ヒゼキヤは「われわれの神、主がアッスリヤの王の手から、われわれを救ってくださる」と言って、あなたがたをそそのかし、飢えと、かわきをもって、あなたがたを死なせようとしているのではないか。
12 Is this not the same Hezekiah who destroyed his own high places and altars, and who instructed Judah and Jerusalem, saying: ‘You shall worship before one altar, and you shall burn incense upon it?’
このヒゼキヤは主のもろもろの高き所と祭壇を取り除き、ユダとエルサレムに命じて、「あなたがたはただ一つの祭壇の前で礼拝し、その上に犠牲をささげなければならない」と言った者ではないか。
13 Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of the nations and all the lands prevailed so as to free their region from my hand?
あなたがたは、わたしおよびわたしの先祖たちが、他の国々のすべての民にしたことを知らないのか。それらの国々の民の神々は、少しでもその国を、わたしの手から救い出すことができたか。
14 Who is there, out of all the gods of the nations that my fathers destroyed, who is able to rescue his people from my hand, so that now also your God would be able to rescue you from this hand?
わたしの先祖たちが滅ぼし尽したそれらの国民のもろもろの神のうち、だれか自分の民をわたしの手から救い出すことのできたものがあるか。それで、どうしてあなたがたの神が、あなたがたをわたしの手から救い出すことができよう。
15 Therefore, let not Hezekiah deceive or delude you with vain persuasion. And you should not believe him. For if no god out of all the nations and kingdoms was able to free his people from my hand, and from the hand of my fathers, consequently neither will your God be able to rescue you from my hand.”
それゆえ、あなたがたはヒゼキヤに欺かれてはならない。そそのかされてはならない。また彼を信じてはならない。いずれの民、いずれの国の神もその民をわたしの手、または、わたしの先祖の手から救いだすことができなかったのだから、ましてあなたがたの神が、どうしてわたしの手からあなたがたを救いだすことができようか』」。
16 Then too, his servants were speaking many other things against the Lord God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
セナケリブの家来は、このほかにも多く主なる神、およびそのしもべヒゼキヤをそしった。
17 Also, he wrote letters full of blasphemy against the Lord God of Israel. And against him he said: “Just as the gods of other nations were unable to free their people from my hand, so also is the God of Hezekiah unable to rescue his people from this hand.”
セナケリブはまた手紙を書き送って、イスラエルの神、主をあざけり、かつそしって言った、「諸国の民の神々が、その民をわたしの手から救い出さなかったように、ヒゼキヤの神も、その民をわたしの手から救い出さないであろう」と。
18 Moreover, he also shouted with a great clamor, in the language of the Jews, toward the people who were sitting upon the walls of Jerusalem, so that he might frighten them and so seize the city.
そして彼らは大声をあげ、ユダヤの言葉をもって、城壁の上にいるエルサレムの民に向かって叫び、これをおどし、かつおびやかした。彼らは町を取るためである。
19 And he was speaking against the God of Jerusalem, just as against the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are works of the hands of men.
このように彼らがエルサレムの神について語ること、人の手のわざである地上の民の神々について語るようであった。
20 And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed against this blasphemy, and they cried out to heaven.
そこでヒゼキヤ王およびアモツの子預言者イザヤは共に祈って、天に呼ばわったので、
21 And the Lord sent an Angel, who struck all the experienced men and warriors, and the leaders of the army of the king of the Assyrians. And he returned in disgrace to his own land. And when he had entered the house of his god, the sons who had gone forth from his loins killed him with the sword.
主はひとりのみ使をつかわして、アッスリヤ王の陣営にいるすべての大勇士と将官、軍長らを滅ぼされた。それで王は赤面して自分の国に帰ったが、その神の家にはいった時、その子のひとりが、つるぎをもって彼をその所で殺した。
22 And the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, and from the hand of all. And he presented to them peace on every side.
このように主は、ヒゼキヤとエルサレムの住民をアッスリヤの王セナケリブの手およびすべての敵の手から救い出し、いたる所で彼らを守られた。
23 And now many were bringing victims and sacrifices to the Lord in Jerusalem, and gifts to Hezekiah, the king of Judah. And after these things, he was exalted before all the nations.
そこで多くの人々はささげ物をエルサレムに携えてきて主にささげ、また宝物をユダの王ヒゼキヤに贈った。この後ヒゼキヤは万国の民に尊ばれた。
24 In those days, Hezekiah was sick, even unto death, and he prayed to the Lord. And he heeded him, and gave to him a sign.
そのころ、ヒゼキヤは病んで死ぬばかりであったが、主に祈ったので、主はこれに答えて、しるしを賜わった。
25 But he did not repay according to the benefits which he had received, for his heart was lifted up. And so wrath was brought against him, and against Judah and Jerusalem.
しかしヒゼキヤはその受けた恵みに報いることをせず、その心が高ぶったので、怒りが彼とユダおよびエルサレムに臨もうとしたが、
26 And after this, he was humbled, because he had exalted his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And therefore the wrath of the Lord did not overwhelm them in the days of Hezekiah.
ヒゼキヤはその心の高ぶりを悔いてへりくだり、またエルサレムの住民も同様にしたので、主の怒りは、ヒゼキヤの世には彼らに臨まなかった。
27 Now Hezekiah was wealthy and very famous. And he gathered for himself many treasures of silver and gold and precious stones, of aromatics, and all kinds of weapons, and vessels of great price,
ヒゼキヤは富と栄誉をきわめ、宝蔵を造って、金、銀、宝石、香料、盾および各種の尊い器物をおさめ、
28 and also repositories of grain, wine, and oil, and stalls for every beast of burden, and fencing for cattle.
また倉庫を造って穀物、酒、油などの産物をおさめ、小屋を造って種々の家畜を置き、おりを造って羊の群れを置き、
29 And he built for himself cities. For indeed, he had innumerable herds and flocks of sheep. For the Lord had given to him an exceedingly great substance.
また多数の町を設け、かつ羊と牛をおびただしく所有した。神が非常に多くの貨財を彼に賜わったからである。
30 This same Hezekiah was the one who blocked the upper font of the waters of Gihon, and who diverted them down to the western part of the City of David. In all his works, he prosperously accomplished whatever he willed.
このヒゼキヤはまたギホンの水の上の源をふさいで、これをダビデの町の西の方にまっすぐに引き下した。このようにヒゼキヤはそのすべてのわざをなし遂げた。
31 Yet still, concerning the legates from the leaders of Babylon, who had been sent to him so that they might inquire about the portent which had happened upon the earth, God permitted him to be tempted, so that everything might be made known which was in his heart.
しかしバビロンの君たちが使者をつかわして、この国にあった、しるしについて尋ねさせた時には、神は彼を試みて、彼の心にあることを、ことごとく知るために彼を捨て置かれた。
32 Now the rest of the words of Hezekiah, and his mercies, have been written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amos, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
ヒゼキヤのその他の行為およびその徳行は、アモツの子預言者イザヤの黙示とユダとイスラエルの列王の書にしるされている。
33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers. And they buried him above the sepulchers of the sons of David. And all of Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, celebrated his funeral. And his son, Manasseh, reigned in his place.
ヒゼキヤはその先祖たちと共に眠ったので、ダビデの子孫の墓のうちの高い所に葬られた。ユダの人々およびエルサレムの住民は皆その死に当って彼に敬意を表した。その子マナセが彼に代って王となった。
