Ezekiel 23
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
主の言葉がわたしに臨んだ、
2 “Son of man, two women were daughters of one mother,
「人の子よ、ここにふたりの女があった。ひとりの母の娘である。
3 and they fornicated in Egypt; they committed fornication in their youth. In that place, their breasts were conquered; the breasts of their adolescence were subdued.
彼らはエジプトで淫行をした。彼らは若い時に淫行をした。すなわちその所で彼らの胸は押され、その処女の乳ぶさはいじられた。
4 Now their names were Oholah, the elder, and Oholibah, her younger sister. And I held them, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names: Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
彼らの名は姉はアホラ、妹はアホリバである。彼らはわたしのものとなって、むすこ娘たちを産んだ。その本名はアホラはサマリヤ、アホリバはエルサレムである。
5 And then, Oholah committed fornication against me, and she acted madly with her lovers, with the Assyrians who approached her,
アホラはわたしのものである間に淫行をなし、その恋人なるアッスリヤびとにこがれた。
6 who were clothed with hyacinth: rulers and magistrates, passionate youths and all of the horsemen, mounted on horses.
すなわち紫の衣をきた軍人、長官、司令官、すべて好ましい若者、馬に乗る者たちである。
7 And she distributed her fornications to those chosen men, all of them sons of the Assyrians. And she defiled herself with the uncleanness of all those whom she madly desired.
彼女は彼らに淫行を供えた。彼らはすべてアッスリヤのえり抜きの人々である。彼女はまた、そのこがれたすべての者のもろもろの偶像をもって、おのれを汚した。
8 Moreover, she also did not abandon her fornications, which she had done in Egypt. For they also slept with her in her youth, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and they poured out their fornication upon her.
彼女はエジプトの日からおこなっていた、その淫行を捨てなかった。それは彼女の若い時に、彼らが彼女と寝、その処女の乳ぶさをいじり、その情欲を彼女の上に注いだからである。
9 Because of this, I have delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the sons of the Assur, whom she has lustfully desired.
それゆえ、わたしは彼女をその恋人の手に渡し、そのこがれたアッスリヤの人々の手に渡した。
10 They uncovered her shame; they took away her sons and daughters; and they slew her with the sword. And they became infamous women. And they carried out judgments in her.
彼らは彼女の裸を現し、そのむすこ娘たちを奪い、つるぎをもって彼女を殺した。こうして彼女に対するさばきが行われたとき、彼女は女たちの間の語り草となった。
11 And when her sister, Oholibah, had seen this, she was even more mad with lust than the other. And her fornication was beyond the fornication of her sister.
その妹アホリバはこれを見て、姉よりも情欲をほしいままにし、姉の淫行よりも多く淫行をなし、
12 She shamelessly offered herself to the sons of the Assyrians, to the rulers and magistrates who brought themselves to her clothed with colorful garments, to the horsemen who were carried by horses, and to the youths, all of them exceptional in appearance.
アッスリヤの人々に恋こがれた。長官、司令官、盛装した軍人、馬に乗る者たちで、すべて好ましい若者たちである。
13 And I saw that she had been defiled, and that they both took the same path.
わたしは彼女が身を汚したのを見た。彼らは共に一つの道をたどったが、
14 And she increased her fornications. And when she had seen men depicted on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans, expressed in colors,
彼女はさらにその淫行を続け、壁に描いた人々を見た。すなわち朱で描いたカルデヤびとの像で、
15 with belts wrapped around the waist, and with dyed headdresses on their heads, having seen the appearance of all the rulers, the likenesses of the sons of Babylon and of the land of the Chaldeans in which they were born,
腰には帯を結び、頭にはたれさがったずきんをいただいていた。これらはみな官吏のような姿で、その生れた国カルデヤのバビロン人に似ていた。
16 she became mad for them with the desire of her eyes, and she sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
彼女はこれらを見て、これに恋こがれ、使者をカルデヤの彼らのもとに送った。
17 And when the sons of Babylon had gone to her, to the bed of breasts, they defiled her with their fornications, and she was polluted by them, and her soul was gorged by them.
そこでバビロンの人々は彼女のもとに来て、恋の床につき、情欲をもって彼女を汚したが、彼女は彼らに汚されるにおよんで、その心は彼らから離れた。
18 Also, her fornications were uncovered, and her shame was revealed. And my soul withdrew from her, as my soul had withdrawn from her sister.
彼女がその淫行を公然と続け、その裸をさらしたので、わたしの心は彼女から離れた。これはあたかもわたしの心が、彼女の姉から離れたと同様である。
19 For she multiplied her fornications, remembering the days of her youth, in which she fornicated in the land of Egypt.
しかし彼女はなおエジプトの地で姦淫をしたその若き日を覚えて、その淫行を続け、
20 And she was mad with lust after lying with them, whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys, and whose flow is like the flow of horses.
その情夫たちに恋こがれた。その人の肉は、ろばの肉のごとく、その精は馬の精のようであった。
21 And you have revisited the crimes of your youth, when your breasts were conquered in Egypt, and the breasts of your adolescence were subdued.
このようにあなたは、かのエジプトびとが、あなたの胸に手をつけ、あなたの若い乳ぶさをおさえた時の、若い時の淫行を慕っている」。
22 Because of this, Oholibah, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will raise up against you all of your lovers, with whom your soul has been gorged. And I will gather them together against you all around:
それゆえ、アホリバよ、主なる神はこう言われる、「見よ、わたしは、あなたの心がすでに離れたあなたの恋人らを起して、あなたを攻めさせ、彼らに四方から来てあなたを攻めさせる。
23 the sons of Babylon, and all the Chaldeans, the nobles, the sovereigns and princes, all the sons of the Assyrians, youths of exceptional form, all the rulers and magistrates, the leaders among leaders, and the renowned riders of horses.
すなわちバビロンの人々およびカルデヤのすべての人々、ペコデ、ショア、コア、アッスリヤのすべての人々、好ましい若者、長官、司令官、官吏、軍人など、すべて馬に乗る者たちである。
24 And they will overwhelm you, well-equipped with chariot and wheel, a multitude of peoples. They will be armed against you on every side with armor and shield and helmet. And I will give judgment to their eyes, and they will judge you with their judgments.
彼らは戦車、貨車、および多くの民を率いて、北からあなたに攻めて来る。大盾、小盾、かぶとを備えて、四方からあなたに攻めかかる。わたしが彼らにさばきをゆだねるゆえ、彼らは、そのおきてに従って、あなたをさばく。
25 And against you, I will set my zeal, which they will execute upon you with fury. They will cut off your nose and your ears. And what remains will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and your daughters, and your youngest will be devoured by fire.
わたしはあなたに向かってわたしの憤りを起すゆえ、彼らは怒りをもってあなたを扱い、あなたの鼻と耳とを切り落し、そして残りの者はつるぎに倒れる。彼らはあなたのむすこ娘たちを奪い、生き残った者を火で焼く。
26 And they will strip you of your vestments, and take away the articles of your glory.
彼らはまたあなたの衣服をはぎ取り、あなたの美しい飾りを取り去る。
27 And I will cause your wickedness to cease from you, and your fornication to cease from the land of Egypt. Neither shall you lift up your eyes toward them, and you shall no longer remember Egypt.
こうしてわたしはあなたの淫乱と、エジプトの地から持って来た淫行とを取り除き、重ねてあなたの目を、エジプトびとに向けて上げさせず、彼らの事を思わないようにする。
28 For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will deliver you into the hands of those whom you have hated, into the hands by which your soul has been gorged.
主なる神はこう言われる、見よ、わたしはあなたの憎む者の手、あなたの心の離れた者の手にあなたを渡す。
29 And they will act toward you with hatred, and they will take away all your labors, and they will send you away naked and filled with disgrace. And the shame of your fornication will be revealed: your crimes and your fornications.
彼らは憎しみをもってあなたを扱い、あなたの所得をことごとく取り去り、あなたを赤はだかにし、あなたの淫行の裸を現す。あなたの淫乱と淫行とのゆえに、
30 They have done these things to you, because you have fornicated after the Gentiles, among whom you were defiled by their idols.
すなわち、あなたが異邦人を慕って姦淫を行い、彼らの偶像をもって身を汚したゆえに、これらのことがあなたに臨むのだ。
31 You have walked in the way of your sister, and so I will give her chalice into your hand.
あなたはその姉の道を歩んだので、わたしも彼女の杯をあなたにわたす。
32 Thus says the Lord God: You will drink the chalice of your sister, deep and wide. You will be held in derision and in ridicule, to a very great extent.
主なる神はこう言われる、あなたは姉の深い、大きな杯を飲み、笑い物となり、あざけりとなる、この杯にはそれらが多くこもっている。
33 You will be filled with inebriation and sorrow, by the chalice of grief and sadness, by the chalice of your sister Samaria.
あなたは酔いと憂いとに満たされる。驚きと滅びの杯、これがあなたの姉サマリヤの杯である。
34 And you will drink it, and you will empty it, even to the dregs. And you will consume even its particles. And you will wound your own breasts. For I have spoken, says the Lord God.
あなたはこれを飲みこれをかたむけ、あなたの髪の毛をひきむしり、あなたの乳ぶさをかきさく。わたしがこれを言うと、主なる神は言われる。
35 Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Since you have forgotten me, and you have cast me behind your body, so also will you bear your wickedness and your fornications.”
それゆえ、主なる神はこう言われる、あなたはわたしを忘れ、わたしをあなたのうしろに捨て去ったゆえ、あなたは自分の淫乱と淫行との罪を負わねばならぬ」。
36 And the Lord spoke to me, saying: “Son of man, should you not judge Oholah and Oholibah, and announce to them their crimes?
主はわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、あなたはアホラとアホリバをさばくのか。それならば彼らにその憎むべき事を告げよ。
37 For they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands, and they have fornicated with their idols. Moreover, they have offered even their children, whom they bore for me, to them to be devoured.
彼らは姦淫を行い、血が彼らの手の上にある。彼らはその偶像と姦淫を行い、またわたしに産んだ子らを、食物のために彼らにささげた。
38 But they have done even this to me: They have defiled my sanctuary on the same day, and they have profaned my Sabbaths.
さらに彼らは、わたしに対してこのようにした。すなわち、彼らは同じ日にわたしの聖所を汚し、わたしの安息日を犯した。
39 And when they immolated their children to their idols, they also entered my sanctuary on the same day, so that they defiled it. They have done these things, even in the midst of my house.
彼らはその子らを、偶像にささげるためにほふった同じ日に、わたしの聖所にきて、これを汚した。見よ、彼らがわたしの家の中でしたことはこれである。
40 They sent for men who were coming from far away, to whom they had sent a messenger. And so, behold, they arrived, those for whom you washed yourself, and smeared cosmetics around your eyes, and were adorned with feminine ornaments.
さらに彼らは使者をやって、遠くから来るように人々を招いた。見よ、彼らはきた。あなたは、この人々のために身を洗い、目を描き、飾り物を身につけ、
41 You sat upon a very beautiful bed, and a table was adorned before you, on which you placed my incense and my ointment.
尊い床に座し、食卓をその前に設け、わたしの香と、わたしの油とを、その上に供えた。
42 And the voice of a multitude was exulting within her. And concerning certain men, who were being led out of a multitude of persons, and who were arriving from the desert, they placed bracelets on their hands and beautiful crowns on their heads.
こうして、のんきな群衆の声は彼女と共にあり、また、荒野から連れて来た通りがかりの酔いどれも、彼らと共にいた。彼らは女たちの手に腕輪をはめさせ、頭に美しい冠をいただかせた。
43 And I said about her, as she was being worn away by her adulteries, ‘Even now, she continues in her fornication!’
そこでわたしは言った、彼女と姦淫を行う時、人々は姦淫を犯さないであろうか。
44 And they entered to her, as if to a kept woman. So did they enter to Oholah and Oholibah, nefarious women.
人が遊女の所にはいるように、彼らは彼女の所にはいった。こうして彼らは姦淫を行うために、アホラおよびアホリバの所にはいった。
45 But there are just men; these shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of those who shed blood. For they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.
しかし正しい人々は淫婦のさばきと、血を流した女のさばきとをもって、彼らをさばく。それは彼らが淫婦であって、その手に血があるからである」。
46 For thus says the Lord God: Lead upon them a multitude, and hand them over to tumult and to pillaging.
主なる神はこう言われる、「わたしは軍隊を彼らに向かって攻め上らせ、彼らを恐れと略奪とに渡す。
47 And may they be stoned with the stones of the peoples, and may they be pierced with their own swords. They will put to death their sons and daughters, and they will burn their houses with fire.
軍隊は彼らを石で打ち、つるぎで切り、そのむすこ娘たちを殺し、火でその家を焼く。
48 And I will take away wickedness from the land. And all women shall learn not to act according to their wickedness.
こうしてわたしはこの地に淫乱を絶やす。すべての女はみずからいましめて、あなたがたがしたような淫乱を行わない。
49 And they will set your own crimes upon you, and you will bear the sins of your idols. And you shall know that I am the Lord God.”
あなたがたの淫乱の報いは、あなたがたの上にくだり、あなたがたはその偶像礼拝の罪を負い、そしてわたしが主なる神であることを知るようになる」。
