Isaiah 63

1 Who is this, who arrives from Edom with dyed garments from Bozrah? This is the Handsome One in his robe, advancing by the fullness of his strength. It is I, the Speaker of Justice, and I am the Fighter for Salvation.

「このエドムから来る者、深紅の衣を着て、ボズラから来る者はだれか。その装いは、はなやかに、大いなる力をもって進み来る者はだれか」。「義をもって語り、救を施す力あるわたしがそれだ」。

2 So then, why is your garment red, and why are your vestments like the ones of those who tread the winepress?

「何ゆえあなたの装いは赤く、あなたの衣は酒ぶねを踏む者のように赤いのか」。

3 I have trod the winepress alone. And among the nations, there is no man beside me. I have trampled on them in my fury, and I have tread them down in my wrath. And so, their blood has been sprinkled on my vestments, and I have stained all my garments.

「わたしはひとりで酒ぶねを踏んだ。もろもろの民のなかに、わたしと事を共にする者はなかった。わたしは怒りによって彼らを踏み、憤りによって彼らを踏みにじったので、彼らの血がわが衣にふりかかり、わが装いをことごとく汚した。

4 For the day of vengeance is in my heart. The year of my redemption has arrived.

報復の日がわが心のうちにあり、わがあがないの年が来たからである。

5 I gazed around, and there was no one to assist. I sought, and there was no one who would help. And so, my own arm has saved for me, and my own wrath itself has assisted me.

わたしは見たけれども、助ける者はなく、怪しんだけれども、ささえる者はなかった。それゆえ、わがかいながわたしを勝たせ、わが憤りがわたしをささえた。

6 And I have trampled the peoples in my fury, and I have inebriated them with my indignation, and I have torn down their strength to the ground.

わたしは怒りによって、もろもろの民を踏みにじり、憤りによって彼らを酔わせ、彼らの血を、地に流れさせた」。

7 I will remember the compassion of the Lord, the praise of the Lord over all that the Lord has bestowed on us, and over the multitude of his good things for the house of Israel, which he has granted to them according to his leniency, and according to the multitude of his mercies.

わたしは主がわれわれになされたすべてのことによって、主のいつくしみと、主の誉とを語り告げ、また、そのあわれみにより、その多くのいつくしみによって、イスラエルの家に施されたその大いなる恵みを語り告げよう。

8 And he said: “Yet truly, these are my people, sons who have not been disowned.” And he became their Savior.

主は言われた、「まことに彼らはわが民、偽りのない子らである」と。そして主は彼らの救主となられた。

9 Throughout all their tribulation, he was not troubled, for the Angel of his presence saved them. With his love, and by his leniency, he has redeemed them, and he has carried them and lifted them up, throughout all the days of the ages.

彼らのすべての悩みのとき、主も悩まれて、そのみ前の使をもって彼らを救い、その愛とあわれみとによって彼らをあがない、いにしえの日、つねに彼らをもたげ、彼らを携えられた。

10 But they themselves provoked to wrath and afflicted his Holy Spirit, and he was turned to be for them like an enemy, and he himself went to war against them.

ところが彼らはそむいてその聖なる霊を憂えさせたので、主はひるがえって彼らの敵となり、みずから彼らと戦われた。

11 And he remembered the days of ancient times, the days of Moses and his people. Where is he who led them out of the sea, with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who placed his Holy Spirit in their midst?

その時、民はいにしえのモーセの日を思い出して言った、「その群れの牧者を、海から携えあげた者はどこにいるか。彼らの中に聖なる霊をおいた者はどこにいるか。

12 He led Moses by the right hand, with the arm of his majesty. He split the waters before them, in order to make an everlasting name for himself.

栄光のかいなをモーセの右に行かせ、彼らの前に水を二つに分けて、みずから、とこしえの名をつくり、

13 He led them through the abyss, like a horse which does not stumble, in the desert.

彼らを導いて、馬が野を走るように、つまずくことなく淵を通らせた者はどこにいるか。

14 Like an animal who descends to an open field, the Spirit of the Lord was their guide. Thus did you lead your people, in order to make a glorious name for yourself.

谷にくだる家畜のように、主の霊は彼らをいこわせられた。このように、あなたはおのれの民を導いてみずから栄光の名をつくられた」。

15 Gaze down from heaven, and behold from your holy habitation and from your glory. Where is your zeal, and your strength, the fullness of your heart and of your compassion? They have held themselves back from me.

どうか、天から見おろし、その聖なる栄光あるすみかからごらんください。あなたの熱心と、大能とはどこにありますか。あなたのせつなる同情とあわれみとはおさえられて、わたしにあらわれません。

16 For you are our Father, and Abraham has not known us, and Israel has been ignorant of us. You are our Father, O Lord our Redeemer. Your name is beyond all ages.

たといアブラハムがわれわれを知らず、イスラエルがわれわれを認めなくても、あなたはわれわれの父です。主よ、あなたはわれわれの父、いにしえからあなたの名はわれわれのあながい主です。

17 Why have you allowed us to stray from your ways, O Lord? Why have you hardened our heart, so that we do not fear you? Return, for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance.

主よ、なぜ、われわれをあなたの道から離れ迷わせ、われわれの心をかたくなにして、あなたを恐れないようにされるのですか。どうぞ、あなたのしもべらのために、あなたの嗣業である部族らのために、お帰りください。

18 They have possessed your holy people as if it were nothing. Our enemies have trampled your sanctuary.

あなたの聖なる民が、あなたの聖所を獲て間もないのに、われわれのあだは、それを踏みにじりました。

19 We have become as we were in the beginning, when you did not rule over us, and when we were not called by your name.

われわれはあなたによって、いにしえから治められない者のようになり、あなたの名をもって、となえられない者のようになりました。