Isaiah 9
1 In the earlier time, the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali were lifted up. But in the later time, the way of the sea beyond the Jordan, the Galilee of the Gentiles, was weighed down.
しかし、苦しみにあった地にも、やみがなくなる。さきにはゼブルンの地、ナフタリの地にはずかしめを与えられたが、後には海に至る道、ヨルダンの向こうの地、異邦人のガリラヤに光栄を与えられる。
2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. A light has risen for the inhabitants of the region of the shadow of death.
暗やみの中に歩んでいた民は大いなる光を見た。暗黒の地に住んでいた人々の上に光が照った。
3 You have increased the nation, but you have not increased the rejoicing. They will rejoice before you, like those who rejoice at the harvest, like the victorious exulting after capturing the prey, when they divide the spoils.
あなたが国民を増し、その喜びを大きくされたので、彼らは刈入れ時に喜ぶように、獲物を分かつ時に楽しむように、あなたの前に喜んだ。
4 For you have prevailed over the yoke of their burden, and over the rod of their shoulder, and over the scepter of their oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
これはあなたが彼らの負っているくびきと、その肩のつえと、しえたげる者のむちとを、ミデアンの日になされたように折られたからだ。
5 For every violent plunder with a tumult, and every garment mixed with blood, will be burned up and will become fuel for the fire.
すべて戦場で、歩兵のはいたくつと、血にまみれた衣とは、火の燃えくさとなって焼かれる。
6 For unto us a child is born, and unto us a son is given. And leadership is placed upon his shoulder. And his name shall be called: wonderful Counselor, mighty God, father of the future age, Prince of Peace.
ひとりのみどりごがわれわれのために生れた、ひとりの男の子がわれわれに与えられた。まつりごとはその肩にあり、その名は、「霊妙なる議士、大能の神、とこしえの父、平和の君」ととなえられる。
7 His reign will be increased, and there will be no end to his peace. He will sit upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to confirm and strengthen it, in judgment and justice, from now even unto eternity. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall accomplish this.
そのまつりごとと平和とは、増し加わって限りなく、ダビデの位に座して、その国を治め、今より後、とこしえに公平と正義とをもってこれを立て、これを保たれる。万軍の主の熱心がこれをなされるのである。
8 The Lord sent a word to Jacob, and it fell upon Israel.
主はひと言をヤコブにおくり、これをイスラエルの上にくだされる。
9 And all the people of Ephraim will know it. And the inhabitants of Samaria will say it, in the arrogance and haughtiness of their heart:
すべてこの民、エフライムとサマリヤに住む者とは知るであろう。彼らは高ぶり、心おごって言う、
10 “The bricks have fallen, but we will build with squared stones. They have cut down the sycamores, but we will replace them with cedars.”
「かわらがくずれても、われわれは切り石をもって建てよう。くわの木が切り倒されても、われわれは香柏をもってこれにかえよう」と。
11 And the Lord will raise up the enemies of Rezin over him, and he will turn his adversaries into a tumult:
それゆえ、主は敵を起して彼らを攻めさせ、そのあだを奮い立たせられる。
12 the Syrians from the east and the Philistines from the west. And they will devour Israel with their whole mouth. After all this, his fury was not turned away; instead, his hand was still extended.
東にスリヤびとあり、西にペリシテびとあり、彼らは大口をあけてイスラエルを食い尽す。それでも主の怒りはやまず、なおも、そのみ手を伸ばされる。
13 And the people did not return to the One who struck them, and they did not seek the Lord of hosts.
しかもなお、この民は自分たちを撃った者に帰らず、万軍の主を求めない。
14 And so, the Lord will disperse, away from Israel, the head and the tail, he who bows down and he who refrains, in one day.
それゆえ、主はイスラエルから頭と尾と、しゅろの枝と葦とを一日のうちに断ち切られる。
15 The long-lived and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
その頭とは、長老と尊き人、その尾とは、偽りを教える預言者である。
16 And those who deceitfully praise this people, and those who are praised, will be thrown down violently.
この民を導く者は、これを迷わせ、彼らに導かれる者は、のみ尽される。
17 For this reason, the Lord will not rejoice over their youths. And he will not take pity on their orphans and widows. For each one is a hypocrite, and each one is wicked, and every mouth has spoken foolishness. After all this, his fury was not turned away; instead, his hand was still extended.
それゆえ、主はその若き人々を喜ばれず、そのみなしごと寡婦とをあわれまれない。彼らはみな、不信仰であって、悪を行う者、すべての口は愚かな事を語るからである。それでも主の怒りはやまず、なおも、そのみ手を伸ばされる。
18 For impiety has been kindled like a fire: it will devour brier and thorn, and it will burn in the dense forest, and it will be interwoven with the ascending smoke.
悪は火のように燃え、いばらと、おどろとを食い尽し、茂りあう林を焼き、煙の柱となって巻きあがる。
19 The earth has been shaken by the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and the people will become like fuel for the fire. A man will not spare his own brother.
万軍の主の怒りによって地は焼け、その民は火の燃えくさのようになり、だれもその兄弟をあわれむ者がない。
20 And he will turn toward the right, and he will be hungry. And he will eat toward the left, and he will not be satisfied. Each one will eat the flesh of his own arm: Manasseh Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh, and together they will be against Judah.
彼らは右手につかんでも、なお飢え、左手で食べても飽くことがない。おのおのその隣り人の肉を食う。
21 After all this, his fury was not turned away; instead, his hand was still extended.
マナセはエフライムを、エフライムはマナセを食い、彼らは共にユダを攻める。それでも主の怒りはやまず、なおも、そのみ手を伸ばされる。
