Jeremiah 46
1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles,
もろもろの国の事について預言者エレミヤに臨んだ主の言葉。
2 about Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh Neco, the king of Egypt, which was beside the river Euphrates at Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, struck down, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah:
エジプトの事、すなわちユフラテ川のほとりにあるカルケミシの近くにいるエジプトの王パロ・ネコの軍勢の事について。これはユダの王ヨシヤの子エホヤキムの四年に、バビロンの王ネブカデレザルが撃ち破ったものである。その言葉は次のとおりである、
3 “‘Prepare the heavy and the light shield, and advance to war!
「大盾と小盾とを備え、進んで戦え。
4 Harness the horses, and let the horsemen climb upon them! Stand forth with helmets! Sharpen the lances! Clothe yourselves in armor!’
騎兵よ、馬を戦車につなぎ、馬に乗れ。かぶとをかぶって立て。ほこをみがき、よろいを着よ。
5 And what is next? I have seen them terrified, and turning their backs, their strong ones cut down. They have fled in disorder and have not looked back. Terror on every side, says the Lord.
わたしは見たが、何ゆえか彼らは恐れて退き、その勇士たちは打ち敗られ、あわてて逃げて、うしろをふり向くこともしない、恐れが彼らの周囲にあると主は言われる。
6 Let not the swift take flight; let not the strong ones think to save themselves. They have been conquered and ruined, toward the north, near the river Euphrates.
足早き者も逃げることができず、勇士ものがれることができない。北の方、ユフラテ川のほとりで彼らはつまずき倒れた。
7 Who is this, who ascends like a flood, and whose streams swell up, like those of the rivers?
あのナイル川のようにわきあがり、川々のように、その水のさかまく者はだれか。
8 Egypt ascends in the form of a river, and its waves will be moved like those of a river. And he will say: ‘I will ascend and cover the earth! I will perish the city and its inhabitants!’
エジプトはナイル川のようにわきあがり、その水は川々のようにさかまく。そしてこれは言う、わたしは上って、地をおおい、町々とそのうちに住む者を滅ぼそう。
9 Mount the horses, and exult upon chariots, and let the strong ones advance: the Ethiopians, and the Libyans, who hold the heavy shield, and the Lydians, who grasp and shoot arrows.
馬よ、進め、車よ、激しく走れ。勇士よ、盾を取るエチオピヤびとと、プテびとよ、弓を巧みに引くルデびとよ、進み出よ。
10 For this is the day of the Lord, the God of hosts, a day of vengeance, so that he may vindicate himself of his enemies. The sword will devour, and be satiated, and be inebriated with their blood. For there is a victim of the Lord, the God of hosts, in the land of the north, beside the river Euphrates.
その日は万軍の神、主の日であって、主があだを報いられる日、その敵にあだをかえされる日だ。つるぎは食べて飽き、彼らの血に酔う。万軍の神、主が、北の地で、ユフラテ川のほとりで、ほふることをなされるからだ。
11 Ascend to Gilead, and take its balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt! It is in vain that you multiply medicines; there will be no health for you!
おとめなるエジプトの娘よ、ギレアデに上って乳香を取れ。あなたは多くの薬を用いても、むだだ。あなたは、いやされることはない。
12 The nations have heard of your disgrace, and your wailing has filled the earth. For the strong have stumbled against the strong, and both have fallen together.”
あなたの恥は国々に聞えている、あなたの叫びは地に満ちている。勇士が勇士につまずいて、共に倒れたからである」。
13 The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, concerning how Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, would arrive and strike the land of Egypt:
バビロンの王ネブカデレザルが来て、エジプトの地を撃とうとする事について、主が預言者エレミヤにお告げになった言葉、
14 “Announce it to Egypt, and make it heard in Migdol, and let it resonate in Memphis and in Tahpanhes. Say this: Stand and prepare yourself! For the sword will devour everything around you.
「エジプトで宣べ、ミグドルで告げ示し、またメンピスとタパネスに告げ示して言え、『堅く立って、備えせよ、つるぎがあなたの周囲を、滅ぼし尽すからだ』。
15 Why have your strong ones decayed? They have not stood firm, because the Lord has overthrown them.
なぜ、アピスはのがれたのか。あなたの雄牛は、なぜ立たなかったのか。それは主がこれを倒されたからだ。
16 He has multiplied those in ruin, and each man has fallen beside his neighbor. And they will say: ‘Rise up, and let us return to our own people and to the land of our nativity, away from the face of the sword of the dove.
あなたに属する多くの兵は、つまずいて倒れた。そして互に言った、『立てよ、われわれは、しえたげる者のつるぎを避けて、われわれの民に帰り、故郷の地へ行こう』と。
17 Call the name of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt: ‘Time has brought tumult.’
エジプトの王パロの名を、『好機を逸する騒がしい者』と呼べ。
18 As I live, says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, just as Tabor is among the mountains, and just as Carmel is beside the sea, so will he come.
万軍の主という名の王は言われる、わたしは生きている、彼は山々のうちのタボルのように、海のほとりのカルメルのように来り臨む。
19 Equip yourself for the transmigration, O daughter who inhabits Egypt. For Memphis will be in desolation, and it will be deserted and uninhabited.
エジプトに住む民よ、捕われのために荷物を備えよ。メンピスは荒れ地となり、廃虚となって住む人もなくなる。
20 Egypt is like a stately and finely-formed calf. The one who will goad her will come from the north.
エジプトは美しい雌の子牛だ、しかし北から、牛ばえが来て、それにとまった。
21 Her hired hands also, who move within her midst, like fatted calves have been turned back, and they have fled at the same time, and they are not able to stand firm. For the day of their passing away has overwhelmed them; it is the time of their visitation.
そのうちにいる雇兵でさえ、肥えた子牛のようだ。彼らはふり返って共に逃げ、立つことをしなかった。彼らの災難の日、その罰せられる時が来たからだ。
22 Her voice will sound out like brass. For they will rush forward with an army, and with axes they will come against her, like those who chop wood.
彼は逃げ去るへびのような音をたてる。その敵が軍勢を率いて彼に臨み、きこりのように、おのをもって来るからだ。
23 They have cut down her forest, says the Lord, which was not able to be counted. They have been multiplied more than locusts, and they are without number.
彼らは彼の林がいかに入り込みがたくとも、それを切り倒す。彼らはいなごよりも多く、数えがたいからであると、主は言われる。
24 The daughter of Egypt has been confounded, and she has been delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
エジプトの娘ははずかしめを受け、北からくる民の手に渡される」。
25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: Behold, I will visit against the tumult of Alexandria, and against Pharaoh, and against Egypt, and against her gods, and against her kings, and against Pharaoh, and against those who trust in him.
万軍の主、イスラエルの神は言われた、「見よ、わたしはテーベのアモンと、パロと、エジプトとその神々とその王たち、すなわちパロと彼を頼む者とを罰する。
26 And I will give them over to the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants. And after this, it shall be inhabited, just as in the former days, says the Lord.
わたしは彼らを、その命を求める者の手と、バビロンの王ネブカデレザルの手と、その家来たちの手に渡す。その後、エジプトは昔のように人の住む所となると、主は言われる。
27 And as for you, my servant Jacob, you should not be afraid, and you should not dread, O Israel. For behold, I will bring your salvation from afar, and your offspring from the land of your captivity. And Jacob will return and have rest, and he will prosper. And there will be no one who may terrify him.
わたしのしもべヤコブよ、恐れることはない、イスラエルよ、驚くことはない。見よ、わたしがあなたを遠くから救い、あなたの子孫をその捕え移された地から救うからだ。ヤコブは帰ってきて、おだやかに、安らかになり、彼を恐れさせる者はない。
28 And as for you, my servant Jacob, do not be afraid, says the Lord. For I am with you. For I will consume all the nations to which I have cast you out. Yet truly, I will not consume you. Instead, I will chastise you in judgment, but neither will I spare you, as if you were innocent.”
主は言われる、わたしのしもべヤコブよ、恐れることはない、わたしが共にいるからだ。わたしはあなたを追いやった国々をことごとく滅ぼし尽す。しかしあなたを滅ぼし尽すことはしない。わたしは正しい道に従って、あなたを懲らしめる、決して罰しないではおかない」。
