Acts 23
1 Paul looked directly at the council members and said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day.”
パウロ議員の方を熟視めて云ひけるは、兄弟たる人々よ、我今日に至るまで、良心を盡して神の御前に事へたり、と。
2 The high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
是に於て司祭長アナニア、立添へる人々に、パウロの口を打てと命ぜしかば、
3 Then said Paul to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall. Are you sitting to judge me by the law, yet order me to be struck, against the law?”
パウロ之に謂ひけるは、白塗の壁よ、神は汝を打ち給はん、汝律法の儘に我を審かんとて坐しながら、律法に反して命じて我を打たしむるか、と。
4 Those who stood by said, “Is this how you insult God's high priest?”
立會へる人々、汝神の大司祭を詛ふや、と云ひしに、
5 Paul said, “I did not know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.”
パウロ云ひけるは、兄弟等よ、我其大司祭なる事を知らざりき。蓋録して「汝が民の君を詛ふこと勿れ」とあり、と。
6 When Paul saw that the one part of the council were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he spoke loudly in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is because I have the certain hope of the resurrection of the dead that I am being judged.”
パウロ議員の一部はサドカイ人なるに、一部はファリザイ人なる事を知りて、議會に呼はりけるは、兄弟たる人々よ、我はファリザイ人の子にして、ファリザイ人なるが、死人の復活の希望の為に裁判せらるるなり、と。
7 When he said this, an argument began between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the crowd was divided.
斯く云ひしかば、ファリザイ人とサドカイ人との間に激論起りて、會衆分裂せり。
8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, no angels, and no spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge all of them.
其はサドカイ人は復活も天使も霊も無しと言ふを、ファリザイ人は孰れも有りと主張すればなり。
9 So a large uproar occurred, and some of the scribes belonging to the Pharisees stood up and argued, saying, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
然て凄じき叫喚となりて、ファリザイ人中の或者等立争ひて云ひけるは、我等此人に何等の惡をも認めず、若霊又は天使ありて彼に語りたらんには如何、とて、
10 When there arose a great argument, the chief captain feared that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, so he commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among the council members, and bring him into the fortress.
激しき争ひとなりしかば、千夫長パウロが彼等に引裂かれん事を恐れて、兵卒に命じ、下りて彼等の中よりパウロを奪取り、営内に牽入れしめたり。
11 The following night the Lord stood beside him and said, “Do not be afraid, for as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness in Rome.”
次夜、主忽ちパウロの傍に現れて曰ひけるは、励め、蓋エルザレムに於て我を證したるが如く、ロマに於ても證せざるべからず、と。
12 When it became day, some Jews formed a conspiracy and called a curse down upon themselves with an oath not to eat nor drink anything until they had killed Paul.
夜明けて、或ユデア人等相集り、誓ひてパウロを殺すまでは飲食すまじと言へり。
13 There were more than forty men who formed this conspiracy.
此企に與りし者四十人以上なりしが、
14 They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have put ourselves under a great curse, to eat nothing until we have killed Paul.
司祭長と長老等との許に至りて云ひけるは、我等大願を立てて、パウロを殺すまでは何をも口に入れじと誓へり。
15 Now, therefore, let the council tell the chief captain to bring him down to you, as if you would decide his case more precisely. As for us, we are ready to kill him before he comes here.”
然れば、パウロの事情を尚詳しく知らんとする如くにして、彼を汝等の前に出頭せしむる様、千夫長に報知せよ、我等其近づかざる中に之を殺さんと覚悟せり、と。
16 But Paul's sister's son heard that they were lying in wait, so he went and entered the fortress and told Paul.
パウロが姉妹の子、此惡計を聞きて、行きて兵営の内に入りパウロに之を告げしかば、
17 Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the chief captain, for he has something to tell him.”
パウロ一人の百夫長を呼びて云ひけるは、請ふ此青年を千夫長の許に携へ往け、其は彼に告ぐべき事あればなり、と。
18 So the centurion took the young man and brought him to the chief captain and said, “Paul the prisoner called me to him, and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to say to you.”
百夫長携へて之を千夫長の許に導き、然て云ひけるは、囚人パウロ我に請ふに、汝に語るべき事ある此青年を汝の許に導かん事を以てせり、と。
19 The chief captain took him by the hand to a private place and asked him, “What is it that you have to tell me?”
千夫長青年の手を取りて別所に連行き、我に語るべき事とは何事ぞ、と問ひしかば、
20 The young man said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring down Paul tomorrow to the council, as if they were going to ask more precisely about his case.
彼云ひけるは、ユデア人申合せて、パウロの事情を尚確に尋問せんとする如くにして、明日パウロを議會に出頭せしめん事を汝に申出でんとす、
21 But do not give in to them, because there are more than forty men who are lying in wait for him. They have called a curse down on themselves, neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Even now they are ready, waiting for consent from you.”
然れど彼等を信ずること勿れ、其は彼等の中四十人以上の者等、彼を殺すまでは飲食せずと誓ひ、今既に準備して、汝の約束を待ちつつあればなり、と。
22 So the chief captain let the young man go, after instructing him, “Tell no one that you have said these things to me.”
千夫長、此事を我に告げたりと誰にも語ること勿れ、と戒めて青年を返し、
23 Then he called to him two of the centurions and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready to go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen also, and two hundred spearmen. You will leave at the third hour of the night.”
然て二人の百夫長を呼びて云ひけるは、汝等カイザリアに向けて、兵卒二百人、騎兵七十人、槍持二百人を夜の九時より仕立てさせ、
24 He also ordered them to provide animals which Paul could ride, and to take him safely to Felix the governor.
又馬を備へてパウロを乗らしめ、無事に総督フェリクスの許へ伴ひ行かしめよ、と。
25 Then he wrote a letter like this:
是ユデア人がパウロを捕へて殺す事あらば、己賄賂を受けたる如く、後に至りて讒訴せられん事を恐れし故なり。
26 “Claudius Lysias to the most excellent Governor Felix, greetings.
然て書添へたる書簡の文左の如し、
27 This man was arrested by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, when I came upon them with soldiers and rescued him, since I learned that he was a Roman citizen.
クロウヂオ、ルジア、最尊き総督フェリクスに挨拶す。此人ユデア人に捕へられて既に殺されんとせしを、我其ロマ人たる事を聞き、軍隊を牽往きて救出したるが、
28 I wanted to know why they accused him, so I took him down to their council.
彼等の之を咎むる所以を知らんと欲して、之を其議會に召連れたるに、
29 I learned that he was being accused about questions concerning their own law, but that there was no accusation against him that deserved death or imprisonment.
我は其訴へらるる所が彼等の律法に関する問題たるを認めて、聊も死刑若くは入獄に當る罪あるを認めず、
30 Then it was made known to me that there was a plot against the man, so I immediately sent him to you, and instructed his accusers also to bring their charges against him in your presence. Farewell.”
加之彼等之を害せんとする企ありと告げられたれば、之を汝の許に送り、告訴人にも、汝の法廷に起訴せよ、と告示せり、汝健康なれ、と。
31 So the soldiers obeyed their orders. They took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
然れば兵卒等は命令に從ひ、パウロを携へて夜中にアンチパトリに連行き、
32 On the next day, most of the soldiers left the horsemen to go with him and they themselves returned to the fortress.
明日は騎兵を殘して之に伴はしめ、然て己等は兵営に返りしが、
33 When the horsemen reached Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.
騎兵はカイザリアに至り、総督に添書を渡して、パウロをも其前に立たしめたり。
34 When the governor read the letter, he asked what province Paul was from. When he learned that he was from Cilicia,
総督添書を読みて、本國は何國ぞ、と問ひ、其シリシア州なる由を聞きしかば、
35 he said, “I will hear you fully when your accusers come here.” Then he commanded him to be kept in Herod's government headquarters.
汝の告訴人來りて後汝に聞くべし、と云ひて、命じてパウロをヘロデの邸内に護らしめたり。
