サムエル記Ⅰ 30

1 ダビデと其從者第三日にチクラグにいたるにアマレク人すでに南の地とチクラグを侵したりかれらチクラグを撃ち火をもて之を燬き

When David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the South and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire,

2 其中に居りし婦女を擄にし老たるをも若きをも一人も殺さずして之をひきて其途におもむけり

and had taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They didn’t kill any, but carried them off and went their way.

3 ダビデと其從者邑にいたりて視に邑は火に燬けその妻と男子女子は擄にせられたり

When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters were taken captive.

4 ダビデおよびこれとともにある民聲をあげて哭き終に哭く力もなきにいたれり

Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep.

5 ダビデのふたりの妻すなはちヱズレル人アヒノアムとカルメル人ナバルの妻なりしアビガルも虜にせられたり

David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

6 時にダビデ大に心を苦めたり其は民おのおの其男子女子のために氣をいらだてダビデを石にて撃んといひたればなりされどダビデ其神ヱホバによりておのれをはげませり

David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

7 ダビデ、アヒメレクの子祭司アビヤタルにいひけるは請ふエポデを我にもちきたれとアビヤタル、エポデをダビデにもちきたる

David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

8 ダビデ、ヱホバに問ていひけるは我此軍の後を追ふべきや我これに追つくことをえんかとヱホバかれにこたへたまはく追ふべし爾かならず追つきてたしかに取もどすことをえん

David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”

9 ダビデおよびこれとともなる六百人の者ゆきてベソル川にいたれり後にのこれる者はここにとどまる

So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.

10 即ちダビデ四百人をひきゐて追ゆきしが憊れてベソル川をわたることあたはざる者二百人はとどまれり

But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.

11 衆人野にて一人のエジプト人を見これをダビデにひききたりてこれに食物をあたへければ食へりまたこれに水をのませたり

They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.

12 すなはち一段の乾無花果と二球の乾葡萄をこれにあたへたり彼くらひて其氣ふたたび爽かになれりかれは三日三夜物をもくはず水をものまざりしなり

They gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. When he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, and drank no water for three days and three nights.

13 ダビデかれにいひけるは爾は誰の人なる爾はいづくの者なるやかれいひけるは我はエジプトの少者にて一人のアマレク人の僕なり三日まへに我疾にかかりしゆゑにわが主人我をすてたり

David asked him, “To whom do you belong? Where are you from?” He said, “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I got sick.

14 我らケレテ人の南とユダの地とカレブの南ををかしまた火をもてチクラグをやけり

We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”

15 ダビデかれにいひけるは爾我を此軍にみちびきくだるやかれいひけるは爾我をころさずまた我をわが主人の手にわたさざるを神をさして我に誓へ我爾を此軍にみちびきくだらん

David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this troop?” He said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me and not deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop.”

16 かれダビデをみちびきくだりしが視よ彼等はペリシテ人の地とユダの地より奪ひたる諸の大なる掠取物のためによろこびて飮食し踊りつつ地にあまねく散ひろがりて居る

When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great plunder that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

17 ダビデ暮あひより次日の晩にいたるまでかれらを撃しかば駱駝にのりて逃げたる四百人の少者の外は一人ものがれたるもの无りき

David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.

18 ダビデはすべてアマレク人の奪ひたる物を取りもどせり其二人の妻もダビデとりもどせり

David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.

19 小きも大なるも男子も女子も掠取物もすべてアマレク人の奪さりし物は一も失はずダビデことごとく取かへせり

There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither plunder, nor anything that they had taken. David brought them all back.

20 ダビデまた凡の羊と牛をとれり人々この家畜をそのまへに驅きたり是はダビデの掠取物なりといへり

David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s plunder.”

21 かくてダビデかの憊れてダビデにしたがひ得ずしてベソル川のほとりに止まりし二百人の者のところにいたるに彼らダビデをいでむかへまたダビデとともなる民をいでむかふダビデかの民にちかづきてその安否をたづぬ

David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to stay at the brook Besor; and they went out to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him. When David came near to the people, he greeted them.

22 ダビデとともにゆきし人々の中の惡く邪なる者みなこたへていひけるは彼等は我らとともにゆかざりければ我らこれに取りもどしたる掠取物をわけあたふべからず唯おのおのにその妻子をあたへてこれをみちびきさらしめん

Then all the wicked men and worthless fellows of those who went with David answered and said, “Because they didn’t go with us, we will not give them anything of the plunder that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away and depart.”

23 ダビデ言けるはわが兄弟よヱホバ我らをまもり我らにせめきたりし軍を我らの手にわたしたまひたれば爾らヱホバのわれらにたまひし物をしかするは宜からず

Then David said, “Do not do so, my brothers, with that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.

24 誰か爾らにかかることをゆるさんや戰ひにくだりし者の取る分のごとく輜重のかたはらに止まりし者の取る分もまた然あるべし共にひとしく取るべし

Who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays with the baggage. They shall share alike.”

25 この日よりのちダビデこれをイスラエルの法となし例となせり其事今日にいたる

It was so from that day forward that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

26 ダビデ、チクラグにいたりて其掠取物をユダの長老なる其朋友にわかちおくりて曰しめけるは是はヱホバの敵よりとりて爾らにおくる饋物なり

When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, “Behold, a present for you from the plunder of Yahweh’s enemies.”

27 ベテルにをるもの南のラモテにをるものヤツテルにをる者

He sent it to those who were in Bethel, to those who were in Ramoth of the South, to those who were in Jattir,

28 アロエルにをる者シフモテにをるものエシテモにをるもの

to those who were in Aroer, to those who were in Siphmoth, to those who were in Eshtemoa,

29 ラカルにをるものヱラメル人の邑にをるものケニ人の邑にをるもの

to those who were in Racal, to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,

30 ホルマにをるものコラシヤンにをるものアタクにをるもの

to those who were in Hormah, to those who were in Borashan, to those who were in Athach,

31 ヘブロンにをるものおよびすべてダビデが其從者とともに毎にゆきし所にこれをわかちおくれり

to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.