歴代誌Ⅱ 17

1 アサの子ヨシャパテがアサに代って王となり、イスラエルに向かって自分を強くし、

And Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place, and made himself strong against Israel.

2 ユダのすべての堅固な町々に軍隊を置き、またユダの地およびその父アサが取ったエフライムの町々に守備隊を置いた。

He put forces in all the walled towns of Judah, and responsible chiefs in the land of Judah and in the towns of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

3 主はヨシャパテと共におられた。彼がその父ダビデの最初の道に歩んで、バアルに求めず、

And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,

4 その父の神に求めて、その戒めに歩み、イスラエルの行いにならわなかったからである。

But turning to the God of his father and keeping his laws, and not doing as Israel did.

5 それゆえ、主は国を彼の手に堅く立てられ、またユダの人々は皆ヨシャパテに贈り物を持ってきた。彼は大いなる富と誉とを得た。

So the Lord made his kingdom strong; and all Judah gave offerings to Jehoshaphat, and he had great wealth and honour.

6 そこで彼は主の道に心を励まし、さらに高き所とアシラ像とをユダから除いた。

His heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord; and he went so far as to take away the high places and the wood pillars out of Judah.

7 彼はまたその治世の三年に、つかさたちベネハイル、オバデヤ、ゼカリヤ、ネタンエルおよびミカヤをつかわしてユダの町々で教えさせ、

In the third year of his rule he sent Benhail and Obadiah and Zechariah and Nethanel and Micaiah, his captains, as teachers into the towns of Judah;

8 また彼らと共にレビびとのうちからシマヤ、ネタニヤ、ゼバデヤ、アサヘル、セミラモテ、ヨナタン、アドニヤ、トビヤ、トバドニヤをつかわし、またこれらのレビびとと共に祭司エリシャマとヨラムをもつかわした。

And with them, Shemaiah and Nethaniah and Zebadiah and Asahel and Shemiramoth and Jehonathan and Adonijah and Tobijah and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and Elishama and Jehoram the priests.

9 彼らは主の律法の書を携えて、ユダで教をなし、またユダの町々をことごとく巡回して、民の間に教をなした。

And they gave teaching in Judah and had the book of the law of the Lord with them; they went through all the towns of Judah teaching the people.

10 そこでユダの周囲の国々は皆主を恐れ、ヨシャパテと戦うことをしなかった。

And the fear of the Lord was on all the kingdoms of the lands round Judah, so that they made no wars against Jehoshaphat.

11 また、ペリシテびとのうちで贈り物や、みつぎの銀をヨシャパテの所に持ってくる者があり、またアラビヤびとは雄羊七千七百頭、雄やぎ七千七百頭を彼に持ってきた。

And some of the Philistines took offerings to Jehoshaphat, and made him payments of silver; and the Arabians gave him flocks, seven thousand, seven hundred sheep, and seven thousand, seven hundred he-goats.

12 こうしてヨシャパテはますます大いになり、ユダに要害および倉の町を建て、

Jehoshaphat became greater and greater, and made strong towers and store-towns in Judah.

13 ユダの町々に多くの軍需品を持ち、またエルサレムに大勇士である軍人たちを持っていた。

He had much property in the towns of Judah; he had forces of armed men, great and strong, in Jerusalem.

14 彼らをその氏族によって数えれば次のとおりである。すなわちユダから出た千人の長のうちでは、アデナという軍長と彼に従う大勇士三十万人、

This is the number of them, listed by their families, the captains of thousands of Judah: Adnah, the captain, and with him three hundred thousand men of war;

15 その次は軍長ヨハナンと彼に従う者二十八万人、

Second to him Jehohanan, the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand;

16 その次は喜んでその身を主にささげた者ジクリの子アマジヤと彼に従う大勇士二十万人。

After him Amasiah, the son of Zichri, who freely gave himself to the Lord, and with him two hundred thousand men of war;

17 ベニヤミンから出た者のうちでは、エリアダという大勇士と彼に従う弓および盾を持つ者二十万人、

And the captains of Benjamin: Eliada, a great man of war, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bows and body-covers;

18 その次はヨザバデと彼に従う戦いの備えある者十八万人である。

And after him Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand trained for war.

19 これらは皆王に仕える者たちで、このほかにまたユダ全国の堅固な町々に、王が駐在させた者があった。

These were the men who were waiting on the king, in addition to those placed by the king in the walled towns through all Judah.