ダニエル書 5
1 ベルシャザル王は、その大臣一千人のために、盛んな酒宴を設け、その一千人の前で酒を飲んでいた。
Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, drinking wine before the thousand.
2 酒が進んだとき、ベルシャザルは、その父ネブカデネザルがエルサレムの神殿から取ってきた金銀の器を持ってこいと命じた。王とその大臣たち、および王の妻とそばめらが、これをもって酒を飲むためであった。
Belshazzar, while he was overcome with wine, gave orders for them to put before him the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar, his father, had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem; so that the king and his lords, his wives and his other women, might take their drink from them.
3 そこで人々はそのエルサレムの神の宮すなわち神殿から取ってきた金銀の器を持ってきたので、王とその大臣たち、および王の妻とそばめらは、これをもって飲んだ。
Then they took in the gold and silver vessels which had been in the Temple of the house of God at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his other women, took wine from them.
4 すなわち彼らは酒を飲んで、金、銀、青銅、鉄、木、石などの神々をほめたたえた。
They took their wine and gave praise to the gods of gold and silver, of brass and iron and wood and stone.
5 すると突然人の手の指があらわれて、燭台と相対する王の宮殿の塗り壁に物を書いた。王はその物を書いた手の先を見た。
In that very hour the fingers of a man's hand were seen, writing opposite the support for the light on the white wall of the king's house, and the king saw the part of the hand which was writing.
6 そのために王の顔色は変り、その心は思い悩んで乱れ、その腰のつがいはゆるみ、ひざは震えて互に打ちあった。
Then the colour went from the king's face, and he was troubled by his thoughts; strength went from his body, and his knees were shaking.
7 王は大声に呼ばわって、法術士、カルデヤびと、占い師らを召してこさせた。王はバビロンの知者たちに告げて言った、「この文字を読み、その解き明かしをわたしに示す者には紫の衣を着せ、首に金の鎖をかけさせて、国の第三のつかさとしよう」と。
The king, crying out with a loud voice, said that the users of secret arts, the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs, were to be sent for. The king made answer and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever is able to make out this writing, and make clear to me the sense of it, will be clothed in purple and have a chain of gold round his neck, and will be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.
8 王の知者たちは皆はいってきた。しかしその文字を読むことができず、またその解き明かしを王に示すことができなかったので、
Then all the king's wise men came in: but they were not able to make out the writing or give the sense of it to the king.
9 ベルシャザル王は大いに思い悩んで、その顔色は変り、王の大臣たちも当惑した。
Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled and the colour went from his face, and his lords were at a loss.
10 時に王妃は王と大臣たちの言葉を聞いて、その宴会場にはいってきた。そして王妃は言った、「王よ、どうか、とこしえに生きながらえられますように。あなたは心に思い悩んではなりません。また顔色を変えるには及びません。
The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the house of the feast: the queen made answer and said, O King, have life for ever; do not be troubled by your thoughts or let the colour go from your face:
11 あなたの国には、聖なる神の霊のやどっているひとりの人がおります。あなたの父の代に、彼は、明知、分別および神のような知恵のあることをあらわしました。あなたの父ネブカデネザル王は、彼を立てて、博士、法術士、カルデヤびと、占い師らの長とされました。
There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, light and reason like the wisdom of the gods were seen in him: and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, made him master of the wonder-workers, and the users of secret arts, and the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs;
12 彼は、王がベルテシャザルという名を与えたダニエルという者ですが、このダニエルには、すぐれた霊、知識、分別があって、夢を解き、なぞを解き、難問を解くことができます。ゆえにダニエルを召しなさい。彼はその解き明かしを示すでしょう」。
Because a most special spirit, and knowledge and reason and the power of reading dreams and unfolding dark sayings and answering hard questions, were seen to be in him, even in Daniel (named Belteshazzar by the king): now let Daniel be sent for, and he will make clear the sense of the writing.
13 そこでダニエルは王の前に召された。王はダニエルに言った、「あなたは、わが父の王が、ユダからひきつれてきたユダの捕囚のひとりなのか。
Then they took Daniel in before the king; the king made answer and said to Daniel, So you are that Daniel, of the prisoners of Judah, whom my father took out of Judah.
14 聞くところによると、あなたのうちには、聖なる神の霊がやどっていて、明知、分別および非凡な知恵があるそうだ。
And I have had news of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and reason and special wisdom have been seen in you.
15 わたしは、知者、法術士らを、わが前に召しよせて、この文字を読ませ、その解き明かしを示させようとしたが、彼らは、この事の解き明かしを示すことができなかった。
And now the wise men, the users of secret arts, have been sent in before me for the purpose of reading this writing and making clear to me the sense of it: but they are not able to make clear the sense of the thing:
16 しかしまた聞くところによると、あなたは解き明かしをなし、かつ難問を解くことができるそうだ。それで、あなたがもし、この文字を読み、その解き明かしをわたしに示すことができたなら、あなたに紫の衣を着せ、金の鎖を首にかけさせて、この国の第三のつかさとしよう」。
And I have had news of you, that you have the power of making things clear, and of answering hard questions: now if you are able to make out the writing and give me the sense of it, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain round your neck and be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.
17 ダニエルは王の前に答えて言った、「あなたの賜物は、あなたご自身にとっておき、あなたの贈り物は、他人にお与えください。それでも、わたしは王のためにその文字を読み、その解き明かしをお知らせいたしましょう。
Then Daniel made answer and said to the king, Keep your offerings for yourself, and give your rewards to another; but I, after reading the writing to the king, will give him the sense of it.
18 王よ、いと高き神はあなたの父ネブカデネザルに国と権勢と、光栄と尊厳とを賜いました。
As for you, O King, the Most High God gave to Nebuchadnezzar, your father, the kingdom and great power and glory and honour:
19 彼に権勢を賜わったことによって、諸民、諸族、諸国語の者はみな、彼の前におののき恐れました。彼は自分の欲する者を殺し、自分の欲する者を生かし、自分の欲する者を上げ、自分の欲する者を下しました。
And because of the great power he gave him, all peoples and nations and languages were shaking in fear before him: some he put to death and others he kept living, at his pleasure, lifting up some and putting others down as it pleased him.
20 しかし彼は心に高ぶり、かたくなになり、ごうまんにふるまったので、王位からしりぞけられ、その光栄を奪われ、
But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became hard with pride, he was put down from his place as king, and they took his glory from him:
21 追われて世の人と離れ、その思いは獣のようになり、そのすまいは野ろばと共にあり、牛のように草を食い、その身は天からくだる露にぬれ、こうしてついに彼は、いと高き神が人間の国を治めて、自分の意のままに人を立てられるということを、知るようになりました。
And he was sent out from among the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts', and he was living with the asses of the fields; he had grass for his food like the oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he was certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives power over it to anyone at his pleasure.
22 ベルシャザルよ、あなたは彼の子であって、この事をことごとく知っていながら、なお心を低くせず、
And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart free from pride, though you had knowledge of all this;
23 かえって天の主にむかって、みずから高ぶり、その宮の器物をあなたの前に持ってこさせ、あなたとあなたの大臣たちと、あなたの妻とそばめたちは、それをもって酒を飲み、そしてあなたは見ることも、聞くことも、物を知ることもできない金、銀、青銅、鉄、木、石の神々をほめたたえたが、あなたの命をその手ににぎり、あなたのすべての道をつかさどられる神をあがめようとはしなかった。
But you have been lifting yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and they have put the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your women, have taken wine in them; and you have given praise to gods of silver and gold, of brass and iron and wood and stone, who are without the power of seeing or hearing, and without knowledge: and to the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not given glory;
24 それゆえ、彼の前からこの手が出てきて、この文字が書きしるされたのです。
Then the part of the hand was sent out from before him, and this writing was recorded.
25 そのしるされた文字はこうです。メネ、メネ、テケル、ウパルシン。
And this is the writing which was recorded, Mene, tekel, peres.
26 その事の解き明かしはこうです、メネは神があなたの治世を数えて、これをその終りに至らせたことをいうのです。
This is the sense of the words: Mene; your kingdom has been numbered by God and ended.
27 テケルは、あなたがはかりで量られて、その量の足りないことがあらわれたことをいうのです。
Tekel; you have been put in the scales and seen to be under weight.
28 ペレスは、あなたの国が分かたれて、メデアとペルシャの人々に与えられることをいうのです」。
Peres; your kingdom has been cut up and given to the Medes and Persians.
29 そこでベルシャザルは命じて、ダニエルに紫の衣を着せ、金の鎖をその首にかけさせ、彼について布告を発して、彼は国の第三のつかさであると言わせた。
Then, by the order of Belshazzar, they put a purple robe on Daniel, and a gold chain round his neck, and a public statement was made that he was to be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.
30 カルデヤびとの王ベルシャザルは、その夜のうちに殺され、
That very night Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, was put to death.
31 メデアびとダリヨスが、その国を受けた。この時ダリヨスは、おおよそ六十二歳であった。
And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being then about sixty-two years old.
