エゼキエル書 3
1 彼はわたしに言われた。「人の子よ、あなたに与えられたものを食べなさい。この巻物を食べ、行ってイスラエルの家に語りなさい」。
And he said to me, Son of man, take this roll for your food, and go and say my words to the children of Israel.
2 そこでわたしが口を開くと、彼はわたしにその巻物を食べさせた。
And, on my opening my mouth, he made me take the roll as food.
3 そして彼はわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、わたしがあなたに与えるこの巻物を食べ、これであなたの腹を満たしなさい」。わたしがそれを食べると、それはわたしの口に甘いこと蜜のようであった。
And he said to me, Son of man, let your stomach make a meal of it and let your inside be full of this roll which I am giving you. Then I took it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.
4 彼はまたわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、イスラエルの家に行って、わたしの言葉を語りなさい。
And he said to me, Son of man, go now to the children of Israel, and say my words to them.
5 わたしはあなたを、異国語を用い、舌の重い民につかわすのでなく、イスラエルの家につかわすのである。
For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel;
6 すなわちあなたがその言葉を知らない、異国語の舌の重い多くの民につかわすのではない。もしわたしがあなたをそのような民につかわしたら、彼らはあなたに聞いたであろう。
Not to a number of peoples whose talk is strange and whose language is hard and whose words are not clear to you. Truly, if I sent you to them they would give ear to you.
7 しかしイスラエルの家はあなたに聞くのを好まない。彼らはわたしに聞くのを好まないからである。イスラエルの家はすべて厚顔でまた強情である。
But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart.
8 見よ、わたしはあなたの顔を彼らの顔に向かって堅くし、あなたの額を彼らの額に向かって堅くした。
See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.
9 わたしはあなたの額を岩よりも堅いダイヤモンドのようにした。ゆえに彼らを恐れてはならない。彼らの顔をはばかってはならない。彼らは反逆の家である」。
Like a diamond harder than rock I have made your brow: have no fear of them and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.
10 また彼はわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、わたしがあなたに語るすべての言葉をあなたの心におさめ、あなたの耳に聞きなさい。
Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words which I am about to say to you, and let your ears be open to them.
11 そして捕囚の人々、あなたの民の人々の所へ行って、彼らが聞いても、彼らが拒んでも、『主なる神はこう言われる』と彼らに言いなさい」。
And go now to those who have been taken away as prisoners, to the children of your people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said; if they give ear or if they do not.
12 時に霊がわたしをもたげた。そして主の栄光がその所からのぼった時、わたしの後に大いなる地震の響きを聞いた。
Then I was lifted up by the wind, and at my back the sound of a great rushing came to my ears when the glory of the Lord was lifted up from his place.
13 それは互に相触れる生きものの翼の音と、そのかたわらの輪の音で、大いなる地震のように響いた。
And there was the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another, and the sound of the wheels at their side, the sound of a great rushing.
14 霊はわたしをもたげ、わたしを取り去ったので、わたしは心を熱くし、苦々しい思いで出て行った。主の手が強くわたしの上にあった。
And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.
15 そしてわたしはケバル川のほとりのテルアビブにいる捕囚の人々のもとへ行き、七日の間、驚きあきれて彼らの中に座した。
Then I came to those who had been taken away as prisoners, who were at Telabib by the river Chebar, and I was seated among them full of wonder for seven days.
16 七日過ぎて後、主の言葉がわたしに臨んだ、
And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
17 「人の子よ、わたしはあなたをイスラエルの家のために見守る者とした。あなたはわたしの口から言葉を聞くたびに、わたしに代って彼らを戒めなさい。
Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.
18 わたしが悪人に『あなたは必ず死ぬ』と言うとき、あなたは彼の命を救うために彼を戒めず、また悪人を戒めて、その悪い道から離れるように語らないなら、その悪人は自分の悪のために死ぬ。しかしその血をわたしはあなたの手から求める。
When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; and you give him no word of it and say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his evil way, so that he may be safe; that same evil man will come to death in his evil-doing; but I will make you responsible for his blood.
19 しかし、もしあなたが悪人を戒めても、彼がその悪をも、またその悪い道をも離れないなら、彼はその悪のために死ぬ。しかしあなたは自分の命を救う。
But if you give the evil-doer word of his danger, and he is not turned from his sin or from his evil way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing; but your life will be safe.
20 また義人がその義にそむき、不義を行うなら、わたしは彼の前に、つまずきを置き、彼は死ぬ。あなたが彼を戒めなかったゆえ、彼はその罪のために死に、その行った義は覚えられない。しかしその血をわたしはあなたの手から求める。
Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.
21 けれども、もしあなたが義人を戒めて、罪を犯さないように語り、そして彼が罪を犯さないなら、彼は戒めを受けいれたゆえに、その命を保ち、あなたは自分の命を救う」。
But if you say to the upright man that he is not to do evil, he will certainly keep his life because he took note of your word; and your life will be safe.
22 その所で主の手がわたしの上に臨み、彼はわたしに言われた、「立って、平野に出て行きなさい。その所でわたしはあなたに語ろう」。
And the hand of the Lord was on me there; and he said, Get up and go out into the valley and there I will have talk with you.
23 そこで、わたしは立って平野に出て行った。見よ、主の栄光が、かつてわたしがケバル川のほとりで見た栄光のように、その所に立ち現れたので、わたしはひれ伏した。
Then I got up and went out into the valley; and I saw the glory of the Lord resting there as I had seen it by the river Chebar; and I went down on my face.
24 しかし霊がわたしのうちにはいって、わたしを立ちあがらせ、わたしに語って言った、「行って、あなたの家にこもっていなさい。
Then the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and he had talk with me and said to me, Go and keep yourself shut up inside your house.
25 人の子よ、見よ、彼らはあなたの上になわをかけ、それであなたを縛り、あなたを民の中に行かせないようにする。
But see, O son of man, I will put bands on you, prisoning you in them, and you will not go out among them:
26 わたしはあなたの舌を上あごにつかせ、あなたをおしにして、彼らを戒めることができないようにする。彼らは反逆の家だからである。
And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not make protests to them: for they are an uncontrolled people.
27 しかし、わたしがあなたと語るときは、あなたの口を開く。あなたは彼らに『主なる神はこう言われる』と言わなければならない。聞く者は聞くがよい、拒む者は拒むがよい。彼らは反逆の家だからである。
But when I have talk with you I will make your mouth open, and you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Let the hearer give ear; and as for him who will not, let him keep his ears shut: for they are an uncontrolled people.
