1 Samuel 25
1 Then Samuel died, and all of Israel gathered together, and they mourned him. And they buried him at his house in Ramah. And David, rising up, descended to the desert of Paran.
さてサムエルが死んだので、イスラエルの人々はみな集まって、彼のためにひじょうに悲しみ、ラマにあるその家に彼を葬った。そしてダビデは立ってパランの荒野に下って行った。
2 Now there was a certain man in the wilderness of Maon, and his possessions were at Carmel. And this man was exceedingly great. And three thousand sheep, and one thousand goats were his. And it happened that he was shearing his sheep at Carmel.
マオンに、ひとりの人があって、カルメルにその所有があり、ひじょうに裕福で、羊三千頭、やぎ一千頭を持っていた。彼はカルメルで羊の毛を切っていた。
3 Now the name of this man was Nabal. And the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a very prudent and beautiful woman. But her husband was hard-hearted, and very wicked, and malicious. And he was of the stock of Caleb.
その人の名はナバルといい、妻の名はアビガイルといった。アビガイルは賢くて美しかったが、その夫は剛情で、粗暴であった。彼はカレブびとであった。
4 Therefore, when David, in the desert, had heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep,
ダビデは荒野にいて、ナバルがその羊の毛を切っていることを聞いたので、
5 he sent ten young men, and he said to them: “Ascend to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name peacefully.
十人の若者をつかわし、その若者たちに言った、「カルメルに上って行ってナバルの所へ行き、わたしの名をもって彼にあいさつし、
6 And you shall say: ‘Peace be to my brothers and to you, and peace to your house, and peace to whatever you have.
彼にこう言いなさい、『どうぞあなたに平安があるように。あなたの家に平安があるように。またあなたのすべての持ち物に平安があるように。
7 I have heard that your shepherds, who were with us in the desert, were shearing. We have never troubled them, nor was anything from the flock missing to them at any time, during the entire time that they have been with us in Carmel.
わたしはあなたが羊の毛を切っておられることを聞きました。あなたの羊飼たちはわれわれと一緒にいたのですが、われわれは彼らを少しも害しませんでした。また彼らはカルメルにいる間に、何ひとつ失ったことはありません。
8 Question your servants, and they will tell you. Now therefore, may your servants find favor in your eyes. For we have arrived on a good day. Whatever your hand will find, give it to your servants and to your son David.’”
あなたの若者たちに聞いてみられるならば、わかります。それゆえ、わたしの若者たちに、あなたの好意を示してください。われわれは祝の日にきたのです。どうぞ、あなたの手もとにあるものを、贈り物として、しもべどもとあなたの子ダビデにください』」。
9 And when the servants of David had arrived, they spoke to Nabal all these words in the name of David. And then they were silent.
ダビデの若者たちは行って、ダビデの名をもって、これらの言葉をナバルに語り、そして待っていた。
10 But Nabal, responding to the servants of David, said: “Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? Today, servants who are fleeing from their lords are increasing.
ナバルはダビデの若者たちに答えて言った、「ダビデとはだれか。エッサイの子とはだれか。このごろは、主人を捨てて逃げるしもべが多い。
11 Therefore, shall I take my bread, and my water, and the meat of the cattle that I have slain for my shearers, and give it to men, when I do not know where they are from?”
どうしてわたしのパンと水、またわたしの羊の毛を切る人々のためにほふった肉をとって、どこからきたのかわからない人々に与えることができようか」。
12 And so the servants of David traveled back along their way. And returning, they went and reported to him all the words that he had said.
ダビデの若者たちは、そこを去り、帰ってきて、彼にこのすべての事を告げた。
13 Then David said to his servants, “Let each one gird his sword.” And each one girded his sword. And David also girded his sword. And about four hundred men followed David. But two hundred remained behind with the supplies.
そこでダビデは従者たちに言った、「おのおの、つるぎを帯びなさい」。彼らはおのおのつるぎを帯び、ダビデもまたつるぎを帯びた。そしておおよそ四百人がダビデに従って上っていき、二百人は荷物のところにとどまった。
14 Then it was reported to Abigail, the wife of Nabal, by one of his servants, saying: “Behold, David has sent messengers from the desert, so that they might speak kindly to our lord. But he turned them away.
ところで、ひとりの若者がナバルの妻アビガイルに言った、「ダビデが荒野から使者をつかわして、主人にあいさつをしたのに、主人はその使者たちをののしられました。
15 These men were good enough to us, and were not troublesome. Neither did we ever lose anything, during the entire time that we conversed with them in the desert.
しかし、あの人々はわれわれに大へんよくしてくれて、われわれは少しも害を受けず、またわれわれが野にいた時、彼らと共にいた間は、何ひとつ失ったことはありませんでした。
16 They were a wall to us, as much in the night as in the day, during all the days that we were with them, pasturing the sheep.
われわれが羊を飼って彼らと共にいる間、彼らは夜も昼もわれわれのかきとなってくれました。
17 For this reason, consider and realize what you should do. For evil has been decided against your husband and against your house. And he is a son of Belial, so that no one is able to speak to him.”
それで、あなたは今それを知って、自分のすることを考えてください。主人とその一家に災が起きるからです。しかも主人はよこしまな人で、話しかけることもできません」。
18 And so Abigail hurried, and she took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five cooked sheep, and five measures of cooked grain, and one hundred clusters of dried grapes, and two hundred masses of dried figs, and she set them upon donkeys.
その時、アビガイルは急いでパン二百、ぶどう酒の皮袋二つ、調理した羊五頭、いり麦五セア、ほしぶどう百ふさ、ほしいちじくのかたまり二百を取って、ろばにのせ、
19 And she said to her servants: “Go before me. Behold, I will follow after your back.” But she did not reveal it to her husband, Nabal.
若者たちに言った、「わたしのさきに進みなさい。わたしはあなたがたのうしろに、ついて行きます」。しかし彼女は夫ナバルには告げなかった。
20 And when she had climbed on a donkey, and was descending to the base of the mountain, David and his men were descending to meet her. And she met them.
アビガイルが、ろばに乗って山陰を下ってきた時、ダビデと従者たちは彼女の方に向かって降りてきたので、彼女はその人々に出会った。
21 And David said: “Truly, in vain have I preserved all that was his in the wilderness, so that nothing perished out of all that belonged to him. And he has repaid evil to me for good.
さて、ダビデはさきにこう言った、「わたしはこの人が荒野で持っている物をみな守って、その人に属する物を何ひとつなくならないようにしたが、それは全くむだであった。彼はわたしのした親切に悪をもって報いた。
22 May God do these things, by the enemies of David, and may he add these other things, if I leave behind until morning, out of all that belongs to him, anything that urinates against a wall.”
もしわたしがあすの朝まで、ナバルに属するすべての者のうち、ひとりの男でも残しておくならば、神が幾重にもダビデを罰してくださるように」。
23 Then, when Abigail had seen David, she hurried and descended from the donkey. And she fell upon her face before David, and she reverenced on the ground.
アビガイルはダビデを見て、急いで、ろばを降り、ダビデの前で地にひれ伏し、
24 And she fell at his feet, and she said: “May this iniquity be upon me, my lord. I beg you, let your handmaid speak to your ears, and listen to the words of your servant.
その足もとに伏して言った、「わが君よ、このとがをわたしだけに負わせてください。しかしどうぞ、はしために、あなたの耳に語ることを許し、はしための言葉をお聞きください。
25 Let not my lord, the king, I beseech you, set his heart upon this iniquitous man, Nabal. For in accord with his name, he is senseless, and foolishness is with him. But I, your handmaid, did not see your servants, my lord, whom you had sent.
わが君よ、どうぞ、このよこしまな人ナバルのことを気にかけないでください。あの人はその名のとおりです。名はナバルで、愚かな者です。あなたのはしためであるわたしは、わが君なるあなたがつかわされた若者たちを見なかったのです。
26 Now therefore, my lord, as your soul lives, and as the Lord lives, who has kept your hand to yourself, and has prevented you from coming to blood: now, let your enemies be like Nabal, and like all those who are seeking evil for my lord.
それゆえ今、わが君よ、主は生きておられます。またあなたは生きておられます。主は、あなたがきて血を流し、また手ずから、あだを報いるのをとどめられました。どうぞ今、あなたの敵、およびわが君に害を加えようとする者は、ナバルのごとくになりますように。
27 Because of this, accept this blessing, which your handmaid has brought to you, my lord. And give it to the young men who follow you, my lord.
今、あなたのつかえめが、わが君に携えてきた贈り物を、わが君に従う若者たちに与えてください。
28 Forgive the iniquity of your handmaid. For the Lord will surely make for you, my lord, a faithful house, because you, my lord, fight the battles of the Lord. Therefore, let no evil be found in you all the days of your life.
どうぞ、はしためのとがを許してください。主は必ずわが君のために確かな家を造られるでしょう。わが君が主のいくさを戦い、またこの世に生きながらえられる間、あなたのうちに悪いことが見いだされないからです。
29 For if a man, at any time, will rise up, pursuing you and seeking your life, the life of my lord will be preserved, as if in the sheave of the living, with the Lord your God. But the lives of your enemies will be spun around, as if with the force of a whirling sling.
たとい人が立ってあなたを追い、あなたの命を求めても、わが君の命は、生きている者の束にたばねられて、あなたの神、主のもとに守られるでしょう。しかし主はあなたの敵の命を、石投げの中から投げるように、投げ捨てられるでしょう。
30 Therefore, when the Lord will have done for you, my lord, all the good that he has spoken about you, and when he will have appointed you as leader over Israel,
そして主があなたについて語られたすべての良いことをわが君に行い、あなたをイスラエルのつかさに任じられる時、
31 this will not be for you a regret or a scruple of the heart, my lord, that you had shed innocent blood, or had taken revenge for yourself. And when the Lord will have done well for my lord, you shall remember your handmaid.”
あなたが、ゆえなく血を流し、またわが君がみずからあだを報いたと言うことで、それがあなたのつまずきとなり、またわが君の心の責めとなることのないようにしてください。主がわが君を良くせられる時、このはしためを思いだしてください」。
32 And David said to Abigail: “Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me. And blessed is your eloquence.
ダビデはアビガイルに言った、「きょう、あなたをつかわして、わたしを迎えさせられたイスラエルの神、主はほむべきかな。
33 And blessed are you, who prevented me today from going to blood, and from taking revenge for myself with my own hand.
あなたの知恵はほむべきかな。またあなたはほむべきかな。あなたは、きょう、わたしがきて血を流し、手ずからあだを報いることをとどめられたのです。
34 But instead, as the Lord God of Israel lives, he has prevented me from doing evil to you. But if you had not come quickly to meet me, there would not have been left to Nabal by the morning light, anything that urinates against a wall.”
わたしがあなたを害することをとどめられたイスラエルの神、主はまことに生きておられる。もしあなたが急いでわたしに会いにこなかったならば、あすの朝までには、ナバルのところに、ひとりの男も残らなかったでしょう」。
35 Then David received from her hand all that she had brought to him. And he said to her: “Go in peace to your own house. Behold, I have heeded your voice, and I have honored your face.”
ダビデはアビガイルが携えてきた物をその手から受けて、彼女に言った、「あなたは無事にのぼって、家に帰りなさい。わたしはあなたの声を聞きいれ、あなたの願いを許します」。
36 Then Abigail went to Nabal. And behold, he was holding a feast for himself in his house, like the feast of a king. And the heart of Nabal was cheerful. For he was greatly inebriated. And she did not reveal a word to him, small or great, until morning.
こうしてアビガイルはナバルのもとにきたが、見よ、彼はその家で、王の酒宴のような酒宴を開いていた。ナバルは心に楽しみ、ひじょうに酔っていたので、アビガイルは明くる朝まで事の大小を問わず何をも彼に告げなかった。
37 Then, at first light, when Nabal had digested his wine, his wife revealed to him these words, and his heart died within himself, and he became like a stone.
朝になってナバルの酔いがさめたとき、その妻が彼にこれらの事を告げると、彼の心はそのうちに死んで、彼は石のようになった。
38 And after ten days had passed, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.
十日ばかりして主がナバルを撃たれたので彼は死んだ。
39 And when David had heard that Nabal was dead, he said: “Blessed is the Lord, who has judged the case of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and who has preserved his servant from evil. And the Lord has repaid the malice of Nabal upon his own head.” Then David sent and he spoke with Abigail, so that he might take her to himself as wife.
ダビデはナバルが死んだと聞いて言った、「主はほむべきかな。主はわたしがナバルの手から受けた侮辱に報いて、しもべが悪をおこなわないようにされた。主はナバルの悪行をそのこうべに報いられたのだ」。ダビデはアビガイルを妻にめとろうと、人をつかわして彼女に申し込んだ。
40 And David’s servants went to Abigail at Carmel, and they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you, so that he might take you to himself as wife.”
ダビデのしもべたちはカルメルにいるアビガイルの所にきて、彼女に言った、「ダビデはあなたを妻にめとろうと、われわれをあなたの所へつかわしたのです」。
41 And rising up, she reverenced prone on the ground, and she said, “Behold, let your servant be a handmaid, to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”
アビガイルは立ち、地にひれ伏し拝して言った、「はしためは、わが君のしもべたちの足を洗うつかえめです」。
42 And Abigail rose up and hurried, and she climbed upon a donkey, and five girls went with her, her attendants. And she followed the messengers of David, and she became his wife.
アビガイルは急いで立ち、ろばに乗って、五人の侍女たちを連れ、ダビデの使者たちに従って行き、ダビデの妻となった。
43 Moreover, David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel. And both of them were his wives.
ダビデはまたエズレルのアヒノアムをめとった。彼女たちはふたりともダビデの妻となった。
44 Then Saul gave his daughter Michal, the wife of David, to Palti, the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
ところでサウルはその娘、ダビデの妻ミカルを、ガリムの人であるライシの子パルテに与えた。
