Isaiah 46
1 Bel has been broken. Nebo has been crushed. Their idols have been placed upon beasts and cattle, your grievous heavy burdens, even unto exhaustion.
ベルは伏し、ネボはかがみ、彼らの像は獣と家畜との上にある。あなたがたが持ち歩いたものは荷となり、疲れた獣の重荷となった。
2 They have been melted down, or have been smashed together. They were not able to save the one who carried them, and their life will go into captivity.
彼らはかがみ、彼らは共に伏し、重荷となった者を救うことができずかえって、自分は捕われて行く。
3 Listen to me, house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who are carried in my bosom, who were born from my womb.
「ヤコブの家よ、イスラエルの家の残ったすべての者よ、生れ出た時から、わたしに負われ、胎を出た時から、わたしに持ち運ばれた者よ、わたしに聞け。
4 Even to your old age, I am the same. And even with your grey hairs, I will carry you. I have made you, and I will sustain you. I will carry you, and I will save you.
わたしはあなたがたの年老いるまで変らず、白髪となるまで、あなたがたを持ち運ぶ。わたしは造ったゆえ、必ず負い、持ち運び、かつ救う。
5 To whom would you liken me, or equate me, or compare me, or consider me to be similar?
あなたがたは、わたしをだれにたぐい、だれと等しくし、だれにくらべ、かつなぞらえようとするのか。
6 You take gold from a bag, and you weigh silver on a scale, so as to hire a goldsmith to make a god. And they fall prostrate and adore.
彼らは袋からこがねを注ぎ出し、はかりをもって、しろがねをはかり、金細工人を雇って、それを神に造らせ、これにひれ伏して拝む。
7 They carry him on their shoulders, supporting him, and they set him in his place. And he will stand still and will not move from his place. But even when they will cry out to him, he will not hear. He will not save them from tribulation.
彼らはこれをもたげて肩に載せ、持って行って、その所に置き、そこに立たせる。これはその所から動くことができない。人がこれに呼ばわっても答えることができない。また彼をその悩みから救うことができない。
8 Remember this, and be confounded. Return, you transgressors, to the heart.
あなたがたはこの事をおぼえ、よく考えよ。そむける者よ、この事を心にとめよ、
9 Remember the past ages. For I am God, and there is no other god. There is no one like me.
いにしえよりこのかたの事をおぼえよ。わたしは神である、わたしのほかに神はない。わたしは神である、わたしと等しい者はない。
10 From the beginning, I announce the last things, and from the start, the things that have not yet been done, saying: My plan will stand firm, and my entire will shall be done.
わたしは終りの事を初めから告げ、まだなされない事を昔から告げて言う、『わたしの計りごとは必ず成り、わが目的をことごとくなし遂げる』と。
11 I call a bird from the east, and from a far away land, the man of my will. And I have spoken it, and I will carry it out. I have created, and I will act.
わたしは東から猛禽を招き、遠い国からわが計りごとを行う人を招く。わたしはこの事を語ったゆえ、必ずこさせる。わたしはこの事をはかったゆえ、必ず行う。
12 Hear me, you who are hard of heart, who are far from justice!
心をかたくなにして、救に遠い者よ、わたしに聞け。
13 I have brought my justice near. It will not be far away, and my salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation in Zion, and my glory in Israel.
わたしはわが救を近づかせるゆえ、その来ることは遠くない。わが救はおそくない。わたしは救をシオンに与え、わが栄光をイスラエルに与える」。
