Jeremiah 39
1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah, the king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem, with his entire army, and they besieged it.
ユダの王ゼデキヤの九年十月、バビロンの王ネブカデレザルはその全軍を率い、エルサレムに来てこれを攻め囲んだが、
2 Then, in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the fifth of the month, the city was opened.
ゼデキヤの十一年四月九日になって町の一角が破れた。
3 And all the rulers of the king of Babylon entered and were seated at the middle gate: Nergal-Sharezer, the priest of Nebo, Sarsechim, the chief eunuch, Nergal-Sharezer, the chief magi, and all the other rulers of the king of Babylon.
エルサレムが取られたので、バビロンの王のつかさたち、すなわちネルガル・シャレゼル、サムガル・ネボ、ラブサリスのサルセキム、ラブマグのネルガル・シャレゼルおよびバビロンの王のその他のつかさたちは皆ともに来て中の門に座した。
4 And when Zedekiah, the king of Judah, with all the men of war, had seen them, they fled. And they departed from the city at night, by way of the king’s garden, and through the gate which was between the two walls. And they departed along the way of the desert.
ユダの王ゼデキヤとすべての兵士たちはこれを見て逃げ、夜のうちに、王の庭園の道を通って、二つの城壁の間の門から町を出て、アラバの方へ行ったが、
5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them. And they overtook Zedekiah in the plain of the desert of Jericho. And having captured him, they led him to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, at Riblah, which is in the land of Hamath. And he declared a judgment against him
カルデヤびとの軍勢はこれを追って、エリコの平地でゼデキヤに追いつき、これを捕えて、ハマテの地リブラにいるバビロンの王ネブカデレザルのもとに引いて行ったので、王はそこで彼の罪をさだめた。
6 And the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah, at Riblah, before his eyes. And the king of Babylon killed all the nobles of Judah.
バビロンの王はリブラで、ゼデキヤの子たちを彼の目の前で殺した。バビロンの王はまたユダのすべての貴族たちを殺した。
7 Also, he plucked out the eyes of Zedekiah. And he bound him with fetters, to be led away to Babylon.
王はまたゼデキヤの目をつぶさせ、彼をバビロンに引いて行くために、鎖につないだ。
8 Also, the Chaldeans burned the house of the king and the house of the people with fire, and they overturned the wall of Jerusalem.
またカルデヤびとは王宮と民家を火で焼き、エルサレムの城壁を破壊した。
9 And Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, carried away captive to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, and the fugitives who had fled to him, and all the rest of the people who had remained.
そして侍衛の長ネブザラダンは町のうちに残っている民と、自分に降伏した者、およびその他の残っている民をバビロンに捕え移した。
10 And Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, released some of the poor people, those who had almost nothing, into the land of Judah. And he gave them vineyards and cisterns in that day.
しかし侍衛の長ネブザラダンは、民の貧しい無産者をユダの地に残し、同時にぶどう畑と田地をこれに与えた。
11 Now Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had instructed Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, about Jeremiah, saying:
さてバビロンの王ネブカデレザルはエレミヤの事について侍衛の長ネブザラダンに命じて言った、
12 “Take him, and set your eyes on him, and you shall do no harm to him at all. But as he is willing, so shall you do with him.”
「彼をとり、よく世話をせよ。害を加えることなく、彼があなたに言うようにしてやりなさい」。
13 Therefore, Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, sent, and Nebushazban, the chief eunuch, and Nergal-Sharezer, the chief magi, and all the nobles of the king of Babylon sent,
そこで侍衛の長ネブザラダン、ラブサリスのネブシャズバン、ラブマグのネルガル・シャレゼル、およびバビロンの王のつかさたちは、
14 and they took Jeremiah from the vestibule of the prison, and they delivered him to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, so that he could enter a house and live among the people.
人をつかわして、エレミヤを監視の庭から連れてこさせ、シャパンの子アヒカムの子であるゲダリヤに託して、家につれて行かせた。こうして彼は民のうちにいた。
15 But the word of the Lord had come to Jeremiah, when he had been confined to the vestibule of the prison, saying: “Go, and speak to Ebedmelech, the Ethiopian, saying:
エレミヤが監視の庭に閉じこめられていた時、主の言葉が彼に臨んだ、
16 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words over this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be in your sight in that day.
「行って、エチオピヤびとエベデメレクに告げなさい、『万軍の主、イスラエルの神はこう言われる、わたしの言った災をわたしはこの町に下す、幸をこれに下すのではない。その日、この事があなたの目の前で成就する。
17 And I will free you in that day, says the Lord. And you will not be delivered into the hands of the men whom you dread.
主は言われる、その日わたしはあなたを救う。あなたは自分の恐れている人々の手に渡されることはない。
18 But when delivering, I will free you. And you will not fall by the sword. Instead, your life will be saved for you, because you had faith in me, says the Lord.”
わたしが必ずあなたを救い、つるぎに倒れることのないようにするからである。あなたの命はあなたのぶんどり物となる。あなたがわたしに寄り頼んだからであると主は言われる』」。
