Judges 3

1 The following are the nations the Lord left and used to test all those Israelites who had not known what it was like to be part of any of the wars in Canaan.

ヱホバが凡てカナンの諸の戰爭を知ざるイスラエルの者どもをこころみんとて遺しおきたまへる國民は左のごとし

2 (He did so to teach warfare to the later generations of Israel, particularly to those who had not previously experienced it.)

（こはただイスラエルの代々の子孫特にいまだ戰爭を知ざるものにこれををしへ知らしめんがためなり）

3 They are: the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

即ちペリシテ人の五人の伯すべてのカナン人シドン人およびレバノン山に住みてバアルヘルモンの山よりハマテに入るところまでを占めたるヒビ人是なり

4 They were left there be to a test for the Israelites, to find out whether the Israelites would keep the Lord's commandments which he had given their forefathers through Moses.

これらをもてイスラエルをこころみかれらがヱホバのモーセによりてその先祖に命じたまひし命令に遵ふや否やを可知りしなり

5 They lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

イスラエルの子孫はカナン人ヘテ人アモリ人

6 The Israelites intermarried with them, marrying their daughters, giving their own daughters to their sons, and worshiped their gods.

ペリジ人ヒビ人エブス人のうちに住みかれらの女を妻に娶りまたおのれの女をかれらの子に與へかつかれらの神に事へたり

7 The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord's sight. They ignored the Lord their God and worshiped the images of Baals and Asherahs.

斯くイスラエルの子孫ヱホバのまへに惡をおこなひ己れの神なるヱホバをわすれてバアリムおよびアシラに事へたり

8 The Lord became angry with Israel, so he sold them to Cushan-Rishathaim, king of Aram Naharaim. The Israelites were subject to Cushan-Rishathaim for eight years.

是においてヱホバはげしくイスラエルを怒りてこれをメソポタミヤの王クシヤンリシヤタイムの手に賣り付したまひしかばイスラエルの子孫はおよそ八年のあひだクシヤンリシヤタイムにつかへたり

9 But when the Israelites cried out to the Lord to help them, he provided someone to rescue them, Othniel, son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, and he saved them.

茲にイスラエルの子孫ヱホバによばはりしかばヱホバはイスラエルの子孫の爲にひとりの救者を起して之を救はしめ給ふすなはちカレブの舍弟ケナズの子オテニエル是なり

10 The Spirit of the Lord came on him, and he became Israel's judge. He went to war with Cushan-Rishathaim, king of Aram, and the Lord handed the king over to Othniel, who was victorious.

ヱホバの靈オテニエルにのぞみたれば彼イスラエルを治め戰に出づヱホバ、メソポタミヤの王クシヤンリシヤタイムをその手に付したまひたればオテニエルの手クシヤンリシヤタイムに勝ことを得たり

11 As a result, the country was a peace for forty years until Othniel, son of Kenaz, died.

かくて國は四十年のあひだ太平なりきケナズの子オテニエルつひに死り

12 But once again the Israelites did what was evil in the Lord's sight, and because they did this the Lord gave power to Eglon, king of Moab, to conquer Israel.

イスラエルの子孫復ヱホバの眼のまへに惡をおこなふヱホバかれらがヱホバのまへに惡をおこなふによりてモアブの王エグロンをつよくなしてイスラエルに敵せしめたまへり

13 Eglon had the Ammonites and the Amalekite join him, and then attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.

エグロンすなはちアンモンおよびアマレクの子孫を招き聚め往きてイスラエルを撃ち棕櫚の邑を取り

14 The Israelites were subject to Eglon, king of Moab, for eighteen years.

ここにおいてイスラエルの子孫は十八年のあひだモアブの王エグロンに事へたりしが

15 Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord to help them, and he provided someone to rescue them, Ehud, son of Gera the Benjamite, a left-handed man. The Israelites sent him to pay the tribute to Eglon, king of Moab.

イスラエルの子孫ヱホバに呼はりけるときヱホバかれらの爲に一個の救者を起したまふすなはちベニヤミン人ゲラの子なる左手利捷のエホデ是なりイスラエルの子孫かれを以てモアブの王エグロンに餽物せり

16 Ehud had made for himself a cubit long double-edged sword, and he strapped it to his right thigh under his clothes.

エホデ長一キユビトなる兩刃の劍を作らせこれを衣のしたに右の股のあたりにおび

17 He came and presented the tribute to Eglon, king of Moab, who was a very fat man.

餽物を齎してモアブの王エグロンのもとに詣るエグロンは甚だ肥たる人なりき

18 Then after delivering the tribute he sent home those who had helped carry it.

さて餽物を獻ぐることをはりしかば彼餽物を負ひ來りしものをかへし去らしめ

19 But when he reached the stone idols near Gilgal, he turned back. He went to see Eglon, and told him, “Your Majesty, I have a secret message for you.” The king told his attendants, “Silence!” and they all left.

自らはギルガルの傍なる石像の在る所より引き回していひけるは王よ我爾に告ぐべき密事ありと王人拂を命じたればその旁に立つものみな出で去りぬ

20 Ehud then went over to where Eglon was sitting alone in his cool upstairs room, and told him, “I have a message from God for you.” As the king got up from his seat,

エホデすなはち王のところに入來れり時に王はひとり上なる涼殿に坐し居たりしがエホデ我神の命に由りて爾に傳ふべきことありといひければ王すなはち座より起に

21 Ehud grabbed his sword with his left hand from his right thigh and drove it into Eglon's belly.

エホデ左の手を出し右の股より劍を取りてその腹を刺せり

22 The handle went in with the blade and the fat closed over it. So Ehud didn't pull the sword out, and the king defecated.

抦もまた刃とともに入りたりしが脂肉刃を塞ぎて之を腹より拔き出すことあたはずその鋒鋩うしろに出づ

23 Then Ehud closed and locked the doors, and escaped through the toilet.

エホデすなはち廊をとほりてその後に樓の戸を閉てこれを鎖せり

24 After he had left, the servants came and saw that the doors of the room were locked. “He must be using the toilet,” they concluded.

その出でしのち王の僕來りて樓の戸の鎖したるを見いひけるは王はかならず涼殿の間に足を蔽ひ居るならんと

25 So they waited until they couldn't stand it any more, and since he still hadn't opened the doors of the room, they went and found the key and opened the doors. There was their lord, lying dead on the floor.

僕ども耻るまでに俟居たれど王樓の戸をひらかざれば鑰をとりて之を開き見るにその君は地に仆れて死をる

26 While the servants delayed acting, Ehud escaped, passing the stone idols and on to Seirah.

エホデは彼等の猶豫ふ間に逃れて石像の在るところを過りセイラテに遁げゆけり

27 When he got there, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites joined him. They went down from the hills, with Ehud leading them.

かれ既に至りエフライムの山に箛を吹きければイスラエルの子孫これとともに山より下るエホデこれを導けり

28 He told them, “Follow me, for the Lord has handed Moab, your enemy, over to you.” So they followed him down and took control of the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab. They didn't let anyone cross.

かれ人衆にいひけるは我に續て來れヱホバ汝等の敵モアブ人を汝等の手に付したまふなりここにおいて彼らエホデにしたがひて下りモアブにおもむくところのヨルダンの津を取りて一人も渡ることを允さざりき

29 Then they attacked the Moabites and killed around 10,000 of their best and strongest fighting men. Not a single one escaped.

そのとき彼らモアブ人およそ一萬人を殺せり是皆肥太たる勇士なりそのうち一人も脱れたるものなし

30 Moab was conquered that day and made subject to Israel, and the country was at peace for eighty years.

モアブはその日イスラエルの手に服せり而して國は八十年の間太平なりき

31 After Ehud was Shamgar, son of Anath, who killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He also rescued Israel.

エホデの後にアナテの子シヤムガルといふものあり牛の策をもてペリシテ人六百人を殺せり此人もまたイスラエルを救へり