1 Corinthians 11
1 [Follow my example], just like I [try to] follow Christ’s example.
わたしがキリストにならう者であるように、あなたがたもわたしにならう者になりなさい。
2 I praise you because you remember all the things [that I taught you] and because you follow the instructions that I gave you. You have done just like I told you to do.
あなたがたが、何かにつけわたしを覚えていて、あなたがたに伝えたとおりに言伝えを守っているので、わたしは満足に思う。
3 [Now], I want you to know that the one who has authority over [MTY] every man is Christ, and the ones who have authority over women are men (OR, their husbands), and the one who has authority over Christ is God.
しかし、あなたがたに知っていてもらいたい。すべての男のかしらはキリストであり、女のかしらは男であり、キリストのかしらは神である。
4 [So] if any man [wears a covering over] his head when he prays or speaks a message God gave him, he disgraces himself [SYN].
祈をしたり預言をしたりする時、かしらに物をかぶる男は、そのかしらをはずかしめる者である。
5 Also, if any woman does not wear a covering over her head when she prays or speaks a message that God gave her, she disgraces herself (OR, she dishonors her husband). That would be acting like [SIM] [women who are ashamed because] their heads have been shaved.
祈をしたり預言をしたりする時、かしらにおおいをかけない女は、そのかしらをはずかしめる者である。それは、髪をそったのとまったく同じだからである。
6 So, if women do not wear coverings over their heads [when they pray or speak messages that God gave them], they should let someone shave their heads [so that they will be ashamed]. But since women are ashamed if someone cuts their hair [short] or shaves off their hair, they should wear coverings over their heads [when they pray or speak messages that God gave them].
もし女がおおいをかけないなら、髪を切ってしまうがよい。髪を切ったりそったりするのが、女にとって恥ずべきことであるなら、おおいをかけるべきである。
7 Men should not wear coverings over their heads [when they pray or speak messages that God gave them], because they represent what God is like [MET] and they show how great God is. But women show how great men (OR, their husbands) are.
男は、神のかたちであり栄光であるから、かしらに物をかぶるべきではない。女は、また男の光栄である。
8 [Remember that God intends that men have authority over women. We know that] because [God] did not make [the first] man, [Adam], from the [first] woman, [Eve]. Instead, he made that woman [from a bone that he took] from the man.
なぜなら、男が女から出たのではなく、女が男から出たのだからである。
9 Also, [God] did not create [the first] man [to help] the woman. Instead, [he] created the woman [to help] the man.
また、男は女のために造られたのではなく、女が男のために造られたのである。
10 For that reason, women should wear something [to cover] their heads [as a symbol of their being under their husbands’] [MTY] authority. They should also [cover their heads] so that the angels [will see that and rejoice].
それだから、女は、かしらに権威のしるしをかぶるべきである。それは天使たちのためでもある。
11 However, remember that [even though God created the first] woman from [the first] man, all other men [have been born] from women. So men cannot be independent of women, nor can women be independent of men. But all things, [including men and women], come from God.
ただ、主にあっては、男なしには女はないし、女なしには男はない。
それは、女が男から出たように、男もまた女から生れたからである。そして、すべてのものは神から出たのである。
13 Consider this for yourselves: Is it proper for [RHQ] women to pray to God while they do not have coverings over their heads?
あなたがた自身で判断してみるがよい。女がおおいをかけずに神に祈るのは、ふさわしいことだろうか。
14 (Everyone senses that it is disgraceful for men to have long hair./Doesn’t everyone sense that it is disgraceful for men to have long hair?) [RHQ]
自然そのものが教えているではないか。男に長い髪があれば彼の恥になり、
15 But it is very delightful if women have long hair, because [God] gave them long hair to be like a [beautiful] covering [for their heads].
女に長い髪があれば彼女の光栄になるのである。長い髪はおおいの代りに女に与えられているものだからである。
16 But whoever wants to argue [with me about my saying that women should have a covering over their heads when they pray or speak a message from God should consider the fact that] we [apostles] do not [permit] any other custom, and the [other] congregations of God do not have any other custom.
しかし、だれかがそれに反対の意見を持っていても、そんな風習はわたしたちにはなく、神の諸教会にもない。
17 Now I want to tell you [about some other things]. I do not praise you about them, because whenever you believers meet together, good [things do not happen]. Instead, bad things [happen].
ところで、次のことを命じるについては、あなたがたをほめるわけにはいかない。というのは、あなたがたの集まりが利益にならないで、かえって損失になっているからである。
18 First of all, people have told me that when you gather together as a group [to worship God], you divide into groups [that are hostile to each other]. To some extent I believe that is true.
まず、あなたがたが教会に集まる時、お互の間に分争があることを、わたしは耳にしており、そしていくぶんか、それを信じている。
19 It seems that you must divide into [groups that despise each other] in order that it might be clear/evident which people among you [God] approves of!
たしかに、あなたがたの中でほんとうの者が明らかにされるためには、分派もなければなるまい。
20 When you gather together, you [IRO] eat the meal [that you say is to remember the death of] the Lord [Jesus for us].
そこで、あなたがたが一緒に集まるとき、主の晩餐を守ることができないでいる。
21 But [what happens when] you eat is that each person eats his own meal before [he thinks about sharing his food with anyone else]. As a result, [when the meal is over], some people are [still] hungry and others are drunk! [So it is not a meal that honors the Lord].
というのは、食事の際、各自が自分の晩餐をかってに先に食べるので、飢えている人があるかと思えば、酔っている人がある始末である。
22 ([You act as though] you do not have your own houses in which you can eat and drink [whatever you want to]!/Do you not have your own houses in which you can eat and drink [whatever you want to]?) [RHQ] Do you not realize [RHQ] [that by acting selfishly in this way], it is God’s people whom you are despising, and it is the poor people [in your group] whom you are treating as though they were not important? What shall I say to you about that [RHQ]? Do [you expect] me to praise you [about what you do] [RHQ]? I certainly will not praise you!
あなたがたには、飲み食いをする家がないのか。それとも、神の教会を軽んじ、貧しい人々をはずかしめるのか。わたしはあなたがたに対して、なんと言おうか。あなたがたを、ほめようか。この事では、ほめるわけにはいかない。
23 The Lord taught me these things that I also taught you: During the night that Jesus was betrayed {[Judas] enabled [the enemies of] the Lord Jesus to seize him}, he took some bread.
わたしは、主から受けたことを、また、あなたがたに伝えたのである。すなわち、主イエスは、渡される夜、パンをとり、
24 After he thanked God for it, he broke it into pieces. [Then he gave it to his disciples] and said, “This bread [represents] [MET] (OR, is) my body, that [I am about to sacrifice] for you. Eat bread in this [way again and again] to remember my [offering myself as a sacrifice for you].”
感謝してこれをさき、そして言われた、「これはあなたがたのための、わたしのからだである。わたしを記念するため、このように行いなさい」。
25 Similarly, after they ate their meal, he took a cup [MTY] [of wine]. He [thanked God for it. Then he gave it to his disciples], saying, “[The wine in] [MTY] this cup [represents] [MET] (OR, is) my blood [that will flow from my body] ([to put into effect/to establish]) the new agreement [that God is making with people]. Whenever you drink wine in this way, do it to remember that [my blood flowed for you].”
食事ののち、杯をも同じようにして言われた、「この杯は、わたしの血による新しい契約である。飲むたびに、わたしの記念として、このように行いなさい」。
26 [Remember that] until the Lord [Jesus] returns [to the earth], whenever you eat the [bread that represents his body] and drink the wine [MTY] [that represents his blood], you are telling other people that he died [for you].
だから、あなたがたは、このパンを食し、この杯を飲むごとに、それによって、主がこられる時に至るまで、主の死を告げ知らせるのである。
27 So, those who eat that bread and drink that wine [MTY] in a way that is not proper [for those who belong to the Lord] are guilty of [acting in a way that is contrary to what] our [Lord intended when he offered] his body [as a sacrifice] and his blood [flowed when he died].
だから、ふさわしくないままでパンを食し主の杯を飲む者は、主のからだと血とを犯すのである。
28 Before any believer eats that bread and drinks that wine [MTY], he should think carefully about [what he is doing],
だれでもまず自分を吟味し、それからパンを食べ杯を飲むべきである。
29 because if anyone eats [the bread that represents Christ’s body] and drinks [the wine that represents his blood] without recognizing that all God’s [people should be united, God will] punish him [for doing that].
主のからだをわきまえないで飲み食いする者は、その飲み食いによって自分にさばきを招くからである。
30 Many people in your group are weak and sick, and several have died [EUP] because of [the way they acted when they ate that bread and drank that wine].
あなたがたの中に、弱い者や病人が大ぜいおり、また眠った者も少なくないのは、そのためである。
31 If we would think carefully about what we [are doing], [God] would not judge [and punish] us [like that].
しかし、自分をよくわきまえておくならば、わたしたちはさばかれることはないであろう。
32 But when the Lord judges [and punishes] us [for acting wrongly], he disciplines us [to correct us], in order that he will not [need to] punish us when he punishes [the people who do not trust in Christ] [MTY].
しかし、さばかれるとすれば、それは、この世と共に罪に定められないために、主の懲らしめを受けることなのである。
33 So, my fellow believers, when you gather together to eat [food to remember the Lord’s dying for you], wait until everyone [has arrived so that you can find out who does not have enough food].
それだから、兄弟たちよ。食事のために集まる時には、互に待ち合わせなさい。
34 Those who are so hungry [that they cannot wait to eat until everyone else has arrived] should eat in their own homes [first], in order that when you gather together God will not judge [and punish them for] ([being inconsiderate of/not being concerned about]) [others]. And when I come [to Corinth] I will give you instructions about other matters [concerning the Lord’s Supper].
もし空腹であったら、さばきを受けに集まることにならないため、家で食べるがよい。そのほかの事は、わたしが行った時に、定めることにしよう。
