Mark 9
1 He also said to [his disciples], “Listen carefully! Some of you who are here now will see God ruling powerfully in [many ways]. You will see it before you die!”
イエスは彼らに言われた。「まことに、あなたがたに告げます。ここに立っている人々の中には、神の国が力をもって到来しているのを見るまでは、決して死を味わわない者がいます。」
2 A week later Jesus took Peter, James and [James’ younger brother] John and led them up a high mountain. [While they were] alone up there, he appeared very different to them.
それから六日たって、イエスは、ペテロとヤコブとヨハネだけを連れて、高い山に導いて行かれた。そして彼らの目の前で御姿が変わった。
3 His clothes became dazzling white. They were whiter than anyone on earth could make them by bleaching them.
その御衣は、非常に白く光り、世のさらし屋では、とてもできないほどの白さであった。
4 [Two prophets who had lived long ago], Moses and Elijah, appeared to them. Then the two of them began talking with Jesus.
また、エリヤが、モーセとともに現われ、彼らはイエスと語り合っていた。
5 [After a short time], Peter [interrupted by] exclaiming, “Teacher, it is wonderful to be here! So allow us to make three shelters. One [will be] for you, one [will be] for Moses, and one [will be] for Elijah!”
すると、ペテロが口出ししてイエスに言った。「先生。私たちがここにいることは、すばらしいことです。私たちが、幕屋を三つ造ります。あなたのために一つ、モーセのために一つ、エリヤのために一つ。」
6 [He said this] because [he wanted to say something, but] he did not know what to say, because he and the other [two disciples] were very awestruck.
実のところ、ペテロは言うべきことがわからなかったのである。彼らは恐怖に打たれたのであった。
7 Then a [shining] cloud appeared that covered them. [God] [EUP] spoke to them from the cloud saying, “This is my Son. I love him. [Therefore], listen to him!”
そのとき雲がわき起こってその人々をおおい、雲の中から、「これは、わたしの愛する子である。彼の言うことを聞きなさい。」という声がした。
8 When [the three disciples] looked around, they saw that suddenly Jesus was alone with them, and that there was no longer anyone [else] there.
彼らが急いであたりを見回すと、自分たちといっしょにいるのはイエスだけで、そこにはもはやだれも見えなかった。
9 While they were coming down the mountain, Jesus told them that they should not tell anyone [yet] what had just happened to him. He said, “You may tell them after I, the one who came from heaven, (rise from the dead/become alive again) after I die.”
さて、山を降りながら、イエスは彼らに、人の子が死人の中からよみがえるときまでは、いま見たことをだれにも話してはならない、と特に命じられた。
10 So they did not tell others about it [for a long time]. But they discussed among themselves what it meant when he said that he would (rise from the dead/become alive again) after he died.
そこで彼らは、そのおことばを心に堅く留め、死人の中からよみがえると言われたことはどういう意味かを論じ合った。
11 [The three disciples had just seen Elijah, but Elijah had not done anything to prepare people to accept Jesus. So] they asked Jesus, “The men who teach the [Jewish] laws say that Elijah must come back to the earth before [the Messiah comes to earth. But you have been here a long time and Elijah came just today. So is what they are teaching wrong?]”
彼らはイエスに尋ねて言った。「律法学者たちは、まずエリヤが来るはずだと言っていますが、それはなぜでしょうか。」
12 [Jesus wanted them to know that John the Baptizer was the one who represented Elijah. So] he answered them, “It is true that [God promised to send Elijah to come] first [so that people would be ready when I came]. Elijah’s representative has already come, and our leaders treated him very badly, just like they wanted to do, just like it was prophesied {[the prophets] prophesied} long ago. But, (I also want you to consider what is written {what [the prophets] wrote} in the Scriptures about me, the one who came from heaven./why have you not thought about what is written {what [the prophets] wrote} about me, the one who came from heaven?) [RHQ] It is written {They wrote} that I would suffer much and that I would be rejected {that [many people] would reject me}.”
イエスは言われた。「エリヤがまず来て、すべてのことを立て直します。では、人の子について、多くの苦しみを受け、さげすまれると書いてあるのは、どうしてなのですか。
しかし、あなたがたに告げます。エリヤはもう来たのです。そして人々は、彼について書いてあるとおりに、好き勝手なことを彼にしたのです。」
14 [Jesus and those three disciples] returned to where the [other] disciples were. They saw a large crowd around the other disciples and [some] men who taught the [Jewish] laws arguing with them.
さて、彼らが、弟子たちのところに帰って来て、見ると、その回りに大ぜいの人の群れがおり、また、律法学者たちが弟子たちと論じ合っていた。
15 As soon as the crowd saw Jesus, they were very surprised [to see him come]. So they ran to him and greeted him.
そしてすぐ、群衆はみな、イエスを見ると驚き、走り寄って来て、あいさつをした。
16 He asked them, “What are you arguing about?”
イエスは彼らに、「あなたがたは弟子たちと何を議論しているのですか。」と聞かれた。
17 A man in the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son [here in order that] you [would heal him]. There is an evil spirit in him [that makes him] unable to talk.
すると群衆のひとりが、イエスに答えて言った。「先生。おしの霊につかれた私の息子を、先生のところに連れてまいりました。
18 Whenever the spirit attacks him, it throws him down. He foams at the mouth, he grinds his teeth together, and he becomes stiff. I asked your disciples to expel the spirit, but they were not able to do it.”
その霊が息子に取りつきますと、所かまわず彼を押し倒します。そして彼はあわを吹き、歯ぎしりして、からだをこわばらせてしまいます。それでお弟子たちに、霊を追い出してくださるようにお願いしたのですが、お弟子たちにはできませんでした。」
19 Jesus replied by saying to those people, “(I am very disappointed that [although you] have observed how I help people, you do not believe [that you are able to do anything]!/Why is it that [although you] have observed how I help people, you do not believe [that you are able to do anything]?) [RHQ] (I have been with you a long time, [and you still cannot do what I do]!/How long do I have to be with you [before you can do what I do]?) [RHQ] Bring the boy to me!”
イエスは答えて言われた。「ああ、不信仰な世だ。いつまであなたがたといっしょにいなければならないのでしょう。いつまであなたがたにがまんしていなければならないのでしょう。その子をわたしのところに連れて来なさい。」
20 So they brought the boy to Jesus. As soon as the evil spirit saw Jesus, it shook the boy severely, and [the boy] fell on the ground. He rolled around, and he foamed at the mouth.
そこで、人々はイエスのところにその子を連れて来た。その子がイエスを見ると、霊はすぐに彼をひきつけさせたので、彼は地面に倒れ、あわを吹きながら、ころげ回った。
21 Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” He replied, “[This started to happen] when he was a child.
イエスはその子の父親に尋ねられた。「この子がこんなになってから、どのくらいになりますか。」父親は言った。「幼い時からです。
22 [The spirit does not only do this], but he also often throws him into the fire or into the water in order to kill him. But, pity us and help us, if you can!”
この霊は、彼を滅ぼそうとして、何度も火の中や水の中に投げ込みました。ただ、もし、おできになるものなら、私たちをあわれんで、お助けください。」
23 Jesus exclaimed to him, “[Do not say] [RHQ] ‘If you can’, for [God/I] can do anything for people who believe [in him/me]!”
するとイエスは言われた。「できるものなら、と言うのか。信じる者には、どんなことでもできるのです。」
24 Immediately the child’s father shouted, “I believe [that you can help me, but I do not believe strongly]. Help me to believe more strongly!”
するとすぐに、その子の父は叫んで言った。「信じます。不信仰な私をお助けください。」
25 Because [Jesus wanted to heal the boy before] the crowd got bigger, he rebuked the evil spirit, saying, “You evil spirit, you who are [causing this boy to be] deaf and unable to talk! I command you to come out of him and never enter him again!”
イエスは、群衆が駆けつけるのをご覧になると、汚れた霊をしかって言われた。「おしとつんぼの霊。わたしが、おまえに命じる。この子から出て行きなさい。二度と、はいってはいけない。」
26 The evil spirit shouted, it shook the boy violently, and then it left the boy. The boy did not move. He seemed like a dead body. So many of the people there said, “He is dead!”
するとその霊は、叫び声をあげ、その子を激しくひきつけさせて、出て行った。するとその子が死人のようになったので、多くの人々は、「この子は死んでしまった。」と言った。
27 However, Jesus took him by the hand and helped him get up. Then the boy stood up. [He was healed]!
しかし、イエスは、彼の手を取って起こされた。するとその子は立ち上がった。
28 Later, when Jesus and his disciples were alone in a house, one of them asked him, “Why were we not able to expel [the evil spirit]?”
イエスが家にはいられると、弟子たちがそっとイエスに尋ねた。「どうしてでしょう。私たちには追い出せなかったのですが。」
29 He said to them, “You can expel this kind [of evil spirit] only by your praying [that God will give you the power to do it]. There is no other way that you can expel them.”
すると、イエスは言われた。「この種のものは、祈りによらなければ、何によっても追い出せるものではありません。」
30 After [Jesus and his disciples] left that [district], they traveled through Galilee [district]. Jesus did not want anyone [else] to know [that he was in their area]; he did not want
さて、一行はそこを去って、ガリラヤを通って行った。イエスは、人に知られたくないと思われた。
31 [anyone to interrupt him] as he taught his disciples. He was telling them, “[Some day my enemies] [SYN] will seize [MTY] me, the one who came from heaven, and I will be handed over [to other] men. Those men will kill me. But on the third day after I am killed {after they kill me}, I will become alive again!”
それは、イエスは弟子たちを教えて、「人の子は人々の手に引き渡され、彼らはこれを殺す。しかし、殺されて、三日の後に、人の子はよみがえる。」と話しておられたからである。
32 But they did not understand what he was telling them. Also, they were afraid to ask him about what he had said.
しかし、弟子たちは、このみことばが理解できなかった。また、イエスに尋ねるのを恐れていた。
33 Jesus and his disciples returned to Capernaum [town]. When they were in the house, he asked them, “What were you discussing [while we were traveling] on the road?”
カペナウムに着いた。イエスは、家にはいった後、弟子たちに質問された。「道で何を論じ合っていたのですか。」
34 But they did not reply. [They were ashamed to reply] because, [while they were traveling], they had been arguing with each other about which one of them [would be] the most important [when Jesus became king].
彼らは黙っていた。道々、だれが一番偉いかと論じ合っていたからである。
35 He sat down, he summoned the twelve disciples [to come close to him], and then he said to them, “If anyone wants [God to consider him] to be the most important person of all, he must [consider himself] to be the least important person of all, and he must serve everyone [else].”
イエスはおすわりになり、十二弟子を呼んで、言われた。「だれでも人の先に立ちたいと思うなら、みなのしんがりとなり、みなに仕える者となりなさい。」
36 Then he took a child and placed him among them. He took the child in his arms and then he said to them,
それから、イエスは、ひとりの子どもを連れて来て、彼らの真中に立たせ、腕に抱き寄せて、彼らに言われた。
37 “Those who, [because they love] me, welcome a child like this one, [God considers that] they are welcoming me. So [it is as though] they are also welcoming [God], who sent me.”
「だれでも、このような幼子たちのひとりを、わたしの名のゆえに受け入れるならば、わたしを受け入れるのです。また、だれでも、わたしを受け入れるならば、わたしを受け入れるのではなく、わたしを遣わされた方を受け入れるのです。」
38 John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone who was expelling demons, ([claiming he had] authority from you [to do that/while telling people] that you [have told him to do it]). So we told him to stop doing it because he was not one of us [disciples].”
ヨハネがイエスに言った。「先生。先生の名を唱えて悪霊を追い出している者を見ましたが、私たちの仲間ではないので、やめさせました。」
39 Jesus said, “Do not tell him [not to do that]! For no one will speak evilly about me just after he performs a miracle while saying that I [have told him to do it].
しかし、イエスは言われた。「やめさせることはありません。わたしの名を唱えて、力あるわざを行ないながら、すぐあとで、わたしを悪く言える者はないのです。
40 Furthermore, those who are not opposing us are trying to [achieve the same goals that] we are.
わたしたちに反対しない者は、わたしたちの味方です。
41 Also think about this: Those [who belong to me who help you in any way, even] if they [just] give you a cup of water to drink because you follow [me], the Messiah, will certainly be rewarded [by God]!”
あなたがたがキリストの弟子だからというので、あなたがたに水一杯でも飲ませてくれる人は、決して報いを失うことはありません。これは確かなことです。
42 [Jesus also said], “But if you cause someone who believes in me to sin, [God will severely punish you], even if that person is [socially unimportant like] this little child. If someone tied a heavy stone around your neck and you were thrown {and threw you} into the sea, [you would consider that was a severe punishment. But God will punish you more severely] than that [if you cause a person who believes in me to sin].
また、わたしを信じるこの小さい者たちのひとりにでもつまずきを与えるような者は、むしろ大きい石臼を首にゆわえつけられて、海に投げ込まれたほうがましです。
43 [So], if you are [wanting to use one of] [MTY, PRS] [your hands to sin, stop using your hand! Even if you have to] cut your hand off and throw it away [to avoid sinning, do it] [HYP]! It is good that you not sin and that you live eternally, [even though you lack one of] your hands [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and as a result God throws your whole body into hell. There the fires never go out! (Geenna g1067)
もし、あなたの手があなたのつまずきとなるなら、それを切り捨てなさい。不具の身でいのちにはいるほうが、両手そろっていてゲヘナの消えぬ火の中に落ち込むよりは、あなたにとってよいことです。 (Geenna g1067)
45 If you are [wanting to use] one of [PRS] your feet to sin, [stop using your foot! Even if you have to] cut off your foot [to avoid sinning, do it] [HYP]! It is good that you not sin and live eternally, [even though] you lack one of your feet [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and go to hell. (Geenna g1067)
もし、あなたの足があなたのつまずきとなるなら、それを切り捨てなさい。片足でいのちにはいるほうが、両足そろっていてゲヘナに投げ入れられるよりは、あなたにとってよいことです。 (Geenna g1067)
47 If because of what you see [MTY, PRS] you are tempted to sin, [stop looking at those things]! Even if you have to gouge out your eye and throw it away [HYP] [to avoid sinning, do it! It is good that you not sin and live eternally, even though you lack one of] your eyes [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and, as a result, God puts your whole body in hell. (Geenna g1067)
もし、あなたの目があなたのつまずきを引き起こすのなら、それをえぐり出しなさい。片目で神の国にはいるほうが、両目そろっていてゲヘナに投げ入れられるよりは、あなたにとってよいことです。 (Geenna g1067)
48 In that place people suffer forever and the fires are never put out {never go out}.”
そこでは、彼らを食ううじは、尽きることがなく、火は消えることがありません。
49 “[You must endure difficulties in order that God will be pleased with you. Your difficulties are like] a fire [that makes things pure] [MET]. [Your enduring is also like] [MET] salt being put [on] {people putting salt on their} [sacrifices to make them pure].
すべては、火によって、塩けをつけられるのです。
50 Salt is useful [to put on food], but you cannot [RHQ] make salt to taste salty again if it becomes flavorless [MET]. Similarly, you must remain useful to God, [because no one can make you useful to God again if you become useless]. You must also live peacefully with each other.”
塩は、ききめのあるものです。しかし、もし塩に塩けがなくなったら、何によって塩けを取り戻せましょう。あなたがたは、自分自身のうちに塩けを保ちなさい。そして、互いに和合して暮らしなさい。」
