Matthew 5
1 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a hillside. He sat down [in order to teach] his disciples. They came near to him [to listen to him].
第二款 山上の説教 イエズス群衆を見て、山に登りて坐し給ひしかば、弟子等是に近づきけるに、
2 Then he began to teach them by saying,
口を開きて、彼等に教へて曰ひけるは、
3 [God] is pleased with people who recognize that they have a spiritual [need]; he will allow them to be the people whose lives he rules over.
福なるかな心の貧しき人、天國は彼等の有なればなり。
4 [God] is pleased with people who mourn [because they have sinned; ] they will be encouraged {he will encourage them.}
福なるかな柔和なる人、彼等は地を得べければなり。
5 [God] is pleased with people who are meek; they will inherit the earth [that God will recreate].
福なるかな泣く人、彼等は慰めらるべければなり。
6 [God] is pleased with people who sincerely [desire to live] righteously [just like they] desire to eat and drink [MET]; they will be enabled {he will enable them} to do all that he desires [MET].
福なるかな義に飢渇く人、彼等は飽かさるべければなり。
7 [God] is pleased with people who act mercifully; he will act mercifully to them.
福なるかな慈悲ある人、彼等は慈悲を得べければなり。
8 [God] is pleased with people who think only about that which pleases him; [some day] they will [be where] God is and will see him.
福なるかな心の潔き人、彼等は神を見奉るべければなり。
9 [God] is pleased with people who help other people to live peacefully; they will be considered to be {he will consider that they are} his children [MET].
福なるかな和睦せしむる人、彼等は神の子等と稱へらるべければなり。
10 [God is pleased with] people to whom evil things are done {to whom [other people] do evil things} because they [conducted themselves] righteously; he will allow them to be where he rules over people.
福なるかな義の為に迫害を忍ぶ人、天國は彼等の有なればなり。
11 [God is pleased with] you when [other] people insult you, when [other people] do evil things to you and when [other people] say falsely [that] you are evil because [you believe in] me.
我が為に人々汝等を詛ひ、且迫害し、且僞りて、汝等に就きて所有る惡聲を放たん時、汝等は福なるかな、
12 [When that happens], rejoice and be glad [DOU], because [God will give] you a great reward in heaven. [God will think highly of you], just like [he thought highly of] the prophets whom your [ancestors persecuted] long ago.
歓躍れ、其は天に於る汝等の報甚多かるべければなり。蓋汝等より先に在りし預言者等も斯く迫害せられたり。
13 “You are [able to influence] evil [people] [MTY] [and improve the way they live in order that they do not become more evil, just like] salt [is able to improve the flavor of food and to preserve it] [MET] [from spoiling]. Salt that no longer tastes salty cannot become salty again [RHQ]. As a result, that salt becomes useless. It is rejected by people, thrown on the ground, and walked on {People reject it, throw it on the ground and walk on it} [MET]. [Similarly, if the way you live no longer influences people to live in a godly manner, God will reject you].
汝等は地の塩なり、塩若其味を失はば、何を以てか是に塩せん、最早用なく、外に棄てられて人に踏まるべきのみ。
14 You [enable] evil [people] [MTY] [to perceive God’s truth as] a light [enables people to perceive what is around them. Just like] everyone can see [LIT] [the lights of] a city on a hill [MET], [other people can see what you do].
汝等は世の光なり。山の上に建てたる街は隠るること能はず。
15 After people light a lamp, they never put it under a basket. Instead, [they put it] on a lampstand in their houses in order that it can shine on everyone there.
人は又燈を點して枡の下に置かず、家に在る凡ての物を照らさん為に、之を燭台の上に置く。
16 [Similarly], you need to do [what is right] [MET] in such a manner that other people can see the good deeds that you do, and as a result they will praise your Father [who is] in heaven.”
斯の如く、汝等の光は人の前に輝くべし、然らば人は汝等の善業を見て、天に在す汝等の父に光榮を歸し奉らん。
17 “I came to earth, not to annul the laws [that God gave Moses] or [what] the prophets [MTY] [wrote]. Instead, I [came] to cause to happen [what the authors of those books predicted would happen]. So do not think any longer that I have come [to earth] in order that I might annul [what they wrote].
我律法若くは預言者を廃せんとて來れりと思ふこと勿れ、廃せんとて來りしには非ず、全うせんが為なり。
18 Keep this in mind: [Every] point of those laws, [including those points that seem] least important, and even the smallest details of the laws [MTY] will surely be in effect [HYP, LIT] until the heavens and the earth disappear and until all [that God told their authors to write] happens.
蓋我誠に汝等に告ぐ、天地の過ぐるまでは、律法より一點一画も廃らずして、悉く成就するに至るべし。
19 Since [all God’s laws are important], if anyone disobeys any of those commandments, [even if it would be] one of the least [important ones], and if that person teaches people [to disobey any of those commandments], it will be said {[God] will say} that that person is the least [important] of those in the place where [EUP] God rules. But those who obey [those commandments] and teach [other people to obey them, it will be said] {[God] will say} that they are very important among those that God rules.
故に彼最も小き掟の一を廃し、且其儘人に教ふる者は、天國にて最小き者と稱へられん、然れど之を行ひ且教ふる者は、天國にて大なる者と稱へられん。
20 Keep this in mind: [You assume that] the Pharisees and the men who teach our laws [faithfully obey] what God commands. But if you do not obey those laws better than they obey them, you will by no means enter the place where God rules.”
蓋我汝等に告ぐ、若汝等の義、律法學士ファリザイ人等の其に優るに非ずば、汝等天國に入らざるべし。
21 “You have heard [your religious teachers say] that it was said {that [Moses] said} to your ancestors, ‘Do not murder [anyone.’ This implied that] if someone murders [another person], the judge will condemn that person [and] sentence him to be [executed] {[say that someone must execute him]}.
「殺す勿れ、殺す人は裁判せらるべし」と、古の人に云はれしは、汝等の聞ける所なり。
22 But what I say to you is this: [If you are] angry with someone, [God] will judge you. If you say to someone, ‘[You are worthless],’ the Jewish Council will judge you. If you [hate someone], and say to them 'You fool!' you. yourself, will be in danger of being thrown into the fires in hell. (Geenna g1067)
然れど我汝等に告ぐ、総て其兄弟を怒る人は裁判せらるべし、其兄弟を愚者よと云ふ人は衆議所の處分を受けん、狂妄者よと云ふ人は地獄の火に當るべし。 (Geenna g1067)
23 So, when you take your gift [for God] to the altar, if you remember that you have offended someone,
故に汝若禮物を祭壇に献ぐる時、其處に於て、何にもあれ兄弟に怨まるる事あるを思出さば、
24 leave your gift by the altar, and first go [to the person you have offended]. Tell that person that you are sorry for what you have done, and ask that person to forgive you. Then go back and offer your gift [to God].
其禮物を其處に、祭壇の前に措き、先往きて兄弟と和睦し、然る後に來りて其禮物を献げよ。
25 [Also], when a fellow citizen [takes you to court in order to] accuse you, settle accounts with that person quickly while you are walking with that person [to court]. Do that [while there still is time to do so] in order that he will not take you to the judge, [because if] the judge [favors the person who is accusing you, he will declare that you are guilty and send you] to the prison guard, and the prison guard will put you in prison.
汝敵手と共に途に在る中に早く和解せよ、恐らくは敵手より判事に付され、判事より下役に付され、遂に監獄に入れられん、
26 Keep this in mind: [If you go to prison], you will never get out [because you will never be able to] pay all that the judge says that you owe [MET]. [And remember also that] you [ought to settle accounts with God before you die, too].”
我誠に汝に告ぐ、最終の一厘を還す迄は其處を出でざるべし。
27 “You have heard [God’s] commandment, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
「汝姦淫する勿れ」と古の人に云はれしは汝等の聞ける所なり。
28 But what I say to you is this: If a man only looks at a woman desiring to have sex with her, [God considers that] his doing that [MET] is sin.
然れど我汝等に告ぐ、総て色情を起さんとて婦を見る人は、既に心の中に之と姦淫したるなり。
29 If because of what you see [MTY] you [are tempted to] sin, [stop looking at those things! Even if you have to] gouge out one of your eyes and throw it away [HYP] [to avoid sinning, do it!] It is good [that you not sin and] as a result [go to heaven, even though while you are still here on earth] you lack one [or both of] your eyes. But it is not good [that you continue to have two eyes and sin and, as a result, God] sends your whole body to hell. (Geenna g1067)
若汝の右の目汝を躓かさば之を抉りて棄てよ、其は汝に取りて、五體の一の亡ぶるは、全身を地獄に投入れらるるに優ればなり。 (Geenna g1067)
30 If you are [tempted to] use one of your hands to sin [MTY], [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 do not sin and as a result you go to heaven, even though while you are still here on earth] you lack one [or both] of your [hands]. But it is not good [that you sin and, as a result, God] sends your whole body to hell.” (Geenna g1067)
若汝の右の手汝を躓かさば之を切りて棄てよ、其は汝に取りて、五體の一の亡ぶるは、全身の地獄に行くに優ればなり。 (Geenna g1067)
31 “It is written {[Moses] wrote}, ‘If a man is divorcing his wife, he should write a document [on which he states that he is] divorcing her.’
又「何人も妻を出さば是に離縁状を與ふべし」と云はれたる事あり。
32 But [now listen to what] I say to you: [A man] may [divorce his wife] only if she has committed adultery, [and not for any other reason]. If a man divorces his wife [for any other reason, and he has sex with another woman], he makes his wife become one against whom he has committed adultery, [because in God’s estimation she still is his wife]. Also, if a man marries a woman who is divorced {whose husband has divorced her}, [God considers] him [guilty of] committing adultery.”
然れど我汝等に告ぐ、総て私通の故ならで妻を出す人は、之をして姦淫せしむるなり、又出されたる婦を娶る人も姦淫するなり。
33 “You have also heard [your religious teachers say] that it was written {that [Moses] wrote} to your ancestors, ‘Make sure that you do what you promised the Lord that you would do!’ [DOU]
又「僞り誓ふ勿れ、誓ひたる事は主に果すべし」と古の人に云はれしは、汝等の聞ける所なり。
34 But [now listen to what] I say to you: Never promise to do anything and then ask a superior being to affirm [that what you are saying will happen. For example, do] not [promise that you will give something and then ask spiritual beings in] heaven [MTY] [to affirm that you will do it], because heaven is where God [sits] on his throne [MTY] [to rule over people].
然れど我汝等に告ぐ、断じて誓ふ勿れ。天を指して[誓ふ勿れ]、其は神の玉座なればなり。
35 [Also, do] not [promise that you will give something and then ask spiritual beings] on earth [MTY] [to affirm that you will do it], because the earth is where God rests his feet [MET]. [Also, do] not [promise that you will do something and ask religious authorities] in Jerusalem [to affirm that you will do it], because Jerusalem is the city where [God], the great King [rules].
地を指して[誓ふ勿れ]、其は神の足台なればなり。エルザレムを指して[誓ふ勿れ]、其は大王の都なればなり。
36 [Also, do not promise that you will do something and then say that] your head [should be cut off] {[someone should cut off] your head} [if you do not do it]. You are not [even] able to [change the color of the hair of your head by] making one [black] hair white or one [white] hair black.
汝の頭を指して誓ふ勿れ、其は一縷の髪だも、白く或は黒くすることを得ざればなり。
37 [If you talk about doing something], just say ‘Yes, I [will do it],’ or ‘No, I [will not do it].’ [If you say] anything more than that, it is from [Satan], the Evil One.”
汝等唯、然り然り否々と云へ、是より過ぐる所は惡より出るなり。
38 “You have heard [your religious teachers say] that [it is written] {[Moses wrote]}, ‘[Retaliate like this]: [If someone damages] one of your eyes, [someone should damage] one of that person’s eyes. [If someone damages] one of your teeth, [someone should damage] one of that person’s teeth.’
又「目にて目を[償ひ]、歯にて歯を[償ふべし]」と云はれしは汝等の聞ける所なり。
39 But [now listen to what] I say to you: Do not take revenge for evil [deeds done] {[that other people do]} [to you]. Instead, if someone [insults you by] striking you on one cheek, turn your other cheek toward that person [in order that he can strike it also].
然れど我汝等に告ぐ、惡人に抗ふ勿れ、人若し汝の頬を打たば、他の[頬]をも是に向けよ。
40 If someone wants to sue you and take your (inner garment/shirt), give him your (outer garment/coat) also.
又汝を訟へて下着を取らんとする人には上着をも渡せ。
41 If a [military authority] compels you to go with him one mile [and carry his gear], go with him two miles [and carry his gear].
又汝を強て一千歩を歩ませんとする人あらば、尚二千歩を彼と共に歩め。
42 Also, if someone asks you for [something], give [him what he is asking for]. If someone requests you to lend him [something], do not refuse [to lend it to him].”
汝に乞ふ人に與へよ、汝に借らんとする人に身を背くること勿れ。
43 “You have heard [your religious teachers say that it is written that Moses wrote], ‘Love the citizens of your country and hate your enemies.’
「汝の近き者を愛し、汝の敵を憎むべし」と云はれしは、汝等の聞ける所なり。
44 But [now listen to what] I say to you: Love your enemies [as well as your friends], and pray for those who cause you to suffer.
然れど我汝等に告ぐ、汝等の敵を愛し、汝等を憎む人を恵み、汝等を迫害し且讒謗する人の為に祈れ。
45 Do that in order to imitate what [God], your Father [who is] in heaven, does. He desires that you [MET] do [like he does]. [He acts kindly to all people. For example, he causes] the sun to shine [equally] on wicked [people] and on good [people], and [he sends] rain [both] on righteous [people] and on unrighteous [people].
是天に在す汝等の父の子等たらん為なり、其は父は善人にも惡人にも日を照らし、義者にも不義者にも雨を降らし給へばなり。
46 If you love [only] the people who love you, ([do not expect God to] reward you [in heaven]!/will [God] reward you [in heaven]?) [RHQ] [This is based on the fact that everyone], even the tax collectors, [who you think are very great sinners], love [RHQ] those who love them. [If you act like them], ([you are not any different from tax collectors!/in what way are you different from tax collectors]?) [RHQ]
汝等己を愛する人を愛すればとて、何の報をか得べき、税吏も然するに非ずや。
47 If you want [God] to bless only your friends, (you are not acting any better than other people!/are you acting any better than other people?) [RHQ] Even the non-Jews, [who you think sin very much] (OR, [you think are unacceptable to God]), want God to bless their friends [RHQ], [but God does not reward them for that].
又己の兄弟等にのみ挨拶すればとて、何の勝れたる事をか為せる、異邦人も然するに非ずや。
48 [You need to love those who do not love you], and in that way become perfect as [God] your Father, [who is] in heaven, is perfect.”
故に汝等の天父の完全に在す如く、汝等も亦完全なれ。
