Philippians 3
1 [Now there are] other things [that I want to write about]. My fellow believers, continue to rejoice because [you belong to] the Lord. [Though] I will [now] write to you about those same matters [that I mentioned to you before, this is] not tiresome for me, and it will protect you [from those who would harm you spiritually].
最後に、私の兄弟たち。主にあって喜びなさい。前と同じことを書きますが、これは、私には煩わしいことではなく、あなたがたの安全のためにもなることです。
2 Beware of those [people who are dangerous] [MET] [like wild] dogs. They are [dangerous] evildoers [DOU]. Beware of them [since they are like people who] cut [other people’s] bodies [MET]. [They will harm you spiritually by insisting that you must let someone circumcise you in order for you to become God’s people] [MTY, MET].
どうか犬に気をつけてください。悪い働き人に気をつけてください。肉体だけの割礼の者に気をつけてください。
3 [Those people think that they are God’s people because someone has circumcised them]. But we, [not they], are [truly God’s people] [MET], [whether or not someone has] circumcised [us]. God’s Spirit [enables us to] [MTY] worship [God]; we praise Christ Jesus [because he has enabled us to become the people of God]. We do not believe [that God will consider/make us his people as a result of what someone has done to our] bodies [MTY, SYN].
神の御霊によって礼拝をし、キリスト・イエスを誇り、人間的なものを頼みにしない私たちのほうこそ、割礼の者なのです。
4 [We do not trust in those rituals to make us acceptable to God], although I could very well do that [if it would be useful for me]. Philippians 3:4b-6 [In fact], [if I could benefit from it for my salvation], I could rely upon what I have done and who I am [MTY, SYN] more than anyone else could! I will tell you why.
ただし、私は、人間的なものにおいても頼むところがあります。もし、ほかの人が人間的なものに頼むところがあると思うなら、私は、それ以上です。
5 I [was circumcised] {[Someone] circumcised me} when I was one week old. I am from the people of Israel. I am from the tribe of Benjamin. I am completely Hebrew in every way. [While I was] a member of the Pharisee [sect], I [strictly obeyed] the laws [that God gave Moses].
私は八日目の割礼を受け、イスラエル民族に属し、ベニヤミンの分かれの者です。きっすいのヘブル人で、律法についてはパリサイ人、
6 I was [so] zealous [to make people obey those laws that] I caused the people who believe in Christ to suffer [because I thought they were trying to abolish those laws. Indeed], as far as my obeying those laws is concerned, no [one could] have accused [me by] saying that I had disobeyed any of those laws.
その熱心は教会を迫害したほどで、律法による義についてならば非難されるところのない者です。
7 Nevertheless, all such things as those, which I used to [consider to] be useful to me, those [very] things I now consider worthless, because I [want to know] Christ (OR, in order that I [may know] Christ).
しかし、私にとって得であったこのようなものをみな、私はキリストのゆえに、損と思うようになりました。
8 More than that, I consider all things to be worthless, compared to how great it is to know Christ Jesus my Lord. Because I [want to know] him [better] (OR, In order that I [may know] him [better]), I have rejected all things as worthless. I consider them [as useless as] [MET] rubbish, in order that I may have [a close relationship with] Christ [MET],
それどころか、私の主であるキリスト・イエスを知っていることのすばらしさのゆえに、いっさいのことを損と思っています。私はキリストのためにすべてのものを捨てて、それらをちりあくたと思っています。それは、私には、キリストを得、また、
9 and in order that I may completely belong to him. It was not as a result of [my obeying] the laws [he gave Moses] that God erased the record of my sins. Instead, it is because I have trusted in Christ [that God] has declared that I am no longer guilty for my sins, and he enables me to act righteously. [It is] God [himself who] has erased the record of my sins, and he enables me to act righteously, [only] because I have trusted [in Christ].
キリストの中にある者と認められ、律法による自分の義ではなくて、キリストを信じる信仰による義、すなわち、信仰に基づいて、神から与えられる義を持つことができる、という望みがあるからです。
10 I [want] to know Christ [better and better]. Particularly, I [want] to continually experience [his working] powerfully in my life, [just like God worked powerfully when he] caused Christ to become alive after he died. I [also want to be continually willing] to suffer [in order that I may obey God], just like Christ suffered [in order that he might obey God. I also want] to be completely willing to die for [Christ], even as he died for me,
私は、キリストとその復活の力を知り、またキリストの苦しみにあずかることも知って、キリストの死と同じ状態になり、
11 [because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness], he will cause me to live again after I have died.
どうにかして、死者の中からの復活に達したいのです。
12 I do not claim that I have already become completely like Christ Jesus; that is, I have not already become all that God intends me to be [DOU]. But I earnestly try to become [more and more like Christ], because he chose me [in order that I might become like him].
私は、すでに得たのでもなく、すでに完全にされているのでもありません。ただ捕えようとして、追求しているのです。そして、それを得るようにとキリスト・イエスが私を捕えてくださったのです。
13 My fellow believers, I certainly do not consider that I have already become completely like Christ. But I [am like a runner. A runner does not look backward] [MET]. Instead, he leans/stretches forward as he runs straight toward the goal [in order that he might win the race and get the prize. Similarly], I do not think about what I have already done.
兄弟たちよ。私は、自分はすでに捕えたなどと考えてはいません。ただ、この一事に励んでいます。すなわち、うしろのものを忘れ、ひたむきに前のものに向かって進み、
14 Instead, I concentrate only on [continuing to become more and more like Christ right up to the end of my life] [MET]. As a result, because of my relationship with Christ Jesus, God will call/summon me to receive a reward from him [in heaven].
キリスト・イエスにおいて上に召してくださる神の栄冠を得るために、目標を目ざして一心に走っているのです。
15 So, all of us who are [spiritually] mature should think this [same way]. If any [of you] do not think this same way regarding what I [have written here], God will reveal that to you.
ですから、成人である者はみな、このような考え方をしましょう。もし、あなたがたがどこかでこれと違った考え方をしているなら、神はそのこともあなたがたに明らかにしてくださいます。
16 What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what [God has already revealed to] us.
それはそれとして、私たちはすでに達しているところを基準として、進むべきです。
17 My fellow believers, [all of] you should follow my example, and observe those people who act as I do, [in order that you may imitate them also].
兄弟たち。私を見ならう者になってください。また、あなたがたと同じように私たちを手本として歩んでいる人たちに、目を留めてください。
18 [Keep in mind that] there are many people [who say that they believe in Christ, but] who act [in such a way that shows] that they are opposed to [the teaching about] Christ [dying on] the cross [MTY]. I have told you about those people many times [before], and now I am sad, even crying, as I tell you [about them again].
というのは、私はしばしばあなたがたに言って来たし、今も涙をもって言うのですが、多くの人々がキリストの十字架の敵として歩んでいるからです。
19 [God] will severely punish them. The things their bodies desire [MTY] have become [like] gods to them [MET]. They are proud of the things they should be ashamed of. They think only about what unbelievers [MTY] think about.
彼らの最後は滅びです。彼らの神は彼らの欲望であり、彼らの栄光は彼ら自身の恥なのです。彼らの思いは地上のことだけです。
20 [But remember] that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [to return] from there.
けれども、私たちの国籍は天にあります。そこから主イエス・キリストが救い主としておいでになるのを、私たちは待ち望んでいます。
21 By the power that enables him to put everything under his own control, he will change our weak bodies to become like his glorious body.
キリストは、万物をご自身に従わせることのできる御力によって、私たちの卑しいからだを、ご自身の栄光のからだと同じ姿に変えてくださるのです。
