Romans 10
1 My fellow believers, what I deeply desire and what I pray to God earnestly for is that he will save [my own people], [the Jews].
兄弟たち。私が心の望みとし、また彼らのために神に願い求めているのは、彼らの救われることです。
2 I declare truthfully about them that although they (zealously seek/very much want to know) God, they do not understand [how to seek/know him correctly].
私は、彼らが神に対して熱心であることをあかしします。しかし、その熱心は知識に基づくものではありません。
3 They did not (submit themselves to/accept) the way that God erases the record of people’s sins. They did not [want to] recognize [that way] because they wanted him to do it their own way.
というのは、彼らは神の義を知らず、自分自身の義を立てようとして、神の義に従わなかったからです。
4 They wanted God to erase the record of their sins [as a result of their obeying his laws. But] because of what Christ has done, it is no longer necessary for [people to obey] the laws [God gave Moses in order for the record of their sins to be erased]. Now God will erase the record of sins of everyone who trusts [in what Christ has done].
キリストが律法を終わらせられたので、信じる人はみな義と認められるのです。
5 In regard to [the old] way, Moses wrote [concerning people who obey God’s] laws, “It is the people who have done [perfectly] the things [that the laws require] who will gain [eternal] life by [doing] them.”
モーセは、律法による義を行なう人は、その義によって生きる、と書いています。
6 But those whose record of sins God has erased as a result of their believing [in Christ] can say [to anyone] [PRS] [as Moses said], “You should not [critically] think inwardly, ‘(Someone will have to go up and enter heaven!/Who will go up and enter heaven?)’ [RHQ]” That is to say, someone will have to [go up and] bring Christ down [to bring the message of salvation to us]!
しかし、信仰による義はこう言います。「あなたは心の中で、だれが天に上るだろうか、と言ってはいけない。」それはキリストを引き降ろすことです。
7 “Or [you should not think inwardly], ‘(Someone will have to go down and enter the place where [the spirits] of dead persons are!/Who will go down and enter the place where [the spirits] of dead persons are?)’ [RHQ]” That is to say, someone will have to [go down and] bring Christ up [from there to bring the message of salvation to us. You should not say that because Christ has already come down to save us, and has already become alive after he died]! (Abyssos g12)
また、「だれが地の奥底に下るだろうか、と言ってはいけない。」それはキリストを死者の中から引き上げることです。 (Abyssos g12)
8 But instead, [those who believe in Christ] [PRS] can say what [RHQ] [Moses also said], “You [(sg)] can find out about [God’s] message very easily. You can speak [MTY] about it; you can think [MTY] about it.” This is the message that we proclaim, that people must believe [in Christ].
では、どう言っていますか。「みことばはあなたの近くにある。あなたの口にあり、あなたの心にある。」これは私たちの宣べ伝えている信仰のことばのことです。
9 [This message is that] if anyone of you confesses/says publicly that Jesus is Lord, and if you [(sg)] believe that God (caused him to become alive again after he died/raised him from the dead), you will be saved {[God] will save you}.
なぜなら、もしあなたの口でイエスを主と告白し、あなたの心で神はイエスを死者の中からよみがえらせてくださったと信じるなら、あなたは救われるからです。
10 If people believe [that Christ died and that God caused him to become alive again] [CHI], the result is that [God will erase the record of their sins]. And [for] those who state/declare publicly [that Jesus is their Lord], the result is that [God] will save them.
人は心に信じて義と認められ、口で告白して救われるのです。
11 [It is written] {[Isaiah wrote]} in the Scriptures [PRS] [about the Messiah], “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.”
聖書はこう言っています。「彼に信頼する者は、失望させられることがない。」
12 [God] treats Jews and non-Jews similarly. Because he is the same Lord for all people [who believe in him], he abundantly [blesses] all who ask him [to save them].
ユダヤ人とギリシヤ人との区別はありません。同じ主が、すべての人の主であり、主を呼び求めるすべての人に対して恵み深くあられるからです。
13 This is [just like what the prophet Joel wrote]: “All those who ask the Lord [God] to save them will be saved {The Lord [God] will save all those who ask him to save them}.”
「主の御名を呼び求める者は、だれでも救われる。」のです。
14 [In regard to the people of Israel rejecting the gospel, some people might object by saying], (OR, [This raises another problem about the Jews]:) “(They certainly cannot ask [Christ to save them] if they have not [first] believed [in him]!/How can they ask [Christ to help/save them] if they have not [first] believed [in him]?) [RHQ] And (they certainly cannot believe [in him] if they have not heard about him!/how can they believe [in him] if they have not heard about him?) [RHQ] And (they certainly cannot hear [about him] if someone does not preach to them [about him]!/how can they hear [about him] if someone does not preach to them [about him]?) [RHQ]
しかし、信じたことのない方を、どうして呼び求めることができるでしょう。聞いたことのない方を、どうして信じることができるでしょう。宣べ伝える人がなくて、どうして聞くことができるでしょう。
15 And those who preach to them [about Christ], (certainly cannot preach if they are not sent [by God] {if [God] does not send them} [to preach!]/how can they preach if they are not sent [by God] {if [God] does not send them} [to preach]?) [RHQ] [His sending messengers to them would be] just like it is written {like someone wrote} [in the Scriptures], ‘The arrival [MTY] of those who preach the good message is wonderful!’”
遣わされなくては、どうして宣べ伝えることができるでしょう。次のように書かれているとおりです。「良いことの知らせを伝える人々の足は、なんとりっぱでしょう。」
16 [I would reply in this way to people who say such things: God has indeed sent people to preach the message about Christ]. But not all [the people of Israel] have paid attention to the good message! [It is like what] Isaiah said [when he felt very discouraged], “Lord, it seems as if hardly anyone believed what they heard us [(exc)] preach! [RHQ]”
しかし、すべての人が福音に従ったのではありません。「主よ。だれが私たちの知らせを信じましたか。」とイザヤは言っています。
17 So then, [I tell you that people] are believing [in Christ] as a result of hearing [the message about him], and people are hearing [the message] as a result of [people] preaching [about] Christ!
そのように、信仰は聞くことから始まり、聞くことは、キリストについてのみことばによるのです。
18 But [if someone were to] ask, “Have not [the people of Israel] heard [the message about God?]” [I would reply that they] certainly [have heard it]! It is like [what is written in the Psalms], [People living] all over the world [PRS, MTY] [have seen the stars], and what they indicate [about God’s character has reached people living in] the most remote places in the world [DOU]!
でも、こう尋ねましょう。「はたして彼らは聞こえなかったのでしょうか。」むろん、そうではありません。 「その声は全地に響き渡り、 そのことばは地の果てまで届いた。」
19 But [someone might ask], “[Is it true that the people of] [MTY] Israel understood [the message about Christ]?” [I would reply that certainly they understood it, but they rejected it! Remember that] Moses was the first [one who warned the people of Israel about disobeying God. He told them that God said], [You consider that] non-Jewish groups are not nations at all [CHI]. But some of them [will believe in me, and I will bless them]. Then you will envy them. I will cause you to be angry with those people whom [you Jews think] do not understand [my ways] [IRO].
でも、私はこう言いましょう。「はたしてイスラエルは知らなかったのでしょうか。」まず、モーセがこう言っています。 「わたしは、民でない者のことで、 あなたがたのねたみを起こさせ、 無知な国民のことで、あなたがたを怒らせる。」
20 Remember also [what God] said [very] boldly to Isaiah: Non-Jews who did not (try to know/seek) me will surely find me [DOU]! I will surely reveal what I am like to those who did not ask for me!
またイザヤは大胆にこう言っています。 「わたしは、わたしを求めない者に見いだされ、 わたしをたずねない者に自分を現わした。」
21 But concerning [the people of] Israel, [Isaiah] tells [us that God said]: For a long time I have held out my arms to people who disobeyed and rebelled against me, [in order] to invite them to return to me.
またイスラエルについては、こう言っています。 「不従順で反抗する民に対して、 わたしは一日中、手を差し伸べた。」
