Judges 9
1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s brethren, and talked with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,
ヱルバアルの子アビメレク、シケムに往きその母の兄弟のもとに至りて彼らおよびすべて其母の父の家の一族に語りて云ひけるは
2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Which is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are seventy persons, should reign over you, or that one should reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
ねがはくはシケムのすべての民の耳に斯く告よヱルバアルのすべての子七十人して汝らを治むると一人して汝らを治むると孰れか汝らのためによきやまた我は汝らの骨肉なるを記えよと
3 And his mother’s brethren spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
その母の兄弟アビメレクのことにつきて此等の言をことごとくシケムの人々の耳に語りしに是はわれらの兄弟なりといひて心をアビメレクに傾むけ
4 And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, with which Abimelech hired worthless and light persons, who followed him.
バアルベリテの社より銀七十をとりて之に與ふアビメレクこれをもて遊蕩にして輕躁なる者等を傭ひておのれに從はせ
5 And he went to his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, upon one stone: however Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
オフラに在る父の家に往きてヱルバアルの子なるその兄弟七十人を一つの石の上に殺せり但しヱルバアルの季の子ヨタムは身を潜めしに由て遺されたり
6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
ここにおいてシケムのすべての民およびミロの諸の人集り往てシケムの碑の旁なる橡樹の邊にてアビメレクを立て王となしけるが
7 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, Hearken to me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken to you.
ヨタムにかくと告るものありければ往てゲリジム山の巓に立ち聲を揚て號びかれらにいひけるはシケムの民よ我に聽よ神また汝らに聽たまはん
8 The trees went forth once to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
樹木出ておのれのうへに王を立んとし橄欖の樹に汝われらの王となれよといひけるに
9 But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
橄欖の樹之にいふ我いかで人の我に取て神と人とを崇むるところのそのわが油を棄て往て樹木の上に戰ぐべけんやと
10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
樹木また無花果樹に汝來りて我らの王となれといひけるに
11 But the fig tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
無花果樹之にいひけらく我いかでわが甜美とわが善き果を棄て往きて樹木の上に戰ぐべけんやと
12 Then said the trees to the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
樹木また葡萄の樹に汝來りて我らの王となれよといふに
13 And the vine said to them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
葡萄の樹之にいひけるは我いかで神と人を悦こばしむるわが葡萄酒を棄て往て樹木の上に戰ぐべけんやと
14 Then said all the trees to the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
ここにおいてすべての樹木荊に汝來りて我らの王となれよといひければ
15 And the bramble said to the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
荊樹木にいふ汝らまことに我を立て汝らの王と爲さば來りて我が庇蔭に托れ然せずば荊より火出てレバノンの香柏を燒き殫すべしと
16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands;
抑汝らがアビメレクを立て王となせしは眞實と誠意をもて爲しことなるや汝等はヱルバアルと其家を善く待ひかれの手のなせし所に循ひて之にむくいしや
17 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you from the hand of Midian:
夫わが父は汝らのため戰ひ生命を惜まずして汝らをミデアンの手より救ひ出したるに
18 And ye have risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother; )
汝ら今日おこりてわが父の家を攻めその子七十人を一つの石の上に殺しその侍妾の子アビメレクは汝らの兄弟なるをもて之を立てシケムの民の王となせり
19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:
汝らが今日ヱルバアルとその家になせしこと眞實と誠意をもてなせし者ならば汝らアビメレクのために悦べ彼も汝らのために悦ぶべし
20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
若し然らずばアビメレクより火いでてシケムの民とミロの家を燬つくさんまたシケムの民とミロの家よりも火いでてアビメレクを燬つくすべしと
21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
かくてヨタム走り遁れてベエルに往きその兄弟アビメレクの面を避て彼所に住めり
22 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,
アビメレク三年の間イスラエルを治めたりしが
23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
神アビメレクとシケムの民のあひだに惡鬼をおくりたまひたればシケムの民アビメレクを欺くにいたる
24 That the cruelty done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, who aided him in the killing of his brethren.
是ヱルバアルの七十人の子が受たる殘忍と彼らの血のこれを殺せしその兄弟アビメレクおよび彼の手に力をそへてその兄弟を殺さしめたるシケムの人々に報い來るなり
25 And the men of Shechem set an ambush for him on the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
シケムの人伏兵を山の巓に置て彼を窺はしめ其途を經て傍を過る者を凡て褫しめたり或人之をアビメレクに告ぐ
26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.
ここにエベデの子ガアル其の兄弟とともにシケムに越ゆきたりしかばシケムの民かれを恃めり
27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.
民田野に出て葡萄を收穫れこれを踐み絞りて祭禮をなしその神の社に入り食ひかつ飮みてアビメレクを詛ふ
28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?
エベデの子ガアルいひけるはアビメレクは如何なるものシケムは如何なるものなればか我ら彼に從ふべき彼はヱルバアルの子に非ずやゼブルその輔佐なるにあらずやむしろシケムの父ハモルの一族に事ふべし我らなんぞ彼に事ふべけんや
29 And would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thy army, and come out.
嗚呼此の民を吾が手に屬しむるものもがな然ば我アビメレクを除かんと而してガアル、アビメレクに汝の軍勢を益て出きたれよと言り
30 And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
邑の宰ゼブル、エベデの子ガアルの言をききて怒を發し
31 And he sent messengers to Abimelech deceitfully, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren are come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.
私かに使者をアビメレクに遣りていひけるはエベデの子ガアル及びその兄弟シケムに來り邑をさわがして汝に敵せしめんとす
32 Now therefore rise up by night, thou and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
然ば汝及び汝と共なる民夜の中に興て野に身を伏よ
33 And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun hath risen, thou shalt rise early, and rush upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that are with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.
而て朝に至り日の昇る時汝夙く興出て邑に攻かかれガアル及び之とともなる民出て汝に當らん汝機を見てこれに事をなすべし
34 And Abimelech rose, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
アビメレクおよび之とともなるすべての民夜の中に興出て四隊に分れ身を伏てシケムを伺ふ
35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.
エベデの子ガアル出て邑の門の口に立るにアビメレク及び之とともなる民その伏たるところより起りしかば
36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
ガアル民を見てゼブルにいひけるは視よ民山の峰々より下るとゼブル之に答へて汝山の影を見て人と做すのみといふ
37 And Gaal spoke again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
ガアルふたたび語りていひけるは視よ民地の高處より下りまた一隊は法術士の橡樹の途より來ると
38 Then said Zebul to him, Where is now thy mouth, with which thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? are not these the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
ゼブル之にいひけるは汝がかつてアビメレクは何者なればか我ら之に事ふべきといひしその汝の口今いづこに在るや是汝が侮りたる民にあらずや今乞ふ出て之と戰へよと
39 And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
ここにおいてガアル、シケム人を率ゐ往てアビメレクと戰ひしが
40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even to the entrance of the gate.
アビメレク之を追くづしたればガアル其まへより逃走れりかくて殺されて斃るるもの多くして邑の門の口までに及ぶ
41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
かくてアビメレクはアルマに居しがゼブルはガアルおよびその兄弟等を遂いだしてシケムに居ることを得ざらしむ
42 And it came to pass on the next day, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
あくる日民田畑に出しに人之をアビメレクに告げしかば
43 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people had come out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
アビメレクおのれの民を率ゐてこれを三隊に分ち野に埋伏して伺ふに民邑より出來りたればすなはち起りて之を撃り
44 And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.
アビメレクおよび之とともに在る隊の者は襲ひゆきて邑の門の入口に立ち餘の二隊は野に在るすべてのものをおそふて之を殺せり
45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were in it, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
アビメレク其日終日邑を攻めつひに邑を取りてそのうちの民を殺し邑を破却ちて鹽を撒布ぬ
46 And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into a strong hold of the house of the god Berith.
シケムの櫓の人みな之を聞てベリテ神の廟の塔に入たりしが
47 And it was told to Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
シケムの櫓の人のことごとく集れるよしアビメレクに聞えければ
48 And Abimelech went up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said to the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
アビメレク己とともなる民をことごとく率ゐてザルモン山に上りアビメレク手に斧を取り木の枝を斫落し之をおのれの肩に載せ偕に居る民にむかひて汝ら吾が爲ところを見る急ぎてわがごとく爲せよといひしかば
49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the strong hold, and set the strong hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
民もまた皆おのおのその枝を斫りおとしアビメレクに從ひて枝を塔に倚せかけ塔に火をかけて彼等を攻むここにおいてシケムの櫓の人もまた悉く死り男女およそ一千人なりき
50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
茲にアビメレク、テベツに赴きテベツに對て陣を張て之を取しが
51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and to there fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it after them, and went up to the top of the tower.
邑のなかに一の堅固なる櫓ありてすべての男女および邑の民みな其所に遁れ往き後を鎖して櫓の頂に上りたれば
52 And Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and came near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
アビメレクすなはち櫓のもとに押寄て之を攻め櫓の口に近きて火をもて之を焚んとせしに
53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and broke his skull.
一人の婦アビメレクの頭に磨石の上層石を投げてその腦骨を碎けり
54 Then he called hastily to the young man his armourbearer, and said to him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
アビメレクおのれの武器を執る少者を急ぎ召て之にいひけるは汝の劍を拔て我を殺せおそらくは人吾をさして婦に殺されたりといはんと其少者之を刺し通したればすなはち死り
55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man to his place.
イスラエルの人々はアビメレクの死たるを見ておのおのおのれの處に歸り去りぬ
56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
神はアビメレクがその七十人の兄弟を殺しておのれの父になしたる惡に斯く報いたまへり
57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
またシケムの民のすべての惡き事をも神は彼等の頭に報いたまへりすなはちヱルバアルの子ヨタムの詛彼らの上に及べるなり
