歴代誌Ⅱ 20
1 この後モアブの子孫アンモンの子孫およびマオニ人等ヨシヤパテと戰はんとて攻きたれり
After these things, the sons of Moab, and the sons of Ammon, and with them some from the Ammonites, gathered together so that they might fight against him.
2 時に或人きたりてヨシヤパテに告て云ふ海の彼旁スリアより大衆汝に攻きたる視よ今ハザゾンタマルにありとハザゾンタマルはすなはちエンゲデなり
And messengers arrived and reported to Jehoshaphat, saying: “A great multitude has arrived against you, from those places that are across the sea, and from Syria. And behold, they are standing together at Hazazon-tamar, which is Engedi.”
3 是においてヨシヤパテ懼れ面をヱホバに向てその助を求めユダ全國に斷食を布令しめたれば
Then Jehoshaphat, being terrified with fear, gave himself entirely to petitioning the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all of Judah.
4 ユダ擧て集りヱホバの助を求めたり即ちユダの一切の邑より人々きたりてヱホバを求む
And Judah gathered together to pray to the Lord. Moreover, everyone from their cities came to beseech him.
5 時にヨシヤパテ、ヱホバの室の新しき庭の前においてユダとヱルサレムの會衆の中に立ち
And when Jehoshaphat had stood up in the midst of the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new atrium,
6 言けるは我らの先祖の神ヱホバよ汝は天の神にましますに非ずや異邦人の諸國を統たまふに非ずや汝の手には能力あり權勢ありて誰もなんぢを禦ぐこと能はざるに非ずや
he said: “O Lord, God of our fathers, you are God in heaven, and you rule over all the kingdoms of the Gentiles. In your hand is strength and power, and no one is able to withstand you.
7 我らの神よ汝は此國の民を汝の民イスラエルの前より逐はらひて汝の友アブラハムの子孫に之を永く與へたまひしに非ずや
Did not you, our God, put to death all the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel? And you gave it to the offspring of your friend Abraham, for all time.
8 彼らは此に住み汝の名のために此に聖所を建て言へり
And they lived in it. And they built a Sanctuary to your name in it, saying:
9 刑罰の劍疫病饑饉などの災禍われらに臨まん時は我らこの家の前に立て汝の前にをりその苦難の中にて汝に呼號らんしかして汝聽て助けたまはん汝の名はこの家にあればなりと
‘If evils will have fallen upon us, the sword of judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand in your sight before this house, in which your name is invoked, and we will cry out to you in our tribulations. And you will heed us and accomplish our salvation.’
10 今アンモン、モアブおよびセイル山の子孫を視たまへ在昔イスラエル、エジプトの國より出きたれる時汝イスラエルに是等を侵さしめたまはざりしかば之を離れさりて滅ぼさざりしなり
Now therefore, behold the sons of Ammon, and of Moab, and mount Seir, through whose lands you did not permit Israel to cross when they were departing from Egypt. Instead, they turned aside from them, and they did not put them to death.
11 かれらが我らに報ゆる所を視たまへ彼らは汝がわれらに有たしめたまへる汝の產業より我らを逐はらはんとす
They are doing the contrary, and they are striving to cast us from the possession which you delivered to us.
12 我らの神よ汝かれらを鞫きたまはざるや我らは此斯く攻よせたる此の大衆に當る能力なく又爲ところを知ず唯汝を仰ぎ望むのみと
Therefore, will you, our God, not judge them? Certainly, in us there is not enough strength so that we would be able to withstand this multitude, which rushes against us. But although we do not know what we ought to do, we have this alone remaining, that we direct our eyes to you.”
13 ユダの人々はその小者および妻子とともに皆ヱホバの前に立をれり
Truly, all of Judah was standing before the Lord with their little ones and wives and children.
14 時に會衆の中にてヱホバの霊アサフの子孫たるレビ人ヤハジエルに臨めりヤハジエルはゼカリヤの子ゼカリヤはベナヤの子ベナヤはヱイエルの子ヱイエルはマツタニヤの子なり
But there was Jahaziel, the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite from the sons of Asaph, upon whom the Spirit of the Lord went, in the midst of the crowd.
15 ヤハジエルすなはち言けるはユダの人衆およびヱルサレムの居民ならびにヨシヤパテ王よ聽べしヱホバかく汝らに言たまふ此大衆のために懼るる勿れ慄くなかれ汝らの戰に非ずヱホバの戰なればなり
And he said: “Pay attention, all of Judah, and you who live in Jerusalem, and you, king Jehoshaphat. Thus says the Lord to you: Do not be afraid. Neither should you be dismayed by this multitude. For the fight is not yours, but God’s.
16 なんぢら明日彼らの所に攻くだれ彼らはヂヅの坡より上り來る汝らヱルエルの野の前なる谷の口にて之に遇ん
Tomorrow, you shall descend against them. For they will ascend along the incline named Ziz, and will find them at the summit of the torrent, which is opposite the wilderness of Jeruel.
17 この戰爭には汝ら戰ふにおよばずユダおよびヱルサレムよ汝ら惟進みいでて立ち汝らとともに在すヱホバの拯救を見よ懼る勿れ慄くなかれ明日彼らの所に攻いでよヱホバ汝らとともに在せばなりと
It will not be you who will fight. Instead, only stand with confidence, and you will see the help of the Lord over you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid. Neither should you be dismayed. Tomorrow you shall go forth against them, and the Lord will be with you.”
18 是においてヨシヤパテ首をさげて地に俯伏りユダの人衆およびヱルサレムの民もヱホバの前に伏てヱホバを拝す
Then Jehoshaphat, and Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell prone on the ground before the Lord, and they adored him.
19 時にコハテの子孫およびコラの子孫たるレビ人立あがり聲を高くあげてイスラエルの神ヱホバを讃美せり
And the Levites from the sons of Kohath, and from the sons of Korah, were praising the Lord, the God of Israel, with a great voice, on high.
20 かくて皆朝はやく起てテコアの野に出ゆけり其いづるに當りてヨシヤパテ立て言けるはユダの人衆およびヱルサレムの民よ我に聽け汝らの神ヱホバを信ぜよ然ば汝ら堅くあらんその預言者を信ぜよ然ば汝ら利あらん
And when they had risen up in the morning, they went out through the desert of Tekoa. And as they were setting out, Jehoshaphat, standing in their midst, said: “Listen to me, men of Judah and all inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be secure. Believe in his prophets, and everything will come to prosperity.”
21 彼また民と議りて人々を選び之をして聖き飾を著て軍勢の前に進ましめヱホバにむかひて歌をうたひ且これを讃美せしめヱホバに感謝せよ其恩惠は世々かぎりなしと言しむ
And he gave counsel to the people. And he appointed the singing men of the Lord, so that they would praise him by their companies, and so that they would go before the army, and with one voice say: “Confess to the Lord. For his mercy is eternal.”
22 その歌を歌ひ讃美をなし始むるに當りてヱホバ伏兵を設けかのユダに攻きたれるアンモン、モアブ、セイル山の子孫をなやましたまひければ彼ら打敗られたり
And when they had begun to sing praises, the Lord turned their ambushes upon themselves, that is, those of the sons of Ammon, and of Moab, and of mount Seir, who had gone forth so that they might fight against Judah. And they were struck down.
23 即ちアンモンとモアブの子孫起てセイル山の民にむかひ盡くこれを殺して滅ししがセイルの民を殺し盡すに及びて彼らも亦力をいだして互に滅ぼしあへり
For the sons of Ammon and of Moab rose up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, so that they might slay and destroy them. And when they had perpetrated this work, now also turning upon themselves, they cut one another with wounds.
24 ユダの人々野の觀望所に至りてかの群衆を觀たりければ唯地に仆れたる死屍のみにして一人だに逃れし者なかりき
Then, when Judah had gone to the high point that looks out toward the desert, they saw, from far away, the entire wide region filled with dead bodies. Neither was there anyone who was left alive and had been able to escape death.
25 是においてヨシヤパテおよびその民彼らの物を奪はんとて來り觀にその死屍の間に財寳衣服および珠玉などおびただしく在たれば則ち各々これを剥とりけるが餘に多くして携さへ去こと能はざる程なりき其物多かりしに因て之を取に三日を費しけるが
Therefore, Jehoshaphat went, and all the people with him, in order to take away the spoils of the dead. And they found, among the dead bodies, diverse equipment, and also garments, and very precious vessels. And they despoiled these, to such an extent that they were unable to carry everything. Neither could they, over three days, take away the spoils because of the magnitude of the plunder.
26 第四日にベラカ(感謝)の谷に集り其處にてヱホバに感謝せり是をもてその處の名を今日までベラカ(感謝)の谷と呼ぶ
Then, on the fourth day, they were gathered together in the Valley of Blessing. For they had blessed the Lord there, and therefore they called that place the Valley of Blessing, even to the present day.
27 而してユダとヱルサレムの人々みな各々歸りきたりヨシヤパテの後にしたがひ歓びてヱルサレムに至れり其はヱホバ彼等をしてその敵の故によりて歓喜を得させたまひたればなり
And every man of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, returned, with Jehoshaphat before them, to Jerusalem, with great rejoicing. For the Lord had granted to them gladness concerning their enemies.
28 即ち彼ら瑟と琴および喇叭を合奏してヱルサレムに往てヱホバの室にいたる
And they entered into Jerusalem with psalteries, and harps, and trumpets, into the house of the Lord.
29 諸の國の民ヱホバがイスラエルの敵を攻撃たまひしことを聞て神を畏れたれば
Then the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands, when they had heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.
30 ヨシヤパテの國は平穩なりき即ちその神四方において之に安息を賜へり
And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet. And God granted to him peace on all sides.
31 ヨシヤパテはユダの王となり三十五歳のときその位に即き二十五年の間ヱルサレムにて世を治めたり其母はシルヒの女にして名をアズバといふ
And so Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. And he was thirty-five years old when he had begun to reign. Then he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
32 ヨシヤパテはその父アサの道にあゆみて之を離れずヱホバの目に善と觀たまふ事を行へり
And he walked in the way of his father, Asa, and he did not decline from it, doing the things that were pleasing before the Lord.
33 然れども崇邱はいまだ除かず又民はいまだその先祖の神に心を傾けざりき
Yet truly, he did not take away the high places, and the people still had not directed their heart to the Lord, the God of their fathers.
34 ヨシヤパテのその餘の始終の行爲はハナニの子ヱヒウの書に記さるヱヒウの事はイスラエルの列王の書に載す
But the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, the first and the last, have been written in the words of Jehu, the son of Hanani, which he digested into the books of the kings of Israel.
35 ユダの王ヨシヤパテ後にイスラエルの王アハジアと相結べりアハジアは大に惡を行ふ者なりき
After these things, Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, formed a friendship with Ahaziah, the king of Israel, whose works were very impious.
36 ヨシヤパテ、タルシシに遣る舟を造らんとて彼と相結びてエジオンゲベルにて共に舟數隻を造れり
And he was a partner in the making of ships, which would go to Tarshish. And they made the fleet at Eziongeber.
37 時にマレシヤのドダワの子エリエゼル、ヨシヤパテにむかひて預言して云ふ汝アハジアと相結びたればヱホバなんぢの作りし者を毀ちたまふと即ちその舟は皆壞れてタルシシに往くことを得ざりき
Then Eliezer, the son of Dodavahu, from Mareshah, prophesied to Jehoshaphat, saying: “Because you have made a pact with Ahaziah, the Lord has struck your works, and the ships have been broken, and they have not been able to go to Tarshish.”
