エゼキエル書 24

1 九年の十月十日にヱホバの言我にのぞみて言ふ

And the word of the Lord came to me, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, saying:

2 人の子よ汝此日すなはち今日の名を書せバビロンの王今日ヱルサレムを攻をるなり

“Son of man, write for yourself the name of this day, on which the king of Babylon was confirmed against Jerusalem today.

3 汝背ける家に譬喩をかたりて之に言へ主ヱホバかく言たまふ釜を居ゑ居ゑてこれに水を斟いれ

And you shall speak, through a proverb, a parable to the inciting house. And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Set out a cooking pot; set it out, I say, and put water into it.

4 其肉の凡て佳き所を集めて股と肩とを之に入れ佳き骨をこれに充し

Pile together within it every morsel, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, the choice pieces and those full of bones.

5 羊の選擇者を取れ亦薪一束を取り下に入れて骨を煮釜を善く煮たて亦その中の骨を煮よ

Take the fattest from the flock, and arrange also a heap of bones under it. Its cooking has boiled over, and its bones in its midst have been thoroughly cooked.

6 是故に主ヱホバかく言ふ禍なるかな血の流るる邑銹のつきたる釜 その銹これを離れざるなり肉を一箇一箇に取いだせ之がために籤を掣べからず

Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Woe to the city of blood, to the cooking pot that has rust in it, and whose rust has not gone out of it! Cast it out piece by piece! No lot has fallen upon it.

7 彼の血はその中にあり彼乾ける磐の上にこれを置りこれを土にそそぎて塵に覆はれしめず

For her blood is in her midst; she has shed it upon the smoothest rock. She has not shed it upon the ground, so that it could be covered with dust.

8 我怒を來らせ仇を復さんがためにその血を乾ける磐の上に置て塵に覆はれざらしめたり

So shall I bring my indignation over her, and take my vengeance. I have presented her blood upon the smoothest rock, so that it would not be covered.

9 是故に主ヱホバかく言ふ禍なるかな血の流るる邑我またその薪の束を大にすべし

Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Woe to the city of blood, out of which I will make a great funeral pyre.

10 薪を積かさね火を燃し肉を善く煮てこれを煮つくしその骨をも燒しむべし

Pile together the bones, which I will burn with fire. The flesh shall be consumed, and the entire composition shall be boiled, and the bones shall deteriorate.

11 而して釜を空にして炭火の上に置きその銅をして熱くなりて燒しめ其汚穢をして中に鎔しめその銹を去しむべし

Also, place it empty on burning coals, so that it may be heated, and its brass may melt. And let the filth of it be melted in its midst, and let its rust be consumed.

12 旣に手を盡したれどもその大なる銹さらざればその銹を火に投棄べし

There has been much sweat and labor, and yet its extensive rust has not gone out of it, not even by fire.

13 汝の汚穢の中に淫行あり我汝を淨めんとしたれども汝淨まらざりしに因てわが怒を汝に洩しつくすまでは汝その汚穢をはなれて淨まることあらじ

Your uncleanness is execrable. For I wanted to cleanse you, and you have not been cleansed from your filth. So then, neither will you be cleansed before I cause my indignation over you to cease.

14 我ヱホバこれを言り是至る我これを爲べし止ず惜まず悔ざるなり汝の道にしたがひ汝の行爲にしたがひて彼ら汝を鞫かん主ヱホバこれを言ふ

I, the Lord, have spoken. It shall happen, and I will act. I will not pass over, nor be lenient, nor be placated. I will judge you according to your ways and according to your intentions, says the Lord.”

15 ヱホバの言われに臨みて言ふ

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

16 人の子よ我頓死をもて汝の目の喜ぶ者を取去ん汝哀かず泣ず涙をながすべからず

“Son of man, behold, I am taking away from you, with a stroke, the desire of your eyes. And you shall not lament, and you shall not weep. And your tears shall not flow down.

17 聲をたてずして哀け死人のために哀哭をなすなかれ冠物を戴き足に鞋を穿べし鬚を掩ふなかれ人のおくれる食物を食ふべからず

Groan silently; you shall make no mourning for the dead. Let the band of your crown be on you, and let your shoes be on your feet. And you shall not cover your face, nor shall you eat the food of those who mourn.”

18 朝に我人々に語りしが夕にわが妻死ねり明朝におよびて我命ぜられしごとくなせり

Therefore, I spoke to the people in the morning. And my wife died in the evening. And in the morning, I did just as he had instructed me.

19 茲に人々我に言けるは此汝がなすところの事は何の意なるや我らに告ざるや

And the people said to me: “Why won’t you explain to us what these things signify, which you are doing?”

20 我かれらに言けるはヱホバの言我にのぞみて言ふ

And I said to them: “The word of the Lord came to me, saying:

21 イスラエルの家にいふべし主ヱホバかく言ふ視よ我汝らの勢力の榮汝らの目の喜愛汝らの心の望なるわが聖所を汚さん汝らが遺すところの子女等は劍に仆れん

‘Speak to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will defile my sanctuary, the pride of your realm, and the desire of your eyes, and the dread of your soul. Your sons and your daughters, whom you have forsaken, will fall by the sword.’

22 汝らもわが爲るごとくなし鬚を覆はず人のおくれる食物を食はず

And so, you shall do just as I have done. You shall not cover your faces, and you shall not eat the food of those who mourn.

23 首に冠物を戴き足に履を穿き哀かず泣ずその罪の中に痩衰へて互に呻かん

You shall have crowns on your heads, and shoes on your feet. You shall not lament, and you shall not weep. Instead, you will waste away in your iniquities, and each one will groan to his brother.

24 斯エゼキエル汝らに兆とならん彼がなしたるごとく汝ら爲ん是事の至らん時に汝ら我の主ヱホバなるを知べし

‘And Ezekiel shall be a portent for you. In accord with all that he has done, so shall you do, when this will happen. And you shall know that I am the Lord God.’”

25 人の子よわが彼らの力かれらの樂むところの榮その目の喜愛その心の望その子女を取去る日

“And as for you, son of man, behold, in the day when I will take away from them their strength, and the joy of their dignity, and the desire of their eyes, in which their souls find rest: their sons and their daughters,

26 その日に逃亡者汝の許に來り汝の耳に告ることあらん

in that day, when one who is fleeing will come to you, so that he may report to you,

27 その日に汝逃亡者にむかひて口を啓き語りて再び默せざらん斯汝かれらに兆となるべし彼らは遂に我のヱホバなるを知ん

in that day, I say, your mouth shall be opened to him who has fled. And you shall speak, and you shall no longer be silent. And you shall be for them a portent. And you shall know that I am the Lord.”