ルカの福音書 8
1 この後イエス教を宣べ、神の國の福音を傳へつつ、町々 村々を廻り給ひしに、十二 弟子も伴ふ。
Shortly after this He visited town after town, and village after village, proclaiming His Message and telling the Good News of the Kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,
2 また前に惡しき靈を逐ひ出され、病を醫されなどせし女たち、即ち七つの惡鬼のいでしマグラダと呼ばるるマリヤ、
and certain women whom He had delivered from evil spirits and various diseases--Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons had come,
3 ヘロデの家 司クーザの妻ヨハンナ及びスザンナ、此の他にも多くの女ともなひゐて、其の財産をもて彼らに事へたり。
and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many other women, all of whom contributed to the support of Jesus and His Apostles.
4 大なる群衆むらがり、町々の人みもとに寄り集ひたれば、譬をもて言ひたまふ、
And when a great crowd was assembling, and was receiving additions from one town after another, He spoke a parable to them.
5 『種 播く者その種を播かんとて出づ。播くとき路の傍らに落ちし種あり、踏みつけられ、また空の鳥これを啄む。
"The sower," He said, "goes out to sow his seed; and as he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and is trodden upon, or the birds of the air come and peck it up.
6 岩の上に落ちし種あり、生え出でたれど潤澤なきによりて枯る。
Another part drops upon the rock, and after growing up it withers away for want of moisture.
7 茨の中に落ちし種あり、茨も共に生え出でて之を塞ぐ。
Another part falls among the thorns, and the thorns grow up with it and stifle it.
8 良き地に落ちし種あり、生え出でて百 倍の實を結べり』これらの事を言ひて呼はり給ふ『きく耳ある者は聽くべし』
But some of the seed falls into good ground, and grows up and yields a return of a hundred for one." While thus speaking, He cried aloud and said, "Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"
9 弟子たち此の譬の如何なる意なるかを問ひたるに、
The disciples proceeded to ask Him what this parable meant.
10 イエス言ひ給ふ『なんぢらは神の國の奧義を知ることを許されたれど、他の者は譬にてせらる。彼らの見て見ず、聞きて悟らぬ爲なり。
"To you," He replied, "it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of God; but all others are taught by parables, in order that they may see and yet not see, and may hear and yet not understand.
11 譬の意は是なり。種は神の言なり。
The meaning of the parable is as follows. The seed is God's Message.
12 路の傍らなるは、聽きたるのち、惡魔きたり、信じて救はるる事のなからんために、御言をその心より奪ふ所の人なり。
Those by the way-side are those who have heard, and then the Devil comes and carries away the Message from their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
13 岩の上なるは、聽きて御言を喜び受くれども、根なければ、暫く信じて嘗試のときに退く所の人なり。
Those on the rock are the people who on hearing the Message receive it joyfully; but they have no root: for a time they believe, but when trial comes they fall away.
14 茨の中に落ちしは、聽きてのち過ぐるほどに、世の心勞と財貨と快樂とに塞がれて實らぬ所の人なり。
That which fell among the thorns means those who have heard, but as they go on their way, the Message is stifled by the anxieties, wealth and gaieties of time, and they yield nothing in perfection.
15 良き地なるは、御言を聽き、正しく善き心にて之を守り、忍びて實を結ぶ所の人なり。
But as for that in the good ground, it means those who, having listened to the Message with open minds and in a right spirit, hold it fast, and patiently yield a return.
16 誰も燈火をともし器にて覆ひ、または寢臺の下におく者なし、入り來る者のその光を見んために、之を燈臺の上に置くなり。
"When any one lights a lamp, he does not cover it with a vessel or hide it under a couch; he puts it on a lampstand, that people who enter the room may see the light.
17 それ隱れたるものの顯れぬはなく、秘めたるものの知られぬはなく、明かにならぬはなし。
There is nothing hidden, which shall not be openly seen; nor anything secret, which shall not be known and come into the light of day.
18 されば汝ら聽くこと如何にと心せよ、誰にても有てる人はなほ與へられ、有たぬ人はその有てりと思ふ物をも取らるべし』
Be careful, therefore, how you hear; for whoever has anything, to him more shall be given, and whoever has nothing, even that which he thinks he has shall be taken away from him."
19 さてイエスの母と兄弟と來りたれど、群衆によりて近づくこと能はず。
Then came to Him His mother and His brothers, but could not get near Him for the crowd.
20 或 人イエスに『なんぢの母と兄弟と、汝に逢はんとて外に立つ』と告げたれば、
But He was told, "Your mother and brothers are standing on the edge of the crowd, and want to see you."
21 答へて言ひたまふ『わが母わが兄弟は、神の言を聽き、かつ行ふ此らの者なり』
"My mother and my brothers," He replied, "are these who hear God's Message and obey it."
22 或 日イエス弟子たちと共に舟に乘りて『みづうみの彼方にゆかん』と言ひ給へば、乃ち船出す。
One day He went on board a boat--both He and his disciples; and He said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the Lake." So they set sail.
23 渡るほどにイエス眠りたまふ。颶風みづうみに吹き下し、舟に水 滿ちんとして危かりしかば、
During the passage He fell asleep, and there came down a squall of wind on the Lake, so that the boat began to fill and they were in deadly peril.
24 弟子たち御側により、呼び起して言ふ『君よ、君よ、我らは亡ぶ』イエス起きて風と浪とを禁め給へば、ともに鎭りて凪となりぬ。
So they came and woke Him, crying, "Rabbi, Rabbi, we are drowning." Then He roused Himself and rebuked the wind and the surging of the water, and they ceased and there was a calm.
25 かくて弟子たちに言ひ給ふ『なんぢらの信仰いづこに在るか』かれら懼れ怪しみて互に言ふ『こは誰ぞ、風と水とに命じ給へば順ふとは』
"Where is your faith?" He asked them. But they were filled with terror and amazement, and said to one another, "Who then is this? for He gives orders both to wind and waves, and they obey Him."
26 遂にガリラヤに對へるゲラセネ人の地に著く。
Then they put in to shore in the country of the Gerasenes, which lies opposite to Galilee.
27 陸に上りたまふ時、その町の人にて惡鬼に憑かれたる者きたり遇ふ。この人は久しきあひだ衣を著ず、また家に住まずして墓の中にゐたり。
Here, on landing, He was met by one of the townsmen who was possessed by demons--for a long time he had not put on any garment, nor did he live in a house, but in the tombs.
28 イエスを見てさけび、御前に平伏して大聲にいふ『至高き神の子イエスよ、我は汝と何の關係あらん、願はくは我を苦しめ給ふな』
When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, and said in a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of God Most High? Do not torture me, I beseech you."
29 これはイエス穢れし靈に、この人より出で往かんことを命じ給ひしに因る。この人けがれし靈にしばしば拘へられ、鏈と足械とにて繋ぎ守られたれど、その繋をやぶり、惡鬼に逐はれて荒野に往けり。
For already He had been commanding the foul spirit to come out of the man. For many a time it had seized and held him, and they had repeatedly put him in chains and fetters and kept guard over him, but he used to break the chains to pieces, and, impelled by the demon, to escape into the Desert.
30 イエス之に『なんぢの名は何か』と問ひ給へば『レギオン』と答ふ、多くの惡鬼その中に入りたる故なり。
"What is your name?" Jesus asked him. "Legion," he replied--because a great number of demons had entered into him;
and they besought Him not to command them to be gone into the Bottomless Pit. (Abyssos g12)
32 彼處の山に、多くの豚の一 群、食し居たりしが、惡鬼ども其の豚に入るを許し給はんことを請ひたれば、イエス許し給ふ。
Now there was a great herd of swine there feeding on the hill-side; and the demons begged Him to give them leave to go into them, and He gave them leave.
33 惡鬼、人を出でて豚に入りたれば、その群、崖より湖水に駈け下りて溺れたり。
The demons came out of the man and left him, and entered into the swine; and the herd rushed violently over the cliff into the Lake and were drowned.
34 飼ふ者ども此の起りし事を見て、逃げ往きて、町にも里にも告げたれば、
The swineherds, seeing what had happened, fled and reported it both in town and country;
35 人々ありし事を見んとて出で、イエスに來りて、惡鬼の出でたる人の、衣服をつけ慥なる心にて、イエスの足下に坐しをるを見て懼れあへり。
whereupon the people came out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and they found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were terrified.
36 かの惡鬼に憑かれたる人の救はれし事柄を見し者ども、之を彼らに告げたれば、
And those who had seen it told them how the demoniac was cured.
37 ゲラセネ地方の民衆、みなイエスに出で去り給はんことを請ふ。これ大に懼れたるなり。ここにイエス舟に乘りて歸り給ふ。
Then the whole population of the Gerasenes and of the adjacent districts begged Him to depart from them; for their terror was great. So He went on board and returned.
38 時に惡鬼の出でたる人、ともに在らんことを願ひたれど、之を去らしめんとて、
But the man from whom the demons had gone out earnestly asked permission to go with Him; but He sent him away.
39 言ひ給ふ『なんぢの家に歸りて、神が如何に大なる事を汝になし給ひしかを具に告げよ』彼ゆきて、イエスの如何に大なる事を己になし給ひしかを、徧くその町に言ひ弘めたり。
"Return home," He said, "and tell there all that God has done for you." So he went and published through the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.
40 かくてイエスの歸り給ひしとき、群衆これを迎ふ、みな待ちゐたるなり。
Now when Jesus was returning, the people gave Him a warm welcome; for they had all been looking out for Him.
41 視よ、會堂 司にてヤイロといふ者あり、來りてイエスの足下に伏し、その家にきたり給はんことを願ふ。
Just then there came a man named Jair, a Warden of the Synagogue, who threw himself at the feet of Jesus, and entreated Him to come to his house;
42 おほよそ十二 歳ほどの一人 娘ありて、死ぬばかりなる故なり。イエスの往き給ふとき、群衆かこみ塞がる。
for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. And as He went, the dense throng crowded on Him.
43 ここに十 二年このかた血漏を患ひて、醫者の爲に己が身代をことごとく費したれども、誰にも癒され得ざりし女あり。
And a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with haemorrhage--and had spent on doctors all she had, but none of them had been able to cure her--
44 イエスの後に來りて、御衣の總にさはりたれば、血の出づること立刻に止みたり。
came close behind Him and touched the tassel of His robe; and instantly her flow of blood stopped.
45 イエス言ひ給ふ『我に觸りしは誰ぞ』人みな否みたれば、ペテロ及び共にをる者ども言ふ『君よ、群衆なんぢを圍みて押迫るなり』
"Who is it touched me?" Jesus asked. And when all denied having done so, Peter and the rest said, "Rabbi, the crowds are hemming you in and pressing on you."
46 イエス言ひ給ふ『われに觸りし者あり、能力の我より出でたるを知る』
"Some one has touched me," Jesus replied, "for I feel that power has gone out from me."
47 女おのれが隱れ得ぬことを知り、戰き來りて御前に平伏し、觸りし故と立刻に癒えたる事を、人々の前にて告ぐ。
Then the woman, perceiving that she had not escaped notice, came trembling, and throwing herself down at His feet she stated before all the people the reason why she had touched Him and how she was instantly cured.
48 イエス言ひ給ふ『むすめよ、汝の信仰なんぢを救へり、安らかに往け』
"Daughter," said He, "your faith has cured you; go, and be at peace."
49 かく語り給ふほどに、會堂 司の家より人きたりて言ふ『なんぢの娘は早や死にたり、師を煩はすな』
While He was still speaking, some one came to the Warden of the Synagogue from his house and said, "Your daughter is dead; trouble the Rabbi no further."
50 イエス之を聞きて會堂 司に答へたまふ『懼るな、ただ信ぜよ。さらば娘は救はれん』
Jesus heard the words and said to him, "Have no fear. Only believe, and she shall be restored to life."
51 イエス家に到りて、ペテロ、ヨハネ、ヤコブ及び子の父 母の他は、ともに入ることを誰にも許し給はず。
So He came to the house, but allowed no one to go in with Him but Peter and John and James and the girl's father and mother.
52 人みな泣き、かつ子のために歎き居たりしが、イエス言ひたまふ『泣くな、死にたるにあらず、寢ねたるなり』
The people were all weeping aloud and beating their breasts for her; but He said, "Leave off wailing; for she is not dead, but asleep."
53 人々その死にたるを知れば、イエスを嘲笑ふ。
And they jeered at Him, knowing that she was dead.
54 然るにイエス子の手をとり、呼びて『子よ、起きよ』と言ひ給へば、
He, however, took her by the hand and called aloud, "Child, awake!"
55 その靈かへりて立刻に起く。イエス食物を之に與ふることを命じ給ふ。
And her spirit returned, and instantly she stood up; and He directed them to give her some food.
56 その兩親おどろきたり。イエス此の有りし事を誰にも語らぬやうに命じ給ふ。
Her parents were astounded; but He forbad them to mention the matter to any one.
