歴代誌Ⅱ 35
1 ヨシヤはエルサレムで主に過越の祭を行った。すなわち正月の十四日に過越の小羊をほふらせ、
Now Josiah kept the Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem, and it was immolated on the fourteenth day of the first month.
2 祭司にその職務をとり行わせ、彼らを励まして主の宮の務をさせ、
And he appointed the priests in their offices, and he exhorted them to minister in the house of the Lord.
3 また主の聖なる者となってすべてのイスラエルびとを教えるレビびとに言った、「あなたがたはイスラエルの王ダビデの子ソロモンの建てた宮に、聖なる箱を置きなさい。再びこれを肩にになうに及ばない。あなたがたの神、主およびその民イスラエルに仕えなさい。
Also, he spoke with the Levites, by whose instruction all of Israel was sanctified to the Lord, saying: “Place the ark in the sanctuary of the temple, which Solomon, the son of David, the king of Israel, built. For never again shall you carry it. Instead, now you shall minister to the Lord your God, and to his people Israel.
4 あなたがたはイスラエルの王ダビデの書、およびその子ソロモンの書に基いて氏族にしたがい、その班によって、みずから備えをなし、
And prepare yourselves by your houses and families, within each division, just as David, the king of Israel, instructed, and just as his son Solomon has written.
5 あなたがたの兄弟である民の人々の氏族の区分にしたがって聖所に立ち、このためにレビびとの氏族の分が欠けることのないようにしなさい。
And minister in the sanctuary, by the Levitical families and companies.
6 あなたがたは過越の小羊をほふり、身を清め、あなたがたの兄弟のために備えをし、モーセが伝えた主の言葉にしたがって行いなさい」。
And having been sanctified, immolate the Passover. And then prepare your brothers, so that they may be able to act in accord with the words which the Lord has spoken by the hand of Moses.”
7 ヨシヤは、小羊および子やぎを民の人々に贈った。これは皆その所にいるすべての人のための過越の供え物であって、その数三万、また雄牛三千を贈った。それらは王の所有から出したのである。
After this, Josiah gave to all the people, those who had been found there at the solemnity of the Passover, thirty thousand lambs and young goats from the flocks, and other kinds of small cattle, and also three thousand oxen. All these were from the substance of the king.
8 そのつかさたちも民と祭司とレビびとに真心から贈った。また神の宮のつかさたちヒルキヤ、ゼカリヤ、エヒエルも小羊と子やぎ二千六百頭、牛三百頭を祭司に与えて過越の供え物とした。
Also, his rulers offered what they had vowed freely, as much for the people as for the priests and Levites. Moreover, Hilkiah, and Zechariah, and Jehiel, rulers of the house of the Lord, gave to the priests, in order to observe the Passover, two thousand six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.
9 またレビびとの長である人々すなわちコナニヤおよびその兄弟シマヤ、ネタンエルならびにハシャビヤ、エイエル、ヨザバデなども小羊と子やぎ五千頭、牛五百頭をレビびとに贈って過越の供え物とした。
And Conaniah, with Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, indeed also Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, rulers of the Levites, gave to the rest of the Levites, in order to celebrate the Passover, five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
10 このように勤めのことが備わったので、王の命に従って祭司たちはその持ち場に立ち、レビびとはその班に従って仕え、
And the ministry was prepared. And the priests stood in their office, and the Levites also stood in their companies, according to the order of the king.
11 やがて過越の小羊がほふられたので、祭司はその血を受け取って注いだ。レビびとはその皮をはいだ。
And the Passover was immolated. And the priests sprinkled the blood with their hand, and the Levites drew away the pelts of the holocausts.
12 それから燔祭の物をとり分け、それを民の人々の氏族の区分に従って渡し、主にささげさせた。これはモーセの書にしるされたとおりである。また牛をもこのようにした。
And they put these aside, so that they might give them to each one, by their houses and families, and so that they might be offered to the Lord, just as it was written in the book of Moses. And with the oxen, they acted similarly.
13 そして定めに従って過越の小羊を火であぶり、その他の聖なる供え物を深なべ、かま、浅なべなどに煮て、急いですべての民の人々にくばった。
And they roasted the Passover above fire, in accord with what was written in the law. Yet truly, the victims of peace offerings they boiled in cauldrons and kettles and pots. And they promptly distributed these to all the common people.
14 その後、彼らは自分のためと、祭司たちのために備えをした。アロンの子孫である祭司たちは、燔祭と脂肪をささげるのに忙しくて、夜になったからである。それでレビびとは自分たちのためと、アロンの子孫である祭司たちのために備えたのである。
Then afterward, they made preparations for themselves and for the priests. Indeed, the priests had been occupied in the oblations of the holocausts and the fat offerings, even until night. Therefore, the Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests, the sons of Aaron, last.
15 アサフの子孫である歌うたう者たちは、ダビデ、アサフ、ヘマンおよび王の先見者エドトンの命に従ってその持ち場におり、門衛たちはおのおの門にいて、その職務を離れるに及ばなかった。兄弟であるレビびとが彼らのために備えたからである。
Now the singers, the sons of Asaph, were standing in their order, according to the instruction of David, and of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, the prophets of the king. Truly, the porters kept watch at each gate, so as not to depart from their ministry even for one moment. And for this reason, their brothers, the Levites, prepared foods for them.
16 このようにその日、主の勤めの事がことごとく備わったので、ヨシヤ王の命に従って過越の祭を行い、主の祭壇に燔祭をささげた。
And so, the entire worship ritual of the Lord was completed on that day, so that they observed the Passover and offered holocausts upon the altar of the Lord, in accord with the precept of king Josiah.
17 ここに来ていたイスラエルの人々は、そのとき過越の祭を行い、また七日の間、種入れぬパンの祭を行った。
And the sons of Israel, who had been found there, kept the Passover at that time, with the solemnity of unleavened bread, for seven days.
18 預言者サムエルの日からこのかた、イスラエルでこのような過越の祭を行ったことはなかった。またイスラエルの諸王のうちには、ヨシヤが、祭司、レビびと、ならびにそこに来たユダとイスラエルのすべての人々、およびエルサレムの住民と共に行ったような過越の祭を行った者はひとりもなかった。
There was no Passover similar to this one in Israel, from the days of Samuel the prophet. And neither did anyone, out of all the kings of Israel, keep such a Passover as did Josiah, the priests and Levites, and all those of Judah and Israel who had been found, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
19 この過越の祭はヨシヤの治世の第十八年に行われた。
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah, this Passover was celebrated.
20 このようにヨシヤが宮を整えた後、エジプトの王ネコはユフラテ川のほとりにあるカルケミシで戦うために上ってきたので、ヨシヤはこれを防ごうと出て行った。
After Josiah had repaired the temple, Neco, the king of Egypt, ascended to fight at Carchemish, beside the Euphrates. And Josiah went out to meet him.
21 しかしネコは彼に使者をつかわして言った、「ユダの王よ、われわれはお互に何のあずかるところがありますか。わたしはきょう、あなたを攻めようとして来たのではありません。わたしの敵の家を攻めようとして来たのです。神がわたしに命じて急がせています。わたしと共におられる神に逆らうことをやめなさい。そうしないと、神はあなたを滅ぼされるでしょう」。
But he sent messengers to him, saying: “What is there between me and you, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today. Instead, I am fighting against another house, to which God instructed me to go promptly. Refrain from acting against God, who is with me, otherwise he may kill you.”
22 しかしヨシヤは引き返すことを好まず、かえって彼と戦うために、姿を変え、神の口から出たネコの言葉を聞きいれず、行ってメギドの谷で戦ったが、
Josiah was not willing to return. Instead, he prepared for war against him. Neither would he agree to the words of Neco from the mouth of God. In truth, he traveled so that he might do battle in the field of Megiddo.
23 射手の者どもがヨシヤを射あてたので、王はその家来たちに、「わたしを助け出せ。わたしはひどく傷ついた」と言った。
And there, having been wounded by archers, he said to his servants: “Lead me away from the battle. For I have been severely wounded.”
24 そこで家来たちは彼を車から助け出し、王のもっていた第二の車に乗せてエルサレムにつれて行ったが、ついに死んだので、その先祖の墓にこれを葬った。そしてユダとエルサレムは皆ヨシヤのために悲しんだ。
And they took him from the chariot, into another chariot which was following him, as was the custom of kings. And they transported him to Jerusalem. And he died, and he was buried in the mausoleum of his fathers. And all of Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him,
25 時にエレミヤはヨシヤのために哀歌を作った。歌うたう男、歌うたう女は今日に至るまで、その哀歌のうちにヨシヤのことを述べ、イスラエルのうちにこれを例とした。これは哀歌のうちにしるされている。
most of all Jeremiah. All the singing men and women repeat his lamentations over Josiah, even to the present day. And this has become like a law in Israel. Behold, it is found written in the Lamentations.
26 ヨシヤのその他の行為、主の律法にしるされた所に従って行った徳行、
Now the rest of the words of Josiah, and his mercies, which were instructed by the law of the Lord,
27 およびその始終の行いなどは、イスラエルとユダの列王の書にしるされている。
and also his works, the first and the last, have been written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
