申命記 22
1 あなたの兄弟の牛、または羊の迷っているのを見て、それを見捨てておいてはならない。必ずそれを兄弟のところへ連れて帰らなければならない。
“If you see some Israeli’s ox or sheep that has strayed away, do not act as though you did not see it. Take it back [to its owner].
2 もしその兄弟が近くの者でなく、知らない人であるならば、それを自分の家にひいてきて、あなたのところにおき、その兄弟が尋ねてきた時に、それを彼に返さなければならない。
But if the owner does not live near you, or if you do not know who the owner is, take the animal to your house. [It can stay with you] until the owner comes, searching for it. Then you must give the animal to him.
3 あなたの兄弟のろばの場合も、そうしなければならない。着物の場合も、そうしなければならない。またすべてあなたの兄弟の失った物を見つけた場合も、そうしなければならない。それを見捨てておくことはできない。
You must do the same thing if you see a donkey, or a piece of clothing, or anything else that someone has lost. Do not refuse to do what you should do.
4 あなたの兄弟のろばまたは牛が道に倒れているのを見て、見捨てておいてはならない。必ずそれを助け起さなければならない。
“And if you see a fellow Israeli’s donkey or cow that has fallen down on the road, do not act as though you did not see it. Help the owner to lift the animal up [so that it can stand on its feet again].
5 女は男の着物を着てはならない。また男は女の着物を着てはならない。あなたの神、主はそのような事をする者を忌みきらわれるからである。
“Women must not wear men’s clothes, and men must not wear women’s clothes. Yahweh our God hates people who do things like that.
6 もしあなたが道で、木の上、または地面に鳥の巣のあるのを見つけ、その中に雛または卵があって、母鳥がその雛または卵を抱いているならば、母鳥を雛と一緒に取ってはならない。
“If you happen to find a bird’s nest in a tree or on the ground, and the mother bird is sitting in the nest on its eggs or with the baby birds, do not take the mother bird [and kill it].
7 必ず母鳥を去らせ、ただ雛だけを取らなければならない。そうすればあなたはさいわいを得、長く生きながらえることができるであろう。
You are permitted to take the baby birds, but you must allow the mother bird to fly away. Do this in order that things will go well for you and that you will live for a long time.
8 新しい家を建てる時は、屋根に欄干を設けなければならない。それは人が屋根から落ちて、血のとがをあなたの家に帰することのないようにするためである。
“If you build a new house, you must put a (railing/low wall) around the edge of the roof. If you do that, and if someone falls off the roof [and dies], (you will not be guilty of causing that person to die/his death [MTY] will not be your fault).
9 ぶどう畑に二種の種を混ぜてまいてはならない。そうすればあなたがまいた種から産する物も、ぶどう畑から出る物も、みな忌むべき物となるであろう。
“Do not plant any crop in the area where your grapevines are growing. If you do, you are not allowed to harvest the crops that you have planted or to harvest the grapes [to make wine from them].
10 牛と、ろばとを組み合わせて耕してはならない。
“Do not hitch together an ox and a donkey [for plowing your fields].
11 羊毛と亜麻糸を混ぜて織った着物を着てはならない。
“Do not wear clothing that is made by weaving together (wool and linen/two different kinds of thread).
12 身にまとう上着の四すみに、ふさをつけなければならない。
“[Twist threads together to] make tassels and sew/fasten them on the four bottom corners of your cloak.
13 もし人が妻をめとり、妻のところにはいって後、その女をきらい、
“Suppose a man marries a young woman and has sex with her and later decides that he does not want her any more,
14 『わたしはこの女をめとって近づいた時、彼女に処女の証拠を見なかった』と言って虚偽の非難をもって、その女に悪名を負わせるならば、
and he says false things about her, and claims that she was not a virgin when he married her.
15 その女の父と母は、彼女の処女の証拠を取って、門におる町の長老たちに差し出し、
If that happens, the young woman’s parents must take the sheet that was on the bed when that man and their daughter were married, which still has bloodstains on it, and show it to the elders of the city at the (gate of/central meeting place in) the city.
16 そして彼女の父は長老たちに言わなければならない。『わたしはこの人に娘を与えて妻にさせましたが、この人は娘をきらい、
Then the father of the young woman must say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife. But now he says that he doesn’t want her any more.
17 虚偽の非難をもって、「わたしはあなたの娘に処女の証拠を見なかった」と言います。しかし、これがわたしの娘の処女の証拠です』と言って、その父母はかの布を町の長老たちの前にひろげなければならない。
And he has falsely said that she was not a virgin when he married her. But look! Here is what proves that my daughter was a virgin! Look at the bloodstains on the sheet where they slept the night that they were married!’ And he will show the sheet to the elders.
18 その時、町の長老たちは、その人を捕えて撃ち懲らし、
Then the elders of that city must take that man and whip him.
19 また銀百シケルの罰金を課し、それを女の父に与えなければならない。彼はイスラエルの処女に悪名を負わせたからである。彼はその女を妻とし、一生その女を出すことはできない。
They shall require that he pay a fine of 100 pieces of silver and give the money to the father of the young woman, because the man caused an Israeli young woman to be disgraced. Also, that woman must continue to live with him; she is his wife. He is not allowed to divorce her during the rest of his life.
20 しかし、この非難が真実であって、その女に処女の証拠が見られない時は、
“But if what the man said is true, and there is nothing to prove that she was a virgin when he married her,
21 その女を父の家の入口にひき出し、町の人々は彼女を石で撃ち殺さなければならない。彼女は父の家で、みだらな事をおこない、イスラエルのうちに愚かな事をしたからである。あなたはこうしてあなたがたのうちから悪を除き去らなければならない。
they must take that young woman to the door of her father’s house. Then the men of that city must execute her by throwing stones at her. They must do that because she has done something in Israel that is very disgraceful, by having sex with some man [while she was still living] in her father’s house. By executing her like that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.
22 もし夫のある女と寝ている男を見つけたならば、その女と寝た男およびその女を一緒に殺し、こうしてイスラエルのうちから悪を除き去らなければならない。
“If a man is caught while he is having sex with another man’s wife, both of them must be executed. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice in Israel.
23 もし処女である女が、人と婚約した後、他の男が町の内でその女に会い、これを犯したならば、
“Suppose in some town a man sees a young woman who is engaged/promised to be married to another man, and he is caught having sex with [EUP] her.
24 あなたがたはそのふたりを町の門にひき出して、石で撃ち殺さなければならない。これはその女が町の内におりながら叫ばなかったからであり、またその男は隣人の妻をはずかしめたからである。あなたはこうしてあなたがたのうちから悪を除き去らなければならない。
You must take both of them to the (gate of/central meeting place in) that town. There you must execute them both by throwing stones at them. You must execute the young woman because she did not shout for help even though she was in the town. And the man must be executed because he had sex [EUP] with someone who was already engaged/promised to be married. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.
25 しかし、男が、人と婚約した女に野で会い、その女を捕えてこれを犯したならば、その男だけを殺さなければならない。
“But suppose out in the open countryside a man meets a young woman who is engaged/promised to be married, and he rapes her. If that happens, only that man must be executed.
26 その女には何もしてはならない。女には死にあたる罪がない。人がその隣人に立ちむかって、それを殺したと同じ事件だからである。
You must not punish the young woman, because she did not do anything for which she deserves to be executed. This case is like when one man attacks another man [in the countryside] and murders him,
27 これは男が野で女に会ったので、人と婚約したその女が叫んだけれども、救う者がなかったのである。
because the man who raped her saw her when she was in the open countryside, and even though she called out for help, there was no one there who could rescue her.
28 まだ人と婚約しない処女である女に、男が会い、これを捕えて犯し、ふたりが見つけられたならば、
“If a man rapes a young woman who is not engaged/promised to be married, if someone sees him while he is doing that,
29 女を犯した男は女の父に銀五十シケルを与えて、女を自分の妻としなければならない。彼はその女をはずかしめたゆえに、一生その女を出すことはできない。
that man must pay 50 pieces of silver to the young woman’s father, and he must marry her, because he forced her to have sex with him. He is not allowed to divorce her for the rest of his life.
30 だれも父の妻をめとってはならない。父の妻と寝てはならない。
“man must not disgrace his father by having sex with any of his father’s wives.”
