エゼキエル書 8
1 第六年の六月五日にわたしがわたしの家に座し、ユダの長老たちがわたしの前に座していたとき、主なる神の手がわたしの上に下った。
So it came about in the sixth year and the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Yahweh again fell upon me there.
2 わたしは見ていると、見よ、人のような形があって、その腰とみられる所から下は火のように見え、腰から上は光る青銅のように輝いて見えた。
So I looked, and behold, there was a likeness with the appearance of a man. From the appearance of his hips downward there was fire. And from his hips upward there was the appearance of something shining, like glowing metal.
3 彼は手のようなものを伸べて、わたしの髪の毛をつかんだ。そして霊がわたしを天と地の間に引きあげ、神の幻のうちにわたしをエルサレムに携えて行き、北に向かった内庭の門の入口に至らせた。そこには、ねたみをひき起すねたみの偶像があった。
Then he reached out the form of a hand and took me by the hair of my head; the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and in visions from God, he brought me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the inner northern gate, where the idol that provokes great jealousy was standing.
4 見よ、そこに、わたしがかの平野で見た幻のようなイスラエルの神の栄光があらわれた。
Then behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision I had seen on the plain.
5 時に彼はわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、目をあげて北の方をのぞめ」。そこでわたしが目をあげて北の方をのぞむと、見よ、祭壇の門の北にあたって、その入口に、このねたみの偶像があった。
Then he said to me, “Son of man, lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and to the north of the gate leading to the altar, there in the entrance, was the idol of jealousy.
6 彼はまたわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、あなたは彼らのしていること、すなわちイスラエルの家がここでしている大いなる憎むべきことを見るか。これはわたしを聖所から遠ざけるものである。しかしあなたは、さらに大いなる憎むべきことを見るだろう」。
So he said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing? These are great abominations that the house of Israel is doing here to make me go far from my own sanctuary. But you will turn and see even greater abominations.”
7 そして彼はわたしを庭の門に行かせた。わたしが見ると、見よ、壁に一つの穴があった。
Then he brought me to the doorway of the courtyard, and I looked, and there was a hole in the wall.
8 彼はわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、壁に穴をあけよ」。そこでわたしが壁に穴をあけると、見よ、一つの戸があった。
He said to me, “Son of man, dig into this wall.” So I dug into the wall, and there was a door.
9 彼はわたしに言われた、「はいって、彼らがここでなす所の悪しき憎むべきことを見よ」。
Then he said to me, “Go and see the wicked abominations that they are doing here.”
10 そこでわたしがはいって見ると、もろもろの這うものと、憎むべき獣の形、およびイスラエルの家のもろもろの偶像が、まわりの壁に描いてあった。
So I went in and looked, and behold! There was every form of creeping thing and detestable beast! Every idol of the house of Israel was carved into the wall all around.
11 またイスラエルの家の長老七十人が、その前に立っていた。シャパンの子ヤザニヤも、彼らの中に立っていた。おのおの手に香炉を持ち、そしてその香の煙が雲のようにのぼった。
Seventy elders of the house of Israel were there, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing in their midst. They were standing in front of the images, and each man had his censer in his hand so that the smell of the cloud of incense went up.
12 時に彼はわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、イスラエルの家の長老たちが暗い所で行う事、すなわちおのおのその偶像の室で行う事を見るか。彼らは言う、『主はわれわれを見られない。主はこの地を捨てられた』と」。
He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark? Each one does this in the hidden chamber of his idol, for they say, 'Yahweh does not see us! Yahweh has forsaken the land.'”
13 またわたしに言われた、「あなたはさらに彼らがなす大いなる憎むべきことを見る」。
Then he said to me, “Turn again and see the other great abominations that they are doing.”
14 そして彼はわたしを連れて主の家の北の門の入口に行った。見よ、そこに女たちがすわって、タンムズのために泣いていた。
Next he brought me to the entrance of the gate of Yahweh's house that was on the north side, and behold! The women were sitting there mourning for Tammuz.
15 その時、彼はわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、あなたはこれを見たか。これよりもさらに大いなる憎むべきことを見るだろう」。
So he said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Turn again and see even greater abominations than these.”
16 彼はまたわたしを連れて、主の家の内庭にはいった。見よ、主の宮の入口に、廊と祭壇との間に二十五人ばかりの人が、主の宮にその背中を向け、顔を東に向け、東に向かって太陽を拝んでいた。
He brought me into the inner courtyard of Yahweh's house, and behold! at the entrance of the temple of Yahweh between the portico and the altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of Yahweh and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun.
17 時に彼はわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、あなたはこれを見たか。ユダの家にとって、彼らがここでしているこれらの憎むべきわざは軽いことであるか。彼らはこの地を暴虐で満たし、さらにわたしを怒らせる。見よ、彼らはその鼻に木の枝を置く。
He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it a little thing for the house of Judah to do these abominations that they are doing here? For they have filled the land with violence and they have turned again to provoke me to anger, putting the branch to their noses.
18 それゆえ、わたしも憤って事を行う。わたしの目は彼らを惜しみ見ず、またあわれまない。たとい彼らがわたしの耳に大声で呼ばわっても、わたしは彼らの言うことを聞かない」。
So I will also act among them; my eye will not have compassion, and I will not spare them. Though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”
