使徒の働き 13
1 第一項 パウロ第一回の傳道旅行 アンチオキアの教會に、數人の預言者及び教師ありて、其中にバルナバと、黒人と名くるシモンと、クレネのルシオと、分國の王ヘロデの乳兄弟なるマナヘンと、サウロと在りしが、
Among the members of the Church at Antioch there were several Prophets and Teachers — Barnabas, Simeon who was known by the name of ‘Black’, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, foster-brother of Prince Herod, and Saul.
2 彼等主に祭を為し且断食しけるに、聖霊曰ひけるは、汝等バルナバとサウロとを我為に分ちて、我が彼等に任じたる業に從事せしめよ、と。
While they were engaged in the worship of the Lord and were fasting, the Holy Spirit said: “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them.”
3 是に於て彼等断食及び祈祷を為し、兩人に按手して、之を往かしめたり。
Accordingly, after fasting and prayer, they placed their hands on them and dismissed them.
4 然れば兩人聖霊により遣はされてセリュキアに往き、彼處よりクプロ[島]に航海して、
Barnabas and Saul, sent on this mission, as they were, by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there sailed to Cyprus.
5 サラミネに至りしかば、ユデア人の諸會堂にて神の御言を宣傳へ、ヨハネは助手として彼等と共に居りき。
On reaching Salamis, they began to tell the Message of God in the Jewish Synagogues; and they had John with them as an assistant.
6 彼等普く嶋を巡りてパフォスに至りしに、魔術者にして僞預言者なる一人のユデア人に遇へり。名をバリエズと云ひてセルジオ、パウロと云へる地方総督と共に居りしが、
After passing through the whole island, they reached Paphos, where they found an astrologer who pretended to be a Prophet — a Jew by birth, whose name was Barjoshua.
7 此総督智慮ある人にて、バルナバとサウロとを招きて神の御言を聴かんと欲すれども、
He was at the court of the Governor, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who sent for Barnabas and Saul and asked to be told God’s Message.
8 彼魔術者エリマ、其名は斯く訳せらる、兩人に抵抗して、総督を信仰より遠ざからしめんと努め居たり。
But Elymas, the astrologer (for that is the meaning of the word), opposed them, eager to divert the Governor’s attention from the Faith.
9 其時パウロとも云へるサウロ、聖霊に充たされて之に目を注ぎ、
However, Saul (who is the same as Paul), full of the Holy Spirit, fixed his eyes on him and said:
10 嗚呼所有狡猾と僞計とに充てる者よ、惡魔の子よ、一切の義の敵よ、汝主の直なる道を曲げて止まず、
“You incarnation of deceit and all fraud! You son of the Devil! You opponent of all that is good! Will you never cease to divert ‘the straight paths of the Lord’? Listen!
11 今看よ、主の御手汝の上に懸り、汝瞽者となりて時至るまで日を見ざるべし、と云ひけるに、忽ち朦朧と暗黒と其目を掩ひ、彼探廻りつつ手引する者を求め居たりしかば、
The hand of the Lord is upon you even now, and you will be blind for a time and unable to see the sun.” Immediately a mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went feeling about for some one to guide him.
12 総督は其成りし事を見て、主の教を感嘆し信仰せり。
When the Governor saw what had happened, he became a believer in Christ, being greatly impressed by the teaching about the Lord.
13 パウロ及び其伴へる人々、パフォより出帆してパンフィリア[州]の[都]ペルゲンに至りしが、ヨハネは彼等を去りてエルザレムに歸れり。
After this, Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and went to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
14 然て彼等はペルゲンを経てピジヂア[州]の[都]アンチオキアに至り、安息日に會堂に入りて坐せしかば、
The others went on from Perga and arrived at Antioch in Pisidia. There they went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath and took their seats.
15 律法及び預言者[の書]を捧読したる後、會堂の司等、人を彼等に遣はして謂はせけるは、兄弟たる人々よ、汝等人民の為に勧となるべき話あらば語れ、と。
After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the President of the Synagogue sent them this message — “Brothers, if you have any helpful words to address to the people, now is the time to speak.”
16 其時パウロ立ちて、（沈黙せしめん為に）手眞似して、然て云ひけるは、イスラエルの男子及び神を畏敬せる人々よ、聞け、
So Paul rose and, motioning with his hand, spoke as follows: “Men of Israel and all here who reverence God, hear what I have to say.
17 イスラエル人民の神は我等の先祖を選み、其エジプト地方に寄留せし時、人民を引立て、且御腕を挙げて彼處より導き出し、
The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, and during their stay in Egypt increased the prosperity of the people, and then ‘with uplifted arm brought them out from that land.’
18 四十年の間荒野に於て彼等の挙動を忍び、
For about forty years ‘he bore with them in the Desert’;
19 且カナアンの地に於て七の民族を亡ぼし、其土地を彼等に嗣がしめ給ひしが、
then, after destroying seven heathen nations in Canaan, he allotted their land to this people —
20 是四百四十年を経たる後の事なり。其後預言者サムエルに至るまで判事を賜ひ、
For about four hundred and fifty years. In later times he gave them Judges, of whom the Prophet Samuel was the last.
21 彼等終に王を求めしかば、神は四十年の間ベンヤミン族の人、シスの子たるサウルを賜ひ、
And, when they demanded a king, God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who reigned for forty years.
22 之を退けて後ダヴィドを挙げて王と為し給ひしが、之を證明して曰へらく、「我わが心に適へる人、エッセの子なるダヴィドを得たり、彼悉く我意を為すべし」と。
After removing him, he raised David to the throne, and bore this testimony to him — ‘In David, the son of Jesse, I have found a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my purposes.’
23 神は御約束の随に、彼が子孫の中より救主イエズスをイスラエルに出し給ひしが、
It was from this man’s descendants that God, in accordance with his promise, gave Israel a Saviour — Jesus;
24 其來るに先ちてヨハネは改心の洗禮をイスラエルの人民に普く宣傳へたり。
John having first proclaimed, before the appearance of Jesus, a baptism upon repentance for all the people of Israel.
25 然れどヨハネ己が使命を終ふるに當りて、我は汝等の其と思へる人に非ず、然りながら看よ、我後に來る人あり、我は其履を解くにも足らず、と云ひ居たりき。
As John was drawing towards the end of his career, he said what do you suppose that I am? I am not the Christ. But there is “One Coming” after me, whose very sandal I am not worthy to untie.’
26 兄弟たる人々よ、アブラハムの裔の子等よ、又汝等の中神を畏敬する者よ、汝等にこそ、此救霊の言は送られたるなれ。
Brothers, descendants of Abraham, and all those among you who reverence God, it was to us that the Message of this Salvation was sent.
27 其はエルザレムに住める人及び其長等は、キリストを認らず、安息日毎に捧読する預言者等の言をも知らず、彼を罪して預言を全うせり。
The people of Jerusalem and their leading men, failing to recognise Jesus, and not understanding the utterances of the Prophets that are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
28 且死罪の理由の一も見出さずして、ピラトに之を殺さん事を求め、
They found no ground at all for putting him to death, and yet demanded his execution from Pilate;
29 斯て之に関して録されたりし事を悉く全うしたる後、木より下して之を墓に納めたり。
and, after carrying out everything written about him, they took Jesus down from the cross, and laid him in a tomb.
30 然れど神は三日目に之を死者の中より復活せしめ給ひしかば、
But God raised him from the dead;
31 多くの日の間、彼と共にガリレアよりエルザレムに上りし人々に現れ給ひ、彼等今に至るまで人民に對して其證人たり。
and he appeared for many days to those who had gone up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, and who are now witnesses for him to the people.
32 我等も曾て我先祖に為されし彼約束の福音を汝等に告ぐ、
We also have good news to tell you, about the promise made to our ancestors —
33 其は神イエズスを復活せしめて、我等の子等の為に此約束を全うし給ひたればなり、詩の第二篇に録して、「汝は我子なり、我今日汝を生めり」、とあるが如し。
That our children have had this promise completely fulfilled to them by God, by his raising Jesus. That is just what is said in the second Psalm — ‘Thou art my Son; this day I have become thy Father.’
34 又之を死者の中より復活せしめ給ひて、再び腐敗に歸すべからざる事を指示して曰へらく、「我ダヴィドに為しし聖なる約束を確に全うせん」と。
As to his raising Jesus from the dead, never again to return to corruption, this is what is said — ‘I will give to you the sacred promises made to David;’
35 然れば又他の處に、「汝の聖なる者に腐敗を見せ給ふ事なかるべし」と云へる事あり、
And, therefore, in another Psalm it is said — ‘Thou wilt not give up the Holy One to undergo corruption.’
36 即ちダヴィドは、生涯神の思召に應じて事へ、眠りて後は先祖と共に置かれて腐敗を見たれども、
David, after obediently doing God’s will in his own time, ‘fell asleep and was laid by the side of his ancestors, and did undergo corruption;
37 神が死者の中より復活せしめ給ひし者は腐敗を見ざりしなり。
but Jesus, whom God raised from the dead, did not undergo corruption.
38 然れば汝等之を覚れ、兄弟たる人々よ、イエズスに由りてこそ、汝等罪の赦を告げられ、
I would, therefore, have you know, brothers, that through Jesus forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you,
39 又モイゼの律法の下に義とせらるるを得ざりし一切の罪に就きても、之を信ずる人は皆義とせらるるなれ。
and that, in union with him, every one who believes in him is absolved from every sin from which under the Law of Moses you could not be absolved.
40 此故に汝等慎めや、預言者等の[書に]云はれし事、恐くは汝等に到來せん。
Beware, therefore, that what is said in the Prophets does not come true of you —
41 即ち「看よ、蔑れる人々、感嘆し、而して亡びよ、蓋汝等の日に至りて我一の業を為さん、是人汝等に語るとも汝等が信ぜざるべき程の業なり」とあり、と。
‘Look, you despisers, and wonder, and perish; For I am doing a deed in your days — A deed which, though told you in full, you will never believe’.”
42 パウロバルナバの兩人會堂を出づる時、次の安息日にも此言を語らん事を乞はれしが、
As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the Synagogue, the people begged for a repetition of this teaching on the next Sabbath.
43 散會の後多くのユデア人、及びユデア教に歸依せし人々、兩人に從ひ來りしかば、兩人彼等に語りて、神の恩寵に止らん事を勧め居たり。
After the congregation had dispersed, many of the Jews, and of the converts who joined in their worship, followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked with them and urged them to continue to rely upon the loving-kindness of God.
44 次の安息日には、神の御言を聴聞せんとて、殆ど町を挙りて集りしが、
On the following Sabbath, almost all the city gathered to hear God’s Message.
45 ユデア人群集の夥しきを見て妬ましさに満たされ、罵りてパウロの言ふ所を拒みければ、
But the sight of the crowds of people filled the minds of the Jews with jealousy, and they kept contradicting Paul’s statements in violent language.
46 パウロバルナバ毅然として云ひけるは、神の御言は先汝等に語るべかりき。然るに汝等之を退けて、自ら永遠の生命を得るに足らずとせるを以て、看よ我等転じて異邦人に向はんとするなり。 (aiōnios g166)
Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly, and said: “It was necessary that the Message of God should be told to you first; but, since you reject it and reckon yourselves not worthy of the Immortal Life — we turn to the Gentiles! (aiōnios g166)
47 蓋主我等に命じて、「我汝を立てて異邦人の燈とし、地の極まで救とならしめん」と曰へり、と。
For this is the Lord’s command to us — ‘I have destined thee for a Light to the Gentiles, A means of Salvation to the ends of the earth’.”
On hearing this, the Gentiles were glad and extolled God’s Message; and all those who had been enrolled for Immortal Life became believers in Christ; (aiōnios g166)
49 斯て主の御言全地方に弘まりければ、
and the Lord’s Message was carried throughout that district.
50 ユデア人は敬虔なる貴夫人等、及び町の重立ちたる人々を煽動して、パウロとバルナバとに對して迫害を起させ、己が地方より彼等を追出せり。
But the Jews incited the women of position who worshiped with them, and the leading men of the town, and started a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their neighbourhood.
51 兩人は人々に向ひて足の塵を払い、イコニオムに至りしが、
They, however, shook the dust off their feet in protest,
52 弟子等は欣喜と聖霊とに満たされてありき。
and went to Iconium, leaving the disciples full of joy and of the Holy Spirit.
