使徒の働き 2
1 第一 聖霊降臨 ペンテコステの日至りしかば、皆一所に集り居けるに、
In the course of the Festival at the close of the Harvest the disciples had all met together,
2 忽ちにして天より烈しき風の來るが如き響ありて、彼等が坐せる家に充ち渡り、
when suddenly there came from the heavens a noise like that of a strong wind rushing by; it filled the whole house in which they were sitting.
3 又火の如き舌彼等に顕れ、分れて各の上に止れり。
Then there appeared tongues of what seemed to be flame, separating, so that one settled on each of them;
4 斯て皆聖霊に満たされ、聖霊が彼等に言はしめ給ふに從ひて、種々の言語にて語り出でたり。
and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with strange ‘tongues’ as the Spirit prompted their utterances.
5 然るに敬虔なるユデア人等の、天下の諸國より來りてエルザレムに住める者ありしが、
Now there were then staying in Jerusalem religious Jews from every country in the world;
6 此音の響き渡るや、群集集り來りて、何れも使徒等が面々の國語にて語るを聞きければ、一同心騒ぎ惘果て、
and, when this sound was heard, numbers of people collected, in the greatest excitement, because each of them heard the disciples speaking in his own language.
7 驚き嘆じて云ひけるは、看よ彼語る人は皆ガリレア人ならずや、
They were utterly amazed, and kept asking in astonishment: “What! Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans?
8 如何にして我等各、我生國の語を聞きたるぞ、と。
Then how is it that we each of us hear them in our own native language?
9 パルト人、メド人、エラミト人、又メソポタミア、ユデア、カパドキア、ポント、[小]アジア、
Some of us are Parthians, some Medes, some Elamites; and some of us live in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Roman Asia,
10 フリジア、パムフィリア、エジプト、クレネに近きリビア地方に住める者、及びロマ寄留人、即ち、
in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the districts of Libya adjoining Cyrene; some of us are visitors from Rome,
11 ユデア人もユデア教に歸依せし人も、クレタ人も、アラビア人も、彼等が我國語にて神の大業を語るを聞きたるなり。
either Jews by birth or converts, and some are Cretans and Arabians — yet we all alike hear them speaking in our own tongues of the great things that God has done.”
12 然れば皆驚き嘆じて、是は何事ぞと語合ひけるが、
They were all utterly amazed and bewildered. “What does it mean?” they asked one another.
13 或は嘲笑ひて、彼等は酒に酔へり、と謂ふ人々もありき。
But there were some who said with a sneer: “They have had too much new wine.”
14 第二 ペトロの説教 是に於てペトロ十一人と共に立上り、聲を揚げて人々に語りけるは、ユデア人及び総てエルザレムに住める人々よ、汝等之を知らざるべからず、耳を傾けて我言を聞け。
Then Peter, surrounded by the eleven other Apostles, stood up, and, raising his voice, addressed the crowd. “Men of Judea,” he began, “and all you who are staying in Jerusalem, let me tell you what this means. Mark well my words.
15 時は尚朝の第九時なれば、此人々は汝等の思へる如く酔ひたるに非ず、
These men are not drunk, as you suppose; for it is only now nine in the morning! No!
16 是預言者ヨエルを以て言はれし事なり、曰く「主曰はく、末の日頃に至らば、我霊を凡ての人の上に注がん、
This is what is spoken of in the prophet Joel —
17 斯て汝等の子女は預言し、汝等の青年等は幻を見、汝等の老人等は夢みるべし、
‘It shall come about in the last days,’ God says, ‘That I will pour out my Spirit on all mankind; Your sons and your daughters shall become Prophets, Your young men shall see visions, And your old men dream dreams;
18 又我僕、婢等の上にも、彼日頃に至りて我霊を注がん、斯て彼等は預言すべし。
Yes, even on the slaves — for they are mine — both men and women, I will in those days pour out my Spirit, And they shall become Prophets;
19 我又上は天に不思議を、下は地に徴を與へん、即ち血と火と烟の柱とあるべし、
And I will show wonders in the heavens above, And signs on the earth below — Blood and fire and mist of smoke;
20 主の大いにして明白なる日の來らざる前に、日は暗黒と成り、月は血と成らん、
The sun shall become darkness, And the moon blood-red, Before the Day of the Lord comes — that great and awful day.
21 斯て主の御名を呼頼まん人皆救はるべし」と。
Then shall every one who invokes the Name of the Lord be saved.’
22 イスラエル人よ、是等の言を聞け。ナザレトのイエズスは、汝等も知れる如く、神が之を以て汝等の中に行ひ給ひし奇蹟と不思議と徴とを以て、神より汝等の中に證明せられたる人にして、
Men of Israel, listen to what I am saying. Jesus of Nazareth, a man whose mission from God to you was proved by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God showed among you through him, as you know full well —
23 神の豫定の思召と豫知とによりて付されしを、汝等不法人の手を以て之を磔にして殺したるなり。
He, I say, in accordance with God’s definite plan and with his previous knowledge, was betrayed, and you, by the hands of lawless men, nailed him to a cross and put him to death.
24 彼冥府に止めらるること能はざりければ、神冥府の苦を解きて之を復活せしめ給へり。
But God released him from the pangs of death and raised him to life, it being impossible for death to retain its hold upon him.
25 蓋ダヴィド之を斥して曰く、「我は絶えず我前に主を見奉りたり、其は我が動かざらん為に、主我右に在せばなり。
Indeed it was to him that David was referring when he said — ‘I have had the Lord ever before my eyes, For he stands at my right hand, that I should not be disquieted.
26 故に我心は嬉しく、我舌は喜びに堪へず、加之我肉體も亦希望の中に息まん。
Therefore my heart was cheered, and my tongue told its delight; Yes, even my body, too, will rest in hope;
For thou wilt not abandon my soul to the Place of Death, Nor surrender me, your holy one, to undergo corruption. (Hadēs g86)
28 汝生命の道を我に知らせ給へり、又御顔を以て我を喜に満たせ給ふべし」と。
Thou have shown me the path to life, Thou wilt fill me with gladness in your presence.’
29 兄弟の人々よ、大祖ダヴィドに就きて憚らず之を云はしめよ。彼は死して葬られ、其墓は今日に至るまで我等の中に存す。
Brothers, I can speak to you the more confidently about the Patriarch David, because he is dead and buried, and his tomb is here among us to this very day.
30 即ち彼は預言者にして、神之に誓を立て、其子孫の中より一人其座に着くべし、と約し給ひし事を知り居たれば、
David, then, Prophet as he was, knowing that God ‘had solemnly sworn to him to set one of his descendants upon his throne,’ looked into the future,
and referred to the resurrection of the Christ when he said that ‘he had not been abandoned to the Place of Death, nor had his body undergone corruption.’ (Hadēs g86)
32 神は此イエズスを復活せしめ給へり、我等は皆其證人なり。
It was this Jesus, whom God raised to life; and of that we are ourselves all witnesses.
33 然ればこそ神の右の御手を以て上げられ、且父より聖霊の約束を受けて、汝等の見且聞ける此聖霊を注ぎ給ひたるなれ。
And now that he has been exalted to the right hand of God, and has received from the Father the promised gift of the Holy Spirit, he has begun to pour out that gift, as you yourselves now see and hear.
34 蓋ダヴィドは天に昇りしに非ざれども、自ら曰へらく「主我主に曰へらく、
It was not David who went up into Heaven; for he himself says — ‘The Lord said to my master: “Sit on my right hand,
35 我汝の敵を汝の足台とならしむるまで我右に坐せ」と。
Till I put your enemies as a footstool under thy feet.”’
36 然れば汝等が十字架に磔けし此イエズスをば、神が主となしキリストと為し給ひし事を、イスラエルの家挙りて最も確に知らざるべからず、と。
So let the whole nation of Israel know beyond all doubt, that God has made him both Lord and Christ — this very Jesus whom you crucified.”
37 第三 其説教の結果 人々是等の事を聞きて心を刺され、ペトロ及び他の使徒等に向ひ、兄弟の人々よ、我等何を為すべきぞ、と云ひければ、
When the people heard this, they were conscience-smitten, and said to Peter and the rest of the Apostles: “Brothers, what can we do?”
38 ペトロ云ひけるは、汝等改心せよ、且罪を赦されん為に、各イエズス、キリストの御名によりて洗せらるべし、然らば聖霊の賜を得ん。
“Repent,” answered Peter, “and be baptized every one of you in the Faith of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
39 蓋約束は汝等の為にして、又汝等の子等、及び総て遥に遠ざかれる人、我等の神たる主の召し給へる一切の人の為なり、と。
For the promise is for you and for your children, and also for all those now far away, who may be called by the Lord our God.”
40 ペトロ此他尚多くの言を以て、人々を服せしめ且勧めて、汝等此邪の時代より救ひ出されよ、と云ひ居たり。
With many other words Peter enforced his teaching, while the burden of his exhortations was — “Save yourselves from the perverse spirit of this age.”
41 斯て彼の言を承けし人々洗せられしが、即日弟子の數に加はりし者約三千人なりき。
So those who accepted his teaching were baptized, and about three thousand people joined the disciples on that day alone.
42 然て堪忍びて、使徒等の教と共同生活と、麪を擘く事と祈祷とに從事し居たりしが、
They devoted themselves to the teaching of the Apostles and to the Common Life of the Church, to the Breaking of the Bread and to the Prayers.
43 軈て人皆心に懼を生じ、又使徒等に籍りて、多くの不思議と徴と、エルザレムに行はれければ、一般の人々大いに懼れを懐き居たり。
A deep impression was made upon every one, and many wonders and signs were done at the hands of the Apostles.
44 斯て信仰せる人々、総て一所に在りて何物をも共有にし、
All who became believers in Christ held everything for the common use;
45 動産不動産を売り、面々の用に應じて一同に分ちつつ、
they sold their property and their goods, and shared the proceeds among them all, according to their individual needs.
46 尚毎日心を同じくして長時間[神]殿に居り、家々に麪を擘きて喜悦と眞心とを以て食事を為し、
Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the Temple Courts, and to the Breaking of Bread at their homes, while they partook of their food in simple-hearted gladness, praising God, and winning the good-will of all the people.
47 諸共に神を賛美し奉りて、人民一般の心を獲たり。然て斯の如くに、救はるる人を、主日々増加せしめ給ひつつありき。
And the Lord daily added to their company those who were in the path of Salvation.
