マタイの福音書 3
1 第一款 洗者ヨハネの先駆 其頃、洗者ヨハネ來りてユデアの荒野に教を宣べ、
In those days, John [Yah is gracious] the Immerser came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea [Praise], saying,
2 云ひけるは、汝等改心せよ、天國は近づけり、と。
“Teshuvah ·Turn repent·, for the Kingdom of Heaven (God) is at hand!”
3 蓋是預言者イザヤによりて云はれし人なり、曰く「荒野に呼はる人の聲ありて云ふ、汝等主の道を備へ、其小径を直くせよ」と。
For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah [Salvation of Yah] the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of MarYah [Master Yahweh]. Make his paths straight.”
4 ヨハネは駱駝の毛衣を着、腰に皮帯を締め、蝗と野蜜とを常食と為し居たりき。
Now John [Yah is gracious] himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
5 時にエルザレムユデアの全國ヨルダン[河]に沿へる全地方[の人]彼の許に出で、
Then people from Jerusalem [City of peace], all of Judea [Praise], and all the region around the Jordan [Descender] went out to him.
6 己が罪を告白して、ヨルダンにて洗せられ居りしが、
They were baptized by him in the Jordan [Descender], confessing their sins.
7 多くのファリザイ人及サドカイ人の己に洗せられんとて來るを見て、ヨハネ是に云ひけるは、蝮の裔よ、來るべき怒を逃るる事を誰か汝等に誨へしぞ。
But when he saw many of the Pharisees [Separated] and Sadducees [Morally-upright] coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 然れば改心の相當なる果を結べよ。
Therefore produce fruit worthy of teshuvah ·complete repentance·!
9 汝等、我等の父にアブラハムありと心の中に云はんとすること勿れ、蓋我汝等に告ぐ、神は是等の石よりアブラハムの為に子等を起すことを得給ふ。
Don’t think to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham [Father of a multitude] Avinu ·our Father·,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham [Father of a multitude] from these stones.
10 斧既に樹の根に置かれたり、故に総て善き果を結ばざる樹は伐られて火に投入れらるべし。
“Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
11 我は改心の為に水にて汝等を洗すれども、我後に來り給ふ者は我よりも力あり、我は其履を執るにも足らず、彼は聖霊と火とにて汝等を洗し給ふべし。
I indeed baptize you in water for teshuvah ·complete repentance·, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in Ruach haKodesh [Spirit of the Holiness].
12 彼の手に箕ありて其禾場を浄め、麦は倉に納め、糠は消えざる火にて焼き給ふべし、と。
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.”
13 第二款 キリスト自身の豫備 此時イエズス、ヨハネに洗せられんとて、ガリレアよりヨルダン[河]に來り給ひしかば、
Then Yeshua [Salvation] came from Galilee [District, Circuit] to the Jordan [Descender] to John [Yah is gracious], to be baptized by him.
14 ヨハネ辞して云ひけるは、我こそ汝に洗せらるべきに、汝我に來り給ふか。
But John [Yah is gracious] would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?”
15 イエズス答へて曰ひけるは、姑く其を許せ、斯く我等が正しき事を、悉く遂ぐるは當然なればなり、と。是に於てヨハネ是に許ししかば、
But Yeshua [Salvation], answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him.
16 イエズス洗せられて直に水より上り給ひしが、折しも天彼の為に開け、神の霊鳩の如く降りて我上に來り給ふを見給へり、
Yeshua [Salvation], when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw haRuach [the Spirit] of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.
17 折しも又天より聲ありて、「是ぞ我心を安んぜる我愛子なる」と云へり。
Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my agapetos ·beloved, esteemed· Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
