ヨハネの黙示録 18
1 其後、又別に一の天使、大いなる権威を以て天より降るを見しが、地上は其榮光を以て照されたり。
And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great authority; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
2 彼力ある聲にて呼はり言ひけるは、倒れたり、倒れたり大いなるバビロネは。既に惡魔の住處と成り、凡ての穢れたる霊の巣窟と成り、総て汚れて憎むべき鳥の巣と成れり。
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
3 蓋萬民は其姦淫が起さする怒の酒を飲み、地上の國王等は彼と姦淫を為し、地上の商人等は彼が奢の勢によりて富豪と成りたるなり、と。
For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4 又別に天より聲して斯く言へるを聞けり、我臣民よ、汝等彼が中より出でて、其罪に與らず其禍を受けざる様にせよ。
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5 其は彼の罪は天に達し、主彼が不義を心に留め給ひたればなり。
For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
6 彼が汝等に為しし如く汝等彼に為し、其業に應じて倍して之を報い、彼が汲與へし杯は之に倍して汲與へよ。
Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
7 彼が自ら誇りて快樂に暮らししと同じ程なる苦と悔とを與へよ、其は彼が心の中に、我は女王の位に坐して寡婦には非ず、而も悔を見じ、と謂へばなり。
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
8 故に其禍、即ち死と、悔と、飢と、俄に來りて、彼は火にて焼盡さるべし、彼を審判し給へる神は全能にて在せばなり。
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
9 彼と姦淫して樂しみ暮らしし地上の諸國王、彼が焼かるる烟を見て其上を泣き、且己が胸を打ち、
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
10 其苦を恐れて遥に立退きて言はん、禍なる哉、禍なる哉、彼バビロネの大都會、彼堅固なる都會よ、其は汝の刑罰一時に至りたればなり、と。
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
11 又地上の商人、泣きて彼が上を悲しむべし、其は己の商品を買ふべきもの既に之あらざればなり。
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
12 其商品は金銀、寳石、眞珠、亜麻布、緋色布、絹物、紫布、種々の香木、及び一切の象牙細工、佳木、青銅、鉄、大理石の諸器物、
The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
13 又肉桂、香料、香油、乳膏、葡萄酒、油、麦粉、小麦、駄獣、羊、馬、四輪車、人の體と魂と等なり。
And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
14 [バビロネよ]、汝の好みし果物は汝を去り、一切の珍味華美の品々は、亡びて汝より離れ、以後は之を見出さざるべし。
And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
15 是等の物を商ひて富豪と成りし人々は、バビロネの苦を恐れて遥に立退き、泣悔みて、
The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16 言はん、禍なる哉、禍なる哉、曾て亜麻布、緋色、紫色の服を着し、金、寳石、眞珠を以て身を飾りたる、彼大都會よ、と。
And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 是然しも莫大なる富の一時に消失せたればなり。
For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18 又一切の船長、航海せる人々、水夫、又は海上に働ける人々、遥に立退きて、其火事の烟を見て呼はり言ひけるは、如何なる都會か此大都會には似たる、と。
And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
19 而して彼等は、塵を己が頭に被りて泣悔み、叫びて言ひけるは、禍なる哉、禍なる哉、其奢によりて総て海上に船を有ちたる人々を富ましめたる彼大都會よ、其は一時に荒果てたるなり、と。
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
20 天及び聖人、使徒、預言者等、彼が上を歓びて躍れ、蓋神汝等が[受けし]處分を彼に於て復讐し給ひしなり。
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21 又一の強き天使、大いなる磨の如き石を海に投げて言ひけるは、彼大都會バビロネは、斯の如き機勢を以て投げられ、再び見出さるる事あらじ。
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
22 今より後は汝の中に、琴を弾じ、樂を奏し、笛を吹き、喇叭を鳴らす者の聲再び聞えず、種々の芸術の職人、汝の中に再び見出されず、磨の音汝の中に再び聞えず、
And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
23 燈の光汝の中に再び輝かず、新郎新婦の聲全く汝の中に聞えざるべし。其は汝の商人、既に地の諸侯の如くに成りて、萬民汝の魔力に惑ひ、
And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
24 且預言者、聖人及び地上に殺されし一切の人の血、彼に於て見出されたればなり、と。
And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
