使徒の働き 20
1 騒ぎが治まると、パウロは弟子たちを呼び集めて励まし、別れを告げて、マケドニヤへ向かって出発した。
After the people at Ephesus had stopped rioting, Paul summoned the believers. He encouraged them [to continue to trust in the Lord Jesus. Soon] after that, he told them goodbye and left to go to Macedonia [province].
2 そして、その地方を通り、多くの勧めをして兄弟たちを励ましてから、ギリシヤに来た。
[After he arrived] there, he visited [each town where there were believers], and encouraged them. Then he arrived in Greece [province], [which is also called Achaia].
3 パウロはここで三か月を過ごしたが、そこからシリヤに向けて船出しようというときに、彼に対するユダヤ人の陰謀があったため、彼はマケドニヤを経て帰ることにした。
He stayed there for three months. Then he planned to return to Syria by ship, but [he heard that] some of the Jews [SYN] [in that area] were planning to kill him [as he traveled. So] he decided instead to go [by land, and he traveled] again through Macedonia.
4 プロの子であるベレヤ人ソパテロ、テサロニケ人アリスタルコとセクンド、デルベ人ガイオ、テモテ、アジヤ人テキコとトロピモは、パウロに同行していたが、
The men who were going to travel with him [to Jerusalem were] Sopater, [who was] a son of Pyrrhus, who grew up in Berea [town]; Aristarchus and Secundus, who were from Thessalonica [city; ] Gaius, [who was] from Derbe [town; ] Timothy, [who was from Galatia province; ] and Tychicus and Trophimus who were from Asia [province].
5 彼らは先発して、トロアスで私たちを待っていた。
Those [seven] men went ahead of [Paul and me, Luke, by ship from Macedonia, so] they got to Troas [before we did and] waited for [the two of] us there.
6 種なしパンの祝いが過ぎてから、私たちはピリピから船出し、五日かかってトロアスで彼らと落ち合い、そこに七日間滞在した。
[But we two(exc) traveled by land as far as] Philippi [city]. After the Jewish festival [when they eat] unleavened bread, we got on a ship [that was going from] the port near [Philippi to Troas city]. After five days we [(exc)] arrived at Troas and we met the other men who had traveled there [ahead of us]. Then we [all] stayed in Troas for seven days.
7 週の初めの日に、私たちはパンを裂くために集まった。そのときパウロは、翌日出発することにしていたので、人々と語り合い、夜中まで語り続けた。
(On Sunday evening/On the evening of the first day of the week), we [(exc) and the other believers there] gathered together to celebrate the Lord’s Supper [and to eat other food] [SYN]. Paul spoke to the believers. He continued teaching them until midnight, because he was planning to leave [Troas] the next day.
8 私たちが集まっていた屋上の間には、ともしびがたくさんともしてあった。
Many [oil] lamps were burning in the upstairs room in which we [(exc)] had gathered, [so the fumes caused some people to become sleepy].
9 ユテコというひとりの青年が窓のところに腰を掛けていたが、ひどく眠けがさし、パウロの話が長く続くので、とうとう眠り込んでしまって、三階から下に落ちた。抱き起こしてみると、もう死んでいた。
A young man whose name was Eutychus was there. He was seated on [the sill of] an [open] window [on the third story of the house]. As Paul continued talking for a long time, Eutychus became sleepier and sleepier. Finally, he was sound/really asleep. He fell [out of the window] from the third story down [to the ground. Some of the believers went down] immediately and picked him up. [But he was] dead.
10 パウロは降りて来て、彼の上に身をかがめ、彼を抱きかかえて、「心配することはない。まだいのちがあります。」と言った。
Paul [also] went down. He lay down and stretched out on top of the young man and put his arms around him. Then he said [to the people who were standing around], “Do not worry, he is alive [again now]!”
11 そして、また上がって行き、パンを裂いて食べてから、明け方まで長く話し合って、それから出発した。
Then Paul, [along with the others], went upstairs again and they ate the Lord’s Supper and other food [SYN]. Afterwards, Paul conversed with the believers until dawn. Then he left.
12 人々は生き返った青年を家に連れて行き、ひとかたならず慰められた。
The [other] people took the young man [home], and were greatly encouraged because he was alive [again].
13 さて、私たちは先に船に乗り込んで、アソスに向けて出帆した。そしてアソスでパウロを船に乗せることにしていた。パウロが、自分は陸路をとるつもりで、そう決めておいたからである。
We then went to the ship. Paul did not get on the ship [with us in Troas], because he preferred to go [more quickly] overland to Assos [town]. The rest of us got on the ship and sailed for Assos.
14 こうして、パウロはアソスで私たちと落ち合い、私たちは彼を船に乗せてミテレネに着いた。
We [(exc)] met Paul in Assos. He got on [the ship] with us, and we sailed to Mitylene [town].
15 そこから出帆して、翌日キヨスの沖に達し、次の日サモスに立ち寄り、その翌日ミレトに着いた。
The day after [we reached Mitylene], we [sailed from there and] arrived [at a place] near Kios [Island]. The day after that, we sailed to Samos [Island]. The next day we [left Samos and] sailed to Miletus [town].
16 それはパウロが、アジヤで時間を取られないようにと、エペソには寄港しないで行くことに決めていたからである。彼は、できれば五旬節の日にはエルサレムに着いていたい、と旅路を急いでいたのである。
[Miletus was just south of Ephesus city]. Paul had [earlier] decided that he would not get on a ship that would stop at Ephesus, because he did not want to spend [several] days in Asia [province]. If possible, he wanted to arrive in Jerusalem by the [time of the] Pentecost festival, [and the time of that festival was near].
17 パウロは、ミレトからエペソに使いを送って、教会の長老たちを呼んだ。
[When the ship arrived at] Miletus, Paul sent [a messenger] to Ephesus to ask the elders of the congregation to come to talk with him.
18 彼らが集まって来たとき、パウロはこう言った。 「皆さんは、私がアジヤに足を踏み入れた最初の日から、私がいつもどんなふうにあなたがたと過ごして来たか、よくご存じです。
When the elders arrived, Paul said to them, “You personally know how I [conducted myself among you the entire time] that I was with you, from the first day when I arrived [here] in Asia [province until the day I left].
19 私は謙遜の限りを尽くし、涙をもって、またユダヤ人の陰謀によりわが身にふりかかる数々の試練の中で、主に仕えました。
[You know how] I was serving the Lord [Jesus] very humbly and how I sometimes wept [about people. You also know how] I suffered because the Jews [SYN] [who were not believers often] tried [to harm me].
20 益になることは、少しもためらわず、あなたがたに知らせました。人々の前でも、家々でも、あなたがたを教え、
You also know that, as I preached [God’s message] to you, I never left out anything that would help you. You know that I taught you [God’s message] when many people were present, and I [also went to your] homes and taught it there.
21 ユダヤ人にもギリシヤ人にも、神に対する悔い改めと、私たちの主イエスに対する信仰とをはっきりと主張したのです。
I preached both to Jews and to non-Jews, telling them [all] that they must turn away from their sinful behavior. [I also told them they should] believe in our Lord Jesus.”
22 いま私は、心を縛られて、エルサレムに上る途中です。そこで私にどんなことが起こるのかわかりません。
“And now note this: I am going to Jerusalem, because [God’s] Spirit has clearly shown me that I must go there. I do not know what will happen to me [while I am there].
23 ただわかっているのは、聖霊がどの町でも私にはっきりとあかしされて、なわめと苦しみが私を待っていると言われることです。
But I do know that in each city [where I have stopped], the Holy Spirit has (told me/[caused the believers to] tell me) that [in Jerusalem] people will put me in prison [PRS] and will cause me to suffer [PRS].
24 けれども、私が自分の走るべき行程を走り尽くし、主イエスから受けた、神の恵みの福音をあかしする任務を果たし終えることができるなら、私のいのちは少しも惜しいとは思いません。
But I do not care even if people kill me, if first I am able to finish the work [MET] that the Lord Jesus has told me [to do. He appointed me] to tell people the good message that God [saves us] by doing for us what we do not deserve.
25 皆さん。御国を宣べ伝えてあなたがたの中を巡回した私の顔を、あなたがたはもう二度と見ることがないことを、いま私は知っています。
I have preached to you the message about how God desires to rule [people’s lives]. But now I know that today is the last time that you fellow believers will see me [SYN].
26 ですから、私はきょうここで、あなたがたに宣言します。私は、すべての人たちが受けるさばきについて責任がありません。
So I want you all to understand that if anyone [who has heard me preach] dies [without trusting in Jesus], it is not my fault [MTY],
27 私は、神のご計画の全体を、余すところなくあなたがたに知らせておいたからです。
because I told you [LIT] everything [HYP] that God has planned for us [(inc)].
28 あなたがたは自分自身と群れの全体とに気を配りなさい。聖霊は、神がご自身の血をもって買い取られた神の教会を牧させるために、あなたがたを群れの監督にお立てになったのです。
[You leaders] must continue to believe and obey [God’s message. You must also help] all the other believers [MET] for whom the Holy Spirit has caused you to be responsible [MTY]. Watch over [MET] yourselves and the other believers [as] a shepherd [watches over his sheep]. God bought them with the blood [that flowed from] his [Son’s body on the cross].
29 私が出発したあと、狂暴な狼があなたがたの中にはいり込んで来て、群れを荒らし回ることを、私は知っています。
I know [very well] that after I leave, [people who teach] [MET] [false doctrines] will come among you and will do great harm to the believers. [They will be like] fierce wolves [that kill sheep].
30 あなたがた自身の中からも、いろいろな曲がったことを語って、弟子たちを自分のほうに引き込もうとする者たちが起こるでしょう。
Even in your own group of believers there will be some who will deceive [other] believers by teaching them messages that are false. They will teach those messages so that some people [will believe them and] will become their followers.
31 ですから、目をさましていなさい。私が三年の間、夜も昼も、涙とともにあなたがたひとりひとりを訓戒し続けて来たことを、思い出してください。
So watch out [that none of you stops believing the true message about our Lord Jesus]. Remember that day and night for [about] three years I repeatedly taught you that message, and warned you with tears [in my eyes not to believe any other message].”
32 いま私は、あなたがたを神とその恵みのみことばとにゆだねます。みことばは、あなたがたを育成し、すべての聖別された人々の中にあって御国を継がせることができるのです。
“[Now as I leave you], I ask God to protect you and to keep you believing the message [that he saves us(inc)] by doing for us what we do not deserve. [If you continue believing] the message [that I told you], you will become [spiritually mature], and God will give you the blessings that he has promised to give to all of those who belong to him.
33 私は、人の金銀や衣服をむさぼったことはありません。
[As for myself], I have not desired anyone’s money [MTY] or [fine] clothing.
34 あなたがた自身が知っているとおり、この両手は、私の必要のためにも、私とともにいる人たちのためにも、働いて来ました。
You yourselves know that I have worked [with my hands] [MTY] to earn the money that my companions and I needed.
35 このように労苦して弱い者を助けなければならないこと、また、主イエスご自身が、『受けるよりも与えるほうが幸いである。』と言われたみことばを思い出すべきことを、私は、万事につけ、あなたがたに示して来たのです。」
In everything that I did, I showed you that we [(inc)] should work hard in order [to have enough money] to give some to those who are needy. We [(inc)] should remember that our Lord Jesus himself said, ‘You are happy when people give you what you need, but God will be happy with you when you give other people what they need.’”
36 こう言い終わって、パウロはひざまずき、みなの者とともに祈った。
When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of the elders and prayed.
37 みなは声をあげて泣き、パウロの首を抱いて幾度も口づけし、
They all cried a lot, and they hugged Paul and kissed him.
38 彼が、「もう二度と私の顔を見ることがないでしょう。」と言ったことばによって、特に心を痛めた。それから、彼らはパウロを船まで見送った。
They were especially sad because he had said that they would never see him [SYN] again. Then they [all] went with him to the ship.
