マタイの福音書 27
1 さて、夜が明けると、祭司長、民の長老たち全員は、イエスを死刑にするために協議した。
Very early the next morning all the chief priests and Jewish elders decided how [to arrange for the Romans] to execute Jesus.
2 それから、イエスを縛って連れ出し、総督ピラトに引き渡した。
They tied his hands and took him to Pilate, the [Roman] governor.
3 そのとき、イエスを売ったユダは、イエスが罪に定められたのを知って後悔し、銀貨三十枚を、祭司長、長老たちに返して、
When Judas, the one who had (betrayed/enabled Jesus’ enemies to seize) him, realized that they had decided to have Jesus executed, he was very sorry [about what he had done]. He took the 30 coins back to the chief priests and elders.
4 「私は罪を犯した。罪のない人の血を売ったりして。」と言った。しかし、彼らは、「私たちの知ったことか。自分で始末することだ。」と言った。
He said, “I have sinned. I have (betrayed/enabled you to seize) a man who (is innocent/has not done anything wrong).” They replied, “(That means nothing to us!/What does that mean to us?) [RHQ] That is your problem!”
5 それで、彼は銀貨を神殿に投げ込んで立ち去った。そして、外に出て行って、首をつった。
So Judas [took] the money [and] threw it inside the Temple. Then he went away and hanged himself.
6 祭司長たちは銀貨を取って、「これを神殿の金庫に入れるのはよくない。血の代価だから。」と言った。
[Later] the high priests [found] the coins. They picked them up and said, “This is money that we paid [to have a man killed] [MTY], and our law does not allow [such money] to be put {us to put [such money]} into the [Temple treasury].”
7 彼らは相談して、その金で陶器師の畑を買い、旅人たちの墓地にした。
So they decided to use that money to buy the field where clay was dug for making pots {men dug ground for making pots}. [They made that field] a place where they buried strangers [who died in Jerusalem].
8 それで、その畑は、今でも血の畑と呼ばれている。
That is why that place is still called {why they still call that place} ‘The field of blood’.
9 そのとき、預言者エレミヤを通して言われた事が成就した。「彼らは銀貨三十枚を取った。イスラエルの人々に値積もりされた人の値段である。
[By buying that field], they fulfilled these words that the prophet Jeremiah wrote [long ago]: They took the 30 silver coins; That was what the leaders of Israel decided [that he was worth];
10 彼らは、主が私にお命じになったように、その金を払って、陶器師の畑を買った。」
and with that money they bought the field where clay was dug for potters. They did that as the Lord had commanded me.
11 さて、イエスは総督の前に立たれた。すると、総督はイエスに「あなたは、ユダヤ人の王ですか。」と尋ねた。イエスは彼に「そのとおりです。」と言われた。
Jesus stood in front of [Pilate], the governor. The governor asked Jesus, “Do you [claim to be] the king of the Jews?” Jesus replied, “[It is] as you have [just] said.”
12 しかし、祭司長、長老たちから訴えがなされたときは、何もお答えにならなかった。
When he was accused by the chief priests and elders {When the chief priests and elders accused him} about various things, he did not answer.
13 そのとき、ピラトはイエスに言った。「あんなにいろいろとあなたに不利な証言をしているのに、聞こえないのですか。」
So Pilate said to him, “You hear how many things they are saying to accuse you; [are you not going to reply]?”
14 それでも、イエスは、どんな訴えに対しても一言もお答えにならなかった。それには総督も非常に驚いた。
But [even though he was not guilty], Jesus did not say anything. He did not reply to any of the things about which they were accusing him. As a result, the governor was very surprised.
15 ところで総督は、その祭りには、群衆のために、いつも望みの囚人をひとりだけ赦免してやっていた。
It was the governor’s custom [each year] during the [Passover] celebration to release [one person who was in prison]. [He released] whichever prisoner the people wanted.
16 そのころ、バラバという名の知れた囚人が捕えられていた。
At that time there was [in Jerusalem] a well-known prisoner whose name was Barabbas.
17 それで、彼らが集まったとき、ピラトが言った。「あなたがたは、だれを釈放してほしいのか。バラバか、それともキリストと呼ばれているイエスか。」
So when the crowd gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which [prisoner] would you like me to release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus, whom [some of you] claim to be the Messiah?”
18 ピラトは、彼らがねたみからイエスを引き渡したことに気づいていたのである。
[He asked that question] because he realized that the chief priests [wanted to have Jesus executed]. They had brought Jesus to him [only] because they were jealous of Jesus. [And Pilate thought that the crowd would prefer that he release Jesus].
19 また、ピラトが裁判の席に着いていたとき、彼の妻が彼のもとに人をやって言わせた。「あの正しい人にはかかわり合わないでください。ゆうべ、私は夢で、あの人のことで苦しいめに会いましたから。」
While Pilate was sitting on the platform [where he made] judicial [decisions], his wife sent him [this message]: “Early this morning I had a bad dream because of that man. So do not condemn that righteous man!”
20 しかし、祭司長、長老たちは、バラバのほうを願うよう、そして、イエスを死刑にするよう、群衆を説きつけた。
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowd to ask [Pilate to] release Barabbas, and to [order] that Jesus be executed {that [his soldiers] execute Jesus}.
21 しかし、総督は彼らに答えて言った。「あなたがたは、ふたりのうちどちらを釈放してほしいのか。」彼らは言った。「バラバだ。」
So when the governor asked them, “Which of the two men do you want me to release for you?” They replied, “Barabbas!”
22 ピラトは彼らに言った。「では、キリストと言われているイエスを私はどのようにしようか。」彼らはいっせいに言った。「十字架につけろ。」
Pilate, [very astonished], asked, “So what shall I do with Jesus who [some of you] say is the Messiah?” They all answered, “[Command that] he be crucified! {[Command your soldiers] (to crucify him/to nail him to a cross)}!”
23 だが、ピラトは言った。「あの人がどんな悪い事をしたというのか。」しかし、彼らはますます激しく「十字架につけろ。」と叫び続けた。
Pilate replied, “Why? What crime has he committed?” But they shouted even louder, “[Have] him crucified {[Command that your soldiers] crucify him}!”
24 そこでピラトは、自分では手の下しようがなく、かえって暴動になりそうなのを見て、群衆の目の前で水を取り寄せ、手を洗って、言った。「この人の血について、私には責任がない。自分たちで始末するがよい。」
Pilate realized that he was accomplishing nothing. He saw that instead, the people were starting to riot. So he took [a basin of] water and washed his hands as the crowd was watching. He said, “[By washing my hands I am showing you that] if this man dies [MTY], it is [your] fault, [not mine]!”
25 すると、民衆はみな答えて言った。「その人の血は、私たちや子どもたちの上にかかってもいい。」
And all the people answered, “The guilt for causing him to die [MTY] will be on us, and it will be on our children, too!”
26 そこで、ピラトは彼らのためにバラバを釈放し、イエスをむち打ってから、十字架につけるために引き渡した。
Then he [ordered the soldiers to] release Barabbas for them. But he [ordered that his soldiers] flog Jesus. And then he turned Jesus over to the soldiers for them (to nail Jesus to a cross/to crucify him).
27 それから、総督の兵士たちは、イエスを官邸の中に連れて行って、イエスの回りに全部隊を集めた。
Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the government headquarters. The whole (cohort/group of soldiers) gathered around him.
28 そして、イエスの着物を脱がせて、緋色の上着を着せた。
They pulled off [his clothes], and [pretending he was a king, they] put a purple robe on him.
29 それから、いばらで冠を編み、頭にかぶらせ、右手に葦を持たせた。そして、彼らはイエスの前にひざまずいて、からかって言った。「ユダヤ人の王さま。ばんざい。」
They [took some branches with] thorns and wove them to make a crown and put it on his head. They put in his right hand a reed [like a staff that a king would hold]. Then they knelt in front of him and made fun of him, saying, “Hooray for the king of the Jews [IRO]!”
30 また彼らはイエスにつばきをかけ、葦を取り上げてイエスの頭をたたいた。
They kept spitting on him. They took the staff and kept striking him on the head with it.
31 こんなふうに、イエスをからかったあげく、その着物を脱がせて、もとの着物を着せ、十字架につけるために連れ出した。
When they had finished ridiculing him, they pulled off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to [the place where they] would nail him to a cross.
32 そして、彼らが出て行くと、シモンというクレネ人を見つけたので、彼らは、この人にイエスの十字架を、むりやりに背負わせた。
[After Jesus carried his cross] a short distance, [the soldiers] saw a man named Simon, [who was] from Cyrene [city]. They forced him to carry the cross for Jesus.
33 ゴルゴタという所（「どくろ」と言われている場所）に来てから、
They came to a place called Golgotha. That name means ‘the place [like] a skull’.
34 彼らはイエスに、苦みを混ぜたぶどう酒を飲ませようとした。イエスはそれをなめただけで、飲もうとはされなかった。
When [they got there], they mixed with wine something that tasted very bitter. They gave it to [Jesus] to drink [so that he would not feel so much pain when they nailed him on the cross]. But when he tasted it, he refused to drink it. [Some soldiers took his clothes].
35 こうして、イエスを十字架につけてから、彼らはくじを引いて、イエスの着物を分け、
Then they nailed him to the cross. Afterwards, they divided his clothes among themselves by gambling with something like dice [to decide which piece of clothing each one would get].
36 そこにすわって、イエスの見張りをした。
Then the soldiers sat down there to guard him, [to prevent anyone from trying to rescue him].
37 また、イエスの頭の上には、「これはユダヤ人の王イエスである。」と書いた罪状書きを掲げた。
They fastened [to the cross] above Jesus’ head a [sign on which had been] {[they had]} written why [they] were nailing him to the cross. [But all] it said was, ‘This is Jesus, the King of the Jews’.
38 そのとき、イエスといっしょに、ふたりの強盗が、ひとりは右に、ひとりは左に、十字架につけられた。
Two bandits were also nailed {They also nailed two bandits} on crosses. One was nailed to a cross on the right side [of Jesus] and one to a cross on the left side.
39 道を行く人々は、頭を振りながらイエスをののしって、
The people who were passing by insulted him by shaking their heads [as if he were an evil man].
40 言った。「神殿を打ちこわして三日で建てる人よ。もし、神の子なら、自分を救ってみろ。十字架から降りて来い。」
They said, “You [said you] would destroy the Temple, and then you would build it again within three days! [So if you could do that], you [should be able to] save yourself! If you are the man who is also God (OR, If you are the Son of God), come down from the cross!”
41 同じように、祭司長たちも律法学者、長老たちといっしょになって、イエスをあざけって言った。
Similarly, the chief priests, the men who taught the [Jewish] laws and the elders made fun of him. [Various ones of them] said things like,
42 「彼は他人を救ったが、自分は救えない。イスラエルの王さまなら、今、十字架から降りてもらおうか。そうしたら、われわれは信じるから。
“He [claims that he] saved others [IRO] [from their sicknesses], but he cannot help himself!” “He [says that he] is [IRO] the King of Israel. So he should come down from the cross. Then we would believe him!”
43 彼は神により頼んでいる。もし神のお気に入りなら、いま救っていただくがいい。『わたしは神の子だ。』と言っているのだから。」
“He [says that he] trusts in God, and that he is the man who is also God. So if God is pleased with him, God should rescue him now!”
44 イエスといっしょに十字架につけられた強盗どもも、同じようにイエスをののしった。
And the [two] bandits who had been crucified with him also insulted him, saying similar things.
45 さて、十二時から、全地が暗くなって、三時まで続いた。
At noon it became dark over the whole land. [It stayed dark] until three o’clock [in the afternoon].
46 三時ごろ、イエスは大声で、「エリ、エリ、レマ、サバクタニ。」と叫ばれた。これは、「わが神、わが神。どうしてわたしをお見捨てになったのですか。」という意味である。
At about three o’clock Jesus shouted loudly, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” That means, ‘My God, my God, why have you deserted me?’
47 すると、それを聞いて、そこに立っていた人々のうち、ある人たちは、「この人はエリヤを呼んでいる。」と言った。
When some of the people standing there heard [the word ‘Eli’, misunderstanding it], they said, “He is calling for [the prophet] Elijah!”
48 また、彼らのひとりがすぐ走って行って、海綿を取り、それに酸いぶどう酒を含ませて、葦の棒につけ、イエスに飲ませようとした。
Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with sour wine. Then he put the sponge on [the tip of] a reed and [held it up in order that Jesus] could suck out [the wine that was in it].
49 ほかの者たちは、「私たちはエリヤが助けに来るかどうか見ることとしよう。」と言った。
But the other [people there] said, “Wait! Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him!”
50 そのとき、イエスはもう一度大声で叫んで、息を引き取られた。
Then after Jesus shouted out loudly again, he died, giving his spirit over [to God].
51 すると、見よ。神殿の幕が上から下まで真二つに裂けた。そして、地が揺れ動き、岩が裂けた。
At that moment the [heavy thick] curtain [that closed off the most holy place] in the Temple split into two pieces from top to bottom. [That signified that ordinary people could now go into the presence of God]. The earth shook, and [some large] rocks split open.
52 また、墓が開いて、眠っていた多くの聖徒たちのからだが生き返った。
[Some] tombs opened up, and the bodies of many godly people who had died became alive again.
53 そして、イエスの復活の後に墓から出て来て、聖都にはいって多くの人に現われた。
They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus became alive again, they went into Jerusalem and appeared to many people [there].
54 百人隊長および彼といっしょにイエスの見張りをしていた人々は、地震やいろいろの出来事を見て、非常な恐れを感じ、「この方はまことに神の子であった。」と言った。
The officer who supervised the soldiers [who nailed Jesus to the cross was standing nearby]. His soldiers who had been on guard [so that no one would rescue] Jesus [were also there]. When they [felt] the earthquake and saw all the [other] things that happened, they were terrified. They exclaimed, “Truly he was both man and God! (OR, a Son of God).”
55 そこには、遠くからながめている女たちがたくさんいた。イエスに仕えてガリラヤからついて来た女たちであった。
Many women were there, watching from a distance. They were women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee [district] in order to provide the things he needed.
56 その中に、マグダラのマリヤ、ヤコブとヨセフとの母マリヤ、ゼベダイの子らの母がいた。
Among these women were Mary from Magdala [town], [another] Mary who was the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of James and John.
57 夕方になって、アリマタヤの金持ちでヨセフという人が来た。彼もイエスの弟子になっていた。
When it was [almost] evening, a rich man named Joseph came [there]. He was from Arimathea [town]. He also was a disciple of Jesus.
58 この人はピラトのところに行って、イエスのからだの下げ渡しを願った。そこで、ピラトは、渡すように命じた。
He then went to Pilate and asked Pilate to [allow him to take] the body of Jesus [and bury it]. Pilate ordered that [he] be allowed to {[his soldiers] let [Joseph]} take [the body].
59 ヨセフはそれを取り降ろして、きれいな亜麻布に包み、
So Joseph [and others] took the body and wrapped it in a clean white cloth.
60 岩を掘って造った自分の新しい墓に納めた。墓の入口には大きな石をころがしかけて帰った。
Then they placed it in Joseph’s own new tomb that had been dug out of the rock [cliff]. They rolled a huge [circular flat] stone in front of the entrance to the tomb. Then they left.
61 そこにはマグダラのマリヤとほかのマリヤとが墓のほうを向いてすわっていた。
Mary from Magdala and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb, [watching].
62 さて、次の日、すなわち備えの日の翌日、祭司長、パリサイ人たちはピラトのところに集まって、
The next day was Saturday, the Jewish day of rest. The chief priests and [some of] the Pharisees went to Pilate.
63 こう言った。「閣下。あの、人をだます男がまだ生きていたとき、『自分は三日の後によみがえる。』と言っていたのを思い出しました。
They said, “Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive, he said, ‘Three days after I [die I] will become alive again.’
64 ですから、三日目まで墓の番をするように命じてください。そうでないと、弟子たちが来て、彼を盗み出して、『死人の中からよみがえった。』と民衆に言うかもしれません。そうなると、この惑わしのほうが、前のばあいより、もっとひどいことになります。」
So we ask you to order that the tomb be guarded {that [soldiers] guard the tomb} for three days. If you do not do that, his disciples may come and steal the body. Then they will tell people that he has risen from the dead. If they deceive [people by saying that], it will be worse than the way he deceived people before [by saying that he was the Messiah].”
65 ピラトは「番兵を出してやるから、行ってできるだけの番をさせるがよい。」と彼らに言った。
Pilate replied, “You [can] take some soldiers. Go to the tomb and make it as secure as you know how.”
66 そこで、彼らは行って、石に封印をし、番兵が墓の番をした。
So they went and made the tomb secure by [fastening a cord from] the stone [that was in front of the entrance to the rock cliff on each side] and sealing it. They also [left some soldiers there to] guard [the tomb].
