ヨハネの黙示録 20
Then I saw an angel coming down from Heaven, with the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. (Abyssos g12)
2 彼は、悪魔でありサタンである竜、あの古い蛇を捕え、これを千年の間縛って、
He seized the Dragon, the primeval Serpent (who is the ‘Devil’ or ‘Satan’), and bound him in chains for a thousand years.
3 底知れぬ所に投げ込んで、そこを閉じ、その上に封印して、千年の終わるまでは、それが諸国の民を惑わすことのないようにした。サタンは、そのあとでしばらくの間、解き放されなければならない。 (Abyssos g12)
He flung him into the bottomless pit and locked it, and set his seal upon it; that he should not deceive the nations any more, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be let loose for a while. (Abyssos g12)
4 また私は、多くの座を見た。彼らはその上にすわった。そしてさばきを行なう権威が彼らに与えられた。また私は、イエスのあかしと神のことばとのゆえに首をはねられた人たちのたましいと、獣やその像を拝まず、その額や手に獣の刻印を押されなかった人たちを見た。彼らは生き返って、キリストとともに、千年の間王となった。
Then I saw thrones, and to those who took their seats upon them authority was given to act as judges. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony to Jesus and because of the Message of God, for they had refused to worship the Beast or its image, and had not received the brand on their foreheads and on their hands. They were restored to life, and they reigned with the Christ for a thousand years.
5 そのほかの死者は、千年の終わるまでは、生き返らなかった。これが第一の復活である。
(The rest of the dead were not restored to life till the thousand years were ended.) This is the First Resurrection.
6 この第一の復活にあずかる者は幸いな者、聖なる者である。この人々に対しては、第二の死は、なんの力も持っていない。彼らは神とキリストとの祭司となり、キリストとともに、千年の間王となる。
Blessed and holy will he be who shares in that First Resurrection. The second Death has no power over them; but they will be priests of God, and the Christ, and they will reign with him for the thousand years.
7 しかし千年の終わりに、サタンはその牢から解き放され、
When the thousand years are ended, Satan will be let loose from his prison,
8 地の四方にある諸国の民、すなわち、ゴグとマゴグを惑わすために出て行き、戦いのために彼らを召集する。彼らの数は海べの砂のようである。
and he will come out to deceive the nations that live in ‘the four corners of the earth — Gog and Magog.’ He will come to gather them together for battle; and their number will be as great as the sand on the sea-shore.
9 彼らは、地上の広い平地に上って来て、聖徒たちの陣営と愛された都とを取り囲んだ。すると、天から火が降って来て、彼らを焼き尽くした。
They went up over the breadth of the whole earth, and surrounded the camp of Christ’s People and the beloved city. Then fire fell from the heavens and consumed them;
11 また私は、大きな白い御座と、そこに着座しておられる方を見た。地も天もその御前から逃げ去って、あとかたもなくなった。
Then I saw a great white throne, and him who was seated on it. ‘The earth and the heavens fled from his presence; no place was left for them.’
12 また私は、死んだ人々が、大きい者も、小さい者も御座の前に立っているのを見た。そして、数々の書物が開かれた。また、別の一つの書物も開かれたが、それは、いのちの書であった。死んだ人々は、これらの書物に書きしるされているところに従って、自分の行ないに応じてさばかれた。
And I saw the dead, high and low, standing before the throne; and books were opened. Then another book was opened, the Book of Life; and the dead were judged, according to their actions, by what was written in the books.
The sea gave up its dead, and Death and the Lord of the Place of Death gave up their dead; and they were judged, one by one, each according to his actions. (Hadēs g86)
