ヨハネの黙示録 5

1 また、私は、御座にすわっておられる方の右の手に巻き物があるのを見た。それは内側にも外側にも文字が書きしるされ、七つの封印で封じられていた。

I saw that there was a scroll in the right hand of the one who was sitting on the throne. The scroll was written on its outside as well as on its inside, and it was sealed {Someone had written on the outside as well as on the inside of the scroll and sealed it} with seven seals.

2 また私は、ひとりの強い御使いが、大声でふれ広めて、「巻き物を開いて、封印を解くのにふさわしい者はだれか。」と言っているのを見た。

I saw a strong angel who was announcing in a loud voice, “(The person who is worthy to break the seals of the scroll and then to open it should come to do it!/Who is worthy to break the seals of the scroll and then to open it?)” [RHQ]

3 しかし、天にも、地にも、地の下にも、だれひとりその巻き物を開くことのできる者はなく、見ることのできる者もいなかった。

But no created being in heaven nor any created being on the earth nor any created being under the earth was able to open the scroll and see what was written on it.

4 巻き物を開くのにも、見るのにも、ふさわしい者がだれも見つからなかったので、私は激しく泣いていた。

I cried loudly because there was no one worthy to do that.

5 すると、長老のひとりが、私に言った。「泣いてはいけない。見なさい。ユダ族から出たしし、ダビデの根が勝利を得たので、その巻き物を開いて、七つの封印を解くことができます。」

But one of the elders said to me, “Do not cry any longer! Look, the one who is called the Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Messiah who is the descendant of King David, has overcome Satan! As a result, he is worthy to break the seven seals on the scroll and open it!”

6 さらに私は、御座――そこには、四つの生き物がいる。――と、長老たちとの間に、ほふられたと見える小羊が立っているのを見た。これに七つの角と七つの目があった。その目は、全世界に遣わされた神の七つの御霊である。

Then I saw Jesus, the one who is like a [MET] sacrificial lamb, standing there. He stood near the throne, in the midst of the four living creatures and the elders. It appeared that he had been killed {that people had killed him}, but he was alive again. He had seven horns [on his head], and he had seven eyes that symbolize the Spirit of God who has all kinds of power (OR, who is also symbolized as seven spirits). [He] sends [God’s] Spirit out into all the earth.

7 小羊は近づいて、御座にすわる方の右の手から、巻き物を受け取った。

He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sits on the throne.

8 彼が巻き物を受け取ったとき、四つの生き物と二十四人の長老は、おのおの、立琴と、香のいっぱいはいった金の鉢とを持って、小羊の前にひれ伏した。この香は聖徒たちの祈りである。

When he took the scroll, the four living [creatures] and the 24 elders (prostrated themselves/knelt down) before [Jesus], the [one who is like a] lamb, [to worship him]. They each had a harp, and they had golden bowls full of incense that [represents] the prayers of God’s people.

9 彼らは、新しい歌を歌って言った。 「あなたは、巻き物を受け取って、その封印を解くのにふさわしい方です。あなたは、ほふられて、その血により、あらゆる部族、国語、民族、国民の中から、神のために人々を贖い、

The living [creatures] and the elders sang a new song. They sang: You are worthy to receive the scroll and to open its seals, because you were killed, and because you redeemed/bought people for God from every tribe, language [MTY], people-group, and nation with the blood that flowed from your body when you died.

10 私たちの神のために、この人々を王とし、祭司とされました。彼らは地上を治めるのです。」

You have caused them to become a people over whom our God rules, and to become priests who serve him, and they will rule on [MTY] the earth.

11 また私は見た。私は、御座と生き物と長老たちとの回りに、多くの御使いたちの声を聞いた。その数は万の幾万倍、千の幾千倍であった。

As I [continued to] look, I heard the voices of many angels around the throne and around the living [creatures] and the elders. There were millions of them, a [crowd so large that no one could count them].

12 彼らは大声で言った。 「ほふられた小羊は、力と、富と、知恵と、勢いと、誉れと、栄光と、賛美を受けるにふさわしい方です。」

They were singing in a loud voice: “The one who is like a lamb was killed {whom his enemies killed} but he became alive again. He is worthy that all created beings acknowledge that he is infinitely powerful, infinitely rich, infinitely wise, and infinitely strong! He is worthy of being honored and praised by all created beings!”

13 また私は、天と地と、地の下と、海の上のあらゆる造られたもの、およびその中にある生き物がこう言うのを聞いた。 「御座にすわる方と、小羊とに、賛美と誉れと栄光と力が永遠にあるように。」 (aiōn g165)

I also heard every creature that is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the ocean, every creature in all those places, saying (OR, singing): “We must forever praise and honor the one who sits on the throne and the one who is like a lamb, May they reign with complete power forever!” (aiōn g165)

14 また、四つの生き物はアーメンと言い、長老たちはひれ伏して拝んだ。

The four living [creatures] said, “(Amen!/May it be so!)” Then the elders prostrated themselves and worshipped [God and Jesus].