ヨハネの黙示録 6
1 また、私は見た。小羊が七つの封印の一つを解いたとき、四つの生き物の一つが、雷のような声で「来なさい。」と言うのを私は聞いた。
I saw that [Jesus, the one who is like a] lamb, opened the first of the seven seals [of the scroll]. Then I heard one of the four living [creatures] say in a voice [as loud] as [SIM] thunder, “Come!”
2 私は見た。見よ。白い馬であった。それに乗っている者は弓を持っていた。彼は冠を与えられ、勝利の上にさらに勝利を得ようとして出て行った。
Then I saw a white horse [come out]. The one who sat on it had a bow [and arrows]. [God] gave him a crown [to show that he was the king]. Then the one who conquers [people] went out to continue to conquer [people].
3 小羊が第二の封印を解いたとき、私は、第二の生き物が、「来なさい。」と言うのを聞いた。
When the [one who was like a] lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living [creature] say, “Come!”
4 すると、別の、火のように赤い馬が出て来た。これに乗っている者は、地上から平和を奪い取ることが許された。人々が、互いに殺し合うようになるためであった。また、彼に大きな剣が与えられた。
Then a red horse came out. The one sitting on it was allowed {[God] allowed the one sitting on it} to cause [people] to no longer [live] peacefully, but instead to be killing each other. [For this purpose] he was given {[God’s agent] gave to him} a large sword.
5 小羊が第三の封印を解いたとき、私は、第三の生き物が、「来なさい。」と言うのを聞いた。私は見た。見よ。黒い馬であった。これに乗っている者は量りを手に持っていた。
When [the one who is like a] lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living [creature] say, “Come!” This time, I saw a black horse [come out]. The one who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.
6 すると私は、一つの声のようなものが、四つの生き物の間で、こう言うのを聞いた。「小麦一枡は一デナリ。大麦三枡も一デナリ。オリーブ油とぶどう酒に害を与えてはいけない。」
I heard a voice [that sounded] like [it was coming from] among the four living [creatures]. It was saying ([to the horseman/to the man who was sitting on the black horse]), “A quart of wheat [will cost so much that] a man must work a whole day to earn enough money to buy it, and three quarts of barley will sell for the same price. But do not cut off [the supply of] olive oil or the wine [MTY]!”
7 小羊が第四の封印を解いたとき、私は、第四の生き物の声が、「来なさい。」と言うのを聞いた。
When the [one who is like a] lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living [creature] say, “Come!”
8 私は見た。見よ。青ざめた馬であった。これに乗っている者の名は死といい、そのあとにはハデスがつき従った。彼らに地上の四分の一を剣とききんと死病と地上の獣によって殺す権威が与えられた。 (Hadēs g86)
This time I saw a pale horse [come out]. The one who sat on it is named ‘[The one who causes] death [PRS]’, and [the one that is named ‘The place where dead people go’] accompanied him. [God] gave them authority over one quarter of the people on earth to incite them to kill each other with weapons [SYN], and also authority to kill them (by [causing them to] starve, by [their causing them to become] sick from epidemics, and by [their causing them to be attacked by] wild animals. (Hadēs g86)
9 小羊が第五の封印を解いたとき、私は、神のことばと、自分たちが立てたあかしとのために殺された人々のたましいが祭壇の下にいるのを見た。
When the [one who is like a] lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under (OR, at the base of) the altar [in heaven] the souls of [God’s servants] who had been killed {whom [people had] killed} because of [their believing] God’s message, and because they told others [the message about Jesus].
10 彼らは大声で叫んで言った。「聖なる、真実な主よ。いつまでさばきを行なわず、地に住む者に私たちの血の復讐をなさらないのですか。」
They spoke loudly [to God] saying, “Sovereign/Almighty Lord, you are holy and faithful. How long [will it be] before you judge [and punish] the people on earth who murdered [us(exc)]?”
11 すると、彼らのひとりひとりに白い衣が与えられた。そして彼らは、「あなたがたと同じしもべ、また兄弟たちで、あなたがたと同じように殺されるはずの人々の数が満ちるまで、もうしばらくの間、休んでいなさい。」と言い渡された。
[God] gave to each of them a long white robe, and [he] told them to rest a little longer until [people] killed all the believers who served [the Lord] with them. They were believers whom [God wanted to die in just the same way] that these others had been killed.
12 私は見た。小羊が第六の封印を解いたとき、大きな地震が起こった。そして、太陽は毛の荒布のように黒くなり、月の全面が血のようになった。
I saw that when [the one who is like a] lamb opened the sixth seal, the earth shook violently. The sun became as black as cloth made (of [black] wool/of pitch). The whole moon became [red] [SIM] like blood.
13 そして天の星が地上に落ちた。それは、いちじくが、大風に揺られて、青い実を振り落とすようであった。
The stars fell to the earth [in great numbers], just [SIM] like immature figs fall when a fig tree is shaken by a strong wind {when a strong wind shakes a fig tree}.
14 天は、巻き物が巻かれるように消えてなくなり、すべての山や島がその場所から移された。
The sky split open and [rolled up on either side] just [SIM] like an [old] scroll rolls up [when it is split in two]. Every mountain and island moved out of its place.
15 地上の王、高官、千人隊長、金持ち、勇者、あらゆる奴隷と自由人が、ほら穴と山の岩間に隠れ、
[As a result, all the rebellious people] of the earth, [including] kings, high-ranking people, generals, the rich people, the powerful people, along with everyone [else], both slave and free, hid themselves in caves and between the mountain rocks.
16 山や岩に向かってこう言った。「私たちの上に倒れかかって、御座にある方の御顔と小羊の怒りとから、私たちをかくまってくれ。
They shouted to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us [(exc)] and hide us [(exc)] in order that the one who sits upon the throne will not be able to see us [(exc)] [MTY], and [in order that] the [one who is like a] lamb will not be able to punish [MTY] us [(exc)].
17 御怒りの大いなる日が来たのだ。だれがそれに耐えられよう。」
This is the terrible day on which they will punish [MTY] us [(exc)], and [when that happens], no one will be able to survive! [RHQ]”
