Deuteronomy 31
1 When Moses/I finished saying all that to the Israeli people,
そこでモーセは続いてこの言葉をイスラエルのすべての人に告げて、
2 he/I said to them, “Now I am 120 years old. I am no longer able to go everywhere [that you go] (OR, to be your leader). Furthermore, Yahweh has told me that I will not cross the Jordan [River].
彼らに言った、「わたしは、きょう、すでに百二十歳になり、もはや出入りすることはできない。また主はわたしに『おまえはこのヨルダンを渡ることはできない』と言われた。
3 But Yahweh our God will go ahead of you. He will [enable you to] destroy the nations that are living there, in order that you can occupy their land. Joshua will be your leader, which is what Yahweh already told me.
あなたの神、主はみずからあなたに先立って渡り、あなたの前から、これらの国々の民を滅ぼし去って、あなたにこれを獲させられるであろう。また主がかつて言われたように、ヨシュアはあなたを率いて渡るであろう。
4 Yahweh will do to those nations what he did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amor people-group when he destroyed their armies [MTY].
主がさきにアモリびとの王シホンとオグおよびその地にされたように、彼らにもおこなって彼らを滅ぼされるであろう。
5 Yahweh will enable you to conquer those nations, but you must [kill all of the people of those nations, which is] what I have commanded you to do.
主は彼らをあなたがたに渡されるから、あなたがたはわたしが命じたすべての命令のとおりに彼らに行わなければならない。
6 Be brave and confident. Do not be afraid of those people. [Do not forget that] it is Yahweh our God who will go with you. He will always help [LIT] you and never abandon you.”
あなたがたは強く、かつ勇ましくなければならない。彼らを恐れ、おののいてはならない。あなたの神、主があなたと共に行かれるからである。主は決してあなたを見放さず、またあなたを見捨てられないであろう」。
7 Then Moses/I summoned Joshua, and while all the Israeli people were listening, he/I said to him, “Be brave and confident. You are the one who will lead these people into the land that Yahweh promised to our ancestors that he would give to them, and you will enable them to occupy it.
モーセはヨシュアを呼び、イスラエルのすべての人の目の前で彼に言った、「あなたはこの民と共に行き、主が彼らの先祖たちに与えると誓われた地に入るのであるから、あなたは強く、かつ勇ましくなければならない。あなたは彼らにそれを獲させるであろう。
8 It is Yahweh who will go ahead of you. He will be with you. He will always help [LIT] you. He will never abandon you. So do not be afraid or dismayed.”
主はみずからあなたに先立って行き、またあなたと共におり、あなたを見放さず、見捨てられないであろう。恐れてはならない、おののいてはならない」。
9 Moses/I wrote down all these laws [on two scrolls] and gave [one scroll] to the priests, who carried the chest containing the Ten Commandments, and [gave the other scroll] to the Israeli elders.
モーセはこの律法を書いて、主の契約の箱をかつぐレビの子孫である祭司およびイスラエルのすべての長老たちに授けた。
10 Moses/I told them, “At the end of every seven years, at the time that all debts are canceled, [read this to the people] during the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters.
そしてモーセは彼らに命じて言った、「七年の終りごとに、すなわち、ゆるしの年の定めの時になり、かりいおの祭に、
11 Read it to all the Israeli people when they gather at the place that Yahweh chooses for them to worship him.
イスラエルのすべての人があなたの神、主の前に出るため、主の選ばれる場所に来るとき、あなたはイスラエルのすべての人の前でこの律法を読んで聞かせなければならない。
12 Gather together everyone—men, women, children, even the foreigners [who are living] in your towns—in order that they may hear [these laws] and learn to revere Yahweh our God, and to faithfully obey everything that is written in these laws.
すなわち男、女、子供およびあなたの町のうちに寄留している他国人など民を集め、彼らにこれを聞かせ、かつ学ばせなければならない。そうすれば彼らはあなたがたの神、主を恐れてこの律法の言葉を、ことごとく守り行うであろう。
13 [If they do that], your descendants who have never known these laws will hear them and will also learn to revere Yahweh our God, during all the years that they live in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan [River] to occupy.”
また彼らの子供たちでこれを知らない者も聞いて、あなたがたの神、主を恐れることを学ぶであろう。あなたがたがヨルダンを渡って行って取る地にながらえる日のあいだ常にそうしなければならない」。
14 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Listen carefully. You will soon die. Summon Joshua, and you go to the Sacred Tent with him, in order that I may appoint him [to be the new leader].” So Joshua and Moses/I went to the Sacred Tent.
主はまたモーセに言われた、「あなたの死ぬ日が近づいている。ヨシュアを召して共に会見の幕屋に立ちなさい。わたしは彼に務を命じるであろう」。モーセとヨシュアが行って会見の幕屋に立つと、
15 There Yahweh appeared to them/us in a pillar of cloud, and that cloud was close to the door of the tent.
主は幕屋で雲の柱のうちに現れられた。その雲の柱は幕屋の入口のかたわらにとどまった。
16 Yahweh said to Moses/me, “You will soon die [EUP]. Then these people will become unfaithful [MET] to me. They will abandon me and (break/stop obeying) the agreement that I made with them. They will begin to worship the foreign/pagan gods [that are worshiped by the people] of the land that they will enter.
主はモーセに言われた、「あなたはまもなく眠って先祖たちと一緒になるであろう。そのときこの民はたちあがり、はいって行く地の異なる神々を慕って姦淫を行い、わたしを捨て、わたしが彼らと結んだ契約を破るであろう。
17 When that happens, I will become very angry with them. I will abandon them [DOU] and I will no longer help them [IDM], and I will destroy them {they will be destroyed}. Many terrible things will happen to them, with the result that they will say, ‘[We are certain that] [RHQ] these things are happening to us because our God is no longer with us.’
その日には、わたしは彼らにむかって怒りを発し、彼らを捨て、わたしの顔を彼らに隠すゆえに、彼らは滅ぼしつくされ、多くの災と悩みが彼らに臨むであろう。そこでその日、彼らは言うであろう、『これらの災がわれわれに臨むのは、われわれの神がわれわれのうちにおられないからではないか』。
18 And because of all the evil things that they will have done, and [especially because] they will have started to worship other gods, I will refuse to help [IDM] them.
しかも彼らがほかの神々に帰して、もろもろの悪を行うゆえに、わたしはその日には必ずわたしの顔を隠すであろう。
19 “So, [I am going to give you] a song. Write it [on a scroll] and teach it to the Israeli people and cause them to memorize it. It will be like a witness that accuses them.
それであなたがたは今、この歌を書きしるし、イスラエルの人々に教えてその口に唱えさせ、この歌をイスラエルの人々に対するわたしのあかしとならせなさい。
20 I am about to take them into a very fertile [IDM] land, a land that I solemnly promised their ancestors that I would give to them. There they will have plenty to eat, with the result that their [stomachs] will [always] be full and they will become fat. But then they will turn to other gods and start to worship them, and they will despise me and (break/stop obeying) the agreement that I made with them.
わたしが彼らの先祖たちに誓った、乳と蜜の流れる地に彼らを導き入れる時、彼らは食べて飽き、肥え太るに及んで、ほかの神々に帰し、それに仕えて、わたしを軽んじ、わたしの契約を破るであろう。
21 And they will experience many terrible disasters. After that happens, their descendants will never forget this song, and it will be like a witness [that says, ‘Now you know why Yahweh punished your ancestors].’ I will soon take them into the land that I vowed that I would give to them; but now, before I do that, I know what they are thinking [that they will do when they are living there].”
こうして多くの災と悩みとが彼らに臨む時、この歌は彼らに対して、あかしとなるであろう。（それはこの歌が彼らの子孫の口にあって、彼らはそれを忘れないからである。）わたしが誓った地に彼らを導き入れる前、すでに彼らが思いはかっている事をわたしは知っているからである」。
22 So on the day that [Yahweh gave Moses/me this song], he/I wrote it down, and he/I taught it to the Israeli people.
モーセはその日、この歌を書いてイスラエルの人々に教えた。
23 Then Yahweh (appointed/set apart) Joshua and said to him, “Be brave and confident, because you will lead the Israeli people into the land that I vowed that I would give to them. And I will be with you.”
主はヌンの子ヨシュアに命じて言われた、「あなたはイスラエルの人々をわたしが彼らに誓った地に導き入れなければならない。それゆえ強くかつ勇ましくあれ。わたしはあなたと共にいるであろう」。
24 Then Moses/I finished writing on a scroll all the laws that Yahweh had told to him/me.
モーセがこの律法の言葉を、ことごとく書物に書き終った時、
25 Then Moses/I told the descendants of Levi, who were carrying the Sacred Chest that contained the Ten Commandments,
モーセは主の契約の箱をかつぐレビびとに命じて言った、
26 “Take this scroll on which these laws [are written], and place it beside the Sacred Chest that contains the agreement that Yahweh our God made with you, in order that it may remain there to testify [about what Yahweh will do] to the people [if they disobey him].
「この律法の書をとって、あなたがたの神、主の契約の箱のかたわらに置き、その所であなたにむかってあかしをするものとしなさい。
27 [I say this] because I know that these people are very stubborn [DOU]. They have rebelled against Yahweh all during the time that I have been [with them], and they will rebel much more after I die!
わたしはあなたのそむくことと、かたくななこととを知っている。きょう、わたしが生きながらえて、あなたがたと一緒にいる間ですら、あなたがたは主にそむいた。ましてわたしが死んだあとはどんなであろう。
28 So gather all the elders of the tribes and your officials, in order that I can tell them the words [of this song], and request all those who are in heaven and on the earth to be witnesses to testify against these people.
あなたがたの部族のすべての長老たちと、つかさたちをわたしのもとに集めなさい。わたしはこれらの言葉を彼らに語り聞かせ、天と地とを呼んで彼らにむかってあかしさせよう。
29 I say that because I know that after I die, the people will become very wicked. They will turn away from doing everything that I have commanded them to do. And in the future, because of all the evil things that they will do, they will cause Yahweh to become angry with them. And he will cause them to experience disasters.”
わたしは知っている。わたしが死んだのち、あなたがたは必ず悪い事をして、わたしが命じた道を離れる。そして後の日に災があなたがたに臨むであろう。これは主の悪と見られることを行い、あなたがたのすることをもって主を怒らせるからである」。
30 Then, while all the Israeli people listened, Moses/I sang/recited this entire song to them:
そしてモーセはイスラエルの全会衆に次の歌の言葉を、ことごとく語り聞かせた。
