Jeremiah 22
1 This is another message that Yahweh gave [to me]: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and say this to him:
主はこう言われる、「ユダの王の家に下り、その所にこの言葉をのべて、
2 ‘You are the king of Judah. You are the ruler [MTY], like King David was. You and your officials and your people must listen
言いなさい、『ダビデの位にすわるユダの王よ、あなたと、あなたの家臣、および、この門からはいるあなたの民は主の言葉を聞きなさい。
3 to what Yahweh says: “Act fairly and justly. Do what is right. Help those who have been robbed. Rescue people from those who oppress them. Stop doing evil things. Do not mistreat those who have come here from other countries, and do not mistreat orphans and widows. Stop murdering here [in Jerusalem] [MTY] those who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong).
主はこう言われる、公平と正義を行い、物を奪われた人を、しえたげる者の手から救い、異邦の人、孤児、寡婦を悩まし、しえたげてはならない。またこの所に、罪なき者の血を流してはならない。
4 If you obey those commands carefully, there will [always] be some descendant of King David who will be ruling here [MTY] [in Jerusalem]. The king and his officials and other people will ride through the gates of the city in chariots and on horses.
もしあなたがたがこの言葉を真実に行うならば、ダビデの位にすわる王とその家臣、およびその民は、車と馬に乗って、この家の門にはいることができる。
5 But if you refuse to pay attention to those commands, I, Yahweh, solemnly declare, with myself [MTY] as a witness, that this palace will become a pile of rubble.”’”
しかしあなたがたがこの言葉を聞かないならば、わたしは自身をさして誓うが、この家は荒れ地となると、主は言われる。
6 And this is what Yahweh says about the king’s palace: “[I like] this palace, like I like the forests in the Gilead [region] and the mountains in Lebanon. But I will cause this palace to become a desert, a place that no one lives in.
主はユダの王の家についてこう言われる、あなたはわたしに対してギレアデのようであり、レバノンの頂のようである。しかし、わたしは必ずあなたを荒れ地にし、人の住まない町にする。
7 I will summon enemy troops who will destroy this palace; each of their soldiers will use his own tools [to wreck the building]. They will cut into pieces the beautiful big cedar [beams] and throw them into a fire.”
わたしは滅ぼす者を設けて、あなたを攻めさせる、彼らはおのおのその武器をとり、あなたの麗しい香柏を切り倒し、火に投げ入れる。
8 People from many nations will walk past [the ruins of] this city and say to each other, “Why did Yahweh destroy this city that was [very] great?”
多くの国の人はこの町を過ぎ、互に語って、「なぜ主はこの大いなる町をこのようにされたのか」と言うとき、
9 And [other] people will reply, “[He did it] because his people stopped obeying the agreement that they had made with Yahweh their God. Instead, they worshiped [DOU] other gods.”
人は答えて、「これは彼らがその神、主の契約を捨てて他の神々を拝し、これに仕えたからである」と言うであろう』」。
10 [Yahweh also says, ] “Do not mourn for King [Josiah]; do not cry because he has died. Instead, mourn for [King Jehoahaz, his son], [because] he will be captured and taken to another country, and he will never return to see his own country, [Judah], again.”
死んだ者のために泣くことなく、またそのために嘆いてはならない。捕え移されてゆく者のために、激しく泣け。彼はふたたび帰ってきて、その故郷を見ることがないからである。
11 Jehoahaz became king after his father, King Josiah, [died], but Jehoahaz indeed was captured and taken [to Babylonia]. And this is what Yahweh says about him: “He also will never return [to Judah].
ユダの王ヨシヤの子シャルムは父ヨシヤについで王となったが、ついにこの所から出て行った。主は彼についてこう言われる、「彼は再びここに帰らない。
12 He will die in that far-away country and will never see his own country again.”
彼はその捕え行かれた所で死に、再びこの地を見ない」。
13 [And Yahweh said to me], “Terrible things will happen to [King Jehoahaz’s brother, King Jehoiakim]. He unjustly [forced men to] build his palace. The rooms on the upper level were built [by men who were forced] unjustly [to do that work]; he forced his neighbors to work for nothing; he did not pay them anything.
「不義をもってその家を建て、不法をもってその高殿を造り、隣り人を雇って何をも与えず、その賃金を払わない者はわざわいである。
14 He said, ‘I will [force my workers to] build a huge beautiful palace with very large rooms and [many] windows. They will cover the walls with [fragrant] cedar panels/timber and paint them bright red.’”
彼は言う、『わたしは自分のために大きな家を建て、広い高殿を造ろう』と。そしてこれがために窓を造り、香柏の鏡板でおおい、それを朱で塗る。
15 But it is certainly not [RHQ] having a beautiful cedar palace that causes a king to be great! Jehoiakim’s father, Josiah, also had [RHQ] plenty of things to eat and drink. But Josiah always did things that are right and just, and that is why God blessed him.
あなたは競って香柏を用いることによって、王であると思うのか。あなたの父は食い飲みし、公平と正義を行って、幸を得たのではないか。
16 Josiah acted justly/fairly and helped poor and needy people, so things went well for him. Yahweh says, “That is [RHQ] the way a person should behave who knows me.
彼は貧しい人と乏しい人の訴えをただして、さいわいを得た。こうすることがわたしを知ることではないかと主は言われる。
17 But [Jehoiakim], you [MTY] are greedy and desire only to obtain things by acting dishonestly. You murder [MTY] innocent people, you oppress poor people, and you treat people cruelly and violently.”
しかし、あなたは目も心も、不正な利益のためにのみ用い、罪なき者の血を流そうとし、圧制と暴虐を行おうとする」。
18 Therefore, this is what Yahweh says about Jehoiakim, the son of King Josiah: “[When he dies], people will not mourn for him. They will not say to each other, ‘It is very sad; we are so sorry!’ The people whom he ruled will not mourn for him, saying, ‘We are sad that our king is dead; we are so sorry that the wonderful things [that happened while he was king are ended].’
それゆえ、主はユダの王ヨシヤの子エホヤキムについてこう言われる、「人々は『悲しいかな、わが兄』、『悲しいかな、わが姉』と言って、彼のために嘆かない。また『悲しいかな、主君よ』、『悲しいかな、陛下よ』と言って嘆かない。
19 [When he dies, people will do to] his corpse what they do to a dead donkey; his [corpse] will be dragged out of Jerusalem and dumped outside the gates!
ろばが埋められるように、彼は葬られる。引かれて行って、エルサレムの門の外に投げ捨てられる」。
20 [You people of Judah], go to [the mountains in] Lebanon and weep, shout in the [mountains of the] Bashan [region], cry out in [the mountains of] Moab, because all your friends [in those areas] have been destroyed.
「レバノンに登って呼ばわり、バシャンにあなたの声をあげ、アバリムから呼ばわれ。あなたの愛する者がみな滅ぼされるからだ。
21 When you were prosperous, I warned you, but you replied, ‘We will not pay attention [to what you say].’ You have been acting like that since you were young; you have never obeyed me.
あなたの栄えていた時、わたしはあなたに語ったが『聞きたくはない』と言った。あなたがわたしの声に聞き従わないことは、あなたの幼い時からの、ならわしであった。
22 [So, now I will punish] all your leaders; [it will be as though] they have been blown away by the wind. They will be captured [by your enemies] and taken to another country. When that happens, you will [truly] be ashamed and disgraced because of all the wicked things [that you have done].
あなたの牧者はみな、風に追い立てられ、あなたの愛する者は捕え移される。その時、あなたは自分のもろもろの悪のために、恥じ、うろたえる。
23 [Now, your king] enjoys living in the cedar rooms in his palace, but [soon] he will be punished, and then he will groan like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby.”
レバノンに住み、香柏の中に巣をつくっている者よ、子を産む女に臨む苦しみのような苦痛があなたに臨むとき、あなたはどんなに嘆くことであろうか」。
24 Yahweh says this: “Jehoiachin, son of King Jehoiakim of Judah, as surely as I am alive, [I will punish you]. Even if you were the ring on my finger that shows that I am the king, I would pull you off.
「主は言われる、わたしは生きている。ユダの王エホヤキムの子コニヤが、わたしの右手の指輪であっても、わたしはあなたを抜き取る。
25 You are afraid of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his huge army, [because] they are wanting to kill you. I will enable them to capture you.
あなたの命を求める者の手、あなたがその顔を恐れる者の手、すなわちバビロンの王ネブカデレザルの手と、カルデヤびとの手にあなたを渡す。
26 I will expel you and your mother [from this land], and you will be taken to another country. Neither of you was born there, but you will both die there.
わたしは、あなたと、あなたを産んだ母を、あなたがたの生れた国でない他の国に追いやる。あなたがたはそこで死ぬ。
27 You will never return to this land that you will very much desire to return to.”
彼らが帰りたいとせつに願う国に、彼らは再び帰ることができない」。
28 [Someone said, ] “Jehoiachin will be [RHQ] like a broken pot that is despised and which no one wants. He and his children will be (exiled/forced to go) to a foreign land.
この人コニヤは卑しむべき、こわれたつぼであろうか、だれも心に留めない器であろうか。なぜ彼とその子孫は追いやられて、知らない地に投げやられるのか。
29 [I want] the people in this land to listen carefully to this message from Yahweh.”
ああ、地よ、地よ、地よ、主の言葉を聞けよ。
30 This is what Yahweh says: “[In the record about the kings of Judah, ] write down that [it will be as though] this man [Jehoiachin] had no children, and that he has not been successful during his life, because none of his children/descendants will [ever] become king to rule over [the people of] Judah.”
主はこう言われる、「この人を、子なき人として、またその一生のうち、栄えることのない人として記録せよ。その子孫のうち、ひとりも栄えて、ダビデの位にすわり、ユダを治めるものが再び起らないからである」。
