申命記 33
1 神の人モーセその死る前にイスラエルの子孫を祝せりその祝せし言は是のごとし云く
And this is the blessing wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
2 ヱホバ、シナイより來りセイルより彼らにむかひて昇りバランの山より光明を發ちて出で千萬の聖者の中間よりして格りたまへりその右の手には輝やける火ありき
And he said: The LORD came from Sinai, and rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, and He came from the myriads holy, at His right hand was a fiery law unto them.
3 ヱホバは民を愛したまふ其聖者は皆その手にあり皆その足下に坐りその言によりて起あがる
Yea, He loveth the peoples, all His holy ones — they are in Thy hand; and they sit down at Thy feet, receiving of Thy words.
4 モーセわれらに律法を命ぜり是はヤコブの會衆の產業たり
Moses commanded us a law, an inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
5 民の首領等イスラエルの諸の支派あひ集れる時に彼はヱシユルンの中に王たりき
And there was a king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.
6 ルベンは生ん死はせじ然どその人數は寡少ならん
Let Reuben live, and not die in that his men become few.
7 ユダにつきては斯いふヱホバよユダの聲を聽きこれをその民に引かへしたまへ彼はその手をもて己のために戰はん願くは汝これを助けてその敵にあたらしめたまへ
And this for Judah, and he said: Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him in unto his people; his hands shall contend for him, and Thou shalt be a help against his adversaries.
8 レビについては言ふ汝のトンミムとウリムは汝の聖人に歸す汝かつてマツサにて彼を試みメリバの水の邊にてかれと爭へり
And of Levi he said: Thy Thummim and Thy Urim be with Thy holy one, whom Thou didst prove at Massah, with whom Thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
9 彼はその父またはその母につきて言り我はこれを見ずと又彼は自己の兄弟を認ずまた自己の子等を顧みざりき是はなんぢの言に遵がひ汝の契約を守りてなり
Who said of his father, and of his mother: 'I have not seen him'; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew he his own children; for they have observed Thy word, and keep Thy covenant.
10 彼らは汝の式例をヤコブに敎へ汝の律法をイスラエルに敎へ又香を汝の鼻の前にそなへ燔祭を汝の壇の上にささぐ
They shall teach Jacob Thine ordinances, and Israel Thy law; they shall put incense before Thee, and whole burnt-offering upon Thine altar.
11 ヱホバよ彼の所有を祝し彼が手の作爲を悦こびて納れたまへ又起てこれに逆らふ者とこれを惡む者との腰を摧きて復起あがることあたはざらしめたまへ
Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; smite through the loins of them that rise up against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
12 ベニヤミンについては言ふヱホバの愛する者安然にヱホバとともにあり日々にその庇護をかうむりてその肩の間に居ん
Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by Him; He covereth him all the day, and He dwelleth between his shoulders.
13 ヨセフについては言ふ願くはその地ヱホバの祝福をかうむらんことを即ち天の寶物なる露淵の底なる水
And of Joseph he said: Blessed of the LORD be his land; for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
14 日によりて產する寶物月によりて生ずる寶物
And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, and for the precious things of the yield of the moons,
15 古山の嶺の寶物老嶽の寶物
And for the tops of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
16 地の寶物地の中の產物および柴の中に居たまひし者の恩惠などヨセフの首に臨みその兄弟と別になりたる者の頂に降らん
And for the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof, and the good will of Him that dwelt in the bush; let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the head of him that is prince among his brethren.
17 彼の牛の首出はその身に榮光ありてその角は兕の角のごとく之をもて國々の民を衝たふして直に地の四方の極にまで至る是はエフライムの萬々是はマナセの千々なり
His firstling bullock, majesty is his; and his horns are the horns of the wild-ox; with them he shall gore the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth; and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
18 ゼブルンについては言ふゼブルンよ汝は外に出て快樂を得よイツサカルよ汝は家に居て快樂を得よ
And of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out, and, Issachar, in thy tents.
19 彼らは國々の民を山に招き其處にて義の犠牲を献げん又海の中に盈る物を得て食ひ沙の中に蔵れたる物を得て食はん
They shall call peoples unto the mountain; there shall they offer sacrifices of righteousness; for they shall suck the abundance of the seas, and the hidden treasures of the sand.
20 ガドについては言ふガドをして大ならしむる者は讃べき哉ガドは獅子のごとくに伏し腕と首の頂とを掻裂ん
And of Gad he said: Blessed be He that enlargeth Gad; he dwelleth as a lioness, and teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head.
21 彼は初穂の地を自己のために選べり其處には大將の分もこもれり彼は民の首領等とともに至りイスラエルとともにヱホバの公義と審判とをなこなへり
And he chose a first part for himself, for there a portion of a ruler was reserved; and there came the heads of the people, he executed the righteousness of the LORD, and His ordinances with Israel.
22 ダンについては言ふダンは小獅子のごとくバシヤンより跳り出づ
And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp, that leapeth forth from Bashan.
23 ナフタリについては言ふナフタリよ汝は大に福祉をかうむりヱホバの恩惠にうるほふて西と南の部を獲ん
And of Naphtali he said: O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the sea and the south.
24 アセルについては言ふアセルは他の子等よりも幸福なりまた其兄弟等にこえて惠まれその足を膏の中に浸さん
And of Asher he said: Blessed be Asher above sons; let him be the favoured of his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
25 汝の門閂は鐵のごとく銅のごとし汝の能力は汝が日々に需むるところに循はん
Iron and brass shall be thy bars; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
26 ヱシユルンよ全能の神のごとき者は外に無し是は天に乗て汝を助け雲に駕てその威光をあらはしたまふ
There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven as thy help, and in His excellency on the skies.
27 永久に在す神は住所なり下には永遠の腕あり敵人を汝の前より驅はらひて言たまふ滅ぼせよと
The eternal God is a dwelling-place, and underneath are the everlasting arms; and He thrust out the enemy from before thee, and said: 'Destroy.'
28 イスラエルは安然に住をりヤコブの泉は穀と酒との多き地に獨り在らんその天はまた露をこれに降すべし
And Israel dwelleth in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, in a land of corn and wine; yea, his heavens drop down dew.
29 イスラエルよ汝は幸福なり誰か汝のごとくヱホバに救はれし民たらんヱホバは汝を護る楯汝の榮光の劍なり汝の敵は汝に諂ひ服せん汝はかれらの高處を踐ん
Happy art thou, O Israel, who is like unto thee? a people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and that is the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall dwindle away before thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
