ヨハネの福音書 12
1 イエスは過越の祭りの六日前にベタニヤに来られた。そこには、イエスが死人の中からよみがえらせたラザロがいた。
Six days before the Passover [celebration started], Jesus arrived in Bethany [village, along with us]. That was where Lazarus lived. He was the man Jesus [previously] caused to be alive again after he died.
2 人々はイエスのために、そこに晩餐を用意した。そしてマルタは給仕していた。ラザロは、イエスとともに食卓に着いている人々の中に混じっていた。
There they gave a dinner to [honor] Jesus. Martha served the meal. [Her younger brother], Lazarus, was among the people who were eating with Jesus.
3 マリヤは、非常に高価な、純粋なナルドの香油三百グラムを取って、イエスの足に塗り、彼女の髪の毛でイエスの足をぬぐった。家は香油のかおりでいっぱいになった。
Then Mary took [a bottle] of expensive perfume [called] nard and poured it on Jesus’ feet [to honor him]. Then she wiped his feet with her hair. The whole house was filled with the [beautiful] smell of the perfume.
4 ところが、弟子のひとりで、イエスを裏切ろうとしているイスカリオテ・ユダが言った。
But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, (OR, Judas, the man from Kerioth [Town]) objected. He was the one who later enabled Jesus’ enemies to seize him.
5 「なぜ、この香油を三百デナリに売って、貧しい人々に施さなかったのか。」
He said, “(We should have sold this perfume and given [the money] to poor people!/Why did [we] not sell this perfume and give [the money for it] to the poor people?) [RHQ] We could have gotten 300 days’ wages for it!”
6 しかしこう言ったのは、彼が貧しい人々のことを心にかけていたからではなく、彼は盗人であって、金入れを預かっていたが、その中に収められたものを、いつも盗んでいたからである。
He said that, not because he cared about the poor people, but instead, because he was a thief. He was the one who kept the bag [of funds that people gave to help Jesus and us his disciples], and he often stole some of the money that was {that [people]} put into it.
7 イエスは言われた。「そのままにしておきなさい。マリヤはわたしの葬りの日のために、それを取っておこうとしていたのです。
Then Jesus said, “Do not bother her! [She bought this perfume] in order to save it until the day when they will bury me [after I die].
8 あなたがたは、貧しい人々とはいつもいっしょにいるが、わたしとはいつもいっしょにいるわけではないからです。」
There will always be poor people among you, [so you can help them whenever you want to]. But I will not be with you much longer, [so it is good that she showed right now how much she appreciates me].”
9 大ぜいのユダヤ人の群れが、イエスがそこにおられることを聞いて、やって来た。それはただイエスのためだけではなく、イエスによって死人の中からよみがえったラザロを見るためでもあった。
A large crowd of Jews heard [people say] that Jesus was there [in Bethany]. So they came, not only [to see] Jesus but also to see Lazarus, the man whom he had caused to become alive again after he died.
10 祭司長たちはラザロも殺そうと相談した。
So the chief priests decided to kill Lazarus also,
11 それは、彼のために多くのユダヤ人が去って行き、イエスを信じるようになったからである。
because many of the Jews were [deserting them and] going to Jesus and believing in him because of [Jesus causing] Lazarus [to be alive again].
12 その翌日、祭りに来ていた大ぜいの人の群れは、イエスがエルサレムに来ようとしておられると聞いて、
The next day the huge crowd of people that had come [to Jerusalem] for the [Passover] celebration heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.
13 しゅろの木の枝を取って、出迎えのために出て行った。そして大声で叫んだ。 「ホサナ。 祝福あれ。 主の御名によって来られる方に。 イスラエルの王に。」
So they [cut] branches from some palm trees and took the branches out [of the city] to [wave them when they] met him. Some of them were shouting things like, “Hooray!” “May the Lord [God] bless the one who is coming with his authority [MTY]!” Some other people were shouting, “[May God bless] the King of Israel!”
14 イエスは、ろばの子を見つけて、それに乗られた。それは次のように書かれているとおりであった。
When Jesus [came near to Jerusalem], he got a young donkey and sat on it [as he rode into the city]. By doing this, [he fulfilled] what had been written {what [a prophet] had written} [in Scripture],
15 「恐れるな。シオンの娘。 見よ。あなたの王が来られる。 ろばの子に乗って。」
You people of Jerusalem, do not be afraid! Look! Your king is coming! He is riding on a donkey’s colt!
16 初め、弟子たちにはこれらのことがわからなかった。しかし、イエスが栄光を受けられてから、これらのことがイエスについて書かれたことであって、人々がそのとおりにイエスに対して行なったことを、彼らは思い出した。
At first [we] disciples did not understand those things. But after Jesus had returned to heaven, we realized that those things had been written {that [a prophet] had written those things} about him, and that [by] doing those things for him [the people had fulfilled what the prophet prophesied].
17 イエスがラザロを墓から呼び出し、死人の中からよみがえらせたときにイエスといっしょにいた大ぜいの人々は、そのことのあかしをした。
The crowd that was with him continued to tell other people that he called Lazarus to come out of the tomb, [and that Lazarus had then become alive again].
18 そのために群衆もイエスを出迎えた。イエスがこれらのしるしを行なわれたことを聞いたからである。
Because of that, many people, because they heard [others say] that he had performed this miracle, went to meet him.
19 そこで、パリサイ人たちは互いに言った。「どうしたのだ。何一つうまくいっていない。見なさい。世はあげてあの人のあとについて行ってしまった。」
So the Pharisees said to each other, “It is obvious that we are making no progress [in trying to stop him! It looks like] [HYP] everyone [MTY] is becoming his disciple!”
20 さて、祭りのとき礼拝のために上って来た人々の中に、ギリシヤ人が幾人かいた。
Among those who went up [to Jerusalem] to worship [God] during the [Passover] celebration were some Greeks.
21 この人たちがガリラヤのベツサイダの人であるピリポのところに来て、「先生。イエスにお目にかかりたいのですが。」と言って頼んだ。
They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida [town] in Galilee [province]. They [wanted him] to do something for them. They said, “Sir, we would like to talk with Jesus.”
22 ピリポは行ってアンデレに話し、アンデレとピリポとは行って、イエスに話した。
So after Philip went and told that to Andrew, they both went and told Jesus.
23 すると、イエスは彼らに答えて言われた。「人の子が栄光を受けるその時が来ました。
Then, [to show them that he must die in order to give eternal life to non-Jews like those Greeks], Jesus replied to them, “It is time for [God] to honor me, the one who came from heaven. [That will happen when I die].
24 まことに、まことに、あなたがたに告げます。一粒の麦がもし地に落ちて死ななければ、それは一つのままです。しかし、もし死ねば、豊かな実を結びます。
Listen to this carefully: [My life is like a seed] [MET]. If [someone] does not plant a kernel of grain in the ground, it does not change. It remains only one [seed]. But if it changes [after it is planted in the ground, it will grow and] produce many seeds.
Anyone who strongly wants to keep on living [here on earth] will surely lose his life forever. But anyone who is willing to die [HYP] [for my sake] will surely gain eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
26 わたしに仕えるというのなら、その人はわたしについて来なさい。わたしがいる所に、わたしに仕える者もいるべきです。もしわたしに仕えるなら、父はその人に報いてくださいます。
If [any of these Greeks or] anyone [else] wants to serve me, they must become my disciples. Then, [after they die], they will be where I am, [in heaven]. My Father will honor all those who serve me.
27 今わたしの心は騒いでいる。何と言おうか。『父よ。この時からわたしをお救いください。』と言おうか。いや。このためにこそ、わたしはこの時に至ったのです。
Now I am deeply disturbed. (I do not know what to say./What shall I say?) [RHQ] Should I say, ‘[My] Father, save me from this time [when I will suffer and die!’]? No, [I should not say that, because] the reason I came ([into this world/from heaven]) was that I would [suffer] [MTY] now.
28 父よ。御名の栄光を現わしてください。」そのとき、天から声が聞こえた。「わたしは栄光をすでに現わしたし、またもう一度栄光を現わそう。」
My Father, show how great you are!” John 12:28b-36a Then [God] spoke [EUP] from heaven, saying, “I have already shown how great [I am], and I will do it again!”
29 そばに立っていてそれを聞いた群衆は、雷が鳴ったのだと言った。ほかの人々は、「御使いがあの方に話したのだ。」と言った。
The crowd that was there heard [it but they did not understand the words. Some said] it was thunder. Others said an angel had spoken to him.
30 イエスは答えて言われた。「この声が聞こえたのは、わたしのためにではなくて、あなたがたのためにです。
Jesus replied to them, “The voice that you heard speaking [was God’s voice, but] it was not for my benefit. It was for your benefit!
31 今がこの世のさばきです。今、この世を支配する者は追い出されるのです。
Now is the time for [God] to judge [the people in] [MTY] the world. Now is the time when [I] will destroy [the power of Satan], the one who rules this world.
32 わたしが地上から上げられるなら、わたしはすべての人を自分のところに引き寄せます。」
But as for me, when I am lifted {when [men] lift me} up from the ground [on a cross, I will make a way for] gathering everyone to myself.”
33 イエスは自分がどのような死に方で死ぬかを示して、このことを言われたのである。
He said this to show us the way in which he was going to die.
34 そこで、群衆はイエスに答えた。「私たちは、律法で、キリストはいつまでも生きておられると聞きましたが、どうしてあなたは、人の子は上げられなければならない、と言われるのですか。その人の子とはだれですか。」 (aiōn g165)
[Someone in] the crowd answered him, “We understand from the Scriptures that the Messiah will live forever. So why do you say that the one who came from heaven, [who is the Messiah], will be lifted up {that [men] will lift up the one who came from heaven, [who is the Messiah], } on a cross? What kind of man who came from heaven are you [talking about]? (OR, That’s not the [kind] of Messiah [we are expecting]!)” (aiōn g165)
35 イエスは彼らに言われた。「まだしばらくの間、光はあなたがたの間にあります。やみがあなたがたを襲うことのないように、あなたがたは、光がある間に歩きなさい。やみの中を歩く者は、自分がどこに行くのかわかりません。
Then Jesus said to them, “[My message is like] [MET] a light for you. [I] will be with you for only a little while longer. Live and act [as you should] while I am still with you, [because suddenly you will have no more opportunity to hear my message! You do not want to be like] [MET] [someone] who cannot see where he is going any more [when it suddenly] becomes dark!
36 あなたがたに光がある間に、光の子どもとなるために、光を信じなさい。」 イエスは、これらのことをお話しになると、立ち去って、彼らから身を隠された。
Believe in my message [MET] while you still have an opportunity to do it, in order that you may become people who have accepted my truth [MET]!” John 12:36b-43 After Jesus said those things, he left them and hid from them.
37 イエスが彼らの目の前でこのように多くのしるしを行なわれたのに、彼らはイエスを信じなかった。
Although he had done many miracles while people were watching, [most of] them refused to believe that he [is] ([the Messiah/from God]).
38 それは、「主よ。だれが私たちの知らせを信じましたか。また主の御腕はだれに現わされましたか。」と言った預言者イザヤのことばが成就するためであった。
[Their stubbornness and refusal to believe was similar to the stubbornness of the people that] the prophet Isaiah wrote about long ago: Lord, (hardly anyone has believed our message!/who has believed our message?) [RHQ] Most people refused to accept it, even though you showed them your power!
39 彼らが信じることができなかったのは、イザヤがまた次のように言ったからである。
That was the reason why they were unable to believe. [It was like] Isaiah wrote somewhere else that God said:
40 「主は彼らの目を盲目にされた。また、彼らの心をかたくなにされた。それは、彼らが目で見、心で理解し、回心し、そしてわたしが彼らをいやす、ということがないためである。」
They have [refused to understand; they acted as though they were] blind people! They were insensible in their inner beings! As a result, they have not perceived [my truth]! They have not understood it in their inner beings! They have not turned [from their sinful lives], and because of that I cannot help them!
41 イザヤがこう言ったのは、イザヤがイエスの栄光を見たからで、イエスをさして言ったのである。
Isaiah wrote that because [it was as though] he saw [ahead of time] how great Jesus would be, and he prophesied [those things] about him.
42 しかし、それにもかかわらず、指導者たちの中にもイエスを信じる者がたくさんいた。ただ、パリサイ人たちをはばかって、告白はしなかった。会堂から追放されないためであった。
Although most of the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] did not believe that Jesus is ([the Messiah/from God]), some of them believed in him. But they would not tell anyone that they believed in him, because [they were afraid that if they said that], the Pharisees would not let them worship in the synagogues.
43 彼らは、神からの栄誉よりも、人の栄誉を愛したからである。
They wanted people to praise them more than they wanted God to praise them.
44 また、イエスは大声で言われた。「わたしを信じる者は、わたしではなく、わたしを遣わした方を信じるのです。
[Another day, when] Jesus [was teaching the people, he] shouted, “Those who believe in me, they are not believing in [me alone]. Instead, [it is as though] they also believe in the one who sent me.
45 また、わたしを見る者は、わたしを遣わした方を見るのです。
When they see me [and what I am doing, it is as though] they are seeing the one who sent me.
46 わたしは光として世に来ました。わたしを信じる者が、だれもやみの中にとどまることのないためです。
I have come into the world [to show people God’s truth], as a light [shows people what is around them]. I have come in order that people who believe in me will not remain [ignorant of God’s truth] [MET], [as those who are] in the darkness [are ignorant of what is around them].
47 だれかが、わたしの言うことを聞いてそれを守らなくても、わたしはその人をさばきません。わたしは世をさばくために来たのではなく、世を救うために来たからです。
As for those who hear my message but do not obey [its commands], I am not [the one who] judges them. [The main reason] that I came ([into the world/from heaven]) was not to judge [the people of] [MTY] the world. Instead, I came to save them [from being punished for their sins].
48 わたしを拒み、わたしの言うことを受け入れない者には、その人をさばくものがあります。わたしが話したことばが、終わりの日にその人をさばくのです。
There is something that will judge those who reject me and do not accept my message. On the judgment day [God] will condemn them [because they rejected] the message that I have told them.
49 わたしは、自分から話したのではありません。わたしを遣わした父ご自身が、わたしが何を言い、何を話すべきかをお命じになりました。
I have not said things from my own [authority]. Instead, [my] Father, the one who sent me, instructed me what to say and how I should say it.
