11:1 彼はわたしを支え、力づけてくれる。 11:2 さて、お前に真理を告げよう。見よ、ペルシアになお三人の王が立つ。次に、第四の王はだれにもまさって富み栄え、富の力をもってすべての者を動員し、ギリシア王国に挑戦する。 11:3 そこに、勇壮な王が起こり、大いに支配し、ほしいままに行動する。 11:4 その支配が確立するやいなや、この王国は砕かれて、天の四方向に分割される。彼の子孫はこれを継がず、だれも彼のような支配力を持つ者はない。この王国は根こそぎにされ、子孫以外の支配者たちに帰する。 11:5 このうち、南の王となった者は強くなるが、将軍の一人が王をしのぐ権力を取り、大いに支配する。 11:6 何年か後、二国は和睦し、南の王の娘は北の王に嫁ぎ、両国の友好を図る。だが、彼女は十分な支持を得ず、その子孫も力を持たない。やがて、彼女も、供の者も、彼女の子らも、その支持者らも裏切られる。 11:7 だが、彼女の実家から一つの芽が出て支配の座に着き、北の王の城塞に攻め入ってこれを破り、勝利を得る。 11:8 彼は戦利品として、鋳物の神像や金銀の財宝をエジプトに運び去る。その後何年か、北の王に対して手を出さない。 11:9 北の王は南の王国に向かって行くが、自分の国に引き揚げる。 11:10 その子らは奮い立って進軍し、洪水／のような一進一退の後、敵の城塞に攻め寄せる。 11:11 南の王は激怒して出陣し、北の王と戦う。北の王は大軍を集めて立ち向かうが、彼らは敵の手に陥る。 11:12 この大軍を捕らえて南の王は大いに高ぶり、幾万人もの兵を殺すが、決定的に勝つことはできない。 11:13 北の王は再び前回にまさる大軍を集め、数年の後に強力な軍隊の軍備を整えて進軍する。 11:14 その時には、多くの者が南の王に対して立ち上がる。お前の民の中からも、暴力に頼る者らが幻を成就させようとして立ち上がるが、失敗する。 11:15 北の王は進軍し、堡塁を築き、砦に守られた町を占領する。南の王はこれに抵抗する力を持たず、えり抜きの軍勢も立ち向かうことができない。 11:16 敵は意のままに行動し、対抗する者はない。あの『麗しの地』に彼は支配を確立し、一切をその手に収める。 11:17 彼は南の王国全体を支配しようと望み、和睦を図り、娘を与え、それによってこの国を滅ぼそうとするが、娘の力は続かず、役に立たない。 11:18 次に、彼は島々に目を向け、その多くを占領するが、ある軍人が彼の悪行にとどめを刺し、その悪行に報いる。 11:19 この軍人は自国の城塞に帰るが、そこで失墜し、倒れて消えうせる。 11:20 彼に代わって立つ者は、王国の栄光のためにと、税を取る者を巡回させる。しかし、幾日もたたないうちに、怒りにも戦いにも遭わずに滅び去る。 11:21 代わって立つ者は卑しむべき者で、王としての名誉は与えられず、平穏な時期に現れ、甘言を用いて王権を取る。 11:22 洪水のような勢力も彼によって押し流され、打ち破られ、契約の君も破られる。 11:23 この王は、僅かの腹心と共に悪計を用いて多くの者と同盟を結び、勢力を増し、強大になって行く。 11:24 平穏な時期に彼は最も豊かな地方を侵略し、先祖のだれもしたことのないようなことを行い、戦利品や財宝を分配する。また、諸方の砦に対して計略を練るが、それは一時期のことである。 11:25 やがて彼は力と勇気を奮い起こし、南の王に対して大軍を整える。南の王も非常に強大な軍勢をもってこれと戦うが、計略にかかり、勝つことができない。 11:26 すなわち、南の王の禄を食む者ら自身が彼を打ち破る。その軍勢は押し流され、多くの者が傷つき倒れる。 11:27 これら二人の王は、互いに悪意を抱きながら一つの食卓を囲み、虚言を語り合う。しかし、何事も成功しない。まだ終わりの時ではないからである。 11:28 北の王は莫大な富を獲得して自国に引き揚げる。聖なる契約に逆らう思いを抱いて、ほしいままにふるまい、自国に帰る。 11:29 時が来て、彼は再び南に攻め入るが、これは最初でも最後でもない。 11:30 キティムの船隊が攻めるので、彼は力を失う。彼は再び聖なる契約に対し、怒りを燃やして行動し、また聖なる契約を離れる者があることに気づく。 11:31 彼は軍隊を派遣して、砦すなわち聖所を汚し、日ごとの供え物を廃止し、憎むべき荒廃をもたらすものを立てる。 11:32 契約に逆らう者を甘言によって棄教させるが、自分の神を知る民は確固として行動する。 11:33 民の目覚めた人々は多くの者を導くが、ある期間、剣にかかり、火刑に処され、捕らわれ、略奪されて倒される。 11:34 こうして倒れるこの人々を助ける者は少なく、多くの者は彼らにくみするが、実は不誠実である。 11:35 これらの指導者の何人かが倒されるのは、終わりの時に備えて練り清められ、純白にされるためである。まだ時は来ていない。 11:36 あの王はほしいままにふるまい、いよいよ驕り高ぶって、どのような神よりも自分を高い者と考える。すべての神にまさる神に向かって恐るべきことを口にし、怒りの時が終わるまで栄え続ける。定められたことは実現されねばならないからである。 11:37 先祖の神々を無視し、女たちの慕う神をも、そして他のどのような神をも尊ばず、自分を何者にもまさって偉大であると思う。 11:38 代わりに、先祖の知らなかった神、すなわち砦の神をあがめ、金銀、宝石、宝物でこれを飾り立てる。 11:39 強固な砦の数々を異国の神に頼って攻め、気に入った者には栄誉を与えて多くの者を支配させ、封土を与える。 11:40 終わりの時に至って、南の王は彼に戦いを挑む。それに対して北の王は、戦車、騎兵、大船隊をもって、嵐のように押し寄せ、各国に攻め入り、洪水のように通過して行く。 11:41 あの『麗しの地』もこうして侵略され、多くの者が倒れる。アンモンの選ばれた者、エドム、モアブはその手を免れる。 11:42 彼は国から国へと手を伸ばし、エジプトもその手を免れえない。 11:43 エジプトの隠された宝、金銀、宝物はすべて彼の支配するところとなり、リビアとクシュは彼の進むところに従う。 11:44 次いで、東と北からの知らせに危険を感じ、多くの者を滅ぼし絶やそうと、大いに激昂して進軍する。 11:45 海とあの『麗しの地』の聖なる山との間に天幕を張って、王の宿営とする。しかし、ついに彼の終わりの時が来るが、助ける者はない。
11:1 "Also in the first year of Darius the Mede, I, even I, stood up to confirm and strengthen him.) 11:2 "And now I will tell you the truth: Behold, three more kings will arise in Persia, and the fourth shall be far richer than them all; by his strength, through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece. 11:3 "Then a mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. 11:4 "And when he has arisen, his kingdom shall be broken up and divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not among his posterity nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be uprooted, even for others besides these. 11:5 "Also the king of the South shall become strong, as well as one of his princes; and he shall gain power over him and have dominion. His dominion shall be a great dominion. 11:6 "And at the end of some years they shall join forces, for the daughter of the king of the South shall go to the king of the North to make an agreement; but she shall not retain the power of her authority, and neither he nor his authority shall stand; but she shall be given up, with those who brought her, and with him who begot her, and with him who strengthened her in those times. 11:7 "But from a branch of her roots one shall arise in his place, who shall come with an army, enter the fortress of the king of the North, and deal with them and prevail. 11:8 "And he shall also carry their gods captive to Egypt, with their princes and their precious articles of silver and gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the North. 11:9 "Also the king of the North shall come to the kingdom of the king of the South, but shall return to his own land. 11:10 "However his sons shall stir up strife, and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one shall certainly come and overwhelm and pass through; then he shall return to his fortress and stir up strife. 11:11 "And the king of the South shall be moved with rage, and go out and fight with him, with the king of the North, who shall muster a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into the hand of his enemy. 11:12 "When he has taken away the multitude, his heart will be lifted up; and he will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not prevail. 11:13 "For the king of the North will return and muster a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come at the end of some years with a great army and much equipment. 11:14 "Now in those times many shall rise up against the king of the South. Also, violent men of your people shall exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but they shall fall. 11:15 "So the king of the North shall come and build a siege mound, and take a fortified city; and the forces of the South shall not withstand him. Even his choice troops shall have no strength to resist. 11:16 "But he who comes against him shall do according to his own will, and no one shall stand against him. He shall stand in the Glorious Land with destruction in his power. 11:17 "He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do. And he shall give him the daughter of women to destroy it; but she shall not stand with him, or be for him. 11:18 "After this he shall turn his face to the coastlands, and shall take many. But a ruler shall bring the reproach against them to an end; and with the reproach removed, he shall turn back on him. 11:19 "Then he shall turn his face toward the fortress of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. 11:20 "There shall arise in his place one who imposes taxes on the glorious kingdom; but within a few days he shall be destroyed, but not in anger or in battle. 11:21 "And in his place shall arise a vile person, to whom they will not give the honor of royalty; but he shall come in peaceably, and seize the kingdom by intrigue. 11:22 "With the force of a flood they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, and also the prince of the covenant. 11:23 "And after the league is made with him he shall act deceitfully, for he shall come up and become strong with a small number of people. 11:24 "He shall enter peaceably, even into the richest places of the province; and he shall do what his fathers have not done, nor his forefathers: he shall disperse among them the plunder, spoil, and riches; and he shall devise his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time. 11:25 "He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South with a great army. And the king of the South shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand, for they shall devise plans against him. 11:26 "Yes, those who eat of the portion of his delicacies shall destroy him; his army shall be swept away, and many shall fall down slain. 11:27 "Both these kings' hearts shall be bent on evil, and they shall speak lies at the same table; but it shall not prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time. 11:28 "While returning to his land with great riches, his heart shall be moved against the holy covenant; so he shall do damage and return to his own land. 11:29 "At the appointed time he shall return and go toward the south; but it shall not be like the former or the latter. 11:30 "For ships from Cyprus shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and return in rage against the holy covenant, and do damage. So he shall return and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant. 11:31 "And forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the abomination of desolation. 11:32 "Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits. 11:33 "And those of the people who understand shall instruct many; yet for many days they shall fall by sword and flame, by captivity and plundering. 11:34 "Now when they fall, they shall be aided with a little help; but many shall join with them by intrigue. 11:35 "And some of those of understanding shall fall, to refine them, purify them, and make them white, until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time. 11:36 "Then the king shall do according to his own will: he shall exalt and magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been accomplished; for what has been determined shall be done. 11:37 "He shall regard neither the God of his fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall exalt himself above them all. 11:38 "But in their place he shall honor a god of fortresses; and a god which his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and pleasant things. 11:39 "Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain. 11:40 "At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through. 11:41 "He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the prominent people of Ammon. 11:42 "He shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape. 11:43 "He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels. 11:44 "But news from the east and the north shall trouble him; therefore he shall go out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many. 11:45 "And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and no one will help him.
2:10b彼らは、厚かましく、わがままで、栄光ある者たちをそしってはばかりません。 2:11 天使たちは、力も権能もはるかにまさっているにもかかわらず、主の御前で彼らをそしったり訴え出たりはしません。 2:12 この者たちは、捕らえられ、殺されるために生まれてきた理性のない動物と同じで、知りもしないことをそしるのです。そういった動物が滅びるように、彼らも滅んでしまいます。 2:13 不義を行う者は、不義にふさわしい報いを受けます。彼らは、昼間から享楽にふけるのを楽しみにしています。彼らは汚れやきずのようなもので、あなたがたと宴席に連なるとき、はめを外して騒ぎます。 2:14 その目は絶えず姦通の相手を求め、飽くことなく罪を重ねています。彼らは心の定まらない人々を誘惑し、その心は強欲におぼれ、呪いの子になっています。 2:15 彼らは、正しい道から離れてさまよい歩き、ボソルの子バラムが歩んだ道をたどったのです。バラムは不義のもうけを好み、 2:16 それで、その過ちに対するとがめを受けました。ものを言えないろばが人間の声で話して、この預言者の常軌を逸した行いをやめさせたのです。
They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries, 2:11 whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord. 2:12 But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption, 2:13 and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, carousing in their own deceptions while they feast with you, 2:14 having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children. 2:15 They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 2:16 but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man's voice restrained the madness of the prophet.