31:1 モーセは全イスラエルの前に歩み出て、これらの言葉を告げた後、 31:2 こう言った。「わたしは今日、既に百二十歳であり、もはや自分の務めを果たすことはできない。主はわたしに対して、『あなたはこのヨルダン川を渡ることができない』と言われた。 31:3 あなたの神、主御自身があなたに先立って渡り、あなたの前からこれらの国々を滅ぼして、それを得させてくださる。主が約束されたとおり、ヨシュアがあなたに先立って渡る。 31:4 主は、アモリ人の王であるシホンとオグおよび彼らの国にされたように、彼らを滅ぼされる。 31:5 主が彼らをあなたたちに引き渡されるから、わたしが命じたすべての戒めに従って彼らに行いなさい。 31:6 強く、また雄々しくあれ。恐れてはならない。彼らのゆえにうろたえてはならない。あなたの神、主は、あなたと共に歩まれる。あなたを見放すことも、見捨てられることもない。」 31:7 モーセはそれからヨシュアを呼び寄せ、全イスラエルの前で彼に言った。「強く、また雄々しくあれ。あなたこそ、主が先祖たちに与えると誓われた土地にこの民を導き入れる者である。あなたが彼らにそれを受け継がせる。 31:8 主御自身があなたに先立って行き、主御自身があなたと共におられる。主はあなたを見放すことも、見捨てられることもない。恐れてはならない。おののいてはならない。」
31:9 モーセはこの律法を書き記すと、それを主の契約の箱を担ぐレビ人である祭司およびイスラエルの全長老に与えた。 31:10 モーセは彼らに命じて言った。「七年目の終わり、つまり負債免除の年の定めの時、仮庵祭に、 31:11 主の選ばれる場所にあなたの神、主の御顔を拝するために全イスラエルが集まるとき、あなたはこの律法を全イスラエルの前で読み聞かせねばならない。 31:12 民を、男も女も子供も、町のうちに寄留する者も集めなさい。彼らが聞いて学び、あなたたちの神、主を畏れ、この律法の言葉をすべて忠実に守るためであり、 31:13 これをまだ知らない彼らの子供たちも聞いて学び、あなたたちがヨルダン川を渡り、入って行って得る土地で、彼らも生きている限り、あなたたちの神、主を畏れるようになるためである。」
31:14 主はモーセに言われた。「あなたの死ぬ日は近づいた。ヨシュアを呼び寄せ、共に臨在の幕屋の中に立ちなさい。わたしは彼に任務を授ける。」モーセがヨシュアと共に臨在の幕屋の中に立つと、 31:15 主は雲の柱のうちに幕屋に現れられた。雲の柱は幕屋の入り口にとどまった。 31:16 主はモーセに言われた。「あなたは間もなく先祖と共に眠る。するとこの民は直ちに、入って行く土地で、その中の外国の神々を求めて姦淫を行い、わたしを捨てて、わたしが民と結んだ契約を破るであろう。 31:17 その日、この民に対してわたしの怒りは燃え、わたしは彼らを捨て、わたしの顔を隠す。民は焼き尽くされることになり、多くの災いと苦難に襲われる。その日民は、『これらの災いに襲われるのは、わたしのうちに神がおられないからではないか』と言う。 31:18 わたしはそれでも、その日、必ずわたしの顔を隠す。彼らが他の神々に向かうことにより行ったすべての悪のゆえである。 31:19 あなたたちは今、次の歌を書き留め、イスラエルの人々に教え、それを彼らの口に置き、この歌をイスラエルの人々に対するわたしの証言としなさい。 31:20 わたしがその先祖に誓った乳と蜜の流れる土地に彼を導き入れるとき、彼は食べて満ち足り、肥え太り、他の神々に向かい、これに仕え、わたしを侮ってわたしの契約を破るであろう。 31:21 そして多くの災いと苦難に襲われるとき、この歌は、その子孫が忘れずに唱え続けることにより、民に対する証言となるであろう。わたしは、わたしが誓った土地へ彼らを導き入れる前から、既に彼らが今日、思い図っていることを知っていたのである。」 31:22 モーセは、その日、この歌を書き記してイスラエルの人々に教えた。 31:23 主はヌンの子ヨシュアに命じて言われた。「強く、また雄々しくあれ。あなたこそ、わたしが彼らに誓った土地にイスラエルの人々を導き入れる者である。わたしはいつもあなたと共にいる。」 31:24 モーセは、この律法の言葉を余すところなく書物に書き終えると、 31:25 主の契約の箱を担ぐレビ人に命じた。 31:26 「この律法の書を取り、あなたたちの神、主の契約の箱の傍らに置き、あなたに対する証言としてそこにあるようにしなさい。 31:27 わたしはあなたがかたくなで背く者であることを知っている。わたしが今日、まだ共に生きているときでさえ、あなたたちは主に背いている。わたしが死んだ後は、なおさらであろう。 31:28 あなたたちの部族の長老と役人をすべて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、天と地を彼らに対する証人とする。 31:29 わたしには分かっている。わたしの死んだ後、あなたたちは必ず堕落して、わたしの命じた道からそれる。そして後の日に、災いがあなたたちにふりかかる。あなたたちが主が悪と見なされることを行い、その手の業によって主を怒らせるからである。」
31:30 モーセは、イスラエルの全会衆にこの歌の言葉を余すところなく語り聞かせた。
31:1 Then Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. 31:2 And he said to them: "I am one hundred and twenty years old today. I can no longer go out and come in. Also the Lord has said to me, 'You shall not cross over this Jordan.' 31:3 "The Lord your God Himself crosses over before you; He will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua himself crosses over before you, just as the Lord has said. 31:4 "And the Lord will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites and their land, when He destroyed them. 31:5 "The Lord will give them over to you, that you may do to them according to every commandment which I have commanded you. 31:6 "Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you." 31:7 Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, "Be strong and of good courage, for you must go with this people to the land which the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall cause them to inherit it. 31:8 "And the Lord, He is the one who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed." 31:9 So Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel. 31:10 And Moses commanded them, saying: "At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of release, at the Feast of Tabernacles, 31:11 "when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 31:12 "Gather the people together, men and women and little ones, and the stranger who is within your gates, that they may hear and that they may learn to fear the Lord your God and carefully observe all the words of this law, 31:13 "and that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God as long as you live in the land which you cross the Jordan to possess." 31:14 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, the days approach when you must die; call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of meeting, that I may inaugurate him." So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tabernacle of meeting. 31:15 Now the Lord appeared at the tabernacle in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood above the door of the tabernacle. 31:16 And the Lord said to Moses: "Behold, you will rest with your fathers; and this people will rise and play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them. 31:17 "Then My anger shall be aroused against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them, and they shall be devoured. And many evils and troubles shall befall them, so that they will say in that day, 'Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?' 31:18 "And I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods. 31:19 "Now therefore, write down this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel. 31:20 "When I have brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey, of which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and filled themselves and grown fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve them; and they will provoke Me and break My covenant. 31:21 "Then it shall be, when many evils and troubles have come upon them, that this song will testify against them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten in the mouths of their descendants, for I know the inclination of their behavior today, even before I have brought them to the land of which I swore to give them." 31:22 Therefore Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the children of Israel. 31:23 Then He inaugurated Joshua the son of Nun, and said, "Be strong and of good courage; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land of which I swore to them, and I will be with you." 31:24 So it was, when Moses had completed writing the words of this law in a book, when they were finished, 31:25 that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying: 31:26 "Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there as a witness against you; 31:27 "for I know your rebellion and your stiff neck. If today, while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the Lord, then how much more after my death? 31:28 "Gather to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them. 31:29 "For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days, because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands." 31:30 Then Moses spoke in the hearing of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song until they were ended:
78:1 【マスキール。アサフの詩。】わたしの民よ、わたしの教えを聞き／わたしの口の言葉に耳を傾けよ。 78:2 わたしは口を開いて箴言を／いにしえからの言い伝えを告げよう 78:3 わたしたちが聞いて悟ったこと／先祖がわたしたちに語り伝えたことを。 78:4 子孫に隠さず、後の世代に語り継ごう／主への賛美、主の御力を／主が成し遂げられた驚くべき御業を。 78:5 主はヤコブの中に定めを与え／イスラエルの中に教えを置き／それを子孫に示すように／わたしたちの先祖に命じられた。 78:6 子らが生まれ、後の世代が興るとき／彼らもそれを知り／その子らに語り継がなければならない。 78:7 子らが神に信頼をおき／神の御業を決して忘れず／その戒めを守るために 78:8 先祖のように／頑な反抗の世代とならないように／心が確かに定まらない世代／神に不忠実な霊の世代とならないように。 78:9 エフライムの子らは武装し／弓を射る者であったが／闘いの日に、裏切った。 78:10 彼らは神との契約を守らず／その教えに従って歩むことを拒み 78:11 その御業をことごとく忘れた／彼らに示された驚くべき御業を。 78:12 エジプトの地、ツォアンの野で／神は先祖に対して不思議な御業を行い 78:13 海を開いて彼らを渡らせる間／水をせきとめておかれた。 78:14 昼は雲をもって／夜は燃え続ける火の光をもって彼らを導かれた。 78:15 荒れ野では岩を開き／深淵のように豊かな水を飲ませてくださった。 78:16 岩から流れを引き出されたので／水は大河のように流れ下った。 78:17 彼らは重ねて罪を犯し／砂漠でいと高き方に反抗した。 78:18 心のうちに神を試み／欲望のままに食べ物を得ようとし 78:19 神に対してつぶやいて言った。「荒れ野で食卓を整えることが／神にできるのだろうか。 78:20 神が岩を打てば水がほとばしり出て／川となり、溢れ流れるが／民にパンを与えることができるだろうか／肉を用意することができるだろうか。」 78:21 主はこれを聞いて憤られた。火はヤコブの中に燃え上がり／怒りはイスラエルの中に燃えさかった。 78:22 彼らは神を信じようとせず／御救いに依り頼まなかった。 78:23 それでもなお、神は上から雲に命じ／天の扉を開き 78:24 彼らの上にマナを降らせ、食べさせてくださった。神は天からの穀物をお与えになり 78:25 人は力ある方のパンを食べた。神は食べ飽きるほどの糧を送られた。 78:26 神は東風を天から送り／御力をもって南風を起こし 78:27 彼らの上に肉を塵のように降らせ／翼ある鳥を海辺の砂のように降らせ 78:28 彼らの陣営の中に／宿る所の周りに落としてくださった。 78:29 彼らは食べて飽き足りた。神は彼らの欲望を満たしてくださった。 78:30 彼らが欲望から離れず／食べ物が口の中にあるうちに 78:31 神の怒りが彼らの中に燃えさかり／その肥え太った者を殺し／イスラエルの若者たちを倒した。 78:32 それにもかかわらず、彼らはなお罪を犯し／驚くべき御業を信じなかったので 78:33 神は彼らの生涯をひと息のうちに／彼らの年月を恐怖のうちに断とうとされた。 78:34 神が彼らを殺そうとされると／彼らは神を求め、立ち帰って、神を捜し求めた。 78:35 「神は岩、いと高き神は贖い主」と唱えながらも 78:36 その口をもって神を侮り／舌をもって欺いた。 78:37 彼らの心は神に対して確かに定まらず／その契約に忠実ではなかった。 78:38 しかし、神は憐れみ深く、罪を贖われる。彼らを滅ぼすことなく、繰り返し怒りを静め／憤りを尽くされることはなかった。 78:39 神は御心に留められた／人間は肉にすぎず／過ぎて再び帰らない風であることを。 78:40 どれほど彼らは荒れ野で神に反抗し／砂漠で御心を痛めたことか。 78:41 繰り返し神を試み／イスラエルの聖なる方を傷つけ 78:42 御手の力を思わず／敵の手から贖われた日を思い起こさなかった。 78:43 神はエジプトで多くのしるしを与え／ツォアンの野で奇跡を示された。 78:44 川の水を血に変えられたので／その流れは飲めなくなった。 78:45 あぶを送って彼らに食いつかせ／蛙を送って荒廃させられた。 78:46 作物をいなごの群れに与え／労して得たものをいなごに与えられた。 78:47 神はぶどうの木を雹で打ち／いちじく桑を霜で枯らし 78:48 家畜を雹に渡し／その群れを稲妻に渡された。 78:49 神は燃える怒りと憤りを／激しい怒りと苦しみを／災いの使いとして彼らの中に送られた。 78:50 神は御怒りを現す道を備え／彼らの魂を死に渡して惜しまず／彼らの命を疫病に渡し 78:51 エジプトのすべての初子を／ハムの天幕において／力の最初の実りを打たれた。 78:52 神は御自分の民を羊のように導き出し／荒れ野で家畜の群れのように導かれた。 78:53 彼らは信頼して導かれ、恐れることはなかった。海が彼らの敵を覆った。 78:54 神は彼らを御自分の聖地の境にまで導かれた。右の御手をもって得られたその山に。 78:55 彼らの前から諸国の民を追い払い／彼らの嗣業を測り縄で定め／イスラエルの諸部族を／それぞれの天幕に住まわせられた。 78:56 彼らはいと高き神を試み／反抗し、その定めを守らず 78:57 先祖と同じように背き、裏切り／欺く弓で射た矢のようにそれて行き 78:58 異教の祭壇に仕えて神を怒らせ／偶像を拝んで神の激情を引き起こした。 78:59 神は聞いて憤り／イスラエルを全く拒み 78:60 シロの聖所、人によって張られた幕屋を捨て 78:61 御力の箱がとりこになるにまかせ／栄光の輝きを敵の手に渡された。 78:62 神は御自分の民を剣に渡し／御自分の嗣業に怒りを注がれた。 78:63 火は若者をなめ尽くし／おとめは喜びを奪われ 78:64 祭司は剣に倒れ／やもめは嘆くことすらしなかった。 78:65 主は、眠りから覚めた人のように／酔いから覚めた勇士のように奮い立ち 78:66 敵を撃って退かせ／とこしえに嘲られるものとされた。 78:67 主はヨセフの天幕を拒み／エフライム族を選ばず 78:68 ユダ族と、愛するシオンの山を選び 78:69 御自分の聖所を高い天のように建て／とこしえの基を据えた地のように建てられた。 78:70 僕ダビデを選び、羊のおりから彼を取り 78:71 乳を飲ませている羊の後ろから取って／御自分の民ヤコブを／御自分の嗣業イスラエルを養う者とされた。 78:72 彼は無垢な心をもって彼らを養い／英知に満ちた手をもって導いた。
78:1 Give ear, O my people, to my law;Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable;I will utter dark sayings of old, 78:3 Which we have heard and known,And our fathers have told us. 78:4 We will not hide them from their children,Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done. 78:5 For He established a testimony in Jacob,And appointed a law in Israel,Which He commanded our fathers,That they should make them known to their children; 78:6 That the generation to come might know them,The children who would be born,That they may arise and declare them to their children, 78:7 That they may set their hope in God,And not forget the works of God,But keep His commandments; 78:8 And may not be like their fathers,A stubborn and rebellious generation,A generation that did not set its heart aright,And whose spirit was not faithful to God. 78:9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows,Turned back in the day of battle. 78:10 They did not keep the covenant of God;They refused to walk in His law, 78:11 And forgot His worksAnd His wonders that He had shown them. 78:12 Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers,In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 78:13 He divided the sea and caused them to pass through;And He made the waters stand up like a heap. 78:14 In the daytime also He led them with the cloud,And all the night with a light of fire. 78:15 He split the rocks in the wilderness,And gave them drink in abundance like the depths. 78:16 He also brought streams out of the rock,And caused waters to run down like rivers. 78:17 But they sinned even more against HimBy rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness. 78:18 And they tested God in their heartBy asking for the food of their fancy. 78:19 Yes, they spoke against God:They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? 78:20 Behold, He struck the rock,So that the waters gushed out,And the streams overflowed.Can He give bread also?Can He provide meat for His people?" 78:21 Therefore the Lord heard this and was furious;So a fire was kindled against Jacob,And anger also came up against Israel, 78:22 Because they did not believe in God,And did not trust in His salvation. 78:23 Yet He had commanded the clouds above,And opened the doors of heaven, 78:24 Had rained down manna on them to eat,And given them of the bread of heaven. 78:25 Men ate angels' food;He sent them food to the full. 78:26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heavens;And by His power He brought in the south wind. 78:27 He also rained meat on them like the dust,Feathered fowl like the sand of the seas; 78:28 And He let them fall in the midst of their camp,All around their dwellings. 78:29 So they ate and were well filled,For He gave them their own desire. 78:30 They were not deprived of their craving;But while their food was still in their mouths, 78:31 The wrath of God came against them,And slew the stoutest of them,And struck down the choice men of Israel. 78:32 In spite of this they still sinned, And did not believe in His wondrous works. 78:33 Therefore their days He consumed in futility,And their years in fear. 78:34 When He slew them, then they sought Him;And they returned and sought earnestly for God. 78:35 Then they remembered that God was their rock,And the Most High God their Redeemer. 78:36 Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouth,And they lied to Him with their tongue; 78:37 For their heart was not steadfast with Him,Nor were they faithful in His covenant. 78:38 But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity,And did not destroy them.Yes, many a time He turned His anger away,And did not stir up all His wrath; 78:39 For He remembered that they were but flesh,A breath that passes away and does not come again. 78:40 How often they provoked Him in the wilderness,And grieved Him in the desert! 78:41 Yes, again and again they tempted God,And limited the Holy One of Israel. 78:42 They did not remember His power:The day when He redeemed them from the enemy, 78:43 When He worked His signs in Egypt,And His wonders in the field of Zoan; 78:44 Turned their rivers into blood,And their streams, that they could not drink. 78:45 He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them,And frogs, which destroyed them. 78:46 He also gave their crops to the caterpillar,And their labor to the locust. 78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail,And their sycamore trees with frost. 78:48 He also gave up their cattle to the hail,And their flocks to fiery lightning. 78:49 He cast on them the fierceness of His anger,Wrath, indignation, and trouble,By sending angels of destruction among them. 78:50 He made a path for His anger;He did not spare their soul from death,But gave their life over to the plague, 78:51 And destroyed all the firstborn in Egypt,The first of their strength in the tents of Ham. 78:52 But He made His own people go forth like sheep,And guided them in the wilderness like a flock; 78:53 And He led them on safely, so that they did not fear;But the sea overwhelmed their enemies. 78:54 And He brought them to His holy border,This mountain which His right hand had acquired. 78:55 He also drove out the nations before them,Allotted them an inheritance by survey,And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents. 78:56 Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God,And did not keep His testimonies, 78:57 But turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;They were turned aside like a deceitful bow. 78:58 For they provoked Him to anger with their high places,And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images. 78:59 When God heard this, He was furious,And greatly abhorred Israel, 78:60 So that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh,The tent He had placed among men, 78:61 And delivered His strength into captivity,And His glory into the enemy's hand. 78:62 He also gave His people over to the sword,And was furious with His inheritance. 78:63 The fire consumed their young men,And their maidens were not given in marriage. 78:64 Their priests fell by the sword,And their widows made no lamentation. 78:65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,Like a mighty man who shouts because of wine. 78:66 And He beat back His enemies;He put them to a perpetual reproach. 78:67 Moreover He rejected the tent of Joseph,And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim, 78:68 But chose the tribe of Judah,Mount Zion which He loved. 78:69 And He built His sanctuary like the heights,Like the earth which He has established forever. 78:70 He also chose David His servant,And took him from the sheepfolds; 78:71 From following the ewes that had young He brought him,To shepherd Jacob His people,And Israel His inheritance. 78:72 So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart,And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.