9月4日

サムエル上29-30章

[ 29 ] ◆ダビデ、ペリシテ軍から離脱する

29:1 ペリシテ人は、その軍勢をすべてアフェクに集結させた。イスラエル軍は、イズレエルにある一つの泉の傍らに陣を敷いた。 29:2 ペリシテの武将たちはおのおの百人隊、千人隊を率いて進み、ダビデとその兵はアキシュと共にしんがりを進んだ。 29:3 ペリシテの武将たちは尋ねた。「このヘブライ人らは何者だ。」アキシュがペリシテの武将たちに答えた。「イスラエルの王サウルの僕であったダビデだ。彼はこの一、二年、わたしのもとにいるが、身を寄せて来たときから今日まで、わたしは彼に何の欠点も見いだせない。」 29:4 だが、ペリシテの武将たちはいらだってアキシュに言った。「この男は帰らせるべきだ。彼をもともと配置した所に戻せ。我々と共に戦いに向かわせるな。戦いの最中に裏切られてはならない。この男が元の主人に再び迎え入れられるには、ここにいる兵士たちの首を差し出すだけで十分ではないか。 29:5 『サウルは千を討ち、ダビデは万を討った』と人々が歌い踊ったあのダビデではないか。」 29:6 アキシュはダビデを呼んで言った。「主は生きておられる。お前はまっすぐな人間だし、わたしと共に戦いに参加するのをわたしは喜んでいる。わたしのもとに来たときから今日まで、何ら悪意は見られなかった。だが、武将たちはお前を好まない。 29:7 今は、平和に帰ってほしい。ペリシテの武将たちの好まないことをしてはならない。」 29:8 ダビデはアキシュに言った。「わたしが何をしたとおっしゃるのですか。あなたに仕えた日から今日までに、どのような間違いが僕にあって、わが主君、王の敵と戦うために出てはならないというのでしょう。」 29:9 アキシュはダビデに答えた。「わたしには分かっている。お前は神の御使いのように良い人間だ。しかし、ペリシテの武将たちは、『彼は、我々と共に戦いに上ってはならない』と言うのだ。 29:10 だからお前も、お前と一緒に来たお前の主君の部下も、明日の朝早く起きて、日が昇ったら出発しなさい。」 29:11 ダビデとその兵は朝早く起きて出発し、ペリシテの地へ引き返して行った。ペリシテ軍はイズレエルに向かった。

[ 30 ]
◆アマレク人に対するダビデの出撃

30:1 三日目、ダビデとその兵がツィクラグに戻る前に、アマレク人がネゲブとツィクラグに侵入した。彼らはツィクラグを攻撃して、町に火をかけ、 30:2 そこにいた女たち、年若い者から年寄りまで、一人も殺さずに捕らえて引いて行った。 30:3 ダビデとその兵が町に戻ってみると、町は焼け落ち、妻や息子、娘たちは連れ去られていた。 30:4 ダビデも彼と共にいた兵士も、声をあげて泣き、ついには泣く力もなくなった。 30:5 ダビデの二人の妻、イズレエルのアヒノアムとカルメルのナバルの妻であったアビガイルも連れ去られていた。 30:6 兵士は皆、息子、娘のことで悩み、ダビデを石で打ち殺そうと言い出したので、ダビデは苦しんだ。だが、ダビデはその神、主によって力を奮い起こした。 30:7 ダビデは、アヒメレクの子、祭司アビアタルに命じた。「エフォドを持って来なさい。」アビアタルがダビデにエフォドを持って来ると、 30:8 ダビデは主に託宣を求めた。「この略奪隊を追跡すべきでしょうか。追いつけるでしょうか。」「追跡せよ。必ず追いつき、救出できる。」という答えであった。 30:9 ダビデと彼に従う兵六百人は出立した。ベソル川に着くと、そこで落伍者が出た。 30:10 ダビデと四百人の兵は追跡を続けたが、二百人は疲れすぎていてベソル川を渡れなかったので、そこにとどまった。 30:11 兵士たちは野原で一人のエジプト人を見つけ、ダビデのもとに連れて来た。パンを与えて食べさせ、水を飲ませ、 30:12 更に干しいちじく一かたまりと干しぶどう二房を与えて食べさせると元気を取り戻した。彼は、三日三晩、飲まず食わずでいたからである。 30:13 ダビデが彼に、「お前は誰の配下の者で、どこから来たのか」と問うと、「わたしはエジプトからの従者で、アマレク人の奴隷になっていました。三日前に病にかかり、主人に捨てられました。 30:14 クレタ人のネゲブ、ユダに属するネゲブ、カレブのネゲブに侵入し、ツィクラグに火をかけたのは我々です。」 30:15 ダビデは尋ねた。「お前はその略奪隊のもとへわたしを案内できるか。」「あなたが、わたしを殺さない、主人に引き渡さないと神にかけて誓ってくだされば、あの略奪隊のところに御案内します。」 30:16 彼はダビデを案内して行った。見ると彼らはその辺り一面に広がり、ペリシテの地とユダの地から奪った戦利品がおびただしかったので、飲んだり食べたり、お祭り騒ぎをしていた。 30:17 夕暮れになるとダビデは攻撃をかけ、翌日の夕方まで続けた。らくだに乗って逃げた四百人の若者を除いて、逃れた者は一人もなかった。 30:18 ダビデはアマレク人が奪って行ったものをすべて取り戻し、二人の妻も救い出した。 30:19 年若い者も年寄りも、息子も娘も、戦利品として奪われたものもすべて、ダビデは残らず取り返した。 30:20 更に、ダビデは羊と牛をことごとく奪った。一行はこの家畜の群れを引いて行きながら、言った。「これはダビデの戦利品だ。」 30:21 やがて、疲労のためダビデに従うことができず、ベソル川にとどまっていた二百人の兵のもとに戻って来ると、彼らはダビデとダビデに従った兵士たちを迎えに出て来た。ダビデはこの兵士たちに近づくと、彼らの安否を尋ねた。 30:22 ダビデに従って行った者の中には、悪意を持つならず者がいて、言った。「彼らは我々と共に行かなかったのだ。我々が取り戻した戦利品を与える必要はない。ただ妻と子供を受け取り、連れて行くがよい。」 30:23 しかし、ダビデは言った。「兄弟たちよ、主が与えてくださったものをそのようにしてはいけない。我々を守ってくださったのは主であり、襲って来たあの略奪隊を我々の手に渡されたのは主なのだ。 30:24 誰がこのことについてあなたたちに同意するだろう。荷物のそばにとどまっていた者の取り分は、戦いに出て行った者の取り分と同じでなければならない。皆、同じように分け合うのだ。」 30:25 この日から、これがイスラエルの掟、慣例とされ、今日に至っている。 30:26 ダビデはツィクラグに帰ると、友人であるユダの長老たちに戦利品の中から贈り物をして、「これがあなたたちへの贈り物です。主の敵からの戦利品の一部です」と言った。 30:27 その送り先は、ベテル、ラモト・ネゲブ、ヤティル、 30:28 アロエル、シフモト、エシュテモア、 30:29 ラカル、エラフメエル人の町々、カイン人の町々、 30:30 ホルマ、ボル・アシャン、アタク、 30:31 ヘブロン、そして、ダビデとその兵がかつてさまよい歩いたすべての所の長老たちである。

[ 29 ]

29:1 Then the Philistines gathered together all their armies at Aphek, and the Israelites encamped by a fountain which is in Jezreel.

29:2 And the lords of the Philistines passed in review by hundreds and by thousands, but David and his men passed in review at the rear with Achish. 29:3 Then the princes of the Philistines said, "What are these Hebrews doing here?" And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, "Is this not David, the servant of Saul king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or these years? And to this day I have found no fault in him since he defected to me." 29:4 But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; so the princes of the Philistines said to him, "Make this fellow return, that he may go back to the place which you have appointed for him, and do not let him go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become our adversary. For with what could he reconcile himself to his master, if not with the heads of these men? 29:5 "Is this not David, of whom they sang to one another in dances, saying:'Saul has slain his thousands,And David his ten thousands'?" 29:6 Then Achish called David and said to him, "Surely, as the Lord lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight. For to this day I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me. Nevertheless the lords do not favor you. 29:7 "Therefore return now, and go in peace, that you may not displease the lords of the Philistines." 29:8 So David said to Achish, "But what have I done? And to this day what have you found in your servant as long as I have been with you, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?" 29:9 Then Achish answered and said to David, "I know that you are as good in my sight as an angel of God; nevertheless the princes of the Philistines have said, 'He shall not go up with us to the battle.' 29:10 "Now therefore, rise early in the morning with your master's servants who have come with you. And as soon as you are up early in the morning and have light, depart." 29:11 So David and his men rose early to depart in the morning, to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

[ 30 ]

30:1 Now it happened, when David and his men came to Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the South and Ziklag, attacked Ziklag and burned it with fire, 30:2 and had taken captive the women and those who were there, from small to great; they did not kill anyone, but carried them away and went their way. 30:3 So David and his men came to the city, and there it was, burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters had been taken captive. 30:4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 30:5 And David's two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite, had been taken captive. 30:6 Now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God. 30:7 Then David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, "Please bring the ephod here to me." And Abiathar brought the ephod to David. 30:8 So David inquired of the Lord, saying, "Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?" And He answered him, "Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all." 30:9 So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the Brook Besor, where those stayed who were left behind. 30:10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so weary that they could not cross the Brook Besor. 30:11 Then they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, and they let him drink water. 30:12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. So when he had eaten, his strength came back to him; for he had eaten no bread nor drunk water for three days and three nights. 30:13 Then David said to him, "To whom do you belong, and where are you from?" And he said, "I am a young man from Egypt, servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me behind, because three days ago I fell sick. 30:14 "We made an invasion of the southern area of the Cherethites, in the territory which belongs to Judah, and of the southern area of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire." 30:15 And David said to him, "Can you take me down to this troop?" So he said, "Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will take you down to this troop." 30:16 And when he had brought him down, there they were, spread out over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah. 30:17 Then David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled. 30:18 So David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away, and David rescued his two wives. 30:19 And nothing of theirs was lacking, either small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything which they had taken from them; David recovered all. 30:20 Then David took all the flocks and herds they had driven before those other livestock, and said, "This is David's spoil." 30:21 Now David came to the two hundred men who had been so weary that they could not follow David, whom they also had made to stay at the Brook Besor. So they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. And when David came near the people, he greeted them. 30:22 Then all the wicked and worthless men of those who went with David answered and said, "Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except for every man's wife and children, that they may lead them away and depart." 30:23 But David said, "My brethren, you shall not do so with what the Lord has given us, who has preserved us and delivered into our hand the troop that came against us. 30:24 "For who will heed you in this matter? But as his part is who goes down to the battle, so shall his part be who stays by the supplies; they shall share alike." 30:25 So it was, from that day forward; he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day. 30:26 Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, "Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord"- 30:27 to those who were in Bethel, those who were in Ramoth of the South, those who were in Jattir, 30:28 those who were in Aroer, those who were in Siphmoth, those who were in Eshtemoa, 30:29 those who were in Rachal, those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, those who were in the cities of the Kenites, 30:30 those who were in Hormah, those who were in Chorashan, those who were in Athach, 30:31 those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to rove.

詩編93編

93:1 主こそ王。威厳を衣とし/力を衣とし、身に帯びられる。世界は固く据えられ、決して揺らぐことはない。 93:2 御座はいにしえより固く据えられ/あなたはとこしえの昔からいます。 93:3 主よ、潮はあげる、潮は声をあげる。潮は打ち寄せる響きをあげる。 93:4 大水のとどろく声よりも力強く/海に砕け散る波。さらに力強く、高くいます主。 93:5 主よ、あなたの定めは確かであり/あなたの神殿に尊厳はふさわしい。日の続く限り。

93:1 The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty;The Lord is clothed,He has girded Himself with strength.Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be moved. 93:2 Your throne is established from of old;You are from everlasting. 93:3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord,The floods have lifted up their voice;The floods lift up their waves. 93:4 The Lord on high is mightierThan the noise of many waters,Than the mighty waves of the sea. 93:5 Your testimonies are very sure;Holiness adorns Your house,O Lord, forever.

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