33:1 マナセは十二歳で王となり、五十五年間エルサレムで王位にあった。 33:2 彼は主がイスラエル人の前から追い払われた諸国の民の忌むべき慣習に倣い、主の目に悪とされることを行った。 33:3 彼は父ヒゼキヤが取り壊した聖なる高台を再建し、バアルの祭壇を築き、アシェラ像を造った。更に彼は天の万象の前にひれ伏し、これに仕えた。 33:4 主はかつて、「エルサレムにわたしの名をとこしえにとどめる」と言われたが、その主の神殿の中に彼は異教の祭壇を築いた。 33:5 彼はまた、主の神殿の二つの庭に天の万象のための祭壇を築いた。 33:6 彼はベン・ヒノムの谷で自分の子らに火の中を通らせ、占いやまじないを行い、魔術や口寄せ、霊媒を用いるなど、主の目に悪とされることを数々行って主の怒りを招いた。 33:7 彼はまた像、彫像を造り、神殿に置いた。神はその神殿について、かつてダビデとその子ソロモンにこう仰せになった。「わたしはこの神殿に、イスラエルの全部族の中から選んだエルサレムに、とこしえにわたしの名を置く。 33:8 もし彼らがわたしの命じるすべてのこと、モーセによるすべての律法、掟、法を行うよう努めるなら、わたしはあなたたちの先祖のものと定めたこの土地から、二度とイスラエルを移さない。」 33:9 マナセはユダとエルサレムの住民を惑わし、主がイスラエルの人々の前で滅ぼされた諸国の民よりも更に悪い事を行わせた。 33:10 主はマナセとその民に語られたが、彼らはそれに耳を貸さなかった。 33:11 そこで主は、アッシリアの王の将軍たちに彼らを攻めさせられた。彼らはマナセを鉤で捕らえ、一対の青銅の足枷につないでバビロンに引いて行った。 33:12 彼は苦悩の中で自分の神、主に願い、先祖の神の前に深くへりくだり、 33:13 祈り求めた。神はその祈りを聞き入れ、願いをかなえられて、再び彼をエルサレムの自分の王国に戻された。こうしてマナセは主が神であることを知った。 33:14 その後、彼は谷にあるギホンの西側にダビデの町の外壁を築いた。それは魚の門にまで達し、オフェルを囲んだ。壁は非常に高く築き上げられた。彼はユダのすべての砦の町に軍の長を配置した。 33:15 彼は異国の神々と偶像を主の神殿から取り除き、主の神殿の立つ山とエルサレムに築かせたすべての異教の祭壇も同様にして町の外に投げ捨てた。 33:16 そして、主の祭壇を築き、その上に和解と感謝の献げ物をささげ、ユダの人々にイスラエルの神、主に仕えるよう命じた。 33:17 しかし民は、彼らの神、主に対してではあるが、依然として聖なる高台でいけにえをささげていた。 33:18 マナセの他の事績、神にささげたその祈り、およびイスラエルの神、主の御名によって先見者たちの告げた言葉は、『イスラエルの列王の記録』に載っている。 33:19 彼が祈って聞き入れられたこと、彼のすべての罪や背信の行為、また、へりくだる前に聖なる高台を築き、アシェラ像と彫像を立てた場所については、『ホザイの言葉』に記されている。 33:20 彼は先祖と共に眠りにつき、自分の王宮に葬られた。その子アモンがマナセに代わって王となった。
33:21 アモンは二十二歳で王となり、二年間エルサレムで王位にあった。 33:22 彼は父マナセが行ったように主の目に悪とされることを行い、父マナセが造ったすべての彫像にいけにえをささげ、それに仕えた。 33:23 だがアモンは、父マナセがへりくだったようには、主の御前にへりくだることなく、罪悪を積み重ねた。 33:24 彼の家臣たちは謀反を起こし、彼を宮殿で殺害した。 33:25 しかし国の民は、アモン王に対して謀反を起こしたすべての者を討ち、その子ヨシヤをアモンの代わりに王とした。
33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. 33:2 But he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. 33:3 For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he raised up altars for the Baals, and made wooden images; and he worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. 33:4 He also built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, "In Jerusalem shall My name be forever." 33:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. 33:6 Also he caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; he practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. 33:7 He even set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever; 33:8 "and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers-only if they are careful to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses." 33:9 So Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel. 33:10 And the Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they would not listen. 33:11 Therefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze fetters, and carried him off to Babylon. 33:12 Now when he was in affliction, he implored the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 33:13 and prayed to Him; and He received his entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God. 33:14 After this he built a wall outside the City of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate; and it enclosed Ophel, and he raised it to a very great height. Then he put military captains in all the fortified cities of Judah. 33:15 He took away the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord and in Jerusalem; and he cast them out of the city. 33:16 He also repaired the altar of the Lord, sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and commanded Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel. 33:17 Nevertheless the people still sacrificed on the high places, but only to the Lord their God. 33:18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. 33:19 Also his prayer and how God received his entreaty, and all his sin and trespass, and the sites where he built high places and set up wooden images and carved images, before he was humbled, indeed they are written among the sayings of Hozai. 33:20 So Manasseh rested with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. Then his son Amon reigned in his place. 33:21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. 33:22 But he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done; for Amon sacrificed to all the carved images which his father Manasseh had made, and served them. 33:23 And he did not humble himself before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. 33:24 Then his servants conspired against him, and killed him in his own house. 33:25 But the people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon. Then the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place.
147:1 ハレルヤ。わたしたちの神をほめ歌うのはいかに喜ばしく／神への賛美はいかに美しく快いことか。 147:2 主はエルサレムを再建し／イスラエルの追いやられた人々を集めてくださる。 147:3 打ち砕かれた心の人々を癒し／その傷を包んでくださる。 147:4 主は星に数を定め／それぞれに呼び名をお与えになる。 147:5 わたしたちの主は大いなる方、御力は強く／英知の御業は数知れない。 147:6 主は貧しい人々を励まし／逆らう者を地に倒される。 147:7 感謝の献げ物をささげて主に歌え。竪琴に合わせてわたしたちの神にほめ歌をうたえ。 147:8 主は天を雲で覆い、大地のために雨を備え／山々に草を芽生えさせられる。 147:9 獣や、烏のたぐいが求めて鳴けば／食べ物をお与えになる。 147:10 主は馬の勇ましさを喜ばれるのでもなく／人の足の速さを望まれるのでもない。 147:11 主が望まれるのは主を畏れる人／主の慈しみを待ち望む人。 147:12 エルサレムよ、主をほめたたえよ／シオンよ、あなたの神を賛美せよ。 147:13 主はあなたの城門のかんぬきを堅固にし／あなたの中に住む子らを祝福してくださる。 147:14 あなたの国境に平和を置き／あなたを最良の麦に飽かせてくださる。 147:15 主は仰せを地に遣わされる。御言葉は速やかに走る。 147:16 羊の毛のような雪を降らせ／灰のような霜をまき散らし 147:17 氷塊をパン屑のように投げられる。誰がその冷たさに耐ええよう。 147:18 御言葉を遣わされれば、それは溶け／息を吹きかけられれば、流れる水となる。 147:19 主はヤコブに御言葉を／イスラエルに掟と裁きを告げられる。 147:20 どの国に対しても／このように計らわれたことはない。彼らは主の裁きを知りえない。ハレルヤ。
147:1 Praise the Lord!For it is good to sing praises to our God;For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful. 147:2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem;He gathers together the outcasts of Israel. 147:3 He heals the brokenheartedAnd binds up their wounds. 147:4 He counts the number of the stars;He calls them all by name. 147:5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power;His understanding is infinite. 147:6 The Lord lifts up the humble;He casts the wicked down to the ground. 147:7 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;Sing praises on the harp to our God, 147:8 Who covers the heavens with clouds,Who prepares rain for the earth,Who makes grass to grow on the mountains. 147:9 He gives to the beast its food,And to the young ravens that cry. 147:10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse;He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. 147:11 The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him,In those who hope in His mercy. 147:12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!Praise your God, O Zion! 147:13 For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;He has blessed your children within you. 147:14 He makes peace in your borders,And fills you with the finest wheat. 147:15 He sends out His command to the earth;His word runs very swiftly. 147:16 He gives snow like wool;He scatters the frost like ashes; 147:17 He casts out His hail like morsels;Who can stand before His cold? 147:18 He sends out His word and melts them;He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow. 147:19 He declares His word to Jacob,His statutes and His judgments to Israel. 147:20 He has not dealt thus with any nation;And as for His judgments, they have not known them.Praise the Lord!