34:1 ヨシヤは八歳で王となり、三十一年間エルサレムで王位にあった。 34:2 彼は主の目にかなう正しいことを行い、父祖ダビデの道を歩み、右にも左にもそれなかった。 34:3 その治世の第八年、彼がまだ若かったときに、父祖ダビデの神を求めることを始め、第十二年に聖なる高台、アシェラ像、彫像、鋳物の像を取り除き、ユダとエルサレムを清め始めた。 34:4 人々は彼の前でバアルの祭壇を壊し、彼はその上にあった香炉台を切り倒した。彼はアシェラ像をはじめ、彫像、鋳物の像を粉々に打ち砕き、これらにいけにえをささげた者たちの墓の上にまき散らした。 34:5 彼はまた祭司たちの骨をその祭壇の上で焼き、ユダとエルサレムを清めた。 34:6 マナセ、エフライム、シメオン、更にナフタリにまで及ぶ地方の町々でも、その周りの荒れた地方でも、 34:7 イスラエルの国中で彼は異教の祭壇やアシェラ像を取り壊し、偶像を打ち砕いて粉々にし、香炉台をすべて切り倒して、エルサレムに帰った。 34:8 その治世の第十八年に、その地と神殿を清めた後、王は自分の神、主の神殿を修理するため、アツァルヤの子シャファン、町の長マアセヤ、補佐官ヨアハズの子ヨアを遣わした。 34:9 彼らは大祭司ヒルキヤのもとへ行って、主の神殿に納められた献金を渡した。これは、門を守るレビ人がマナセとエフライム、イスラエルのすべての生き残りの者、またすべてのユダとベニヤミンおよびエルサレムの住民から集めたものであった。 34:10 それは主の神殿の責任を負っている工事担当者の手に託され、主の神殿で働く工事担当者は神殿を補強し、修理するためにそれを用いた。 34:11 それを職人や建築作業員に渡して、ユダの王たちが荒れるにまかせてきた建物のために、切り石および骨組みや梁に用いる木材を買わせた。 34:12 この人々は忠実に仕事をした。彼らの上にはレビ人メラリ一族のヤハトとオバドヤ、ケハト一族のゼカルヤとメシュラムが監督として任命された。レビ人の楽器の達人は皆、 34:13 荷役労働者の上に任命され、それぞれの仕事に携わるすべての工事担当者を指揮した。一部のレビ人は書記、官吏、門衛の役目を果たした。 34:14 主の神殿に寄せられた献金が取り出されている間に、祭司ヒルキヤがモーセによる主の律法の書を見つけ、 34:15 書記官シャファンに、「わたしは主の神殿で律法の書を見つけました」と言った。ヒルキヤがその書物をシャファンに渡したので、 34:16 シャファンはそれを王のもとに届け、また王に報告をした。「あなたの僕たちにゆだねられた工事はすべて進行しています。 34:17 彼らは主の神殿にあった献金を取り出して、監督と工事担当者の手に渡しました。」 34:18 更に書記官シャファンは王に、「祭司ヒルキヤがわたしに一つの書を渡しました」と告げ、王の前でその書を読み上げた。 34:19 王はその律法の言葉を聞くと、衣を裂いた。 34:20 王はヒルキヤ、シャファンの子アヒカム、ミカの子アブドン、書記官シャファン、王の家臣アサヤにこう命じた。 34:21 「この見つかった書の言葉について、わたしのため、イスラエルとユダに残っている者のために、主の御旨を尋ねに行け。我々の先祖が、主の言葉を守らず、この書物に記されているとおりにすべての事を行わなかったために、我々の上に注がれた主の怒りは激しいからだ。」 34:22 ヒルキヤと王が指名した者たちは、女預言者フルダのもとに行った。彼女はハスラの孫でトクハトの子である衣装係シャルムの妻で、エルサレムのミシュネ地区に住んでいた。彼らがその話を彼女に聞かせると、 34:23 彼女は答えた。「イスラエルの神、主はこう言われる。『あなたたちをわたしのもとに遣わした者に言いなさい。 34:24 主はこう言われる。見よ、わたしはこの所とその住民に災いをくだし、ユダの王の前で読み上げられた書に記されているすべての呪いを実現する。 34:25 彼らがわたしを捨て、他の神々に香をたき、自分たちの手で作ったすべてのものによってわたしを怒らせたために、わたしの怒りはこの所に向かって注がれ、消えることはない。 34:26 主の心を尋ねるためにあなたたちを遣わしたユダの王にこう言いなさい。あなたが聞いた言葉について、イスラエルの神、主はこう言われる。 34:27 あなたはこの所とその住民についての主の言葉を聞いて心を痛め、神の前にへりくだり、わたしの前にへりくだって衣を裂き、わたしの前で泣いたので、わたしはあなたの願いを聞き入れた、と主は言われる。 34:28 見よ、わたしはあなたを先祖の数に加える。あなたは安らかに息を引き取って墓に葬られ、わたしがこの所とその住民にくだす災いのどれも、その目で見ることはない。』」彼らはこれを王に報告した。 34:29 そこで王は人を遣わして、ユダとエルサレムのすべての長老を集めた。 34:30 王は、ユダのすべての人々、エルサレムの住民、祭司とレビ人、老いた者から若い者まで、すべての民と共に主の神殿に上り、主の神殿で見つかった契約の書のすべての言葉を彼らに読み聞かせた。 34:31 それから、王は自分の場所に立って主の御前で契約を結び、主に従って歩み、心を尽くし、魂を尽くして主の戒めと定めと掟を守り、この書に記されている契約の言葉を実行することを誓った。 34:32 王はエルサレムとベニヤミンにいるすべての者に誓わせた。エルサレムの住民は先祖の神、その神の契約に従って行動した。 34:33 ヨシヤはイスラエルの人々のすべての土地から忌むべきものを一掃し、イスラエルにいるすべての者をその神、主に仕えさせた。彼が生きている間、彼らは先祖の神、主に従う道からはずれることはなかった。
34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 34:2 And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 34:3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the wooden images, the carved images, and the molded images. 34:4 They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars which were above them he cut down; and the wooden images, the carved images, and the molded images he broke in pieces, and made dust of them and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. 34:5 He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 34:6 And so he did in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali and all around, with axes. 34:7 When he had broken down the altars and the wooden images, had beaten the carved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. 34:8 In the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the temple, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God. 34:9 When they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites who kept the doors had gathered from the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin, and which they had brought back to Jerusalem. 34:10 Then they put it in the hand of the foremen who had the oversight of the house of the Lord; and they gave it to the workmen who worked in the house of the Lord, to repair and restore the house. 34:11 They gave it to the craftsmen and builders to buy hewn stone and timber for beams, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. 34:12 And the men did the work faithfully. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to supervise. Others of the Levites, all of whom were skillful with instruments of music, 34:13 were over the burden bearers and were overseers of all who did work in any kind of service. And some of the Levites were scribes, officers, and gatekeepers. 34:14 Now when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the Lord given by Moses. 34:15 Then Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, "I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord." And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan. 34:16 So Shaphan carried the book to the king, bringing the king word, saying, "All that was committed to your servants they are doing. 34:17 "And they have gathered the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers and the workmen." 34:18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book." And Shaphan read it before the king. 34:19 Thus it happened, when the king heard the words of the Law, that he tore his clothes. 34:20 Then the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying, 34:21 "Go, inquire of the Lord for me, and for those who are left in Israel and Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do according to all that is written in this book." 34:22 So Hilkiah and those the king had appointed went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe. (She dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter.) And they spoke to her to that effect. 34:23 Then she answered them, "Thus says the Lord God of Israel, 'Tell the man who sent you to Me, 34:24 "Thus says the Lord: 'Behold, I will bring calamity on this place and on its inhabitants, all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah, 34:25 'because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore My wrath will be poured out on this place, and not be quenched.' " ' 34:26 "But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, in this manner you shall speak to him, 'Thus says the Lord God of Israel: "Concerning the words which you have heard- 34:27 "because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you," says the Lord. 34:28 "Surely I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the calamity which I will bring on this place and its inhabitants." ' " So they brought back word to the king. 34:29 Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 34:30 The king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem-the priests and the Levites, and all the people, great and small. And he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant which had been found in the house of the Lord. 34:31 Then the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the Lord, to follow the Lord, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book. 34:32 And he made all who were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin take a stand. So the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. 34:33 Thus Josiah removed all the abominations from all the country that belonged to the children of Israel, and made all who were present in Israel diligently serve the Lord their God. All his days they did not depart from following the Lord God of their fathers.
148:1 ハレルヤ。天において主を賛美せよ。高い天で主を賛美せよ。 148:2 御使いらよ、こぞって主を賛美せよ。主の万軍よ、こぞって主を賛美せよ。 148:3 日よ、月よ主を賛美せよ。輝く星よ主を賛美せよ。 148:4 天の天よ／天の上にある水よ主を賛美せよ。 148:5 主の御名を賛美せよ。主は命じられ、すべてのものは創造された。 148:6 主はそれらを世々限りなく立て／越ええない掟を与えられた。 148:7 地において主を賛美せよ。海に住む竜よ、深淵よ 148:8 火よ、雹よ、雪よ、霧よ／御言葉を成し遂げる嵐よ 148:9 山々よ、すべての丘よ／実を結ぶ木よ、杉の林よ 148:10 野の獣よ、すべての家畜よ／地を這うものよ、翼ある鳥よ 148:11 地上の王よ、諸国の民よ／君主よ、地上の支配者よ 148:12 若者よ、おとめよ／老人よ、幼子よ。 148:13 主の御名を賛美せよ。主の御名はひとり高く／威光は天地に満ちている。 148:14 主は御自分の民の角を高く上げてくださる。それは主の慈しみに生きるすべての人の栄誉。主に近くある民、イスラエルの子らよ。ハレルヤ。
148:1 Praise the Lord!Praise the Lord from the heavens;Praise Him in the heights! 148:2 Praise Him, all His angels;Praise Him, all His hosts! 148:3 Praise Him, sun and moon;Praise Him, all you stars of light! 148:4 Praise Him, you heavens of heavens,And you waters above the heavens! 148:5 Let them praise the name of the Lord,For He commanded and they were created. 148:6 He also established them forever and ever;He made a decree which shall not pass away. 148:7 Praise the Lord from the earth,You great sea creatures and all the depths; 148:8 Fire and hail, snow and clouds;Stormy wind, fulfilling His word; 148:9 Mountains and all hills;Fruitful trees and all cedars; 148:10 Beasts and all cattle;Creeping things and flying fowl; 148:11 Kings of the earth and all peoples;Princes and all judges of the earth; 148:12 Both young men and maidens;Old men and children. 148:13 Let them praise the name of the Lord,For His name alone is exalted;His glory is above the earth and heaven. 148:14 And He has exalted the horn of His people,The praise of all His saints-Of the children of Israel,A people near to Him.Praise the Lord!