35:1 ヨシヤはエルサレムにおいて主の過越祭を祝い、第一の月の十四日に過越のいけにえを屠った。 35:2 彼は祭司たちを任務に就かせ、彼らを励まして主の神殿の奉仕を行わせた。 35:3 すべてのイスラエルの教師であり、主のために聖別されたレビ人に、王はこう言った。「イスラエルの王ダビデの子ソロモンが建てた神殿に、聖なる箱を納めよ。あなたたちはもはやそれを担う必要がない。あなたたちの神、主とその民イスラエルに奉仕せよ。 35:4 あなたたちはイスラエルの王ダビデの書とその子ソロモンの文書にのっとり、組分けどおりに家系ごとに準備を整え、 35:5 兄弟である民の家系の区分に従い、またレビ人の家系の組ごとに聖所に立て。 35:6 過越のいけにえを屠り、自分を聖別し、あなたたちの兄弟が、モーセを通して伝えられた主の言葉に従って祝いができるように整えよ。」 35:7 ヨシヤ王は民のために羊、小羊、子山羊を提供した。これらは皆、そこにいるすべての人の過越のいけにえのためであり、その数は三万匹、牛も三千頭に及んだ。これらは王の財産の中から提供された。 35:8 高官たちも、民と祭司、レビ人のために進んで提供した。神殿の主管ヒルキヤ、ゼカルヤ、エヒエルは過越のいけにえとして小羊二千六百匹、牛三百頭を祭司たちに与えた。 35:9 コナンヤ、その兄弟シェマヤとネタンエル、レビ人の指導者ハシャブヤ、エイエル、ヨザバドは、過越のいけにえとして小羊五千匹、牛五百頭をレビ人に提供した。 35:10 奉仕の準備は整った。王の指示に従って、祭司はその持ち場に、レビ人はその組ごとに立った。 35:11 彼らは過越のいけにえを屠り、祭司は血を受け取って振りかけ、レビ人はいけにえの皮をはいだ。 35:12 彼らは焼き尽くす献げ物とする部分を別にして、それを民の家系の区分に従って与え、モーセの書に記されているとおり主にささげさせた。牛についても同様にした。 35:13 彼らは定められているように、過越のいけにえを火で焼き、他の聖なる物は鍋や釜や平鍋で煮て、急いで民の全員に配った。 35:14 その後、彼らは自分と祭司のために準備した。アロンの子らである祭司たちは夜になるまで焼き尽くす献げ物や脂肪をささげるのに追われていたからである。レビ人は自分とアロンの子孫である祭司のために準備した。 35:15 アサフの一族である詠唱者たちは、ダビデおよび王の先見者アサフ、ヘマン、エドトンの指示に従って自分の持ち場につき、門衛もそれぞれの門に立っていた。兄弟であるレビ人が彼らのために準備してくれたので、彼らの中のだれも、自分の奉仕を離れる必要がなかった。 35:16 ヨシヤ王の指示に従って過越祭を祝い、主の祭壇に焼き尽くす献げ物をささげるために、主に対する奉仕の準備は、その日にすべて整った。 35:17 こうしてその時、そこにいたイスラエルの人々は過越祭を祝い、除酵祭を七日間にわたって祝った。 35:18 預言者サムエルの時代以来、イスラエルにおいてこのような過越祭が祝われたことはなく、ヨシヤが祭司、レビ人、そこに居合わせたすべてのユダとイスラエルの人々、およびエルサレムの住民と共に祝ったような過越祭を行った者は、イスラエルの歴代の王の中に一人もいなかった。 35:19 この過越祭はヨシヤ王の治世第十八年に祝われた。 35:20 ヨシヤが神殿を整えるために行ったこれらのすべての事の後、エジプトの王ネコがユーフラテス川の近くのカルケミシュを攻めようとして上って来た。ヨシヤはこれを迎え撃つために出陣した。 35:21 しかしネコは使いを送って言った。「ユダの王よ、わたしはあなたと何のかかわりがあろうか。今日攻めて来たのはあなたに対してではなく、わたしが敵とする家に対してである。神はわたしに急ぐようにと命じられた。わたしと共にいる神に逆らわずにいなさい。さもなければ、神はあなたを滅ぼされる。」 35:22 しかし、ヨシヤは引き返さず、攻撃のために変装して、神の口から出たネコの言葉を聞かなかった。そして彼はメギド平野の戦いに臨んだ。 35:23 射手たちがヨシヤ王を射た。王が家臣たちに、「傷は重い。わたしを運び出してくれ」と言ったので、 35:24 家臣たちは王を戦車から降ろし、王の第二の車に乗せてエルサレムに連れ帰った。王は死んで、先祖の墓に葬られた。ユダとエルサレムのすべての人々がヨシヤの死を嘆いた。 35:25 エレミヤはヨシヤを悼んで哀歌を作った。男女のすべての歌い手がその哀歌によってヨシヤを語り伝えるようになり、今日に至っている。それがイスラエルの定めとなり、歌は『哀歌』に記されている。 35:26 ヨシヤの他の事績および主の律法に忠実に従った行為の数々は、 35:27 初期のことも後期のことも、『イスラエルとユダの列王の書』に記されている。
35:1 Now Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem, and they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month. 35:2 And he set the priests in their duties and encouraged them for the service of the house of the Lord. 35:3 Then he said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to the Lord: "Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built. It shall no longer be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and His people Israel. 35:4 "Prepare yourselves according to your fathers' houses, according to your divisions, following the written instruction of David king of Israel and the written instruction of Solomon his son. 35:5 "And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of your brethren the lay people, and according to the division of the father's house of the Levites. 35:6 "So slaughter the Passover offerings, consecrate yourselves, and prepare them for your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses." 35:7 Then Josiah gave the lay people lambs and young goats from the flock, all for Passover offerings for all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, as well as three thousand cattle; these were from the king's possessions. 35:8 And his leaders gave willingly to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand six hundred from the flock, and three hundred cattle. 35:9 Also Conaniah, his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave to the Levites for Passover offerings five thousand from the flock and five hundred cattle. 35:10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their places, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the king's command. 35:11 And they slaughtered the Passover offerings; and the priests sprinkled the blood with their hands, while the Levites skinned the animals. 35:12 Then they removed the burnt offerings that they might give them to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the lay people, to offer to the Lord, as it is written in the Book of Moses. And so they did with the cattle. 35:13 Also they roasted the Passover offerings with fire according to the ordinance; but the other holy offerings they boiled in pots, in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them quickly among all the lay people. 35:14 Then afterward they prepared portions for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the sons of Aaron, were busy in offering burnt offerings and fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared portions for themselves and for the priests, the sons of Aaron. 35:15 And the singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their places, according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer. Also the gatekeepers were at each gate; they did not have to leave their position, because their brethren the Levites prepared portions for them. 35:16 So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord, according to the command of King Josiah. 35:17 And the children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days. 35:18 There had been no Passover kept in Israel like that since the days of Samuel the prophet; and none of the kings of Israel had kept such a Passover as Josiah kept, with the priests and the Levites, all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 35:19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah this Passover was kept. 35:20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him. 35:21 But he sent messengers to him, saying, "What have I to do with you, king of Judah? I have not come against you this day, but against the house with which I have war; for God commanded me to make haste. Refrain from meddling with God, who is with me, lest He destroy you." 35:22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself so that he might fight with him, and did not heed the words of Necho from the mouth of God. So he came to fight in the Valley of Megiddo. 35:23 And the archers shot King Josiah; and the king said to his servants, "Take me away, for I am severely wounded." 35:24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot and put him in the second chariot that he had, and they brought him to Jerusalem. So he died, and was buried in one of the tombs of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. 35:25 Jeremiah also lamented for Josiah. And to this day all the singing men and the singing women speak of Josiah in their lamentations. They made it a custom in Israel; and indeed they are written in the Laments. 35:26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his goodness, according to what was written in the Law of the Lord, 35:27 and his deeds from first to last, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
149:1 ハレルヤ。新しい歌を主に向かって歌え。主の慈しみに生きる人の集いで賛美の歌をうたえ。 149:2 イスラエルはその造り主によって喜び祝い／シオンの子らはその王によって喜び躍れ。 149:3 踊りをささげて御名を賛美し／太鼓や竪琴を奏でてほめ歌をうたえ。 149:4 主は御自分の民を喜び／貧しい人を救いの輝きで装われる。 149:5 主の慈しみに生きる人は栄光に輝き、喜び勇み／伏していても喜びの声をあげる。 149:6 口には神をあがめる歌があり／手には両刃の剣を持つ。 149:7 国々に報復し／諸国の民を懲らしめ 149:8 王たちを鎖につなぎ／君侯に鉄の枷をはめ 149:9 定められた裁きをする。これは、主の慈しみに生きる人の光栄。ハレルヤ。
149:1 Praise the Lord!Sing to the Lord a new song,And His praise in the assembly of saints. 149:2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. 149:3 Let them praise His name with the dance;Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp. 149:4 For the Lord takes pleasure in His people;He will beautify the humble with salvation. 149:5 Let the saints be joyful in glory;Let them sing aloud on their beds. 149:6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,And a two-edged sword in their hand, 149:7 To execute vengeance on the nations,And punishments on the peoples; 149:8 To bind their kings with chains,And their nobles with fetters of iron; 149:9 To execute on them the written judgment-This honor have all His saints.Praise the Lord!