36:1 国の民はヨシヤの子ヨアハズを選び、エルサレムで父の代わりに王とした。 36:2 ヨアハズは二十三歳で王となり、三か月間エルサレムで王位にあった。 36:3 しかし、エジプトの王はエルサレムで彼を退位させ、その国には科料として銀百キカル、金一キカルを課した。 36:4 他方、エジプトの王はヨアハズの兄弟エルヤキムをユダとエルサレムの王とし、その名をヨヤキムと改めさせた。兄弟のヨアハズはネコに捕らえられ、エジプトに連れて行かれた。
36:5 ヨヤキムは二十五歳で王となり、十一年間エルサレムで王位にあった。彼は自分の神、主の目に悪とされることを行った。 36:6 その彼をバビロンの王ネブカドネツァルが攻めて来て、青銅の足枷をはめ、バビロンに引いて行った。 36:7 ネブカドネツァルは主の神殿の祭具類もバビロンに持ち帰り、バビロンにある彼の宮殿に納めた。 36:8 ヨヤキムの他の事績、彼の行った数々の忌むべきことおよび彼に起こったことは、『イスラエルとユダの列王の書』に記されている。その子ヨヤキンがヨヤキムに代わって王となった。
36:9 ヨヤキンは八歳で王となり、三か月と十日間エルサレムで王位にあった。彼は主の目に悪とされることを行った。 36:10 年が改まるころ、ネブカドネツァル王は人を遣わし、彼を主の神殿の貴重な祭具類と共にバビロンに行かせ、その兄弟ゼデキヤをユダとエルサレムの王とした。
36:11 ゼデキヤは二十一歳で王となり、十一年間エルサレムで王位にあった。 36:12 彼は自分の神、主の目に悪とされることを行い、主の言葉を告げる預言者エレミヤの前にへりくだらなかった。 36:13 彼はまた、神の名にかけて彼に誓わせたネブカドネツァル王に反逆し、強情になってその心をかたくなにし、イスラエルの神、主に立ち帰らなかった。 36:14 祭司長たちのすべても民と共に諸国の民のあらゆる忌むべき行いに倣って罪に罪を重ね、主が聖別されたエルサレムの神殿を汚した。 36:15 先祖の神、主は御自分の民と御住まいを憐れみ、繰り返し御使いを彼らに遣わされたが、 36:16 彼らは神の御使いを嘲笑い、その言葉を蔑み、預言者を愚弄した。それゆえ、ついにその民に向かって主の怒りが燃え上がり、もはや手の施しようがなくなった。 36:17 主はカルデア人の王を彼らに向かって攻め上らせられた。彼は若者たちを聖所の中で剣にかけて殺し、若者のみならず、おとめも、白髪の老人も容赦しなかった。主はすべての者を彼の手に渡された。 36:18 彼は神殿の大小の祭具のすべて、主の神殿の宝物も、王とその高官たちの宝物も残らずバビロンに持ち去った。 36:19 神殿には火が放たれ、エルサレムの城壁は崩され、宮殿はすべて灰燼に帰し、貴重な品々はことごとく破壊された。 36:20 剣を免れて生き残った者は捕らえられ、バビロンに連れ去られた。彼らはペルシアの王国に覇権が移るまで、バビロンの王とその王子たちの僕となった。 36:21 こうして主がエレミヤの口を通して告げられた言葉が実現し、この地はついに安息を取り戻した。その荒廃の全期間を通じて地は安息を得、七十年の年月が満ちた。 36:22 ペルシアの王キュロスの第一年のことである。主はかつてエレミヤの口を通して約束されたことを成就するため、ペルシアの王キュロスの心を動かされた。キュロスは文書にも記して、国中に次のような布告を行き渡らせた。 36:23 「ペルシアの王キュロスはこう言う。天にいます神、主は、地上のすべての国をわたしに賜った。この主がユダのエルサレムに御自分の神殿を建てることをわたしに命じられた。あなたたちの中で主の民に属する者はだれでも、上って行くがよい。神なる主がその者と共にいてくださるように。」
36:1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem. 36:2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 36:3 Now the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 36:4 Then the king of Egypt made Jehoahaz's brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him off to Egypt. 36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord his God. 36:6 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon. 36:7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried off some of the articles from the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. 36:8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations which he did, and what was found against him, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. 36:9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord. 36:10 At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, with the costly articles from the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah, Jehoiakim's brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem. 36:11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 36:12 He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord. 36:13 And he also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel. 36:14 Moreover all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed more and more, according to all the abominations of the nations, and defiled the house of the Lord which He had consecrated in Jerusalem. 36:15 And the Lord God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. 36:16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, till there was no remedy. 36:17 Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, on the aged or the weak; He gave them all into his hand. 36:18 And all the articles from the house of God, great and small, the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king and of his leaders, all these he took to Babylon. 36:19 Then they burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious possessions. 36:20 And those who escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon, where they became servants to him and his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, 36:21 to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her Sabbaths. As long as she lay desolate she kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years. 36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, 36:23 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is among you of all His people? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up!
150:1 ハレルヤ。聖所で神を賛美せよ。大空の砦で神を賛美せよ。 150:2 力強い御業のゆえに神を賛美せよ。大きな御力のゆえに神を賛美せよ。 150:3 角笛を吹いて神を賛美せよ。琴と竪琴を奏でて神を賛美せよ。 150:4 太鼓に合わせて踊りながら神を賛美せよ。弦をかき鳴らし笛を吹いて神を賛美せよ。 150:5 シンバルを鳴らし神を賛美せよ。シンバルを響かせて神を賛美せよ。 150:6 息あるものはこぞって主を賛美せよ。ハレルヤ。
150:1 Praise the Lord!Praise God in His sanctuary;Praise Him in His mighty firmament! 150:2 Praise Him for His mighty acts;Praise Him according to His excellent greatness! 150:3 Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet;Praise Him with the lute and harp! 150:4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes! 150:5 Praise Him with loud cymbals;Praise Him with clashing cymbals! 150:6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.Praise the Lord!