18:1 そのころ、イスラエルには王がいなかった。またそのころ、ダンの部族は住み着くための嗣業の地を捜し求めていた。そのころまで、彼らにはイスラエル諸部族の中で嗣業の地が割り当てられていなかったからである。 18:2 ダンの人々は土地を探り、調べるために、自分たちの氏族の者でツォルアとエシュタオル出身の勇士五人を自分のところから遣わして言った。「行って、土地を調べよ。」彼らはエフライムの山地のミカの家まで来て、そこで一夜を過ごした。 18:3 彼らはミカの家の近くに来て、あの若いレビ人の声がするのに気づいて立ち寄り、「誰があなたをここに連れて来たのか。あなたはここで何をしているのか。ここでのあなたの務めは何か」と尋ねた。 18:4 彼はこれこれしかじかの次第でミカに雇われ、彼の祭司になったと答えた。 18:5 彼らは言った。「我々の進めている旅がうまくいくかどうか知りたいのだが、神に問うていただきたい。」 18:6 祭司は、「安心して行かれるがよい。主は、あなたたちのたどる旅路を見守っておられる」と答えた。 18:7 五人は更に進んでライシュに着き、その地の民が、シドン人のように静かに、また、穏やかに安らかな日々を送っているのを見た。その地には人をさげすんで権力を握る者は全くなく、シドン人からも遠く離れ、またどの人間とも交渉がなかった。 18:8 五人がツォルアとエシュタオルの兄弟たちのもとに帰ると、兄弟たちは、「どうだった」と尋ねたので、 18:9 五人は答えた。「彼らに向かって攻め上ろう。我々はその土地を見たが、それは非常に優れていた。あなたたちは黙っているが、ためらわずに出発し、あの土地を手に入れて来るべきだ。 18:10 行けば、あなたたちは穏やかな民のところに行けよう。神があなたたちの手にお渡しになったのだから、その土地は大手を広げて待っている。そこは、この地上のものが何一つ欠けることのない所だ。」 18:11 ダンの氏族六百人は武器を身に帯び、ツォルアとエシュタオルから出発し、 18:12 上って行って、ユダのキルヤト・エアリムに陣を敷いた。それゆえ、その場所は今日までマハネ・ダンと呼ばれ、キルヤト・エアリムの西にある。 18:13 彼らはそこからエフライムの山地を進み、ミカの家まで来た。 18:14 ライシュの地を探り歩いた五人が口を切って、兄弟たちに言った。「この建物の中にエフォドとテラフィム、彫像と鋳像があるのを知っていますか。今、どうすべきか決めてください。」 18:15 五人はそこに向かうことにし、若いレビ人の家、ミカの家に入り、変わりはないか、と尋ねた。 18:16 武器を身に帯びた六百人のダンの者を門の入り口に立たせておいた。 18:17 土地を探り歩いた例の五人は上って入り込み、彫像、エフォド、テラフィム、鋳像を奪った。祭司は武器を身に帯びた六百人と共に門の入り口に立っていた。 18:18 五人がミカの家に入り、彫像、エフォド、テラフィム、鋳像を奪ったとき、祭司は彼らに、「何をするのです」と言ったが、 18:19 彼らは、「口に手を当てて、一緒に来てください。わたしたちの父となり、祭司となってください。一個人の家の祭司であるより、イスラエルの一部族、氏族の祭司である方がよいのではありませんか」と言った。 18:20 祭司はこれを快く受け入れ、エフォド、テラフィム、彫像を取って、この民に加わった。 18:21 彼らは子供、家畜、家財を先頭に前に進んで行った。 18:22 彼らがミカの家を遠く離れてから、ミカの家の近くに住む家族の者が呼び集められ、ダンの人々に追いついて来て、 18:23 呼びかけた。ダンの人々は振り返ってミカに、「兵をそろえて何事か」と言った。 18:24 ミカは、「あなたたちはわたしの造った神々と祭司を、奪って逃げた。わたしにはもう何もない。何事かとはよく言えたものだ」と言った。 18:25 ダンの人々は言った。「そんなたわごとを我々に聞かせるな。さもないと、苦々しく思った連中があなたたちを打ちつけ、あなただけでなくあなたの家族も命を失うことになろう。」 18:26 ダンの人々は旅を続け、ミカは彼らの方が強いと見て引き返し、家に帰った。 18:27 彼らはミカが造った物と彼のものであった祭司を奪って、ライシュに向かい、その静かで穏やかな民を襲い、剣にかけて殺し、町に火を放って焼いた。 18:28 その町はシドンから遠く離れ、またどの人間とも交渉がなかったので、助けてくれる者がなかった。それはベト・レホブに属する平野にあった。彼らはその町を再建して住み着き、 18:29 その町を、イスラエルに生まれた子、彼らの先祖ダンの名にちなんで、ダンと名付けた。しかし、その町の元来の名はライシュであった。 18:30 ダンの人々は、自分たちが拝むために例の彫像を立てることにした。またモーセの孫でゲルショムの子であるヨナタンとその子孫が、その地の民が捕囚とされる日までダンの部族の祭司を勤めた。 18:31 こうして、神殿がシロにあった間、ずっと彼らはミカの造った彫像を保っていた。
18:1 In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking an inheritance for itself to dwell in; for until that day their inheritance among the tribes of Israel had not fallen to them. 18:2 So the children of Dan sent five men of their family from their territory, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and search it. They said to them, "Go, search the land." So they went to the mountains of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there. 18:3 While they were at the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young Levite. They turned aside and said to him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What do you have here?" 18:4 He said to them, "Thus and so Micah did for me. He has hired me, and I have become his priest." 18:5 So they said to him, "Please inquire of God, that we may know whether the journey on which we go will be prosperous." 18:6 And the priest said to them, "Go in peace. The presence of the Lord be with you on your way." 18:7 So the five men departed and went to Laish. They saw the people who were there, how they dwelt safely, in the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure. There were no rulers in the land who might put them to shame for anything. They were far from the Sidonians, and they had no ties with anyone. 18:8 Then the spies came back to their brethren at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brethren said to them, "What is your report?" 18:9 So they said, "Arise, let us go up against them. For we have seen the land, and indeed it is very good. Would you do nothing? Do not hesitate to go, and enter to possess the land. 18:10 "When you go, you will come to a secure people and a large land. For God has given it into your hands, a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth." 18:11 And six hundred men of the family of the Danites went from there, from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war. 18:12 Then they went up and encamped in Kirjath Jearim in Judah. (Therefore they call that place Mahaneh Dan to this day. There it is, west of Kirjath Jearim.) 18:13 And they passed from there to the mountains of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah. 18:14 Then the five men who had gone to spy out the country of Laish answered and said to their brethren, "Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod, household idols, a carved image, and a molded image? Now therefore, consider what you should do." 18:15 So they turned aside there, and came to the house of the young Levite man-to the house of Micah-and greeted him. 18:16 The six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate. 18:17 Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land went up. Entering there, they took the carved image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molded image. The priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men who were armed with weapons of war. 18:18 When these went into Micah's house and took the carved image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molded image, the priest said to them, "What are you doing?" 18:19 And they said to him, "Be quiet, put your hand over your mouth, and come with us; be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest to the household of one man, or that you be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?" 18:20 So the priest's heart was glad; and he took the ephod, the household idols, and the carved image, and took his place among the people. 18:21 Then they turned and departed, and put the little ones, the livestock, and the goods in front of them. 18:22 When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah's house gathered together and overtook the children of Dan. 18:23 And they called out to the children of Dan. So they turned around and said to Micah, "What ails you, that you have gathered such a company?" 18:24 So he said, "You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and you have gone away. Now what more do I have? How can you say to me, 'What ails you?' " 18:25 And the children of Dan said to him, "Do not let your voice be heard among us, lest angry men fall upon you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household!" 18:26 Then the children of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house. 18:27 So they took the things Micah had made, and the priest who had belonged to him, and went to Laish, to a people quiet and secure; and they struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire. 18:28 There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no ties with anyone. It was in the valley that belongs to Beth Rehob. So they rebuilt the city and dwelt there. 18:29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel. However, the name of the city formerly was Laish. 18:30 Then the children of Dan set up for themselves the carved image; and Jonathan the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. 18:31 So they set up for themselves Micah's carved image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. 18:1 In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking an inheritance for itself to dwell in; for until that day their inheritance among the tribes of Israel had not fallen to them. 18:2 So the children of Dan sent five men of their family from their territory, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and search it. They said to them, "Go, search the land." So they went to the mountains of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there. 18:3 While they were at the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young Levite. They turned aside and said to him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What do you have here?" 18:4 He said to them, "Thus and so Micah did for me. He has hired me, and I have become his priest." 18:5 So they said to him, "Please inquire of God, that we may know whether the journey on which we go will be prosperous." 18:6 And the priest said to them, "Go in peace. The presence of the Lord be with you on your way." 18:7 So the five men departed and went to Laish. They saw the people who were there, how they dwelt safely, in the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure. There were no rulers in the land who might put them to shame for anything. They were far from the Sidonians, and they had no ties with anyone. 18:8 Then the spies came back to their brethren at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brethren said to them, "What is your report?" 18:9 So they said, "Arise, let us go up against them. For we have seen the land, and indeed it is very good. Would you do nothing? Do not hesitate to go, and enter to possess the land. 18:10 "When you go, you will come to a secure people and a large land. For God has given it into your hands, a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth." 18:11 And six hundred men of the family of the Danites went from there, from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war. 18:12 Then they went up and encamped in Kirjath Jearim in Judah. (Therefore they call that place Mahaneh Dan to this day. There it is, west of Kirjath Jearim.) 18:13 And they passed from there to the mountains of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah. 18:14 Then the five men who had gone to spy out the country of Laish answered and said to their brethren, "Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod, household idols, a carved image, and a molded image? Now therefore, consider what you should do." 18:15 So they turned aside there, and came to the house of the young Levite man-to the house of Micah-and greeted him. 18:16 The six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate. 18:17 Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land went up. Entering there, they took the carved image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molded image. The priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men who were armed with weapons of war. 18:18 When these went into Micah's house and took the carved image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molded image, the priest said to them, "What are you doing?" 18:19 And they said to him, "Be quiet, put your hand over your mouth, and come with us; be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest to the household of one man, or that you be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?" 18:20 So the priest's heart was glad; and he took the ephod, the household idols, and the carved image, and took his place among the people. 18:21 Then they turned and departed, and put the little ones, the livestock, and the goods in front of them. 18:22 When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah's house gathered together and overtook the children of Dan. 18:23 And they called out to the children of Dan. So they turned around and said to Micah, "What ails you, that you have gathered such a company?" 18:24 So he said, "You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and you have gone away. Now what more do I have? How can you say to me, 'What ails you?' " 18:25 And the children of Dan said to him, "Do not let your voice be heard among us, lest angry men fall upon you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household!" 18:26 Then the children of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house. 18:27 So they took the things Micah had made, and the priest who had belonged to him, and went to Laish, to a people quiet and secure; and they struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire. 18:28 There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no ties with anyone. It was in the valley that belongs to Beth Rehob. So they rebuilt the city and dwelt there. 18:29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel. However, the name of the city formerly was Laish. 18:30 Then the children of Dan set up for themselves the carved image; and Jonathan the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. 18:31 So they set up for themselves Micah's carved image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
12:41 そこでペトロが、「主よ、このたとえはわたしたちのために話しておられるのですか。それとも、みんなのためですか」と言うと、 12:42 主は言われた。「主人が召し使いたちの上に立てて、時間どおりに食べ物を分配させることにした忠実で賢い管理人は、いったいだれであろうか。 12:43 主人が帰って来たとき、言われたとおりにしているのを見られる僕は幸いである。 12:44 確かに言っておくが、主人は彼に全財産を管理させるにちがいない。 12:45 しかし、もしその僕が、主人の帰りは遅れると思い、下男や女中を殴ったり、食べたり飲んだり、酔うようなことになるならば、 12:46 その僕の主人は予想しない日、思いがけない時に帰って来て、彼を厳しく罰し、不忠実な者たちと同じ目に遭わせる。 12:47 主人の思いを知りながら何も準備せず、あるいは主人の思いどおりにしなかった僕は、ひどく鞭打たれる。 12:48 しかし、知らずにいて鞭打たれるようなことをした者は、打たれても少しで済む。すべて多く与えられた者は、多く求められ、多く任された者は、更に多く要求される。」
12:49 「わたしが来たのは、地上に火を投ずるためである。その火が既に燃えていたらと、どんなに願っていることか。 12:50 しかし、わたしには受けねばならない洗礼がある。それが終わるまで、わたしはどんなに苦しむことだろう。 12:51 あなたがたは、わたしが地上に平和をもたらすために来たと思うのか。そうではない。言っておくが、むしろ分裂だ。 12:52 今から後、一つの家に五人いるならば、三人は二人と、二人は三人と対立して分かれるからである。 12:53 父は子と、子は父と、／母は娘と、娘は母と、／しゅうとめは嫁と、嫁はしゅうとめと、／対立して分かれる。」
12:54 イエスはまた群衆にも言われた。「あなたがたは、雲が西に出るのを見るとすぐに、『にわか雨になる』と言う。実際そのとおりになる。 12:55 また、南風が吹いているのを見ると、『暑くなる』と言う。事実そうなる。 12:56 偽善者よ、このように空や地の模様を見分けることは知っているのに、どうして今の時を見分けることを知らないのか。」
12:57 「あなたがたは、何が正しいかを、どうして自分で判断しないのか。 12:58 あなたを訴える人と一緒に役人のところに行くときには、途中でその人と仲直りするように努めなさい。さもないと、その人はあなたを裁判官のもとに連れて行き、裁判官は看守に引き渡し、看守は牢に投げ込む。 12:59 言っておくが、最後の一レプトンを返すまで、決してそこから出ることはできない。」
12:41 Then Peter said to Him, "Lord, do You speak this parable only to us, or to all people?" 12:42 And the Lord said, "Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season? 12:43 "Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 12:44 "Truly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all that he has. 12:45 "But if that servant says in his heart, 'My master is delaying his coming,' and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk, 12:46 "the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. 12:47 "And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 12:48 "But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more. 12:49 "I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 12:50 "But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is accomplished! 12:51 "Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division. 12:52 "For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three. 12:53 "Father will be divided against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law." 12:54 Then He also said to the multitudes, "Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming'; and so it is. 12:55 "And when you see the south wind blow, you say, 'There will be hot weather'; and there is. 12:56 "Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time? 12:57 "Yes, and why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right? 12:58 "When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make every effort along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. 12:59 "I tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the very last mite."