39:1 ヨセフはエジプトに連れて来られた。ヨセフをエジプトへ連れて来たイシュマエル人の手から彼を買い取ったのは、ファラオの宮廷の役人で、侍従長のエジプト人ポティファルであった。 39:2 主がヨセフと共におられたので、彼はうまく事を運んだ。彼はエジプト人の主人の家にいた。 39:3 主が共におられ、主が彼のすることをすべてうまく計らわれるのを見た主人は、 39:4 ヨセフに目をかけて身近に仕えさせ、家の管理をゆだね、財産をすべて彼の手に任せた。 39:5 主人が家の管理やすべての財産をヨセフに任せてから、主はヨセフのゆえにそのエジプト人の家を祝福された。主の祝福は、家の中にも農地にも、すべての財産に及んだ。 39:6 主人は全財産をヨセフの手にゆだねてしまい、自分が食べるもの以外は全く気を遣わなかった。ヨセフは顔も美しく、体つきも優れていた。 39:7 これらのことの後で、主人の妻はヨセフに目を注ぎながら言った。「わたしの床に入りなさい。」 39:8 しかし、ヨセフは拒んで、主人の妻に言った。「ご存じのように、御主人はわたしを側に置き、家の中のことには一切気をお遣いになりません。財産もすべてわたしの手にゆだねてくださいました。 39:9 この家では、わたしの上に立つ者はいませんから、わたしの意のままにならないものもありません。ただ、あなたは別です。あなたは御主人の妻ですから。わたしは、どうしてそのように大きな悪を働いて、神に罪を犯すことができましょう。」 39:10 彼女は毎日ヨセフに言い寄ったが、ヨセフは耳を貸さず、彼女の傍らに寝ることも、共にいることもしなかった。 39:11 こうして、ある日、ヨセフが仕事をしようと家に入ると、家の者が一人も家の中にいなかったので、 39:12 彼女はヨセフの着物をつかんで言った。「わたしの床に入りなさい。」ヨセフは着物を彼女の手に残し、逃げて外へ出た。 39:13 着物を彼女の手に残したまま、ヨセフが外へ逃げたのを見ると、 39:14 彼女は家の者たちを呼び寄せて言った。「見てごらん。ヘブライ人などをわたしたちの所に連れて来たから、わたしたちはいたずらをされる。彼がわたしの所に来て、わたしと寝ようとしたから、大声で叫びました。 39:15 わたしが大声をあげて叫んだのを聞いて、わたしの傍らに着物を残したまま外へ逃げて行きました。」 39:16 彼女は、主人が家に帰って来るまで、その着物を傍らに置いていた。 39:17 そして、主人に同じことを語った。「あなたがわたしたちの所に連れて来た、あのヘブライ人の奴隷はわたしの所に来て、いたずらをしようとしたのです。 39:18 わたしが大声をあげて叫んだものですから、着物をわたしの傍らに残したまま、外へ逃げて行きました。」 39:19 「あなたの奴隷がわたしにこんなことをしたのです」と訴える妻の言葉を聞いて、主人は怒り、 39:20 ヨセフを捕らえて、王の囚人をつなぐ監獄に入れた。ヨセフはこうして、監獄にいた。 39:21 しかし、主がヨセフと共におられ、恵みを施し、監守長の目にかなうように導かれたので、 39:22 監守長は監獄にいる囚人を皆、ヨセフの手にゆだね、獄中の人のすることはすべてヨセフが取りしきるようになった。 39:23 監守長は、ヨセフの手にゆだねたことには、一切目を配らなくてもよかった。主がヨセフと共におられ、ヨセフがすることを主がうまく計らわれたからである。
39:1 Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there. 39:2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 39:3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all he did to prosper in his hand. 39:4 So Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and all that he had he put under his authority. 39:5 So it was, from the time that he had made him overseer of his house and all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had in the house and in the field. 39:6 Thus he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and he did not know what he had except for the bread which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. 39:7 And it came to pass after these things that his master's wife cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, "Lie with me." 39:8 But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Look, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand. 39:9 "There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?" 39:10 So it was, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not heed her, to lie with her or to be with her. 39:11 But it happened about this time, when Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the house was inside, 39:12 that she caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me." But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside. 39:13 And so it was, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and fled outside, 39:14 that she called to the men of her house and spoke to them, saying, "See, he has brought in to us a Hebrew to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. 39:15 "And it happened, when he heard that I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me, and fled and went outside." 39:16 So she kept his garment with her until his master came home. 39:17 Then she spoke to him with words like these, saying, "The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us came in to me to mock me; 39:18 "so it happened, as I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me and fled outside." 39:19 So it was, when his master heard the words which his wife spoke to him, saying, "Your servant did to me after this manner," that his anger was aroused. 39:20 Then Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison. 39:21 But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 39:22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison; whatever they did there, it was his doing. 39:23 The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph's authority, because the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper.
36:1 【指揮者によって。主の僕の詩。ダビデの詩。】 36:2 神に逆らう者に罪が語りかけるのが／わたしの心の奥に聞こえる。彼の前に、神への恐れはない。 36:3 自分の目に自分を偽っているから／自分の悪を認めることも／それを憎むこともできない。 36:4 彼の口が語ることは悪事、欺き。決して目覚めようとも、善を行おうともしない。 36:5 床の上でも悪事を謀り／常にその身を不正な道に置き／悪を退けようとしない。 36:6 主よ、あなたの慈しみは天に／あなたの真実は大空に満ちている。 36:7 恵みの御業は神の山々のよう／あなたの裁きは大いなる深淵。主よ、あなたは人をも獣をも救われる。 36:8 神よ、慈しみはいかに貴いことか。あなたの翼の陰に人の子らは身を寄せ 36:9 あなたの家に滴る恵みに潤い／あなたの甘美な流れに渇きを癒す。 36:10 命の泉はあなたにあり／あなたの光に、わたしたちは光を見る。 36:11 あなたを知る人の上に／慈しみが常にありますように。心のまっすぐな人の上に／恵みの御業が常にありますように。 36:12 神に逆らう者の手が／わたしを追い立てることを許さず／驕る者の足が／わたしに迫ることを許さないでください。 36:13 悪事を働く者は必ず倒れる。彼らは打ち倒され／再び立ち上がることはない。
36:1 An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked:There is no fear of God before his eyes. 36:2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes,When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates. 36:3 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;He has ceased to be wise and to do good. 36:4 He devises wickedness on his bed;He sets himself in a way that is not good;He does not abhor evil. 36:5 Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens;Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. 36:6 Your righteousness is like the great mountains;Your judgments are a great deep;O Lord, You preserve man and beast. 36:7 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings. 36:8 They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house,And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures. 36:9 For with You is the fountain of life;In Your light we see light. 36:10 Oh, continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,And Your righteousness to the upright in heart. 36:11 Let not the foot of pride come against me,And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away. 36:12 There the workers of iniquity have fallen;They have been cast down and are not able to rise.