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1 Kings Capítulo 13
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1Ki 13:1-22.
日本語
Original em inglês
1Ki 13:1-22.
JEROBOAM'S HAND WITHERS.
1. there came a man of God out of Judah--Who this prophet was cannot be ascertained, He came by divine authority. It could not be either Iddo or Ahijah, for both were alive after the events here related.
Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense--It was at one of the annual festivals. The king, to give interest to the new ritual, was himself the officiating priest. The altar and its accompaniments would, of course, exhibit all the splendor of a new and gorgeously decorated temple. But the prophet foretold its utter destruction
[1Ki 13:3].
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2-9. 彼は祭壇に向かって叫んだ——これはイスラエルに組織された礼拝制度の全体を指す。
見よ、ひとりの子が生まれる……名をヨシヤという——これは聖書に記された最も注目すべき預言の一つである。その明快さ、状況の細部にわたる詳細さ、そして三百六十年後に起こった出来事の正確な予告において、異教の不明瞭で曖昧な神託と著しい対比をなす。公に語られたのであるから、民の間によく知られていたに違いない。そして出来事の成就の時に生きていたすべてのユダヤ人は、このような預言と結びついた宗教の真理を確信したに違いない。遠い将来の予告された出来事の現在のしるしが、祭壇に奇跡的に目に見える裂け目が作られたことで与えられた。王はこの者の言葉の自由を怒り、手を伸ばして、配下の者にこの大胆な侵入者を捕らえるよう命じた。その瞬間、王の腕は硬直して動かなくなり、祭壇は割れて、火と灰が床に落ちた。ヤラベアは自分の不敬の結果に圧倒され、預言者の祈りを求めた。彼の願いは受け入れられ、手は元の健康な状態に戻った。ヤラベアは狡猾で、預言者を王の食卓に招いた——彼に敬意を表するためでも、手の回復に感謝するためでもなく、自分の権力では打ち砕けない者を、礼儀と寛大なもてなしによって手懐けようとしたのである。しかし預言者は、その場所にいるすべての人との社交的交際、また同じ道を戻ることを明確に禁じる神の命令を彼に告げた。ベテ・エルで食事や飲み物をしないことの禁止は、すべての民が真の宗教から背教者となっていたためであり、同じ道を戻ることが許されなかったのは、行くときに見た者に見とがめられるのを避けるためであった。
Original em inglês
2-9. he cried against the altar--which is put for the whole system of worship organized in Israel.
Behold, a child shall be born . . . Josiah by name--This is one of the most remarkable prophecies recorded in the Scriptures; and, in its clearness, circumstantial minuteness, and exact prediction of an event that took place three hundred sixty years later, it stands in striking contrast to the obscure and ambiguous oracles of the heathen. Being publicly uttered, it must have been well known to the people; and every Jew who lived at the accomplishment of the event must have been convinced of the truth of a religion connected with such a prophecy as this. A present sign was given of the remote event predicted, in a visible fissure being miraculously made on the altar. Incensed at the man's license of speech, Jeroboam stretched out his hand and ordered his attendants to seize the bold intruder. That moment the king's arm became stiff and motionless, and the altar split asunder, so that the fire and ashes fell on the floor. Overawed by the effects of his impiety, Jeroboam besought the prophet's prayer. His request was acceded to, and the hand was restored to its healthy state. Jeroboam was artful, and invited the prophet to the royal table, not to do him honor or show his gratitude for the restoration of his hand, but to win, by his courtesy and liberal hospitality, a person whom he could not crush by his power. But the prophet informed him of a divine injunction expressly prohibiting him from all social intercourse with any in the place, as well as from returning the same way. The prohibition not to eat or drink in Beth-el was because all the people had become apostates from the true religion, and the reason he was not allowed to return the same way was lest he should be recognized by any whom he had seen in going.
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11. さて、ひとりの老預言者がベテ・エルに住んでいた——もしこれが真の預言者であったなら、彼は悪い人間であった。
Original em inglês
11. Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el--If this were a true prophet, he was a bad man.
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18. 御使いが主の言葉によって私に告げた——この回りくどい言い方は、単純に「主が私に告げられた」と言う代わりに、言い逃れを隠し、二重の意味――「御使い」という言葉に与えられた劣った意味――を隠すために採用された。預言者を説得するために「一見すると優れた」権威を提示しつつ、実際にはその権威が「劣っている」ことを話し手は密かに知っていたのである。「御使い」、すなわち「使者」とは彼自身の息子たちであり、ベテ・エルでの礼拝者、おそらく祭司たちであった。この男は自己の利益に動かされ、王の機嫌を取りろうとして（起きた前兆によって、王が自らの宗教政策に固執するという目的が揺らぐことを恐れた）、ユダの預言者を追いかけたこと、彼が行った欺き、そして偽りに基づきあまりにも軽信しやすい神の人を説き伏せてベテ・エルの自分の家に連れ戻った切迫した招きは、王の心に、彼が自分自身の宣言に反して行動する詐欺師であるという印象を作り出すためであった。
Original em inglês
18. an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord--This circuitous mode of speaking, instead of simply saying, "the LORD spake to me," was adopted to hide an equivocation, to conceal a double meaning--an inferior sense given to the word "angel"--to offer a seemingly superior authority to persuade the prophet, while really the authority was secretly known to the speaker to be inferior. The "angel," that is, "messenger," was his own sons, who were worshippers, perhaps priests, at Beth-el. As this man was governed by self-interest, and wished to curry favor with the king (whose purpose to adhere to his religious polity, he feared, might be shaken by the portents that had occurred), his hastening after the prophet of Judah, the deception he practised, and the urgent invitation by which, on the ground of a falsehood, he prevailed on the too facile man of God to accompany him back to his house in Beth-el, were to create an impression in the king's mind that he was an impostor, who acted in opposition to his own statement.
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21. 彼はユダから来た神の人に向かって叫んだ——むしろ「それは叫んだ」、すなわち主の言葉が。
Original em inglês
21. he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah--rather, "it cried," that is, the word of the Lord.
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1Ki 13:23-32.
日本語
1Ki 13:23-32.
不服従な預言者が獅子に殺される。
Original em inglês
1Ki 13:23-32.
THE DISOBEDIENT PROPHET SLAIN BY A LION.
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24. 獅子が道で彼に会い、彼を殺した——ベテ・エルの近くには獅子の出没する森があった
(2Ki 2:24)。
この悲しい出来事は、預言者が託されたメッセージの真実性を証明するための、厳しいが必要な神のさばきであった。この悲劇的な出来事のすべての事情（食い尽くされなかった死体、手つかずのろば、そこに立っていても旅人が獅子に悩まされなかったこと）は、神の御手がその中にあるという抗いがたい印象を生み出すように計られていた。
Original em inglês
24. a lion met him by the way, and slew him--There was a wood near Beth-el infested with lions
(2Ki 2:24).
This sad catastrophe was a severe but necessary judgment of God, to attest the truth of the message with which the prophet had been charged. All the circumstances of this tragic occurrence (the undevoured carcass, the untouched ass, the passengers unmolested by the lion, though standing there) were calculated to produce an irresistible impression that the hand of God was in it.
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31. 神の人が葬られた墓に私を葬ってください——この要求をする彼の動機は、予告された出来事が起きたときに彼の遺骸が乱されないためであったか
(2Ki 23:18 を参照)、
あるいは神の人と同じ洞窟にいることで復活の際に益を受けるという迷信的な希望を持っていたかであった。
Original em inglês
31. bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried--His motive in making this request was either that his remains might not be disturbed when the predicted events took place (see
2Ki 23:18),
or he had some superstitious hope of being benefited at the resurrection by being in the same cave with a man of God.
1Ki 13:1-22.
ヤラベアの手が枯れる
1. 見よ、ひとりの神の人がユダから来た——この預言者が誰であったかは確かめられない。彼は神の権威によって来た。イドやアヒヤではあり得ない。なぜなら、二人ともここに記された出来事の後に生きていたからである。
ヤラベアは香をたけるために祭壇のそばに立っていた——それは年間祭のひとつの時であった。王は新しい儀式に関心を持たせるため、自ら執事の祭司であった。祭壇とその付属品はもちろん、新しい華麗に飾られた宮殿のあらゆる壮麗さを示したであろう。しかし預言者はその完全な破壊を予告した
[1Ki 13:3]。