ヨブ記Job 3.10―4.3
Why did I not perish at birth,
And die as I came from the womb?
Why were there knees receive me
And breasts that I might be
nursed?
For now I would be lying down in
peace,
I would be asleep and at rest
With kings and rulers of the
earth,
Who built for themselves places
now lying in ruins,,
Is with princes who had
gold,
Who filled their houses with
silver,
Or why was I not hidden away in
the ground
Like a stillborn child,
like an infant who never saw the
light of day?
There the wicked cease from
turmoil,
And there the weary are at rest.
Captives also enjoy their ease,
They no longer hear the slave
driver’s shout.
The small and the great are
there,
And the slaves are freed from
their owners,
なぜ、わたしは母の胎にいるうちに
死んでしまわなかったのか。
せめて、産まれてすぐに息絶えなかったのか。
なぜ、膝があってわたしを抱き
乳房があって乳を飲ませたのか。
それさえなければ、今は黙して伏し
憩いを得て、眠りについていたであろうに。
今は廃墟となった町々を築いた
地の王や参議らと共に、
金を蓄え、館(やから)を銀でみたした諸候と共に。
なぜわたしは、葬り去られた流産の子
光を見ない子とならなかったのか。
そこでは神に逆らう者も暴れまわることをやめ
疲れた者も憩を得
捕らわれた人も、共にやすらぎ
追い使う者の声はもう聞こえない。
そこには小さい人も大きい人もともにいて
奴隷も主人から自由になる。
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