創世記　14章

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Chapter 14

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1 In the days of. . . , Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim

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made war on Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).



創世記/ 14章 01節
シンアルの王アムラフェル、エラサルの王アルヨク、エラムの王ケドルラオメル、ゴイムの王ティドアルが、

2:創世記/ 14章 02節
ソドムの王ベラ、ゴモラの王ビルシャ、アドマの王シンアブ、ツェボイムの王シェムエベル、ベラ、すなわちツォアルの王と戦ったとき、


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2 All the latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).


3:創世記/ 14章 03節
これら五人の王は皆、シディムの谷、すなわち塩の海で同盟を結んだ。


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For twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.


4:創世記/ 14章 04節
彼らは十二年間ケドルラオメルに支配されていたが、十三年目に背いたのである。

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3 In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

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and the Horites in the hill country of Seir, as far as Elparan, close by the wilderness.



5:創世記/ 14章 05節
十四年目に、ケドルラオメルとその味方の王たちが来て、アシュテロト・カルナイムでレファイム人を、ハムでズジム人を、シャベ・キルヤタイムでエミム人を、

6:創世記/ 14章 06節
セイルの山地でフリ人を撃ち、荒れ野に近いエル・パランまで進んだ。

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They then turned back and came to Enmishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they subdued the whole country both of the Amalekites and of the Amorites who dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.


7:創世記/ 14章 07節
彼らは転進して、エン・ミシュパト、すなわちカデシュに向かい、アマレク人の全領土とハツェツォン・タマルに住むアモリ人を撃った。


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Thereupon the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out, and in the Valley of Siddim they went into battle against them:

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against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar-four kings against five.




9:創世記/ 14章 09節
エラムの王ケドルラオメル、ゴイムの王ティドアル、シンアルの王アムラフェル、エラサルの王アルヨクの四人の王に対して、これら五人の王が戦いを挑んだのである。

8:創世記/ 14章 08節
そこで、ソドムの王、ゴモラの王、アドマの王、ツェボイムの王、ベラすなわちツォアルの王は兵を繰り出し、シディムの谷で彼らと戦おうと陣を敷いた。


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Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits; and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into these, while the rest fled to the mountains.


10:創世記/ 14章 10節
シディムの谷には至るところに天然アスファルトの穴があった。ソドムとゴモラの王は逃げるとき、その穴に落ちた。残りの王は山へ逃れた。



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The victors seized all the possessions and food supplies of Sodom and Gomorrah and then went their way,

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taking with them Abram's nephew Lot, who had been living in Sodom, as well as his possessions.


11:創世記/ 14章 11節
ソドムとゴモラの財産や食糧はすべて奪い去られ、

12:創世記/ 14章 12節
ソドムに住んでいたアブラムの甥ロトも、財産もろとも連れ去られた。

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4 A fugitive came and brought the news to Abram the Hebrew, who was camping at the terebinth of Mamre the Amorite, a kinsman of Eshcol and Aner; these were in league with Abram.


13:創世記/ 14章 13節
逃げ延びた一人の男がヘブライ人アブラムのもとに来て、そのことを知らせた。アブラムは当時、アモリ人マムレの樫の木の傍らに住んでいた。マムレはエシュコルとアネルの兄弟で、彼らはアブラムと同盟を結んでいた。


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When Abram heard that his nephew had been captured, he mustered three hundred and eighteen of his retainers, born in his house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.


14:創世記/ 14章 14節
アブラムは、親族の者が捕虜になったと聞いて、彼の家で生まれた奴隷で、訓練を受けた者三百十八人を召集し、ダンまで追跡した。


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He and his party deployed against them at night, defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.


15:創世記/ 14章 15節
夜、彼と僕たちは分かれて敵を襲い、ダマスコの北のホバまで追跡した。


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He recovered all the possessions, besides bringing back his kinsman Lot and his possessions, along with the women and the other captives.


16:創世記/ 14章 16節
アブラムはすべての財産を取り返し、親族のロトとその財産、女たちやそのほかの人々も取り戻した。


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When Abram returned from his victory over Chedorlaomer and the kings who were allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to greet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).


17:創世記/ 14章 17節
アブラムがケドルラオメルとその味方の王たちを撃ち破って帰って来たとき、ソドムの王はシャベの谷、すなわち王の谷まで彼を出迎えた。


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5 Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine, and being a priest of God Most High, he blessed Abram with these words:



18:創世記/ 14章 18節
いと高き神の祭司であったサレムの王メルキゼデクも、パンとぶどう酒を持って来た。


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6 Blessed be Abram by God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth;


19:創世記/ 14章 19節
彼はアブラムを祝福して言った。「天地の造り主、いと高き神に／アブラムは祝福されますように。



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7 And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your foes into your hand." Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.


20:創世記/ 14章 20節
敵をあなたの手に渡された／いと高き神がたたえられますように。」アブラムはすべての物の十分の一を彼に贈った。



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The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people; the goods you may keep."


創世記/ 14章 21節
ソドムの王はアブラムに、「人はわたしにお返しください。しかし、財産はお取りください」と言ったが、


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8 But Abram replied to the king of Sodom: "I have sworn to the LORD, God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth,


22:創世記/ 14章 22節
アブラムはソドムの王に言った。「わたしは、天地の造り主、いと高き神、主に手を上げて誓います。

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that I would not take so much as a thread or a sandal strap from anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I made Abram rich.'


23:創世記/ 14章 23節
あなたの物は、たとえ糸一筋、靴ひも一本でも、決していただきません。『アブラムを裕福にしたのは、このわたしだ』と、あなたに言われたくありません。



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Nothing for me except what my servants have used up and the share that is due to the men who joined me - Aner, Eshcol and Mamre; let them take their share."


24:創世記/ 14章 24節
わたしは何も要りません。ただ、若い者たちが食べたものと、わたしと共に戦った人々、すなわち、アネルとエシュコルとマムレの分は別です。彼らには分け前を取らせてください。」







1 [1] In the days of . . . : the personal name by which the event is dated has not been preserved.



2 [3] The Salt Sea: now known as the Dead Sea.



3 [5-6] The four kings came from north to south through the land east of the Jordan.



4 [13] Abram the Hebrew: elsewhere in the Old Testament, until the last pre-Christian centuries, the term "Hebrew" is used only by non-Israelites, or by Israelites in speaking to foreigners, since it evidently had a disparaging connotation - something like "immigrant." The account in this chapter may, therefore, have been taken originally from a non-Israelite source, in which Abraham, a warlike sheik of Palestine, appears as a truly historical figure of profane history.



5 [18] Salem: traditionally identified with Jerusalem (⇒ Psalm 76:3), but the Hebrew text is not certain; instead of the present melek shalem ("king of Salem"), the original may have been melek shelomo ("a king allied to him"). In ⇒ Hebrews 7:2 "king of Salem" is interpreted as "king of peace" (shalom).



6 [19] God Most High: in Hebrew, el-elyon. In Canaanite texts, each element may occur separately as the name of a specific deity, or they may be applied together to a single deity, as is done here by the Canaanite priest Melchizedek. For the Israelites, el became a poetic synonym for elohim ("God"); elyon ("Most High") became one of the titles of their God Yahweh.



7 [20] Abram gave him: literally "he gave him"; but Abram is to be understood as the subject of the sentence, for the tithes were the tenth part assigned to priests; cf ⇒ Hebrews 7:4-10.



8 [22] Abraham uses the name of the Canaanite god el-elyon ("God, the Most High") in apposition to the name of his God, yahweh ("the LORD").