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ルカの福音書 12
Japanese Living Bible
ルカの福音書 12
Japanese Living Bible
神を恐れなさい
12 そのうちに、群衆の数はますますふくれ上がり、足の踏み場もない有様です。イエスはまず、弟子たちに警告なさいました。「何よりも、パリサイ人の偽善ぶりに注意しなさい。ほんとうは悪いことをたくらんでいるのに善人ぶる者たちのやり方に、ごまかされてはいけません。 2 しかし、そういう偽善は、いつまでも隠しおおせるものではありません。やがてパン種（パンの製造に使用する酵母）のようにふくれ始め、だれの目にもはっきりします。 3 暗闇にまぎれて言ったことがみな、明るみで聞かれ、奥の部屋でささやいたことが屋上から大声で宣伝されるのです。
4 親しい友よ。体を殺しても、たましいには指一本ふれることができない者たちを恐れてはいけません。 5 ほんとうに恐れなければならない方を教えましょう。殺した後に、地獄に投げ込む力を持っておられる神を恐れなさい。神こそ、ほんとうに恐れなければならない方です。 6 雀五羽はいったい、いくらで売られていますか。たったの二アサリオン（一日分の賃金一デナリの八分の一）ではありませんか。こんな雀の一羽でさえ、神はお見捨てにならないのです。 7 それどころか、あなたがたの髪の毛の数さえご存じです。だから、恐れることはありません。あなたがたは、たくさんの雀よりはるかに価値があるのですから。 8 次のことをはっきりさせておきましょう。この地上で、わたしを友とはっきり認める人を、メシヤであるわたしも、天使の前で、確かにわたしの友だと認めます。 9 だが、もし人前でわたしを知らないと言うなら、わたしも天使の前で、こんな人は見覚えもないと言います。 10 たとえ、わたしに逆らっても赦されます。しかし、聖霊を汚す者は絶対に赦されないのです。 11 裁判を受けるために役人や会堂の権力者たちの前に引き出されても、どう釈明しようかなどと心配してはいけません。 12 聖霊が、時にかなったことばを教えてくださるからです。」
13 その時、群衆の中から一人の男が叫びました。「先生！ どうぞ兄に、父の遺産を分けてくれるよう言ってください。」 14 「だれがわたしを、そんなことの裁判官にしたのですか。」 15 続けてイエスは群衆に言われました。「貪欲にはくれぐれも注意しなさい。どんな金持ちでも、人のいのちは財産とは無関係なのですから。」
16 それからイエスは、たとえ話を一つなさいました。「ある金持ちが、良い作物のとれる肥えた畑を持っていました。 17 倉はいっぱいで、収穫物を全部納めきれないほどです。あれこれ考えたあげく、うまい考えを思いつきました。 18 『こうすればいい。あの倉を取りこわして、もっと大きいのを建てる。そうすれば、作物を全部納められる。』 19 ひとり満足した金持ちは、われとわが身に言い聞かせたのです。『もう何も心配はいらないぞ。これから先何年分もの食料がたっぷりある。さあ、食べて、飲んで、楽しくやろう。』 20 しかし神は、こう言われました。『愚か者よ！ あなたのいのちは、今夜にもなくなる。そうしたら、ここにある物は、いったいだれのものになるのか。』 21 いいですか。この地上でいくらため込んでも、天国に財産を持っていない者は、愚か者なのです。」
22 それからまた、弟子たちのほうを向き、先を続けられました。「ですから、言っておきましょう。食べ物は十分か、着る物はあるか、といったことでいちいち心配するのはやめなさい。 23 人のいのちは、食べ物や着る物よりどれだけ価値があるか知れないのです。 24 からすを見なさい。種もまかず、刈り入れもせず、倉を持っているわけでもありません。それでもゆうゆうと構えていられるのは、神が養ってくださるからです。神の目には、からすなどより、あなたがたのほうが大切なのです。 25 それに、くよくよしたところで、どうにもなりません。心配すれば、寿命が一日でも延びるのですか。 26 こんな小さなことさえできない者が、もっと大きなことを心配したところで何になるでしょう。
27 ゆりの花を見なさい。どうして育つのでしょう。紡いだり、織ったりするわけではありません。栄華をきわめたソロモンでさえ、この花ほど着飾ってはいませんでした。 28 今日は咲き誇っていても、明日はしぼんでしまう花でさえ、神はこのように装ってくださるのです。そうだとしたら、疑い深い人たちよ、神がどんなに良くしてくださるかとは考えないのですか。 29 何を食べようか、何を飲もうかと心配をするのはやめなさい。神が用意してくださるのに、思いわずらってはいけません。 30 人は毎日のパンのためにあくせく働きますが、天の父は、あなたがたが必要なものをすべてご存じなのです。 31 神の国を第一に考えるなら、神は私たちに必要なものを毎日与えてくださるのです。
32 また、たとえ少数派でも恐れることはありません。神は喜んで、あなたがたを神の国に導いてくださるのです。 33 持ち物を売り払って、貧しい人たちに分けてあげなさい。そうすれば、天にある財布はふくらんで、はち切れそうになること間違いありません。ところが、この財布は破れもしなければ、穴があくこともないから、財産がなくなることは絶対にありません。どろぼうに盗まれることも、虫に食われる心配もありません。 34 宝のある所に、自分の心と思いもあるのです。
神に忠実な人は
35 きちんと身じたくを整え、あかりをともしていなさい。 36 主人が婚礼から戻るのを待っている人のように。こうしていれば、主人がノックすると同時に、戸を開けて迎えることができます。 37 そのように忠実な姿を見られる人は幸いです。主人は感心して、食卓で、反対に自分のほうから給仕してくれるでしょう。 38 主人の帰りは夜の九時になるか、真夜中になるかわかりません。しかし、いつ帰って来てもいいように準備のできている人は幸いです。 39 どろぼうがいつ入るかわかっていれば、家人は、てぐすね引いて待ちかまえているでしょう。同様に、主人の帰りが何時ごろかはっきりわかっていれば、準備をして待つのはあたりまえです。 40 だから、いつでも用意していなさい。メシヤのわたしは、思いがけない時に来るのです。」
41 ペテロが、いぶかしげに尋ねました。「主よ。今のお話は、私たちにだけ話されたのですか。それとも、ここにいるみんなのためなのですか。」 42-44 イエスは、お答えになりました。「では、こう言えばわかるでしょうか。主人の留守中、ほかの召使たちの面倒を見る責任を負わされた、忠実で賢い人たちに話しているのです。主人が戻った時、かいがいしく働いているところを見られるなら、ほんとうに幸いです。主人から全財産を任されることになるでしょう。 45 ところが、『主人はまだまだお帰りになるまい』とたかをくくり、召使たちを打ちたたき、食べたり飲んだりしていたらどうでしょう。 46 主人は出し抜けに帰って来て、この有様を見ます。不届き者は、責任ある地位からはずされ、不忠実な者と同じ仕事につけられるのでしょう。 47 自分の義務を心得ながら、果たそうとしなかった罰です。 48 しかし、自分でも気がつかないうちに悪いことをした人の罰は、軽くてすみます。だれでも多く与えられた者は多く求められ、多く任された者は多く要求されるのです。
49 わたしは、この地上に火を投げ込むために来ました。ああ、この仕事がもうすでに終わっていたらよかったのですが。 50 しかし、わたしには受けるべきバプテスマ（洗礼）が待っています。それが成し遂げられるまで、どんなに苦しむことでしょう。 51 このわたしが、地上に平和を与えるために来たと思っているとしたら、そうではありません。それどころか、争いと分裂を引き起こすために来たのです。 52 今から後、家庭内に分裂が生じるでしょう。五人家族であれば、三人対二人というように、わたしに賛成するか反対するかで分かれて争うことになります。 53 わたしのことで、息子は父に逆らうでしょう。母と娘は一致しなくなり、しゅうとめも嫁に退けられるでしょう。」
54 群衆にもこう語られました。「あなたがたは天気を予測するのがとても上手です。西の空に雲がわき上がれば、『にわか雨が来る』と言い、まさにそのとおりになります。 55 また南風が吹けば、『ひどく暑い日になるぞ』と言い、それもまた予測どおりになるのです。 56 偽善者たちよ！ これほど上手に空模様を見分けられるのに、目前に迫る危機については少しの注意もはらおうとしないのですか。 57 どうして、何が正しいかを見分けようとしないのですか。 58 裁判所へ行く途中、あなたを訴える人と出会ったら、裁判官の前に出るまでに、問題を解決するよう努力しなさい。さもないと、牢獄に入れられてしまいます。 59 そうなったら、最後の一レプタ（最小単位の銅貨）まで罰金を払いきらなければ、出してもらえないのです。」
Luke 12
New International Version
Luke 12
New International Version
Warnings and Encouragements(A)
12 Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: “Be[a] on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.(B) 2 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.(C) 3 What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.
4 “I tell you, my friends,(D) do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.(E) 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 7 Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered.(F) Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.(G)
8 “I tell you, whoever publicly acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God.(H) 9 But whoever disowns me before others will be disowned(I) before the angels of God. 10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man(J) will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.(K)
11 “When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,(L) 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”(M)
The Parable of the Rich Fool
13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” 15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”(N)
16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’
20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(O) This very night your life will be demanded from you.(P) Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’(Q)
21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”(R)
Do Not Worry(S)
22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them.(T) And how much more valuable you are than birds! 25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life[b]? 26 Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
27 “Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor(U) was dressed like one of these. 28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith!(V) 29 And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. 30 For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father(W) knows that you need them.(X) 31 But seek his kingdom,(Y) and these things will be given to you as well.(Z)
32 “Do not be afraid,(AA) little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.(AB) 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor.(AC) Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven(AD) that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.(AE) 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.(AF)
Watchfulness(AG)(AH)
35 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes.(AI) Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.(AJ) 38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak. 39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief(AK) was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also must be ready,(AL) because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”
41 Peter asked, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?”
42 The Lord(AM) answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? 43 It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. 44 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 45 But suppose the servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk. 46 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.(AN) He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
47 “The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.(AO) 48 But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows.(AP) From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
Not Peace but Division(AQ)
49 “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 But I have a baptism(AR) to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!(AS) 51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. 52 From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”(AT)
Interpreting the Times
54 He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does.(AU) 55 And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is. 56 Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?(AV)
57 “Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right? 58 As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be reconciled on the way, or your adversary may drag you off to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.(AW) 59 I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.”(AX)
Footnotes
- Luke 12:1 Or speak to his disciples, saying: “First of all, be
- Luke 12:25 Or single cubit to your height
Luke 12
King James Version
Luke 12
King James Version
12 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
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