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1その時、生き残りの男は数えるほどしかいません。
そこで、七人の女が一人の男を奪い合います。
「食べる物や着る物は何とかしますから、
どうか私たち全員と結婚してください。
あなたの名で呼ばれるようになればよいのです。
あざけりの目で見られるのはいやです。」
主の枝
2-4滅びゆくエルサレムと運命を共にしないように、名前を書き記された人の汚れは洗いきよめられ、不道徳のしみも火で焼かれます。その人たちは、神のきよい国民となるのです。それだけでなく、地は黄金色の穂波と、みずみずしい果物を実らせます。 5その時、主はイスラエル中の家と会合の場所に、昼は煙と雲の覆いをかけ、夜は火の雲の覆いをかけて、栄光の国を、 6日中の暑さや風雨から守ります。
1At that time seven women
will grab hold of one man.
They’ll say to him, “We will eat our own food.
We’ll provide our own clothes.
Just let us become your wives.
Take away our shame!”
The Branch of the Lord
2At that time Israel’s king will be beautiful and glorious. He will be called The Branch of the Lord. The fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of those who are still left alive in Israel. 3Those who are left in Zion will be called holy. They will be recorded among those who are alive in Jerusalem. 4The Lord will wash away the sin of the women in Zion. He will clean up the blood that was spilled there. He will judge those who spilled that blood. His burning anger will blaze out at them. 5Then the Lord will create over Jerusalem a cloud of smoke by day. He will also create a glow of flaming fire at night. The cloud and fire will appear over all of Mount Zion. They will also appear over the people who gather together there. The Lord’s glory will be like a tent over everything. 6It will cover the people and give them shade from the hot sun all day long. It will be a safe place where they can hide from storms and rain.
