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1「人の子よ、このこともゴグに預言し、彼にこう告げよ。メシェクとトバルの王であるゴグよ、わたしはおまえを攻める。 2おまえを遠い北の果てから引き回すように連れて来て、イスラエルの山地まで攻め入らせる。そして、おまえの軍隊の大半を山の中で滅ぼす。 3おまえの手から武器をたたき落とし、手も足も出ないようにする。 4おまえもその大軍も山の中で死に、はげたかや野獣のえじきとなる。 5おまえが町まで達することは絶対にない。野で倒れてしまうからだ。わたしがこれを語ったのだ。」神である主は言います。 6「わたしは、マゴグや沿岸地域に安住しているおまえの同盟国すべてに、火の雨を降らせる。その時、彼らもわたしが主であることを知る。 7こうして、わたしの民イスラエルの間に、わたしの聖なる名を知らせよう。わたしの名があざけられるようなことは、二度とさせない。諸国の民も、わたしがイスラエルの聖なる神、主であることを知る。
8審判の日は必ずくる。わたしが予告したとおりに、すべてのことが起こる。 9イスラエルの町々の住民は出て来て、おまえの盾と大盾、弓と矢、投げ槍と槍を拾い集めて薪とする。それは七年分もある。 10七年間は、ほかに薪はいらない。野や森の木を切らなくても、それだけで十分間に合う。イスラエルの民は、略奪した者たちの持ち物を使うようになる。
11死海の東にある旅人の谷に、わたしはゴグとその軍隊の広大な墓地を設ける。そのため旅人の道がふさがれてしまうほどだ。そこにゴグとその軍隊が埋葬され、『ハモン・ゴグ（ゴグ軍）の谷』と呼ばれるようになる。 12死体の埋葬に七か月かかり、 13イスラエルのすべての民がこれを手伝う。わたしの栄光が現されるこの日こそ、イスラエルにとって輝かしい勝利の日となるからだ。」主がこう語るのです。
14「さて、七か月目の終わりに、国をきよめるために、国中をくまなく調査し、残っている骨を埋葬する人々が選び出される。 15-16骨を見つけた者は、埋葬する者にわかるように、そばに標識を立てる。それを見て、埋葬する者がその骨を『ハモン・ゴグの谷』に運び、埋葬する。そのために、そこの町はハモナと呼ばれるようになる。こうして、国全体が完全にきよめられる。
17さあ、人の子よ、鳥にも獣にも呼びかけて、こう言いなさい。みな集まれ。いけにえの大饗宴だ。近くからも遠くからも、イスラエルの山々に来なさい。さあ、肉を食べ、血を飲むのだ。 18勇士たちの肉を食べ、君主たちの血を飲むのだ。彼らこそ、わたしの祭りのための雄羊、子羊、雄やぎ、バシャンの肥えた若い雄牛だ。 19飽きるほどたらふく肉を食べ、とことん酔っ払うまで血を飲み干せ。これが、おまえたちのために準備したいけにえのごちそうだ。 20わたしの宴のテーブルで、心ゆくまで食べるのだ。さあ、馬も、騎手も、勇敢な戦士も。」主がこう語るのです。
21「こうして、わたしは国々の中にわたしの栄光を現す。諸国の民はゴグが受けた刑罰を見て、わたしがそれをしたことを知る。 22その時から、イスラエルの民は、わたしが彼らの神、主であることを知る。 23諸国の民は、イスラエルが捕囚として異国に送られたのは、彼らの罪に対するさばきであったことを知る。事実、彼らは神を裏切る行為をしたからだ。それで、わたしは彼らから顔をそむけ、敵の手で滅ぼされるようにしたのだ。 24顔をそむけて、その大きな罪にふさわしく、彼らを厳罰に処したのだ。」
25しかし今、神である主はこう語ります。「わたしは、わたしの民の捕囚を終わらせ、彼らをいつくしんで、また元のように栄えさせる。こうするのは、わたしの栄誉のためだ。 26彼らの反逆と恥辱の時代は過ぎ去る。彼らは祖国に帰り、平和で安らかな生活を送る。もう、だれにも脅かされず、悩まされることもない。 27わたしは彼らを、敵の国々から祖国へ帰らせる。そうする時、わたしの栄光がすべての国々に示される。イスラエルの民を通して、わたしのきよさが、国々の前で示されるのだ。 28その時、わたしの民は彼らを捕囚に追いやったのも、また祖国に連れ戻したのも、彼らの神である主であることを知る。わたしは一人も残さず国々から連れ戻す。 29再び、彼らから顔をそむけることはしない。わたしの霊を彼らに注ぐからだ。」神である主がこう語るのです。
1“Son of man, prophesy against Gog. Tell him, ‘The Lord and King says, “Gog, I am against you. You are the chief prince of Meshek and Tubal. 2But I will turn you around. I will drag you along. I will bring you from the far north. I will send you against the mountains of Israel. 3Then I will knock your bow out of your left hand. I will make your arrows drop from your right hand. 4You will fall dead on the mountains of Israel. You and all your troops will die there. So will the nations that join you. I will feed you to all kinds of birds that eat dead bodies. So they and the wild animals will eat you up. 5You will fall dead in the open fields. I have spoken,” announces the Lord and King. 6“I will send fire on the land of Magog. It will burn up the people who live in safety on the coast. So they will know that I am the Lord.
7“ ‘ “I will make my holy name known among my people Israel. I will no longer let them treat my name as if it were not holy. Then the nations will know that I am the Holy One in Israel. I am the Lord. 8The day I will judge you is coming. You can be sure of it,” announces the Lord and King. “It is the day I have spoken about.
9“ ‘ “At that time those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and light a fire. They will use it to burn up the weapons. That includes small and large shields. It also includes bows and arrows, war clubs and spears. It will take seven years to burn all of them up. 10People will not gather wood from the fields. They will not cut down the forests. Instead, they will burn the weapons. And they will rob those who robbed them. They will steal from those who stole from them,” announces the Lord and King.
11“ ‘ “Gog, at that time I will bury you in a grave in Israel. It will be in the valley where people travel east of the Dead Sea. It will block the path of travelers. That’s because you and your huge armies will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Gog’s Armies.
12“ ‘ “It will take seven months for the Israelites to bury the bodies. They will do this to make the land ‘clean’ again. 13All the people in the land will bury them. The day that I show how glorious I am will be a time to remember.” This is what the Lord and King announces. 14“People will keep being hired to make the land ‘clean’ again. They will go all through it. They and others will bury any bodies lying on the ground.
“ ‘ “After the seven months they will search even more carefully. 15As they go through the land here is what they’ll do. When anyone sees a bone, they will put a marker beside it. Then those who dig the graves will take the bone to the Valley of Gog’s Armies. There they will bury it. 16That is how they will make the land ‘clean’ again.” ’ ” Also a town called Gog’s Armies is near there.
17The Lord and King said to me, “Son of man, speak to every kind of bird. Call out to all the wild animals. Tell them, ‘Gather together. Come from everywhere. Gather around the sacrifice I am preparing for you. It is the great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat human bodies and drink human blood. 18You will eat the bodies of mighty men. You will drink the blood of the princes of the earth. You will eat their bodies and drink their blood. You will do this as if they were rams and lambs, goats and bulls. You will enjoy it as if you were eating the fattest animals from Bashan. 19So I am preparing a sacrifice for you. You will eat fat until you are completely full. You will drink blood until you are drunk. 20At my table you will eat horses, riders, mighty men and soldiers until you are full,’ announces the Lord and King.
21“ ‘I will show all the nations my glory. They will see how I punish them when I use my power against them. 22From that time on, the people of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God. 23The nations will know that the people of Israel were taken away as prisoners because they sinned against me. They were not faithful to me. So I turned my face away from them. I handed them over to their enemies. All of them were killed by swords. 24I punished them because they were “unclean.” They did many things that were wrong. So I turned my face away from them.’ ”
25The Lord and King says, “I will now cause the people of Jacob to recover from my judgment. I will show my tender love for all the people of Israel. I will make sure that my name is kept holy. 26My people will forget the shameful things they have done. They will not remember all the ways they were unfaithful to me. They used to live in safety in their land. At that time no one made them afraid. 27So I will bring them back from the nations. I will gather them from the countries of their enemies. And I will use them to prove to many nations how holy I am. 28Then they will know that I am the Lord their God. I let the nations take my people away as prisoners. But now I will bring them back to their own land. I will not leave anyone behind. 29I will no longer turn my face away from the people of Israel. I will pour out my Spirit on them,” announces the Lord and King.
