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Bible class on Saturday February 20,2016

ボリュームの多いルカ福音書ですが、9章も今回の3回目でひとまず終わりです。

今日もいつもの三名で聖書のみ言葉と英語を学びましたが、馴染み深い新約聖書の個所でありながら、日常と違う言語から受けるニュアンス、特に現代英語で綴られたThe Messageの特徴的な表現から新たな理解を深めることができました。

 

まず冒頭の⁴¹ Jesus said,
"What a generation! No sense of God! No focus to your lives! How many times do
I have to go over these things? How much longer do I have to put up with this?：イエスは云った。「なんという時代だ。神への信仰を持たず、あなたがたは生き方（使命）に焦点を合わせない。いったい私は何度そのようなことをしなければならないのか。私はいつまで我慢しなければならないのか」。このイエスの激しい苛立ちの発言は具体的に何に対してだったのかの話し合いました。

• 9章冒頭の１節"Jesus now called
  the Twelve and gave them authority and power to deal with all the demons and
  cure diseases."：「イエスは12弟子を呼び、あらゆる悪霊に打ち勝ち病気を癒す権威と力をお与えになった。」にもかかわらず、この41節直前の40節には悪霊に取りつかれ苦しむ子供の父親の治してほしいという要求に弟子たちが応えられなかったことに対して。

• この個所と前後して起きる、不出来な弟子たちの度重なる問題発言や出世欲に駆られていた弟子たちの心根を見透かしたイエスの嘆き。

このイエスの苛立ちの言葉は、ちょうど旧約の出エジプトにおける神の偉大な御業がイスラエル民族に現れエジプト脱出成功を体験したにもかかわらず、荒れ野の旅の途中に不平や不信仰を示した民に対するモーセの嘆きを想起させて場面です。

 

When the disciples James and John learned of it,
they said, "Master, do you want us to call a bolt of lightning down out of the
sky and incinerate them?"^55-56 Jesus turned on them: "Of course
not!"：弟子ヤコブとヨハネがそれ（サマリヤ人の不親切）を知ったとき言った。「主よ、我々が空から稲妻を呼び寄せ、彼ら（不親切なサマリ人）焼き尽くしましょうか？」

イエスは彼らに食ってかかった。「絶対だめだ！」

• この場面も不出来な弟子たちの象徴的な言動です。併読しているThe Voiceでは同様の個所には、James and John (outraged): ⁵⁴ Lord, do You want us
  to call down fire from heaven to destroy these people who have rejected You?　Just as Elijah did.・・・「預言者エリヤがしたように」と記されていました。この弟子たちの思い上がりにはイエスもさすがに激怒したと思います。

 

ルカ9章は多くの小見出し（場面）とともに様々なイエスと弟子たち、そして群衆の出来事が記されていましたが、けして後戻りのできないイエスの十字架への歩みがまさに始まらんとする時の弟子たちの未熟さと、そんな弟子たちに神の国を宣べ伝える権威と悪霊に打ち勝ち、病気を治す力をお与えになったキリストの深い葛藤が描かれていたように思います。

次回は、3月5日（土）午後3時から教会会議室にてルカ10章を学びます。

 

Luke 9The Message (MSG)

⁴¹ Jesus
said, "What a generation! No sense of God! No focus to your lives! How many
times do I have to go over these things? How much longer do I have to put up
with this? 　Bring your son
here."

^42-43 While he was coming, the demon slammed him to the ground and threw
him into convulsions. Jesus stepped in, ordered the vile spirit gone, healed
the boy, and handed him back to his father. They all shook their heads in
wonder, astonished at God's greatness, God's majestic greatness.

Your Business Is Life

^43-44 While they continued to stand around exclaiming over all the things
he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples, "Treasure and ponder each of these
next words: The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into human hands."

⁴⁵ They
didn't get what he was saying. It was like he was speaking a foreign language
and they couldn't make heads or tails of it. But they were embarrassed to ask
him what he meant.

^46-48 They started arguing over which of them would be most famous. When
Jesus realized how much this mattered to them, he brought a child to his side.
"Whoever accepts this child as if the child were me, accepts me," he said. "And
whoever accepts me, accepts the One who sent me. You become great by accepting,
not asserting. Your spirit, not your size, makes the difference."

⁴⁹ John
spoke up, "Master, we saw a man using your name to expel demons and we stopped
him because he wasn't of our group."

⁵⁰ Jesus
said, "Don't stop him. If he's not an enemy, he's an ally."

^51-54 When it came close to the time for his Ascension, he gathered up his
courage and steeled himself for the journey to Jerusalem. He sent messengers on
ahead. They came to a Samaritan village to make arrangements for his
hospitality. But when the Samaritans learned that his destination was
Jerusalem, they refused hospitality. When the disciples James and John learned
of it, they said, "Master, do you want us to call a bolt of lightning down out
of the sky and incinerate them?"

^55-56 Jesus
turned on them: "Of course not!" And they
traveled on to another village.

⁵⁷ On
the road someone asked if he could go along. "I'll go with you, wherever," he
said.

⁵⁸ Jesus
was curt: "Are you ready to rough it? We're not staying in the best inns, you
know."

Jesus said to another, "Follow me."

⁵⁹ He
said, "Certainly, but first excuse me for a couple of days, please. I have to
make arrangements for my father's funeral."

⁶⁰ Jesus
refused. "First things first. Your business is life, not death. And life is
urgent: Announce God's kingdom!"

⁶¹ Then
another said, "I'm ready to follow you, Master, but first excuse me while I get
things straightened out at home."

⁶² Jesus
said, "No procrastination. No backward looks. You can't put God's kingdom off
till tomorrow. Seize the day."