November 27, 2014

Reading

The Book of Revelation 18: 1-2, 21-23; 19; 1-3, 9

18:1	そして、これらのことの後に, I saw another Angel, 天から降りてくる, having great authority. And the earth was illuminated by his glory.
18:2	And he cried out with strength, 言って: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great. And she has become the habitation of demons, and the keepsake of every unclean spirit, and the possession of every unclean and hateful flying thing.
18:21	And a certain strong Angel took up a stone, similar to a great millstone, and he cast it into the sea, 言って: “With this force shall Babylon, that great city, be cast down. And she shall never be found again.
18:22	And the sound of singers, and musicians, and flute and trumpet players shall not be heard in you again. And every artisan of every art shall not be found in you again. And the sound of the mill shall not be heard in you again.
18:23	And the light of the lamp shall not shine in you again. And the voice of the groom and of the bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the leaders of the earth. For all the nations were led astray by your drugs.

19:1	これらの事の後, I heard something like the voice of many multitudes in heaven, 言って: “Alleluia! Praise and glory and power is for our God.
19:2	For true and just are his judgments, he who has judged the great harlot that corrupted the earth by her prostitution. And he has vindicated the blood of his servants from her hands.”
19:3	そしてまた, 彼らは言った: “Alleluia! For her smoke ascends forever and ever.”
19:9	そして彼は私に言いました: “Write: Blessed are those who have been called to the wedding feast of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These words of God are true.”

Gospel

The Holy Gospel According to Luke 21: 20-28

21:20	それから, エルサレムが軍隊に包囲されているのを見たときだろう, そのとき、その荒廃が近づいていることを知りなさい.
21:21	それならユダヤにいる者たちは山へ逃げなさい。, そしてその真っ只中にいる人々は撤退する, そして田舎にいる人はそこに入らないでください.
21:22	報復の日々だから, すべてのことが満たされるように, 書かれているもの.
21:23	それでは、当時妊娠中または授乳中だった人々は悲惨です. この地には大きな苦しみがあり、この民には大きな怒りが起こるだろうから.
21:24	そして彼らは剣の刃に倒れるだろう. そして彼らは捕虜としてあらゆる国々に連れて行かれるだろう. そしてエルサレムは異邦人によって踏みにじられるだろう, 国々の時代が満ちるまで.
21:25	そして太陽と月と星に兆候があるだろう. そして、あるでしょう, 地球上で, 異邦人の間の苦悩, 海と波の轟音に混乱して:
21:26	全世界を圧倒するであろう物事に対する恐怖と不安から萎縮していく人々. 天の力が動かされるから.
21:27	そして彼らは人の子が雲に乗って来るのを見るだろう, 偉大な力と威厳をもって.
21:28	しかし、これらのことが起こり始めると、, 頭を上げて周りを見回してください, あなたの救いが近づいているからです。」