ヘブル人への手紙 13:17
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
注釈
Study Note
The call to 'obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account' grounds ecclesiastical authority in eschatological accountability — leaders answer to God for the souls entrusted to them. The phrase 'as they that must give account' (hōs logon apodōsontes) prevents any authoritarian abuse by embedding authority within stewardship, making the leader a servant who will stand before the ultimate Judge. The pastoral metaphor of watching ('agrupnousin,' sleepless vigilance) echoes Ezekiel's watchman theology (Ez. 3:17; 33:7) and anticipates 1 Peter 5:2-4's instructions to elders. The verse has been central in discussions of church polity across Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant traditions.
他の翻訳
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.
Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this <FI>is<Fi> unprofitable to you.
Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.
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