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Here is a passage from my Japanese Bible

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> 更に、悪魔はイエスを非常に高い山に連れて行き、世のすべての国々とその繁栄ぶりを見せて、「もし、ひれ伏してわたしを拝むなら、これをみんな与えよう」と言った。すると、イエスは言われた。「
> **退け** 、サタン。『あなたの神である主を拝み、ただ主に仕えよ』と書いてある。」 － マタイによる[福音書]{ふく・いん・しょ}４章：８－１０節
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> Then the Devil took Jesus to a very high mountain and showed him all the
> kingdoms of the world in all their greatness. "All this I will give you, "
> the Devil said, "if you kneel down and worship me." Then Jesus answered, "
> **Go away** , Satan! The scripture says, 'Worship the Lord your God and
> serve only him!' " - Matthew 4:8-10

So the choices we have are `しりぞけ`, `どけ`, `ひけ`, and `のけ`. I know all of these
readings overlap at least somewhat in meaning, so I'm not really sure which
one is best. I think `どけ` would be more for "get out of my way" rather than
"go away", but that would imply some kind of movement on Jesus' part (the pre-
and proceeding verses don't indicate he was walking or otherwise mobile).
`しりぞけ` just sounds too long and unnatural, although that's just a subjective
assessment. `ひけ` feels the most natural to me.

So which one is it? Or is more than one acceptable in this context?
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nuances kanji readings
Reading of 退く meaning "Go away"
Without looking at anything, I would have to say that 「しりぞけ」 would be the most
natural choice. If it were どけ, ひけ or のけ, a good writer or translator would
have written it in hiragana.
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