expression, noun
scapegoat; sacrificial goat
Christian term referring to the goat sent into the wilderness bearing the sins of the people (Leviticus 16). Also used metaphorically for a person or group blamed for the wrongdoings of others.
旧約聖書では、贖罪の山羊に民の罪を負わせて荒野に放った。
In the Old Testament, they laid the sins of the people on the scapegoat and sent it into the wilderness.
彼は会社の失敗の贖罪の山羊にされた。
He was made the scapegoat for the company's failure.
From 贖罪 (しょくざい, 'atonement') + の (possessive particle) + 山羊 (やぎ, 'goat'). A direct translation of the biblical 'scapegoat' (Leviticus 16).