贖しょく罪ざいの山羊やぎ

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.

• 旧きゅう約やく聖せい書しょでは、贖しょく罪ざいの山羊やぎに民たみの罪つみを負おわせて荒こう野やに放ほうった。

  In the Old Testament, they laid the sins of the people on the scapegoat and sent it into the wilderness.

• 彼かれは会かい社しゃの失しっ敗ぱいの贖しょく罪ざいの山羊やぎにされた。

  He was made the scapegoat for the company's failure.