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1 هذه هي كلمات العهد الذي امر الرب موسى ان يقطعه مع بني اسرائيل في ارض موآب فضلا عن العهد الذي قطعه معهم في حوريب

2 ودعا موسى جميع اسرائيل وقال لهم. انتم شاهدتم ما فعل الرب امام اعينكم في ارض مصر بفرعون وبجميع عبيده وبكل ارضه.

3 التجارب العظيمة التي ابصرتها عيناك وتلك الآيات والعجائب العظيمة.

4 ولكن لم يعطكم الرب قلبا لتفهموا واعينا لتبصروا وآذانا لتسمعوا الى هذا اليوم.

5 فقد سرت بكم اربعين سنة في البرية لم تبل ثيابكم عليكم ونعلك لم تبل على رجلك.

6 لم تأكلوا خبزا ولم تشربوا خمرا ولا مسكرا لكي تعلموا اني انا الرب الهكم.

7 ولما جئتم الى هذا المكان خرج سيحون ملك حشبون وعوج ملك باشان للقائنا للحرب فكسرناهما

8 واخذنا ارضهما واعطيناها نصيبا لرأوبين وجاد ونصف سبط منسّى.

9 فاحفظوا كلمات هذا العهد واعملوا بها لكي تفلحوا في كل ما تفعلون

10 انتم واقفون اليوم جميعكم امام الرب الهكم رؤساؤكم اسباطكم شيوخكم وعرفاؤكم وكل رجال اسرائيل

11 واطفالكم ونساؤكم وغريبكم الذي في وسط محلتكم ممن يحتطب حطبكم الى من يستقي ماءكم

12 لكي تدخل في عهد الرب الهك وقسمه الذي يقطعه الرب الهك معك اليوم.

13 لكي يقيمك اليوم لنفسه شعبا وهو يكون لك الها كما قال لك وكما حلف لآبائك ابراهيم واسحق ويعقوب.

14 وليس معكم وحدكم اقطع انا هذا العهد وهذا القسم

15 بل مع الذي هو هنا معنا واقفا اليوم امام الرب الهنا ومع الذي ليس هنا معنا اليوم.

16 لانكم قد عرفتم كيف اقمنا في ارض مصر وكيف اجتزنا في وسط الامم الذين مررتم بهم

17 ورأيتم ارجاسهم واصنامهم التي عندهم من خشب وحجر وفضة وذهب.

18 لئلا يكون فيكم رجل او امرأة او عشيرة او سبط قلبه اليوم منصرف عن الرب الهنا لكي يذهب ليعبد آلهة تلك الامم. لئلا يكون فيكم اصل يثمر علقما وافسنتينا.

19 فيكون متى سمع كلام هذه اللعنة يتبرك في قلبه قائلا يكون لي سلام اني باصرار قلبي اسلك لافناء الريان مع العطشان.

20 لا يشاء الرب ان يرفق به بل يدخن حينئذ غضب الرب وغيرته على ذلك الرجل فتحلّ عليه كل اللعنات المكتوبة في هذا الكتاب ويمحو الرب اسمه من تحت السماء.

21 ويفرزه الرب للشر من جميع اسباط اسرائيل حسب جميع لعنات العهد المكتوبة في كتاب الشريعة هذا.

22 فيقول الجيل الاخير بنوكم الذين يقومون بعدكم والاجنبي الذي ياتي من ارض بعيدة حين يرون ضربات تلك الارض وامراضها التي يمرضها بها الرب.

23 كبريت وملح كل ارضها حريق لا تزرع ولا تنبت ولا يطلع فيها عشب ما كانقلاب سدوم وعمورة وادمة وصبوييم التي قلبها الرب بغضبه وسخطه.

24 ويقول جميع الامم لماذا فعل الرب هكذا بهذه الارض. لماذا حمو هذا الغضب العظيم.

25 فيقولون لانهم تركوا عهد الرب اله آبائهم الذي قطعه معهم حين اخرجهم من ارض مصر

26 وذهبوا وعبدوا آلهة اخرى وسجدوا لها. آلهة لم يعرفوها ولا قسمت لهم.

27 فاشتعل غضب الرب على تلك الارض حتى جلب عليها كل اللعنات المكتوبة في هذا السفر.

28 واستأصلهم الرب من ارضهم بغضب وسخط وغيظ عظيم وألقاهم الى ارض اخرى كما في هذا اليوم.

29 السرائر للرب الهنا والمعلنات لنا ولبنينا الى الابد لنعمل بجميع كلمات هذه الشريعة

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9207

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9207. 'And your sons orphans' means that at the same time truths will do so, that is to say, will perish. This is clear from the meaning of 'orphans' as those who possess truth but not as yet good, and still have a desire for good, dealt with in 9199, at this point those who have truth but no desire for good, thus those with whom truths perish; for it is speaking about evil people whose sons will become orphans. The fact that truths perish with those who have no desire for good is evident from what has been stated immediately above in 9206 regarding goodness and truth when joined together. But something further must be stated regarding that joining together. Truths that have been joined to good always hold within them a desire to do good, and at the same time to be joined more closely to good by doing it. Or what amounts to the same thing, those who possess truths always have a desire to do good and to join it thereby to their truths. People therefore who think that they are in possession of truths but who have no desire to do good do not in fact possess truths; that is, they have no belief in them, however much they imagine they do have.

[2] Their condition is portrayed by the Lord when He speaks of 'salt', in Matthew,

You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt is tasteless, by what will it be made salty? It no longer has any use, except to be thrown outdoors and trodden down by people. Matthew 5:13-14.

The Lord says these things to the disciples and to the people. By 'the salt of the earth' He means the Church's truth that has a desire for good, and by 'tasteless salt' He means truth devoid of any desire for good. The fact that such truth is worthless is portrayed by the idea of salt which has become tasteless and no longer has any use, except to be thrown outdoors and trodden down by people. Having a desire for good means having a desire to do good and thereby be joined to good.

[3] In Mark,

Everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be salted with salt. Salt is good; but if the salt becomes tasteless, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and seek 1 peace with one another. Mark 9:49-50.

'Being salted with fire' means good that has a desire for truth, and 'being salted with salt' truth that has a desire for good. 'Tasteless salt' is truth devoid of any desire for good; 'having salt in oneself' means possessing that desire.

[4] In Luke,

Any of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be My disciple. Salt is good; but if the salt is made tasteless, by what will it be seasoned? It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill; people throw it outdoors. Luke 14:33-35.

Here 'salt' in a similar way stands for truth that has a desire for good, and 'tasteless salt' for truth that is devoid of any desire for good, 'unfit for the land or for the dunghill' standing for its total inability to serve any use, good or bad. People possessing such truth are called the lukewarm, as is evident from the words immediately before, stating that a person cannot be the Lord's disciple if he does not renounce all his possessions, that is, if he does not love the Lord above all things. For those loving the Lord and also themselves equally are the ones who are called the lukewarm and who are unfit to serve any use, good or bad.

[5] In Moses,

Every offering of your minchah shall be salted with salt; you shall not leave the salt of the covenant of your God off your minchah. 2 On all your offerings you shall offer salt. Leviticus 2:13.

Salt in every offering was a sign that truth's desire for good and good's desire for truth should be present in all worship. This also explains why this salt is called 'the salt of God's covenant'; for 'a covenant' is a joining together, 665, 666, 1023, 1038, 1864, 1996, 2003, 2021, 2037, 6804, 8767, 8778, and 'salt' is the desire for the joining together.

[6] When each desires to be joined to the other, that is, good to truth and truth to good, they look towards each other. But when truth tears itself away from good, they turn away from each other and look backwards or behind themselves. This is what is meant in Luke by Lot's wife who had become a pillar of salt,

Whoever will be on the housetop with his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and whoever is in the field likewise, let him not return to the things behind him. Remember Lot's wife. Luke 17:31-32.

This means looking behind oneself or backwards, see 3652, 5895 (end), 5897, 7857, 7923, 8505, 8506, 8510, 8516.

[7] One reason why 'salt' means the desire truth possesses is that salt renders land fertile and makes food tasteful, and another reason is that salt contains a fiery property and at the same time a conjunctive power, even as truth contains a burning desire for good and at the same time a conjunctive power. 'A pillar of salt' is a separation from truth, for 'salt' in the contrary sense means truth that has been destroyed and laid waste, as in Zephaniah 2:9; Ezekiel 47:11; Jeremiah 17:6; Psalms 107:33-34; Deuteronomy 29:23; Judges 9:45; 2 Kings 2:19-22.

These matters have been introduced so that people may know what truth's desire for good is, and what good's desire for truth is, meant by 'orphan' and 'widow'.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, cultivate

2. literally, you shall not cause to cease the salt of the covenant of your God upon your minchah

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.