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約珥書 2

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1 你們要在錫安吹角,在我吹出大聲。國中的居民都要發顫;因為耶和華的日子將到,已經臨近。

2 那日是黑暗、幽冥、密、烏黑的日子,好像晨光鋪滿嶺。有一隊蝗蟲(原文是民)又大又強;從來沒有這樣的,以直到萬也必沒有。

3 他們前面如燒滅,面如燄燒盡。未到以前,伊甸園;過去以,成了荒涼的曠野;沒有一樣能躲避他們的。

4 他們的形狀如,奔跑如兵。

5 頂蹦跳的響聲,如車輛的響聲,又如燄燒碎秸的響聲,好像強盛的民擺陣預備打仗。

6 他們一來,眾民傷慟,臉都變色。

7 他們如勇士奔跑,像戰士爬城;各都步行,不亂隊伍。

8 彼此並不擁擠,向前各行其,直闖兵器,不偏左右。

9 他們蹦上城,躥上,爬上房屋進入窗戶如同盜賊。

10 他們一來,動,日月昏暗,宿無光。

11 耶和華在他軍旅前發聲,他的隊伍甚;成就他命的是強盛者。因為耶和華的日子而可畏,誰能當得起呢?

12 耶和華:雖然如此,你們應當禁食、哭泣、悲哀,一心歸向我。

13 你們要撕裂心腸,不撕裂衣服。歸向耶和華─你們的;因為他有恩典,有憐憫,不輕易發怒,有豐盛的慈愛,並且後悔不降所說的災。

14 或者他悔,留下餘福,就是留下獻給耶和華─你們的素祭和奠祭,也未可知。

15 你們要在錫安吹角,分定禁食的日子,宣告嚴肅會。

16 聚集眾民,使會眾自潔:招聚老者,聚集孩童和吃奶的;使新郎出離洞房,新婦出離內室。

17 事奉耶和華的祭司要在廊子和祭壇中間哭泣,耶和華啊,求你顧惜你的百姓,不要使你的產業受羞辱,列邦管轄他們。為何容列國的人:他們的在哪裡呢?

18 耶和華就為自己的發熱心,憐恤他的百姓。

19 耶和華應允他的百姓:我必賜給你們五穀、新酒,和油,使你們飽足;我也不再使你們受列國的羞辱;

20 卻要使北方來的軍隊遠離你們,將他們趕到乾旱荒廢之:前隊趕入東,後隊趕入西;因為他們所行的大惡(原文作事),臭氣上升,腥味騰空。

21 地土啊,不要懼;要歡喜快樂,因為耶和華行了大事。

22 田野的走啊,不要懼;因為,曠野的草發生,樹木結果,無花果樹、葡萄也都效

23 錫安的民哪,你們要快樂,為耶和華─你們的歡喜;因他賜你們合宜的秋雨,為你們降甘霖,就是秋雨、春雨,和先前一樣。

24 禾場必滿了麥子;酒醡與油醡必有新酒和油盈溢。

25 我打發到你們中間的軍隊,就是蝗蟲、蝻子、螞蚱、剪,那些年所的,我要補還你們。

26 你們必多而得飽足就讚美為你們行奇妙事之耶和華─你們的名。我的百姓必永遠不至羞愧

27 你們必知道我是在以色列中間,又知道我是耶和華─你們的;在我以外並無別。我的百姓必永遠不致羞愧

28 ,我要將我的靈澆灌凡有血氣的。你們的兒女要預言;你們的老年人要做異夢,少年人要見異象。

29 在那些日子,我要將我的靈澆灌我的僕人和使女。

30 下,我要顯出奇事,有血,有,有煙柱。

31 日頭要變為黑暗月亮要變為血,這都在耶和華而可畏的日子未到以前。

32 到那時候,凡求告耶和華名的就必得;因為照耶和華的,在錫安耶路撒冷必有逃脫的人,在剩下的人中必有耶和華所召的。

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 261

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261. And the first voice that I heard, signifies revelation now of things to come. This is evident from the signification of "voice," as being whatever proceeds from the Lord and is perceived by angels and by men; here especially revelation of things to come, that were to occur before the Last Judgment, about the time of it, and after it, since these are treated of in what now follows. That "the voice of Jehovah" in the Word signifies the Divine proceeding which is Divine truth, from which is all intelligence and wisdom (See Arcana Coelestia 219, 220, 375, 3563, 6971, 8813, 9926); this is clear also from the following passages. In David:

The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters, the voice of Jehovah is in power; the voice of Jehovah is with honor. The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars. The voice of Jehovah hewing as a flame of fire. The voice of Jehovah maketh the wilderness to shiver. The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to travail; and in His temple everyone saith: Glory (Psalms 29:3-9).

This Psalm treats of the Divine that proceeds from the Lord, and that is called, in a word, Divine truth. Its effect both with the good and with the evil is described in this passage; from which it is evident what is meant by "the voice of Jehovah."

[2] In John:

He is the Shepherd of the sheep; to Him the porter openeth, and the sheep hear His voice. A stranger they do not follow, for they know not the voice of strangers. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice. But ye are not of My sheep, for My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me (John 10:2-5, 16, 26-27).

"Sheep" in the Word mean those who are in truths from good, thus who are in faith from charity; "voice" here means not a voice but the Divine proceeding, which is Divine truth. This flows in with those who are in the good of charity, and gives them intelligence, and so far as they are in good gives them wisdom; intelligence is of truth, and wisdom is of truth from good.

[3] In Jeremiah:

The Maker of the earth, through His intelligence hath He stretched out the heavens, at the voice which He utters there is a multitude of waters in the heavens (Jeremiah 10:12-13; 51:16).

In David:

The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters. Jehovah upon great waters (Psalms 29:3).

In Revelation:

The voice of the Son of man was as the voice of many waters (Revelation 1:15).

Again:

I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters (Revelation 14:2).

"The voice of Jehovah" and "the voice from heaven" is the Divine proceeding, or Divine truth, from which is all intelligence and wisdom; it is said to have been heard "as the voice of many waters" because "waters" signify Divine truths in ultimates (that this is the signification of "waters," see above, n. 71).

[4] In David:

Ye kingdoms of the earth, sing psalms unto the Lord. To Him, that rideth upon the heaven of the heaven of old; behold, He will give forth with His voice, a voice of strength (Psalms 68:32-33).

In John:

I say unto you, that the hour is coming when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of man, 1 and they that hear shall live (John 5:25).

In Joel:

Jehovah shall give forth His voice from Jerusalem, that the heavens and the earth may shake (Joel 3:16).

In the same:

Jehovah hath given forth His voice before His army; for it is numberless that doeth His word (Joel 2:11).

That Divine truth here is "the voice of Jehovah" is evident, as in many other places.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. For "Son of man" the Greek has "Son of God," as found in Apocalypse Explained 815, 899.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.