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Daniel 9

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1 En la unua jaro de Dario, filo de Ahxasxverosx, el la gento Meda, kiu farigxis regxo super la regno de la HXaldeoj,

2 en la unua jaro de lia regxado, mi, Daniel, rimarkis en la libroj la nombron de la jaroj, pri kiuj la Eternulo parolis al la profeto Jeremia, ke devas finigxi sepdek jaroj de la dezerteco de Jerusalem.

3 Kaj mi turnis mian vizagxon al Dio, la Sinjoro, por pregxi kaj petegi, en fastado, sakajxo, kaj cindro.

4 Kaj mi pregxis al la Eternulo, mia Dio, mi faris konfeson, kaj mi diris:Mi petas Vin, ho Sinjoro, Dio granda kaj timinda, kiu konservas la interligon kaj favorkorecon al Liaj amantoj kaj al la plenumantoj de Liaj ordonoj!

5 Ni pekis, ni malbonagis, ni estis malpiaj, ni ribelis, kaj ni defalis de Viaj ordonoj kaj decidoj;

6 ni ne auxskultis Viajn servantojn, la profetojn, kiuj parolis en Via nomo al niaj regxoj, estroj, kaj patroj, kaj al la tuta popolo de la lando.

7 Vi, ho Sinjoro, estas prava, kaj ni devas honti, kiel nun, cxiu Judo, la logxantoj de Jerusalem kaj la tuta Izrael, la proksimaj kaj la malproksimaj, en cxiuj landoj, kien Vi dispelis ilin pro iliaj malbonagoj, kiujn ili faris koncerne Vin.

8 Ho Sinjoro! ni hontas pro niaj regxoj, estroj, kaj patroj, kiuj pekis antaux Vi.

9 Sed la Sinjoro, nia Dio, havas kompatemon kaj pardonemon, kvankam ni defalis de Li

10 kaj ne auxskultis la vocxon de la Eternulo, nia Dio, por iradi laux Liaj instruoj, kiujn Li donis al ni per Siaj servantoj, la profetoj.

11 La tuta Izrael malobeis Vian instruon, kaj deturnis sin, por ne auxskulti Vian vocxon; pro tio trafis nin la malbeno kaj la jxuro, pri kiuj estas skribite en la instruo de Moseo, servanto de Dio; cxar ni pekis kontraux Li.

12 Kaj Li plenumis Sian vorton, kiun Li diris pri ni, kaj pri niaj jugxistoj, kiuj faradis jugxon cxe ni, kaj Li venigis sur nin grandan malfelicxon; sub la tuta cxielo nenie farigxis tio, kio farigxis al Jerusalem.

13 Kiel estas skribite en la instruo de Moseo, tiel trafis nin tiu tuta malfelicxo; ni tamen ne pregxis antaux la Eternulo, nia Dio, deturnante nin de niaj malbonagoj kaj penante kompreni Vian veron.

14 Kaj la Eternulo viglis super la malfelicxo kaj venigis gxin sur nin; cxar justa estas la Eternulo, nia Dio, en cxiuj Siaj faroj, kiujn Li faras, sed ni ne auxskultis Lian vocxon.

15 Kaj nun, ho Sinjoro, nia Dio, kiu elkondukis Vian popolon el la lando Egipta per forta mano, kaj faris al Vi gloran nomon, kiel gxi nun estas, ni pekis, ni estis malpiaj.

16 Ho Sinjoro, konforme al Via tuta bonfaremeco deturnigxu nun Via kolero kaj Via indigno de Via urbo Jerusalem, de Via sankta monto; cxar pro niaj pekoj kaj pro la malbonagoj de niaj patroj Jerusalem kaj Via popolo estas hontindajxo antaux cxiuj niaj cxirkauxantoj.

17 Kaj nun auxskultu, ho nia Dio, la pregxon de Via servanto kaj lian petegon, kaj lumu per Via vizagxo sur Vian dezertigitan sanktejon, pro la Sinjoro.

18 Klinu, ho mia Dio, Vian orelon, kaj auxskultu; malfermu Viajn okulojn, kaj vidu nian ruinigitecon, kaj la urbon, kiu estas nomata per Via nomo; cxar ne pro nia praveco, sed pro Via granda kompatemeco, ni faligas antaux Vi nian pregxon.

19 Ho Sinjoro, auxskultu! ho Sinjoro, pardonu! ho Sinjoro, atentu kaj agu, ne prokrastu, pro Vi mem, ho mia Dio, cxar Vian nomon portas Via urbo kaj Via popolo.

20 Dum mi ankoraux parolis kaj pregxis kaj konfesis miajn pekojn kaj la pekojn de mia popolo Izrael kaj metis mian petegon antaux la Eternulon, mian Dion, pri la sankta monto de mia Dio;

21 dum mi ankoraux parolis pregxante, la viro Gabriel, kiun mi vidis antauxe en la vizio, alflugis, kaj ektusxis min cxirkaux la tempo de la vespera ofero;

22 kaj, klarigante, li ekparolis al mi, kaj diris:Ho Daniel, nun mi eliris, por komprenigi al vi la aferon.

23 CXe la komenco de via pregxado eliris ordono, kaj mi venas, por sciigi gxin, cxxar vi estas homo agrabla al Dio; atentu la vorton, kaj komprenu la vizion.

24 Sepdek jarsepoj estas destinitaj por via popolo kaj por via sankta urbo, por ke kovrigxu la kulpo, sigeligxu la pekoj, kaj pardonigxu la malbonagoj, por ke venu justeco eterna, sigeligxu la vizio kaj profetajxo, kaj sanktoleigxu Plejsanktulo.

25 Sciu, kaj komprenu:de la momento, kiam eliros la ordono, ke Jerusalem estu denove konstruata, gxis la sanktoleado de la estro pasos sep jarsepoj kaj sesdek du jarsepoj; kaj denove estos konstruitaj la stratoj kaj muroj, kvankam en tempo malfacila.

26 Post la sesdek du jarsepoj la sanktoleito estos pereigita kaj jam ne ekzistos; kaj la urbon kun gxia sanktejo pereigos popolo de estro, kiu venos, kaj gxia fino estos kiel de inundego; kaj gxis la fino de la milito gxi estos tute dezertigita.

27 En la dauxro de unu jarsepo estos konfirmita la interligo kun multaj, kaj meze de la jarsepo estos cxesigitaj bucxoferoj kaj farunoferoj; sur la flugiloj de la sanktejo estos abomeninda dezerteco, gxis la fina destinita pereo falos sur la ruinojn.

   

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5585. 'Saying, You will not see my face' means that no compassion will show itself. This is clear from the meaning of 'face', when used in reference to a person, as his interiors, that is to say, his affections and consequent thoughts, dealt with in 358, 1999, 2434, 3527, 3573, 4066, 4796, 4797, 5102. But when used in reference to the Lord, for the Lord is represented in the highest sense by 'Joseph', 'face' means mercy and compassion, and therefore 'not seeing his face' means a lack of mercy or absence of compassion. Not that the Lord lacks any compassion, for He is pure mercy; but when the intermediary that effects the joining to Him is not present it does seem to a person as though there is no compassion in the Lord. The reason for this is that if no intermediary effecting the joining together is present, no acceptance of good takes place. And if there is no acceptance of good, evil is present instead. If at this time the person calls out to the Lord because evil prompts him to do so, thus for selfish reasons in defiance of anyone else's needs, he is not heard, in which case it seems as though no compassion shows itself.

[2] As regards 'Jehovah's (or the Lord's) face' meaning mercy, this is evident from the Word; for understood properly 'Jehovah's (or the Lord's) face' is Divine love itself, and being Divine love it is the face of mercy since mercy is the expression of love towards the human race set in such miseries. The truth that 'Jehovah's (or the Lord's) face' is Divine Love may be seen from the Lord's face when He was transfigured in the presence of Peter, James, and John; that is, when He displayed His Divinity to them,

His face shone like the sun. Matthew 17:2.

It has been shown already that 'the sun' is Divine Love, see 30-38, 1521, 1529-1531, 2441, 2495, 3636, 3643, 4060, 4321 (end), 4696. The Lord's actual Divinity had never previously appeared in any face; but His Divine Human had so appeared, through which, seemingly within which, Divine Love - which in relation to the human race is Divine Mercy - showed itself. This Divine Mercy within the Divine Human is called 'the angel of His face' in Isaiah,

I will cause the mercies of Jehovah to be remembered. He has rewarded 1 them according to His mercies, and according to the abundance of His mercies; and He became their Saviour. And the angel of His face saved them; in His love and in His pity He redeemed them. Isaiah 63:7-9.

The expression 'the angel' is used because 'angels' in the Word means in the internal sense some attribute of the Lord, 1925, 2821, 4085, in this case His mercy, which is why the phrase 'the angel of His face' is used.

[3] 'Jehovah's (or the Lord's) face' is not only mercy but also peace and goodness since these are attributes of mercy, as may also be seen from the following places: In the Blessing,

Jehovah make His face shine upon you and be merciful to you. Jehovah lift up His face upon you and give you peace. Numbers 6:25-26.

Here it is quite evident that 'making His face shine' means showing mercy, and 'lifting up His face' means granting His peace. In David,

God be merciful to us and bless us, and make His face shine upon us. Psalms 67:1.

Here also 'face' stands for mercy. In the same author,

Turn us back, O God, and make Your face shine, that we may be saved. Psalms 80:3, 7, 19.

Here the meaning is similar. In the same author,

Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and my pursuers. Make Your face shine upon Your servant. Psalms 31:15-16.

Likewise in Psalms 119:134-135. In Daniel,

Hear, our God, the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and make Your face shine upon Your sanctuary that has been made desolate. Daniel 9:17.

Here also 'making His face shine' stands for showing mercy.

[4] In David,

Many are saying, Who will cause us to see good? Lift up the light of Your face upon us. Psalms 4:6-7.

'Lifting up the light of His face' stands for His imparting good because of His mercy. In Hosea,

Let them seek My face; when they are in distress, in the morning let them seek Me. Hosea 5:15.

In David,

Seek My face! Your face, O Jehovah, will I seek. Psalms 27:8-9.

In the same author,

Seek Jehovah and His strength; seek His face continually. Psalms 105:4.

'Seeking Jehovah's face' stands for seeking His mercy. In the same author,

I, in righteousness, shall see Your face. Psalms 17:15.

And in Matthew,

See that you do not despise any of these tiny ones; for I say to you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father who is in heaven. Matthew 18:10.

'Seeing God's face' stands for the enjoyment of peace and good because of His mercy.

[5] But the contrary of this is the hiding or concealment and also the turning away of the face, by which showing no compassion is meant, as in Isaiah,

In an overflowing of My anger I hid My face from you for a moment; but with eternal mercy I will have mercy on you. Isaiah 54:8.

'An overflowing of anger' stands for temptation in which, because the Lord does not seem to show mercy, the words 'I hid My face from you for a moment' are used. In Ezekiel,

I will turn My face away from them. Ezekiel 7:22.

In David,

How long, O Jehovah, will You forget me [as if] for ever? How long will You hide Your face from me? Psalms 13:1

In the same author,

Do not hide Your face from me; do not cast aside Your servant in anger. Psalms 17:8, 9.

In the same author,

Why, O Jehovah, do You abandon my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me? Psalms 88:14.

In the same author,

Make haste, answer me, O Jehovah. MY spirit is consumed. Do not hide Your face from me, lest I become like those going down into the pit. Cause me to hear Your mercy in the morning. Psalms 143:7-8.

And in Moses,

My anger will flare up against this people on that day, so that I forsake them, and I will hide My face from them, and they will be devoured. I will certainly hide My face on that day, because of all the evil which they have done. Deuteronomy 31:17-18.

'Anger flaring up' stands for turning oneself away, 5034, and 'hiding one's face' for not showing any compassion.

[6] These actions are attributed to Jehovah or the Lord, for the reason that although He is never angry and never turns away or hides His face He is said to do so because that is how it seems to someone under the influence of evil. For the person under the influence of evil turns himself away and hides the Lord's face from himself; that is, he removes His mercy from himself. The fact that it is the evils present with a person that do this is also clear from the Word, as in Micah,

Jehovah will hide His face from them at that time, inasmuch as they have rendered their deeds evil. Micah 3:4.

In Ezekiel,

Because they transgressed against Me, therefore I hid My face from them. According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I have dealt with them and have hidden My face from them. Ezekiel 39:23-24.

In particular in Isaiah,

Your iniquities are what separate you from your God, and your sins what cause. His face to hide from you. Isaiah 59:2.

From these and many other places one may see the internal sense, which shows itself in various places and is discovered by one who is looking for it.

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1. Reading retribuit (has rewarded), which Swedenborg has in his rough draft and also in 221, for retribuet (will reward)

  
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