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Deuteronomio 15

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1 Post paso de sep jaroj faru forlason.

2 Jen estas la esenco de la forlaso:cxiu kreditoro, kiu pruntedonis ion al sia proksimulo, forlasu tion, li ne postulu tion de sia proksimulo aux de sia frato; cxar estas proklamita forlaso pro la Eternulo.

3 De alilandulo vi povas postuli; sed kion vi havos cxe via frato, tion via mano forlasu.

4 Cetere ne estos cxe vi malricxulo (cxar la Eternulo benos vin en la lando, kiun la Eternulo, via Dio, donas al vi kiel heredan posedajxon),

5 se vi nur obeos la vocxon de la Eternulo, via Dio, por observi kaj plenumi cxiujn cxi tiujn ordonojn, kiujn mi ordonas al vi hodiaux.

6 CXar la Eternulo, via Dio, benos vin, kiel Li diris al vi; kaj vi pruntedonos al multaj popoloj, sed vi ne prunteprenos; kaj vi regos super multaj popoloj, sed super vi ili ne regos.

7 Se estos inter vi malricxulo iu el viaj fratoj en iu el viaj urboj en via lando, kiun la Eternulo, via Dio, donas al vi, tiam ne malmoligu vian koron kaj ne fermu vian manon antaux via frato, la malricxulo;

8 sed malfermu al li vian manon, kaj pruntedonu al li lauxmezure de lia manko, kio mankos al li.

9 Gardu vin, ke ne aperu en via koro malpia penso:Alproksimigxas la sepa jaro, la jaro de forlaso; kaj via okulo farigxos malfavora kontraux via malricxa frato kaj vi ne donos al li, kaj li plendos pri vi al la Eternulo, kaj peko estos sur vi.

10 Donu al li, kaj ne cxagrenu vin via koro, kiam vi donos al li; cxar pro tio benos vin la Eternulo, via Dio, en cxiuj viaj faroj kaj en cxiu entrepreno de via mano.

11 CXar ne mankos malricxuloj en la lando, tial mi ordonas al vi jene:malfermu vian manon al via frato, al via senhavulo, kaj al via malricxulo en via lando.

12 Se vendos sin al vi via frato, Hebreo aux Hebreino, li servu vin dum ses jaroj, sed en la sepa jaro forsendu lin de vi en libereco.

13 Kaj kiam vi forsendos lin de vi en libereco, ne forsendu lin kun malplenaj manoj;

14 sed havigu al li iom el viaj brutoj kaj el via garbejo kaj el via vinpremejo; per kio benis vin la Eternulo, via Dio, tion donu al li.

15 Memoru, ke vi estis sklavo en la lando Egipta, kaj la Eternulo, via Dio, liberigis vin; tial mi ordonas al vi tion hodiaux.

16 Kaj se li diros al vi:Mi ne foriros de vi, cxar mi amas vin kaj vian domon-cxar estas al li bone cxe vi:

17 tiam prenu alenon kaj enpiku en lian orelon kaj en la pordon, kaj li estos sklavo al vi por cxiam. Ankaux kun via sklavino agu tiel.

18 Tio ne sxajnu al vi malfacila, kiam vi forsendos lin de vi en libereco; cxar duoblan pagon de dungito li perlaboris cxe vi dum ses jaroj; kaj la Eternulo, via Dio, benos vin en cxio, kion vi faros.

19 CXiun virseksan unuenaskiton, kiu naskigxos al viaj grandaj kaj malgrandaj brutoj, dedicxu al la Eternulo, via Dio; ne laboru per la unuenaskito de via bovo, kaj ne tondu la unuenaskiton de via sxafo.

20 Antaux la Eternulo, via Dio, mangxu gxin cxiujare, sur la loko, kiun elektos la Eternulo, vi kaj via familio;

21 sed se gxi havos ian difekton, se gxi estos lama aux blinda, aux se gxi havos kian ajn malbonan difekton, tiam ne bucxu gxin ofere al la Eternulo, via Dio.

22 Sed inter viaj pordegoj vi povas gxin mangxi, malpurulo kaj purulo egale, kiel gazelon kaj cervon.

23 Nur gxian sangon ne mangxu; sur la teron elversxu gxin, kiel akvon.

   

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4110. 'Laban had gone to shear his flock' means a state of use and an end in view involving the good meant by 'Laban's flock'. This is clear from the meaning of 'shearing' as use, and so the end in view, for the use that is served is the end in view, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'flock' as good, dealt with in 343, 2566. From this it is evident that the state of use and an end in view is meant by 'going to shear'. The subject now is the separation of intermediate good meant by 'Laban' from the good meant by 'Jacob' which was acquired from that intermediate good. But the nature of this separation cannot be known except from those communities of spirits who are governed by that good and from whom it comes to man. But let some facts be given on this matter which I have learned from my experiences.

[2] There are good spirits, there are spirits of an intermediate kind, and there are evil spirits. These are linked to a person when he is being regenerated, to the end that through them he may be introduced into genuine goods and truths - which the Lord effects by means of angels. But they are the kinds of spirits or communities of spirits who do not accord, except for a time, with the one to be regenerated, and therefore when they have performed their use they are separated. The separation of them is effected in differing ways - the separation of the good spirits in one way, that of the spirits of the intermediate kind in another, and that of the evil spirits in yet another. The separation of the good spirits is effected without their being directly conscious of it, for they know from the Lord's good pleasure that all is well with them wherever they are or to wherever the Lord takes them. But the separation of the spirits of the intermediate kind is effected by many means until they depart in freedom. They are returned to the state of their own good, and consequently to the state of the use they serve and of the end they therefore have in view, so that in that state they may experience the delight and blessing that are their own. But because they have derived pleasure out of their previous connection with the one who is being regenerated they are several times returned to and then released from that connection until they no longer take any delight in staying with him and so depart in freedom. Evil spirits too are indeed removed in freedom, but in a kind of freedom which appears to them to be freedom. They are linked to the person who is being regenerated so that they may introduce negative ideas which have to be dispelled, the intention being that this person may be strengthened all the more in truths and goods. And when he starts to be strengthened in these, those spirits take no delight in staying with him, only in separation from him. In this way they are separated by a feeling of freedom that accompanies their delight. This is how the separation takes place of spirits present with a person when he is being regenerated, and how as a consequence changes of his state as regards good and truth are brought about.

[3] As regards 'sheering a flock' meaning performing a use, this is evident from the consideration that the shearing of a flock in the internal sense means nothing else than a use that is served, for wool is obtained in this way. That the shearing of a flock means a use that is served is also evident from the following in Moses,

Every firstborn that is born among your herds and among your flocks you shall sanctify to Jehovah your God; you shall do no work by means of the firstborn of your oxen, and you shall not shear the first born of your flock. But before Jehovah your God you shall eat it year by year in the place which Jehovah will choose. Deuteronomy 15:19, 10.

Here 'not shearing the firstborn of the flock' is a command not to put it to a domestic use. Because 'the shearing of a flock' meant a use that is served, 'shearing the flock' and 'being present at shearings' are included among important duties and functions, as becomes clear from the reference in Genesis 38:12-13, to Judah shearing his flock, and from that to the sons of David in 2 Samuel,

So it was after two full years, that Absalom had shearers in Baalhazor, which is in Ephraim; and Absalom called all the king's sons. And Absalom came to the king and said, Behold, I beg you, your servant has shearers; let the king go, I beg you, and his servants, with your servant. 2 Samuel 13:23-24.

  
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