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Deuteronomio 4

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1 Kaj nun, ho Izrael, auxskultu la legxojn kaj la regulojn, kiujn mi instruas al vi, ke vi ilin plenumu, por ke vi vivu kaj venu kaj heredu la landon, kiun la Eternulo, la Dio de viaj patroj, donas al vi.

2 Ne aldonu al tio, kion mi ordonas al vi, kaj ne deprenu de gxi; sed observu la ordonojn de la Eternulo, via Dio, kiujn mi ordonas al vi.

3 Viaj okuloj vidis, kion la Eternulo faris pro Baal-Peor; cxar cxiun homon, kiu sekvis Baal-Peoron, la Eternulo, via Dio, ekstermis el inter vi;

4 sed vi, kiuj restis aligxintaj al la Eternulo, via Dio, vi cxiuj vivas hodiaux.

5 Rigardu, mi instruis al vi legxojn kaj regulojn, kiel ordonis al mi la Eternulo, mia Dio, ke vi agu tiel en la lando, en kiun vi venas, por ekposedi gxin.

6 Kaj observu kaj plenumu ilin; cxar tio estas via sagxo kaj via prudento en la okuloj de la popoloj, kiuj auxdos pri cxiuj cxi tiuj legxoj, kaj diros:Efektive, popolo sagxa kaj prudenta estas tiu granda popolo.

7 CXar kie estas granda popolo, al kiu dioj estas tiel proksimaj, kiel la Eternulo, nia Dio, cxiufoje, kiam ni vokas al Li?

8 Kaj kie estas granda popolo, kiu havas legxojn kaj regulojn justajn, kiel la tuta cxi tiu instruo, kiun mi donas al vi hodiaux?

9 Nur gardu vin kaj forte gardu vian animon, ke vi ne forgesu la aferojn, kiujn vidis viaj okuloj, kaj ke ili ne eliru el via koro dum via tuta vivo; kaj rakontu al viaj filoj kaj al la filoj de viaj filoj

10 pri la tago, en kiu vi staris antaux la Eternulo, via Dio, cxe HXoreb, kiam la Eternulo diris al mi:Kunvenigu al Mi la popolon, kaj Mi auxdigos al ili Miajn vortojn, per kiuj ili lernos timi Min dum la tuta tempo, kiun ili vivas sur la tero, kaj ili lernigos siajn filojn.

11 Tiam vi alproksimigxis kaj starigxis cxe la bazo de la monto, kaj la monto brulis per fajro gxis la mezo de la cxielo, en mallumo, nubo, kaj nebulo.

12 Kaj la Eternulo parolis al vi el meze de la fajro; la vocxon de la vortoj vi auxdis, sed figuron vi ne vidis, nur la vocxon.

13 Kaj Li sciigis al vi Sian interligon, kiun Li ordonis al vi plenumi, la dek ordonojn; kaj Li skribis ilin sur du sxtonaj tabeloj.

14 Kaj al mi la Eternulo en tiu tempo ordonis instrui al vi la legxojn kaj regulojn, por ke vi plenumadu ilin en la lando, en kiun vi iras, por ekposedi gxin.

15 Gardu do bone viajn animojn:cxar vi vidis nenian figuron en tiu tago, kiam la Eternulo parolis al vi sur HXoreb el meze de la fajro;

16 vi do ne malcxastigxu, kaj ne faru al vi ian skulptajxon, bildon de ia idolo, figuron de viro aux virino,

17 figuron de ia bruto, kiu estas sur la tero, figuron de ia flugilhava birdo, kiu flugas sub la cxielo,

18 figuron de io, kio rampas sur la tero, figuron de ia fisxo, kiu estas en akvo, malsupre de la tero.

19 Kaj, levinte viajn okulojn al la cxielo kaj vidinte la sunon kaj la lunon kaj la stelojn kaj la tutan armeon de la cxielo, ne forlogigxu, kaj ne adorklinigxu antaux ili kaj ne servu ilin, kiujn la Eternulo, via Dio, destinis por cxiuj popoloj sub la tuta cxielo.

20 Kaj vin la Eternulo prenis, kaj elkondukis vin el la fera forno, el Egiptujo, por ke vi estu al Li popolo herede apartenanta, kiel nun.

21 Kaj la Eternulo ekkoleris min pro vi, kaj jxuris, ke mi ne transiros Jordanon, kaj mi ne venos en la bonan landon, kiun la Eternulo, via Dio, donas al vi kiel posedajxon;

22 cxar mi mortos en cxi tiu lando, mi ne transiros Jordanon, sed vi transiros kaj ekposedos tiun bonan landon.

23 Gardu vin, ke vi ne forgesu la interligon de la Eternulo, via Dio, kiun Li faris kun vi, kaj ke vi ne faru al vi ian skulptajxon, figuron de io, kiel ordonis al vi la Eternulo, via Dio.

24 CXar la Eternulo, via Dio, estas fajro konsumanta, Dio severa.

25 Se vi naskos filojn kaj filojn de filoj, kaj, longe vivinte sur la tero, vi malcxastigxos kaj faros skulptitan figuron de io kaj faros malbonon antaux la okuloj de la Eternulo, via Dio, kolerigante Lin:

26 mi atestigas al vi hodiaux la cxielon kaj la teron, ke vi rapide pereos de sur la tero, por kies ekposedo vi transiras Jordanon; ne longe vi logxos sur gxi, sed vi estos ekstermitaj.

27 Kaj la Eternulo dissemos vin inter la popoloj, kaj vi restos en malgranda nombro inter la popoloj, al kiuj la Eternulo vin foririgos.

28 Kaj vi servos tie al dioj, kiuj estas faritajxo de homaj manoj, ligno kaj sxtono, kiuj ne vidas kaj ne auxdas kaj ne mangxas kaj ne flaras.

29 Kaj vi sercxos el tie la Eternulon, vian Dion; kaj vi trovos, se vi sercxos Lin per via tuta koro kaj per via tuta animo.

30 Kiam vi estos en mizero kaj kiam vin trafos cxio cxi tio en la malproksima venonta tempo, tiam vi revenos al la Eternulo, via Dio, kaj vi auxskultos Lian vocxon;

31 cxar la Eternulo, via Dio, estas Dio kompatema; Li ne forlasos vin nek pereigos vin, kaj ne forgesos la interligon kun viaj patroj, pri kiu Li jxuris al ili.

32 CXar demandu la tempojn antauxajn, kiuj estis antaux vi de post tiu tago, en kiu la Eternulo kreis homon sur la tero, kaj de unu rando de la cxielo gxis la alia rando:CXu estis io, kiel cxi tiu granda afero, aux cxu oni auxdis pri io simila?

33 CXu auxdis la popolo la vocxon de Dio, parolantan el meze de fajro, kiel vi auxdis, kaj restis vivanta?

34 Aux cxu provis ia dio iri kaj preni al si unu popolon el inter alia popolo per provoj, per signoj, kaj per mirakloj, kaj per milito kaj per forta mano kaj per etendita brako kaj per grandaj terurajxoj, simile al cxio, kion faris al vi la Eternulo, via dio, en Egiptujo, antaux viaj okuloj?

35 Al vi tio estis montrita, por ke vi sciu, ke la Eternulo estas Dio, ke ne ekzistas alia krom Li.

36 El la cxielo Li auxdigis al vi Sian vocxon, por instrui vin, kaj sur la tero Li montris al vi Sian grandan fajron, kaj Liajn vortojn vi auxdis el meze de la fajro.

37 Kaj cxar Li amis viajn patrojn, tial Li elektis ilian idaron post ili, kaj elkondukis vin per Sia vizagxo, per Sia granda forto el Egiptujo,

38 por forpeli de antaux vi popolojn, kiuj estas pli grandaj kaj pli fortaj ol vi, por envenigi vin kaj doni al vi ilian landon kiel posedajxon, kiel nun.

39 Sciu do nun kaj enmetu en vian koron, ke la Eternulo estas Dio en la cxielo supre kaj sur la tero malsupre; ne ekzistas alia.

40 Kaj observu Liajn legxojn kaj Liajn ordonojn, kiujn mi ordonas al vi hodiaux, por ke estu bone al vi kaj al viaj filoj post vi, kaj por ke vi longe vivu sur la tero, kiun la Eternulo, via Dio, donas al vi por cxiam.

41 Tiam Moseo apartigis tri urbojn transe de Jordan, sur la flanko de sunlevigxo,

42 por ke tien forkuru mortiginto, kiu mortigis sian proksimulon senintence, ne estinte malamika al li de antauxe, kaj forkurinte al unu el tiuj urboj, li restu viva:

43 Becer en la dezerto, sur la ebenajxo, por la Rubenidoj, kaj Ramot en Gilead por la Gadidoj, kaj Golan en Basxan por la Manaseidoj.

44 Kaj jen estas la instruo, kiun Moseo proponis al la Izraelidoj;

45 jen estas la atestoj kaj la legxoj kaj la reguloj, kiujn Moseo eldiris al la Izraelidoj post ilia eliro el Egiptujo,

46 transe de Jordan, en la valo kontraux Bet-Peor, en la lando de Sihxon, regxo de la Amoridoj, kiu logxis en HXesxbon kaj kiun venkobatis Moseo kaj la Izraelidoj post sia eliro el Egiptujo;

47 kaj ili ekposedis lian landon, kaj la landon de Og, regxo de Basxan, la du regxoj de la Amoridoj, kiuj estis transe de Jordan, sur la flanko de sunlevigxo,

48 de Aroer, kiu estas sur la bordo de la torento Arnon, gxis la monto Sion (kiu ankaux nomigxas HXermon);

49 kaj la tutan stepon transe de Jordan oriente kaj gxis la maro de la stepo cxe la bazo de Pisga.

   

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4197. 'And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and you today; therefore he called its name Galeed' means that it will be so for ever - hence the nature of it is described a second time. This is clear from the meaning of 'a heap' as good, dealt with above in 4192, and from the meaning of 'a witness' as the confirmation of good by means of truth, and of truth derived from good, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'today' as for ever, dealt with in 2838, 3998; and from the meaning of 'calling the name' as the essential nature, dealt with in 144, 145, 1754, 2009, 2724, 3421. The particular nature of that good is contained in the name Galeed; for in ancient times when a name was given to anything the name contained the essential nature of that thing, 340, 1946, 2643, 3422. From this one may see what is meant by 'Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and you today; therefore he called its name Galeed', namely this: A testimony that the good meant here by 'Laban' was joined to the Divine good of the Lord's Natural, and therefore that the Lord was joined to the gentiles through good, it being this good that 'Laban' represents now, 4189. The truths belonging to this good are what bear witness to that conjunction; but as long as gentiles are living in this world their good is 'out of line' because they do not possess Divine truths. Nevertheless although those who are governed by that good, that is, who lead charitable lives with one another, do not have Divine truths straight from the Divine source, that is, from the Word, the good they have is not closed up but such as can be opened. What is more, it is opened in the next life when they receive instruction there in the truths of faith, and about the Lord. With Christians it is different. With those of them who lead charitable lives with one another, more so with those who are governed by love to the Lord, good straight from the Divine source is present even while they live in this world because they are in possession of Divine truths. For this reason they enter heaven without undergoing such instruction, provided that their truths have not contained falsities which must first be dispelled. But Christians who have not led charitable lives close heaven against themselves, very many doing so to such an extent that it cannot be opened. For they know truths but deny them and also harden themselves against them, if not with the lips nevertheless in their hearts.

[2] Why Laban first of all called the heap Jegar Sahadutha, its name in his own language, and after that Galeed, its name in the Canaanite language, when in fact the two have practically the same meaning, is for the sake of a bringing together and thereby a joining together. Speaking in the language or 'lip' of Canaan means responding to what is Divine, for 'Canaan' means the Lord's kingdom, and in the highest sense the Lord, 1607, 3038, 3705, as is evident in Isaiah,

On that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt which speak in the lip of Canaan and swear by Jehovah Zebaoth. On that day there will be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to Jehovah at its border; and it will be for a sign and a witness to Jehovah Zebaoth in the land of Egypt. Isaiah 19:18-20.

[3] The meaning of 'a witness' as the confirmation of good by means of truth, and of truth derived from good, and the consequent meaning of 'a testimony' as good in which truth is rooted, and truth which arises out of good, may be seen from other parts of the Word. 'A witness' is seen to mean the confirmation of good by means of truth, and of truth derived from good, from the following places: In Joshua,

Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Jehovah, to serve Him. And they said, We are witnesses. Then put away the foreigner's gods which are in the midst of you, and incline your heart to Jehovah the God of Israel. And the people said to Joshua, Jehovah our God we will serve, and His voice we will obey. And Joshua made a covenant with the people on that day, and set them a statute and a judgement in Shechem. And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone and set it up there under the oak that was in the sanctuary of Jehovah. And Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone will be a witness to us, for it has heard all the words of Jehovah which He spoke to us; and it will be a witness to you, lest you deny your God. Joshua 24:22-27.

'A witness' in this passage clearly means a confirming - a confirming of the covenant and therefore of their being joined [to Jehovah]; for a covenant means a joining together, 665, 666, 1023, 1038, 1864, 1996, 2003, 2021. And since being joined to Jehovah or the Lord is not possible except through good, and since no good effecting that conjunction is possible apart from that which gains its true nature from truth, 'a witness' consequently means the confirmation of good by means of truth. The good meant in this passage consisted in being joined to Jehovah or the Lord, which came about through their choosing Him, to serve Him; and the truth by which it was confirmed was meant by 'the stone'; for 'a stone' means truth, see 643, 1298, 3720. In the highest sense 'the stone' is the Lord Himself since He is the source of all truth, and for that reason is also called 'the Stone of Israel' in Genesis 49:24, and in what is said here in Joshua, 'Behold, this stone will be a witness to us, for it has heard all the words of Jehovah which He spoke to us'.

[4] In John,

I will grant My two witnesses to prophesy 1260 days, clothed in sackcloth. The are the two olive trees and the two lampstands which are standing before the God of the earth. And if anyone wishes to harm them, fire will come out of their mouth and devour their enemies. These have power to shut heaven. But when they have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends from the abyss will make war with them and conquer them and kill them. But after three and a half days the spirit of life from God entered them, so that they stood up on their feet. Revelation 11:3-7, 11.

'The two witnesses' in this case are good and truth - that is, good in which truth is present and truth arising out of good - when both of these have been confirmed in people's hearts, as is evident from the statement that the two witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands. For 'an olive tree' means that kind of good, see 886, and 'the two olive trees' stands for celestial good and for spiritual good. Celestial good is essentially love to the Lord, spiritual good is essentially charity towards the neighbour. 'The lampstands' are the truths that belong to those two kinds of good, as will be clear when, in the Lord's Divine mercy, the lampstands are the subject. And it is these - forms of goodness and truth - which have the power to close heaven or to open it; see the Preface to Chapter 22. 'The beast out of the abyss, which is hell, will kill them' means the vastation of good and truth within the Church, and 'the spirit of life from God entered them, so that they stood up on their feet' means a new Church.

[5] Just as heaps in ancient times were set up to serve as witnesses, so later on were altars, as is clear in Joshua,

The Reubenites and the Gadites said, See the replica of the altar of Jehovah which our fathers made, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice, but to be a witness between us and you. And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called it The Altar - a witness between us that Jehovah is God. Joshua 22:28, 34.

'An altar' means the good of love, and in the highest sense the Lord Himself, 921, 2777, 2811. 'A witness' stands in the internal sense for the confirmation of good by means of truth.

[6] Since 'a witness' means the confirmation of good by means of truth, and of truth derived from good, 'a witness' in the highest sense therefore means the Lord, for He Himself is the Divine Truth that confirms, as in Isaiah,

I will make with you an eternal covenant, even the true mercies of David. Lo, I have given him as a witness to the peoples, a prince and teacher to the peoples. Isaiah 55:3-4.

In John,

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Revelation 1:5.

In the same book,

These things says the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation. Revelation 3:14.

[7] The requirement in the representative Church that the truth must always be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses, not on that of one, Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 17:6-7; 19:15; Matthew 18:16, originates in the Divine Law that one truth does not make good firm but many truths do so. For one truth unconnected to others does not confirm it only a number together, because from one truth it is possible to see another. One by itself does not give any form to good, and so does not manifest any essential quality possessed by good; but many in a connected series do so. For just as one musical note by itself does not constitute the melody, still less the full harmony, neither does one truth achieve anything. This is where the law requiring two or three witnesses originates, though to outward appearance it seems to have its origin in secular legislation. The one however is not contrary to the other, as is also the case with the Ten Commandments, dealt with in 2609.

[8] As regards 'a testimony' meaning good in which truth is rooted, and truth which arises out of good, this follows from what has just been said. It is also clear from the fact that the Ten Commandments written on tablets of stone are referred to by the single expression 'the Testimony', as in Moses,

Jehovah gave Moses, when He had finished speaking to him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God. Exodus 31:18.

In the same author,

Moses came down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hand; the tablets were written from the two sides of it. Exodus 32:15.

And because those tablets were placed inside the Ark, the Ark is called 'the Ark of the Testimony'; in Moses,

Jehovah said to Moses, You shall put into the Ark the Testimony which I shall give to you. Exodus 25:16, 21.

Moses took the Testimony and put it into the Ark. Exodus 40:20.

In the same author,

I will meet you, and talk to you from above the Mercy-seat, from between the two cherubs which are over the Ark of the Testimony. Exodus 25:22.

In the same author,

The cloud of incense covers the Mercy-seat which is over the Testimony. Leviticus 16:13.

In the same author,

The rods of the twelve tribes were left in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the Testimony. Numbers 17:4.

For evidence that the Ark was also called the Ark of the Testimony, see in addition to Exodus 25:22 quoted above, Exodus 31:7; Revelation 15:5.

[9] The Ten Commandments therefore were called the Testimony because they were the conditions of the covenant and so the conditions whereby God and man were joined to each other. But that joining to each other is not possible unless man keeps those commandments not only in their external form but also in their internal. What the internal form of those commandments is, see 2609; consequently it is good made firm by means of truth, and truth derived from good, that are meant by 'the Testimony'. And this being so, the tablets were also called 'the Tablets of the Covenant', and the Ark 'the Ark of the Covenant'. From this one may now see what is meant in the Word by 'the Testimony' in the genuine sense, for example in Deuteronomy 4:45; 6:17, 20; Isaiah 8:16; 2 Kings 17:15; Psalms 19:7; 25:10; 78:5, 56; 93:5; 119:2, 22, 24, 59, 79, 88, 138, 167; 122:4; Revelation 6:9; 12:17; 19:10.

  
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