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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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6832. 'In a flame of fire from the middle of a bramble bush' means God's love present in true factual knowledge. This is clear from the meaning of 'a flame of fire' as God's love, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'a bramble bush' as true factual knowledge. The reason why 'a bramble bush' means true factual knowledge is that all shrubs of every kind mean factual knowledge, whereas actual plantations of trees, being larger, mean cognitions and perceptions. Because it produces flower and berries 'a bramble bush' means true factual knowledge. True factual knowledge that the Church possesses consists in nothing else than the Word as it exists in the sense of the letter and also every one of the Church's representative forms and meaningful signs that existed among the descendants of Jacob. These in the external form they take are called true factual knowledge; but in their internal form they are spiritual truths. But truths in their internal or spiritual form could not be made visible to those descended from Jacob, for the reason that they were interested solely in things of an external nature and had no wish whatever to know about anything internal. Therefore the Lord appeared in a bramble bush (when the Lord appears to people He does so in a way suited to the kind of people they are, for a person cannot receive the Divine in any way other than that which is a way suited to the kind of person he is); and therefore also, when the Lord appeared on Mount Sinai He appeared to the people' as a fire burning even to the heart of heaven, and as darkness, cloud, and pitch darkness', Deuteronomy 4:11; 5:22-25; also Exodus 19:18. He would have appeared in an altogether different way if the people below the mountain who beheld Him had not been the kind of people they were. And because those people were interested solely in things of an external nature, when Moses went in to the Lord on Mount Sinai, it is said that he went into the cloud, Exodus 20:21; 24:2, 18; 34:2-5, 'the cloud' being the external aspect of the Word, see Preface to Genesis 18, and 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343 (end), and also consequently representatives in the Church which are seen in outward form.

[2] The truth that the Lord appears to each individual person in a way suited to the kind of person he is may be recognized from the consideration that the Lord appears to those in the inmost or third heaven as the Sun from which light beyond description radiates, the reason being that those there are governed by the good of love to the Lord. He appears to those in the middle or second heaven as the Moon, the reason being that there they are governed by love to the Lord in a more remote and obscure way; for they are governed by love towards the neighbour. But the Lord does not appear to those in the lowest or first heaven either as the Sun or the Moon, only as Light, a light far more brilliant than light in the world. And since the Lord appears to each in a way suited to the kind of person he is, He cannot appear to those in hell as anything other than dark cloud and pitch darkness. For as soon as the light of heaven which comes from the Lord shines into any hell, darkness and thick darkness are produced there. From all this one may now recognize that the Lord appears to each individual person in a way suited to the kind of person he is, for this is suited to the way he receives the Lord. And since the descendants of Jacob were interested solely in things of an external nature, the Lord appeared to Moses in a bramble bush, and also in a cloud when Moses went in to the Lord on Mount Sinai.

[3] The reason why 'a flame' is God's love is that love in its earliest origin is nothing other than fire or flame from the Lord as the Sun. The fire or flame of this sun is what supplies each individual person with the being (esse) of his life; it is that life-giving fire which fills a person's interiors with warmth, as one may recognize from what happens with love. To the extent that love increases in a person he warms up; but to the extent that it diminishes he cools off. This explain s why, when the Lord appeared in a vision, He appeared as fire and flame, as in Ezekiel,

The appearance of the four living creatures (who were cherubs) was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of lamps. It was moving between the living creatures as a bright fire, and out of the fire went forth lightning. Above the firmament that was over their heads, in appearance like a sapphire stone, there was the likeness of a throne, and over the likeness of a throne there was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it, above. And I saw the shape of burning coals, as the shape of fire, within it round about, from the appearance of His loins and upwards. But from the appearance of His loins and downwards I saw as it were the appearance of fire, whose brightness was round about it. Ezekiel 1:13, 26-28.

[4] Nobody can deny that all the several details of this vision are signs that represent aspects of the Divine; but unless one knows what is meant by 'the cherubs', 'the burning coals of fire, like the appearance of lamps', 'a throne', 'the appearance of a man upon it', 'his loins from which fire emanated upwards and downwards, and the brightness radiating from the fire', one can have no knowledge of the real holiness hidden within all those several details. 'The cherubs' are the Lord's Providence, see 308; 'the throne' is heaven, or - to be exact - Divine Truth that emanates from the Lord to form heaven, 5313; 'the appearance of a man upon the throne above' is plainly the Lord's Divine Human; and 'loins' are conjugial love and all heavenly love that derives from it, 3021, 4277, 4280, 4575, 5050, 5062. This love was represented by 'the shape of burning coal, as the shape of fire, whose brightness was round about it'.

[5] In Daniel,

I saw, until thrones had been placed, and the Ancient of Days was seated. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was a flame of fire; His wheels were burning fire. A river of five issued and came forth from before Him. Daniel 7:9-10.

The Divine Good of the Lord's Divine Love was seen in this vision too as a flame of fire. In John,

He who sat on the white horse, His eyes were like aflame of fire. Revelation 19:11-12.

'He who sat on the white horse' is the Lord in respect of the Word, as is explicitly stated in verses 13, 16, of that chapter. Thus 'the flame of fire' is Divine Truth contained in the Word, which radiates from the Lord's Divine Goodness. In the same book,

In the midst of the seven lampstands one like the Son of Man, clothed with a long robe. His head and hair were white, like white wool, like snow; but His eyes were like a flame of fire. Revelation 1:13-14.

Here also 'eyes like a flame of fire' is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Goodness.

[6] The meaning of 'a flame of fire' as Divine Truth emanating from the Lord is also evident in David,

The voice of Jehovah falls like a flame of fire. Psalms 29:7.

'The voice of Jehovah' stands for Divine Truth. In order that Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good might be represented, the people were commanded to make a lampstand of pure gold with seven lamps and to place it in the tent of meeting by the table where the loaves of the presence were, and to keep the lamps burning unceasingly before Jehovah, Exodus 25:31-end; 37:17-24; 40:24-25; Leviticus 24:4; Numbers 8:2; Zechariah 4:2. The lampstand with its seven lamps served to represent Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good.

[7] In order also that Divine Good itself might be represented they were commanded to have perpetual fire on the altar,

Fire shall burn on the altar and not be put out; the priest shall kindle pieces of wood on it at every dawn. Fire shall burn unceasingly on the altar and not be put out. Leviticus 6:12-13.

The fact that the ancients were very well acquainted with the use of fire to represent Divine Love may be recognized from the spread of that representative from the Ancient Church even to nations far away whose worship was idolatrous and who, as is well known, established an everlasting sacred fire and placed in charge of it virgins, who were called the vestal virgins.

[8] In the contrary sense 'fire' and 'flame' mean filthy kinds of love, such as those of vengeance, cruelty, hatred, and adultery, and in general the cravings that spring from self-love and love of the world. This too is clear from very many places in the Word, of which let just the following be quoted: In Isaiah,

Behold, they have become as stubble, the fire has burned them; they do not save themselves from the power of the flame. 1 There will be no coal to be warmed by [nor] fire to sit in front of. Isaiah 47:14.

In Ezekiel,

Behold, I will kindle in you a five, which will devour in you every green tree and every dry tree. The blazing flame 2 will not be put out, and all faces from south to north will be scorched by it. Ezekiel 20:47.

Here 'fire' and 'flame' mean desires for what is evil and false which annihilate everything good and true in the Church, and thereby lay it waste.

[9] In Luke,

The rich man said to Abraham, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame. Luke 16:24.

People who do not know that a person's vital heat has a different origin from that which is the source of elemental fire cannot possibly do anything else but think that by hell fire is meant fire like that found in the world. In the Word however this latter kind of fire is not meant but the fire of love, thus the fire of a person's life, emanating from the Lord as a Sun. And when this fire comes among those engrossed in pursuits contrary to it, it is turned into the fire of evil desires which, as stated above, belong to vengeance, hatred, and cruelty, and which well up from self-love and love of the world. This is the fire that torments those who are in hell, for when the restraint placed on their evil desires is relaxed, one sets upon another and they torment one another in dreadful and indescribable ways. For each has the wish for supremacy and wants to take from the other the things he has by hidden or open devices. When one or two have such desires hatreds consequently develop within the group, and these lead to the savage deeds that are performed, especially by the use of devices involving magic and the use of figments of the imagination, devices which are countless and totally unknown in the world.

[10] People who do not believe in the existence of spiritual things, especially those who worship nature, cannot at all be led to believe that the warmth present in living persons, which constitutes the actual life within them, has a different origin from that which is the source of worldly heat. For they are not even aware, let alone able to acknowledge, that there is a heavenly fire radiating from the Lord as a Sun, and that this Fire is pure love. Consequently they are unaware of countless instances in the Word in which no other kind of fire is meant; nor are they aware of countless manifestations of it in the human being, who is an organ made to receive that fire.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, save their soul from the hand of the flame

2. literally, heavy flame of flame

  
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