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Ezekiel 43

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1 Kaj li venigis min al la pordego, al tiu pordego, kiu estas turnita orienten.

2 Kaj jen la majesto de la Dio de Izrael estis venanta laux la orienta vojo; kaj Lia vocxo estis kiel la bruo de granda akvo; kaj la tero lumigxis de Lia majesto.

3 Tio estis vizio simila al tiu vizio, kiun mi vidis antauxe, kiam mi iris, por antauxdiri pereon al la urbo, kaj vizio simila al tiu, kiun mi vidis cxe la rivero Kebar. Kaj mi jxetis min vizagxaltere.

4 Kaj la majesto de la Eternulo eniris en la domon tra la pordego, kiu estis turnita orienten.

5 Kaj levis min la spirito, kaj venigis min sur la internan korton; kaj jen la majesto de la Eternulo plenigis la domon.

6 Kaj mi auxdis, ke Iu parolas al mi el la domo, kaj viro staris apud mi.

7 Kaj estis dirite al mi:Ho filo de homo! jen estas la loko de Mia trono, kaj la loko de la plandoj de Miaj piedoj, kie Mi logxos eterne inter la Izraelidoj; kaj la domo de Izrael ne plu malpurigos Mian sanktan nomon, nek ili nek iliaj regxoj, per sia malcxastado kaj per la kadavrajxoj de siaj regxoj sur iliaj altajxoj.

8 Ili starigis sian sojlon apud Mia sojlo kaj siajn fostojn apud Miaj fostoj, tie ke nur muro estis inter Mi kaj ili; kaj ili malpurigis Mian sanktan nomon per siaj abomenindajxoj, kiujn ili faris; tial Mi pereigis ilin en Mia kolero.

9 Sed nun ili forigos de Mi sian malcxastajxon kaj la kadavrajxojn de siaj regxoj, kaj Mi logxos inter ili eterne.

10 Vi, ho filo de homo, montru al la domo de Izrael cxi tiun domon, por ke ili ekhontu pri siaj malbonagoj kaj alkonformigu sin al gxia arangxo.

11 Kaj se ili ekhontos pri cxio, kion ili faris, tiam montru al ili la bildon de la domo, gxian arangxon, gxiajn elirojn kaj enirojn, cxiujn gxiajn manierojn kaj legxojn, cxiujn gxiajn morojn kaj instrukciojn, kaj priskribu cxion antaux iliaj okuloj, por ke ili observu cxiujn gxiajn instrukciojn kaj legxojn kaj plenumu ilin.

12 Jen estas la legxo por la domo:la tuta spaco sur la supro de la monto cxirkauxe estas plejsanktejo; tio estas la legxo por la domo.

13 Kaj jen estas la mezuroj de la altaro laux ulnoj, kun aldono po manlargxo por cxiu ulno:la bazo havu unu ulnon kaj la largxo unu ulnon, kaj la listelo cxe gxia rando cxirkauxe havu la largxon de unu manstrecxo; kaj tia estu la dorso de la altaro.

14 Kaj de la bazo sur la tero gxis la malsupra elstarajxo devas esti du ulnoj, kaj la largxo estu unu ulno; kaj de la malgranda elstarajxo gxis la granda elstarajxo estu kvar ulnoj, kaj la largxo unu ulno.

15 Kaj la altaro mem havu kvar ulnojn, kaj de la altaro levigxu supren kvar kornoj.

16 Kaj la altaro havu dek du ulnojn da longo kaj dek du ulnojn da largxo, gxi estu kvadrata sur cxiuj siaj kvar flankoj.

17 Kaj la elstarajxo havu dek kvar ulnojn da longo kaj dek kvar ulnojn da largxo sur cxiuj siaj kvar flankoj, kaj la listelo cxirkaux gxi havu duonon de ulno, kaj gxia bazo cxirkauxe havu unu ulnon; kaj gxiaj sxtupoj devas esti cxe la orienta flanko.

18 Kaj Li diris al mi:Ho filo de homo! tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Tio estas la legxoj por la altaro por tiu tago, kiam oni konstruos gxin, por alportadi sur gxi bruloferojn kaj aspergadi gxin per sango.

19 Kaj al la pastroj Levidoj el la idaro de Cadok, kiuj alproksimigxos al Mi, por servi al Mi, diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo, donu bovidon kiel pekoferon.

20 Kaj prenu iom el gxia sango, kaj sxprucigu sur gxiajn kvar kornojn kaj sur la kvar angulojn de la elstarajxo kaj sur la listelon cxirkauxe; kaj per tio vi gxin purigos kaj pekliberigos.

21 Poste prenu la pekoferan bovidon, kaj forbruligu gxin sur aparta loko de la domo ekster la sanktejo.

22 Kaj en la sekvanta tago alportu virkapron sendifektan kiel pekoferon; kaj oni pekliberigu la altaron tiel same, kiel oni pekliberigis per la bovido.

23 Kiam vi finos la pekliberigon, alportu bovidon sendifektan, kaj sendifektan virsxafon el la sxafoj;

24 kaj alportu ilin antaux la Eternulon, kaj la pastroj jxetu sur ilin salon kaj faru el ili bruloferon al la Eternulo.

25 Dum sep tagoj alportu cxiutage pekoferan kapron; kaj ili alportu po unu bovido el la bovoj kaj po unu virsxafo el la sxafoj, sendifektajn.

26 Dum sep tagoj oni pekliberigu la altaron kaj purigu gxin kaj konsekru gxin.

27 Kiam finigxos tiuj tagoj, komencante de la oka tago kaj plue, la pastroj farados sur la altaro viajn bruloferojn kaj viajn pacoferojn; kaj Mi estos favora al vi, diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo.

   

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10252. 'The best myrrh' means the perception of truth on the level of the senses. This is clear from the meaning of 'odour-bearing myrrh' as the perception of truth on the level of the senses; for its 'odour' means perception, as immediately above, and 'myrrh' truth on the level of the senses. The subject in the verses that come now is the anointing oil, by which celestial good, which is the Divine Good of the Lord's Divine Love in the inmost heaven, is meant. The nature of that good is described by the fragrant substances from which it was made. These were the best myrrh, sweet-smelling cinnamon, sweet-smelling calamus, cassia, and olive oil, which mean celestial truths and forms of good in their proper order, that is to say, ranging from those which are last and lowest in order to those which are first, or from those which are outermost to those which are inmost, the last or outermost being meant by 'myrrh'. The reason why celestial good, or the good of the inmost heaven, is described in this manner is that the truths meant by those spices are the means by which such good comes into being and is also kept in being.

[2] But since this matter demands to be investigated more deeply, the whole nature of it must be explained more fully. In order that the birth of celestial good, which is inmost good, may take place in a person, which is accomplished through being regenerated by the Lord, truths must be acquired from the Word, or from the teachings of the Church which are drawn from the Word. These truths first find 1 their seat in the memory within the natural or external man. From there they are summoned by the Lord into the internal man, which happens when the person leads a life in keeping with them. And so far as the person has an affection for them, that is, loves them, they are raised by the Lord to an even higher or more internal level, where they are transformed into celestial good.

[3] Celestial good is the good of the love which desires to put truths from the Word into practice for the sake of good, thus for the Lord's sake since the Lord is the source of good and therefore is such good. This is how that good comes to be born, from which it is evident that such good is brought into being by means of truths from the Word, first by their presence on the most external level in a person, which is that of the senses, then by their being raised to an internal level, and finally to the inmost one itself, where those truths are transformed into celestial good. And since that good is brought into being in this way by means of truths in their own order, so subsequently is it kept in being in similar order by means of those very truths; for continuance in being is a perpetual coming into being. When good is kept in being in that manner, the same as it had been brought into being, it is complete. For now higher things descending in order have lower ones to depend on as an infrastructure for their continued existence, for a resting-place, and for a plane of support.

[4] And they have outermost or last and lowest ones, which are truths present within knowledge on the level of the senses, as a foundation. These truths are described in John, in the Book of Revelation, by the precious stones forming the foundations of the wall of the Holy Jerusalem coming down out of heaven, Revelation 21:19-20. By 'precious stones' God's truths received within good are meant, see 9476, 9863, 9873, 9905.

The fact that 'odour-bearing myrrh' means truth on the level of the senses is also clear in David,

You have loved righteousness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your companions. With myrrh, aloes, and kessia 2 [He has anointed] all Your garments. Psalms 45:7-8.

These words refer to the Lord, who alone is Jehovah's Anointed, because the Divine Good of Divine Love, meant by 'anointing oil', was within Him, 9954. By 'His garments', which are said to have been anointed with myrrh, aloes, and kessia, Divine Truths springing from His Divine Good, present in the natural degree, are meant, 5954, 9212, 9216, 9814, so that 'myrrh' means Divine Truth on the level of the senses since it is mentioned first.

[5] In Matthew,

Opening their treasures the wise men from the east offered gifts to the new-born Lord - gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Matthew 2:11.

'Gold' here means good, 'frankincense' internal truth, and 'myrrh' external truth; both kinds of truth spring from good. In this instance 'gold' is the first to be mentioned because it means good, which is inmost; 'frankincense' is the second because it means internal truth springing from good; and 'myrrh' is the third or last to be mentioned because it means external truth springing from good. For the meaning of 'gold' as good, see in the places referred to in 9874, 9881; and for that of 'frankincense' as internal truth springing from good, see below at verse 34 of the present chapter.

[6] The wise men from the east offered those gifts to the Lord born at that time to indicate His Divinity within His Humanity; for having a knowledge of correspondences and representations they knew what gold, frankincense, and myrrh each served to mean. That knowledge was the chief kind that existed in those times among Arabs, Ethiopians, and others in the east, which also explains why in the Word those who possess cognitions or knowledge of heavenly things are meant in the internal sense by Arabia, Ethiopia, and 'the sons of the east', 1171, 3240, 3242, 3762. But such knowledge during that time perished, for when the good of life passed away the knowledge was turned into magic. First it was erased among the Israelite nation, and subsequently among all the rest. At the present day it has been erased to such an extent that people do not even know of its existence; indeed it is so completely absent from the Christian world that if anyone tells them that all things in the literal sense of the Word serve by virtue of their correspondence to mean heavenly realities, and that these constitute its internal sense, they do not know what to make of it.

[7] Because myrrh served to mean the most external truth, which is truth on the level of the senses, and perception of that truth, the bodies of those who had died were anointed in former times with myrrh and aloes. That anointing served to mean the preservation of all of a person's truths and forms of good, and also to mean resurrection. Therefore also such [spices] were used as served to mean the last and lowest level of a person's life, called the life of the senses. The Lord's body was anointed with such, and together with them was wrapped in a linen cloth; and this was the custom among the Jews, see John 19:39-40, and also Luke 23:55-56. But it should be remembered that things said in the Word about the Lord Himself are to be understood in a pre-eminent sense. Consequently the spices mentioned in those verses mean His Divine life on the level of the senses, which is the life proper to the body, and also the resurrection of this with Him. As is well known, unlike anyone else the Lord rose again with the whole body He had in the world, for He left nothing in the tomb. Therefore also, when the disciples beheld the Lord and thought that they were seeing a spirit, He said to them,

Why are you troubled? See My hands and My feet; handle Me, see; for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see Me have. Luke 24:38-39.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. Reading nanciscuntur (find) for nascuntur (are born)

2. The Hebrew word which appears in Psalms 45:8 is q'tsi-oth, the plural of q'tsi-ah, while that in Exodus 30:24 and Ezekiel 27:19 is qiddah. Nowadays both Hebrew words are taken to mean cassia; but the unusual spelling kessia is used to show the difference.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.