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Cefanja 3

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1 Ve al la abomeninda kaj malpurigita urbo-premanto!

2 GXi ne auxskultas vocxon, ne akceptas admonon; la Eternulon gxi ne fidas, al sia Dio gxi sin ne turnas.

3 GXiaj eminentuloj meze de gxi estas kiel blekegantaj leonoj; gxiaj jugxistoj estas kiel lupoj vespere; ili nenion restigas gxis mateno.

4 GXiaj profetoj estas facilanimaj kaj perfidaj; gxiaj pastroj malsanktigas la sanktejon, kripligas la instruon.

5 La Eternulo estas justulo meze de gxi, Li ne faras maljustajxon; cxiumatene Li montras Siajn legxojn, ne cxesas; sed la malpiulo ne konas honton.

6 Mi ekstermis naciojn; ruinigitaj estas iliaj turoj; Mi dezertigis iliajn stratojn tiel, ke neniu trairas ilin; iliaj urboj estas ruinigitaj tiel, ke tie trovigxas jam neniu homo, neniu logxanto.

7 Mi diris al gxi:Timu Min, akceptu admonon! Kaj ne estus ekstermita gxia logxejo, kiom ajn Mi punus gxin; sed ili rapidis malbonigi cxiujn siajn agojn.

8 Tial atendu Min, diras la Eternulo, gxis Mi Miatempe levigxos; cxar Mi decidis kolekti la naciojn, kunvenigi la regnojn, por elversxi sur ilin Mian koleron, la tutan flamon de Mia indigno; cxar de la fajro de Mia severeco forbrulos la tuta tero.

9 Tiam Mi redonos al la popoloj lingvon puran, por ke cxiuj vokadu la nomon de la Eternulo kaj servadu al Li unuanime.

10 El trans la riveroj de Etiopujo Miaj adorantoj, Mia disjxetita popolo, alportos al Mi donacojn.

11 En tiu tempo vi ne plu hontos pri cxiuj viaj agoj, per kiuj vi krimis kontraux Mi; cxar tiam Mi forigos el inter vi viajn fierajn fanfaronulojn, kaj vi ne plu tenos vin malhumile sur Mia sankta monto.

12 Mi restigos en via mezo popolon humilan kaj malricxan, kaj ili fidados la nomon de la Eternulo.

13 La restintoj el Izrael ne faros maljustajxon, ne parolos mensogon, kaj en ilia busxo ne trovigxos lango trompa, sed ili pasxtigxados kaj ripozados, kaj neniu ilin timigos.

14 GXojkriu, ho filino de Cion; triumfu, ho Izrael; gxoju kaj estu gaja el la tuta koro, ho filino de Jerusalem.

15 La Eternulo forigis la verdikton pri vi, forpelis vian malamikon; la Regxo de Izrael, la Eternulo, estas meze de vi, kaj vi ne plu vidos malfelicxon.

16 En tiu tempo oni diros al Jerusalem:Ne timu! kaj al Cion:Viaj manoj ne senfortigxu.

17 La Eternulo, via Dio, estas meze de vi, forta Savanto; Li gxojos pri vi gaje, Li pardonos al vi pro Sia amo, Li gxoje triumfos pri vi.

18 La sentauxgulojn el via mezo Mi forprenos, por ke vi ne plu havu malhonoron pro ili.

19 Jen Mi faros finon en tiu tempo al cxiuj viaj premantoj, Mi helpos la lamulojn, Mi kolektos la dispelitojn, kaj Mi faros ilin gloraj kaj honorataj en cxiuj landoj, kie oni malestimis ilin.

20 En tiu tempo Mi venigos vin, kaj en tiu tempo Mi kolektos vin; cxar Mi faros vin gloraj kaj honorataj inter cxiuj popoloj de la lando, kiam Mi revenigos viajn kaptitojn antaux viaj okuloj, diras la Eternulo.

   

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True Christian Religion # 764

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764. IV. This night is followed by morning, and morning is the Lord's coming.

The succeeding states of the church in general and in particular are described in the Word by the four seasons of the year, spring, summer, autumn and winter, and by the four times of day, morning, midday, evening and night. Since the present-day Christian church is in night, it follows that morning is at hand, that is, the first state of a new church. It can be established from the following passages that successive states of the church are described in the Word by the four periods of daylight:

Until the evening and the morning, two thousand three hundred [days], then will the holy place be made holy 1 . The vision of the evening and the morning is truth, Daniel 8:14, 26.

One is calling to me from Seir, Watchman, what of the night? The watchman says, The morning is coming, and night again, Isaiah 21:11-12.

The end has come, the morning has come upon you, you that dwell in the land. Look, the day has come, the morning has gone forth, Ezekiel 7:6-7, 10.

Jehovah morning by morning will set His judgment in light, nor will He fail, Zephaniah 3:5. God is in her midst, God will help her when morning breaks, Psalms 46:5.

I have waited for Jehovah, my soul waits for the Lord more than those that watch for the morning, those that watch for the morning. For with Him is a wealth of redemption, and He will redeem Israel, Psalms 130:5-8.

[2] In these passages evening and night mean the final period of the church, morning its first period. The Lord Himself is also called the morning in the following passages:

The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel talked to me. He is like the light of morning, a morning without clouds. 2 Samuel 23:3-4.

I am the root and offspring of David, the bright star of morning, Revelation 22:16.

From the womb of the dawn the dew of your youth is on you, Psalms 110:3.

These things are said of the Lord. It was because the Lord is the morning that He also rose from the tomb in the early morning, so as to begin a new church (Mark 16:2, 9).

[3] The Lord's coming is to be awaited, as is plainly established by His prediction of it in Matthew:

When Jesus was seated on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him, saying, Tell us, what is the sign of your coming and of the ending of the age? Matthew 24:3.

After the affliction of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then will the sign of the Son of Man appear, and they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and glory, Matthew 24:29-30; Mark 13:26; Luke 21:27.

As were the days of Noah, so too will be the coming of the Son of Man. Therefore be ready, for at the time you do not expect, the Son of Man will come, Matthew 24:37, 39, 44, 46.

In Luke:

When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith upon the earth? Luke 18:8.

In John:

Jesus said of John, If I want him to stay until I come... John 21:22-23.

[4] In the Acts of the Apostles:

When they saw Jesus lifted up into heaven, two men stood before them in white clothing, and they said, Jesus who has been lifted up from you into heaven, will come like this, as you have seen him going into heaven, Acts of the Apostles 1:9-11.

In Revelation:

The Lord, the God of the holy prophets, has sent His angel to show His servants what must happen. Behold, I am coming. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy 2 of this book. And behold, I am coming, and my reward is with me, so that I may give to each according to what he has done, Revelation 22:6-7, 12.

Further:

I, Jesus, have sent my angel to bear witness of these things to you in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright star of the morning. The spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who hears say, Come. And let him who is thirsty come; and let whoever will, take the water of life without payment. Rev:16-17.

Further:

He who bears witness to these things says, I am coming indeed. Amen, come indeed, Lord Jesus. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen, Revelation 22:20-21.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. Or literally: 'be justified'.

2. For 'the words of the prophecy' the Latin has 'the commands', but this is corrected in the Author's copy.

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