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2 Saamuel 11

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1 Ja järgmisel aastal kuningate sõttamineku ajal läkitas Taavet Joabi ja koos temaga ta sulased ja kogu Iisraeli sõtta, ja nad hävitasid ammonlasi ning piirasid Rabbat; Taavet ise aga jäi Jeruusalemma.

2 Ja ühel õhtul, kui Taavet oli tõusnud voodist ja kõndis kuningakoja katusel, nägi ta katuselt ühte naist ennast pesevat; ja naine oli väga ilus.

3 Kui Taavet läkitas naise kohta teateid pärima, siis öeldi: 'Eks see ole Batseba, Eliami tütar, hett Uurija naine!'

4 Siis Taavet läkitas käskjalad teda tooma. Ja kui ta tuli tema juurde, siis Taavet magas tema juures; naine oli just ennast puhastanud oma roojasusest. Siis läks naine tagasi oma kotta.

5 Ja naine jäi lapseootele; ta läkitas Taavetile teate, öeldes: 'Ma olen lapseootel.'

6 Siis Taavet läkitas Joabile sõna: 'Saada hett Uurija minu juurde!' Ja Joab saatis Uurija Taaveti juurde.

7 Ja kui Uurija tuli tema juurde, küsis Taavet, kuidas Joabi ja rahva käsi käib ja kuidas on lugu sõjaga.

8 Ja Taavet ütles Uurijale: 'Mine alla oma kotta ja pese jalgu!' Uurija läks kuningakojast välja ja temale järgnes kuninga kingitus.

9 Aga Uurija heitis magama kuningakoja ukse ette kõigi oma isanda sulaste hulka ega läinud alla oma kotta.

10 Kui Taavetile teatati ja öeldi: 'Uurija ei olegi läinud oma kotta', siis Taavet küsis Uurijalt: 'Eks sa ole tulnud teekonnalt? Mispärast sa siis ei ole läinud oma kotta?'

11 Aga Uurija vastas Taavetile: 'Laegas ning Iisrael ja Juuda asuvad telkides, ja mu isand Joab ja mu isanda sulased on väljal leeris. Kas mina peaksin siis minema oma kotta sööma ja jooma ja magama oma naisega? Nii tõesti kui sa elad ja nii tõesti kui su hing elab, ma ei tee seda mitte.'

12 Ja Taavet ütles Uurijale: 'Jää siis ka veel täna siia ja homme saadan ma su ära!' Ja Uurija jäi Jeruusalemma selleks ja järgmiseks päevaks.

13 Ja Taavet kutsus Uurija, too sõi ja jõi tema juures ja Taavet jootis ta purju; ent õhtul läks Uurija magama oma asemele koos oma isanda sulastega ega läinud alla oma kotta.

14 Aga hommikul kirjutas Taavet Joabile kirja ning andis selle Uurijale kaasa.

15 Ja kirjas oli ta kirjutanud ning öelnud: 'Pange Uurija kõige ägedama tapluse esirinda ja taanduge tema tagant, nõnda et ta lüüakse maha ja sureb!'

16 Ja kui siis Joab linna piiras, pani ta Uurija paika, kus ta teadis olevat vahvaid mehi.

17 Ja linna mehed tulid välja ning taplesid Joabi vastu; ja mõned rahva hulgast, Taaveti sulaseist, langesid, ja surma sai ka hett Uurija.

18 Siis Joab läkitas käskjala ja andis Taavetile teada kogu tapluse loo.

19 Ja ta käskis käskjalga, öeldes: 'Kui oled kuningale jutustanud kogu tapluse loo

20 ja kui siis kuninga viha tõuseb ja ta sinult küsib: Mispärast te läksite taplema nõnda linna ligi? Kas te ei teadnud, et nad ammuvad nooli müürilt?

21 Kes lõi maha Abimeleki, Jerubbeseti poja? Kas mitte üks naine ei visanud müürilt pealmise veskikivi ta peale, nii et ta suri Teebesis? Mispärast läksite nõnda müüri ligi? - siis ütle: Ka su sulane hett Uurija on surnud.'

22 Ja käskjalg läks ning tuli ja jutustas Taavetile kõik, mille pärast Joab teda oli läkitanud.

23 Ja käskjalg ütles Taavetile: 'Et mehed said võimust meie üle, siis tulid nad väljal meile kallale, aga me tõrjusime nad kuni värava suuni.

24 Siis kütid ambusid müürilt su sulaste peale ja kuninga sulaseist said mõningad surma; samuti on surnud ka su sulane hett Uurija.'

25 Siis Taavet ütles käskjalale: 'Ütle Joabile nõnda: Ärgu olgu see asi su silmis paha, sest mõõk sööb niihästi ühe kui teise! Sõdi aga sina vahvasti linna vastu ja kisu see maha! Julgusta teda nõnda!'

26 Kui Uurija naine kuulis, et ta mees Uurija oli surnud, siis ta pidas oma abikaasa pärast leinakaebuse.

27 Ja kui leinaaeg oli möödunud, siis läkitas Taavet talle järele, võttis ta oma kotta ja ta sai Taaveti naiseks ning tõi temale poja ilmale. Aga see asi, mis Taavet oli teinud, oli Issanda silmis paha.

   

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10184. 'Its roof' means what is inmost. This is clear from the meaning of 'the roof' as what is inmost. One reason why 'the roof' has this meaning is that it is the uppermost or highest part, and that which is uppermost or highest means what is inmost, in accord with what has been shown above in 10181; and another reason is that 'the roof' has the same meaning as the head on a person's body. For all representatives on the natural level resemble the human form and carry the same meaning as the parts of it they resemble, 9496. For the meaning of 'the head' as what is inmost, see 5328, 6436, 7859, 9656, 9913, 9914. What is inmost meant here by 'the roof of the altar of incense' is the inmost component of worship. Within worship there are levels similar to those within the person offering it, namely an inmost level, a middle level, and an outward level. The inmost is called celestial, the middle is called spiritual, and the outward is called natural, 4938, 4939, 9992, 10005, 10017, 10068. These degrees are by virtue of correspondence meant by the head, breast, and feet, and in like manner by the roof, walls, and horns of the altar of incense.

[2] Since 'the roof' means that which is celestial, which is what is inmost, it also means good, for in all places good is inmost, while truth emanates from it just as, to use a comparison, light does from a flame. This is what should be understood by 'the roof' in Matthew,

Then let him who is on the roof of the house not go down to take anything out of his house. Matthew 24:17; Mark 13:15; Luke 17:31.

This refers to the last times of the Church. 'Being on the roof' means the state of a person in whom good is present, and 'going down to take anything out of the house' means going back to a previous state, see 3652 and the places referred to in 9274. And in Jeremiah,

On all the roofs of Moab and in its streets there is mourning everywhere. Jeremiah 48:38.

'Mourning on all roofs' means the ruination of all forms of good among those meant in the representative sense by Moab, that is, those in whom natural good is present, who easily allow themselves to be led astray, 2468; and 'mourning in the streets' means the ruination of all truths, truths being meant by 'streets', see 2336.

[3] Since 'the roof' meant good the houses of the ancients had roofs on which they used to walk and on which they also used to worship, as becomes clear from 1 Samuel 9:25-26; 2 Samuel 11:2; Zephaniah 1:5. In Moses,

When you build a new house you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring blood 1 on your house if someone falls from it. You shall not sow your vineyard with mixed seed, lest the yield from the seed which you have sown and from the produce of your vineyard be forfeited 2 . You shall not plough with an ox and an ass together. You shall not wear a garment made of wool and flax mixed together 3 . Deuteronomy 22:8-11.

[4] From these quotations it is again evident that 'the roof' means the good of love, for the commands in them each embody similar meanings which only the internal sense can make evident. That is, they mean that one who is governed by good, which is the state of a person who has been regenerated, must not return to the state of truth, which was that person's previous state, or his state when being regenerated. During this state the person is led by means of truth towards good, that is, partly from self; but in the state which comes after it, that is to say, when the person has been regenerated, he is led by good, that is, by the Lord by means of good.

[5] This is the arcanum that lies within each of those commands, and so is akin to that which occurs in the Lord's words in Matthew,

Then let him who is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house; and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his clothes. Matthew 24:17-18.

In Mark,

Let him who is on the roof not go down into the house, nor go in to fetch anything out of his house. And let him who is in the field not turn back again to fetch his garment. Mark 13:15-16.

And in Luke,

On that day, whoever will be on the housetop with his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and whoever is in the field, let him likewise not return to the things behind him. Remember Lot's wife. Luke 17:31-32.

[6] Who can fail to see that these places contain the arcana of heaven? For if they did not contain them, what point would there be to telling people not to come down from the housetop, not to turn back from the field and return to their house, and to remember Lot's wife? Such arcana are in like manner contained in those laws in Moses which declare that they should make a parapet around their roof, so that there would be no blood 1 if they fell, and immediately after that the field should not be sown with a mixture of seed and the produce of the vineyard, that it should not be ploughed with an ox and an ass together, and that they should not wear a garment made of wool and flax mixed together. 'The roof' means good, and 'to be on the housetop' or on the roof means a person's state when that person is governed by good. 'Falling' from the roof means sinking back into the previous state, while 'blood' means the violence done then to goodness and truth, 374, 1005, 4735, 6978, 7317, 7326. 'The vineyard' means the Church among mankind; 'the produce of the vineyard' means the state of truth, 9139; and 'the seed' of wheat or barley means the state of good, 3941, 7605. 'An ox' also means good, and 'ploughing with an ox' the state of good, 2781, 9135; and 'wool' and 'wearing a garment made of wool' have the same meanings, 9470. 'An ass' means truth, 2781, 5741, and so too does 'flax' or 'linen', 7601, 9959. But for anything more about the nature of this arcanum, see the explanations in the places referred to in 9274.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. i.e. guilt on account of bloodshed or injury caused by negligence

2. literally, become holy i.e. be devoted to the sanctuary

3. literally, a garment mixed, with wool and flax together

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