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Exodus 22

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1 Kui varas tabatakse sissemurdmiselt ja lüüakse surnuks, siis tapjal ei ole veresüüd.

2 Aga kui päike oli juba tõusnud, siis on tapjal veresüü. Varas peab tasuma kõik; kui tal midagi ei ole, võib teda ennast müüa varguse pärast.

3 Kui varastatu, olgu härg või eesel või lammas leitakse tema käest elusana, siis ta peab tasuma kahekordselt.

4 Kui keegi söödab ära põllu või viinamäe, laseb karja lahti ja söödab teise põllul, siis ta peab asemele andma parimat oma põllult ja viinamäelt.

5 Kui tuli pääseb lahti ja hakkab kibuvitste külge ning põletab ära nabrad või lõikamata vilja või põllu, siis süütaja peab põlenu eest täielikult tasuma.

6 Kui keegi teisele annab hoiule raha või riistu ja need varastatakse selle kojast, siis peab varas, kui ta leitakse, tasuma kahekordselt.

7 Aga kui varast ei tabata, viidagu koja omanik Jumala ette: kas ta ise ei ole pannud oma kätt ligimese vara külge?

8 Kõigis süütegudes härja, eesli, lamba, riiete ja kõigi kadunud asjade pärast, mida keegi ütleb enese oma olevat, tuleb mõlema asi viia Jumala ette: kelle Jumal süüdi mõistab, see peab teisele tasuma kahekordselt.

9 Kui keegi teisele annab hoiule eesli või härja või lamba või mõne muu looma ja see sureb või saab vigastada või viiakse ära kellegi nägemata,

10 siis peab nende mõlema vahel toimuma vanne Issanda ees: kas ta pole pannud oma kätt teise omandi külge? Omanik peab vandega leppima ja teine ärgu tasugu.

11 Kui see aga tõepoolest on temalt varastatud, siis ta peab omanikule tasuma.

12 Kui see aga tõepoolest on maha murtud, siis ta toogu see tõendiks; mahamurtut ta ei tarvitse tasuda.

13 Kui keegi teiselt laenab looma ja see saab vigastada või sureb, ilma et omanik juures oleks, siis ta peab selle eest temale tasuma.

14 Aga kui omanik juures oli, siis tal ei ole vaja tasuda; kui see oli renditud, siis asendab selle rendihind.

15 Kui keegi võrgutab neitsi, kes ei ole kihlatud, ja magab temaga, siis ta peab mõrsjahinna eest tema enesele naiseks võtma.

16 Aga kui selle isa keeldub teda temale andmast, siis mees vaagigu raha, nagu on mõrsjahind neitsi eest.

17 Sa ei tohi nõida ellu jätta!

18 Igaühte, kes ühtib loomaga, tuleb karistada surmaga!

19 Kes ohverdab jumalatele ja mitte üksnes Issandale, see tuleb hukata!

20 Ära rõhu võõrast ja ära tee temale häda, sest te ise olete olnud võõrad Egiptusemaal!

21 Te ei tohi halvasti kohelda ühtegi lesknaist ega vaeslast!

22 Kui sa neid halvasti kohtled, nii et nad mind appi hüüavad, siis ma kuulen tõesti nende hüüdu,

23 mu viha süttib põlema ja ma tapan teid mõõgaga, nõnda et teie naised jäävad leskedeks ja lapsed orbudeks.

24 Kui sa laenad raha minu rahvale, mõnele, kes on vaene, siis ära ole tema suhtes liigkasuvõtja: te ei tohi temalt kasu võtta!

25 Kui sa oled võtnud pandiks oma ligimese üleriide, siis sa pead selle temale tagasi andma, enne kui päike loojub,

26 sest see ta üleriie on tema ihu ainsaks katteks. Millega ta muidu magaks? Ma kuulen, kui ta mind appi hüüab, sest mina olen halastaja.

27 Sa ei tohi needa Jumalat ja sajatada oma rahva vürsti!

28 Oma külluse ja ülevooluga ära viivita! Sa pead esmasündinu oma poegadest minule andma!

29 Nõndasamuti tee oma veiste, lammaste ja kitsede esmasündinutega: seitse päeva olgu ta oma ema juures, kaheksandal päeval pead ta minule andma.

30 Ja te peate olema minule pühitsetud inimesed: väljal mahamurtu liha te ei tohi süüa, visake see koertele!

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9125

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9125. 'If a thief is caught digging through' means if it is not apparent that good or truth is being taken away. This is clear from the meaning of 'digging through' as perpetrating evil in concealment, and - when said of a thief - as taking away good or truth by means of falsity arising from evil so as not to be seen, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'a thief' as one who takes away good and truth, dealt with in 5135, 8906, 9018, 9020, and in the abstract sense as truth or good that has been taken away. The term 'abstract sense' is used because angels, who see the internal sense of the Word, think in abstraction from persons, 5225, 5287, 5434, 8343, 8985, 9007. The Word too in its internal sense has spiritual realities instead of worldly objects, without any narrowing down to persons or places.

[2] As regards the meaning of 'digging through' as perpetrating evil in concealment, and - when said of a thief - as taking away good or truth by means of falsity arising from evil so as not to be seen, all this is evident from the consideration that a distinction is drawn here between a theft committed by digging through and a theft committed when the sun has risen, spoken of in the next verse. That 'digging through' has this meaning is also clear from places in the Word in which the expression occurs, as in Jeremiah,

Yes, in your skirts the blood of poor innocent souls is found. I have found those things not by digging through but on them all. Jeremiah 2:34.

This refers to foul kinds of love and the evils resulting from them. 'I have found those things not by digging through' stands for not discovering them by investigating secretly. Therefore it says those things are 'on them all', that is, they are visible everywhere. In Ezekiel,

He brought me to the door of the court, where I looked, and behold, a hole in the wall. He said to me, Dig, now, through the wall. I therefore dug through the wall, and behold, a door. Ezekiel 8:7-8.

This refers to the abominations of the house of Israel which they performed secretly. 'Digging through the wall' means going in secretly and seeing what they do. In Amos,

If they dig through into hell, from there My hand will take them. Or if they mount up into heaven, from there I will throw them down. Amos 9:2.

'Digging through into hell' means hiding oneself there, and so among falsities arising from evil. Hell consists in falsity arising from evil, since that falsity reigns there. The falsities there are called darkness, within which they hide away from the light of heaven; for they flee from the light of heaven, which is Divine Truth from the Lord. In Job,

The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight, saying, No eye will see me. And he will put on a covering for his face. He digs through 1 houses in the darkness. In the daytime they mark [them] for themselves; they do not acknowledge the light. For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death, since they acknowledge the terrors of the shadow of death. Job 24:15-17.

Here 'digging through houses' plainly stands for secretly plundering another's goods. For it says that 'he digs through houses in the darkness'; that he watches for twilight, so that no eye may see him; that he puts a covering on his face; they do not acknowledge the light; also that the morning is the shadow of death to them.

[3] The use of 'digging through a house' to mean secretly taking away another's good has its origin in representatives in the next life. There when angels are talking about falsity secretly destroying good, this destruction appears as the digging through of a wall when it is represented on a lower level, where the things angels talk about are manifested in visual images. On the other hand, when angels are talking about truth approaching good and linking itself to it, that approach is represented as an open door through which people enter. This is why the Lord, who spoke in accordance with representatives in heaven and in accordance with correspondences, says in John,

Truly, truly, I say to you, He who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. John 10:1-2.

And in Luke,

Know this, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming he would certainly have been awake and would not have permitted his house to be dug through. 2 Luke 12:39.

Here also 'the thief' is one who destroys forms of the good of faith by means of falsities. 'Digging through a house' means carrying out such destruction secretly, since it is done when the householder is not awake. So it is also that coming like a thief means coming without being recognized, because he does not come through the door but by some other way. In John,

If you are not awake I will come upon you like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you. Revelation 3:3.

And in the same book,

Behold, I am coming like a thief; blessed is he who is awake. Revelation 16:15.

'Coming like a thief' means coming without being recognized and unexpectedly.

The Lord is spoken of in such a way because the meaning is that the door in a person is closed by falsity arising from evil.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. or He breaks into

2. or to be broken into

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