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Kohtunikud 14

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1 Kord läks Simson alla Timnasse ja nägi Timnas ühte naist vilistite tütarde hulgast.

2 Ta tuli üles ja jutustas oma isale ja emale ning ütles: 'Ma nägin Timnas ühte naist vilistite tütarde hulgast; võtke ta nüüd mulle naiseks!'

3 Tema isa, samuti ta ema küsisid temalt: 'Kas ei ole naist su vendade tütarde hulgas ja kogu mu rahva hulgas, et sa lähed naist võtma ümberlõikamata vilistite hulgast?' Aga Simson vastas oma isale: 'Võta ta mulle, sest tema on minu silmis see õige!'

4 Tema isa ja ema aga ei teadnud, et see tuli Issandalt, kes otsis põhjust vilistite vastu; sel ajal valitsesid vilistid Iisraeli üle.

5 Nii läks Simson isa ja emaga alla Timnasse; aga kui nad jõudsid Timna viinamägede juurde, vaata, siis tuli üks noor lõvi möirates temale vastu.

6 Aga Issanda Vaim tuli võimsasti tema peale ja ta kiskus lõvi lõhki, otsekui oleks ta kitsetalle lõhki kiskunud, kuigi tal ei olnud käes mitte midagi; oma isale ja emale ta aga ei jutustanud, mis ta oli teinud.

7 Seejärel läks ta alla ja kõneles naisega, kes Simsoni silmis oli meeldiv.

8 Mõne aja pärast, olles teel tagasi teda võtma, põikas ta vaatama lõvi raibet, ja ennäe, lõvi korjuses oli mesilaspere ja mett.

9 Ta kaapis mett oma pihkudesse, läks edasi ja sõi; ja ta tuli oma isa ja ema juurde ning andis ka neile ja nemad sõid; aga ta ei jutustanud neile, et ta oli mee kaapinud lõvi korjusest.

10 Kui ta isa tuli alla naise juurde, siis valmistas Simson seal peo, sest nõnda oli poissmeestel viisiks teha.

11 Ja kui nad teda nägid, siis tõid nad kolmkümmend peiupoissi, et need oleksid ta juures.

12 Ja Simson ütles neile: 'Ma annan teile nüüd ühe mõistatuse mõistatada: kui te seitsme pidupäeva jooksul seletate selle mulle õigesti ja leiate lahenduse, siis ma annan teile kolmkümmend särki ja kolmkümmend piduriietust.

13 Aga kui te ei suuda seda mulle seletada, siis peate teie mulle andma kolmkümmend piduriietust.' Ja nad ütlesid temale: 'Anna oma mõistatus mõistatada, me oleme valmis kuulma!'

14 Siis ta ütles neile: 'Sööjast tuli söök ja tugevast tuli magus.' Aga nad ei suutnud kolmel päeval mõistatust seletada.

15 Neljandal päeval ütlesid nad Simsoni naisele: 'Meelita oma meest, et ta seletaks meile mõistatuse, et me sind ja su isakoda tulega ära ei põletaks! Kas olete meid kutsunud, et teha meid vaeseks, või kuidas?'

16 Siis Simsoni naine nuttis tema juures ning ütles: 'Sina ainult vihkad mind ega armasta mind! Sa oled andnud mu rahva poegadele mõistatada ühe mõistatuse, aga ei ole seda mulle seletanud!' Ta vastas temale: 'Vaata, ma ei ole seletanud oma isale ja emale, aga peaksin seletama sinule?'

17 Tema aga nuttis ta juures need seitse päeva, mil neil oli pidu; ja seitsmendal päeval seletas Simson temale, sest naine ajas teda kitsikusse; ja naine seletas mõistatuse oma rahva poegadele.

18 Siis ütlesid linna mehed temale seitsmendal päeval, enne kui päike oli loojunud: 'Mis on meest magusam ja kes on lõvist tugevam?' Ja tema vastas neile: 'Kui te mu õhvakesega ei oleks kündnud, ei oleks te mu mõistatust lahendanud!'

19 Siis tuli Issanda Vaim võimsasti Simsoni peale ja ta läks alla Askeloni ning lõi neist maha kolmkümmend meest, võttis nende riided ja andis piduriietuseks mõistatuse seletajaile. Ta viha süttis põlema ja ta läks oma isakotta.

20 Simsoni naine sai aga sellele peiupoisile, kes oli olnud temale isameheks.

   

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9836. 'Two shoulders joined together shall it have at its two ends, and it shall be joined together' means an everlasting preservation of good and truth on every side by all exertion and power through a total uniting together. This is clear from the meaning of 'shoulders' as all the force and power, dealt with in 1085, 4931-4937, though the expressions 'placing on the shoulders' and 'carrying on them', used below in reference to the two shoham stones on which the names of the sons of Israel were engraved, mean an everlasting preservation of good and truth (for all forms of good and truths in their entirety are meant by 'the names of the sons of Israel', a subject dealt with further on); from the meaning of 'joined together' as a total uniting; and from the meaning of 'the two ends', or to the right and to the left, as on every side, dealt with in 8613.

[2] The implications of all this are that the ephod, as has been shown above, represented the outermost part of the Lord's spiritual kingdom. Thus the shoulder-pieces, on which the two shoham stones with the names of the sons of Israel had been placed, represented the everlasting preservation of good and truth; and the joining together of the ephod on the shoulders, and also in front of the breast and behind the back, represented a total uniting. This helps to make clear what is meant by the details stated further on regarding the shoulder-pieces and the engravings on them, namely the everlasting preservation of the good and truth present by all exertion and power, thus the preservation of the heavens. The stones with the names of the sons of Israel had been placed on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, which represented the outermost part of the spiritual kingdom, because all preservation is dependent on the condition of what exists on last and lowest levels. For everything within terminates and forms a base for itself there on which to rest and remain in existence. Things on last and lowest levels resemble the soles and the upper parts of the feet on which the entire body stands; they are also like the hands and arms through which the body exercises its powers. Furthermore the strength of the body is concentrated there. This also explains why the hands and arms, the soles and feet too, correspond to the last and lowest parts of heaven. The fact that power and might reside in things which are last and lowest was represented in the Ancient Church by Nazirites and the hair on their head, in which their might resided, as is evident from Samson in Judges 14-16, and also their holiness, 3301. Regarding the hair, which on those men's heads was their Naziriteship, that it corresponds to the lowest levels of good and truth, or good and truth on lowest levels, see 3301, 5247, 6437.

[3] The residing of power in last and lowest things, and also the preservation in these of more internal ones in their proper condition, are matters which may be understood by people who know what the situation is with things in the natural order which follow one another in sequence and consequently exist together with one another. Things which follow in sequence finally come together on the last and lowest level, where they exist side-by-side in the same order. This being so, the things existing together with one another, which are last and lowest, serve those following one another in sequence, which are prior and higher, as corresponding supports on which they rest and are thereby preserved.

[4] 'The shoulders' means all the force and power exerted in offering resistance, breaking, or impelling. This is clear in Ezekiel,

You push with side and shoulder, and butt with your horns all the weak sheep, until you have scattered them abroad. Ezekiel 34:21.

In the same prophet,

Egypt has been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. When they took hold of you by the hand, you were broken, and you tore open their whole shoulder. 1 Ezekiel 29:6-7.

'Tearing open the whole shoulder' stands for depriving of all the power to grasp truths, 'Egypt' being the perverted factual knowledge which causes such deprivation.

[5] In Zechariah,

They refused to listen, and turned 2 a stubborn shoulder. Zechariah 7:11.

'Turning a stubborn shoulder' stands for offering resistance. In David,

They thought a wicked deed, [but] they did not prevail; for You will set a shoulder against them. Psalms 21:11-12.

'Setting a shoulder against them' too stands for offering resistance, and so stands for power. The fact that 'shoulder' means power is evident from representatives in the next life, where those who offer resistance are seen setting an opposing shoulder.

[6] Placing onto the shoulders and carrying on them means preserving everlastingly in a state of good and truth through all exertion and power. This is clear in Isaiah,

The nations will bring your sons in their bosom, and carry your daughters on their shoulder. Isaiah 49:22.

This refers to a new Church. 'Sons' means truths, and 'daughters' forms of good; and 'carrying on the shoulder' stands for preserving them. The preservation of good in its proper condition was also represented by the action of the children of Israel, who carried their dough on their shoulder when they were going out of Egypt, Exodus 12:34; and by that of the sons of Kohath, who carried holy things 3 on their shoulder, Numbers 7:9. This explains why the Lord, who spoke by means of correspondences, said that when the lost sheep was found the owner placed it on his shoulder, rejoicing, Luke 15:5. 'The sheep that was lost and found' is good as it resides with someone who comes to his senses.

[7] Since 'carrying on the shoulder' had this meaning it is also said of those who love and preserve gold and silver that they carry them on their shoulder, Isaiah 46:7. Carrying also means holding something in its proper state or condition, see 9500. All this shows what was meant by the engraving of the names of the sons of Israel on the two shoham stones and the placement of them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, and by the injunction that 'Aaron shall bear (or carry) them on his two shoulders for a remembrance', verse 12. 'Carrying on the shoulder', when it has reference to subjection, means servitude, see Genesis 49:15; Psalms 81:6; Isaiah 9:4; 10:27; Matthew 23:4; Zephaniah 3:9. But when it has reference to dominion it means supreme power, Isaiah 9:6; 22:22.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, you dug through for them all the shoulder

2. literally, gave

3. literally, the works of the holy place (or of holiness)

  
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