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Lamentatsioonid 2

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1 Kuidas küll Issand oma vihas kattis pilvedega Siioni tütre! Ta heitis taevast maha Iisraeli ilu ega mõelnud oma jalgade järile oma vihapäeval.

2 Issand hävitas armuta kõik Jaakobi eluasemed; oma vihas lõhkus ta maha Juuda tütre kindlused; ta tegi need maatasa, teotas kuningriigi ja selle vürstid.

3 Oma tulises vihas raius ta maha kõik Iisraeli sarved. Ta tõmbas tagasi oma parema käe vaenlase ees ja süttis Jaakobis otsekui tuleleek, mis põletab ümbruse.

4 Ta vinnastas oma ammu nagu vaenlane, seisis tõstetud parema käega nagu rõhuja ja tappis kõik silmarõõmu Siioni tütre telgis. Ta valas oma raevu välja kui tuld.

5 Issand oli nagu vaenlane, ta hävitas Iisraeli; ta hävitas kõik tema paleed, purustas ta kindlused ja tõi Juuda tütrele hulgana kurvastust ja leina.

6 Ta lammutas oma eluaseme otsekui aia, hävitas oma kogunemispaiga; Issand saatis Siionis unustusse pühad ja hingamispäevad, hülgas oma viha sajatuses kuningad ja preestrid.

7 Issand tõukas ära oma altari, jättis maha oma pühamu, andis vaenlase kätte selle paleede müürid. Issanda kojast kostis kära otsekui pühade ajal.

8 Issand otsustas hävitada Siioni tütre müürid; ta vedas mõõdunööri neist üle ega hoidnud oma kätt tagasi neid hävitamast; ta pani leinama kaitsevalli ja müüri, need varisesid üheskoos.

9 Selle väravad vajusid maasse, ta hävitas ja murdis riivid. Selle kuningas ja vürstid on paganate seas, kus ei ole Seadust, prohvetidki ei saa seal Issandalt nägemust.

10 Vaikides istuvad maas Siioni tütre vanemad: nad on riputanud enesele tuhka pähe, rõivastunud kotiriidesse. Oma pea on painutanud maani Jeruusalemma neitsid.

11 Mu silmad on pisaraist kibedad, mu sisemus käärib, mu maks on valatud maha mu rahva tütre murdumise pärast. Sest linna turgudel on nõrkenud lapsed ja imikud.

12 Nad küsivad emadelt: 'Kus on leib ja vein?', kui nad nõrkevad nagu haavatud linna turgudel, kui nad heidavad hinge oma ema süles.

13 Mida võiksin sulle tunnistada, millega sind võrrelda, Jeruusalemma tütar? Mida võiksin pidada sinu sarnaseks, et sind trööstida, neitsi, Siioni tütar? Sest su purustus on suur nagu meri, kes suudaks sind parandada!

14 Su prohvetid on kuulutanud sulle vääri ja mõttetuid nägemusi; aga nad ei ole paljastanud su süüd, et pöörata su saatust, vaid on sulle ilmutanud petlikke ja eksitavaid ennustusi.

15 Kõik teekäijad löövad sinu pärast käsi kokku, nad vilistavad ja vangutavad pead Jeruusalemma tütre pärast: 'Kas see on linn, mille kohta öeldi: ilu täius, kogu maa rõõm?'

16 Kõik su vaenlased ajavad oma suud ammuli su vastu, nad vilistavad ja kiristavad hambaid, nad ütlevad: 'Me oleme ta neelanud. See on tõesti päev, mida oleme oodanud, nüüd on see käes, me oleme seda näinud.'

17 Issand tegi, mida ta oli otsustanud, tegi tõeks oma sõna, mida ta oli kuulutanud muistsest ajast: ta lõhkus maha ega halastanud, ta laskis vaenlasel su pärast rõõmu tunda, ta kergitas su rõhujate sarve.

18 Nende süda kisendab Issanda poole. Siioni tütre müür, lase pisarail voolata jõena päeval ja öösel! Ära luba enesele lõtvust, ärgu olgu su silmateral rahu!

19 Tõuse, karju öösel vahikordade alguses! Vala oma süda välja kui vesi Issanda palge ette! Tõsta oma käed tema poole oma laste elu pärast, kes on näljast nõrkemas igal tänavanurgal!

20 Vaata, Issand, ja silmitse, kellele sa nõnda oled teinud: kas naised peavad sööma oma ihuvilja, terveina sündinud lapsi? Kas tohib Issanda pühamus tappa preestrit ja prohvetit?

21 Tänavail lamab maas noor ja vana, mu neitsid ja noored mehed langesid mõõga läbi. Sina surmasid oma vihapäeval, tapsid, ei andnud armu.

22 Sa kutsusid kokku nagu pidupäevaks mu vaenlased igalt poolt; Issanda vihapäeval ei jäänud põgenikku ega pääsenut: neile, keda olin ilmale toonud ja kasvatanud, tegi mu vaenlane lõpu.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 1460

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1460. That 'there was a famine in the land' means a lack of cognitions which still existed with the Lord when He was a boy is clear from what has been stated already. In childhood the cognitions that reside with man never come from that which is interior but from the objects of the senses, most of all from hearing; for, as has been stated, with the external man there are recipient vessels which are called those of the memory. Those vessels, as anyone may know, are formed by means of cognitions, the internal man flowing in and assisting that formation. Consequently the learning of cognitions and their implantation in the memory take place in the measure that the internal man is flowing in. So also with the Lord when a boy, for He was born as any other and received instruction as any other. But in His case the interiors were celestial, which fashioned the vessels to receive cognitions, and after that these cognitions to become vessels for receiving the Divine. The interiors with Him were Divine, being from Jehovah His Father, but the exteriors were human, being from Mary His mother. From this it becomes clear that in childhood a lack of cognitions within His external man existed with the Lord as much as with all others.

[2] That 'famine' means a lack of cognitions is clear from elsewhere in the Word, as in Isaiah,

They do not look closely at the work of Jehovah, and they do not regard what His hands have done. Therefore My people will go into exile because they have no knowledge, and their honourable men will be famished,' and their multitude parched with thirst. Isaiah 5:12-13.

'Honourable men famished 1 stands for a lack of celestial cognitions, 'multitude parched with thirst' for a lack of spiritual cognitions. In Jeremiah,

They have lied against Jehovah and said, It is not He; and no evil will come upon us; neither shall we see sword and famine. And the prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them. Jeremiah 5:12-13.

'Sword and famine' stands for becoming robbed of cognitions of truth and good. 'Prophets' stands for those who teach, in whom 'the word is not'. That 'being consumed by sword and famine' means becoming robbed of cognitions of truth and good, and that these have to do with vastation, 'sword' as to spiritual things, 'famine' as to celestial things, is clear from many parts of the Word, such as Jeremiah 14:13-16, 18; Lamentations 4:9; and elsewhere.

[3] So also in Ezekiel,

I will bring more famine upon you, and will break for you the staff of bread; and I will send famine and evil beasts upon you, and they will rob you of your children. And I will bring the sword upon you. Ezekiel 5:16-17.

'Famine' stands for when one has been robbed of celestial cognitions, or cognitions of good, and therefore falsities and evils occur. In David,

And He summoned a famine over the land, He broke every staff of bread. Psalms 105:16.

'Breaking the staff of bread' stands for being deprived of celestial nourishment, for the life of good spirits and of angels is sustained by no other food than cognitions of good and truth, and by goods and truths themselves. This is the origin of the meaning in the internal sense of famine and bread. In the same author,

He has satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He has filled with good. Psalms 107:9.

This stands for those desiring cognitions. In Jeremiah,

Lift up your hands for the soul of your little children who faint from famine at the head of every street. Lamentations 2:19.

'Famine' stands for an absence of cognitions, 'streets' for truths. In Ezekiel,

They will dwell securely and not be made afraid; and I shall raise up for them a plant for renown, and they will no more be consumed with famine in the land. Ezekiel 34:28-29.

This stands for their being deprived no longer of the cognitions of good and truth.

[4] In John,

They will not hunger any more, nor thirst any more. Revelation 7:16.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom where they have an abundance of all celestial cognitions and goods, meant by 'not hungering', and of spiritual cognitions and truths, meant by 'not thirsting'. The Lord said something similar, in John,

I am the Bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. John 6:35.

In Luke,

Blessed are you that hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Luke 6:21.

In the same gospel,

He has filled the hungry with good things. Luke 1:53.

This refers to celestial goods and the cognitions of these. In Amos there is a plain statement that 'famine' means the lack of cognitions,

Behold, the days are coming, when I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah. Amos 8:11-12.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, their glory will be mortals of famine

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