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Matteus 13

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1 Sel päeval väljus Jeesus sealt kojast ja istus maha mere ääre.

2 Ja palju rahvast kogunes Tema juure, nii et Ta pidi astuma paati ja maha istuma. Ja kõik rahvas seisis rannal.

3 Ja Ta rääkis neile palju tähendamissõnadega ning ütles: „Vaata, külvaja läks välja külvama.

4 Ja kui ta külvas, kukkus muist tee ääre, ja linnud tulid ja sõid selle ära.

5 Muist kukkus kaljuse maa peale, kus tal ei olnud palju mulda. Ja see tärkas ruttu, sest tal ei olnud sügavat maad.

6 Aga kui päike tõusis, kõrbes ta, ja et tal ei olnud juurt, kuivas ta ära.

7 Muist kukkus ohakate sekka ja ohakad tõusid ja lämmatasid selle.

8 Aga muist kukkus hea maa peale ja kandis vilja, mõni iva sada seemet, mõni kuuskümmend ja mõni kolmkümmend.

9 Kellel kõrvad on, see kuulgu!”

10 Siis jüngrid astusid Ta juure ja ütlesid Temale: „Mispärast Sa räägid neile tähendamissõnadega?”

11 Tema kostis ning ütles: „Teile on antud mõista Taevariigi saladusi, neile aga ei ole antud.

12 Sest kellel on, sellele antakse, ja tal on küllalt; aga kellel ei ole, sellelt võetakse ka see, mis tal on!

13 Sellepärast Ma räägin neile tähendamissõnadega, et nad nähes ei näeks ja kuuldes ei kuuleks ega mõistaks!

14 Ja nende kohta läheb täide prohvet Jesaja ennustus, mis ütleb: Kuuldes te kuulete ega mõista, ja nähes te näete ega taipa!

15 Sest sellesinase rahva süda on tuimaks läinud ja nad kuulevad raskesti oma kõrvadega ja sulevad oma silmad, et nad silmadega ei näeks ja kõrvadega ei kuuleks ja südamega ei mõistaks ega pöörduks, et Mina neid parandaksin!

16 Aga õndsad on teie silmad, et nad näevad, ja teie kõrvad, et nad kuulevad!

17 Sest tõesti, Ma ütlen teile, paljud prohvetid ja õiged on igatsenud näha, mida teie näete, ega ole näinud, ja kuulda, mida teie kuulete, ega ole kuulnud!

18 Kuulge siis teie nüüd tähendamissõna külvajast:

19 Kui keegi Kuningriigi sõna kuuleb ega saa aru, siis tuleb tige ja kisub ära selle, mis oli külvatud ta südamesse. Seda tähendab see, mis külvati tee ääre.

20 Mis kaljuse maa peale külvati tähendab seda, kes sõna kuuleb ja võtab selle kohe rõõmuga vastu;

21 temal aga ei ole juurt eneses, vaid ta on ainult üürikeseks: kui viletsus ning kiusatus tuleb sõna pärast, taganeb ta varsti.

22 Aga mis ohakate sekka külvati, tähendab seda, kes küll sõna kuuleb, maailma mure ja rikkuse pettus aga lämmatab sõna ära ja see jääb viljatumaks.

23 Ent mis külvati hea maa peale, tähendab seda, kes sõna kuuleb ning saab sellest aru ja kannab ka vilja; ja mõni annab sada seemet, mõni kuuskümmend, mõni kolmkümmend!”

24 Teise tähendamissõna esitas Ta neile ning ütles: „Taevariik on mehe sarnane, kes oma põllule külvas hea seemne.

25 Aga inimeste magades tuli ta vaenlane ja külvas lustet nisu sekka ja läks ära.

26 Kui nüüd oras kasvas ja vili hakkas looma, siis tuli ka luste nähtavale.

27 Aga majaisanda orjad tulid tema juure ning ütlesid temale: Isand, eks sa külvanud head seemet oma põllule, kust tuleb sellele nüüd lustet?

28 Tema ütles neile: Seda on teinud vaenuline inimene. Siis ütlesid orjad temale: Kas sa nüüd tahad, et me läheme ja selle kokku kogume?

29 Aga tema ütles: Ei, et te lustet katkudes ühes sellega ei kisuks välja ka nisu.

30 Laske mõlemad ühtlasi kasvada lõikuseks, ja lõikuseajal Ma ütlen lõikajaile: Koguge enne lusted ja siduge vihku ärapõletamiseks, nisu aga koguge kokku mu aita!”

31 Teise tähendamissõna Ta esitas neile ning ütles: „Taevariik on sinepiivakese sarnane, mille mees võttis ning külvas oma põllule.

32 See on küll kõige väiksem kõigist seemneist, aga kui see on kasvanud, on see suurim aiataimedest ja saab puuks, nii et taeva linnud tulevad ja teevad pesad ta okstele!”

33 Teise tähendamissõna Ta rääkis neile: „Taevariik on haputaigna sarnane, mille naine võttis ja segas kolme vaka jahu sekka, kuni kõik läks hapnema!”

34 Seda kõike rääkis Jeesus rahvale tähendamissõnadega ja ilma tähendamissõnata ei rääkinud Ta neile midagi,

35 et läheks täide, mis on üteldud prohveti kaudu: „Ma avan Oma suu tähendamissõnades ja kuulutan, mis on olnud salajas maailma algusest!”

36 Siis Jeesus laskis rahvahulgad ära minna ja tuli koju. Ja Ta jüngrid astusid Tema juure ning ütlesid: „Seleta meile tähendamissõna põllulustest.”

37 Tema kostis ja ütles: „Kes head seemet külvab, on Inimese Poeg.

38 Põld on maailm; hea seeme on Kuningriigi lapsed, lusted aga on tigeda lapsed.

39 Vaenlane, kes neid külvab, on kurat. Aga lõikus on maailma-ajastu lõpp; lõikajad on Inglid.

40 Otsegu nüüd umbrohi kogutakse ja tulega ära põletatakse, nõnda peab ka sündima selle maailma-ajastu lõpul.

41 Inimese Poeg läkitab Oma Inglid ja Nemad koguvad Tema Kuningriigist kõik pahandused ja kõik need, kes teevad, mis on käsu vastu,

42 ja heidavad nad tuleahju; seal on ulumine ja hammaste kiristamine.

43 Siis paistavad õiged nagu päike Oma Isa Kuningriigis. Kel kõrvad on, see kuulgu!

44 Taevariik on põllusse peidetud varanduse sarnane, mille mees leidis ning kinni kattis, ja läks sealt ära rõõmsana selle üle ja müüs ära kõik, mis tal oli, ja ostis selle põllu.

45 Taas on Taevariik kaupmehe sarnane, kes otsis ilusaid pärle,

46 ja kui ta oli leidnud ühe kalli pärli, läks ta ja müüs kõik, mis tal oli, ning ostis selle.

47 Taas on Taevariik nooda sarnane, mis merre heideti ja kokku vedas kõiksugu kalu.

48 Ja kui see täis sai, veeti ta randa, ja istuti maha ning koguti head astjatesse, aga halvad visati ära.

49 Nõnda sünnib maailma-ajastu lõpul: Inglid väljuvad ja eraldavad kurjad õigete hulgast

50 ja heidavad nad tuleahju; seal on ulumine ja hammaste kiristamine.

51 Kas te olete aru saanud kõigest sellest?” Nad ütlesid Temale: „Jah!”

52 Siis Ta ütles neile: „Seepärast on iga kirjatundja, kes on õpetatud Taevariigi jaoks, majaisandmehe sarnane, kes toob esile oma tagavarast uut ja vana!”

53 Ja sündis, kui Jeesus oli lõpetanud need tähendamissõnad, et Ta läks sealt ära.

54 Ja Ta tuli Oma kodukohta ja õpetas neid nende kogudusekojas, nii et nad hämmastusid ning ütlesid: „Kust on Sellel see tarkus ja need vägevad teod?

55 Eks Tema ole see puusepa poeg? Eks Ta Ema nimetata Maarjaks ja Ta vendi Jakoobuseks ja Jooseseks ja Siimonaks ja Juudaks?

56 Ja eks Ta õed kõik ole meie juures? Kust siis Temale see kõik on tulnud?”

57 Ja nad pahandusid Temast. Aga Jeesus ütles neile: „Ei peeta prohvetist kuskil nii vähe lugu kui kodukohas ja ta omas majas!”

58 Ja Ta ei teinud seal mitte palju vägevaid tegusid nende uskmatuse pärast.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 2967

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2967. 'Current with the merchant' means in conformity with their state. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'a merchant', and, from this, of 'current with the merchant'. In the Word 'a merchant' means people who possess cognitions of good and truth, while 'merchandise' means those cognitions themselves. Consequently 'silver current with the merchant' means truth to the extent that it can be received, or what amounts to the same, in conformity with each individual's state and ability. For the embodiment of some arcanum within this added phrase may be seen by anyone. The specific meaning of 'a merchant' and of 'merchandise' is dealt with below, but the general meaning of the whole phrase is this: Everyone who is being reformed and regenerated has charity and faith conferred on him from the Lord; but each individual receives these according to his ability and his state. For the evils and falsities which a person absorbs from earliest childhood make it impossible for one individual to receive what is given in the same way as any other receives it. Those evils and falsities must first undergo vastation before a person can be regenerated. The amount of celestial and spiritual life left following vastation determines how far what is then left can be enlightened with truth and enriched with good.

[2] It is the remnants, that is, the goods and truths from the Lord stored away in a person, that receive life at that time. The goods and truths acquired in the period from early childhood to when reformation takes place are with one person more, with another less. They are preserved in his internal man, and cannot be brought out until his external man has been brought into a state of correspondence with the internal, which is effected chiefly by means of temptations, and by many kinds of vastation. Indeed until bodily desires which are contrary to goods and truths - as is the nature of desires which constitute self-love and love of the world - become dormant, celestial and spiritual desires that belong to the affection for good and truth cannot enter in. This is the reason why each individual is reformed in conformity with his state and ability. This is also the Lord's teaching in the parable about a man who went away on a journey,

He called his servants and delivered to them his riches. To the first he gave five talents, to the second two, and to the third one, to each according to his own ability. He who received the five talents traded with them and earned five talents more. So too he who received the two earned two more. Matthew 25:14-17, and following verses.

The same teaching also occurs in the parable about the ten servants to whom he gave ten pounds to trade with, Luke 19:12-13, and following verses.

[3] As regards 'a merchant' meaning those who possess cognitions of good and truth and 'merchandise' meaning those cognitions themselves, this is clear from the places which have just been quoted from Matthew and Luke, and also from the following: In Ezekiel,

Say to Tyre, one that dwells upon the entrances of the sea, she that is the trader of the peoples to many islands: Tarshish was your merchant because of the abundance of all riches; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your wares. Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traders in the souls of men - and they gave vessels of bronze for your commerce. The sons of Dedan were your traders, many islands were the merchandise of your hand. Syria was your merchant in the multitude of your handyworks; Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders. Wheat of minnith and pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm, they exchanged for your commerce. Damascus was your merchant in the multitude of your handyworks because of the multitude of all riches - in the wine of Helbon and the wool of Zahar. And Dan and Javan exchanged yarn for your wares. Dedan was your trader in chariot-cloaks. 1 The Arab and all the princes of Kedar were the merchants of your hand in lambs, in rams and goats; in these they were your merchants. The traders of Sheba and Raamah, they were your traders in the best of every spice. Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the traders of Shebah; Asshur, Chilmad, was your trader. These were your traders in choice wares. Ezekiel 27:3, 12-13, 15-24.

These verses refer to Tyre, by which - as may be seen in 1201 and as is evident from all the specific details contained in these verses - cognitions of truth are meant. The tracings and merchandise, and also the wares, mentioned there have no other meaning, for which reason Tyre is described as 'one that dwells upon the entrances of the sea' - 'waters' meaning cognitions and 'the sea' a gathering together of these, 28. Tyre is also called 'the trader of the peoples to many islands', that is, extending even to those whose worship is more remote - 'islands' meaning more remote forms of worship, see 1158. What Tarshish means is explained in 1156, while 'silver, iron, tin, and lead' from there means truths in their own order even to the last, which are sensory truths - what 'silver' means being explained in 1551, 2048, 'iron' in 425, 426.

What 'Javan, Tubal and Meshech' means is explained in 1151-1153, 1155, while 'the souls of men' and 'vessels of bronze' from those places mean things that have to do with natural life - 'soul' meaning all life that comes from the Lord, 1000, 1040, 1436, 1742; 'vessels of bronze' the natural goods which receive that life, 425, 1551. What 'Dedan' means is explained in 1172, 'Syria' in 1232, 1234. 'Judah and the land of Israel were your traders in wheat of minnith and pannag, honey, oil, and balm' means celestial and spiritual things from the Word. The rest of the nations and their merchandise that are mentioned mean different genera and species of truth and good, and so the cognitions that exist with those meant by 'Tyre'.

[4] On such cognitions wisdom and understanding rest, as is quite clear in the same prophet where the following is stated,

Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, By your wisdom and by your intelligence you have gained riches for yourself and gained gold and silver in your treasuries. By the vastness of your wisdom, by your trading, you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up on account of your riches; therefore, behold, I am bringing strangers - the terrible of the nations - upon you. Ezekiel 28:2, 4-7.

Here it is quite evident that the commodities with which they traded mean cognitions of good and truth since there is no other source from which wisdom and intelligence may be derived. Hence the statement, 'By your wisdom and by your intelligence you have gained riches for yourself and gained gold and silver in your treasuries'. But when cognitions are sought for the selfish purpose of becoming pre-eminent, and of gaining either reputation or riches, they have no life, and those people who possess them are deprived of such altogether. In this life they are deprived of them by embracing falsities instead of truths and evils instead of goods, and in the next life too they are deprived altogether of those things that are true. This is why it is said, 'Because your heart is lifted up on account of your riches, therefore I am bringing strangers (meaning falsities) - the terrible of nations (meaning evils) - upon you'. And elsewhere in the same prophet,

Tyre is like [a city] destroyed in the midst of the sea. When your wares came out of the seas you satisfied many peoples; with the multitude of your riches and of your commerce you enriched the kings of the earth. Now you are broken by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your commerce and all your company have sunk in the midst of you. The merchants among the peoples hiss at you. 2 Ezekiel 27:32-34, 36.

And in Isaiah,

The prophecy concerning Tyre. The inhabitants of the island are silent, O merchant of Sidon passing over the sea; they have replenished you. On the great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the river, was her revenue and was the merchandise of nations. Who has purposed this against Tyre crowning itself, whose merchants were princes? Isaiah 23:2-3, 8.

This refers to the vastation of Tyre.

[5] Merchandise and wares are in a similar way spoken of in reference to Babylon, these being adulterated cognitions of good, and falsified cognitions of truth. In John,

Babylon has given all nations drink from the wine of the fury of her whoredom, and the kings of the earth have committed whoredom with her; and the merchants of the earth, have grown rich from the abundance of her luxuries. The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, since no one buys their wares any more, wares of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, etc. The merchants in these things who were made rich by her will stand far off for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning. Revelation 18:3, 11-12, 15.

'Babylon' means worship, the external features of which seem holy but the interior features are unholy, see 1182, 1283, 1295, 1304, 1306, 1326. From this it is evident what its merchandise and wares mean.

[6] That 'a merchant' means one who acquires to himself cognitions of truth and good, and from these intelligence and wisdom, is clear from the Lord's words in Matthew,

The kingdom of heaven is like a trader seeking fine pearls, who, having found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it. Matthew 13:45-46.

'A fine pearl' is charity or the good of faith.

[7] That all cognitions of good and truth come from the Lord is taught in Isaiah,

Thus said Jehovah, The labour of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush and of the Sabaeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours. They will follow after you, they will come over in chains and bow down to you. To you they will make the supplication, God is with you only, and there is no other besides God. Isaiah 45:14.

This refers to the Lord's Divine Human.

[8] From all these places one may now see what is meant by acting as a merchant, or buying and selling, namely acquiring cognitions of good and truth for oneself, and by means of these cognitions acquiring good itself. This good is acquired from the Lord alone, as is clear in the same prophet,

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters, and he who has no money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Isaiah 55:1-2.

Here 'buying' stands for acquiring for oneself, 'wine' stands for spiritual truth, 1071, 1798, 'milk' for spiritual good, 2184. Anyone may see that here 'coming to the waters' does not mean coming to the waters, nor that 'buying' means buying, nor 'money' money, nor 'wine and milk' wine and milk, but that each of these means something corresponding to it in the internal sense. For this is the Divine Word, in which all the expressions used - though fashioned out of things perceptible in the natural world and out of man's sensory impressions - have Divine spiritual and celestial things corresponding to them. In this and no other way is the Word Divinely inspired.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, garments of liberty for the chariot - possibly garments with loose sleeves

2. literally, gnash their teeth over you

  
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