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Richter 5

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1 Und Debora und Barak, der Sohn Abinoams, sangen an selbigem Tage und sprachen:

2 Weil Führer führten in Israel, weil freiwillig sich stellte das Volk, preiset Jehova!

3 Höret, ihr Könige; horchet auf, ihr Fürsten! Ich will, ja, ich will Jehova singen, will singen und spielen (Eig. will singspielen) Jehova, dem Gott Israels!

4 Jehova! als du auszogest von Seir, als du einherschrittest vom Gefilde Edoms, da erzitterte die Erde; auch troffen die Himmel, auch troffen die Wolken von Wasser.

5 Die Berge erbebten (O. zerflossen) vor Jehova, jener Sinai vor Jehova, dem Gott Israels.

6 In den Tagen Schamgars, des Sohnes Anaths, in den Tagen Jaels feierten die Pfade, und die Wanderer betretener Wege (O. und die auf Wegen zogen) gingen krumme Pfade.

7 Es feierten die Landstädte (Eig. das offene Land. O. die Anführer) in Israel, sie feierten, bis ich, Debora, aufstand, bis ich aufstand, eine Mutter in Israel.

8 Es (d. h. Israel; and.: Man) erwählte neue Götter; da war Streit an den Toren! Ward wohl Schild und Lanze gesehen unter 40000 in Israel?

9 Mein Herz gehört den Führern Israels, denen, die sich freiwillig stellten im Volke. Preiset Jehova!

10 Die ihr reitet auf weißroten (Eig. weiß- und rotgefleckten) Eselinnen, die ihr sitzet auf Teppichen, und die ihr wandelt auf dem Wege, singet! (O. sinnet)

11 Fern von (O. Wegen) der Stimme der Bogenschützen, (And.: Lauter als die (oder: Wegen der) Stimme der Beuteverteilenden) zwischen den Schöpfrinnen, dort sollen sie preisen die gerechten Taten Jehovas, die gerechten Taten an seinen Landstädten (O. seiner Führung) in Israel. Da zog das Volk Jehovas hinab zu den Toren.

12 Wache auf, wache auf, Debora! Wache auf, wache auf, sprich ein Lied! Mache dich auf, Barak, und führe gefangen deine Gefangenen, Sohn Abinoams!

13 Da zog hinab ein Überrest der Edlen und des Volkes; (O. ein Überrest des Volkes zu den Edlen) Jehova zog zu mir herab unter den Helden. (O. wider die Starken)

14 Von Ephraim zogen hinab, deren Stammsitz (W. Wurzel; vergl. Kap. 12,15) unter Amalek ist; hinter dir her Benjamin, unter deinen Völkern; von Makir zogen hinab die Führer, und von Sebulon, die den Feldherrnstab halten.

15 Und die Fürsten in Issaschar waren mit Debora; und Issaschar gleich Barak; er wurde seinen Füßen nach ins Tal gesandt. An den Bächen ubens waren große Beschlüsse des Herzens.

16 Warum bliebest du zwischen den Hürden, das Flöten bei den Herden (Eig. der Herden) zu hören? An den Bächen ubens waren große Beratungen des Herzens.

17 Gilead ruhte jenseit des Jordan; und Dan, warum weilte er auf Schiffen? Aser blieb am Gestade des Meeres, (Eig. der Meere) und an seinen Buchten ruhte er.

18 Sebulon ist ein Volk, das seine Seele dem Tode preisgab, auch Naphtali auf den Höhen des Gefildes.

19 Könige kamen, sie stritten; da stritten die Könige Kanaans zu Taanak an den Wassern Megiddos: Beute an Silber trugen sie nicht davon.

20 Vom Himmel her stritten, (O. wurde gestritten) von ihren Bahnen aus stritten die Sterne mit Sisera.

21 Der Bach Kison riß sie hinweg, der Bach der Urzeit, der Bach Kison. Du, meine Seele, tratest die Starken nieder! (O. schrittest einher in Kraft)

22 Da stampften die Hufe der osse vom ennen, dem ennen ihrer Gewaltigen.

23 Fluchet Meros! spricht der Engel Jehovas, verfluchet seine Bewohner! Denn sie sind nicht Jehova zu Hülfe gekommen, Jehova zu Hülfe unter den Helden. (O. wider die Starken)

24 Gesegnet vor Weibern sei Jael, das Weib Hebers, des Keniters, vor Weibern in Zelten Gesegnet!

25 Wasser verlangte er, Milch gab sie; in einer Schale der Edlen reichte sie geronnene Milch.

26 Ihre Hand streckte sie aus nach dem Pflocke und ihre echte nach dem Hammer der Arbeiter; und sie hämmerte auf Sisera, zerschmetterte sein Haupt und zerschlug und durchbohrte seine Schläfe.

27 Zwischen ihren Füßen krümmte er sich, fiel, lag da; zwischen ihren Füßen krümmte er sich, fiel; da, wo er sich krümmte, fiel er überwältigt.

28 Durchs Fenster schaute aus Siseras Mutter und rief ängstlich durch das Gitter: warum zaudert sein Wagen zu kommen? Warum zögern die Tritte seiner Gespanne?

29 Die Klugen unter ihren Edelfrauen antworten ihr, und sie selbst erwidert sich ihre eden:

30 Finden sie nicht, teilen sie nicht Beute? ein Mädchen, zwei Mädchen auf den Kopf eines Mannes? Beute an bunten Gewändern für Sisera, Beute an buntgewirkten Gewändern; zwei buntgewirkte Gewänder für den Hals der Gefangenen. - (W. der Beute. And. l.: der Königin)

31 Also mögen umkommen alle deine Feinde, Jehova! aber die ihn lieben, seien wie die Sonne aufgeht in ihrer Kraft! -Und das Land hatte uhe vierzig Jahre.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 439

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439. Of the tribe of Naphtali were sealed twelve thousand. That this signifies regeneration and temptation, is evident from the representation, and thence the signification of Napthali and his tribe, as denoting temptation, and also the state that follows it. And because temptations take place for the sake of regeneration, regeneration also is signified by Napthali. That those who are being regenerated undergo temptations, may be seen in the Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 187-201). That Napthali, and consequently the tribe named from him, signify temptation, and the state that follows it, and therefore also regeneration, is clear from these words of Rachel, when Bilhah her handmaid bare him:

"And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. And Rachel said, With wrestlings of God have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali" (Genesis 30:7, 8).

The wrestlings of God signify spiritual temptations. And because Rachel represented the internal church, which is spiritual, and Leah, the external church, which is natural, it is evident that by Rachel wrestling with her sister and prevailing signifies combat between the spiritual man and the natural, in which all temptation consists. For the spiritual man loves and wills the things pertaining to heaven, because he is in heaven, while the natural man loves and wills the things pertaining to the world, because he is in the world, and therefore the desires of each are opposite; for this reason there is a collision or combat which is called temptation.

[2] That Naphtali here signifies temptation, and the state which follows it, and thence regeneration, is further evident from the following passages; thus from the blessing by his father Israel:

"Naphtali is a hind let loose; giving goodly words" (Genesis 49:21).

Naphtali here signifies the state after temptation, which state is full of joy from affection because the spiritual and the natural and good and truth are conjoined; for they are conjoined by temptations. A hind let loose, signifies the freedom of natural affection; giving goodly words, signifies gladness of mind. For a further explanation of these things, see Arcana Coelestia 6412, 6413, 6414),

[3] and also from the blessing pronounced on Napthali by Moses:

"And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full of the blessing of Jehovah; possess thou the west and the south" (Deuteronomy 33:23).

Here also the state after temptation is described, or that state in which man is filled with all the good of love, and with truths therefrom. For after temptations he is filled with joy, and the fructification of good, and the multiplication of truth then take place with him. To be filled with the good of love, is meant by being satisfied with the favour of Jehovah; and to be filled with truths thence, is signified by being full of the blessing of Jehovah; the resulting enlightenment and affection for truth, are signified by "possess thou the west and the south"; the affection of truth is signified by the west, and enlightenment by the south. It is said, "possess thou the west and the south" because those who are elevated into heaven, after instruction, are carried through the west to the south, thus through the affection for truth into the light of truth.

[4] The same is signified by Naphtali, in the song of Deborah and Barak, in the book of Judges:

"Zebulun, a people that devoted the soul to die, and Naphtali upon the high places of the field" (5:18).

These were the two tribes which fought against Sisera, the captain of the army of Jabin, king of Canaan, and conquered, the other ten tribes remaining at rest; and by this was represented spiritual combat against the evils which infest the church, as is also evident from the prophetic song of Deborah and Barak, in which that fact is treated of. The tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali alone fought, because Zebulun signifies the conjunction of good and truth, which makes the church, and Naphtali, combat against the evils and falsities that infest it, and resist the conjunction of good and truth, and therefore by both are signified reformation and regeneration. The heights of the field, signify the interior things of the church, from which there is combat. Zebulun and Naphtali together, also signify reformation and regeneration by means of temptations, in Isaiah (8:22; 9:1); and thence in Matthew (4:12-16).

[5] But in the highest sense, Zebulun and Naphtali signify the union of the Divine and Human in the Lord, for in the highest sense the subject is the Lord alone in regard generally to the glorification of His Human, the subjugation of the hells, and the arrangement of the heavens by Him. In this sense Zebulun and Naphtali are mentioned in David:

"They have seen thy steps, O God; the steps of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. The singers went before, the players on instruments after, in the midst of virgins playing with timbrels, Bless ye God in the congregations, the Lord from the fountain of Israel. There is little Benjamin their ruler, the princes of Judah their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. Thy God hath commanded thy strength; shew thyself powerful, O God; this thou hast wrought for us out of thy temple at Jerusalem. Kings shall bring presents unto thee. Rebuke the wild beast of the reed, the congregation of the mighty among the calves of the peoples, trampling down pieces of silver, he scattered the people, they desire wars. Fatlings shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall stretch out her hands unto God" (Psalm 68:24-31).

The subjects treated of here in the spiritual sense, are, the coming of the Lord, the glorification of His Human, the subjugation of the hells, and consequent salvation. The celebration of the Lord, on account of His coming, is described in these words: "They have seen thy steps, O God; the steps of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. The singers went before, the players on instruments after, in the midst of the virgins playing with timbrels. Bless ye God in the congregations, the Lord from the fountain of Israel." This may be seen explained in detail above (n. 340:4). There is little Benjamin their ruler, signifies the innocence of the Lord, by which He wrought and performed all things. The princes of Judah their council, signifies the Divine Truth from the Divine Good. The glorification or union of the Divine and Human, by His own power, is signified by the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. Thy God hath commanded thy strength; shew thyself powerful, O God; this thou hast wrought for us out of thy temple at Jerusalem, signifies that hence Divine power belongs to the Lord's Human. The temple signifies the Divine Human of the Lord, and Jerusalem the church for which He did this. Rebuke the wild beast of the reed, the congregation of the mighty among the calves of the peoples, trampling down pieces of silver, he scattered the people, they desire wars, signifies the subjugation of the hells. The wild beast of the reed and the congregation of the mighty, denote the Scientific of the natural man perverting the truths and goods of the church; the calves of the peoples denote the goods of the church; the pieces of silver the truths of the church; he scattered the people, they desire wars signifies to pervert the truths of the church and to reason against them.

[6] By the subjugation of the hells is meant the subjugation of the natural man. For in the natural man there are evils from hell, because therein are the delights of the loves of self and of the world, and the scientifics that confirm them; and these delights, when they are regarded as ends and rule, are contrary to the goods and truths of the church. That the natural man, when subjugated, supplies concordant scientifics and the knowledges of good and truth, is signified by "fatlings shall come out of Egypt"; Ethiopia shall stretch out her hands unto God. Egypt denotes the natural man in regard to scientifics, and Ethiopia, the natural man in regard to the knowledges of truth and good. From these few instances it is evident that Napthali and his tribe in the Word, signify in the highest sense, the Lord's own power, from which He subjugated the hells, and glorified His Human; in the internal sense, temptation, and the state after temptation; and in the external sense resistance from the natural man; therefore Napthali also signifies reformation and regeneration, because these are the effects of temptations.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.