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1 Και ιδων ο Βαλααμ οτι ητο αρεστον ενωπιον του Κυριου να ευλογηση τον Ισραηλ, δεν υπηγε, καθως αλλοτε, να ζητηση μαντειας, αλλ' εστησε το προσωπον αυτου προς την ερημον.

2 Και ανυψωσεν ο Βαλααμ τους οφθαλμους αυτου και ειδε τον Ισραηλ κατεσκηνωμενον κατα τας φυλας αυτων· και ηλθεν επ' αυτον το πνευμα του Θεου.

3 Και αρχισας την παραβολην αυτου ειπε, Βαλααμ ο υιος του Βεωρ ειπε, και ο ανθρωπος, ο εχων ανοικτους τους οφθαλμους αυτου, ειπεν·

4 ειπεν εκεινος, οστις ηκουσε τα λογια του Θεου, Οστις ειδεν ορασιν του Παντοδυναμου, πεσων εις εκστασιν, εχων ομως ανοικτους τους οφθαλμους αυτου.

5 Ποσον ωραιαι ειναι αι κατοικιαι σου, Ιακωβ, αι σκηναι σου, Ισραηλ.

6 Ως κοιλαδες ειναι εξηπλωμεναι, ως παραδεισοι εις οχθας ποταμου, ως δενδρα αλοης τα οποια εφυτευσεν ο Κυριος, ως κεδροι πλησιον των υδατων.

7 Θελει εκχεει υδωρ εκ της αντλιας αυτου, και το σπερμα αυτου θελει εισθαι εις υδατα πολλα, και ο βασιλευς αυτου θελει εισθαι υψηλοτερος του Αγαγ, και η βασιλεια αυτου θελει μεγαλυνθη.

8 Ο Θεος εξηγαγεν αυτον εξ Αιγυπτου· εχει ως δυναμιν μονοκερωτος· θελει καταφαγει τα εθνη τους πολεμιους αυτου, και θελει συντριψει τα οστα αυτων, και θελει κατατοξευσει αυτους με τα βελη αυτου.

9 Αναπεσων, εκοιμηθη ως λεων, και ως σκυμνος λεοντος· τις θελει εξεγειρει αυτον; Ευλογημενος ο ευλογων σε και κατηραμενος ο καταρωμενος σε.

10 Και εξηφθη ο θυμος του Βαλακ εναντιον του Βαλααμ και συνεκροτησε τας χειρας αυτου· και ειπεν ο Βαλακ προς τον Βαλααμ, δια να καταρασθης τους εχθρους μου σε εκαλεσα· και ιδου, συ ευλογων ευλογησας αυτους τριτην ταυτην φοραν·

11 τωρα λοιπον φυγε εις τον τοπον σου· ελεγον να σε τιμησω με τιμας· αλλ' ιδου, ο Κυριος σε εστερησε της τιμης.

12 Και ειπεν ο Βαλααμ προς τον Βαλακ, Δεν ειπον και προς τους απεσταλμενους σου, τους οποιους απεστειλας προς εμε, λεγων,

13 Και αν μοι δωση ο Βαλακ την οικιαν αυτου πληρη αργυριου και χρυσιου, δεν δυναμαι να παραβω την προσταγην του Κυριου, ωστε να καμω καλον η κακον απ' εμαυτου, αλλ' ο, τι ο Κυριος λαληση, τουτο θελω ειπει;

14 και τωρα, ιδου, εγω υπαγω προς τον λαον μου· ελθε λοιπον να σοι φανερωσω τι θελει καμει ο λαος ουτος εις τον λαον σου εις τας εσχατας ημερας.

15 Και αρχισας την παραβολην αυτου ειπε, Βαλααμ ο υιος του Βεωρ ειπε, και ο ανθρωπος, ο εχων ανοικτους τους οφθαλμους αυτου, ειπεν·

16 ειπεν εκεινος, οστις ηκουσε τα λογια του Θεου, και ελαβε την γνωσιν του Υψιστου, οστις ειδεν ορασιν του Παντοδυναμου, πεσων εις εκστασιν, εχων ομως ανοικτους τους οφθαλμους αυτου·

17 Θελω ιδει αυτον, αλλ' ουχι τωρα· θελω θεωρησει αυτον, αλλ' ουχι εκ του πλησιον· θελει ανατειλει αστρον εξ Ιακωβ, και θελει αναστηθη σκηπτρον εκ του Ισραηλ, και θελει παταξει τους αρχηγους Μωαβ, και εξολοθρευσει παντας τους υιους του Σηθ·

18 και ο Εδωμ θελει εισθαι κληρονομια, και ο Σηειρ θελει εισθαι κληρονομια εις τους εχθρους αυτου· και ο Ισραηλ θελει πραξει εν ισχυι·

19 και θελει εξελθει εξ Ιακωβ ο εξουσιαζων, και θελει εξολοθρευσει τον διασωθεντα εκ της πολεως.

20 Και ιδων τον Αμαληκ, ηρχισε την παραβολην αυτου και ειπεν, Ο Αμαληκ ειναι αρχη των εθνων· αλλ' εν τω τελει αυτου θελει αφανισθη.

21 Και ιδων τον Κεναιον, ηρχισε την παραβολην αυτου και ειπεν, Ισχυρα ειναι η κατοικια σου, και θετεις την φωλεαν σου επι την πετραν·

22 πλην ο Κεναιος θελει καταπορθηθη, εωσου σε φερη αιχμαλωτον ο Ασσουρ.

23 Και επανελαβε την παραβολην αυτου και ειπεν, Ω τις θελει ζησει, οταν ο Θεος καμη τουτο;

24 Και πλοια θελουσιν ελθει απο των παραλιων των Κητιαιων, και θελουσι καταθλιψει τον Ασσουρ, και θελουσι καταθλιψει τον Εβερ· αλλα και εκεινοι θελουσιν εξαφανισθη.

25 Και σηκωθεις ο Βαλααμ ανεχωρησε και επεστρεψεν εις τον τοπον αυτου· ο δε Βαλακ απηλθε και αυτος εις την οδον αυτου.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 406

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406. And a third of the ships were destroyed. This symbolically means that concepts of goodness and truth from the Word that are serviceable for application to life, in them had all been destroyed.

A third means, symbolically, all, as in nos. 400, 404, 405 above. Ships symbolize concepts of goodness and truth from the Word that are serviceable for application to life. Ships have this symbolism because ships travel the sea and bring back the necessities that the natural self needs for its every endeavor, and concepts of goodness and truth are the necessities that the spiritual self needs for its every endeavor. For out of them is formed the doctrine of the church, and in accordance with that a person's life.

Ships symbolize these concepts because they are vessels, and in many places in the Word a vessel is used to express what it contains, as a cup for wine, a dish for food, the Tabernacle or Temple for the sacred objects in it, the Ark for the Law, altars for worship, and so on.

[2] Ships symbolize concepts of goodness and truth in the following places:

Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore, and serve as a haven for ships... (Genesis 49:13)

Zebulun means the conjunction of goodness and truth.

Your builders (O Tyre) have perfected your beauty. They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast. Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; they made your beam of ivory, your deck of pines from the isles of Kittim... Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; your wise men were... your shipmasters... All the ships of the sea and their sailors were in you to market your merchandise... Ships of Tarshish were your companies in your commerce, by which you were filled and honored greatly in the midst of the seas. (Ezekiel 27:4-9, 25)

This is said of Tyre, because Tyre in the Word symbolizes the church in respect to its concepts of truth and goodness, as can be seen from the particulars about it in this chapter, and in the following one, chapter 28, understood in its spiritual sense. Moreover, because the church's concepts of truth and goodness are symbolically meant by Tyre, therefore the ship is described in its various parts, and each part symbolizes some aspect of those concepts leading to intelligence. What does the Word have in common with ships of Tyre and its commerce?

[3] The devastation of that same church is afterward described in the following way:

The common-land will shake at the sound of the cry of your shipmasters, and all who handle the oar will come down from your ships; all the sailors and shipmasters of the sea... because of you will cry bitterly... (Ezekiel 27:28-30; see also Isaiah 23:14-15)

The devastation of Babylon is similarly described in respect to all its concepts of truth in the following verses in the book of Revelation:

...in one hour such great riches were devastated. Every shipmaster, and everyone traveling on ships, and sailors... cried out... saying, "Alas, alas, the great city (Babylon), in which all became rich who had ships on the sea...." (Revelation 18:17, 19)

See below for the exposition.

[4] Ships symbolize concepts of truth and goodness also in the following places:

My days have been swift...; they fled away, they saw no good. They passed by with ships of longing... (Job 9:25-26)

Those who go down to the sea in ships, doing work on many waters, they see the works of Jehovah, and His wonders in the deep. (Psalms 107:23-24)

...the coastlands shall trust in Me, and ships of Tarshish will be first to bring your sons from afar... (Isaiah 60:9)

...the kings assembled...; fear took hold of them... With an east wind You will break the ships of Tarshish. (Psalms 18:4, 6-7)

Wail, you ships of Tarshish! (Isaiah 23:1, 14)

And so on elsewhere, as in Numbers 24:24, Judges 5:17, Psalms 104:26, Isaiah 33:21.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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