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Daniel 11

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1 Or io, nell’anno primo di Dario Medo, sono stato presente per confortarlo, e per fortificarlo.

2 Ed ora, io ti dichiarerò cose vere. Ecco, vi saranno ancora tre re in Persia; poi il quarto acquisterà di gran ricchezze sopra tutti gli altri; e come egli si sarà fortificato nelle sue ricchezze, egli farà muover tutti contro al regno di Iavan.

3 Poi sorgerà un re possente, e valoroso; il quale possederà un grande imperio, e farà ciò ch’egli vorrà.

4 Ma tosto ch’egli sarà sorto, il suo regno sarà rotto, e sarà diviso per li quattro venti del cielo, e non alla sua progenie; e quello non sarà pari all’imperio che esso avrà posseduto; perciocchè il suo regno sarà stirpato, e sarà di altri, oltre a coloro.

5 E il re del Mezzodì si fortificherà, ed un altro de’ capitani d’esso; costui si fortificherà sopra quell’altro, e regnerà, e il suo imperio sarà grande.

6 E in capo d’alcuni anni, si congiungeranno insieme, e la figliuola del re del Mezzodì verrà al re del Settentrione, per far loro accordi; ma ella non potrà rattener la forza del braccio; e nè colui, nè il suo braccio, non potrà durare; e colei, insieme con quelli che l’avranno condotta, e il figliuolo di essa, e chi terrà la parte sua, saranno dati a morte in que’ tempi.

7 Ma d’un rampollo delle radici di essa sorgerà uno, nello stato di colui, il qual verrà con esercito, e verrà contro alle fortezze del re del Settentrione, e farà di gran fatti contro ad esse, e se ne impadronirà;

8 ed anche menerà in cattività in Egitto i lor dii, co’ lor principi, e co’ lor preziosi arredi d’oro, e d’argento; ed egli durerà per alquanti anni, senza tema del re del Settentrione.

9 E il re del Mezzodì verrà nel suo regno, e se ne ritornerà al suo paese.

10 Poi i figliuoli di colui entreranno in guerra, e aduneranno una moltitudine di grandi eserciti; e l’un d’essi verrà di subito, e inonderà, e passerà oltre; poi ritornerà ancora, e darà battaglia, e perverrà fino alla fortezza del re del Mezzodì.

11 E il re del Mezzodì, inasprito, uscirà fuori, e combatterà con lui, cioè col re del Settentrione, il qual leverà una gran moltitudine; ma quella moltitudine sarà data in man del re del Mezzodì.

12 E dopo ch’egli avrà disfatta quella moltitudine, il cuor suo s’innalzerà; onde, benchè abbia abbattute delle decine di migliaia, non però sarà fortificato.

13 E il re del Settentrione leverà di nuovo una moltitudine maggiore della primiera; e in capo di qualche tempo, ed anni, egli verrà con grosso esercito, e con grande apparecchio.

14 E in quei tempi molti si leveranno contro al re del Mezzodì; e degli uomini ladroni d’infra il tuo popolo si eleveranno, per adempier la visione; e caderanno.

15 E il re del Settentrione verrà, e farà degli argini, e prenderà le città delle fortezze; e le braccia del Mezzodì, e la scelta del suo popolo non potranno durare, e non vi sarà forza alcuna da resistere.

16 E colui che sarà venuto contro ad esso farà ciò che gli piacerà; e non vi sarà alcuno che gli possa stare a fronte; poi egli si fermerà nel paese della bellezza, il quale sarà consumato per man sua.

17 Poi egli imprenderà di venire con le forze di tutto il suo regno, offerendo condizioni d’accordo, onde egli verrà a capo; e darà a quell’altro una figliuola per moglie, corrompendola; ma ella non sarà costante, e non terrà per lui.

18 Poi egli volgerà la faccia alle isole, e ne prenderà molte; ma un capitano farà cessare il vituperio fattogli da colui; e, oltre a ciò, renderà a lui stesso il suo vituperio.

19 Poi egli volgerà la faccia alle fortezze del suo paese, e traboccherà, e caderà, e sarà rotto, e non sarà più trovato.

20 Poi sorgerà nello stato di esso, con maestà reale, uno che manderà attorno esattori: ma fra alquanti dì sarà rotto, non in ira, nè in guerra.

21 Appresso sorgerà nel suo stato uno sprezzato, al qual non sarà imposta la gloria reale; ma egli verrà quetamente, ed occuperà il regno per lusinghe.

22 E le braccia del paese inondato saranno inondate da lui, e saranno rotte, come anche il capo del patto.

23 E dopo l’accordo fatto con quell’altro, egli procederà con frode, e salirà, e si fortificherà con poca gente.

24 Egli entrerà nel riposo, e nei luoghi grassi della provincia, e farà cose, che i suoi padri, nè i padri de’ suoi padri, non avranno mai fatte; egli spargerà alla sua gente preda, spoglie, e richezze; e farà delle imprese contro alle fortezze; e ciò fino ad un tempo.

25 Poi egli moverà le sue forze, e il cuor suo, contro al re del Mezzodì, con grande esercito; e il re del Mezzodì, verrà a battaglia, con grande e potentissimo esercito; ma non potrà durare; perciocchè si faranno delle macchinazioni contro a lui.

26 E quelli che mangeranno il suo piatto lo romperanno; e l’esercito di colui inonderà il paese, e molti caderanno uccisi.

27 E il cuore di que’ due re sarà volto ad offender l’un l’altro, e in una medesima tavola parleranno insieme con menzogna; ma ciò non riuscirà bene; perciocchè vi sarà ancora una fine, al tempo determinato.

28 E colui se ne ritornerà al suo paese con gran ricchezze; e il suo cuore sarà contro al Patto santo; ed egli farà di gran cose: e poi se ne ritornerà al suo paese.

29 Al tempo determinato, egli verrà di nuovo contro al paese del Mezzodi; ma la cosa non riuscirà quest’ultima volta come la prima.

30 E verranno contro a lui delle navi di Chittim, ed egli ne sarà contristato, e se ne ritornerà, e indegnerà contro al Patto santo, e farà di gran cose: poi ritornerà, e porgerà le orecchie a quelli che avranno abbandonato il Patto santo.

31 E le braccia terranno la parte sua, e profaneranno il santuario della fortezza, e torranno via il sacrificio continuo, e vi metteranno l’abbominazione disertante.

32 E per lusinghe egli indurrà a contaminarsi quelli che avran misfatto contro al Patto; ma il popolo di quelli che conoscono l’Iddio loro si fortificherà, e si porterà valorosamente.

33 E gl’intendenti d’infra il popolo ne ammaestreranno molti; e caderanno per la spada, e per le fiamme, e andranno in cattività, e saranno in preda, per molti giorni.

34 Ma mentre caderanno così, saranno soccorsi di un po’ di soccorso; e molti si aggiungeranno con loro con bei sembianti infinti.

35 Di quegl’intendenti adunque ne caderanno alcuni: acciocchè fra loro ve ne sieno di quelli che sieno posti al cimento, e purgati, e imbiancati, fino al tempo della fine; perciocchè vi sarà ancora una fine, al tempo determinato.

36 Questo re adunque farà ciò che gli piacerà, e s’innalzerà, e si magnificherà sopra ogni dio; e proferirà cose strane contro all’Iddio degl’iddii; e prospererà, finchè l’indegnazione sia venuta meno; conciossiachè una determinazione ne sia stata fatta.

37 Ed egli non si curerà degl’iddii de’ suoi padri, nè d’amor di donne, nè di dio alcuno; perciocchè egli si magnificherà sopra ogni cosa.

38 Ed egli onorerà un dio delle fortezze sopra il suo seggio; egli onorerà, con oro, e con argento, e con gemme, e con cose preziose, un dio, il quale i suoi padri non avranno conosciuto.

39 Ed egli verrà a capo de’ luoghi muniti delle fortezze, con quell’iddio strano; egli accrescerà d’onore quelli ch’egli riconoscerà, e li farà signoreggiar sopra molti, e spartirà la terra per prezzo.

40 Or in sul tempo della fine, il re del Mezzodì cozzerà con lui; e il re del Settentrione gli verrà addosso, a guisa di turbo, con carri, e con cavalieri, e con molto naviglio; ed entrerà ne’ paesi d’esso, e inonderà e passerà a traverso;

41 ed entrerà nel paese della bellezza, e molti paesi ruineranno; e questi scamperanno dalla sua mano: Edom, Moab, e la principal parte de’ figliuoli di Ammon.

42 Così egli metterà la mano sopra molti paesi, e il paese di Egitto non iscamperà.

43 E si farà padrone de’ tesori d’oro, e d’argento, e di tutte le cose preziose di Egitto; e i Libii, e gli Etiopi saranno al suo seguito.

44 Ma rumori dal Levante e dal Settentrione lo turberanno; ed egli uscirà con grande ira, per distruggere, e per disperder molti.

45 E pianterà le tende del suo padiglione reale fra i mari, presso del santo monte di bellezza; poi, come sarà pervenuto al suo fine, non vi sarà alcun che l’aiuti.

   


To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.

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Apocalypse Revealed # 256

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256. CHAPTER 5

1. And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals.

2. Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book and to loose its seals?"

3. And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the book, or to look in it.

4. So I wept much, that no one was found worthy to open and read the book, or to look in it.

5. But one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book and to loose its seven seals."

6. And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing as though slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

7. Then He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.

8. Now when He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a lyre, and a golden bowl full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

9. And they sang a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, because You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

10. and have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth."

11. Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands,

12. saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and... honor and glory and blessing!"

13. And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying, "Blessing and honor and glory and strength be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever!"

14. Then the four living creatures said, "Amen!" And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.

THE SPIRITUAL MEANING

The Contents of the Whole Chapter

The meaning is that the Lord in His Divine humanity will execute a judgment based on the Word and in accordance with it, because He embodies the Word; and that all in the three heavens acknowledge this.

The Contents of the Individual Verses:

Verse ContentsSpiritual Meaning
1. And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written inside and on the back,The Lord in respect to His underlying Divinity from eternity, to whom belongs omnipotence and omniscience, and who embodies the Word,
sealed with seven seals.the Word completely hidden from angel and man.
2. Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice,Divine truth flowing in from the Lord deeply in angels and people.
"Who is worthy to open the book and to loose its seals?"Who has the power to know the states of life of all in heaven and on earth and to judge each one according to his state?
3. And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was ableNo one in the higher heavens or in the lower heavens [had the power]
to open the book,to know the states of life of all and to judge each one according to his state.
or to look in it.Not the least power.
4. So I wept much, that no one was found worthy to open and read the book, or to look in it.Grief of heart, that if no one could do this, all would perish.
5. But one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep.Consolation.
Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailedThe Lord, who by His own power conquered the hells and put everything into order when He was in the world, through the Divine goodness united to the Divine truth in His humanity.
to open the book and to loose its seven seals."The same here as before [verses 2, 3].
6. And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders,From the inmost elements of heaven, the Word, and the church, and so in all their constituents.
a Lamb standing as though slain,The Lord in respect to His humanity not acknowledged in the church as Divine.
having seven hornsHis omnipotence.
and seven eyes,His omniscience and Divine wisdom,
which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.that from it emanates Divine truth throughout the whole world, wherever religion is found.
7. Then He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.The Lord in respect to His Divine humanity embodies the Word, and this from His Divinity within Him, and thus He will execute judgment based on His Divine humanity.
8. Now when He had taken the book,When the Lord prepared to execute judgment, and thereby put back into order everything in heaven and on earth.
the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb,A humility and worship of the Lord on the part of the higher heavens.
each having a lyre,A confession of the Lord's Divine humanity springing from spiritual truths.
and a golden bowl full of incense,A confession of the Lord's Divine humanity springing from spiritual goods.
which are the prayers of the saints.Thoughts that are matters of faith springing from affections that are matters of charity in people who worship the Lord in accord with spiritual goods and truths.
9. And they sang a new song,An acknowledgment and glorification of the Lord as being the only judge, redeemer and savior, thus God of heaven and earth.
saying, "You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals,The same here as before [verses 2, 3].
because You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood,Deliverance from hell and salvation by conjunction with Him.
out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,The Lord has redeemed those in the church or in any other religion who are impelled by truths in respect to their doctrine and by goods in respect to their life.
10. and have made us kings and priests to our God;They have from the Lord wisdom from Divine truths and love from Divine goods.
and we shall reign on the earth."And they will dwell in His kingdom, He in them and they in Him.
11. Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders;A confession and glorification of the Lord by angels of the lower heavens,
and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands,all possessing truths and goods.
12. saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and... honor and gloryA confession from the heart that to the Lord in His Divine humanity belong omnipotence, omniscience, Divine good and Divine truth -
and blessing!"all these being in Him, and from Him in them.
13. And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying,A confession and glorification of the Lord by angels of the lowest heavens,
"Blessing and honor and glory and strength be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever!"that present in the Lord from eternity and so in His Divine humanity is everything of heaven and the church - Divine good and truth, and Divine power - and that these are present in them from Him.
14. Then the four living creatures said, "Amen!"A Divine confirmation from the Word.
And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.Humility before the Lord on the part of all in the heavens, and out of humility worship of Him, from whom and in whom is eternal life.

THE EXPOSITION

And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written inside and on the back. (5:1) This symbolizes the Lord in respect to His underlying Divinity from eternity, to whom belongs omnipotence and omniscience, and who embodies the Word, who also of Himself knows the states of life of all in heaven and on earth, in every particular and in their entirety.

He who sat on the throne means the Lord in respect to His underlying Divinity from which His humanity originates, for the statement follows that the Lamb took the book out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne (verse 7), and the Lamb means the Lord in respect to His humanity. The book written inside and on the back means the Word in every particular and in its entirety - "inside" meaning in every particular, and "on the back," in its entirety. Inside and on the back also mean the inner meaning of the Word, which is spiritual, and its outer meaning, which is natural. The right hand means the Lord in respect to His omnipotence and omniscience, because the subject is the exploration of all in heaven and on earth on whom the Last Judgment would fall, and their separation.

As the embodiment of the Word, the Lord knows of Himself the states of life of all in heaven and on earth, because He is Divine truth itself, and Divine truth itself, of itself, knows everything. This, however, is a secret which we disclosed in Angelic Wisdom Regarding Divine Love and Wisdom.

The fact that the Lord was the Word, that is to say, Divine truth, in respect to His Divinity from eternity is apparent from this statement in John:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)

And the fact that the Lord came to embody the Word even in respect to His humanity, from this statement also in John:

And the Word became flesh... (John 1:14)

It can be seen from this what is meant by the testimony that the book was in right hand of Him who sat on the throne, and that the Lamb took the book from it (verse 7).

[2] Since the Lord embodies the Word, and the Word is the Divine truth which forms heaven and the church in general, and each angel in particular so as to have heaven in him, and each person so as to have the church in him, and because the Word is here meant by the book on the basis of which and according to which all are to be judged, therefore we find references here and there to being written in the book, to being judged on the basis of the book, and to being blotted out from the book, where the subject is someone's state of eternal life, as in the following places:

(The Ancient of Days) sat in judgment, and the books were opened. (Daniel 7:10)

...your people shall be delivered, every one who is found written in the book. (Daniel 12:1)

My frame was not hidden from You... ...on Your book were written all the days..., and not one of them is missing. (Psalms 139:15-16)

(Moses said,) ."..I pray, blot me out of Your book which You have written." And Jehovah said..., "He who has sinned against Me, him I will blot out of My book." (Exodus 32:32-33)

Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous. (Psalms 69:28)

I saw (that) books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to the things which were written in the Book, according to their works..., and if anyone was not found written in the Book of Life, he was cast into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:12-15)

There shall not enter into (the New Jerusalem) anything... but those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. (Revelation 21:27)

All... will worship (the beast), whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb... (Revelation 13:8, cf. 17:8)

That the Book means the Word may be seen in the book of Psalms:

In the scroll of the book it is written of me. (Psalms 40:7)

And in Ezekiel:

I looked, and lo, there was a hand stretched out to me, and... in it the scroll of a book... written in front and in back... (Ezekiel 2:9-10)

...the book of the words of Isaiah... (Luke 3:4)

...the Book of Psalms... (Luke 20:42)

  
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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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10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.