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申命記 24

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1 人がをめとって、結婚したのちに、その女に恥ずべきことのあるのを見て、好まなくなったならば、離縁状を書いて彼女のに渡し、を去らせなければならない。

2 女がそのを出てのち、行って、ほかの人にとつぎ、

3 後のも彼女をきらって、離縁状を書き、そのに渡してを去らせるか、またはにめとった後のが死んだときは、

4 彼女はすでに身を汚したのちであるから、彼女を去らせた先の夫は、ふたたび彼女をにめとることはできない。これは主のに憎むべき事だからである。あなたのが嗣業としてあなたに与えられる地に罪を負わせてはならない。

5 人が新たにをめとった時は、戦争に出してはならない。また何の務もこれに負わせてはならない。その人は一年の間、束縛なくにいて、そのめとったを慰めなければならない。

6 ひきうす、またはその上石を質にとってはならない。これは命をつなぐものを質にとることだからである。

7 イスラエルの人々のうちの同胞のひとりをかどわかして、これを奴隷のようにあしらい、またはこれを売る者を見つけたならば、そのかどわかした者を殺して、あなたがたのうちから悪を除き去らなければならない。

8 らい病の起った時は気をつけて、すべてレビびとたる祭司が教えることを、よく守って行わなければならない。すなわちわたしが彼らに命じたように、あなたがたはそれを守って行わなければならない。

9 あなたがたがエジプトから出てきたとき、道であなたのミリアムにされたことを記憶しなければならない。

10 あなたが隣人に物を貸すときは、自分でそのにはいって、質物を取ってはならない。

11 あなたは外に立っていて、借りた人が質物を外にいるあなたのところへ持ち出さなければならない。

12 もしその人が貧しい人である時は、あなたはその質物を留めおいて寝てはならない。

13 その質物は日の入るまでに、必ず返さなければならない。そうすれば彼は自分の上着をかけて寝ることができて、あなたを祝福するであろう。それはあなたの主のにあなたの義となるであろう。

14 貧しく乏しい雇人は、同胞であれ、またはあなたので、町のうちに寄留している他人であれ、それを虐待してはならない。

15 賃銀はそののうちに払い、それをの入るまで延ばしてはならない。彼は貧しい者で、その心をこれにかけているからである。そうしなければ彼はあなたをに訴えて、あなたは罪を得るであろう。

16 父はのゆえに殺さるべきではない。は父のゆえに殺さるべきではない。おのおの自分の罪のゆえに殺さるべきである。

17 寄留の他国人または孤児のさばきを曲げてはならない。寡婦の着物を質に取ってはならない。

18 あなたはかつてエジプト奴隷であったが、あなたのがそこからあなたを救い出されたことを記憶しなければならない。それでわたしはあなたにこの事をせよと命じるのである。

19 あなたがで穀物を刈る時、もしその一におき忘れたならば、それを取りに引き返してはならない。それは寄留の他国人と孤児と寡婦に取らせなければならない。そうすればあなたのはすべてあなたがする事において、あなたを祝福されるであろう。

20 あなたがオリブの実をうち落すときは、ふたたびその枝を捜してはならない。それを寄留の他国人と孤児と寡婦に取らせなければならない。

21 またぶどう畑のぶどうを摘み取るときは、その残ったものを、ふたたび捜してはならない。それを寄留の他国人と孤児と寡婦に取らせなければならない。

22 あなたはかつてエジプトで奴隷であったことを記憶しなければならない。それでわたしはあなたにこの事をせよと命じるのである。

   

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Wife

  

The Hebrew of the Old Testament has six different common words which are generally translated as "wife," which largely overlap but have different nuances. Swedenborg uses two different Latin words, which largely overlap but have different nuances. Meanwhile, "wife" is often paired with "man" or "husband," which are also catch-all translations for a basket of Hebrew and Latin terms. So it's hard to pin down one universal meaning for "wife"; context and subject matter have a large effect.

In general, though, marriage in the Bible represents the union we all seek between our hearts and our minds. If we know what is right and pursue it faithfully, the Lord will ultimately help us love doing what is good, and the two aspects of ourselves will be unified. On a higher level, marriage represents the union we can have with the Lord, both individually and collectively as a church. As an intrinsic part of the marriage, the wife plays a key role in that meaning. But that meaning is different depending on what is being described.

If the marriage is describing a person who is spiritual in nature – "spiritual" being the second degree of heavenly life, in which people are led by intellect and knowledge with the desire for good following – the wife represents the desire for good, the affections that drive the person. If the marriage is describing someone who is celestial in nature – "celestial" being the highest degree of heavenly life, in which people are led from love, with the intellect and ideas following – the wife represents the true ideas held by the person or church. If the marriage is describing the union between the Lord and the church, the wife represents the church.

In a way, these are symbolic meanings that actually have little to do with gender. When "wife" describes a church, obviously that church can include both male and female people. When "wife" describes an aspect of a person, that person can obviously be either male or female.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 915, 1468, 1904 [1-2], 3246 [3-4], 3398, 4823 [2])

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915. 'He went out' means that this did in fact happen. 'Noah and his sons means the member of the Ancient Church; and 'his wife and his sons' wives' means the Church itself. This is clear from the train of thought, which implies that in this way the Ancient Church came into being, for these words form an end or conclusion to what goes before them. When the Church is being described in the Word it is described either as 'husband (vir) and wife' or as 'man (homo) and wife'. When it is husband and wife 'husband' means the understanding part, which is truth, and 'wife' the will part, which is good. And when man and wife is used 'man' means love, or good that stems from love, and 'wife' faith, or the truth of faith. 'Man' accordingly means the essential element of the Church, 'wife' the Church itself. This applies throughout the Word. Here, since the subject up to now has been the forming of a new Church while the Most Ancient Church was dying out, 'Noah and his sons' means the member of the Ancient Church, and 'his wife and his sons' wives with him' the Church itself. This is why they are here referred to in a different order from what they were in verse 16 previously. In that verse, where it is said, 'Go out, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you', 'you' and 'wife' are coupled together, as are 'sons' and 'your sons' wives'. Consequently 'you' and 'sons' mean truth, and 'wife' and 'sons' wives' good. In this verse 18 however they do not come in the same order, the reason being, as has been stated, that 'you and sons' means the member of the Church, and 'his wife and his sons' wives' the Church itself. It in fact forms the conclusion to what goes before it. It was not Noah but his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth who constituted the Ancient Church, as stated already. For three Churches in a sense formed this Ancient Church, which will in the Lord's Divine mercy be dealt with later on. These Churches emerged as offspring of the one Church called Noah, and this is why the expressions 'you and your sons', and then 'your wife and sons' wives' are used here.

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