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Danielius 3

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1 Karalius Nebukadnecaras padirbdino auksinę statulą šešiasdešimties uolekčių aukščio ir šešių uolekčių pločio ir ją pastatydino Dūros lygumoje, Babilono krašte.

2 Po to karalius Nebukadnecaras sukvietė kunigaikščius, valdovus, valdytojus, patarėjus, iždininkus, teisėjus, pareigūnus ir visus sričių valdininkus į statulos pašventinimo iškilmes.

3 Kunigaikščiai, valdovai, valdytojai, patarėjai, iždininkai, teisėjai, pareigūnai ir visi sričių valdininkai susirinko į statulos, kurią karalius Nebukadnecaras buvo pastatydinęs, pašventinimo iškilmes. Jie sustojo ties statula,

4 ir šauklys garsiai skelbė: “Jums, visų kalbų tautoms ir giminėms, įsakoma:

5 kai tik išgirsite rago, vamzdžio, citros, arfos, psalterio, trimitų ir visokių muzikos instrumentų garsą, turite parpulti ir pagarbinti auksinę statulą, kurią pastatydino karalius Nebukadnecaras.

6 Kas neparpuls ir nepagarbins jos, tuojau bus įmestas į liepsnojančią krosnį!”

7 Visų kalbų tautos ir giminės, išgirdusios rago, vamzdžio, citros, arfos, psalterio ir visokių instrumentų garsą, parpuolė ir pagarbino karaliaus Nebukadnecaro pastatytą auksinę statulą.

8 Tuo metu priėję kai kurie chaldėjai apkaltino žydus.

9 Jie sakė karaliui Nebukadnecarui: “Karaliau, gyvuok amžinai!

10 Tu, karaliau, išleidai įsakymą, kad kiekvienas, išgirdęs rago, vamzdžio, citros, arfos, psalterio, trimitų ir visokių muzikos instrumentų garsą, turi pulti žemėn ir pagarbinti auksinę statulą,

11 o kas neparpuls ir nepagarbins jos, bus įmestas į liepsnojančią krosnį.

12 Štai, karaliau, žydai, kuriuos paskyrei Babilono srities reikalų tvarkytojais­Šadrachas, Mešachas ir Abed Negas­nevykdė tavo įsakymo. Jie netarnauja tavo dievams ir nepagarbino auksinės statulos, kurią pastatydinai”.

13 Nebukadnecaras, supykęs ir užsirūstinęs, įsakė atvesti Šadrachą, Mešachą ir Abed Negą. Kai tuos vyrus atvedė pas karalių,

14 Nebukadnecaras klausė: “Ar tai tiesa, Šadrachai, Mešachai ir Abed Negai, kad mano dievams netarnaujate ir pastatydintos auksinės statulos nepagarbinote?

15 Dabar pasiruoškite, kai tik išgirsite rago, vamzdžio, citros, arfos, psalterio bei trimitų ir visokių muzikos instrumentų garsą, parpulti ir pagarbinti statulą, kurią pastatydinau. O jei nepagarbinsite, tuojau būsite įmesti į liepsnojančią krosnį. Ir koks Dievas išgelbės jus iš mano rankos?”

16 Šadrachas, Mešachas ir Abed Negas atsakė: “Mums nėra reikalo atsakyti į klausimą.

17 Jeigu taip padarysi, tai mūsų Dievas, kuriam tarnaujame, gali išgelbėti mus iš liepsnojančios krosnies ir Jis išgelbės mus iš tavo rankos!

18 O jei ne, tai tebūna tau žinoma, karaliau, kad mes tavo dievams netarnausime ir auksinės statulos, kurią pastatydinai, negarbinsime!”

19 Nebukadnecaras be galo supyko, jo veido išraiška pasikeitė. Jis įsakė pakūrenti krosnį septynis kartus karščiau, kaip yra įprasta.

20 Patiems stipriausiems savo kariuomenės vyrams liepė surišti Šadrachą, Mešachą ir Abed Negą ir juos įmesti į liepsnojančią krosnį.

21 Tuojau tie vyrai su visa apranga: su apsiaustais, kelnėmis, kepurėmis bei kitais drabužiais buvo surišti ir įmesti į liepsnojančią krosnį.

22 Kadangi karaliaus griežtu įsakymu krosnis buvo nepaprastai pakūrenta, vyrus, kurie įmetė Šadrachą, Mešachą ir Abed Negą, užmušė ugnies liepsna,

23 o Šadrachas, Mešachas ir Abed Negas įkrito surišti į liepsnas.

24 Karalius Nebukadnecaras nustebęs skubiai atsikėlė ir klausė savo patarėjų: “Ar ne tris vyrus įmetėme surištus į ugnį?” Jie atsakė karaliui: “Tikrai taip, karaliau!”

25 Jis tarė: “Aš matau keturis laisvus vyrus, vaikščiojančius ugnyje! Jiems ugnis nekenkia, o ketvirtasis atrodo kaip Dievo sūnus!”

26 Nebukadnecaras, priėjęs prie degančios krosnies angos, tarė: “Šadrachai, Mešachai ir Abed Negai, aukščiausiojo Dievo tarnai, išeikite!” Šadrachas, Mešachas ir Abed Negas išėjo iš krosnies.

27 Susirinkę kunigaikščiai, valdovai, valdytojai ir karaliaus patarėjai matė, kad ugnis neturėjo galios jų kūnams. Jų galvos plaukai nebuvo apsvilę, nė apsiaustai apdegę, net dūmų kvapo nesijautė.

28 Karalius Nebukadnecaras tarė: “Palaimintas Šadracho, Mešacho ir Abed Nego Dievas, kuris atsiuntė angelą ir išgelbėjo savo tarnus, pasitikėjusius Juo. Jie sulaužė karaliaus įsakymą ir atidavė savo kūnus, kad netarnautų ir negarbintų kito dievo, išskyrus savąjį Dievą.

29 Tad išleidžiu įsakymą, kad kiekvienas, nepaisant iš kokios tautos ir giminės jis bebūtų, bus sukapotas į gabalus ir jo namai paversti griuvėsiais, jei nepagarbiai kalbės apie Šadracho, Mešacho ir Abed Nego Dievą. Nes nėra jokio kito dievo, kuris taip galėtų išgelbėti!”

30 Po to karalius išaukštino Šadrachą, Mešachą ir Abed Negą Babilono krašte.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9228

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9228. The fact that 'seven' means a whole period from start to finish, thus what is complete, is clear from a large number of places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

The light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, on the day when Jehovah will bind up the hurt 1 of His people. Isaiah 30:26.

This refers to the salvation of faithful believers and their intelligence and wisdom in the Lord's kingdom. 'The moon' is faith received from the Lord, thus belief in the Lord, and 'the sun' is love derived from the Lord, thus love to the Lord, 30-38, 1521, 1529-1531, 2441, 2495, 3636, 3643, 4060, 4321 (end), 4696, 5377, 7078, 7083, 7171, 8644. 'The light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days' means a complete state of intelligence and wisdom because of love to and belief in the Lord.

[2] In Ezekiel,

The inhabitants of the cities of Israel will go out, and they will set alight and burn the weapons, both shield and buckler, together with bow and arrows, and hand-staff, and spear; they will set fire to them for seven years, that they may not bring wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests. And they will cleanse the land in seven months. Ezekiel 39:9-10, 12.

This refers to the destruction of falsity. 'The weapons' that are listed here are falsities used by those who are evil to fight against the Church's truths. 'Setting fire to them for seven years' means complete destruction brought about by the desires of self-love and love of the world. 'In order that they may bring no wood from the field or cut down any from the forests' means when no good at all survives, neither in the internal man nor in the external. 'Cleansing the land in seven months' means the complete restoration of goodness and truth within the Church. It has been shown in very many places that 'weapons' are truths fighting against falsities, and in the contrary sense falsities fighting against truths; that 'bow and arrows' means teachings that present truth, and in the contrary sense teachings that present falsity; that 'hand-staff' means the power of truth, and in the contrary sense the power of falsity; that 'setting alight and burning' means laying waste through the desires of self-love and love of the world; that 'wood from the field' means the Church's forms of interior good, and 'wood from the forests' factual knowledge of goodness and truth; and that 'the land' means the Church. Anyone can see that different things are meant here from those which present themselves in the letter, as when it says that they will burn the weapons, and set them alight for seven years, in order that they may bring no wood from the field or cut down any from the forests. People do indeed know that things of a holy and Divine nature are meant, because the Word is holy and comes from God. But they cannot by any means know which things of a holy and Divine nature are contained in these words unless they know what the meaning is of 'weapons', 'seven years' and 'seven months', 'wood from the field' and 'wood from the forests'. From this it is evident that without knowledge gained from the internal sense those prophetic utterances are completely unintelligible.

[3] In David,

Seven times in the day I praise You over the judgements of Your righteousness. Psalms 119:164.

In the same author,

Repay [our] neighbours sevenfold into their bosom. Psalms 79:12.

'Sevenfold' means completely. The meaning is similar in Moses, where it says that they would be punished sevenfold if they went against commandments and statutes, Leviticus 26:18, 21, 24, 28. Anyone who does not know that 'seven' means a whole period from start to finish, and therefore what is complete, will suppose that 'seven weeks' in Daniel means seven lengths of time,

Know and perceive that from the going forth of the Word to restore and to build Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks. Daniel 9:25.

But 'seven weeks until the Messiah, the Prince' means what is said of the Lord, namely that He will come in the fullness of time, so that 'seven weeks' means a whole period. From this it is evident that the seven spirits before God's throne, Revelation 1:4, the book sealed with seven seals, Revelation 5:1, and the seven angels holding 'the seven bowls, which are the seven last plagues, Revelation 15:1, 6-7; 21:9, do not mean seven spirits, seven seals, or seven angels, bowls, and plagues, but all things even to completeness. The statement in 1 Samuel 2:5 that the barren has borne seven in like manner does not mean seven but a great amount, even to a complete amount.

[4] Because 'seven' had this meaning it was stipulated that a priest at his initiation should wear the garments for seven days, Exodus 29:30; that his hands should be filled for seven days, 2 Exodus 29:35; that the altar should be sanctified for seven days, Exodus 29:37; and that those initiated into the priesthood should not depart from the tent [of meeting] for seven days, Leviticus 8:33-34. So too with the reference to the unclean spirit going out of a person and returning with seven others, Matthew 12:43-45; Luke 11:26; also where it says that if a brother sins seven times in a day and is seven times converted he is to be forgiven, Luke 17:4; and that the heart of Nebuchadnezzar was changed from [that of] a human being and the heart of a beast was given to him while seven times passed by, Daniel 4:15, 25, 32. For the same reasons also Job's friends sat down with him on the earth seven days and seven nights and spoke nothing to him, Job 2:13. Seventy in a similar way means that which is complete, see 6508, as also does a week, 2044, 3845. From all this it now becomes clear that 'the eighth day' means the initial phase of the following state.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, break

2. i.e. his consecration should continue for seven days

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 8644

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8644. 'The father-in-law of Moses' means the source of the good that was joined to God's truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'the father-in-law' as the good from which sprang the good that was joined to truth, dealt with in 6827; and from the representation of 'Moses' as God's truth, dealt with in 6752, 6771, 7010, 7014, 7382. The reason why 'the father-in-law' means the good from which sprang the good that was joined to truth is that the wife means good when the man means truth, 2517, 4510, 4823. Since the subject in what follows below is the joining together of Divine Good and Divine Truth, to the end that the arranging of truths into order may as a result take place with the member of the Church, it should be recognized that there is a difference between Divine Good and Divine Truth, in that Divine Good exists within the Lord, but that Divine Truth emanates from the Lord. They are like the fire of the sun and the light radiating from it. Fire exists within the sun but the light radiates from the sun; light holds no fire, only heat.

[2] Furthermore in the next life the Lord is the Sun, and He is the Light too. The Sun there, that is, He Himself, is Divine fire, which is the Divine Good of Divine Love. That Sun is the source of Divine light, which is Divine Truth emanating from Divine Good. This Divine Truth also holds within it Divine Good, though not such as it is in the Sun; it is modified for its reception in heaven. Unless it had been modified for reception, heaven could not have come into existence; for no angel can bear the flame coming from Divine Love. An angel would be consumed by it instantly, just as anyone would be the instant that the flame of the sun in the world breathed on him.

[3] But the way in which the Divine Good of the Lord's Divine Love is modified for reception cannot be known by anyone, not even by angels in heaven, because it is a modification of the Infinite for the finite. The Infinite is such that it lies far beyond all the power of understanding which the finite possesses, so far beyond that when that power of understanding tries to fix its attention on the Infinite it falls away like someone sinking into the depths of the sea and perishes. Regarding the Lord, that He is the Sun in heaven, that the Sun there is the Divine Good of His Divine Love, and that the Light from it is Divine Truth, the source of intelligence, see 1053, 1521-1533, 1619-1632, 2776, 3094, 3138, 3190, 3195, 3222, 3223, 3225, 3339, 3341, 3636, 3643, 3993, 4180, 4302, 4408, 4409, 4415, 4523, 4533, 4696, 7083, 7171, 7174, 7270, 8197.

  
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