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Ezekielis 16

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1 Viešpats kalbėjo man:

2 “Žmogaus sūnau, paskelbk Jeruzalei jos bjaurystes

3 ir sakyk jai: ‘Tavo kilmė ir giminė yra iš Kanaano krašto. Tavo tėvas buvo amoritas ir motina hetitė.

4 Kai tu gimei, tavo virkštelė nebuvo nupjauta, nebuvai nuplauta vandeniu nei ištrinta druska, nei vystyklais suvystyta.

5 vienas nepažvelgė į tave su gailesčiu ir nepadėjo tau. Kai gimei, buvai išmesta laukan.

6 Aš ėjau pro šalį ir, matydamas tave begulinčią kraujyje, tariau: ‘Gyvenk’.

7 Aš užauginau tave kaip lauko augalą. Tu užaugai, subrendai, tapai labai graži, iškilo krūtinė, užaugo plaukai, tačiau tu buvai plika ir nuoga.

8 Kai Aš eidamas pažiūrėjau į tave, buvo atėjęs tavo meilės laikas. Aš apdengiau tavo nuogumą savo apsiaustu, prisiekiau tau, padariau su tavimi sandorą, ir tu tapai mano.

9 Aš apiploviau tave vandeniu, nuploviau tavo kraują, patepiau aliejumi,

10 aprengiau margais drabužiais, apaviau brangiais odiniais sandalais, apgaubiau plona drobe, uždėjau šilkinį šydą

11 ir papuošiau papuošalais: ant rankų uždėjau apyrankes, ant kaklo grandinėlę,

12 į nosį įvėriau žiedą, į ausis­auskarus ir ant galvos uždėjau puikų vainiką.

13 Tu pasipuošei auksu ir sidabru, plona drobe, šilkais ir margais audiniais; valgei kvietinius miltus, medų ir aliejų; buvai graži ir pasiekei karališką didybę.

14 Tavo garsas sklido tautose dėl tavo grožio, nes, pasipuošusi papuošalais, kuriuos tau daviau, pasiekei tobulą grožį,­sako Viešpats Dievas.­

15 Pasitikėdama savo grožiu, tu pradėjai paleistuvauti ir atsiduodavai kiekvienam praeiviui.

16 Savo margais drabužiais papuošei aukštumas ir paleistuvavai jose. Taip niekada nebuvo ir nebus.

17 Iš mano tau duotų aukso ir sidabro papuošalų pasidarei vyrų atvaizdus ir paleistuvavai su jais.

18 Tu savo margais audiniais apdengei juos ir mano aliejų bei smilkalus aukojai jiems.

19 Tau duotą maistą: kvietinius miltus, aliejų ir medų­tu aukojai jiems, kaip malonų kvapą.

20 Net savo sūnus ir dukteris, kuriuos man pagimdei, aukojai jiems praryti. Ar dar neužteko tau paleistuvystės,

21 kad mano vaikus žudei ir aukojai jiems, leisdama per ugnį?

22 Taip elgdamasi ir paleistuvaudama, neatsiminei savo jaunystės dienų, kai plika ir nuoga gulėjai savo kraujyje.

23 Po visų tavo nedorybių­vargas, vargas tau,­sako Viešpats,­

24 tu pasistatei paleistuvystės namus ir įrengei aukštumas kiekvienoje gatvėje.

25 Kiekvienos gatvės pradžioje įsirengei aukštumas ir savo grožį apdrabstei purvais, atsiduodama kiekvienam praeiviui ir daugindama savo paleistuvystes.

26 Tu svetimavai su kaimynais, augalotais egiptiečiais, sukeldama mano pyktį.

27 Dabar Aš ištiesiau savo ranką virš tavęs ir atėmiau tavo dalį, ir atidaviau tave toms, kurios tavęs nekenčia, filistinų dukterims, kurios gėdijosi tavo gašlumo.

28 Tu ištvirkavai su asirais, nes buvai nepasotinama, bet ir su jais negalėjai pasitenkinti.

29 Tavo paleistuvystės padaugėjo nuo Kanaano krašto iki Chaldėjos, bet ir to tau dar neužteko.

30 Kokia nusilpusi tavo širdis,­sako Viešpats Dievas,­jei tu darei visa tai kaip begėdė paleistuvė.

31 Kiekvienoje gatvėje ir kiekvienoje aikštėje įrengei paleistuvystės namus ir aukštumas. Tu nebuvai paprasta paleistuvė, nes paniekinai užmokestį,

32 bet svetimautoja žmona, kuri savo vyro vieton priima svetimus.

33 Jie duoda dovanas paleistuvėms, bet tu pati davei dovanas savo meilužiams ir papirkdavai juos, kad jie ateitų pas tave.

34 Tavo ištvirkavimas buvo ne toks, koks kitų moterų. Ne paskui tave sekiojo, bet tu duodavai užmokestį, o pati nieko negaudavai. Tuo tu skyreisi iš kitų’.

35 Paleistuve, išgirsk Viešpaties žodį!

36 ‘Kadangi tu atidengei savo gėdą, ištvirkaudama su meilužiais, su savo bjauriais stabais ir aukojai jiems savo vaikų kraują,

37 todėl Aš surinksiu visus tavo meilužius, kuriuos mylėjai, ir tuos, kurių nekentei. Aš juos surinksiu iš visur ir atidengsiu jiems visą tavo nuogumą.

38 Aš teisiu tave kaip svetimautoją ir žudytoją. Savo rūstybėje ir pavyde praliesiu tavo kraują

39 ir atiduosiu tave į jų rankas. Jie sugriaus tavo paleistuvystės namus ir sunaikins aukštumas. Jie nuplėš tau drabužius, atims papuošalus ir paliks tave pliką ir nuogą.

40 Susirinkę prieš tave, jie užmuš tave akmenimis, sukapos kardu,

41 sudegins tavo namus ir įvykdys teismo sprendimą daugelio moterų akivaizdoje. Taip padarysiu galą tavo paleistuvystei, ir tu nebedalysi daugiau dovanų.

42 Taip mano rūstybė prieš tave nurims ir pavydas liausis. Aš būsiu ramus ir nebepyksiu.

43 Tu neatsiminei savo jaunystės dienų, bet savo elgesiu supykdei mane, todėl visus tavo darbus suverčiau tau ant galvos.

44 Kiekvienas, kas vartoja patarles, sakys apie tave: ‘Kokia motina, tokia ir duktė’.

45 Tu esi duktė savo motinos, kuri paliko savo vyrą ir vaikus; tu esi sesuo savo seserų, kurios paliko savo vyrus ir vaikus. Jūsų motina buvo hetitė ir tėvas amoritas.

46 Tavo vyresnioji sesuo yra Samarija su savo dukterimis, gyvenanti tavo kairėje. Tavo jaunesnioji sesuo, gyvenanti tavo dešinėje, yra Sodoma su savo dukterimis.

47 Tačiau tu nevaikščiojai jų keliais ir nesielgei pagal jų bjaurystes. To buvo per maža tau, todėl tu iškrypai dar daugiau visuose savo keliuose.

48 Kaip Aš gyvas,­sako Viešpats Dievas,­tavo sesuo Sodoma su savo dukterimis nesielgė taip, kaip tu ir tavo dukterys.

49 Tavo sesers Sodomos ir jos dukterų nusikaltimas buvo išdidumas, perteklius ir dykinėjimas; beturčiui ir vargšui jos nepadėjo.

50 Jos kėlėsi puikybėn ir darė bjaurystes mano akivaizdoje. Todėl Aš sunaikinau jas.

51 Samarija nepadarė nė pusės tavo nuodėmių. Tu ją pralenkei savo bjaurystėmis. Tavo seserys yra teisesnės už tave.

52 Tu, kuri smerkei savo seseris, kentėk gėdą dėl nuodėmių, kurias padarei, kurios bjauresnės už jų nuodėmes. Jos yra teisesnės už tave. ausk ir kęsk savo gėdą, nes tu pateisinai savo seseris.

53 Kai Aš parvesiu Sodomos ir jos dukterų ištremtuosius, taip pat Samarijos ir jos dukterų ištremtuosius, parvesiu ir tavo ištremtuosius kartu su jais,

54 kad kęstum savo gėdą ir raustum dėl visko, ką darei, būdama joms paguoda.

55 Tavo seserys, Sodoma ir jos dukterys bei Samarija ir jos dukterys, sugrįš į savo senąją būklę, tada tu ir tavo dukterys sugrįšite į senąją savo būklę.

56 Savo sesers Sodomos vardo nė neminėdavai savo išdidumo metu,

57 kol atsidengė tavo nedorybės. Dabar tu esi pajuoka ir panieka Sirijos dukterims ir visiems aplinkui gyvenantiems bei filistinų dukterims.

58 Tu kentėjai už savo ištvirkavimą ir bjaurystes,­sako Viešpats Dievas.­

59 Aš pasielgsiu su tavimi taip, kaip tu pasielgei su manimi. Tu paniekinai priesaiką ir sulaužei sandorą.

60 Tačiau Aš atsiminsiu savo sandorą su tavimi, padarytą tavo jaunystės dienomis, ir sudarysiu su tavimi amžiną sandorą.

61 Tada atsiminusi savo kelius, tu gėdysies, kai priimsi savo seseris, vyresniąją ir jaunesniąją, kurias duosiu tau kaip dukteris, bet ne dėl tavo sandoros.

62 Aš įtvirtinsiu savo sandorą su tavimi ir tu žinosi, kad Aš esu Viešpats.

63 Tu atsiminsi, gėdysies ir neatversi burnos, kai tau atleisiu visa, ką darei’,­sako Viešpats Dievas”.

   

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9930. 'And you shall make a plate of pure gold' means enlightenment received from the Lord's Divine Good. This is clear from the meaning of 'a plate' as enlightenment; and from the meaning of 'gold' as the good of love, at this point the Lord's Divine Good since 'Holiness to Jehovah' was inscribed on the plate. For the meaning of 'gold' as the good of love, see 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, 6914, 6917, 8932, 9490, 9510, 9874, 9881. 'A plate' means enlightenment on account of its brightness, for light shone from the gold on Aaron's forehead, and all brightness is a sign of enlightenment, as that in the heavens is which radiates from the Lord as the Sun. Enlightenment there consists in wisdom and intelligence derived from Divine Truth emanating from the Lord; for this Truth brings light to the interiors of those who are there. Their interiors answer to the understanding part of a person's mind, which is enlightened by the Lord when the person has a perception of the Church's and heaven's truth and goodness, the understanding being the subject that receives; for there is no reception without a subject. 1 The reason why 'the plate' means enlightenment from the Lord's Divine Good is that 'Holiness to Jehovah' was inscribed on it, and it was placed on the front of the turban which was on Aaron's head. Holiness which comes from Jehovah is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good, 6788, 8302, 8330, 9229, 9680, 9820. In order to represent the radiance or enlightenment that result in intelligence and wisdom the plate was tied to the front of the turban.

[2] Since 'the plate' meant enlightenment received from the Lord's Divine Good it was also called 'the plate of the crown of holiness' as well as 'the crown of holiness'; for a crown is a representative sign of Divine Good, and holiness is the Divine Truth emanating from that Good, as has been stated above. The fact that it was called the plate of the crown of holiness is evident further on in this Book of Exodus,

Finally they made the plate of the crown of holiness from pure gold; and they wrote an inscription on it, like the engraving of a signet, 2 Holiness to Jehovah. Exodus 39:30.

The fact that it was also called the crown of holiness is evident elsewhere in Exodus,

You shall place the turban on his head, and put the crown of holiness onto the turban. Exodus 29:6.

And in Leviticus,

He placed the turban on his head, and placed on the turban, on the front of it, 3 the plate of gold, the crown of holiness. Leviticus 8:9.

[3] The fact that the crown represented Divine Good from which Divine Truth emanates is clear from the crowns that the kings wore. For the kings represented the Lord in respect of Divine Truth, see 2015, 2069, 3009, 4581, 4966, 5044, 5068, 6148, and this was why they wore a crown on their head and held a sceptre in their hand, government animated by Divine Good being meant by the crown, and government inspired by Divine Truth by the sceptre.

[4] This meaning of 'the crown' is clear from the following places: In David,

I will make the horn of David to spring forth, I will make ready a lamp for My Anointed. His enemies I will clothe with shame, but upon Himself His crown will flourish. Psalms 132:17-18.

'David' here is the Lord, 1888, as is 'the Anointed', 3008, 3009. His 'horn' is power, 2832, 9081; 'lamp' is Divine Truth, which is the source of intelligence, 9548, 9783; 'crown' is Divine Good, which is the source of wisdom and also the mainspring of His government. It says that His crown, meaning wisdom, is going 'to flourish' on account of what He acquired to Himself in the world, to His Humanity, through conflicts with and victories over the hells, 8273, 9528 (end), the hells being His enemies who will be clothed with shame.

[5] In the same author,

You are angry 4 with Your Anointed, You have condemned His crown right down to the ground. 5 Psalms 89:38-39.

Here also 'the Anointed' stands for the Lord. 'Anger' stands for a state involving temptations, which was a state when He was engaged in conflicts with the hells. An expression of grief in that state is what the anger and condemnation describe (a final phase of temptation seems like condemnation), such as with the Lord's last grievous cry on the Cross that He was forsaken. For the Cross was the last of His temptations or conflicts with the hells; and after that last temptation He took on Divine Good, and in so doing united His Divine Human to Deity itself, which was within Him.

[6] In Isaiah,

On that day Jehovah Zebaoth will be a crown of adornment and a turban of beauty for the remnant of His people. Isaiah 28:5.

'A crown of adornment' stands for wisdom, which is a discernment of good from God, and 'a turban of beauty' for intelligence, which is an understanding of truth from that good. What is stated in this verse has regard to things among the people which were Divine, 'people' meaning the Church since they were where the Church existed.

[7] In the same prophet,

For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp [that] burns. And you will be a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal turban in the hand of your God. Isaiah 62:1, 3.

'Zion' and 'Jerusalem' are used to mean the Church, 'Zion' the celestial Church, and 'Jerusalem' the spiritual Church that extends from it. 'A crown of beauty' is wisdom, which is a discernment of good, and 'a royal turban' is intelligence, which is an understanding of truth. And since 'a crown' means wisdom, or discernment of good, it is said to be 'in the hand of Jehovah'; and since 'a turban' means intelligence, or an understanding of truth, it is said to be 'in the hand of God'. For when the subject is good the name 'Jehovah' is used, and when it is truth the name 'God' is used, 2586, 2769, 6905.

[8] In Jeremiah,

Say to the king and queen mother, 6 Lower yourselves, sit down, for the adornment of your head, the crown of your beauty, has come down. Jeremiah 13:18.

'The crown of beauty' stands for wisdom which is a discernment of good derived from Divine Truth; for 'beauty' is the Church's Divine Truth, 9815. In the same prophet,

The joy of our heart has ceased, our dance has been turned into mourning. The crown of our head has fallen. Lamentations 5:15-16.

'Crown of the head' stands for wisdom which those who belong to the Church derive from Divine Truth, which sets them above all other peoples and gives them a kind of authority.

[9] In Ezekiel,

I put 7 a jewel on your nose, and earrings on your ears, and a crown of adornment on your head. Ezekiel 16:12.

This refers to the establishment of the Church. 'A jewel on the nose' stands for the perception of good; 'earrings on the ears' for the perception of truth, and obedience; and 'a crown of adornment on the head' for wisdom resulting from such perception. In Job,

He has withdrawn glory from me, and has removed the crown of my head. Job 19:9.

'Glory' stands for intelligence, which is an understanding of Divine Truth, 9429, 'crown of the head' for resulting wisdom.

[10] In the Book of Revelation,

On the thrones I saw twenty-four elders seated, clad in white garments, who had on their heads crowns of gold. They fell down before the one seated on the throne, and worshipped the one who lives for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne. Revelation 4:4, 10.

'Twenty-four elders' means all those who are governed by good that is a product of truths, and in the abstract sense all forms of good that result from truths, 6524, 9404. 'Thrones' are truths from God, 5313, 6397, 8625, 9039; 'crowns of gold on their heads' are representative signs of wisdom received from God, and because it is received from Him they cast their crowns before the one seated on the throne.

[11] Since the good of wisdom is acquired through conflicts brought about by temptations, in which the truths of faith are used to fight with, those who fought against evils and falsities and were victorious were rewarded with crowns. Therefore also the crowns of martyrdom were emblems provided by the Lord which are signs of dominion over evils. The fact that crowns are the rewards of victory over evils, and that crowns consequently mean forms of the good of wisdom because these are rewards, is also clear from the Book of Revelation,

I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; to him a crown was given; he went out conquering and to conquer. Revelation 6:2.

'A white horse and he who sat on it' is the Lord in respect of the Word, 2760-2762; and 'a bow' is teachings of truth that are used to fight with, 2686, 2709. From this it is evident that since the Lord is the subject 'a crown' means Divine Good, which is the reward of victory.

[12] And in another place,

Afterwards I saw, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud one was sitting, like the Son of Man, having on His head a crown of gold, and in His hand a sharp sickle. Revelation 14:14.

'A white cloud' stands for the literal sense of the Word, 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343 (end), 6752, 8781; 'the Son of Man' stands for Divine Truth which emanates from the Lord, 9807; 'a crown of gold' for Divine Good from which Divine Truth springs; and 'a sharp sickle' for the dispersal of evil and falsity. In another place,

Be faithful right through to death, and I will give you the crown of life. Revelation 2:10.

And in another,

Behold, I come quickly. Hold on to what you have, that no one may take your crown. Revelation 3:11.

'Crown' stands for good that results from truths, thus for wisdom since this is the discernment of the good of love resulting from the truths of faith. From all this it may now be seen what a crown means, and from this what is meant by a crown of holiness, which was the plate of gold on which 'Holiness to Jehovah' was engraved.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. Subject is used here to mean something which really exists yet depends for its existence on something prior to itself.

2. literally, they wrote on it with the writing of engravings of a signet

3. literally, against the face of it

4. literally, You exercise anger

5. literally, earth or land

6. The Latin domina means a female person who rules or commands. The Hebrew word is used to denote a queen or else a queen mother.

7. The Latin means He put but the Hebrew means I put, which Swedenborg Has in another place where he quotes this verse.

  
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