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1 Matydamas minias, Jėzus užkopė į kalną ir atsisėdo. Prie Jo priėjo mokiniai.

2 Atvėręs lūpas, Jis ėmė mokyti:

3 “Palaiminti vargšai dvasia, nes jų yra dangaus karalystė.

4 Palaiminti, kurie liūdi, nes jie bus paguosti.

5 Palaiminti romieji, nes jie paveldės žemę.

6 Palaiminti, kurie alksta ir trokšta teisumo, nes jie bus pasotinti.

7 Palaiminti gailestingieji, nes jie susilauks gailestingumo.

8 Palaiminti tyraširdžiai, nes jie regės Dievą.

9 Palaiminti taikdariai, nes jie bus vadinami Dievo vaikais.

10 Palaiminti, kurie persekiojami dėl teisumo, nes jų yra dangaus karalystė.

11 Palaiminti jūs, kai dėl manęs jus šmeižia ir persekioja bei meluodami visaip piktžodžiauja.

12 Būkite linksmi ir džiūgaukite, nes didelis jūsų atlygis danguje. Juk lygiai taip persekiojo ir iki jūsų buvusius pranašus”.

13 “Jūs esate žemės druska. Jei druska netenka sūrumo, kuo gi ją reikėtų pasūdyti? Ji niekam netinka, ir belieka ją išberti žmonėms sumindžioti.

14 Jūs esate pasaulio šviesa. Neįmanoma nuslėpti miesto, pastatyto ant kalno.

15 Ir niekas, uždegęs žiburį, nevožia jo indu, bet stato į žibintuvą, kad šviestų visiems, kas yra namuose.

16 Taip tešviečia ir jūsų šviesa žmonių akivaizdoje, kad jie matytų jūsų gerus darbus ir šlovintų jūsų Tėvą, kuris danguje”.

17 “Nemanykite, jog Aš atėjau panaikinti Įstatymo ar Pranašų. Ne panaikinti jų atėjau, bet įvykdyti.

18 Iš tiesų sakau jums: kol dangus ir žemė nepraeis, nė viena raidelė ir nė vienas brūkšnelis neišnyks iš Įstatymo, kol viskas išsipildys.

19 Todėl, kas sulaužytų bent vieną iš mažiausių įsakymų ir taip mokytų žmones, tas bus vadinamas mažiausiu dangaus karalystėje. O kas juos vykdys ir jų mokys, bus vadinamas didžiu dangaus karalystėje.

20 Taigi sakau jums: jeigu jūsų teisumas nepranoks ašto žinovų ir fariziejų teisumo,­neįeisite į dangaus karalystę”.

21 “Jūs girdėjote, kad protėviams buvo pasakyta: ‘Nežudyk’; o kas nužudo, turės atsakyti teisme.

22 O Aš jums sakau: kas be reikalo pyksta ant savo brolio, turės atsakyti teisme. Kas sako savo broliui: ‘Pusgalvi’, turės stoti prieš sinedrioną. O kas sako: ‘Beproti’, tas smerktinas į pragaro ugnį.

23 Todėl jei neši dovaną prie aukuro ir ten prisimeni, jog tavo brolis turi šį tą prieš tave,

24 palik savo dovaną ten prie aukuro, eik pirmiau susitaikinti su savo broliu, ir tik tada sugrįžęs aukok savo dovaną.

25 Greitai susitark su savo kaltintoju, dar kelyje į teismą, kad kaltintojas neįduotų tavęs teisėjui, o teisėjas­teismo vykdytojui ir kad nepakliūtum į kalėjimą.

26 Iš tiesų sakau tau: neišeisi iš ten, kol neatsiteisi iki paskutinio skatiko”.

27 “Jūs girdėjote, jog protėviams buvo pasakyta: ‘Nesvetimauk!’

28 O Aš jums sakau: kiekvienas, kuris geidulingai žiūri į moterį, jau svetimauja savo širdyje.

29 Jeigu tavo dešinioji akis skatina tave nusidėti, išlupk ją ir mesk šalin. Geriau tau netekti vieno nario, negu kad visas kūnas būtų įmestas į pragarą.

30 Ir jeigu tavo dešinioji ranka skatina tave nusidėti, nukirsk ją ir mesk šalin. Geriau tau netekti vieno nario, negu kad visas kūnas būtų įmestas į pragarą”.

31 “Taip pat buvo pasakyta: ‘Kas atleidžia savo žmoną, teišduoda jai skyrybų raštą’.

32 O Aš jums sakau: kiekvienas, kuris atleidžia savo žmoną,­jei ne ištvirkavimo atveju,­skatina ją svetimauti; ir jeigu kas atleistąją veda­svetimauja”.

33 “Taip pat girdėjote, jog protėviams buvo pasakyta: ‘Neprisiek melagingai, bet ištesėk Viešpačiui savo priesaikas’.

34 O Aš jums sakau: iš viso neprisiekinėkite nei dangumi, nes jis­ Dievo sostas,

35 nei žeme, nes ji­Jo pakojis, nei Jeruzale, nes ji­didžiojo Karaliaus miestas.

36 Neprisiek nei savo galva, nes negali nė vieno plauko padaryti balto ar juodo.

37 Verčiau jūs sakykite: ‘Taip’, jei taip, ‘Ne’, jei ne, o kas viršaus, tai iš pikto”.

38 “Jūs girdėjote, jog buvo pasakyta: ‘Akis už akį’ ir ‘dantis už dantį’.

39 O Aš jums sakau: nesipriešinkite piktam, bet, jei kas tave muštų per dešinį skruostą, atsuk jam ir kitą.

40 Jei kas nori su tavimi bylinėtis ir paimti tavo tuniką, atiduok jam ir apsiaustą.

41 Jei kas verstų tave nueiti mylią, nueik su juo dvi.

42 Prašančiam duok ir nuo norinčio iš tavęs pasiskolinti nenusigręžk.

43 Jūs girdėjote, jog buvo pasakyta: ‘Mylėk savo artimą’ ir nekęsk savo priešo.

44 O Aš jums sakau: mylėkite savo priešus, laiminkite jus keikiančius, darykite gera tiems, kurie nekenčia jūsų, ir melskitės už savo skriaudėjus ir persekiotojus,

45 kad būtumėte vaikai savo Tėvo, kuris danguje; Jis juk leidžia savo saulei tekėti blogiesiems ir geriesiems, siunčia lietų ant teisiųjų ir neteisiųjų.

46 Jei mylite tuos, kurie jus myli, kokį gi atlygį turite? Argi taip nesielgia ir muitininkai?

47 Ir jeigu sveikinate tik savo brolius, kuo gi viršijate kitus? Argi to nedaro ir muitininkai?

48 Taigi būkite tobuli, kaip ir jūsų Tėvas, kuris danguje, yra tobulas”.

   

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The White Horse # 11

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11. In the internal or spiritual sense of the Word innumerable things are hidden.

The Word in its internal sense contains many things which surpass human comprehension: 3085-3086. They cannot be expressed in words, and cannot be explained: 1955. They exist solely for the angels, and are understood by them: 167. The internal sense of the Word contains the hidden things of heaven, which have to do with the Lord and His kingdom in heaven and on earth: 1-4, 937. Those hidden things do not appear in the literal sense: 937, 1502, 2161. Many other things in the writings of the prophets, which appear as if randomly scattered, in the internal sense fit together continuously in a beautiful 1 sequence: 7153, 9022. In its original language not a single word, not even a single jot, can be missing from the literal meaning without interruption of the internal sense; and for that very reason the Word, out of the Lord's divine providence, has been preserved so completely, down to the last tittle: 7933. There are innumerable things in each individual part of the Word: 6617, 6620, 8920. And in each and every phrase: 1869. Countless things are contained in the Lord's Prayer and in its individual petitions: 6619. And in the Ten Commandments; though in the external sense of these there are some ideas which are known to every nation without revelation: 8862, 8899. In every tiny little tittle of a letter of the Word in its original language there is something holy, revealed from Heaven, this may be seen in the work Heaven and Hell 260, where the words of the Lord are explained, that Not one jot or tittle shall be lost from the Law; Matthew 5:18.

Particularly in the prophetical part of the Word there are two expressions of the same thing, as it were, but one refers to what is good and the other to what is true: 683, 707, 2576, 8339. In the Word things relating to what is good and what is true are married together, to an amazing degree, but that marriage is evident only to one who is acquainted with the internal sense: 10554. So, in the Word and in its individual parts there are divine marriage and heavenly marriage: 683, 793, 801, 2173, 2516, 2712, 5138, 7022. Divine marriage, which is the marriage between divine good and divine truth, is thus the Lord in heaven, in whom alone that marriage exists there: 3004-3005, 3009, 4137, 5194, 5502, 6343, 7945, 8339, 9263, 9314. Through Jesus also there is signified divine good, and through Christ divine truth, and thus through both divine marriage in heaven is signified: 3004-3005, 3009. This marriage-and thus the Lord as regards divine good and divine truth-is in each individual part of the Word in its internal sense: 5502. The marriage of good and truth by the Lord in heaven and in the Church is what is called heavenly marriage: 2508, 2618, 2803, 3004, 3211, 3952, 6179. Thus in this respect the Word is heaven, so to speak: 2173, 10126. Heaven is likened to marriage in the Word from the marriage of good and truth there: 2758, 3132, 4434, 4835. The internal sense is itself the genuine doctrine of the Church: 9025, 9430, 10400. Those who understand the Word according to its internal sense know the true doctrine itself of the Church, because the internal sense contains that: 9025, 9430, 10400. The internal part of the Word is also the internal part of the Church, and so also of worship: 10460. The Word is the doctrine of love towards the Lord, and affectionate regard for your neighbour: 3419-3420.

The Word in its literal meaning is like a cloud, and its glory is in its internal sense-Preface to Genesis 18; also 5922, 6343-where there is explained that the Lord will come in the clouds of the sky with glory. Also 'cloud' in the Word signifies the Word in its literal sense, and 'glory' signifies the Word in its internal sense-Preface to Genesis 18: also 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752, 8106, 8781, 9430, 10551, 10574. Things which are in the literal sense, compared to those in the internal sense, are like rough projections round a polished optical cylinder, from which nevertheless there exists in the cylinder a beautiful image of a man: 1871. Those who wish for and recognize only the literal sense are represented in the spiritual world as an ugly little old woman, while those who wish for and recognize at the same time the internal sense appear as a virgin finely clothed: 1774. The Word in all that it embraces is an image of heaven, because the Word is divine truth, and divine truth constitutes heaven, and heaven resembles one human, and in that respect The Word is an image of a human, as it were: 1871. That heaven in its total make-up resembles one human may be seen in the work Heaven and Hell 59-67. That divine truth proceeding from the Lord constitutes heaven, 126-140, 200-212. The Word is presented to the Angels in a beautiful and delightful way: 1767-1768. The literal sense is like a body, and the internal sense is like the soul of that body: 8943.

Consequently, life for the Word comes from its internal sense: 1405, 4857. The Word is pure in its internal sense, and it does not appear so in its literal sense: 2362, 2395. Things in the literal sense become holy from internal things: 10126, 10276. In the historical narratives of the Word also there is an internal sense, but within them: 4989. Thus the historical parts just as much as the prophetical parts contain hidden things of heaven: 755, 1659, 1709, 2310, 2333. The angels perceive these not in relation to history but in relation to doctrine, because they perceive them spiritually: 6884. The innermost hidden things in the historical narratives are less evident to humans than those in the prophetical parts for the simple reason that their minds are intent upon, and in contemplation of, the historical parts: 2176, 6597.

Moreover, the nature of the internal sense of the Word is shown: 1756, 1984, 2004, 2663, 3035, 7089, 10604, 10614, and it is illustrated by comparisons: 1873.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. In the end I can find no better word than 'beautiful' for Swedenborg's 'pulchra' here. I guess his thought is that the coherent sequence of ideas referred to is pleasing and satisfying, aesthetically and intellectually; hence, beautiful' which is the true classical meaning of the word anyway.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 8339

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8339. 'With timbrels and with dances' means praise from joy and gladness. This is clear from the meaning of 'timbrel' as that which has regard to an affection for spiritual good, or to the good of truth, and means the delight or joy belonging to it, dealt with just above in 8337; and from the meaning of 'dance' as that which has regard to an affection for spiritual truth, and means the delightful feeling or gladness belonging to it, dealt with below. In ancient times not only musical instruments and singing served to bear witness to gladness of heart but also dancing. Joyful feelings in the heart or interior things erupted into various activities in the body, such as singing and also dancing. Since in ancient times the glad feelings excelling all others were spiritual ones, that is, feelings springing from affections belonging to spiritual kinds of love, which were affections for goodness and truth, people were allowed, when they engaged in singing and musical harmony, to dance as well and so in dancing also to bear witness to their joy. This explains why 'dancing' is mentioned in the Word, meaning the glad feelings that belong to affections for truth, or to faith grounded in good or charity, as in Jeremiah,

Again you will adorn your timbrels, 1 and will go forth in the dance of the merrymakers. Their life 2 will become like a watered garden, and they will not sorrow any more. Then will the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together. Jeremiah 31:4, 12-13.

In the same prophet,

The joy of our heart has ceased 3 , our dance has been turned into mourning. Lamentations 5:15

In David,

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing. Psalms 30:11.

In the same author,

Let them praise His name in dancing, with timbrel and harp let them make melody to Him. Psalms 149:3; 150:4.

Also the gentiles played and danced when they worshipped their gods, as is clear in Exodus 32:6, 19.

[2] The words 'joy and gladness' are used because 'joy' in the Word has reference to good and 'gladness' to truth. This is why 'joy' and 'gladness' are mentioned many times in the Word both together, as in Isaiah,

Behold, joy and gladness consist in slaying oxen ... Isaiah 22:13.

In the same prophet,

They will obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing will flee away. Isaiah 35:10.

In the same prophet, Joy and gladness will be found in Zion, confession and the voice of song. Isaiah 51:3, 11.

In Jeremiah,

The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, and the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. Jeremiah 33:11.

In Zechariah,

The fast of the tenth [month] will be to the house of Judah one of joy and gladness. Zechariah 8:19.

In David,

You shall cause me to hear joy and gladness. Psalms 51:8.

In these places both are mentioned because 'joy' has reference to good and 'gladness' to truth; if this were not so the use of one word would have been sufficient. This holy way of speaking is used in the Word in order that the heavenly marriage, that is, the marriage of goodness and truth, might be present in every detail there, 683, 793, 801, 2173, 2516, 2712, 4138 (end), 5138, 5502, 7945.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. See footnote on page 138.

2. lit. soul

3. Reading cessavit (has ceased), which Swedenborg has in his rough draft, for cessabit (will cease).

  
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