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1 သင့်ညီအစ်ကို၏ သိုးနွားသည် လမ်းလွဲသည်ကို ကြည့်၍မနေရ။ ညီအစ်ကိုထံသို့ ဆက်ဆက်ပြန်ပို့ရမည်။

2 ညီအစ်ကို ဝေးသော်၎င်း၊ သူ့ကို မသိသော်၎င်း၊ ထိုသိုးနွားကို ကိုယ်အိမ်သို့ ဆောင်ခဲ့ရမည်။ ညီအစ်ကို သည်မရှာ၊ သူ၌ မအပ်မှီတိုင်အောင် ကိုယ်အိမ်၌ ထားရ မည်။

3 မြည်းဖြစ်စေ၊ အဝတ်ဖြစ်စေ၊ ညီအစ်ကို၏ဥစ္စာ တစုံတခုပျောက်၍ သင်တွေ့မိလျှင်၊ ကြည့်၍မနေဘဲ ထိုအတူ ပြုရမည်။

4 ညီအစ်ကို မြည်းနွားသည် လမ်း၌ လဲလျက်ရှိ သည်ကို ကြည့်၍မနေရ။ ညီအစ်ကိုနှင့်ဝိုင်း၍ ဆက်ဆက် မစရမည်။

5 မိန်းမသည် ယောက်ျားအဝတ်ကို မဝတ်ရ။ ယောက်ျားသည်လည်း မိန်းမအဝတ်ကို မဝတ်ရ။ ထိုသို့ ဝတ်သောသူရှိသမျှတို့ကို သင်၏ဘုရားသခင် ထာဝရ ဘုရားသည် စက်ဆုပ်ရွံ့ရှာတော်မူ၏။

6 သစ်ပင်ပေါ် မြေပေါ်မှာ ငှက်သိုက်၌ ငှက်မ သည် အဥများ၊ သားငယ်များကို ဝပ်လျက် နေသည်ကို တွေ့လျှင်၊ သားငယ်တို့နှင့်အတူ အမိကိုမယူရ။

7 သင်သည် ကောင်းစား၍ အသက်တာရှည်မည် အကြောင်း၊ သားငယ်တို့ကို သိမ်းယူလျှင်လည်း အမိကို လွှတ်လိုက်ရမည်။

8 လူသည် အိမ်မိုးပေါ်ကကျ၍ လူအသက်ကို သတ်သော အပြစ်မရောက်မည်အကြောင်း၊ အိမ်အသစ် ကို ဆောက်သောအခါ၊ အမိုးနားပတ်လည်၌ အဆီးအ တားကို လုပ်ရမည်။

9 စပျစ်ဥယျာဉ်၌ ခြားနားသော မျိုးစေ့တို့ကို ရောနှော၍ မကြဲရ။ ထိုသို့ကြဲလျှင်၊ မျိုးစေ့အသီး၊ စပျစ်ပင် အသီး နှစ်ပါးစလုံး ပျက်လိမ့်မည်။

10 နွားနှင့် မြည်းကို ဘက်၍ လယ်မထွန်ရ။

11 ဝါနှင့်သိုးမွေးကို ရောနှော၍ ရက်သောအဝတ် ကို မဝတ်ရ။

12 သင်ခြုံသောအဝတ်စွန် လေးဘက်၌ ပန်းပွားတို့ ကို ဆွဲရမည်။

13 လူသည် မယားနှင့်ထိမ်းမြားဆက်ဆံပြီးမှ၊ တဖန် ထိုမိန်းမကို မုန်း၍၊

14 ငါသည် ဤမိန်းမနှင့် ထိမ်းမြားဆက်ဆံသော အခါ၊ ကညာမစစ်ကြောင်းကို သိရပြီဟု ထိုမိန်းမ၌ ကဲ့ရဲ့စရာအကြောင်းကို ပြု၍ သူ့အသရေကို ဖျက်လျှင်၊

15 ထိုမိန်းမ၏ မိဘတို့သည် ကညာ၏ လက္ခဏာ သက်သေကို ဆောင်လျက်၊ မြို့၌ အသက်ကြီးသူတို့ရှိရာ မြို့တံခါးဝသို့ သွား၍၊

16 ထိုမိန်းမ၏အဘက၊ အကျွန်ုပ်သမီးကို ဤလူ၌ အကျွန်ုပ်ပေးစားပါပြီ။ သူသည် အကျွန်ုပ်သမီးကို မုန်း၍၊

17 သင်၏သမီးသည် ကညာမစစ်ကြောင်းကို ငါတွေ့ပြီဟု ဆိုလျက် ကဲ့ရဲ့စရာအကြောင်းကို ပြုပါ၏။ သို့ရာတွင် ဤသည်ကား၊ အကျွန်ုပ်သမီး၏ ကညာ လက္ခဏာ သက်သေဖြစ်ပါ၏ဟု အသက်ကြီးသူတို့အား လျှောက်ဆိုလျက် ထိုအဝတ်ကို သူတို့ရှေ့မှာလှန်၍ ပြရမည်။

18 ထိုအခါ မြို့၌ အသက်ကြီးသူတို့သည် ထိုလူကို ယူ၍ ရိုက်ပြီးမှ၊

19 ငွေတပိဿာကို လျော်စေ၍၊ မိန်းမ၏ အဘ အား ပေးရမည်။ အကြောင်းမူကား၊ ဣသရေလအမျိုး ကညာ၏ အသရေကို ထိုသူဖျက်လေပြီ။ ထိုမိန်းမသည် သူ၏မယားဖြစ်ရမည်။ တသက်လုံး ထိုမိန်းမနှင့်မကွာရ။

20 သို့မဟုတ် လင်စကားမှန်၍၊ ထိုမိန်းမ၌ ကညာ လက္ခဏာသက်သေ မရှိလျှင်၊

21 မြို့သားယောက်ျားတို့သည် ထိုမိန်းမကို အဘ အိမ်တံခါးသို့ ဆောင်ခဲ့ပြီးလျှင် ကျောက်ခဲနှင့်ပစ်၍ အသေသတ်ရကြမည်။ အကြောင်းမူကား၊ သူသည် အဘ အိမ်၌ မတရားသော မေထုန်သို့လိုက်၍ ဣသရေလ အမျိုး၌ မိုက်မဲသောအမှုကို ပြုလေပြီ။ ထိုသို့ သင်တို့တွင် ဒုစရိုက်အပြစ်ကို ပယ်ရှားရကြမည်။

22 လင်ရှိသောမိန်းမနှင့် အခြားသောယောက်ျား သင့်နေသည်ကို တွေ့မိလျှင်၊ ထိုယောက်ျားနှင့် မိန်းမ နှစ်ယောက်တို့သည် အသေသတ်ခြင်းကို ခံရမည်။ ထိုသို့ ဒုစရိုက်အပြစ်ကို ဣသရေလအမျိုးမှ ပယ်ရှားရမည်။

23 အပျိုကညာကို ယောက်ျားနှင့် ထိမ်းမြားဆောင် နှင်းပြီးမှ၊ အခြားသောယောက်ျားသည် မြို့ထဲမှာတွေ့၍ သင့်နေလျှင်၊

24 ထိုသူနှစ်ယောက်တို့ကို မြို့တံခါးဝသို့ ထုတ်ဆောင် ပြီးလျှင် ကျောက်ခဲနှင့်ပစ်၍ အသေသတ်ရကြမည်။ မိန်းမသည် မြို့ထဲမှာ ရှိလျက်ပင် မအော်မဟစ်သော ကြောင့်၎င်း၊ ယောက်ျားလည်း သူ့မယားကို ရှုတ်ချသော ကြောင့်၎င်း၊ ထိုသူနှစ်ယောက်တို့သည် အသေသတ်ခြင်း ကို ခံရမည်။ ထိုသို့ သင်တို့တွင် ဒုစရိုက်အပြစ်ကို ပယ်ရှား ရကြမည်။

25 အပျိုကို ယောက်ျားနှင့် ထိမ်းမြားဆောင်နှင်းပြီး မှ အခြားသော ယောက်ျားသည် တော၌ တွေ့၍ အနိုင် အထက်ပြုလျှင်၊ ထိုယောက်ျား တယောက်တည်းကိုသာ အသေသတ်ရမည်။

26 သေိုက်သော အပြစ်မရှိသော ိုမိန်းမကို သင်သည် အဘယ်သို့မျှ မပြုရ။

27 အကြောင်းမူကား၊ ယောက်ျားသည် ထိုမိန်းမကို တော၌တွေ့၍ မိန်းမအော်ဟစ်သော်လည်း ကူညီသောသူ မရှိသောကြောင့်၊ ထိုအမှုသည် လူချင်းတယောက်ကို တယောက် ရန်ပြု၍ သတ်သောအမှုနှင့်တူ၏။

28 ယောက်ျားနှင့် မထိမ်းမြား မဆောင်နှင်းသေး သော အပျိုကညာကို အခြားသောယောက်ျားသည် တွေ့၍ ကိုင်ဆွဲသင့်နေသည်ကို တွေ့မိလျှင်၊

29 ထိုယောက်ျားသည် မိန်းမ၏ အဘအား ငွေ ငါးဆယ်ကို လျော်ရမည်။ ထိုမိန်းမသည်လည်း သူ၏ မယားဖြစ်ရမည်။ သူ့ကို ရှုတ်ချသောကြောင့် တသက်လုံး မကွာရ။

30 လူသည် မိမိအဘနှင့်သာဆိုင်သော အဘ၏ မယားကို မသိမ်းရ။

   

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2468. There is no need to confirm these meanings either, for the explanation itself, and what comes before and after, shows that such things are meant. The form and nature of the religion meant by 'Moab and the children of Ammon' however becomes clear from the description that has been given of their origin, and also from many other places in the Word, the historical as well as the prophetical, where they are mentioned. In general they are people whose worship is external and to some extent appears holy, but is not internal. They are also people who take up the things which belong to external worship as goods and truths but reject and regard as worthless those that belong to internal worship.

[2] This type of worship and religion falls to people with whom natural good exists but who regard other people as worthless in comparison with themselves. They are not unlike fruit which is not unattractive on the outside but which within is mouldy or rotten; they are not unlike marble vases whose contents are impure and sometimes foul; or they are not unlike women whose face, figure, and movements are not unbecoming but who inwardly are diseased and full of foul impurities. For with them a general good exists which does not look unattractive; but things of a particular kind which enter into that good are filthy. This is not so to begin with but becomes so gradually, for such people easily allow themselves to be impregnated with whatever go by the name of goods and consequently by whatever falsities which, because they are confirmatory, they imagine to be truths. This happens because they despise the interior things of worship, which things they despise because they are governed by self-love. Such people come from and originate with those whose worship is purely external and who in this chapter are represented by Lot. They do so when the good contained in truth has been desolated. In the Word the nature of such people is described both in the beginning when their good has not as yet been so defiled, and also subsequently when it is being defiled, as well as after that when it has been defiled completely; and their rejection of the interior things of worship and doctrine is described too.

[3] The nature of those people in the beginning when their good has not as yet been so defiled is described in Daniel,

At the time of the end the king of the south will clash with him; therefore the king of the north will rush upon him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he will enter into countries, and will overflow, and will pass through, and will come into the glorious land, and many countries will collapse; these will be delivered out of his hand, Edom and Moab, and the firstfruits of the children of Ammon. Daniel 11:40-41.

'The king of the south' stands for people with whom goods and truths are present, 'the king of the north' for those with whom evils and falsities are present. 'The king of the north with chariots, horsemen, and ships, entering countries, overflowing, and passing through' stands for evils and falsities, meant by 'chariots, horsemen, and ships', getting the upper hand; 'the deliverance from his hand of Edom, Moab, and the firstfruits of the children of Ammon' stands for people governed by good which has not yet been defiled so much by falsities. This is why they are called 'the firstfruits of the children of Ammon'.

[4] In Moses,

We passed on by the road of the wilderness, and Jehovah said to Moses, Do not harass Moab, nor engage with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land as an inheritance because I have given Ar to the children of Lot as an inheritance. Deuteronomy 2:8-9.

And regarding the children of Ammon,

Jehovah spoke to Moses, Today you are passing over Ar the boundary of Moab, and when you approach from the region of the children of Ammon, do not harass them nor engage with them, for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon as an inheritance, for I have given it to the children of Lot as an inheritance. Deuteronomy 2:17-19.

Here 'Ar' stands for that kind of good, 'Moab and the children of Ammon' for people who are governed by such good, but at the beginning, which explains why it is commanded that they should not be harassed.

[5] This also is the reason why Moab drove out the Emim, and the Rephaim who were similar to the Anakim, and why the children of Ammon too drove out the Rephaim, whom they called the Zamzummim, Deuteronomy 2:9-11, 18-21. 'Emim, Rephaim, Anakim, and Zamzummim' means people who were impregnated with evil and false persuasions, see 581, 1673. 'Moab and the children of Ammon' in the present context means people who have not yet been impregnated. But when these too had been so impregnated, that is, when their good had been defiled by falsities, they also were driven out, Numbers 21:21-31; Ezekiel 25:8-11.

[6] The nature of those people when their good is being defiled is described in Jeremiah,

To Moab Jehovah spoke thus, Woe to Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and overwhelmed; the praise of Moab is no more. Give wings to Moab, for it will fly away and its cities will become a desolation, with no one to dwell in them. Leave the cities and dwell in the rock, O inhabitants of Moab, and be like the dove that nests in the sides of the mouth of the hole. I know its anger, says Jehovah, and it is not steadfast, and its falsities do not make for right. Therefore I will howl over Moab and will cry out to the whole of Moab. From the weeping of Jazer I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah. Your branches passed over the sea, they reached as far as the sea of Jazer; on your summer fruits and on your vintage the vastator has fallen. Therefore My heart is moved over Moab like pipes. Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished, for your sons have been taken away into captivity, and your daughters into captivity. And I will bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days. Jeremiah 48:1-2, 9, 28, 30-32, 36, 46-47.

[7] The whole chapter refers to Moab, but by means of him to the way in which people with whom such good is present allow themselves to be impregnated with falsities. This is why it is said that 'they should give Moab wings so that he may fly away', and that 'his cities will become a desolation', but that 'they were to leave the cities and dwell in the rock, and like a dove were to nest in the sides of the mouth of the hole', and many other things by which they are persuaded to remain with the general goods and truths they possess. And if at such times they were led astray by falsities due to lack of knowledge they would be brought back from captivity in the latter days. But with those people with whom this does not happen it is said, 'I will howl over Moab and will cry out to the whole of Moab', and 'My heart is moved over Moab'. The falsities with which they are impregnated are meant by Nebo, Kiriathaim, Misgab, Sibmah, Jazer, Chemosh, and other names mentioned in that chapter.

[8] In Isaiah,

Like a scattered nest will the daughters of Moab be. Give counsel, execute judgement. Make your whole shade [as the night] in the middle of the day. Hide the outcasts, do not betray the wanderer; let My outcasts, O Moab, dwell together in you; be a refuge to them in the presence of the vastator. We have heard of the pride of Moab - his great pride, his arrogance, and his insolence, and his anger; not so his lies. Therefore Moab will howl for Moab, everyone will howl. Therefore My bowels are played on like a harp for Moab, and My inward parts for the city of Heres. And when Moab is seen exhausted on the high place and he comes to his sanctuary to pray he will not prevail. In three years, like the years of a hireling, the praise of Moab will be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude, and the survivors will be a very small and feeble number. Isaiah 16:2-4, 6-7, 11-12, 14.

The whole of this chapter as well refers to Moab, and by means of him to people with whom such good is present. They are described in various parts of the chapter in words similar to those used in Jeremiah 48 - people that are in like manner persuaded to remain with the general goods and truths they possess and not allow themselves to be impregnated with falsities. General goods and truths are meant by the demand that they should give counsel, execute judgement, hide the outcasts, not betray the wanderer, be a refuge to outcasts in the presence of the vastator, all of which mean the external features of worship. Yet because they allow themselves to be impregnated with falsities, it is said 'in three years, like the years of a hireling, and the praise of Moab will be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude, and the survivors will be a very small and feeble number'.

[9] Because they are led astray easily, Moab is called 'the sending forth of the hand of the Philistines, and the children of Ammon their obedience' in Isaiah,

The root of Jesse; which is standing as an ensign of the peoples, that will the nations seek, and His rest will be glory. The envy of Ephraim will depart, and the enemies of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will not envy Judah, and Judah will not harass Ephraim. And they will fly down onto the shoulder of the Philistines towards the sea, together they will plunder the people of the east, Edom, Moab the sending forth of their hand, and the children of Ammon their obedience. Isaiah 11:10, 13-14.

'The root of Jesse' stands for the Lord, 'Judah' for those who are governed by celestial good, 'Ephraim' for those who are governed by spiritual truth, 'the Philistines' for those who possess a knowledge of the cognitions of truth but who have no charity, 'the people of the east' for those who possess a knowledge of the cognitions of what is good but who also have no charity. Moab is called 'the sending forth of their hand', the children of Ammon 'their obedience', because they are impregnated with falsities by them.

[10] The nature however of people called Moab and the children of Ammon and what it becomes when their good has been defiled completely by falsities is described in David,

God has spoken in His holiness, Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; and

Ephraim is the strength of My head, Judah is My lawgiver, Moab is My wash-basin. Psalms 60:6-8; and likewise. Psalms 108:7-9.

'Washbasin' stands for good defiled by falsities.

[11] In Jeremiah,

The praise of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they have thought evil against him: Come, let us cut him off from being a nation. Moab has been at ease from his youth, resting on his lees; he has not been emptied from vessel into vessel, nor has he gone away into exile. Therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is unchanged. On all the roofs of Moab and in its streets it is all lamentation, for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which no pleasure is taken. Jeremiah 48:2, 11, 38.

The falsities that defile good, which is 'Moab', are here called 'lees'. These are what 'the taste and scent' consists in if no reformation takes place, meant here by being 'emptied from vessel into vessel'. Good itself is called 'a vessel in which no pleasure is taken', as in David where it is called 'a basin for washing in'. In Isaiah,

The hand of Jehovah will rest on this mountain, and Moab will be threshed beneath it, as straw is trodden down in a dung-pit. Isaiah 25:10.

[12] People with whom such good exists are interested solely in the external features of worship and doctrine, and despise, reject, indeed are utterly averse to the internal; and as a consequence they have falsities instead of truths: in Ezekiel,

Son of man, set your face towards the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them, and say to the children of Ammon, Hear the word of the Lord Jehovih: Thus said the Lord Jehovih, Because you say, Aha! against My sanctuary that has been profaned, and against the land of Israel because it has been made desolate, and against the house of Judah because they have gone away into captivity, I will make Rabbah into a dwelling-place for camels, and the children of Ammon into a couching-place for flocks. The Lord Jehovih said, Because you have clapped the hand and stamped with the foot and rejoiced with all the contempt in your soul against the land of Israel, therefore, behold, I will stretch out My hand against you and hand you over as spoil to the nations, and I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries. Ezekiel 25:2-7.

'Aha! against the sanctuary that has been profaned, against the land of Israel because it has been made desolate, against the house of Judah because they have gone away into captivity', 'you clapped the hand, stamped with the foot, and rejoiced with all the contempt in your soul against the land of Israel' are words expressing contempt for, mockery, and rejection of the interior features of worship and doctrine. When these have been rejected external things cease to have any value and 'are handed over as spoil to the nations', that is, they are invested by evils, and 'cut off from the peoples', that is, invested by falsities, and 'are made to perish out of the countries', that is, become part of what is not the Church.

[13] In Zephaniah,

I have heard the taunt of Moab and the blasphemies of the children of Ammon, who have taunted My people and magnified themselves against their border. Therefore as I live, Moab will become like Sodom, and the children of Ammon like Gomorrah, a place abandoned to the nettle and a saltpit, and they will be a desolation for ever. This will be theirs for their arrogance because they taunted and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah Zebaoth. Zephaniah 2:8-10.

'Taunting the people, and magnifying themselves against their border, and against the people of Jehovah Zebaoth' is scorning and rejecting interior truths, meant by 'the people of Jehovah Zebaoth'. Goods as a consequence become evils derived from falsity, which are 'Sodom' and 'a place abandoned to the nettle', while truths become falsities, which are 'Gomorrah' and 'a saltpit'. For it is from internal things that external are enabled to be good and true.

[14] In David,

[Your] enemies craftily take secret counsel against Your people, they consult together against Your hidden ones, [saying,] Come, let us cut them off from being a nation, and let not the name of Israel be remembered any more, for they consult together with one accord; against You they make a covenant the tents of Edom, and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, Gebal and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre: Asshur also is joined with them; they are an arm to the children of Lot. Psalms 83:2-8.

'Consulting against the hidden ones', 'cutting them off from being a nation so that the name of Israel is remembered no more' means being totally averse to interior things. 'The tents of Edom, the Ishmaelites, Moab, the Hagrites, Gebal, and Ammon' means people whose worship and doctrine are external, 'Philistia with Tyre' people who talk about internal things but do not have them, 'Asshur who is an arm to the children of Lot' reasoning with which they fight on behalf of external things and attack internal.

[15] In Moses,

A man shall not take his father's wife nor violate his father's skirt. He who has been severely bruised or crushed in the testicles shall not enter the assembly of Jehovah. The Ammonite and the Moabite shall not enter the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation they shall not ever enter the assembly of Jehovah. Deuteronomy 22:30-23:7.

This shows what Moab and Ammon were at the end, that is, when they were impregnated completely with falsities. That is to say, they were people with whom good was adulterated and truth falsified through their contempt for, rejection of, and at length total aversion to all interior things. This also is why these two names are mentioned in this quotation after reference has been made to the foul kinds of adultery meant by 'taking one's father's wife' and 'violating one's father's skirt - almost as with the mention made here to Lot's daughters from whom Moab and Ammon were born; and also after reference to those who are 'severely bruised or crushed in the testicles', by whom those who are totally averse to everything that has to do with love and charity are meant. 'The assembly of Jehovah' means heaven, which they are unable to enter because they possess no remnants, which are obtained solely from interior goods and interior truths and which are meant by 'the tenth generation', 576, 1738, 2280.

[16] They also belonged to those nations who used to sacrifice sons and daughters to Molech, by which in the internal sense is meant that they annihilated truths and goods. Actually Moab's god was Chemosh, and the children of Ammon's was Molech or Milcom, 1 Kings 11:7, 33; 2 Kings 23:13, to whom they sacrificed, 2 Kings 3:27. As regards 'sons and daughters' meaning truths and goods, see 489-491, 533, 1147.

[17] Such then is the meaning of Moab and Ammon; but the kinds of falsity by which they adulterate goods and annihilate truths are many. These are listed in Jeremiah, but merely by their names -

Judgement has come to the land of the plain, to Holon, and to Jahzah, and to Mephaath, and on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Bethdiblathaim, and on Kiriathaim, and on Bethgamul, and on Bethmeon, and on Kirioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. The horn of Moab has been cut off and his arm broken. Make him drunk, because he magnified himself over Jehovah, and let Moab applaud in his vomit. Jeremiah 48:21-26.

These are the kinds of falsity which come together in those who are called Moab and Ammon. Which particular falsities however, and the nature of them, becomes clear from the meaning of each name in the internal sense; for names in the Word mean nothing other than real things, as has been shown many times.

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