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2. Samuelova 9

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1 I reče David: Ima li jošte ko da je ostao od doma Saulovog? Da mu učinim milost radi Jonatana.

2 A beše jedan sluga doma Saulovog, po imenu Siva; i dozvaše ga k Davidu. I reče mu car: Jesi li ti Siva? A on reče: Ja sam, sluga tvoj.

3 A car reče: Ima li jošte ko od doma Saulovog da mu učinim milost Božiju? A Siva reče caru: Još ima sin Jonatanov, hrom na nogu.

4 I reče mu car: Gde je? A Siva reče caru: Eno ga u domu Mahira sina Amilovog u Lodevaru.

5 Tada posla car David da ga dovedu iz Lodevara iz doma Mahira sina Amilovog.

6 A kad dođe k Davidu Mefivostej sin Jonatana sina Saulovog, pade na lice svoje i pokloni se. A David reče: Mefivosteju! A on reče: Evo sluge tvog.

7 A David mu reče: Ne boj se; jer ću ti učiniti milost Jonatana radi oca tvog, daću ti natrag sve njive Saula oca tvog; a ti ćeš svagda jesti za mojim stolom.

8 A on se pokloni i reče: Ko sam ja sluga tvoj, te si pogledao na mrtvog psa kao što sam ja?

9 I car dozva Sivu slugu Saulovog, i reče mu: Šta je god bilo Saulovo i svega doma njegovog, dao sam sinu tvog gospodara.

10 Radi mu dakle zemlju ti i sinovi tvoji i sluge tvoje, i donosi da sin gospodara tvog ima hleb da jede; ali Mefivostej sin gospodara tvog ješće svagda za mojim stolom. Siva pak imaše petnaest sinova i dvadeset sluga.

11 I reče Siva caru: Kako je car gospodar moj zapovedio sluzi svom, sve će činiti sluga tvoj. Ali Mefivostej, reče car, ješće za mojim stolom kao carski sin.

12 A Mefivostej imaše malog sina, kome ime beše Miha; a svi koji življahu u domu Sivinom behu sluge Mefivostejeve.

13 A Mefivostej seđaše u Jerusalimu, jer svagda jeđaše za carevim stolom, a beše hrom na obe noge.

   

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“The eyes are the windows of the soul.” That's a sentiment with roots somewhere in murky antiquity, but one that has become hopelessly cliché because it is both poetic and obviously true. We feel that if we can look in someone's eyes, we can truly know what they are inside. And it's not just the eyes; really it is the face as a whole that conveys this. As Swedenborg puts it, the face is “man's spiritual world presented in his natural world” (Heaven and Hell, No. 91). Our faces reveal our interior thoughts and feelings in myriad ways, which is why psychologists, poker players and criminal investigators spend so much time studying them. It makes sense, then, that people's faces in the Bible represent their interiors, the thoughts, loves and desires they hold most deeply. We turn our faces to the ground to show humility when we bow in worship; we turn them to the mountains when seeking inspiration; we turn them toward our enemies when we are ready to battle temptation. When things are hard, we need to “face facts,” or accept them internally. When the topic is the Lord's face, it represents the Lord's interiors, which are perfect love and perfect mercy. And when people turn away from the Lord and refuse his love, it is described as the Lord “hiding his face.”

(Odkazy: Heaven and Hell 91)