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1 A kad On vide narod, pope se na goru, i sede, i pristupiše Mu učenici Njegovi.

2 I otvorivši usta svoja učaše ih govoreći:

3 Blago siromašnima duhom, jer je njihovo carstvo nebesko;

4 Blago onima koji plaču, jer će se utešiti;

5 Blago krotkima, jer će naslediti zemlju;

6 Blago gladnima i žednima pravde, jer će se nasititi;

7 Blago milostivima, jer će biti pomilovani;

8 Blago onima koji su čistog srca, jer će Boga videti;

9 Blago onima koji mir grade, jer će se sinovi Božji nazvati;

10 Blago prognanima pravde radi, jer je njihovo carstvo nebesko.

11 Blago vama ako vas uzasramote i usprogone i kažu na vas svakojake rđave reči lažući, mene radi.

12 Radujte se i veselite se, jer je velika plata vaša na nebesima, jer su tako progonili proroke pre vas.

13 Vi ste so zemlji; ako so obljutavi, čim će se osoliti? Ona većneće biti nizašta, osim da se prospe napolje i da je ljudi pogaze.

14 Vi ste videlo svetu; ne može se grad sakriti kad na gori stoji.

15 Niti se užiže sveća i meće pod sud nego na svećnjak, te svetli svima koji su u kući.

16 Tako da se svetli vaše videlo pred ljudima, da vide vaša dobra dela, i slave Oca vašeg koji je na nebesima.

17 Ne mislite da sam ja došao da pokvarim zakon ili proroke: nisam došao da pokvarim, nego da ispunim.

18 Jer vam zaista kažem: dokle nebo i zemlja stoji, neće nestati ni najmanje slovce ili jedna titla iz zakona dok se sve ne izvrši.

19 Ako ko pokvari jednu od ovih najmanjih zapovesti i nauči tako ljude, najmanji nazvaće se u carstvu nebeskom; a ko izvrši i nauči, taj će se veliki nazvati u carstvu nebeskom.

20 Jer vam kažem da ako ne bude veća pravda vaša nego književnika i fariseja, nećete ući u carstvo nebesko.

21 Čuli ste kako je kazano starima: Ne ubij; jer ko ubije, biće kriv sudu.

22 A ja vam kažem da će svaki koji se gnevi na brata svog nizašta, biti kriv sudu; a ako li ko reče bratu svom: Raka! Biće kriv skupštini; a ko reče: Budalo! Biće kriv paklu ognjenom.

23 Zato dakle ako prineseš dar svoj k oltaru, i onde se opomeneš da brat tvoj ima nešto na te,

24 Ostavi onde dar svoj pred oltarom, i idi pre te se pomiri s bratom svojim, pa onda dođi i prinesi dar svoj.

25 Miri se sa suparnikom svojim brzo, dok si na putu s njim, da te suparnik ne preda sudiji, a sudija da te ne preda sluzi i u tamnicu da te ne stave.

26 Zaista ti kažem: nećeš izaći odande dok ne daš do poslednjeg dinara.

27 Čuli ste kako je kazano starima: Ne čini preljube.

28 A ja vam kažem da svaki koji pogleda na ženu sa željom, većje učinio preljubu u srcu svom.

29 A ako te oko tvoje desno sablažnjava, iskopaj ga i baci od sebe: jer ti je bolje da pogine jedan od udova tvojih negoli sve telo tvoje da bude bačeno u pakao.

30 I ako te desna ruka tvoja sablažnjava, odseci je i baci od sebe: jer ti je bolje da pogine jedan od udova tvojih negoli sve telo tvoje da bude bačeno u pakao.

31 Tako je kazano: Ako ko pusti ženu svoju, da joj da knjigu raspusnu.

32 A ja vam kažem da svaki koji pusti ženu svoju, osim za preljubu, navodi je te čini preljubu; i koji puštenicu uzme preljubu čini.

33 Još ste čuli kako je kazano starima: Ne kuni se krivo, a ispuni šta si se Gospodu zakleo.

34 A ja vam kažem: ne kunite se nikako: ni nebom, jer je presto Božji;

35 Ni zemljom, jer je podnožje nogama Njegovim; ni Jerusalimom, jer je grad velikog Cara.

36 Ni glavom svojom ne kuni se, jer ne možeš dlake jedne bele ili crne učiniti.

37 Dakle neka bude vaša reč: da - da; ne - ne; a šta je više od ovog, oda zla je.

38 Čuli ste da je kazano: Oko za oko, i zub za zub.

39 A ja vam kažem da se ne branite oda zla, nego ako te ko udari po desnom tvom obrazu, obrni mu i drugi;

40 I koji hoće da se sudi s tobom i košulju tvoju da uzme, podaj mu i haljinu.

41 I ako te potera ko jedan sat, idi s njime dva.

42 Koji ište u tebe, podaj mu; i koji hoće da mu uzajmiš, ne odreci mu.

43 Čuli ste da je kazano: Ljubi bližnjeg svog, i mrzi na neprijatelja svog.

44 A ja vam kažem: ljubite neprijatelje svoje, blagosiljajte one koji vas kunu, činite dobro onima koji na vas mrze i molite se Bogu za one koji vas gone;

45 Da budete sinovi Oca svog koji je na nebesima; jer On zapoveda svom suncu, te obasjava i zle i dobre, i daje dažd pravednima i nepravednima.

46 Jer ako ljubite one koji vas ljube, kakvu platu imate? Ne čine li to i carinici?

47 I ako Boga nazivate samo svojoj braći, šta odviše činite? Ne čine li tako i neznabošci?

48 Budite vi dakle savršeni, kao što je savršen Otac vaš nebeski.

   

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Worlds in Space # 169

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169. When the angelic spirits from that world came into view, they hailed us asking who we were and what we wanted. We said we were travellers who had been brought to their abode, and they had nothing to fear from us. For they were afraid that we were some of those who disturb their ideas of God, faith and suchlike; it was to avoid them they had retreated in that direction towards their world, seeking somewhere they could escape them. Asked what ideas these visitors used to disturb them, they replied the idea of three [Persons], and of a Divinity in God with no human feature, when all the time they know and perceive that God is one and is a man. Then we grasped that those who upset them and whom they avoided, were from our world. This was also evident from the fact that it is those from our world who in the next life travel around as the result of the fondness and pleasure they take in travel, which they acquired in the world. For in other worlds people do not travel like this. Later we learned that they were monks, who had travelled our globe with the purpose of converting the heathen. We therefore told them that they were right to avoid them, since their motive is not teaching, but gaining advantage and taking control. At first, we said, they aim to ensnare people's minds by various means, but they end up by making them into slaves under their orders. Moreover, we said, they were right not to let such people upset their concept of God.

[2] They went on to say that their visitors also confused them by saying that the spirits of that world ought to have faith and believe what their visitors said. Their reply to this was that they did not know the meaning of faith or believing, since they could perceive in themselves that a thing was so. They came from the Lord's celestial kingdom, where interior perception allows everyone to know truths which we call matters of faith. They are enlightened by the Lord, and in this differ from those in the spiritual kingdom. A further sign that the angelic spirits of that world came from the celestial kingdom was the sight of a flame, which is the source of their ideas. For the light in the celestial kingdom is like a flame, but in the spiritual kingdom brilliant white.

Those from the celestial kingdom when speaking about truths never say more than 'yes, yes' or 'no, no'; they never reason about whether a matter is so or not. It is these of whom the Lord says:

Your speech is to be 'yes, yes, no, no'. Anything further is from evil. [Matthew 5:37]

This is why those spirits said they did not know what it was to have faith or believe. They regard this as being as if someone told his companion, who could see houses or trees with his own eyes, that he ought to have faith or believe they were houses or trees, when he can clearly see that they are. That is the nature of those from the Lord's celestial kingdom, and of these angelic spirits. 1

[3] We told them that there are few in our world endowed with interior perception, because when they are young they learn truths which they do not put into practice. A person has two faculties, called the intellect and the will. Those who only allow truths into their memory and so a little way into the intellect, and not into their life, that is, into the will, being unable to have any enlightenment or inward sight from the Lord, say that things must be believed or one must have faith. They also reason about truths, asking whether they are true or not; in fact, they are unwilling to have them perceived by any inward sight or any kind of enlightenment through the intellect. They say this because truths for them are devoid of light from heaven, and those who see without light from heaven can see falsities as truths and truths as falsities. As a result many people in this world have become so blinded, that, even though a person does not put truths into practice, or live by them, they still say he can be saved by faith alone; as if a person's humanity did not come from and depend on the way he lives, but on knowing such things and believing them without living by them.

[4] Afterwards we talked with them about the Lord, about love directed to Him and towards the neighbour, and about regeneration. We said that loving the Lord means loving the commandments He gives, which is living according to them out of love. 2 Love towards the neighbour is wishing and consequently doing good to one's fellow citizen, one's country, one's church and the Lord's kingdom, not selfishly so as to be noticed or to earn merit, but from an affection for good. 3 On regeneration we said that those who are regenerated and put truths at once into practice in their lives, come to be able to perceive them inwardly. But those who first take truths into their memory, and then wish for and do what they demand are those who have faith; for they act from faith, which is then called conscience. The spirits said that they perceived this was so, and hence could see what faith was. I spoke with them by means of spiritual ideas, which allow such matters to be presented and grasped lucidly.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. [Swedenborg’s Footnote] Heaven is divided into two kingdoms, one of which is called the celestial, the other the spiritual kingdom (Arcana Caelestia 3887, 4138). The angels in the celestial kingdom have countless more pieces of knowledge and immeasurably more wisdom than those in the spiritual kingdom (Arcana Caelestia 2718). Celestial angels do not base their thought and speech on faith as do spiritual angels, but on inner perception that this is how things are (Arcana Caelestia 202, 597, 607, 784, 1121, 1387, 1398, 1442, 1919, 7680, 7877, 8780). Celestial angels only say about the truths of faith 'Yes, yes' or 'No, no'; but spiritual angels argue whether it is so or not (Arcana Caelestia 202, 337, 2715, 3246, 4448, 9166 [9196 in original]).

2. [Swedenborg’s Footnote] Loving the Lord is living according to His commandments (Arcana Caelestia 10143, 10153, 10310, 10578, 10645 [10648 in original]).

3. [Swedenborg’s Footnote] Loving the neighbour is doing good and acting justly and correctly in every task and office through affection for good, justice and right (Arcana Caelestia 8120-8122, 10310, 10336). Living in love toward the neighbour is living in accordance with the Lord's commandments (Arcana Caelestia 3249).

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