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1 Samuel 25

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1 At namatay si Samuel; at nagpipisan ang buong Israel, at pinanaghuyan siya, at inilibing siya sa kaniyang bahay sa Rama. At bumangon si David, at lumusong sa ilang ng Paran.

2 At may isang lalake sa Maon, na ang mga pag-aari ay nasa Carmelo; at ang lalake ay lubhang dakila, at siya'y mayroong tatlong libong tupa, at isang libong kambing; at kaniyang ginugupitan ng balahibo ang kaniyang tupa sa Carmelo.

3 Ang pangalan nga ng lalake ay Nabal; at ang pangalan ng kaniyang asawa ay Abigail: at ang babae ay matalino, at may magandang pagmumukha; nguni't ang lalake ay masungit at masama sa kaniyang mga gawa; at siya'y supling sa sangbahayan ni Caleb.

4 At narinig ni David sa ilang na ginugupitan ni Nabal ng balahibo ang kaniyang tupa.

5 At nagsugo si David ng sangpung bataan, at sinabi ni David sa mga bataan, Umahon kayo sa Carmelo, at kayo'y pumaroon kay Nabal, at batiin ninyo siya sa aking pangalan:

6 At ganito ang sasabihin ninyo sa kaniya na nabubuhay na maginhawa, Kapayapaan nawa ang sumaiyo, at kapayapaan nawa ang sumaiyong sangbahayan, at kapayapaan nawa ang suma lahat ng iyong tinatangkilik.

7 At ngayo'y aking narinig na ikaw ay nagpapagupit ng balahibo ng tupa; ang iyong mga pastor nga ay nasa sa amin, at hindi namin inano sila, o nagkulang man ng anomang bagay sa kanilang buong panahon na kanilang ikinaroon sa Carmelo.

8 Tanungin mo ang iyong mga bataan at kanilang sasaysayin sa iyo: kaya't makasumpong nawa ng biyaya sa iyong mga mata ang mga bataan; sapagka't kami ay naparito sa mabuting araw: isinasamo ko sa iyo, na ibigay mo ang anomang masumpungan mo ng iyong kamay, sa iyong mga lingkod, at sa iyong anak na kay David.

9 At nang dumating ang mga bataan ni David, kanilang sinalita kay Nabal ang ayon sa lahat ng mga salitang yaon sa pangalan ni David, at nagsitahimik.

10 At sinagot ni Nabal ang mga lingkod ni David, at nagsabi, Sino si David? at sino ang anak ni Isai? maraming mga bataan ngayon sa mga araw na ito na nagsisilayas bawa't isa sa kaniyang panginoon.

11 Akin nga bang kukunin ang aking tinapay at ang aking tubig, at ang aking hayop na aking pinatay dahil sa aking mga manggugupit, at aking ibibigay sa mga tao na hindi ko nakikilala kung taga saan?

12 Sa gayo'y ang mga bataan ni David ay pumihit sa kanilang lakad, at nagsibalik, at naparoon, at isinaysay sa kaniya ang ayon sa lahat ng mga salitang ito.

13 At sinabi ni David sa kaniyang mga lalake, Ibigkis ng bawa't isa sa inyo ang kaniyang tabak. At nagbigkis ang bawa't isa ng kaniyang tabak; at si David ay nagbigkis din ng kaniyang tabak: at ang umahon na sumunod kay David ay may apat na raang lalake; at naiwan ang dalawang daan sa daladalahan.

14 Nguni't isinaysay ng isa sa mga bataan kay Abigail, na asawa ni Nabal, na sinasabi, Narito, si David ay nagsugo ng mga sugo mula sa ilang upang bumati sa ating panginoon; at kaniyang tinanggihan.

15 Nguni't ang mga lalake ay napakabuti sa amin, at hindi kami sinaktan, o nagkulang man ng anomang bagay habang kami ay nakikisama sa kanila, nang kami ay nasa mga parang:

16 Sila'y naging kuta sa amin sa gabi at gayon din sa araw buong panahong aming ikinaroon sa kanila sa pagaalaga ng mga tupa.

17 Ngayon nga'y iyong alamin at dilidilihin kung ano ang iyong gagawin; sapagka't ang kasamaan ay ipinasiya na laban sa ating panginoon, at laban sa kaniyang buong sangbahayan: sapagka't siya'y isang hamak na tao, na sinoma'y hindi makapakiusap sa kaniya.

18 Nang magkagayo'y nagmadali si Abigail, at kumuha ng dalawang daang tinapay, at dalawang balat ng alak, at limang handang tupa, at limang takal ng trigo na sinangag, at isang daang kumpol na pasas, at dalawang daang binilong igos, at ipinagpapasan sa mga asno.

19 At sinabi niya sa kaniyang mga bataan, Magpauna kayo sa akin; narito ako'y susunod sa inyo. Nguni't hindi niya isinaysay sa kaniyang asawang kay Nabal.

20 At nagkagayon na samantalang siya'y nakasakay sa kaniyang asno at lumulusong sa isang kubling dako ng bundok na narito, si David at ang kaniyang mga lalake ay lumulusong na patungo sa kaniya, at sinalubong niya sila.

21 Sinabi nga ni David, Tunay na walang kabuluhang aking iningatan ang lahat na tinatangkilik ng taong yaon sa ilang, na anopa't hindi nawala ang anoman sa lahat na nauukol sa kaniya: at kaniyang iginanti sa akin ay masama sa mabuti.

22 Hatulan nawa ng Dios ang mga kaaway ni David, at lalo na, kung ako'y magiwan ng labis sa lahat na nauukol sa kaniya sa pagbubukang liwayway kahit isang batang lalake.

23 At nang makita ni Abigail si David, ay nagmadali siya, at lumunsad sa kaniyang asno, at nagpatirapa sa harap ni David at yumukod sa lupa.

24 At siya'y nagpatirapa sa kaniyang mga paa at nagsabi, Mapasa akin, panginoon ko, mapasa akin ang kasamaan: at isinasamo ko sa iyo na iyong papagsalitain ang iyong lingkod sa iyong mga pakinig, at iyong dinggin ang mga salita ng iyong lingkod.

25 Isinasamo ko sa iyo, na ang aking panginoon ay huwag makitungo sa lalaking ito na hamak, sa makatuwid baga'y kay Nabal; sapagka't kung ano ang kaniyang pangalan ay gayon siya: Nabal ang kaniyang pangalan, at ang kamangmangan ay sumasakaniya: nguni't akong iyong lingkod, hindi nakakita sa mga bataan ng aking panginoon, na iyong sinugo.

26 Ngayon nga, panginoon ko, buhay ang Panginoon, at buhay ang iyong kaluluwa, yamang ikaw ay pinigil ng Panginoon sa pagbububo ng dugo, at sa panghihiganti mo ng iyong sariling kamay kaya nga ang iyong mga kaaway at yaong mga umuusig ng kasamaan sa aking panginoon ay maging gaya ni Nabal.

27 At ngayo'y itong kaloob na dinala ng iyong lingkod sa aking panginoon ay mabigay sa mga bataan na sumusunod sa aking panginoon.

28 Isinasamo ko sa iyo na iyong ipatawad ang pagkasalangsang ng iyong lingkod: sapagka't tunay na gagawin ng Panginoon ang aking panginoon ng isang sangbahayan na tiwasay, sapagka't ibinabaka ng aking panginoon ang mga pagbabaka ng Panginoon; at ang kasamaan ay hindi masusumpungan sa iyo sa lahat ng iyong mga araw.

29 At bagaman bumangon ang isang lalake upang habulin ka, at usigin ang iyong kaluluwa, gayon ma'y ang kaluluwa ng aking panginoon ay matatali sa talian ng buhay na kasama ng Panginoon mong Dios; at ang mga kaluluwa ng iyong mga kaaway, ay pahihilagpusin niya, na parang mula sa gitna ng isang panghilagpos.

30 At mangyayari, pagka nagawa ng Panginoon sa aking panginoon ang ayon sa lahat ng mabuti na kaniyang sinalita tungkol sa iyo, at kaniyang naihalal ka na prinsipe sa Israel;

31 Na ito'y hindi magiging kalumbayan sa iyo o kutog man ng loob sa aking panginoon, maging ikaw ay nagbubo ng dugo sa walang kabuluhan, o gumanti ng sa kaniyang sarili ang aking panginoon: at pagka gumawa ang Panginoon ng mabuti sa aking panginoon, alalahanin mo nga ang iyong lingkod.

32 At sinabi ni David kay Abigail, Purihin nawa ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel, na nagsugo sa iyo sa araw na ito upang salubungin ako:

33 At purihin nawa ang iyong kabaitan, at pagpalain ka, na pumigil sa akin sa araw na ito sa pagbububo ng dugo, at sa panghihiganti ng aking sariling kamay.

34 Sapagka't tunay, buhay ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel na siyang pumigil sa akin sa pagsakit sa iyo, kundi ka nagmadali, at pumaritong sumalubong sa akin, tunay na walang malalabi kay Nabal sa pagbubukang liwayway kahit isang batang lalake.

35 Sa gayo'y tinanggap ni David sa kaniyang kamay ang dinala niya sa kaniya: at sinabi niya sa kaniya, Umahon kang payapa na umuwi sa iyong bahay; tingnan mo, aking dininig ang iyong tinig, at aking tinanggap ang iyong pagkatao.

36 At naparoon si Abigail kay Nabal; at, narito, siya'y gumawa ng isang kasayahan sa kaniyang bahay, na gaya ng pagsasaya ng isang hari; at ang puso ni Nabal ay nagalak sa kaniyang loob, sapagka't siya'y lubhang nalango; kaya't siya'y hindi nagsaysay sa kaniya ng anoman, munti o malaki, hanggang sa pagbubukang liwayway.

37 At nangyari sa kinaumagahan, nang ang alak ay mapawi kay Nabal, na isinaysay ng asawa niya sa kaniya ang mga bagay na ito, at nagkasakit siya sa puso, at siya'y naging parang isang bato.

38 At nangyari, pagkaraan ng may sangpung araw, at sinaktan ng Panginoon si Nabal, na anopa't siya'y namatay.

39 At nang mabalitaan ni David na si Nabal ay namatay, ay kaniyang sinabi, Purihin nawa ang Panginoon na siyang nagsanggalang ng aking kadustaan mula sa kamay ni Nabal, at pinigil ang kaniyang lingkod sa kasamaan: at ang masamang gawa ni Nabal ay ibinalik ng Panginoon sa kaniyang sariling ulo. At nagsugo si David upang salitain kay Abigail na kunin siya na maging asawa niya.

40 At nang dumating ang mga lingkod ni David kay Abigail sa Carmelo, ay kanilang sinalita sa kaniya, na sinasabi, Sinugo kami ni David sa iyo, upang kunin ka na maging asawa niya.

41 At siya'y bumangon at nagpatirapa sa lupa, at nagsabi, Narito, ang iyong lingkod ay isang aba upang maghugas ng mga paa ng mga lingkod ng aking panginoon.

42 At nagmadali si Abigail, at bumangon, at sumakay sa isang asno, na kasama ng limang dalaga niya na sumusunod sa kaniya; at siya'y sumunod sa mga sugo ni David, at naging kaniyang asawa.

43 Kinuha naman ni David si Ahinoam, na taga Jezreel; at sila'y kapuwa naging asawa niya.

44 Ngayo'y ibinigay ni Saul si Michal na kaniyang anak, na asawa ni David, kay Palti na anak ni Lais na taga Gallim.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 3147

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3147. 'And water to wash his feet' means purification there. This is clear from the meaning of 'water to wash' or 'washing with water' as purifying, dealt with below, and from the meaning of 'feet' as natural things, or what amounts to the same, those things that are in the natural man, dealt with in 2162. In the representative Church washing feet with water was a ceremonial act which meant washing away the filth of the natural man. The filth of the natural man is composed of all the things that belong to self-love and love of the world, and when such filth has been washed away goods and truths flow in, for that filth alone is what hinders the influx of good and truth from the Lord.

[2] For good is flowing in constantly from the Lord, but when by way of the internal or spiritual man it reaches the external or natural man it is either perverted there, or turned away, or stifled. But when indeed the things that belong to self-love and love of the world are removed, good is received there, and bears fruit there, since the person now performs the works of charity. This may become clear from many considerations, such as this: When the things that belong to the external or natural man are quiescent - as they are in times of ill-fortune, wretchedness, and sickness - a person instantly starts to become spiritually-minded and to will what is good, and also to perform acts of devotion insofar as he is able. But when that state alters, these things are altered too.

[3] In the Ancient Church 'washings' were signs meaning these things, and in the Jewish Church the same were representations. The reason why in the Ancient Church they were meaningful signs but in the Jewish Church representations was that members of the Ancient Church regarded that custom as some external act of worship. Nor did they believe that they were purified by that kind of washing but by a washing away of the filth of the natural man, which, as has been stated, is composed of the things that belong to self-love and love of the world. But the member of the Jewish Church did believe that he was purified by such washing, for he did not know, and did not wish to know, that the purifying of a person's interior self was meant.

[4] That 'washing' means the washing away of that filth is clear in Isaiah,

Wash yourselves; purify yourselves; remove the evil of your doings from before My eyes; cease to do evil. Isaiah 1:16.

Here it is evident that 'washing themselves' means purifying themselves and removing evils. In the same prophet,

When the Lord will have washed the excrement of the daughters of Zion and washed away the blood of Jerusalem from its midst in a spirit of judgement and in a spirit of purging. Isaiah 4:4.

Here 'washing the excrement of the daughters of Zion and washing away the blood of Jerusalem' stands for purifying from evils and falsities. In Jeremiah,

Wash your heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that you may be saved. How long will your iniquitous thoughts lodge within you? Jeremiah 4:14.

[5] In Ezekiel,

I washed you with water, and washed away the blood from upon you, and anointed you with oil. Ezekiel 16:9.

This refers to Jerusalem, which is used here to mean the Ancient Church. 'Washing with water' stands for purifying from falsities, 'washing away the blood' for purging from evils, 'anointing with oil' for filling with good at that time. In David,

Wash me from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. You will purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean; You will wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Psalms 51:2, 7.

'Being washed' plainly stands for being purified from evils and derivative falsities.

[6] These were the things that were meant by 'washing' in the Representative Church. For the sake of the representation, when they had been made unclean and needed to be cleansed, people were commanded in that Church to wash the skin, hands, feet, and also their garments. All these meant things that belong to the natural man. Also for the sake of the representation, lavers made of bronze were placed outside the Temple - that is to say, 'the bronze sea and the ten bronze lavers' mentioned in 1 Kings 7:23-29; there was also the bronze laver from which Aaron and his sons were to wash themselves, placed between the Tent of Meeting and the Altar, and so outside the Tent of Meeting, Exodus 30:18-19, 21 - the meaning of which was that only external or natural things needed to be purified. And unless they have been purified, that is, unless things belonging to self-love and love of the world have been removed from them, internal things which belong to love to the Lord and towards the neighbour cannot possibly flow in, as stated above.

[7] To enable these matters to be understood more easily, that is to say, regarding the need for external things to be purified, let good works - or what amounts to the same, the goods of charity, which are at the present day called the fruits of faith, and which, since they are actions, are external - serve to exemplify and illustrate the point: Good works are bad works unless the things belonging to self-love and love of the world are removed. For until these have been removed works, when performed, are good to outward appearance but are inwardly bad. They are inwardly bad because they are done either for the sake of reputation, or for financial gain, or for improvement of one's position, or for reward. They are accordingly either merit-seeking or hypocritical, for the things that belong to self-love and love of the world cause those works to be such. But when indeed these evils are removed, works become good, and are the goods of charity. That is to say, they are done regardless of self, the world, reputation, or reward, and so are not merit-seeking or hypocritical, because in that case celestial love and spiritual love flow from the Lord into those works and cause them to be love and charity in action. And at the same time the Lord also purifies the natural or external man by means of those things and orders it so that that man receives correspondingly the celestial and spiritual things that flow in.

[8] This becomes quite clear from what the Lord taught when He washed the disciples' feet: In John,

He came to Simon Peter, who said to Him, Lord, do You wash my feet? Jesus answered and said to him, What I am doing you do not know now, but you will know afterwards. Peter said to Him, You will never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me. Simon Peter said to Him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and head! Jesus said to him, He who is washed has no need except that his feet be washed, but is clean all over. Now you are clean, but not all of you. John 13:4-17.

'He who is washed has no need except that his feet be washed' means that anyone who has been reformed needs to be cleansed only in regard to natural things, that is, to have evils and falsities removed from them. For when that happens all is ordered by the influx of spiritual things from the Lord. Furthermore 'feet-washing' was an act of charity, meaning that one ought not to dwell on the evils of another person. It was also an act of humility, meaning the cleansing of another from evils, like filth from the body, as also becomes clear from the Lord's words in verses 12-17 of that chapter in John, and also in Luke 7:37-38, 44, 46; John 11:2; 1 Samuel 25:41.

[9] Anyone may see that washing himself does not purify a person from evils and falsities, only from the filth that clings to him. Yet because it belonged among the religious observances commanded in the Church it follows that it embodies some special idea, namely spiritual washing, which is purification from the filth that clings to man inwardly. Members of that Church therefore who knew these things and thought of purification of the heart, that is, the removal of the evils of self-love and love of the world from the natural man, and tried to achieve it with utmost zeal, practiced ritual washing as an external act of worship, as commanded. But among those who did not know and did not wish to know those things but who supposed that the mere ritual act of washing garments, skin, hands, and feet would purify them, and who supposed that provided they performed such rituals they would be allowed to continue leading lives of avarice, hatred, revenge, mercilessness, and cruelty - all of which constitute spiritual filth - the performance of the ritual was idolatrous. Nevertheless by means of that ritual they were still able to represent, and by means of the representation to display, some vestige of a Church, by means of which heaven was in a way joined to mankind prior to the Lord's Coming. But that conjunction was such that heaven had little or no influence at all on the member of that Church.

[10] The Jews and Israelites were such that they did not think at all of the internal man, nor did they wish to know anything about the same. Thus they knew absolutely nothing about the celestial and spiritual things which belong to the life after death. Nevertheless to prevent the end of all communication with heaven and so with the Lord, they were bound to the performance of external observances by which internal things were meant. All their captivities and plagues were in general to the end that external observances might be duly carried out for the sake of the representation. It was for this reason that the following laws were given:

Moses was to wash Aaron and his sons with water at the tent door, to sanctify them. Exodus 29:4; 40:12; Leviticus 8:6.

Aaron and his sons were to wash their hands and feet before entering the Tent of Meeting and approaching the Altar to minister, lest they died. This was to them a statute for ever. Exodus 30:18-21; 40:30-31.

Before putting on his vestments Aaron was to wash his flesh. Leviticus 16:4, 24.

Levites were to be purified by sprinkling the water of expiation over them, passing a razor over their flesh, and washing their clothes - then they were pure. Numbers 8:6-7.

Anyone who ate the carcass of a clean animal, 1 or that which had been torn to pieces, was to wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and if he did not wash himself and bathe his flesh he would bear his iniquity. Leviticus 17:15-16.

Anyone who touched the bed of a person who had a discharge, or sat on a vessel on which that person had sat, and anyone who touched that person's flesh was to wash his clothes and to bathe himself with water, and be unclean until the evening. Leviticus 15:5-7, 10-12 and following verses.

The person who sent the goat away to Azazel was to wash his flesh. Leviticus 16:26.

When a leper was to be cleansed he was to wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, wash himself in water, and then he would be clean. Leviticus 14:8-9.

Even vessels themselves which had become unclean through contact with unclean persons were made to go through water and be unclean until the evening. Leviticus 11:32.

From all these laws it may be seen that nobody was made clean or pure internally through ritual washing, but that such a person merely represented him who was pure or spiritually clean, for the reason stated above. The Lord teaches the same quite explicitly in Matthew 15:1-20; Mark 7:1-23.

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1. i.e. an animal that had not been slaughtered but had died naturally

  
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