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Deuteronomio 11

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1 Kaya't iyong iibigin ang Panginoon mong Dios, at iyong susundin ang kaniyang bilin, at ang kaniyang mga palatuntunan, at ang kaniyang mga kahatulan, at ang kaniyang mga utos kailan man.

2 At talastasin ninyo sa araw na ito: sapagka't hindi ko sinasalita sa inyong mga anak na hindi nangakakilala, at hindi nangakakita ng parusa ng Panginoon ninyong Dios ng kaniyang kadakilaan, ng kaniyang makapangyarihang kamay at ng kaniyang unat na bisig,

3 At ng kaniyang mga tanda, at ng kaniyang mga gawa, na kaniyang ginawa sa gitna ng Egipto kay Faraon na hari sa Egipto, at sa kaniyang buong lupain;

4 At ang kaniyang ginawa sa hukbo ng Egipto, sa kanilang mga kabayo, at sa kanilang mga karo; kung paanong tinakpan niya sila ng tubig ng Dagat na Mapula nang kanilang habulin kayo, at kung paanong nilipol sila ng Panginoon sa araw na ito;

5 At kung ano ang kaniyang ginawa sa inyo sa ilang hanggang sa dumating kayo sa dakong ito;

6 At kung ano ang kaniyang ginawa kay Dathan at kay Abiram, na mga anak ni Eliab, na anak ni Ruben; kung paanong ibinuka ng lupa ang kaniyang bibig, at nilamon sila, at ang kanilang mga sangbahayan, at ang kanilang mga tolda, at bawa't bagay na may buhay na sa kanila'y sumusunod sa gitna ng buong Israel:

7 Nguni't nakita ng inyong mga mata ang lahat ng dakilang gawa ng Panginoon na kaniyang ginawa.

8 Kaya't inyong susundin ang buong utos na aking iniuutos sa inyo sa araw na ito, upang kayo'y lumakas at kayo'y pumasok at ariin ninyo ang lupain, na inyong tatawirin upang ariin;

9 At upang inyong maparami ang inyong mga araw sa ibabaw ng lupain na isinumpa ng Panginoon sa inyong mga magulang na ibibigay sa kanila at sa kanilang binhi na lupaing binubukalan ng gatas at pulot.

10 Sapagka't ang lupain na iyong pinaroroonan upang ariin, ay hindi gaya ng lupain ng Egipto, na inyong pinanggalingan, na doo'y nagtatanim ka ng iyong binhi, at iyong dinidilig ng iyong paa, na parang taniman ng mga gulay;

11 Kundi ang lupain, na inyong tatawirin upang ariin, ay lupaing maburol at malibis, at dinidilig ng tubig ng ulan sa langit:

12 Lupaing inaalagaan ng Panginoon mong Dios, at ang mga mata ng Panginoon mong Dios ay nandoong lagi, mula sa pasimula ng taon hanggang sa katapusan ng taon.

13 At mangyayari, na kung inyong didingging maigi ang aking mga utos na aking iniuutos sa inyo sa araw na ito, na ibigin ang Panginoon ninyong Dios at siya'y paglingkuran ng buo ninyong puso, at ang buo ninyong kaluluwa,

14 Ay ibibigay ko ang ulan ng inyong lupain sa kaniyang kapanahunan, ang una at huling ulan upang iyong makamalig ang iyong trigo, at ang iyong alak, at ang iyong langis.

15 At aking bibigyan ng damo ang iyong mga hayop sa iyong mga bukid, at ikaw ay kakain at mabubusog.

16 Mangagingat kayo, baka ang inyong puso ay madaya, at kayo'y maligaw, at maglingkod sa ibang mga dios, at sumamba sa kanila;

17 At ang galit ng Panginoon ay magalab laban sa inyo, at kaniyang sarhan ang langit, upang huwag magkaroon ng ulan, at ang lupa'y huwag magbigay ng kaniyang bunga; at kayo'y malipol na madali sa mabuting lupain na ibinibigay sa inyo ng Panginoon.

18 Kaya't inyong ilalagak itong aking mga salita sa inyong puso, at sa inyong kaluluwa; at inyong itatali na pinakatanda sa inyong kamay at magiging pinakatali sa inyong noo.

19 At inyong ituturo sa inyong mga anak, na inyong sasalitain sa kanila, pagka ikaw ay nauupo sa iyong bahay, at pagka ikaw ay lumalakad sa daan, at pagka ikaw ay nahihiga, at pagka ikaw ay bumabangon.

20 At iyong isusulat sa itaas ng pintuan ng iyong bahay, at sa iyong mga pintuang-daan:

21 Upang ang inyong mga araw ay dumami at ang mga araw ng inyong mga anak, sa lupain na isinumpa ng Panginoon sa inyong mga magulang na ibibigay sa kanila, gaya ng mga araw ng langit sa ibabaw ng lupa.

22 Sapagka't kung inyong susunding masikap ang buong utos na ito na aking iniuutos sa inyo upang gawin, na ibigin ang Panginoon ninyong Dios, lumakad sa lahat ng kaniyang daan, at makilakip sa kaniya:

23 Ay palalayasin nga ng Panginoon ang lahat ng mga bansang ito sa harap ninyo, at kayo'y magaari ng mga bansang lalong malaki at lalong makapangyarihan kay sa inyo.

24 Bawa't dakong tutuntungan ng talampakan ng inyong paa ay magiging inyo: mula sa ilang, at sa Libano, mula sa ilog, sa ilog Eufrates, hanggang sa dagat kalunuran ay magiging inyong hangganan.

25 Walang lalaking makatatayo sa harap ninyo: sisidlan ng Panginoon ninyong Dios ng takot sa inyo at ng sindak sa inyo sa ibabaw ng buong lupain na inyong tutuntungan, gaya ng kaniyang sinalita sa inyo.

26 Narito, inilalagay ko sa harap ninyo sa araw na ito ang pagpapala at ang sumpa;

27 Ang pagpapala, kung inyong didinggin ang mga utos ng Panginoon ninyong Dios, na aking iniutos sa inyo sa araw na ito;

28 At ang sumpa, kung hindi ninyo didinggin ang mga utos ng Panginoon ninyong Dios, kundi kayo lilihis sa daan na aking iniuutos sa inyo sa araw na ito, upang sumunod sa ibang mga dios, na hindi ninyo nangakilala.

29 At mangyayari, na pagka ikaw ay ipapasok ng Panginoon mong Dios sa lupain na iyong pinaroroonan upang ariin, na iyong ilalagay ang pagpapala sa bundok ng Gerizim, at ang sumpa sa bundok ng Ebal.

30 Di ba sila'y nasa dako pa roon ng Jordan, sa dakong nilulubugan ng araw, sa lupain ng mga Cananeo na tumatahan sa Araba, sa tapat ng Gilgal na kasiping ng mga encina sa More?

31 Sapagka't kayo'y tatawid sa Jordan upang inyong pasukin na ariin ang lupain na ibinibigay sa inyo ng Panginoon ninyong Dios, at inyong aariin, at tatahan kayo roon.

32 At inyong isasagawa ang lahat ng mga palatuntunan at mga kahatulan na aking iginagawad sa inyo sa araw na ito.

   

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3875. 'And she said, Now this time my husband will cling to me' means in the highest sense love and mercy, in the internal sense charity, in the external sense a joining together - spiritual love being meant here. This is clear from the meaning of 'clinging to'. As regards 'clinging' in the external sense, or inner sense nearest to the literal, meaning a joining together, this may be seen without explanation; and as regards 'clinging' in the internal sense meaning charity, this is evident from the consideration that charity, or what amounts to the same, mutual love, is a spiritual joining together. For mutual love is a joining together of affections belonging to the will and a consequent agreement of thoughts belonging to the understanding, and so is a joining of minds as to both parts. That 'clinging' in the highest sense means love and mercy is evident from this, for when the description 'infinite and eternal' is applied to charity or spiritual love the attribute of mercy is meant, mercy being Divine love directed towards the human race engulfed in such great miseries. For man of himself is nothing but evil, and what is within him, insofar as this has its origin in himself, is altogether from hell. Yet the Lord beholds him with Divine Love, and therefore the raising up of him from the hell in which of himself he dwells and his deliverance from it is called mercy. And because that mercy is an attribute of Divine Love, 'clinging' in the highest sense therefore means both love and mercy.

[2] As regards 'clinging' in the internal sense meaning spiritual love, or what amounts to the same, charity towards the neighbour, this may also be seen from other places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Do not let the son of the foreigner who has clung to Jehovah say, Jehovah surely separates me from being with His people. The sons of the foreigner who cling to Jehovah, to minister to Him and to delight in the name of Jehovah, will be His servants. Isaiah 56:3, 6.

'Clinging to Jehovah' stands for keeping His commandments, which is an act of spiritual love, for no one at heart keeps God's commandments except him in whom good that flows from charity towards the neighbour is present. In Jeremiah,

In those days the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah weeping as they come; and they will seek Jehovah their God. They will ask Zion concerning the way, their faces towards it, [saying,] Come and let us cling to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant that is not forgotten. Jeremiah 50:4-5.

'Clinging to Jehovah' in like manner stands for keeping His commandments at heart, that is, doing so from good that flows from charity.

[3] In Zechariah,

Many nations will cling to Jehovah on that day and will be My people. Zechariah 2:11.

Here the meaning is similar. In Isaiah,

Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will again choose Israel, and will set them on their own land. And the sojourner will cling to them, and they will join themselves to the house of Jacob. Isaiah 14:1.

'The sojourner clinging to them' stands for having a similar allegiance to the law. 'Joining themselves to the house of Jacob' stands for the good that flows from charity, which is present in those meant by 'the house of Jacob'. In Matthew,

No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other or he will cling to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Matthew 6:24.

Here the celestial form of love is meant by 'loving', the spiritual form by 'clinging to'. Both of these expressions are used because those two forms of love are distinct and separate. Otherwise one expression would have been sufficient.

[4] People who are stirred by spiritual love are therefore called 'the sons of Levi', as in Malachi,

Who can endure the day of His coming, and who will stand when He appears? He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and purge them like gold, and like silver. Malachi 3:2-3.

In the highest sense the Lord is meant by 'Levi' by virtue of Divine love and of mercy towards those in whom spiritual love is present. This may be seen in the same prophet,

That you may know that I have sent this command to you, to be My covenant with Levi, said Jehovah Zebaoth. My covenant with him will be [a covenant] of life and peace. You have turned back from the way; you have caused many to stumble at the law, you have corrupted the covenant of Levi; therefore I have made you despised. Malachi 2:4-5, 8-9.

And because in the highest sense the Lord's Divine Love or His Mercy was meant by 'Levi', and in the internal sense spiritual love, the tribe of Levi was therefore established as the priesthood; for in the internal sense of the Word 'the priesthood' is nothing other than the holiness of love and 'kingship' the holiness of faith, 1728, 2015 (end), 3670.

[5] Because the expression 'cringing to' from which Levi received his name means spiritual love, which is the same as mutual love, the same expression in the original language is used to mean lending and borrowing. 1 And these two - lending and borrowing - in the Jewish Church represented mutual love, a representation which will in the Lord's Divine mercy be dealt with elsewhere. Mutual love is different from friendship inasmuch as mutual love has a person's good in view, and in directing itself towards that good is directed towards the person in whom good is present. Friendship however has the person in view, which is also mutual love when it looks at that person from the point of view of, that is, on account of, that good. But when it does not look at him from the point of view of good or on account of that good but on account of self which it calls good, friendship is not in that case mutual love but something close to the love of self. And insofar as it is close to this it is opposed to mutual love. In itself mutual love is nothing else than charity towards the neighbour, for in the internal sense 'the neighbour' means nothing else than good, and in the highest sense the Lord because all good originates in Him and He is Good itself, see 2425, 3419. This mutual love or charity towards the neighbour is what is understood by spiritual love and meant by 'Levi'. What is more, in the Word celestial love, and also conjugial love, is expressed in the sense of the letter as 'clinging to', but this is derived from a different expression in the original language from that from which the name Levi is obtained.

[6] This other expression means an even closer joining together, as in the following places: In Moses,

You shall fear Jehovah your God: you shall serve Him and cling to Him. Deuteronomy 10:20.

You shall go after Jehovah your God, and fear Him, and keep His commandments, and hear His voice, and serve Him, and cling to Him. Deuteronomy 13:4.

To love Jehovah your God, to go in all His ways, and to cling to Him. Deuteronomy 11:22.

To love Jehovah your God, to obey His voice, and to cling to Him, for He is your life. Deuteronomy 30:20.

In Joshua,

Take good care to carry out the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and to cling to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul. Joshua 22:5.

In the second Book of Kings,

King Hezekiah trusted in Jehovah the God of Israel. He clung to Jehovah; he did not turn back from going after Him, and he kept His commandments which

Jehovah had commanded Moses. 2 Kings 18:5-6.

In Jeremiah,

As a waistcloth clings to the loins of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to Me, to be for Me a people, a name, a praise, and a glory; but they were not obedient. Jeremiah 13:11.

[7] The fact that conjugial love as well is expressed by 'clinging to' is evident from the following,

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and will cling to his wife, and they will be one flesh. Genesis 2:24.

On account of your hardness of heart Moses wrote this commandment, but from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. For this reason a man (homo) will leave his father and mother and cling to his wife, and the two will be one flesh. What therefore God has joined together man (homo) must not put asunder. Mark 10:5-9; Matthew 19:5.

The soul of Shechem clung to Dinah, Jacob's daughter. He loved the girl, and spoke to the girl's heart. Genesis 34:3.

Solomon loved many foreign women. Solomon clung to these in love. 1 Kings 11:1-2.

These quotations show then that 'clinging to' is an expression descriptive of love which was adopted in ancient times by Churches in which meaningful signs were prominent, and that it means nothing else in the internal sense than a spiritual joining together, which is charity and love.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, mutually giving and receiving

  
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