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Deuteronomio 16

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1 Magdidiwang ka sa buwan ng Abib, at ipangingilin ang paskua sa Panginoon mong Dios: sapagka't sa buwan ng Abib inilabas ka ng Panginoon mong Dios sa Egipto sa gabi.

2 At iyong ihahain ang paskua sa Panginoon mong Dios, ang sa kawan at sa bakahan, sa dakong pipiliin ng Panginoon na patatahanan sa kaniyang pangalan.

3 Huwag kang kakain sa paskua ng tinapay na may lebadura; pitong araw na kakanin mo sa paskua ang tinapay na walang lebadura, ang tinapay ng pagkapighati; sapagka't umalis kang madalian sa lupain ng Egipto: upang iyong maalaala ang araw na inialis mo sa lupain ng Egipto sa lahat ng mga araw ng iyong buhay.

4 At pitong araw na walang makikitang lebadura sa iyo, sa lahat ng iyong mga hangganan; ni sa anomang karne na iyong ihahain sa unang araw sa paglubog ng araw ay walang maiiwan sa buong gabi, hanggang sa umaga;

5 Hindi mo maihahain ang paskua sa loob ng alin man sa iyong mga pintuang-daan, na ibinibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios:

6 Kundi sa dakong pipiliin ng Panginoon mong Dios na patatahanan sa kaniyang pangalan, ay doon mo ihahain ang paskua sa pagtatakip silim, sa paglubog ng araw, sa panahon na iyong inialis sa Egipto.

7 At iyong iihawin at kakanin sa dakong pipiliin ng Panginoon mong Dios; at ikaw ay babalik sa kinaumagahan, at uuwi sa iyong mga tolda.

8 Anim na araw na kakain ka ng tinapay na walang lebadura: at sa ikapitong araw ay magkakaroon ka ng takdang pagpupulong sa Panginoon mong Dios: huwag kang gagawa ng anomang gawa sa araw na iyan.

9 Pitong sanglinggo ang iyong bibilangin sa iyo: mula sa iyong pagpapasimulang isuot ang panggapas sa mga nakatayong trigo ay magpapasimula kang bumilang ng pitong sanglinggo.

10 At iyong ipagdidiwang ang kapistahan ng mga sanglinggo sa Panginoon mong Dios na may dulot ng kusang handog ng iyong kamay, na iyong ibibigay, ayon sa ipinagpala sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios:

11 At ikaw ay magagalak sa harap ng Panginoon mong Dios, ikaw at ang iyong anak na lalake at babae, at ang iyong aliping lalake at babae, at ang Levita na nasa loob ng iyong mga pintuang-daan, at ang taga ibang bayan, at ang ulila, at ang babaing bao, na nasa gitna mo, sa dakong pipiliin ng Panginoon mong Dios na patatahanan sa kaniyang pangalan.

12 At iyong aalalahanin na ikaw ay naging alipin sa Egipto: at iyong gaganapin at gagawin ang mga palatuntunang ito.

13 Iyong ipagdidiwang na pitong araw ang kapistahan ng mga tabernakulo, pagkatapos na makamalig mo ang aning mula sa iyong giikan at sa iyong pisaan ng ubas:

14 At ikaw ay magagalak sa iyong pagpipista, ikaw, at ang iyong anak na lalake at babae, at ang iyong aliping lalake at babae, at ang Levita, at ang taga ibang bayan, at ang ulila, at ang babaing bao, na nasa loob ng iyong mga pintuang-daan.

15 Pitong araw na ipagdidiwang mo ang pista sa Panginoon mong Dios sa dakong pipiliin ng Panginoon: sapagka't pagpapalain ka ng Panginoon mong Dios sa lahat ng iyong kinikita, at sa lahat ng gawa ng iyong mga kamay, at ikaw ay lubos na magagalak.

16 Makaitlo sa isang taon na ang iyong mga lalake ay magsisiharap sa Panginoon mong Dios, sa dakong kaniyang pipiliin; sa kapistahan ng tinapay na walang lebadura, at sa kapistahan ng mga sanglinggo, at sa kapistahan ng mga tabernakulo: at huwag silang haharap na walang dala sa Panginoon:

17 Bawa't lalake ay magbibigay ng kaniyang kaya, ayon sa pagpapala na ibinigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios.

18 Maghahalal ka sa iyo ng mga hukom at ng mga pinuno sa lahat ng iyong mga pintuang-daan, na ibinibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios, ayon sa iyong mga lipi: at sila'y hahatol sa bayan ng matuwid na paghatol.

19 Huwag kang magliliko ng paghatol; huwag kang tatangi ng mga pagkatao: ni kukuha ng suhol; sapagka't ang suhol ay bumubulag ng mga mata ng marunong, at nagliliko ng mga salita ng matuwid.

20 Susundin mo ang tunay na katuwidtuwiran, upang mabuhay ka at manahin mo ang lupain na ibinibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios.

21 Huwag kang magtatanim sa iyo ng Asera ng anomang kahoy sa siping ng dambana ng Panginoon mong Dios, na gagawin mo para sa iyo.

22 Ni magtatayo ka para sa iyo ng pinakaalaalang haligi; na kinapopootan ng Panginoon mong Dios.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7093

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7093. 'And let them hold a feast to Me in the wilderness' means in order that they may worship the Lord with gladness of mind, in the obscurity of faith they live in. This is clear from the meaning of 'holding a feast' as worship offered with gladness of mind, dealt with below (the fact that the Lord was the one to whom they were to hold the feast and whom 'to Me', that is, Jehovah, is used to mean here, see just above in 7091); and from the meaning of 'the wilderness' as obscurity of faith, dealt with in 1708, 7055. Regarding those who belong to the spiritual Church, that they live in comparative obscurity of faith, see 2708, 2715-2718, 2831, 2849, 2935, 2937, 3241, 3246, 3833, 6289, 6500, 6945.

[2] The reason why 'holding a feast' means offering worship with gladness of mind is that they were to hold the feast three days' journey away from Egypt, thus not in a state when molested by falsities but in a state of freedom. For a person who is delivered from falsities and from the distress felt at that time gives thanks to God with gladness of mind, and in so doing holds a feast. Furthermore the feasts which had been instituted among those people, three a year, are also said to have been instituted in remembrance of their deliverance from slavery in Egypt, by which in the spiritual sense is meant in remembrance of deliverance from molestation by falsities through the Lord's Coming into the world. They were also told to be glad on these occasions, as is evident in Moses where the feast of tabernacles is dealt with,

At the feast of tabernacles you shall take 1 on the first day the fruit of a fine tree, 2 fronds of palm trees, the bough of a thick tree, and willows of the powerful stream; and you shall be glad before Jehovah your God seven days. Leviticus 23:40

[3] 'The fruit of a fine tree, fronds of palm trees, the bough of a thick tree, and willows of the powerful stream' means joy because of the goodness and truth present in a person from the inmost to the external parts of his being. The good of love, which is inmost, is meant by 'the fruit of a fine tree'; the good of faith by 'fronds of palm trees'; factual knowledge that accords with truth by 'the branch of a thick tree'; and sensory impressions that accord with truth, which are the most external, by 'the willows of a powerful stream'. No command to take all these things would have been given if there had not been some cause lying behind it in the spiritual world; and that cause does not become evident to anyone except from the internal sense.

[4] They were to be glad during the feast of weeks, as is also clear in Moses,

You shall keep the feast of weeks to Jehovah your God, and you shall be glad before Jehovah your God, you, and your son and your daughter, and your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. Deuteronomy 16:10-11.

These words too, in the internal sense, mean gladness because of the goodness and truth present in people from the inmost to the external parts of their being.

[5] The fact that feasts were times of gladness, so that holding a feast means worshipping with gladness of mind, is also evident from the following places: In Isaiah,

You will have a song like that of a night for hallowing a feast. Isaiah 30:29.

In Nahum,

Look, on the mountains the feet of one bringing good tidings, of one proclaiming peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, perform your vows; for [the man of] belial 3 will no more pass through you, he will be cut off completely. 4 Nahum 1:15.

In Zechariah,

The fasts will be to the house of Judah ones of joy and gladness and good feasts; only love truth and peace. Zechariah 8:19.

In Hosea,

I will cause all her joy to cease, her feasts, her new moons. Hosea 2:11.

In Amos,

I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation. Amos 8:10.

The fact that 'holding a feast' means offering worship with gladness of mind because they had been delivered from slavery in Egypt, or in the spiritual sense because they had been delivered from molestation by falsities, is made plain by the feast of Passover. They were commanded to celebrate this each year on the day of their departure from Egypt; and they were commanded to do so on account of the deliverance of the children of Israel from slavery, that is, on account of the deliverance of those who belonged to the spiritual Church from falsities, and so from damnation. And since the Lord delivered them by His Coming and raised them up with Him into heaven when He rose again, therefore this too was done at the Passover. This is also meant by the Lord's words in John,

Now is the judgement of this world, now will the prince of this world be cast outdoors. But I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to Myself. John 12:31-32.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The Latin means they shall take but the Hebrew means you shall take, which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes this verse.

2. literally, a tree of honour

3. A Hebrew word meaning worthlessness

4. literally, every one will be cut off

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