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Deuteronomio 9

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1 Dinggin mo, Oh Israel, ikaw ay tatawid sa Jordan sa araw na ito, upang iyong pasukin na ariin ang mga bansang lalong dakila at lalong makapangyarihan kay sa iyo, na mga bayang malaki at nakukutaan hanggang sa himpapawid,

2 Isang bayang malaki at mataas ng mga anak ng Anaceo, na iyong nakikilala, at tungkol sa kanila ay narinig mong sinasabi, Sinong makatatayo sa harap ng mga anak ni Anac?

3 Talastasin mo nga sa araw na ito, na ang Panginoon mong Dios ay siyang mangunguna sa iyo na parang mamumugnaw na apoy; kaniyang lilipulin sila, at kaniyang payuyukurin sila sa harap mo; sa gayo'y iyong mapalalayas sila, at iyong malilipol silang madali, na gaya ng sinalita sa iyo ng Panginoon.

4 Huwag kang magsasalita sa iyong puso, pagkatapos na mapalayas sila ng Panginoon mong Dios sa harap mo, na iyong sasabihin, Dahil sa aking katuwiran ay ipinasok ako ng Panginoon upang ariin ang lupaing ito; na dahil sa kasamaan ng mga bansang ito ay pinalalayas ng Panginoon sila sa harap mo.

5 Hindi dahil sa iyong katuwiran o dahil sa pagtatapat ng iyong loob ay iyong pinapasok upang ariin ang kanilang lupain: kundi dahil sa kasamaan ng mga bansang ito ay pinalalayas sila ng Panginoong Dios sa harap mo, at upang kaniyang papagtibayin ang salita na isinumpa ng Panginoon sa iyong mga magulang kay Abraham, kay Isaac, at kay Jacob.

6 Talastasin mo nga na hindi ibinibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios ang mabuting lupaing ito upang ariin ng dahil sa iyong katuwiran; sapagka't ikaw ay isang bayang matigas ang ulo.

7 Alalahanin mo, huwag mong kalimutan, kung paanong minungkahi mo sa galit ang Panginoon mong Dios sa ilang: mula nang araw na kayo'y umalis sa lupain ng Egipto, hanggang sa kayo'y dumating sa dakong ito ay naging mapanghimagsik kayo laban sa Panginoon.

8 Gayon din sa Horeb na inyong minungkahi ang Panginoon sa galit, at ang Panginoon ay nagalit sa inyo na kayo sana'y lilipulin.

9 Nang ako'y sumampa sa bundok upang tanggapin ang mga tapyas na bato, sa makatuwid baga'y ang mga tapyas ng tipan na ginawa ng Panginoon sa inyo, ay natira nga ako sa bundok na apat na pung araw at apat na pung gabi; hindi ako kumain ng tinapay ni uminom ng tubig.

10 At ibinigay sa akin ng Panginoon ang dalawang tapyas na bato na sinulatan ng daliri ng Dios; at sa mga yao'y nasusulat ang ayon sa lahat ng mga salita na sinalita ng Panginoon sa inyo sa bundok mula sa gitna ng apoy nang araw ng kapulungan.

11 At nangyari sa katapusan ng apat na pung araw at apat na pung gabi, na ibinigay sa akin ng Panginoon ang dalawang tapyas na bato, sa makatuwid baga'y ang mga tapyas ng tipan.

12 At sinabi ng Panginoon sa akin, Tumindig ka, manaog kang madali rito; sapagka't ang iyong bayan na iyong inilabas sa Egipto ay nangagpakasama; sila'y madaling lumihis sa daang aking iniutos sa kanila; sila'y nagsigawa para sa kanila ng isang larawang binubo.

13 Bukod dito'y sinalita sa akin ng Panginoon, na sinasabi, Aking nakita ang bayang ito, at, narito, isang bayang matigas ang ulo:

14 Bayaan mo ako na aking lipulin sila, at aking pawiin ang kanilang pangalan sa silong ng langit; at gagawin kita na isang bansang lalong makapangyarihan at lalong malaki kay sa kanila.

15 Sa gayo'y pumihit ako at bumaba ako mula sa bundok, at ang bundok ay nagniningas sa apoy, at ang dalawang tapyas ng tipan ay nasa aking dalawang kamay.

16 At tumingin ako, at, narito, kayo'y nakapagkasala na laban sa Panginoon ninyong Dios: kayo'y nagsigawa para sa inyo ng isang guyang binubo: kayo'y lumihis na madali sa daan na iniutos sa inyo ng Panginoon.

17 At aking tinangnan ang dalawang tapyas, at aking inihagis sa aking dalawang kamay, at aking iniwalat sa harap ng inyong mga mata.

18 At ako'y nagpatirapa sa harap ng Panginoon, gaya ng una, na apat na pung araw at apat na pung gabi; hindi ako kumain ng tinapay ni uminom ng tubig; dahil sa inyong buong kasalanan na inyong ipinagkasala sa paggawa ninyo ng masama sa paningin ng Panginoon na minungkahi ninyo siya sa galit;

19 Sapagka't natatakot ako dahil sa galit at maningas na poot, na ikinayamot ng Panginoon sa inyo, na lilipulin sana kayo. Nguni't dininig din naman ako noon ng Panginoon.

20 At ang Panginoo'y totoong nagalit kay Aaron na siya sana'y papatayin: at akin din namang idinalangin si Aaron nang panahon ding yaon.

21 At aking kinuha ang inyong kasalanan, ang guyang inyong ginawa, at aking sinunog sa apoy, at aking niyapakan, na dinurog na mainam, hanggang sa naging durog na parang alabok; at aking inihagis ang alabok niyaon sa batis na umaagos mula sa bundok.

22 At sa Tabera, at sa Massa, at sa Kibroth-hataa-vah, ay inyong minungkahi ang Panginoon sa galit.

23 At nang suguin kayo ng Panginoon mula sa Cades-barnea, na sabihin, Sumampa kayo at ariin ninyo ang lupain na ibinigay ko sa inyo; kayo nga'y nanghimagsik laban sa utos ng Panginoon ninyong Dios, at hindi ninyo pinanampalatayanan siya, ni dininig ang kaniyang tinig.

24 Kayo'y naging mapanghimagsik laban sa Panginoon, mula nang araw na kayo'y aking makilala.

25 Sa gayo'y nagpatirapa ako sa harap ng Panginoon na apat na pung araw at apat na pung gabi na ako'y nagpatirapa, sapagka't sinabi ng Panginoon, na kaniyang lilipulin kayo.

26 At aking ipinanalangin sa Panginoon, at sinabi, Oh Panginoong Dios, huwag mong lipulin ang iyong bayan at ang iyong mana, na iyong tinubos ng iyong kadakilaan na iyong inilabas sa Egipto ng makapangyarihang kamay.

27 Alalahanin mo ang iyong mga lingkod, si Abraham, si Isaac, at si Jacob; huwag mong masdan ang pagmamatigas ng bayang ito, ni ang kasamaan nila, ni ang kasalanan nila:

28 Baka sabihin ng mga taga lupaing pinaglabasan mo sa amin: Sapagka't hindi sila naipasok ng Panginoon sa lupain na ipinangako sa kanila, at sa kapootan niya sa kanila, ay inilabas sila upang patayin sa ilang.

29 Gayon man sila'y iyong bayan at iyong mana, na iyong inilabas ng iyong dakilang kapangyarihan at ng iyong unat na bisig.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 5798

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5798. 'And do not let your anger burn against your servant' means lest he turn away. This is clear from the meaning of 'anger' as a turning away or aversion, dealt with in 5034; for one who is angry turns away. He does not think as the other person does; rather, in the state he is in, his thought is contrary to the other's. This meaning of 'anger' as a turning away is evident from many places in the Word, especially from those where anger or wrath, meaning a turning away, is attributed to Jehovah or the Lord. Not that Jehovah or the Lord ever turns away but that man does so; and when man turns away it appears to him as if the Lord does so since he is not heard. The Word speaks in keeping with the appearance. In addition, since 'anger' is a turning away, it is also a hostility towards what is good and true on the part of those who have turned away. On the part however of those who have not turned away 'anger' is not hostility but repugnance, because it is an aversion to what is evil and false.

[2] As regards 'anger' meaning hostility, this has been shown in 3614. It also means a turning away, and punishment too, when people are hostile towards what is good and true, as is evident from the following places: In Isaiah,

Woe to those decreeing decrees of iniquity. They will fall beneath the bound and beneath the slain; but in all this His anger will not be turned back. Woe to Asshur, the rod of My anger. Against a hypocritical nation I will send him, and against the people of [My] wrath I will command him. He does not think what is right and his heart does not consider what is right. Isaiah 10:1, 4-7.

'Anger' and 'wrath' stand for a turning away and hostility on man's side, a condition in which punishment and not being heard seem to him like anger. And as these exist on man's side, the words 'woe to those decreeing decrees of iniquity', 'he does not think what is right and his heart does not consider what is right' are used.

[3] In the same prophet,

Jehovah together with the vessels of His anger [comes] to destroy the whole land. Behold, the day of Jehovah 1 comes - cruel, with indignation, wrath, and anger - to make the earth a ruin, so that He may destroy its sinners from it. I will make heaven quake, and the earth will quake out of its place, at the wrath of Jehovah

Zebaoth and in the day of His fierce anger. Isaiah 13:5, 9, 13.

'Heaven' and 'the earth' here stand for the Church, which had turned away from truth and goodness. Because it had done this a description of the laying waste and destruction of it owing to the indignation, anger, and wrath of Jehovah appears here, though the truth of the matter is the complete opposite. That is to say, the person ruled by evil is the one who is filled with indignation, anger, and wrath, in addition to which he sets himself against what is good and true. The attribution to Jehovah of punishment which comes as a result of evil is due to the appearance. Various places elsewhere in the Word call the final period of the Church and its destruction 'the day of Jehovah's anger'.

[4] In the same prophet,

Jehovah has broken the rod of the wicked, the stick of those who have dominion. He will strike the peoples in a rage, with an incurable stroke, He who with anger rules the nations. Isaiah 14:5-6.

Much the same applies here. It is like a criminal punished by the law; he attributes the evil of a punishment to the king or judge, not to himself. In the same prophet,

Jacob and Israel, because these were unwilling to walk in Jehovah's ways and did not hear His law, He poured out upon him the wrath of His anger, and the violence of battle. Isaiah 42:24-25.

In Jeremiah,

I Myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and strong arm, and in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation. Lest My fury go forth like fire, and burn and fail to be quenched because of the wickedness of your works.

Here 'fury', 'anger', and 'great indignation' are nothing other than the evils of a punishment because of a turning away from and a hostility towards what is good and true.

[5] It is in origin a Divine law that all evil carries punishment with it; and surprising though it may be, in, the next life evil and punishment are inseparable. For as soon as a hellish spirit does anything exceptionally bad other spirits, ones who administer punishments, become present and punish him without their having been alerted by anyone else. The fact that the evil of a punishment is caused by turning away is self-evident, for the expression 'because of the wickedness of your works' is used. In David,

He let loose on them the wrath of His anger, indignation, and rage, and distress, and a mission of evil angels. He opened a way for His anger, He did not spare their soul from death. Psalms 78:49-50.

See also Isaiah 30:27, 30; Isaiah 34:2; 47:3, 6; 54:8; 57:17; 63:6; 66:15; Jeremiah 4:8; 7:20; 15:14; 33:5; Ezekiel 5:13, 17; Deuteronomy 9:11-19; 29:20-24; Revelation 14:9-10; 15:7. In these places too 'wrath', 'anger', 'indignation', and 'rage' stand for a turning away, hostility, and consequent punishment.

[6] The reason why punishment due to a turning away and hostility is attributed to Jehovah or the Lord and is called anger, wrath, and rage residing with Him is that the nation descended from Jacob had to be confined solely to the external representatives of the Church. They could not be confined to these except through fear and dread of Jehovah and unless they had believed that in His anger and wrath He would do evil to them. People who are concerned solely with external things and nothing internal cannot be led in any other way to perform external observances, since no sense of obligation is present with them interiorly. This is also the situation with simple persons in the Church. The only idea they can grasp, based on the appearance, is that God is angry when someone does what is evil. Yet anyone may see, if he stops to reflect, that no anger at all, still less any rage, resides with Jehovah or the Lord, since He is mercy itself, is goodness itself, and is infinitely beyond wishing evil on anyone. Neither does a person possessing charity towards the neighbour do evil to anyone; and as this is true of every angel, how much more must it be true of the Lord Himself? But the situation in the next life is as follows: Because of the newcomers there the Lord is constantly reordering heaven and its communities, imparting bliss and happiness to them.

[7] But when that bliss and happiness passes into the communities opposite (for in the next life all the communities of heaven have communities opposite them in hell, which is what provides equilibrium) and those communities feel a change taking place from heaven's presence, they are filled with anger and wrath. They rush into doing evil and at the same time bring on themselves the evils of their punishment. Furthermore, when evil spirits or genii come near the light of heaven they start to experience pain and torment, 4225, 4226. This they attribute to heaven, and consequently to the Lord; but in actual fact they bring the torment on themselves since evil suffers torment whenever it comes near good. From all this it is evident that the Lord is the source of nothing but good and that all evil originates in those people themselves who turn away, stand in opposition, and attack. This arcanum enables one to see what the situation really is.

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1. The Latin means Jehovah but the Hebrew means the day of Jehovah, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

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