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1 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises: Pasukin mo si Faraon, sapagka't aking pinapagmatigas ang kaniyang puso, at ang puso ng kaniyang mga lingkod; upang aking maipakilala itong aking mga tanda sa gitna nila:

2 At upang iyong maisaysay sa mga pakinig ng iyong anak, at sa anak ng iyong anak, kung anong mga bagay ang ginawa ko sa Egipto, at ang aking mga tandang ginawa sa gitna nila; upang inyong maalaman, na ako ang Panginoon.

3 At pinasok ni Moises at ni Aaron si Faraon at sinabi sa kaniya, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng mga Hebreo, Hanggang kailan tatanggi kang mangayupapa sa harap ko? payaunin mo ang aking bayan, upang ako'y mapaglingkuran nila.

4 O kung tatanggihan mong payaunin ang aking bayan, ay narito, bukas ay magdadala ako ng mga balang sa iyong hangganan:

5 At kanilang tatakpan ang ibabaw ng lupa, na walang makakakita ng ibabaw ng lupa: at kanilang kakanin ang naiwan sa nangaligtas, na itinira sa inyo ng granizo, at kanilang kakanin ang bawa't kahoy na itinutubo sa inyo ng parang:

6 At ang inyong mga bahay ay mapupuno, at ang mga bahay ng lahat mong lingkod, at ang mga bahay ng mga Egipcio: na hindi nakita ng inyong mga magulang, mula nang araw na sila'y mapasa lupa hanggang sa araw na ito. At siya'y pumihit at nilisan si Faraon.

7 At sinabi sa kaniya ng mga lingkod ni Faraon, Hanggang kailan magiging isang silo sa atin ang taong ito? payaunin mo ang mga taong iyan upang sila'y makapaglingkod sa Panginoon nilang Dios: hindi mo pa ba natatalastas, na ang Egipto'y giba na?

8 At si Moises at si Aaron ay pinapagbalik kay Faraon, at kaniyang sinabi sa kanila, Kayo'y yumaon, maglingkod kayo sa Panginoon ninyong Dios: datapuwa't sino sino yaong magsisiyaon?

9 At sinabi ni Moises: Kami ay yayaon sangpu ng aming mga bata at sangpu ng mga matanda, sangpu ng aming mga anak na lalake at babae, sangpu ng aming mga kawan at sangpu ng aming mga bakahan, kami ay yayaon; sapagka't kami ay nararapat magdiwang ng isang pista sa Panginoon.

10 At kaniyang sinabi sa kanila, Sumainyo nawa ang Panginoon, na gaya ng aking pagpapayaon sa inyo, at sa inyong mga bata: magingat kayo; sapagka't ang kasamaan ay nasa harap ninyo.

11 Huwag ganyan: yumaon kayong mga lalake, at maglingkod sa Panginoon; sapagka't iyan ang inyong ninanasa. At sila'y pinaalis sa harap ni Faraon.

12 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Iunat mo ang iyong kamay sa lupain ng Egipto, upang magdala ng mga balang, at bumaba sa lupain ng Egipto, at kumain ng lahat na halaman sa lupain, yaong lahat na iniwan ng granizo.

13 At iniunat ni Moises ang kaniyang tungkod sa lupain ng Egipto, at ang Panginoo'y nagpahihip ng hanging silanganan sa lupain ng buong araw na yaon, at ng buong gabi; at nang maumaga, ang hanging silanganan ay nagdala ng mga balang.

14 At ang mga balang ay bumaba sa buong lupain ng Egipto, at nagsipagpahinga sa lahat ng hangganan ng Egipto; totoong napakakapal; bago noon ay hindi nagkaroon ng gayong balang, at hindi na magkakaroon pa, pagkatapos noon, ng gayon.

15 Sapagka't tinakpan ng mga yaon ang balat ng buong lupa, na ano pa't ang lupain ay nagdilim; at kinain ang lahat na halaman sa lupain, at ang lahat na bunga ng mga kahoy na iniwan ng granizo; at walang natirang anomang sariwang bagay, maging sa punong kahoy o sa halaman sa parang, sa buong lupain ng Egipto.

16 Nang magkagayo'y tinawag na madali ni Faraon si Moises at si Aaron, at kaniyang sinabi, Ako'y nagkasala laban sa Panginoon ninyong Dios, at laban sa inyo.

17 Ngayon nga'y ipatawad mo, isinasamo ko sa iyo, ang aking kasalanan, na ngayon na lamang at idalangin ninyo sa Panginoon ninyong Dios, na kaniya lamang ilayo sa akin ang kamatayang ito.

18 At nilisan niya si Faraon, at nanalangin sa Panginoon.

19 At pinapagbalik ng Panginoon ang isang napakalakas na hanging kalunuran, na siyang nagpaitaas sa mga balang, at tumangay ng mga yaon sa Dagat na Mapula; walang natira kahit isang balang sa buong hangganan ng Egipto.

20 Datapuwa't pinapagmatigas ng Panginoon ang puso ni Faraon, at hindi niya pinayaon ang mga anak ni Israel.

21 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Iunat mo ang iyong kamay sa dakong langit, upang magdilim sa lupain ng Egipto, ng kadiliman na mahihipo.

22 At iniunat ni Moises ang kaniyang kamay sa dakong langit; at nagsalimuutan ang dilim sa buong lupain ng Egipto, na tatlong araw;

23 Sila'y hindi nagkikita, at walang tumindig na sinoman sa kinaroroonan sa loob ng tatlong araw; kundi lahat ng mga anak ni Israel ay nagilaw sa kanikaniyang tahanan.

24 At tinawag ni Faraon si Moises, at sinabi, Yumaon kayo, maglingkod kayo sa Panginoon; inyo lamang iwan ang inyong mga kawan at ang inyong mga bakahan; isama rin naman ninyo ang inyong mga bata.

25 At sinabi ni Moises, ikaw ay nararapat ding magbigay sa aming kamay ng mga hain at mga handog na susunugin, upang aming maihain sa Panginoon naming Dios.

26 Ang aming hayop man ay yayaong kasama namin; wala kahit isang paa na maiiwan; sapagka't sa kanila kami nararapat kumuha ng aming ipaglilingkod sa Panginoon naming Dios; at hindi namin nalalaman kung ano ang aming nararapat ipaglingkod sa Panginoon, hanggang sa kami ay dumating doon.

27 Datapuwa't pinapagmatigas ng Panginoon ang puso ni Faraon, at hindi niya pinayaon sila.

28 At sinabi ni Faraon sa kaniya, Umalis ka sa harap ko, iyong pagingatang huwag mo nang makitang muli ang aking mukha; sapagka't sa araw na iyong makita ang aking mukha ay mamamatay ka.

29 At sinabi ni Moises, Mabuti ang sabi mo, hindi ko na muling makikita ang iyong mukha.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 5223

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5223. 'And he sent and called all the magi of Egypt, and its wise men means in consulting factual knowledge, interior as well as exterior. This is clear from the meaning of 'the magi' in the good sense as interior factual knowledge, dealt with below, and from the meaning of 'wise men' as exterior factual knowledge, also dealt with below. The reason 'the magi and wise men of Egypt' means factual knowledge is that Egypt had been one of the kingdoms where the representative Ancient Church existed, 1278, 2385. But in Egypt the facts known to that Church were the particular objects of care and attention, being knowledge about correspondences, representatives, and meaningful signs. For that knowledge was used to explain what had been written in the books of the Church, and to explain the things that were done in their sacred worship, 4749, 4964, 4966. This was how it came about that 'Egypt' meant factual knowledge in general, 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462, as did 'Pharaoh' its king too. The leading people among them who were well-versed in and imparted that knowledge were called magi and wise men. The magi were those well-versed in mystical knowledge, the wise men those well-versed in non-mystical, so that the facts known to the magi were interior ones, while those known to the wise men were exterior. This explains why such factual knowledge is meant in the Word by those two kinds of men. But after they began to misuse the Church's interior factual knowledge and to turn it into magic, Egypt', and likewise 'the magi of Egypt and its wise men', began to mean factual knowledge that led to perversions.

[2] The magi in those times had a knowledge of the kinds of things that belong to the spiritual world, and in their teaching about these they employed the correspondences and the representatives known to the Church. For this reason many of those magi also communicated with spirits and learned the arts of illusion which they used to perform miracles that involved magic. But those who were called the wise men had no interest in anything like this. Instead they provided the answers to hard questions and taught about the causes lying behind natural things. It was primarily in arts such as these that the wisdom of those times consisted, and the ability to practise them was called wisdom. This becomes clear from what is recorded about Solomon in the first Book of Kings,

Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of the Egyptians, so much so that he was wiser than all people - than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five. In addition he spoke about trees, from the cedars which are in Lebanon even to the hyssop which comes out of the wall. He also spoke about beasts, and about birds, and about creeping things, and about fish. Therefore they came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth who had heard about his wisdom. 1 Kings 4:30-34.

Also there is what is recorded about the queen of Sheba in the same book,

She came to test him with hard questions; and Solomon gave her an explanation for every matter she mentioned. 1 There was not a matter 2 hidden from the king for which he could not give her an explanation. 1 Kings 10:1 and following verses.

[3] From this one may see what was described in those times as wisdom and who exactly those people were who were called wise men, not only in Egypt but also elsewhere - in Syria, Arabia, and Babel. But in the internal sense 'the wisdom of Egypt' means nothing else than knowledge about natural things, while 'that of the magi' means knowledge about spiritual realities, so that exterior factual knowledge is meant by 'the wise men', and interior factual knowledge by 'the magi', 'Egypt' meaning knowledge in general, 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462, 4749, 4964, 4966.

Egypt and its wise men had no other meaning in Isaiah,

The princes of Zoan are foolish, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh has become brutish. How does one say to Pharaoh, I am a son of the wise, a son of the kings of old? Where are your wise men now? Isaiah 19:11-12.

[4] The fact that the term 'magi' was applied to those who had a knowledge of spiritual realities, and who also for that reason received revelations, is clear from the magi who came from the east to Jerusalem, asking where the King of the Jews was to be born and saying that they had seen His star in the east and had come to worship Him, Matthew 2:1-2. The same is also clear from Daniel, who is called the chief of the magi in Daniel 4:9. And in another place,

The queen said to King Belshazzar, There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. And in the days of your father, light and intelligence and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him. Therefore King Nebuchadnezzar your father set him up as chief of the magi, diviners, Chaldeans, and determiners. Daniel 5:11.

And in yet another place,

Among them all none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; for when they were to stand before the king, every matter of wisdom [and] understanding which the king asked of them exceeded ten times [that of] all the magi, the diviners who were in his kingdom. Daniel 1:19-20.

[5] It is well known that in the contrary sense 'magi' 3 is used to mean those who pervert spiritual realities and thereby practise magic, like those mentioned in Exodus 7:9-12; 8:7, 19; 9:11. For magic is nothing else than a perversion, being the perverted use of those kinds of things that constitute true order in the spiritual world, a perverted use that gives rise to magic. But at the present day such magic is called natural, for the reason that no recognition exists any longer of anything above or beyond the natural order. People refuse to accept the existence of anything spiritual unless one means by this an interior dimension of what is natural.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, all her words

2. literally, word

3. The same Latin noun magus describes a wise man or philosopher in a good sense, but a magician in a bad sense.

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