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Exodo 5

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1 At pagkatapos nito, si Moises at si Aaron ay nagsipasok, at sinabi kay Faraon, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel, Bayaan mong ang aking bayan ay yumaon upang ipagdiwang nila ako ng isang kapistahan sa ilang.

2 At sinabi ni Faraon, Sino ang Panginoon na aking pakikinggan ang kaniyang tinig, upang pahintulutan kong yumaon ang Israel? Hindi ko nakikilala ang Panginoon at saka hindi ko pahihintulutang yumaon ang Israel.

3 At kanilang sinabi, Ang Dios ng mga Hebreo ay nakipagtagpo sa amin; pahintulutan mo nga kaming maglakbay na tatlong araw sa ilang, at maghain sa Panginoon naming Dios, baka hulugan niya kami ng salot o ng tabak.

4 At sinabi sa kanila ng hari sa Egipto, Bakit kinakalagan ninyo, Moises at Aaron, ang bayan sa kanilang mga gawain? pumaroon kayo sa mga atang sa inyo.

5 At sinabi ni Faraon, Narito, ang mga tao sa lupain ay marami na ngayon, at inyong pinapagpapahinga sila sa mga atang sa kanila.

6 At ng araw ring yaon ay nagutos si Faraon sa mga tagapagpaatag sa bayan at sa kanilang mga puno, na sinasabi,

7 Huwag na ninyong bibigyan ang bayan, ng dayami sa paggawa ng laryo, na gaya ng dati: sila ang pumaroon at magtipon ng dayami sa ganang kanilang sarili.

8 At ang bilang ng mga laryo, na kanilang ginagawang dati ay siya rin ninyong iaatang sa kanila; wala kayong babawasin: sapagka't sila'y mga pagayongayon; kaya't sila'y dumadaing, na nagsasabi, Bayaan mo kaming yumaon at maghain sa aming Dios.

9 Pabigatin ninyo ang gawain ng mga lalake upang kanilang pagpagalan at huwag nilang pakitunguhan ang mga kabulaanang salita.

10 At ang mga tagapagpaatag sa bayan, ay nagsilabas, at kanilang sinalita sa bayan, na sinasabi, Ganito ang sabi ni Faraon, Hindi ko kayo bibigyan ng dayami.

11 Yumaon kayo ng inyong sarili, kumuha kayo ng dayami kung saan kayo makakakuha: sapagka't walang babawasin kaunti man sa inyong gawain.

12 Kaya't ang bayan ay nangalat sa buong lupain ng Egipto, na humahanap ng pinagputulan ng trigo na panghalili sa dayami.

13 At hinihigpitan sila ng mga tagapagpaatag, na sinasabi, Tapusin ninyo ang inyong mga gawa, ang inyong gawain sa araw-araw, na gaya nang mayroong kayong dayami.

14 At ang mga pinuno sa mga anak ni Israel na ipinaglalagay sa kanila ng mga tagapagpaatag ni Faraon, ay nangapalo, at sa kanila'y sinabi, Bakit hindi ninyo tinapos ang inyong gawain kahapon at ngayon, sa paggawa ng laryo, na gaya ng dati?

15 Nang magkagayo'y ang mga pinuno sa mga anak ni Israel ay naparoon at dumaing kay Faraon, na nagsasabi, Bakit mo ginaganyan ang iyong mga alipin?

16 Walang anomang dayami, na ibinibigay sa iyong mga alipin, at kanilang sinasabi sa amin, Gumawa kayo ng laryo: at, narito, ang iyong mga alipin ay nangapapalo; nguni't ang sala'y nasa iyong sariling bayan.

17 Datapuwa't kaniyang sinabi, Kayo'y mga pagayongayon, kayo'y mga pagayongayon: kaya't inyong sinasabi, Bayaan mo kaming yumaon at maghain sa Panginoon.

18 Kayo nga'y yumaon ngayon at gumawa; sapagka't walang anomang dayaming ibibigay sa inyo, at gayon ma'y inyong ibibigay ang bilang ng mga laryo.

19 At nakita ng mga pinuno ng mga anak ni Israel, na sila'y nasa masamang kalagayan, nang sabihin, Walang mababawas na anoman sa inyong mga laryo sa inyong gawain sa araw-araw.

20 At kanilang nasalubong si Moises at si Aaron na nagsitayo sa daan, pagkapanggaling kay Faraon:

21 At sinabi nila sa kanila, Kayo nawa'y tunghan ng Panginoon, at hatulan; sapagka't ang aming katayuan ay ginawa mong nakamumuhi sa mga mata ni Faraon, at sa mga mata ng kaniyang mga lingkod, na naglagay ng tabak sa kanilang kamay upang kami ay patayin.

22 At si Moises ay bumalik sa Panginoon, at nagsabi, Panginoon, bakit mo ginawan ng kasamaan ang bayang ito? bakit mo sinugo ako?

23 Sapagka't mula nang ako'y pumaroon kay Faraon na magsalita sa iyong pangalan, ay kaniyang ginawan ng kasamaan ang bayang ito: at ni hindi mo man iniligtas ang iyong bayan.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7095

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7095. 'Who is Jehovah whose voice I am to hear' means regarding the Lord whose admonition they should listen to, that is to say, thinking that was of a contrary nature regarding Him. This is clear from the meaning here of the word 'voice' as an admonition, for it is used to refer to what Moses and Aaron said to Pharaoh, dealt with in 7090; and from the meaning of 'hearing' as obeying, dealt with in 2542, 3869, 5017, so that 'hearing the voice' means obeying or listening to an admonition. The reason why the Lord is meant by the one whose admonition Pharaoh refused to listen to is that in the Word 'Jehovah' is used to mean no one other than the Lord, see above in 7091.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 7090

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7090. 'And said to Pharaoh' means an admonition [from them] to those who are opposed to the Church's truths. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' - since it came by Divine command from Moses and Aaron - as an admonition, as also in 7033; and from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as factual knowledge that is opposed to the Church's truths, dealt with in 6651, 6673, 6683, thus people who are opposed to them. Here and in what follows the subject is those belonging to the spiritual Church who were saved through the Lord's Coming into the world but who before His Coming had been held back on the lower earth, where they were harassed by falsities, that is, by those from hell steeped in falsities stemming from evil. That lower earth is situated below the soles of the feet and is surrounded by hells - in front of it those who have falsified truths and adulterated forms of good; to the right those who pervert Divine order and thereby strive to obtain power; to the rear the evil genii who, motivated by self-love, have secretly devised evil against their neighbour; and deep down underneath those who have rejected the Divine with utter contempt and worshipped nature, and in so doing have banished from themselves everything spiritual. Such are the hells surrounding those on the lower earth, where before the Lord's Coming people belonging to the spiritual Church were held in safe keeping. Though they were molested there the Lord protected them, and they were brought into heaven with the Lord when He rose again. See what has been stated and shown already regarding these people in 6854, 6865, 6914, 6945, 7035.

[2] The lower earth where those who belonged to the spiritual Church were held in safe keeping up to the Lord's Coming is mentioned a number of times in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Sing, O heavens, for Jehovah has done [it]! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Be filled, O mountains, with singing, O forest and every tree in it! For Jehovah has redeemed Jacob, and made Himself glorious in Israel. Isaiah 44:23.

This refers to those on the lower earth, to the fact that they were saved by the Lord. 'Jacob' and 'Israel' are the spiritual Church, 'Jacob' being the external Church, 'Israel' the internal Church, 3305, 4286, 6426. In Ezekiel,

I will cause you to go down with those going down to the pit, to the people of old, 1 and I will cause you to dwell in the land of the lower ones in desolations. Ezekiel 16:20.

In the same prophet,

. . . to the lower earth in the midst of the sons of men, to those going down to the pit. Consequently all the trees of Eden, the choicest and the most excellent of Lebanon, all those drinking water, will comfort themselves on the lower earth. Ezekiel 31:14, 16.

This refers to the lower earth where those who belonged to the spiritual Church were.

[3] At the present day too those belonging to the Church who have filled their minds with worldly and also earthly ideas and have acted in such a way that the truths of faith have become tied up with them are sent down to the lower earth, where they likewise have battles to fight. These battles continue until their worldly and earthly ideas have been separated from the truths of faith and other notions have been introduced, of such a nature that they cannot be linked together any longer. Once this has been accomplished those people are raised from there into heaven; for until such ideas of theirs have been removed they cannot possibly be in the company of angels, since those ideas are full of darkness and defilement that do not accord with the light and purity of heaven. Those worldly and earthly ideas cannot be separated and removed except by means of battles against falsities, battles which take place in the following manner: Those on that lower earth are molested by illusions and by falsities based on them which emanate from inhabitants of the surrounding hells; but the Lord employs heaven to rebut those illusions and falsities and at the same time to introduce truths. These truths seem to reside with those undergoing the conflicts.

[4] All this being so, the spiritual Church ought to be spoken of as a militant Church. But at the present day it is rarely militant with anyone in the world; for while a member of the Church is living in the world he does not experience conflict, because of the wicked crowded around him and because of the weakness of the flesh in which he lives. In the next life a person may be held firmly by the bonds of conscience, but not so in the world, for if in the world he is subjected to any degree of despair, as normally happens to those undergoing conflicts, he instantly breaks those bonds. And if he breaks them he gives in; and if he gives in he is done for so far as his salvation is concerned. This explains why the Lord allows few within the Church at the present day to enter into battles against falsities on behalf of truths; those battles are spiritual temptations. See also what has been shown already regarding the lower earth and vastations that take place there, in 4728, 4940-4951, 6854.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, eternity

  
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