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Exodo 8

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1 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises, Pasukin mo si Faraon at sabihin mo sa kaniya, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Tulutan mong yumaon ang aking bayan, upang ako'y mapaglingkuran nila.

2 At kung ayaw mo silang payaunin, ay narito, aking sasalutin ng mga palaka ang inyong buong lupain:

3 At ang ilog ay mapupuno ng mga palaka, na magsisiahon at magsisipasok sa iyong bahay, at sa iyong tulugan, at sa iyong higaan, at sa bahay ng iyong mga lingkod, at sa iyong bayan, at sa iyong mga hurno, at sa iyong mga masa ng tinapay.

4 At kapuwa aakyatin ng mga palaka ikaw at ang iyong bayan, at lahat ng iyong mga lingkod.

5 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Sabihin mo kay Aaron, Iunat mo ang iyong kamay pati ng iyong tungkod sa mga ilog, sa mga bangbang, at sa mga lawa, at magpaahon ka ng mga palaka sa lupain ng Egipto.

6 At iniunat ni Aaron ang kaniyang kamay sa tubig sa Egipto; at ang mga palaka ay nagsiahon, at tinakpan ang lupain ng Egipto.

7 At ang mga mahiko ay gumawa ng gayon din sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga enkanto, at nagpaahon ng mga palaka sa lupain ng Egipto.

8 Nang magkagayo'y tinawag ni Faraon si Moises at si Aaron, at sinabi, Manalangin kayo sa Panginoon, na alisin ang mga palaka sa akin, at sa aking bayan; at aking tutulutang yumaon, ang bayan upang sila'y makapaghain sa Panginoon.

9 At sinabi ni Moises kay Faraon, Magkaroon ka ng kaluwalhatiang ito sa akin: anong oras isasamo kita, at ang iyong mga lingkod, at ang iyong bayan, upang ang mga palaka ay malipol sa iyo at sa iyong mga bahay, at mangatira na lamang sa ilog?

10 At kaniyang sinabi, Sa kinabukasan. At sinabi ni Moises, Mangyayari ayon sa iyong salita: upang iyong maalaman na walang gaya ng Panginoon naming Dios.

11 At ang mga palaka ay magsisialis sa iyo, at sa iyong bahay, at sa iyong mga lingkod, at sa iyong bayan; mangatitira na lamang sa ilog.

12 At si Moises at si Aaron ay umalis sa harap ni Faraon: at si Moises ay dumaing sa Panginoon tungkol sa mga palaka na kaniyang dinala kay Faraon.

13 At ginawa ng Panginoon ayon sa salita ni Moises, at ang mga palaka ay namatay sa mga bahay, sa mga looban at sa mga parang.

14 At kanilang pinagpisan sa buntonbunton: at ang lupa ay bumaho.

15 Nguni't nang makita ni Faraon na may pahinga ay pinapagmatigas ang kaniyang puso, at hindi niya dininig sila; gaya ng sinalita ng Panginoon.

16 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Sabihin mo kay Aaron: Iunat mo ang iyong tungkod, at paluin mo ang alabok ng lupa, upang maging mga kuto sa lupaing Egipto.

17 At kaniyang ginawang gayon; at iniunat ni Aaron ang kaniyang kamay pati ng kaniyang tungkod, at pinalo ang alabok ng lupa, at nagkakuto sa tao at sa hayop; lahat ng alabok ng lupa ay naging mga kuto sa buong lupain ng Egipto.

18 At ang mga mahiko ay gumawa ng gayon sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga enkanto, upang maglabas ng mga kuto, nguni't hindi nila nagawa: at nagkakuto sa tao at sa hayop.

19 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ng mga mahiko kay Faraon, Ito'y daliri ng Dios: at ang puso ni Faraon ay nagmatigas, at hindi niya dininig sila; gaya ng sinalita ng Panginoon.

20 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Bumangon kang maaga sa kinaumagahan, at tumayo ka sa harap ni Faraon; narito, siya'y pasasa tubig, at sabihin mo sa kaniya, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon: Payaunin mo ang aking bayan upang sila'y makapaglingkod sa akin.

21 Saka kung hindi mo payayaunin ang aking bayan ay magsusugo ako ng pulupulutong na langaw sa iyo, at sa iyong mga lingkod, at sa iyong bayan, at sa loob ng iyong mga bahay: at ang mga bahay ng mga Egipcio ay mapupuno ng pulupulutong na langaw, at gayon din ang lupa na kinaroroonan nila.

22 At aking ihihiwalay sa araw na yaon ang lupain ng Gosen, na kinatatahanan ng aking bayan, upang huwag magkaroon doon ng pulupulutong na langaw: ng iyong maalaman na ako ang Panginoon sa gitna ng lupa.

23 At aking paghihiwalayin ang aking bayan at ang iyong bayan: sa kinabukasan mangyayari ang tandang ito.

24 At ginawang gayon ng Panginoon, at nagsipasok ang mga makapal na pulupulutong na langaw sa bahay ni Faraon, at sa bahay ng kaniyang mga lingkod: at sa buong lupain ng Egipto ay nasisira ang lupa dahil sa mga pulupulutong na langaw.

25 At tinawag ni Faraon si Moises at si Aaron, at sinabi, Yumaon kayo, maghain kayo sa inyong Dios sa lupain.

26 At sinabi ni Moises, Hindi marapat na aming gawing ganyan; sapagka't aming ihahain ang mga kasuklamsuklam ng mga Egipcio, sa Panginoon naming Dios: narito, ihahain ba namin ang kasuklamsuklam ng mga Egipcio sa harap ng kanilang mga mata at di ba nila kami babatuhin?

27 Kami ay yayaong tatlong araw na maglalakbay sa ilang, at maghahain sa Panginoon naming Dios, ayon sa kaniyang iniutos sa amin.

28 At sinabi ni Faraon, Aking payayaunin kayo upang kayo'y makapaghain sa Panginoon ninyong Dios sa ilang; huwag lamang kayong pakakalayo: tuloy idaing ninyo ako.

29 At sinabi ni Moises, Narito iiwan kita, at aking idadalangin sa Panginoon, na ang mga pulupulutong na langaw ay magsialis bukas kay Faraon, sa kaniyang mga lingkod, at sa kaniyang bayan: nguni't huwag nang magdaya pa si Faraon, na huwag na di payaunin ang bayan, upang maghain sa Panginoon.

30 At iniwan ni Moises si Faraon, at nanalangin sa Panginoon.

31 At ginawa ng Panginoon ang ayon sa salita ni Moises; at inialis niya ang mga pulupulutong na langaw kay Faraon, sa kaniyang mga lingkod, at sa kaniyang bayan; na walang natira kahit isa.

32 At pinapagmatigas ding muli ni Faraon ang kaniyang puso at hindi pinayaon ang bayan.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 1000

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1000. Three unclean spirits like frogs.

That this signifies reasonings from mere falsities against Divine truths, is evident from the signification of unclean spirits, as denoting the falsities of evil from hell. For all in the hells are unclean from the falsities of evil, because all unclean things exist from falsities from evil, and all clean things from truths from good; and from the signification of three, as denoting all things and what is full, and as being said of truths or of falsities (concerning which see (n. 435, 506, 532, 658); hence also by three is signified entirely and absolutely, in this case, absolute falsity, and from the signification of frogs, as denoting reasonings from falsities. That these are signified by frogs follows not only from their croaking but also from their living in marshy and putrid ponds, by which also infernal falsities are signified. For those who reason from falsities against Divine truths dwell in hells which appear to be like marshes and stinking ponds. And those who are there, when seen in the light of heaven, are like frogs, some in a larger, some in a smaller form, according to their conceit arising from reasoning more or less acute. They are also more or less unclean, according to their reasonings against the more interior and more important Divine truths.

[2] That frogs signify reasonings from mere falsities against Divine truths, is evident from the miracle of the frogs in Egypt. For all the miracles performed there signify the plagues or evils with which those are affected after death, who, by the scientifics of the natural man, fight against spiritual goods and truths, and endeavour to destroy them. For by Pharaoh and by the Egyptians were represented and thence signified natural men; and by the sons of Israel, whom they infested and desired to drive back into servitude, were represented and thence signified spiritual men. Thus also by the Egyptians were represented and signified the things pertaining to the natural man, and by the sons of Israel, those pertaining to the spiritual man. The things pertaining to the natural man have reference to evils and falsities, evils to the love, and falsities to the doctrine thereof; and the things that pertain to the spiritual man have reference to the goods that belong to love, and to the truths pertaining to the doctrine thereof.

That by frogs are there signified the reasonings of the natural man from falsities against the truths of the spiritual man, is evident from the description of that miracle in Moses:

That he caused the river to bring forth frogs in abundance; and they went up and came into the house of Pharaoh, and into his bed-chamber, and upon his bed, and into the house of his servants, and of his people, and into the ovens and the kneading troughs. And that after they were dead, they were gathered into heaps, and the land stank (Exodus 8:1, 14).

That frogs here signify the reasonings of the natural man from falsities against Divine truths, is evident from the explanation of all those words in the Arcana Coelestia 7345-7357, 7379-7409).

Also in David:

"He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish; he caused frogs to come forth upon their lands, into the chambers of their kings" (Psalms 105:29, 30).

[3] This treats of the plagues in Egypt. By the waters turned into blood are signified truths falsified; by the fishes killed are signified that the scientific truths and knowledges of the natural man perished. By the frogs coming forth upon the land are signified the reasonings of the natural man from falsities; the chambers of the kings signify interior truths, which they perverted by reasonings from falsities, inner chambers denoting the interiors, and kings denoting truths. Similar things are signified by the frogs coming up into the house of Pharaoh, into his bed-chamber, and his bed. From these things it is now evident what is signified by the three unclean spirits like frogs, which went forth out of the mouth of the dragon, of the beast, and of the false prophet.

Continuation concerning the Sixth Precept:-

[4] Those who are in love truly conjugial, after death, when they become angels, return into their youth and adolescence. The males, however worn out with age, become young men; and the wives, however worn out with age, become young women. Each conjugial partner returns into the prime of life and into the joys of the age in which conjugial love begins to intensify life with new delights, and to inspire with joyous activity for the sake of prolification. Into this state, first exteriorly, afterwards more and more interiorly to eternity, a man (homo) comes who had shunned adulteries as sins, and was initiated by the Lord into conjugial love in the world.

Because they are always growing more interiorly young, it follows that love truly conjugial increases and enters into the delights and joys provided for it from the creation of the world. These are the delights and joys of the inmost heaven, arising from the love of the Lord towards heaven and the church, and thence from the mutual love of good and truth; from this love every joy in the heavens is derived.

The reason why a man (homo) thus grows young in heaven is, that he then enters into the marriage of good and truth. And there is in good an effort of continually loving truth, and in truth there is an effort of continually loving good; and then the wife is good in form, and the man is truth in form. It is from that effort that a man (homo) puts off all severity, senile harshness, mournfulness, and want of vitality, and puts on the activity, gladness, and freshness of youth, from which the effort receives life and becomes joy.

[5] It has been told me from heaven that they have then a life of love, which can only be described as being the life of joy itself.

That a man (homo) who lives in the world in love truly conjugial comes after death into the heavenly marriage, which is that of good and truth, springing from the marriage of the Lord with the church, is quite clear from this fact, that from marriages in the heavens, although married partners are there united as on earth, children are not born, but instead of children, goods and truths, and thence wisdom, as said above. This is why by births, nativities, and generations in the Word, in its spiritual sense, are meant spiritual births, nativities, and generations, and by sons and daughters, the truths and goods of the church, and other things, but of a similar kind, by daughters-in-law, mothers-in-law, and fathers-in-law. From these things it can also be clearly seen that marriages on earth correspond to marriages in the heavens, and that a man after death comes into the correspondence, that is, from natural corporeal marriage into spiritual heavenly marriage, which is heaven itself, and the joy of heaven.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.