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Ezekiel 13

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1 At ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,

2 Anak ng tao, manghula ka laban sa mga propeta ng Israel na nanganghuhula, at sabihin mo sa kanila na nanganghuhula ng mula sa kanilang sariling puso, Pakinggan ninyo ang salita ng Panginoon:

3 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Sa aba ng mga hangal na mga propeta, na nagsisisunod sa kanilang sariling diwa, at walang nakitang anoman!

4 Oh Israel, ang iyong mga propeta ay naging parang mga zorra sa mga gibang dako.

5 Kayo'y hindi sumampa sa mga sira, o iginawa man ninyo ng kuta ang sangbahayan ni Israel, upang siya'y makatayo sa pakikipagbaka sa kaarawan ng Panginoon.

6 Sila'y nangakakita ng walang kabuluhan, at sinungaling na panghuhula, na nagsasabi, Sabi ng Panginoon; at hindi sila sinugo ng Panginoon; at kanilang pinaasa ang mga tao na ang salita ay magiging totoo.

7 Hindi baga kayo nakakita ng walang kabuluhang pangitain, at hindi baga kayo nagsalita ng kasinungalingang panghuhula, sa inyong pagsasabi, Sabi ng Panginoon; yamang hindi ko sinalita?

8 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Sapagka't kayo'y nangagsasalita ng walang kabuluhan, at nangakakita ng mga kasinungalingan, kaya't, narito, ako'y laban sa inyo, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

9 At ang aking kamay ay magiging laban sa mga propeta na nangakakakita ng walang kabuluhan, at nanganghuhula ng mga kasinungalingan: sila'y hindi mapapasa kapulungan ng aking bayan, o masusulat man sa pasulatan ng sangbahayan ni Israel, o sila man ay magsisipasok sa lupain ng Israel; at inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoong Dios.

10 Sapagka't, sa makatuwid baga'y sapagka't kanilang hinikayat ang aking bayan, na nangagsabi, Kapayapaan; at walang kapayapaan; at pagka ang isa ay nagtatayo ng isang kuta, narito, kanilang tinatapalan ng masamang argamasa:

11 Sabihin mo sa kanila na nangagtatapal ng masamang argamasa, na yao'y mababagsak: magkakaroon ng bugso ng ulan; at kayo. Oh malalaking granizo, ay babagsak; at isang unos na hangin ay titibag niyaon.

12 Narito, pagka ang kuta ay nabagsak, hindi baga sasabihin sa inyo: Saan nandoon ang tapal na inyong itinapal?

13 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Akin ngang titibagin ng unos na hangin sa aking kapusukan; at magkakaroon ng bugso ng ulan sa aking pagkagalit, at malalaking mga granizo sa kapusukan upang tunawin.

14 Gayon ko ibabagsak ang kuta na inyong tinapalan ng masamang argamasa, at aking ilalagpak sa lupa, na anopa't ang pinagsasaligan niyaon ay malilitaw: at mababagsak, at kayo'y malilipol sa gitna niyaon; at inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

15 Ganito ko wawakasan ang aking kapusukan sa kuta, at sa nangagtapal ng masamang argamasa; at sasabihin ko sa iyo, Ang kuta ay wala na, o ang nangagtatapal man;

16 Sa makatuwid baga'y ang mga propeta ng Israel, na nanganghuhula tungkol sa Jerusalem, at nangakakakita ng pangitaing kapayapaan para sa bayan, at walang kapayapaan, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

17 At ikaw, anak ng tao, itingin mo ang iyong mukha laban sa mga anak na babae ng iyong bayan, na nanganghuhula ng mula sa kanilang sariling puso; at manghula ka laban sa kanila,

18 At iyong sabihin, ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Sa aba ng mga babae na nangananahi ng mga unan sa lahat ng siko, at nagsisigawa ng mga lambong na ukol sa ulo ng iba't ibang sukat upang manghuli ng mga kaluluwa! Hahanapin baga ninyo ang mga kaluluwa ng aking bayan, at mangagliligtas na buhay ng mga kaluluwa sa ganang inyong sarili?

19 At inyong nilapastangan ako sa gitna ng aking bayan dahil sa mga dakot na cebada, at dahil sa mga putol ng tinapay, upang ipahamak ang mga kaluluwa na hindi marapat mamatay, at upang iligtas na buhay ang mga kaluluwa na hindi marapat mabuhay, sa pamamagitan ng inyong pagbubulaan sa aking bayan na nakikinig sa mga kasinungalingan.

20 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Narito, ako'y laban sa inyong mga unan, na inyong ipinanghahanap ng mga kaluluwa, na paliparin sila, at aking mga lalabnutin sa inyong mga kamay; at aking pawawalan ang mga kaluluwa, sa makatuwid baga'y ang mga kaluluwa na inyong hinahanap upang paliparin.

21 Ang inyo namang mga lambong ay aking lalabnutin, at ililigtas ko ang aking bayan sa inyong kamay, at hindi na sila mangapapasa inyong kamay na mahanap; at inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

22 Sapagka't sa pamamagitan ng kasinungalingan ay inyong pinighati ang puso ng matuwid, na hindi ko pinalungkot, at inyong pinalakas ang kamay ng masama, upang huwag humiwalay sa kaniyang masamang lakad, at maligtas na buhay;

23 Kaya't hindi na kayo mangakakakita ng walang kabuluhang pangitain o manganghuhula man ng mga panghuhula: at aking ililigtas ang aking bayan mula sa inyong kamay; at inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 8908

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8908. 'You shall not answer as a witness of a lie against your neighbour' means that good must not be called evil, nor truth falsity, and conversely that evil must not be called good, nor falsity truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'witness of a lie' as the confirmation of falsity. For the meaning of 'witness' as confirmation, see 4197; and the meaning of 'a lie' as falsity of faith will be evident from what follows below. 'Answering against the neighbour' is speaking to someone in that manner; for 'neighbour' means any and every person, in particular everyone governed by good, and in the abstract sense good itself, 3419, 5025, 6704, 6706-6711, 6818, 8123, so that in the internal sense 'you shall not answer as the witness of a lie against your neighbour' means not saying what is false to anyone, that is, not saying that good is evil and truth is falsity, or vice versa.

[2] What this implies must be explained briefly. None who are ruled by self-love or by love of the world, that is, whose end in view is either to have high and honoured positions or to possess wealth and gain, care when they tell and persuade others that something just is unjust or something unjust is just, and by doing this behave as 'witnesses of a lie'. The reason why they are like this is that their will is in complete subjection to those loves and accompanying desires; it is completely possessed and dominated by them. At the same time the understanding, which is the other part of the mind, indeed has the ability to see what is just or unjust but has no wish to see it. For the will prevails over the understanding; it flows into and persuades it, and at length also makes it blind. Those same people possess no conscience, nor do they know that conscience consists in saying that something just is just, and for no other reason than because it is so, that is, from a love of what is just. People who are like this in the world are also like it in the next life, except for the difference that they do not then say something just is unjust. Instead they call the good of faith evil, and truth falsity, since what is just in dealings with people in the world corresponds to what is good and true in the spiritual world. This is done by them without conscience and also without any shame because it was something they had learned to do during their lifetime and grown accustomed to.

[3] Many times in the Word the expression 'a lie' is used, and wherever it occurs the falsity and evil of faith is meant in the internal sense. And 'the witness of a lie', who is also called 'the witness of violence', means confirming something false, whether before a judge, or before someone else, or before oneself by convincing oneself in one's inner thinking, as in Exodus 23:1ff; Leviticus 19:11-12ff; Deuteronomy 19:16-20. The fact that 'a lie' in the spiritual sense is the evil and falsity of faith is clear from the following places: In John,

You are from your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth because the truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie he speaks from the things that are his own, for he is the teller of a lie and the father of it. John 8:44.

Here 'a lie' stands for falsity of faith, for it refers to the unwillingness of the Jews to acknowledge the Lord. 'The devil' in the spiritual sense here is falsity, and 'the father of it' is evil; for falsity springs from evil like son from father. The falsity that is the devil's is the falsity of faith, the evil that is his is the evil of self-love and love of the world.

[4] In Isaiah,

Moab is exceedingly proud; his haughtiness, and his pride, and his anger - his lies are not firm. Isaiah 16:6.

'Lies' stands for falsities of faith, since 'Moab' is those who, ruled by the evil of self-love, therefore falsify truths, 2468, 8315. In the same prophet,

We have made a covenant with death, and with hell we have shaped a vision. We have put our trust in a lie, and we have hidden in falsity. Isaiah 28:15.

In the same prophet,

They were a rebellious people, lying sons, sons who did not wish to hear the law of Jehovah. Isaiah 30:9.

In Jeremiah,

They deceive one another, 1 and do not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak a lie Jeremiah 9:5.

In the same prophet,

Behold, I am against those that prophesy lying dreams 2 and tell them in order that they may mislead My people by their lies. Jeremiah 23:32.

In the same prophet,

O sword, [be] against the liars, that they may become foolish. Jeremiah 50:36.

In Ezekiel,

They have seen vanity and lying divination, 3 saying, Jehovah has said! when Jehovah has not sent them. Therefore thus has the Lord Jehovih said, Because you speak vanity and see a lie, therefore behold, I am against you. Ezekiel 13:6-9.

In Nahum,

Woe to the city of blood! 4 It is all full of lies and plunder. Nahum 3:1.

In Zephaniah,

The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity or speak any lie; nor will a fraudulent tongue be found in their mouth. They will feed and rest. Zephaniah 3:13.

In John,

Outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices a lie. Revelation 22:15.

In these as in many other places 'a lie' stands for the falsity and evil of faith.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, They deceive, a man his companion

2. literally, dreams of a lie

3. literally, divination of a lie

4. literally, bloods

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