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Habakkuk 2

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1 Ako'y tatayo sa aking bantayan, at lalagay ako sa moog, at tatanaw upang maalaman ko kung ano ang kaniyang sasalitain sa akin, at kung ano ang aking isasagot tungkol sa aking daing.

2 At ang Panginoon ay sumagot sa akin, at nagsabi, Isulat mo ang pangitain, at iukit mo na malinaw sa mga tapyas na bato upang makatakbo ang bumabasa niyaon.

3 Sapagka't ang pangitain ay sa panahong takda pa, at nagmamadali sa pagkatapos, at hindi magbubulaan: bagaman nagluluwat ay hintayin mo; sapagka't walang pagsalang darating, hindi magtatagal.

4 Narito, ang kaniyang kaluluwa ay nagpapalalo, hindi tapat sa kaniya; nguni't ang ganap ay mabubuhay sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang pananampalataya.

5 Oo, bukod dito'y ang alak ay magdaraya, isang taong hambog, at hindi natitira sa bahay; na lumaki ang kaniyang nasa na parang Sheol, at siya'y parang kamatayan, at hindi masisiyahan, kundi pinipisan sa kaniya ang lahat na bansa, at ibinubunton sa kaniya ang lahat na bayan.

6 Hindi baga ang lahat ng ito ay magbabadya ng talinhaga laban sa kaniya, at ng nakagagalit na kawikaan laban sa kaniya, at mangagsasabi, Sa aba niya na nagpaparami ng di kaniya! hanggang kailan? at nagpapasan siya sa kaniyang sarili ng mga sangla!

7 Hindi baga sila mangagtitindig, na bigla na kakagat sa iyo, at magsisigising na babagabag sa iyo, at ikaw ay magiging samsam sa kanila?

8 Dahil sa iyong sinamsaman ang maraming bansa, lahat ng nalabi sa mga tao ay magsisisamsam sa iyo, dahil sa dugo ng mga tao, at dahil sa karahasang ginawa sa lupain, sa bayan at sa lahat ng nagsisitahan doon.

9 Sa aba niya na nagiimpok ng masamang pakinabang para sa kaniyang sangbahayan, upang kaniyang mailagay ang pugad niya sa itaas, upang siya'y maligtas sa kamay ng kasamaan!

10 Ikaw ay naghaka ng ikahihiya ng iyong sangbahayan, sa paghihiwalay ng maraming tao, at ikaw ay nagkasala laban sa iyong sarili.

11 Sapagka't ang bato ay dadaing mula sa pader, at ang tahilan mula sa mga kahoy ay sasagot.

12 Sa aba niya na nagtatayo ng bayan sa pamamagitan ng dugo, at nagtatatag ng bayan sa pamamagitan ng kasamaan!

13 Narito, hindi baga dahil sa Panginoon ng mga hukbo na ang mga tao ay nagsisigawa para sa apoy, at ang mga bansa ay nangagpapakapagod sa walang kabuluhan?

14 Sapagka't ang lupa ay mapupuno ng kaalaman ng kaluwalhatian ng Panginoon, gaya ng pagtakip ng tubig sa dagat.

15 Sa aba niya na nagpapainom ng alak sa kaniyang kapuwa, na idinadagdag mo ang iyong kamandag, at nilalasing mo rin naman siya, upang iyong mamasdan ang kaniyang kahubaran!

16 Ikaw ay puno ng kahihiyan, at hindi ng kaluwalhatian: uminom ka naman, at maging gaya ng isang hindi tuli; ang saro ng kanan ng Panginoon ay mababalik sa iyo, at kasuklamsuklam na kahihiyan ang mahahalili sa iyong kaluwalhatian.

17 Sapagka't ang pangdadahas na ginawa sa Libano ay tatakip sa iyo, at ang panggigiba sa mga hayop na nakatakot sa kanila; dahil sa dugo ng mga tao, at dahil sa pangdadahas na ginawa sa lupain, sa bayan, at sa lahat na nagsisitahan doon.

18 Anong napapakinabang ng larawang inanyuan na yao'y inanyuan ng manggagawa niyaon; ng binubong larawan, na tagapagturo ng mga kasinungalingan, na tinitiwalaan ng nagaanyo sa kaniya, na gumawa ng mga piping diosdiosan?

19 Sa aba niya na nagsasabi sa kahoy, Gumising ka; sa piping bato, Bumangon ka! Magtuturo baga ito? Narito, nababalot ng ginto at pilak, at walang hinga sa loob niyaon.

20 Nguni't ang Panginoo'y nasa kaniyang banal na templo: tumahimik ang buong lupa sa harap niya.

   

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2. In the prophetical parts of the Word a horse is mentioned very often, 1 but until now no one has known 'horse' means understanding, and 'horseman' one who understands, perhaps because it seems extraordinary and astonishing that that is what is meant by 'horse' in a spiritual sense, and consequently in the Word. But that it constantly means this can be agreed from very many instances in the Word, from which I should like to refer to only a few at this point.

In Israel's prophetic utterance 2 about Dan we find:

Dan will be a serpent on the road, a darting snake 3 on the path, that will bite the horse's heels, and the horseman will fall backwards. Genesis 49:17-18.

What this prophetic statement about one of the tribes of Israel means no one is going to understand unless he knows what 'serpent' signifies, and also 'horse' and 'horseman." Yet is there anyone who does not see that it holds something spiritual within it? This being so, what the individual details signify may be seen in Arcana Caelestia 6398-6401, where this prophetical utterance is explained.

In Habakkuk we find:

O Lord [...] You ride on Your horses and Your chariots are salvation [...] You caused Your horses to tread in the sea. Habakkuk 3:8, 15.

It is obvious that 'horses' here signify something spiritual, because these things are being said about God. What else would it be, 'God rode on [his] horses, and caused [his] horses to tread in the sea?'

In Zechariah we find, with a similar significance:

'On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be on the horse-bells', Zechariah 14:20. 4

In the same authority:

On that day I will strike every horse with bewilderment and the horseman with madness, declares the Lord, I will open my gaze on the house of Judah, and I will strike with blindness every horse of the peoples. Zechariah 12:4-5.

What is being talked about here is the Church when it has been laid waste, which happens when there is no longer an understanding of anything true. This is what is being indicated by 'horse' and 'horseman;' what else would it be, [...] every horse about to be struck with bewilderment [...] and the horse of the peoples with blindness?' What, otherwise, would this have to do with the Church?

In Job we find:

'Because God has made her 5 forget wisdom, neither has He imparted to her understanding; having raised herself on high, she mocks the horse and its rider' Job 39:17-19.

That understanding is signified here by 'horse' is manifestly obvious; similarly in David, where the expression 'to ride upon the word of truth' is used, Psalms 45:5; and besides in very many other places.

Moreover, who is likely to know why it is that Elijah and Elisha were called 'the chariots of Israel and its horsemen;' and why there appeared to Elisha's servant a mountain full of horses and fiery chariots, unless it is known what 'chariots' and horsemen' signify, and what Elijah and Elisha represented? For Elisha said to Elijah, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen,' 2 Kings 2:11-12; and King Joash said to Elisha, 'My father, my father [...] the chariots of Israel and its horsemen,' 2 Kings 13:14.

Concerning the servant of Elisha we read:

'The Lord opened the eyes of Elisha's servant, and he looked and saw the mountain full of horses and fiery chariots all around Elisha' 2 Kings 6:17.

Elijah and Elisha were called the chariots of Israel and its horsemen because each represented the Lord in his capacity as the Word. 'Chariots' represent doctrine derived from the Word, and 'horsemen' represent understanding. That Elijah and Elisha represented the Lord in this capacity may be seen in Arcana Caelestia: 5247, 7643, 8029, 9327, and that 'chariots' signify doctrine derived from the Word: 5321, 8215.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The text has simply equus (horse) at this point, but there is a 'parallel passage' in Arcana Caelestia 2761, stating equus et eques (horse and horseman): the sense of what follows in the current passage suggests that Swedenborg intends equus et eques here.

2. The Revd John Elliott points out that 'Israel here of course means the patriarch Jacob."

3. Biblical translations are based on the Schmidt Latin translation (1696) as apparently used by Swedenborg, though here, as sometimes elsewhere, Swedenborg does misquote (in this case inserting jaculus after the second serpens). Lewis and Shorts Latin Dictionary, always an interesting source, glosses jaculus as follows: 'sc. serpens, a serpent that darts from a tree on its prey."

4. The Revd John Elliott: As I understand it, this is not a statement on the horse-bells to the effect that the bells are holy but that they ring out the holiness of things attributable to the Lord. (A bit like the bells rung in a catholic mass which draw the worshippers' attention to the just-consecrated host or wine that is being elevated.)'

5. Her: The Hebrew pronoun in Job 39:17-18, which refers to a bird, is feminine. Although Swedenborg rendered it eum (him) in 2762 and here in De Equo Albo, eam (her) occurs in other places of his works where this verse is quoted.

  
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