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Jeremias 46

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1 Ang salita ng Panginoon na dumating kay Jeremias na propeta tungkol sa mga bansa.

2 Tungkol sa Egipto: tungkol sa hukbo ni Faraon Nechao na hari sa Egipto, na nasa tabi ng ilog ng Eufrates sa Carchemis na sinaktan ni Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia nang ikaapat na taon ni Joacim na anak ni Josias, na hari sa Juda.

3 Inyong iayos ang pansalag at kalasag, at kayo'y magsilapit sa pagbabaka.

4 Singkawan ninyo ang mga kabayo, at kayo'y magsisakay, kayong mga nangangabayo, at magsitayo kayong mga turbante; pakintabin ninyo ang mga sibat, at mangagsuot kayo ng sapyaw.

5 Bakit ko nakita? sila'y nanganglulupaypay at nagsisibalik; at ang kanilang mga makapangyarihan ay buwal, at nagsisitakas na maliksi, at hindi nagsisilingon: kakilabutan ay nasa bawa't dako, sabi ng Panginoon.

6 Huwag tumakas ang maliksi, o tumanan man ang makapangyarihan; sa hilagaan sa tabi ng ilog Eufrates ay nangatisod sila at nangabuwal.

7 Sino itong bumabangon na parang Nilo na ang mga tubig ay nagiinalong parang mga ilog?

8 Ang Egipto ay bumabangong parang Nilo, at ang tubig ay nagiinalong parang mga ilog: at kaniyang sinasabi, Ako'y babangon, aking tatakpan ang lupa; aking ipapahamak ang bayan at ang mga mananahan doon.

9 Kayo'y magsisampa, kayong mga kabayo; at kayo'y magsihagibis, kayong mga karo; at magsilabas ang mga lalaking makapangyarihan: ang Cus at ang Phut, na humahawak ng kalasag; at ang mga Ludio, na nagsisihawak at nangagaakma ng busog.

10 Sapagka't ang araw na yaon ay sa Panginoon, sa Panginoon ng mga hukbo, araw ng panghihiganti, upang maipanghiganti niya siya sa kaniyang mga kaaway: at ang tabak ay lalamon at mabubusog, at magpapakalango sa dugo nila: sapagka't ang Panginoon, ang Panginoon ng mga hukbo, may hain sa lupaing hilagaan sa tabi ng ilog Eufrates.

11 Sumampa ka sa Galaad, at kumuha ka ng balsamo, Oh anak na dalaga ng Egipto: sa walang kabuluhan gumagamit ka ng maraming gamot; hindi ka na gagaling.

12 Nabalitaan ng mga bansa ang iyong kahihiyan, at ang lupa ay puno ng iyong hiyaw, sapagka't ang makapangyarihan ay natisod laban sa makapangyarihan, sila'y nangabuwal kapuwa na magkasama.

13 Ang salita na sinalita ng Panginoon kay Jeremias na propeta, kung paanong si Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia ay darating, at sasaktan ang lupain ng Egipto.

14 Ipahayag ninyo sa Egipto, at inyong ihayag sa Migdol, at inyong ihayag sa Memphis, at sa Taphnes: sabihin ninyo, Tumayo ka, at humanda ka; sapagka't ang tabak ay nanakmal sa palibot mo.

15 Bakit ang iyong mga malakas ay napaalis? sila'y hindi nagsitayo, sapagka't itinaboy ng Panginoon.

16 Kaniyang itinisod ang marami, oo, sila'y nangabuwal na patongpatong, at kanilang sinabi, Bumangon ka, at magsiparoon tayo uli sa ating sariling bayan, at sa lupain na kinapanganakan sa atin, mula sa mapagpighating tabak.

17 Sila'y nagsihiyaw roon, Si Faraong hari sa Egipto ay isang hugong lamang; kaniyang pinaraan ang takdang panahon.

18 Buhay ako, sabi ng Hari, na ang pangalan ay Panginoon ng mga hukbo, tunay na kung paano ang Tabor sa gitna ng mga bundok, at kung paano ang Carmel sa tabi ng dagat, gayon siya darating.

19 Oh ikaw na anak na babae na tumatahan sa Egipto, gumayak ka sa pagpasok sa pagkabihag; sapagka't ang Memphis ay masisira, at magniningas na mawawalan ng mananahan.

20 Ang Egipto ay napakagandang dumalagang baka; nguni't pagkasirang mula sa hilagaan ay dumarating, dumarating.

21 Ang kaniya namang mga taong upahan sa gitna niya ay parang mga guya sa kulungan; sapagka't sila man ay nagsibalik, sila'y nagsitakas na magkakasama, sila'y hindi nagsitayo: sapagka't ang kaarawan ng kanilang kasakunaan ay dumating sa kanila, ang panahon ng pagdalaw sa kanila.

22 Ang hugong niyaon ay yayaong parang ahas; sapagka't sila'y magsisiyaong kasama ng hukbo, at magsisiparoong laban sa kaniya na mga may palakol, na parang mga mamumutol ng kahoy.

23 Kanilang puputulin ang kaniyang gubat, sabi ng Panginoon, bagaman mahirap pasukin; sapagka't sila'y higit kay sa mga balang, at walang bilang.

24 Ang anak na babae ng Egipto ay malalagay sa kahihiyan; siya'y mabibigay sa kamay ng bayan ng hilagaan.

25 Sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, Narito, aking parurusahan si Amon na taga No, at si Faraon, at ang Egipto, sangpu ng kaniyang mga dios at ng kaniyang mga hari; maging si Faraon, at silang nagsisitiwala sa kaniya:

26 At aking ibibigay sila sa kamay ng nagsisiusig ng kanilang mga buhay, at sa kamay ni Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia, at sa kamay ng kaniyang mga lingkod; at pagkatapos ay tatahanan na gaya ng mga araw nang una, sabi ng Panginoon.

27 Nguni't huwag kang matakot, Oh Jacob na aking lingkod, ni manglupaypay ka, Oh Israel: sapagka't narito, ililigtas kita mula sa malayo, at ang iyong lahi ay mula sa lupain ng kanilang pagkabihag; at ang Jacob ay babalik, at magiging tahimik at tiwasay, at walang tatakot sa kaniya.

28 Huwag kang matakot, Oh Jacob na aking lingkod, sabi ng Panginoon, sapagka't ako'y sumasaiyo: sapagka't ako'y gagawa ng lubos na kawakasan sa lahat ng bansa na aking pinagtabuyan sa iyo; nguni't hindi ako gagawa ng lubos na kawakasan sa iyo, kundi sasawayin kita ng kahatulan, at hindi kita iiwan sa anomang paraan ng walang kaparusahan.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 6693

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6693. 'Saying, Every son who is born you are to throw into the river' means that all truths that appeared should be drowned in falsities. This is clear from the meaning of 'son' as truth, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, 3373; from the meaning of 'being born' as appearing; and from the meaning of 'the river' as those things that constitute intelligence, dealt with in 108, 109, 2702, 3051, here in the contrary sense as those things which are the opposite, namely falsities. The fact that 'throwing into' means drowning in is self-evident.

[2] The meaning of 'the river of Egypt' as the opposite of intelligence, which is falsity, is also clear in Isaiah,

The rivers will recede, the streams of Egypt will diminish and dry up. The papyrus plants next to the river, next to the mouth of the river, and everything sown in the river will wither, be driven away, and be no more. Therefore the fishermen will mourn, and all who cast a hook into the river will be sad, and those who spread nets over the face of the waters will anguish. Isaiah 19:6-8.

Here one should not understand a river by 'the river of Egypt' or fishermen by 'the fishermen' but other things which are not apparent unless one knows how 'Egypt', 'the river' there, and 'the fishermen' are to be understood. If one does know, then the meaning of these verses is apparent. The fact that 'the river of Egypt' means falsity is evident from every detail mentioned in them.

[3] In Jeremiah,

Who is this coming up like a river, whose waters are tossed about like the rivers? Egypt comes up like the river, and like the rivers his waters are tossed about. For he said, I will go up, I will cover the earth, I will destroy the city and those who dwell in it. Jeremiah 46:7-8.

Here also 'the river of Egypt' stands for falsities. 'Going up and covering the earth' stands for overwhelming the Church, 'destroying the city' stands for destroying the teachings of the Church, 'and those who dwell in it' for doing so to forms of good that come from those teachings. For the meaning of 'the earth' as the Church, see 6649; 'the city' as the teachings of the Church, 402, 2449, 3216, 4492, 4493; and 'those who dwell in it' as forms of good there, 2268, 2451, 2712.

[4] In Ezekiel,

Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies 1 in the midst of his rivers, who has said, The river is mine and I have made myself. Therefore I will put hooks in your jaws, and cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales, and I will cause you to come up out of the midst of your rivers, in order that 2 all the fish of your rivers may stick in your scales. I will leave in the wilderness you and all the fish of your rivers. Ezekiel 29:3-5, 9-10.

Without the internal sense no one can know what this passage means either. Thus, though it is evident that it is not the country Egypt which is meant, the meaning of the passage remains unknown unless one knows what 'Pharaoh', 'river', 'monster', 'fish', and 'scales', all mean. 'Pharaoh' is the natural where factual knowledge resides, see 5160, 5799, 6015; 'monsters' are general bodies of facts that reside in the natural, 42; 'fish' are the facts subordinate to a general body of them, 40, 991; 'scales' are ideas of a thoroughly external nature, thus sensory impressions, to which factual knowledge that is false clings. When one knows all these meanings one can see what 'the river of Egypt' is used to mean in this passage, namely, falsity.

[5] In the same prophet,

On the day on which Pharaoh goes down into hell I will make him mourn, I will cover the deep over him, and I will restrain its streams, and the great waters will be stayed. Ezekiel 31:15.

In Amos,

Is not the land to be shaken on account of this, and everyone to mourn that inhabits it? Yes, the whole of it comes up like a river, and is cast out, and is drowned as if in the river of Egypt. On that day I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the land in broad daylight. Amos 8:8-9; 9:5.

'The land which will be shaken' stands for the Church, 6649, while 'being drowned as if in the river of Egypt' stands for being destroyed by falsities. And since falsities are meant it says that the sun will go down at noon, and the earth will be darkened in broad daylight. 'The going down of the sun at noon' means that the good of heavenly love will depart, and 'the darkening of the land in broad daylight' that falsities will take possession of the Church. For the meaning of 'the sun' as the good of heavenly love, see 1529, 1530, 2441, 2495, 3636, 3643, 4060, 4696; for 'darkness' as falsities, 1839, 1860, 4418, 4531; and for 'the earth' as the Church, 82, 662, 1066, 1067, 1262, 1411, 1413, 1607, 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), 2928, 3355, 4447, 4535, 5577. Anyone can see that things other than those which appear in the literal sense here - such as that the land will be shaken and every inhabitant will mourn, or that the sun will go down at noon and the land will be darkened in broad daylight - are really meant. Unless one takes 'the land' to mean the Church, 'the river' to mean falsity, and 'the sun' to mean heavenly love, one does not find any other explicable meaning there.

[6] It is because 'the river of Egypt' means falsity that Moses was commanded to strike the waters of that river with his rod, after which they were turned into blood, all fish in the river died, and the river stank, Exodus 7:17-18, 20-21. For the same reason Aaron had to stretch out his hand and rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the pools, from which frogs rose up over the land of Egypt, Exodus 8:5-6. 3 For the meaning of 'the waters' in the contrary sense as falsities, see 790; and since the waters make up the river, 'the river' in relation to them means falsity in general.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. Reading cubat (he lies) for cubas (you lie)

2. Reading ut (in order that) for et (and)

3Exodus 8:1-2, in this translation of the Arcana Caelestia

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