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Joel 2

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1 Hipan ninyo ang pakakak sa Sion, at mangagpatunog kayo ng hudyat sa aking banal na bundok; manginig ang lahat na mananahan sa lupain: sapagka't ang kaarawan ng Panginoon ay dumarating, sapagka't malapit na;

2 Araw ng kadiliman at ng pagkukulimlim, araw ng mga ulap at ng pagsasalimuot ng dilim, gaya ng liwayway na namumukadkad sa mga bundok; isang malaking bayan at matibay; hindi nagkaroon kailan man ng gaya niyaon, ni magkakaroon pa man pagkatapos ng mga yaon, hanggang sa mga taon ng maraming sali't saling lahi.

3 Isang apoy ang sumusupok sa harap nila; at sa likuran nila'y isang liyab ang sumusunog: ang lupain ay parang halamanan sa Eden sa harap nila, at sa likuran nila'y isang sirang ilang; oo, at walang nakatanan sa kanila.

4 Ang anyo nila ay parang anyo ng mga kabayo; at kung paano ang mga mangangabayo, gayon sila nagsisitakbo.

5 Parang ingay ng mga karo sa mga taluktok ng mga bundok nagsisilukso sila, parang hugong ng liyab ng apoy na sumusupok sa dayami, parang isang matibay na bayan na humahanay sa pagbabaka.

6 Sa kanilang harapan ay nangahihirapan ang mga bayan; lahat ng mukha ay nangamumutla.

7 Sila'y nagsisitakbong parang mga malakas na lalake; sila'y nagsisipagalambitin sa kuta na parang mga lalaking mangdidigma; at sila'y nagsisilakad bawa't isa ng kanikaniyang mga lakad, at hindi nila binabago ang kanilang mga hanay.

8 Ni nagtutulakan mang isa'y isa; sila'y lumalakad bawa't isa sa kanikaniyang landas; at sila'y magsisisagupa sa mga almas, at hindi sila malalansag.

9 Kanilang nilulukso ang bayan; kanilang tinatakbo ang kuta; kanilang pinagaalambitinan ang mga bahay; sila'y nagsisipasok sa mga dungawan na parang magnanakaw.

10 Ang lupa ay nayayanig sa harap nila; ang langit ay nanginginig; ang araw at ang buwan ay nagdidilim at itinitigil ng mga bituin ang kanilang kislap:

11 At pinatutunog ng Panginoon ang kaniyang tinig sa harap ng kaniyang hukbo; sapagka't ang kaniyang kampamento ay totoong malaki; sapagka't malakas na nagsasagawa ng kaniyang salita; sapagka't ang kaarawan ng Panginoon ay dakila at totoong kakilakilabot; at sinong makatatahan?

12 Gayon ma'y ngayon, sabi ng Panginoon, magsipanumbalik kayo sa akin ng inyong buong puso, na may pagaayuno, at may pananangis, at may pananambitan:

13 At papagdalamhatiin ninyo ang inyong puso, at hindi ang mga damit ang inyong hapakin, at kayo'y magsipanumbalik sa Panginoon ninyong Dios; sapagka't siya'y maawain at puspos ng kahabagan, banayad sa pagkagalit, at sagana sa kagandahang-loob, at nagsisisi siya sa kasamaan.

14 Sinong nakakaalam kung siya'y hindi magbabalik-loob, at magsisisi, at magiiwan ng isang pagpapala sa likuran niya, ng handog na harina, at ng inuming handog sa Panginoon ninyong Dios?

15 Hipan ninyo ang pakakak sa Sion: magsipangilin kayo ng isang ayuno, magsitawag kayo ng isang takdang kapulungan;

16 Tipunin ninyo ang bayan, banalin ang kapisanan, pisanin ang mga matanda, tipunin ang mga bata, at yaong mga pasusuhin; lumabas ang bagong kasal na lalake sa kaniyang silid, at ang bagong kasal na babae sa kaniyang silid.

17 Manangis ang mga saserdote, ang mga tagapangasiwa ng Panginoon, sa pagitan ng portiko at ng dambana, at kanilang sabihin, Maawa ka sa iyong bayan, Oh Panginoon, at huwag mong ibigay ang iyong bayan sa kakutyaan, na ang mga bansa baga'y magpuno sa kanila: bakit nila sasabihin sa gitna ng mga bayan, Saan nandoon ang kanilang Dios?

18 Noong ang Panginoon ay naging masikap sa kanilang lupain, at nahabag sa kaniyang bayan.

19 At ang Panginoon ay sumagot, at nagsabi sa kaniyang bayan, Narito, ako'y magdadala sa inyo ng trigo, at alak, at langis, at inyong kabubusugan; at hindi ko na gagawin pa kayo na kakutyaan sa gitna ng mga bansa;

20 Kundi aking ihihiwalay na malayo sa inyo ang hukbo sa hilagaan, at aking itataboy siya sa isang lupaing basal at sira, ang kaniyang unaha'y sa dagat silanganan, at ang kaniyang pinakahuling bahagi ay sa dagat kanluran; at ang kaniyang baho ay aalingasaw, at ang masamang amoy ay iilanglang, sapagka't siya'y gumawa ng mga malaking bagay.

21 Huwag kang matakot, Oh lupain, ikaw ay matuwa at magalak; sapagka't ang Panginoon ay gumawa ng dakilang mga bagay.

22 Huwag kayong mangatakot, kayong mga hayop sa parang; sapagka't ang mga pastulan sa ilang ay lumalago, sapagka't ang punong kahoy ay nagbubunga, ang puno ng higos at ang puno ng ubas ay nagbubunga.

23 Kayo nga'y mangatuwa, kayong mga anak ng Sion, at mangagalak sa Panginoon ninyong Dios; sapagka't kaniyang ibinibigay sa inyo ang maagang ulan sa tapat na sukat, at kaniyang pinalalagpak ang ulan dahil sa inyo, ang maagang ulan at ang huling ulan, sa unang buwan.

24 At ang mga lapag ay mangapupuno ng trigo, at ang mga kamalig ay aapawan ng alak at langis.

25 At aking isasauli sa inyo ang mga taon na kinain ng balang, ng uod, at ng kuliglig, at ng tipaklong na siyang aking malaking hukbo, na aking sinugo sa gitna ninyo.

26 At kayo'y magsisikaing sagana, at mangabubusog, at inyong pupurihin ang pangalan ng Panginoon ninyong Dios, na gumawa ng kababalaghan sa inyo; at ang aking bayan ay hindi mapapahiya kailan man.

27 At inyong malalaman na ako'y nasa gitna ng Israel, at ako ang Panginoon ninyong Dios, at wala nang iba; at ang aking bayan ay hindi mapapahiya magpakailan man.

28 At mangyayari pagkatapos, na ibubuhos ko ang aking Espiritu sa lahat ng laman; at ang inyong mga anak na lalake at babae ay manganghuhula, ang inyong mga matanda ay magsisipanaginip ng mga panaginip, ang inyong mga binata ay mangakakakita ng mga pangitain:

29 At sa mga lingkod na lalake at babae naman ay ibubuhos ko sa mga araw na yaon ang aking Espiritu.

30 At ako'y magpapakita ng mga kababalaghan sa langit at sa lupa, dugo, at apoy, at mga haliging usok.

31 Ang araw ay magiging kadiliman, at ang buwan ay dugo, bago dumating ang dakila at kakilakilabot na kaarawan ng Panginoon.

32 At mangyayari na ang sinomang tumawag sa pangalan ng Panginoon ay maliligtas, sapagka't sa bundok ng Sion at sa Jerusalem doroon yaong nangakatanan, gaya ng sinabi ng Panginoon, at sa nangalabi ay yaong mga tinatawag ng Panginoon.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 5135

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5135. 'For I have indeed been taken away by theft' means that evil caused celestial things to become alienated. This is clear from the representation of 'Joseph', who says this about himself, as the celestial within the natural, dealt with in 5086, 5087, 5106, and consequently the celestial things there; and from the meaning of 'being taken away by theft' as undergoing alienation caused by evil. For 'to commit theft' means to alienate, while 'theft' itself means the evil which causes alienation, as well as meaning evil which lays claim to the things existing there in the natural. 'Theft' means an alienation caused by evil that happens in the place which such evil takes possession of; for it expels everything good and true and fills up that place with evils and falsities. 'Theft' also means its laying claim to what belongs to others; for it takes to itself everything good and true in that place and makes such its own as well as attaching it to evils and falsities. But to enable anyone to know what is meant by 'theft' in the spiritual sense, a statement must be made about what happens to evils and falsities when they enter in and take possession of a place, and also when they lay claim to everything good and true there.

[2] From infancy to childhood, and sometimes on into early youth, a person is absorbing forms of goodness and truth received from parents and teachers, for during those years he learns about those forms of goodness and truth and believes them with simplicity - his state of innocence enabling this to happen. It inserts those forms of goodness and truth into his memory; yet it lodges them only on the edge of it since the innocence of infancy and childhood is not an internal innocence which has an influence on the rational, only an external one which has an influence solely on the exterior natural, 2306, 3183, 3494, 4563, 4797. When however the person grows older, when he starts to think for himself and not, as previously, simply in the way his parents or teachers do, he brings back to mind and so to speak chews over what he has learned and believed before, and then he either endorses it, has doubts about it, or refuses to accept it. If he endorses it, this is an indication that he is governed by good, but if he refuses to accept it, that is an indication that he is governed by evil. If however he has doubts about what he has learned and believed before, it is an indication that he will move subsequently either into an affirmative attitude of mind or else into a negative one.

[3] The truths that a person learns and believes in his earliest years when he is a young child but which later on he either endorses, has doubts about, or refuses to accept, are in particular these: There is God, and He is one; He created everything; He rewards those who do what is good and punishes those who do things that are bad; there is life after death, when the bad go to hell and the good go to heaven, and so there is a hell and a heaven; the life after death lasts for ever; also, people ought to pray every day and to do so in a humble way; they ought to keep the sabbath day holy, honour their parents, and not commit adultery, kill, or steal; and many other truths like these. Such truths are learned and absorbed by a person from earliest childhood; but if, when he starts to think for himself and to lead his own life, he endorses them, adding to them further truths of a more interior kind, and leads a life in conformity with them, all is well with him. But if he starts to disobey them, refusing at length to accept them, then even though outwardly he leads a life in conformity with them, because the law and society expect him to do so, he is governed by evil.

[4] This evil is what is meant by 'theft', to the extent that thief-like it usurps the position held previously by good. With many people it is thief-like to the extent that it takes away the forms of goodness and truth previously there and uses them to lend support to evils and falsities. So far as is possible with these people the Lord removes the forms of goodness and truth absorbed in early childhood from where these are to a more internal position, where - within the interior natural - He stores them away for future use. These forms of goodness and truth that are stored away within the interior natural are meant in the Word by 'the remnant', dealt with in 468, 530, 560, 561, 660, 661, 1050, 1738, 1906, 2284. But if evil steals the forms of goodness and truth there and uses them to lend support to evils and falsities, especially if it does so by the use of deceit, it destroys those remnants; for in this case it mingles evil with good, and falsity with truth, to such an extent that one cannot be separated from the other; and then a person is done for.

[5] The fact that 'theft' means the kinds of things mentioned above may be seen from the mere use of that word to refer to what constitutes a person's spiritual life. For the only riches in that life are cognitions of good and truth, and the only possessions and inheritances are the different forms of happiness in life which are gained from forms of good and from truths deriving from these. The stealing of such things, as stated above, is what 'theft' relates to in the spiritual sense, and therefore by the thefts mentioned in the Word nothing else is meant in the internal sense, as in Zechariah,

I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll. Then he said to me, This curse is going out over the face of the whole land, for everyone committing theft from now on, according to it, will be innocent, and everyone swearing falsely, according to it, will be innocent. I have cast it forth, that it may enter the house of the thief, and the house of him swearing falsely by My name, and may pass the night in his house and consume it, both its timbers and its stones. Zechariah 5:1-4.

Evil which takes away remnants of good is meant by 'one committing theft' and by 'the house of the thief', and falsity which takes away remnants of truth by 'one swearing falsely' and by 'the house of him swearing falsely'. 'The face of the whole land' stands for the whole Church, which is why the statement is made that the curse will consume the house, both its timbers and its stones - 'house' meaning the natural mind or a person so far as that mind is concerned, 3128, 3538, 4973, 5023, 'timbers' the forms of good present there, 2784, 2812, 3720, 4943, and 'stones' the truths, 643, 1298, 3720.

[6] Profanation and a consequent removal of goodness and truth are meant in the spiritual sense by the action of Achan, who took some of 'the devoted things' - a mantle of Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold - and hid them in the earth in the middle of his tent, on account of which he was stoned and everything was burned, as described in Joshua,

Jehovah said to Joshua, Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant which I commanded them, and have taken some of that which was devoted; they have committed theft, have lied, and have put it among their own vessels. Joshua 7:11, 12, 25.

'The devoted things' meant falsities and evils, which were not on any account to be mixed with anything holy. 'A mantle of Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold' in the spiritual sense are specific types of falsity. 'Hiding them in the earth in the middle of the tent' meant a mingling with things that are holy - for 'a tent' means that which is holy, see 414, 1102, 1566, 2145, 2152, 3312, 4128, 4391, 4599. Such was the meaning of the declaration that they had committed theft, lied, and put [what was devoted] among their own vessels; for 'vessels' means holy truths, 3068, 3079, 3316, 3318.

[7] In Jeremiah,

I will bring the disaster 1 of Esau upon him, the time I will visit him. If grape-gatherers come to you, will they not leave grape-gleanings? if thieves in the night, will they not destroy a sufficiency? I will strip Esau bare, I will uncover his secret places, and he will not be able to be concealed. His seed has been laid waste, and his brothers, and his neighbours; and he is no more. Jeremiah 49:8-10.

'Esau' stands for the evil of self-love to which falsities have been allied, 3322. The destruction by this evil of the remnants of good and truth is meant by the statements that 'thieves in the night will destroy a sufficiency' and that 'his seed has been laid waste, also his brothers and his neighbours, and he is no more'. 'Seed' stands for truths which are those of faith grounded in charity, 1025, 1447, 1610, 1940, 2848, 3038, 3310, 3373; 'brothers' for forms of good which are those of charity, 367, 2360, 2508, 2524, 3160, 3303, 3459, 3815, 4121, 4191; 'neighbours' for the adjoining and related forms of truth and good which belong to it.

[8] A similar reference to Esau occurs in Obadiah,

If thieves come to you, if those who overturn in the night - how you will have been cut off! - will they not steal that which is enough for themselves? If grape-gatherers come to you, will they not leave some clusters? Obad. verse 5.

'Grape-gatherers' stands for falsities which are not a product of evil. These falsities do not destroy the forms of goodness and truth - that is, the remnants - stored away by the Lord in a person's interior natural. But falsities that are the product of evils do destroy them, for they steal forms of truth and good and also use them, through misapplication of them, to lend support to evils and falsities.

[9] In Joel,

A great and mighty people, like heroes they will run, like men of war they will scale the wall; and they will pass on, every one on his way. They will run about the city, they will run on the wall, they will climb into the houses, they will go in through the windows like a thief. Joel 2:7, 9.

'A great and mighty people' stands for falsities fighting against truths, 1259, 1260; and because they fight in a mighty way, by destroying truths, they are spoken of as 'heroes' and 'like men of war'. 'The city' through which they are said to run about stands for matters of doctrine regarding truth, 402, 2268, 2449, 2712, 2943, 3216; 'the houses which they will climb into' stands for the forms of good which they destroy, 710, 1708, 2048, 2233, 3128, 3652, 3720, 4982; 'the windows which they will go through' stands for intellectual concepts and for reasonings derived from these, 655, 658, 3391. This being so, those falsities are compared to a thief because they usurp the position held previously by truths and forms of good.

[10] In David,

Since you hate discipline and cast away My words behind you, if you see a thief you run with him, and your part is with adulterers. You open your mouth towards evil, and with your tongue you frame deceit. Psalms 50:17-19.

This refers to someone wicked, 'running with a thief' standing for his use of falsity to alienate truth from himself.

[11] In Revelation,

They did not repent of their murders, or of their enchantments, or of their whoredoms, or of their thefts. Revelation 9:21.

'Murders' stands for evils which destroy forms of good, 'enchantments' for falsities from these which destroy truths, 'whoredoms' for falsified truths, 'thefts' for forms of good that have consequently been alienated.

[12] In John,

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. I am the door; if anyone enters through Me he will be saved, and will go in, and will go out, and will find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal and to kill and to destroy. John 10:1-2, 8-10.

'A thief' in this instance also stands for the evil of merit-seeking, for anyone who takes away from the Lord that which is His and claims it as his own is called 'a thief'. This evil closes the path so as to prevent the flow of good and truth from the Lord, for which reason it is referred to as 'killing and destroying'. Much the same is meant in the Ten Commandments, at Deuteronomy 5:19, by You shall not steal, 4174. From all this one may see what is meant in the spiritual sense by the laws laid down in the Jewish Church regarding thefts, such as those at Exodus 21:16; 22:1-4; Deuteronomy 24:7; for all laws in that Church had their origin in the spiritual world, and they therefore correspond to the laws of order which exist in heaven.

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1. Reading Exitium (disaster) - which Swedenborg has in his rough draft, and also in another place where he quotes this verse - for Exitum (departure)

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