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Phục truyền luật lệ ký 5

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1 Vậy, Môi-se gọi cả Y-sơ-ra-ên mà nói rằng: Hõi Y-sơ-ra-ên, hãy nghe những luật lệ và mạng lịnh mà ngày nay ta rao truyền nơi lỗ tai các ngươi; các ngươi phải học tập và cẩn thận làm theo những điều đó.

2 Giê-hô-va Ðức Chúa Trời chúng ta có lập giao ước cùng chúng ta tại Hô-rếp.

3 Chẳng phải cùng tổ phụ chúng ta mà Ðức Giê-hô-va đã lập giao ước nầy đâu, nhưng cùng hết thảy chúng ta hiện ngày nay còn sống đây.

4 Ðức Giê-hô-va tại trên núi từ giữa lửa, đã đối diện phán cùng các ngươi.

5 Ðang lúc đó, ta đứng giữa Ðức Giê-hô-va và các ngươi, đặng truyền lại lời của Ngài cho các ngươi; vì các ngươi sợ lửa, không lên trên núi. Ngài phán rằng:

6 Ta là Giê-hô-va Ðức Chúa Trời ngươi, đã rút ngươi ra khỏi xứ Ê-díp-tô, tức là khỏi nhà nô lệ.

7 Trước mặt ta ngươi chớ có các thần khác.

8 Ngươi chớ làm tượng chạm cho mình, cũng chớ làm tượng nào giống như những vật trên trời cao kia, hoặc ở nơi đất thấp nầy, hoặc trong nước dưới đất.

9 Ngươi chớ quì lạy trước các hình tượng đó, và cũng đừng hầu việc chúng nó; vì ta là Giê-hô-va Ðức Chúa Trời ngươi, tức là Ðức Chúa Trời kỵ tà, hễ ai ghét ta, ta sẽ nhơn tội tổ phụ phạt lại con cháu đến ba bốn đời,

10 và sẽ làm ơn đến ngàn đời cho những kẻ yêu mến ta và giữ các điều răn ta.

11 Ngươi chớ lấy danh của Giê-hô-va Ðức Chúa Trời ngươi mà làm chơi; vì Ðức Giê-hô-va không cầm bằng vô tội kẻ nào lấy danh Ngài mà làm chơi.

12 Hãy giữ ngày nghỉ đặng làm nên thánh, y như Giê-hô-va Ðức Chúa Trời ngươi đã phán dặn ngươi.

13 Ngươi hãy làm hết công việc mình trong sáu ngày;

14 nhưng ngày thứ bảy là ngày nghỉ của Giê-hô-va Ðức Chúa Trời ngươi: chớ làm một công việc nào hết, hoặc ngươi, con trai con gái, tôi trai tớ gái của ngươi, hoặc bò, lừa, hoặc một trong các súc vật của ngươi, hay là khách ở trong nhà ngươi, hầu cho tôi trai và tớ gái ngươi cũng được nghỉ như ngươi.

15 Khá nhớ rằng ngươi đã làm tôi mọi nơi xứ Ê-díp-tô, và Giê-hô-va Ðức Chúa Trời ngươi dùng tay quyền năng giơ thẳng ra đem ngươi ra khỏi đó; bởi cớ ấy cho nên Giê-hô-va Ðức Chúa Trời ngươi có dặn biểu ngươi phải giữ ngày nghỉ.

16 Hãy hiếu kính cha mẹ ngươi, như Giê-hô-va Ðức Chúa Trời ngươi có phán dặn, hầu cho ngươi được sống lâu và có phước trên đất mà Giê-hô-va Ðức Chúa Trời ngươi ban cho.

17 Ngươi chớ giết người.

18 Ngươi chớ phạm tội tà dâm.

19 Ngươi chớ trộm cướp.

20 Ngươi chớ làm chứng dối cho kẻ lân cận mình.

21 Ngươi chớ tham vợ của kẻ lân cận mình; chớ tham nhà của người, hoặc ruộng, tôi trai tớ gái, bò, lừa hay là vật chi thuộc về kẻ lân cận ngươi.

22 Tại trên núi, giữa lửa, mây và sự tối tăm, Ðức Giê-hô-va có dùng tiếng lớn phán những lời nầy cho cả hội các ngươi, Ngài không thêm chi hết; đoạn Ngài ghi các lời đó trên hai bảng đá, và trao cho ta.

23 Vả, trong khi cả núi phát lửa, các ngươi vừa nghe tiếng từ giữa nơi tối tăm phán ra, thì những quan trưởng của các chi phái, và những trưởng lão các ngươi đến gần ta mà nói rằng:

24 Kìa, Giê-hô-va Ðức Chúa Trời chúng tôi đã tỏ ra sự vinh hiển và sự oai nghiêm Ngài cho chúng tôi, và chúng tôi có nghe tiếng Ngài từ giữa lửa phán ra; ngày nay chúng tôi thấy rằng Ðức Chúa Trời có phán cùng loài người và loài người vẫn còn sống.

25 Nhưng bây giờ, cớ sao chúng tôi phải chết? vì đám lửa lớn nầy sẽ tiêu diệt chúng tôi hết. Ví bằng chúng tôi còn có nghe tiếng của Giê-hô-va Ðức Chúa Trời chúng tôi, thì chúng tôi phải chết.

26 Vì trong loài người, có ai đã nghe tiếng Ðức Chúa Trời sanh hoạt từ giữa lửa phán ra, như chúng tôi mà vẫn còn sống?

27 Vậy, ông hãy đi đến gần, nghe mọi điều Giê-hô-va Ðức Chúa Trời chúng tôi sẽ phán, rồi hãy truyền lại cho chúng tôi mọi điều Giê-hô-va Ðức Chúa Trời chúng tôi sẽ nghe và làm theo.

28 Ðang khi các ngươi bàn cùng ta, Ðức Giê-hô-va nghe những lời của các ngươi, nên phán cùng ta rằng: Ta có nghe những lời dân nầy bàn cùng ngươi; chúng nó nói như vậy lấy làm thậm phải.

29 Ồ! chớ chi dân nầy thường có một lòng kính sợ ta, hằng giữ theo các điều răn ta như thế, để chúng nó và con cháu chúng nó được phước đời đời!

30 Hãy đi nói cùng dân sự rằng: Khá trở về trại mình;

31 còn ngươi, hãy ở lại đây với ta, ta sẽ truyền các điều răn, luật lệ, và mạng lịnh mà ngươi sẽ dạy lại cho, để chúng nó làm theo các điều đó trong xứ ta sẽ ban cho họ nhận lấy.

32 Vậy, các ngươi khá cẩn thận làm theo, y như Giê-hô-va Ðức Chúa Trời các ngươi đã phán dặn các ngươi; chớ xây qua bên hữu, hoặc qua bên tả.

33 Các ngươi khá đi theo trọn đường mà Giê-hô-va Ðức Chúa Trời các ngươi đã chỉ cho, để các ngươi được sống, hưởng phước, và ở lâu dài trong xứ mà mình sẽ nhận được.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1298

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1298. 'They had brick for stone' means that they had falsity in place of truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'brick' as falsity, dealt with just above, and also from the meaning of 'stone' in the broad sense as truth, dealt with already in 643. The reason 'stones' meant truth was that the most ancient people used to mark out boundaries by means of stones and raise up stones to testify that something was so, that is, was the truth. This is clear from the stone which Jacob set up as a pillar, Genesis 28:22; 35:14; from the pillar of stones placed between Laban and Jacob, Genesis 31:46-47, 52; and from the altar which the children of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh erected beside the Jordan as an altar of witness, Joshua 22:10, 28, 34. Consequently 'stones' in the Word means truths, so much so that not only the stones of the altar but also the precious stones in the shoulder-pieces of Aaron's ephod and in the breastplate of judgement meant the holy truths of love.

[2] Regarding the altar, when sacrificial worship on altars was introduced, an altar in that case meant representative worship of the Lord in general. 'The stones' themselves however meant the holy truths belonging to that worship. This was why it was commanded that the altar had to be built of whole and not of hewn stones, and why it was forbidden to use any iron tool on them, Deuteronomy 27:5-7; Joshua 8:31. The reason was that hewn stones, and those on which an iron tool had been used, meant artificialities and thus fabrications in worship. That is to say, they meant things that derive from the proprium, or from the inventions of man's own thought and heart, which was to profane worship, as is clearly stated in Exodus 20:25. For the same reason no tool of iron was used on the stones of the Temple, 1 Kings 6:7.

[3] That the precious stones set in the shoulder-pieces of Aaron's ephod and in the breastplate of judgement in a similar way meant holy truths has been shown already in 114. This is clear also in Isaiah,

Behold, I will set your stones in carbuncle and lay your foundations in sapphires; and I will make your suns (windows) of ruby, and your gates into precious stones, and all your border into pleasant stones And all your sons will be taught by Jehovah, and great will be the peace of your sons. Isaiah 54:11-13

The stones mentioned here stand for holy truths, and this is why it is said that 'all your sons will be taught by Jehovah'. It is also the reason why it is said in John that the foundations of the wall of the city, holy Jerusalem, were adorned with every kind of precious stone, which are each mentioned by name, Revelation 21:19-20. 'The holy Jerusalem' stands for the Lord's kingdom in heaven and on earth, the foundations of which kingdom are holy truths. Holy truths were similarly meant by the tables of stone on which the commandments of the Law, or Ten Commandments, were written. This was why they were made of stone or had a stone base, concerning which see Exodus 24:12; 31:18; 34:1; Deuteronomy 5:22; 10:1; for the commandments themselves are nothing else than truths of faith.

[4] Now because stones in ancient times meant truths, and because later on when worship on pillars, on altars, and in the Temple began, pillars, altars, and the Temple meant holy truths, the Lord also is therefore called 'a Stone': In Moses,

The Mighty One of Jacob - from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel. Genesis 49:24.

In Isaiah,

The Lord Jehovih said, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a Stone, a tested Corner-Stone, precious, of sure foundation. Isaiah 28:16.

In David,

The Stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner Psalms 118:22.

The same is meant in Daniel 2:34-35, 45, by the stone cut out of the rock which smashed Nebuchadnezzar's statue to pieces.

[5] That 'stones' means truths is clear in Isaiah,

By this the iniquity of Jacob will be expiated, and this will be the full fruit to remove his sin, when He makes all the stones of the altar like chalk-stones scattered about. Isaiah 27:9.

'The stones of the altar' stands for truths in worship that have been dissipated. In the same prophet,

Make level the way of the people; level out, level out the highway; gather out the stones. Isaiah 62:10.

'The way' and 'the stones' stand for truths. In Jeremiah,

I am against you, O destroying mountain. I will roll you down from the rocks and I will make you into a mountain of burning. And they will not take from you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations. Jeremiah 51:25-26.

This refers to Babel. 'A mountain of burning' is self-love. 'Taking no stone from it' means that there is no truth from this source.

  
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Daniel 2

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1 In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.

2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.

3 The king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

4 Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

5 The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you don't make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

6 But if you show the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.

7 They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

8 The king answered, I know of a certainty that you would gain time, because you see the thing is gone from me.

9 But if you don't make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me its interpretation.

10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man on the earth who can show the king's matter, because no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean.

11 It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

13 So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

14 Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon;

15 he answered Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

16 Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.

17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:

18 that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

19 Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

20 Daniel answered, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his.

21 He changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings, and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding;

22 he reveals the deep and secret things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

23 I thank you, and praise you, you God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king's matter.

24 Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus to him: Don't destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation.

25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus to him, I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah, who will make known to the king the interpretation.

26 The king answered Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?

27 Daniel answered before the king, and said, The secret which the king has demanded can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, show to the king;

28 but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head on your bed, are these:

29 as for you, O king, your thoughts came [into your mind] on your bed, what should happen hereafter; and he who reveals secrets has made known to you what shall happen.

30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.

31 You, O king, saw, and behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its aspect was awesome.

32 As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

33 its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.

34 You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.

35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them: and the stone that struck the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

36 This is the dream; and we will tell its interpretation before the king.

37 You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;

38 and wherever the children of men dwell, the animals of the field and the birds of the sky has he given into your hand, and has made you to rule over them all: you are the head of gold.

39 After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

40 The fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, because iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron that crushes all these, shall it break in pieces and crush.

41 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay.

42 As the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

43 Whereas you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they shall not cling to one another, even as iron does not mingle with clay.

44 In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

45 Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what shall happen hereafter: and the dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.

46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, and worshiped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet odors to him.

47 The king answered to Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret.

48 Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.

49 Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel was in the gate of the king.