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1 Samuel 3

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1 Und der Knabe Samuel diente Jehova vor Eli. Und das Wort Jehovas war selten in jenen Tagen, Gesichte waren nicht häufig. (Eig. verbreitet)

2 Und es geschah in selbiger Zeit, als Eli an seinem Orte lag, -seine Augen aber hatten begonnen, blöde zu werden, er konnte nicht sehen, -

3 und die Lampe Gottes war noch nicht erloschen, und Samuel lag im Tempel Jehovas, woselbst die Lade Gottes war,

4 da rief Jehova den Samuel. Und er sprach: Hier bin ich!

5 und er lief zu Eli und sprach: Hier bin ich, denn du hast mich gerufen. Aber er sprach: Ich habe nicht gerufen, lege dich wieder. (O. gehe wieder hin, lege dich. So auch v 6) Und er ging hin und legte sich.

6 Und Jehova rief wiederum: Samuel! Und Samuel stand auf und ging zu Eli und sprach: Hier bin ich, denn du hast mich gerufen. Und er sprach: Ich habe nicht gerufen, mein Sohn, lege dich wieder.

7 Samuel aber kannte Jehova noch nicht, und das Wort Jehovas war ihm noch nicht geoffenbart.

8 Und Jehova rief wiederum zum dritten Male: Samuel! Und er stand auf und ging zu Eli und sprach: Hier bin ich, denn du hast mich gerufen. Da erkannte Eli, daß Jehova den Knaben rief.

9 Und Eli sprach zu Samuel: Gehe hin, lege dich; und es geschehe, wenn man (O. er) dich ruft, so sprich: ede, Jehova, denn dein Knecht hört. Und Samuel ging hin und legte sich an seinen Ort.

10 Und Jehova kam und trat hin und rief wie die anderen Male: Samuel, Samuel! Und Samuel sprach: ede, denn dein Knecht hört.

11 Da sprach Jehova zu Samuel: Siehe, ich will eine Sache tun in Israel, daß jedem, der sie hört, seine beiden Ohren gellen sollen.

12 An selbigem Tage werde ich wider Eli alles ausführen, was ich über sein Haus geredet habe: ich werde beginnen und vollenden.

13 Denn ich habe ihm kundgetan, daß ich sein Haus richten will ewiglich, um der Ungerechtigkeit willen, die er gewußt hat, daß (O. weil) seine Söhne sich den Fluch zuzogen, (And. l.: Gott verachteten) und er ihnen nicht gewehrt hat.

14 Und darum habe ich dem Hause Elis geschworen: Wenn Ungerechtigkeit des Hauses Elis gesühnt werden soll durch Schlachtopfer und durch Speisopfer ewiglich!

15 Und Samuel lag bis zum Morgen; da tat er die Tür (Eig. die Türflügel) des Hauses Jehovas auf. Und Samuel fürchtete sich, Eli das Gesicht kundzutun.

16 Da rief Eli den Samuel und sprach: Samuel, mein Sohn! Und er sprach: Hier bin ich!

17 Und er sprach: Was ist das Wort, das er zu dir geredet hat? Verhehle es mir doch nicht. So tue dir Gott und so füge er hinzu, wenn du mir etwas verhehlst von allem, was er zu dir geredet hat!

18 Da tat ihm Samuel alle die Worte kund und verhehlte ihm nichts. Und er sprach: Er ist Jehova; er tue, was gut ist in seinen Augen.

19 Und Samuel wurde groß; und Jehova war mit ihm und ließ keines von allen seinen Worten auf die Erde fallen.

20 Und ganz Israel, von Dan bis Beerseba, erkannte, daß Samuel als Prophet Jehovas bestätigt war.

21 Und Jehova fuhr fort in Silo zu erscheinen; denn Jehova offenbarte sich dem Samuel in Silo durch das Wort Jehovas.

   

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Child, to be with

  

In Revelation 12:2, this signifies to bring forth things which belong to spiritual life. (Apocalypse Revealed 534)

In Genesis 38:24, to be with child signifies to produce something.

(Riferimenti: Arcana Coelestia 4904)

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Arcana Coelestia #4904

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4904. 'And also, behold, she is pregnant owing to acts of whoredom' means, or to say anything can be brought forth from this. This is clear from the meaning of carrying in the womb or 'being pregnant' as bringing something forth (for 'seed' means the truth of faith and 'conception' the reception of it, and therefore carrying in the womb or 'being pregnant' means bringing forth); and from the meaning of 'whoredom' as falsity, that is to say, from their semblance of religion, as above in 4903. From this it is evident that 'saying, Tamar your daughter-in-law has committed whoredom, and also, behold, she is pregnant owing to acts of whoredom' means the perception that it is a falsity to say that anything of marriage exists between them, or that anything can be brought forth from it. In reference to the Church, 'being brought forth' is used to describe the good which is brought forth by means of truth, that good being actually brought forth when truth passes by way of the understanding into the will, and from the will into action. For as stated above, 'seed' means the truth of faith, and 'conception' the reception of it; and reception takes place when truth present in the understanding passes into good present in the will - that is, when truth that is the truth of faith passes into good that is the good of charity. When present in the will good is in its own womb and is first brought forth; but when it is present in a person's action - that is, when the will, and so delight and freedom, lead him to bring forth good - that good leaves the womb and is born. The expressions 'being born again' and 'being regenerated' are also used with the same meaning. All this shows what is meant in the internal sense by 'being pregnant', though here the contrary is meant - that no good at all could be brought forth since no truth at all, only falsity, existed among that nation which is the subject here, because no internal aspect of the Church existed among them.

[2] That nation had no knowledge at all of rebirth or regeneration, that is, of becoming an internal man, and as a consequence saw this as 'a harlot'. Such ignorance may be seen from Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews, in John 3:1-13, for he said,

How can a person be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born? John 3:4.

It is well known that the Lord revealed the internal truths of His kingdom and of His Church. Even so, those truths had been known to the ancients, such as the truth that a person needed to be born again, so that he could enter into life; the truth that in this case he needed to cast aside the old man, that is, self-love and love of the world together with their lusts, and to put on the new man, that is, love towards the neighbour and towards God; and the truth that heaven needed to exist within the regenerate person; and many more truths that were internal ones. Those who belonged to the Ancient Church knew these truths, but they were led to know them through external representatives. However, because among the Jewish nation such truths had become completely lost the Lord presented those same truths in His teaching. Actual representatives were done away with by Him since the majority of them had regard to Himself; for the image must pass away when the actual likeness presents itself.

[3] The Lord therefore established a new Church which was not to be led to know internal truths, as that former Church had been led, by means of representatives but was to know them without the help of representatives. In place of these representatives He ordained certain external forms, baptism and the Holy Supper. Baptism was ordained so that it might enable people to call regeneration to mind, and the Holy Supper so that it might enable them to bring to mind the Lord and His love towards the entire human race, and man's reciprocation of His love. These matters have been mentioned so that it may be recognized that the internal truths of the Church which the Lord taught had been known to the ancients but that among the Jewish nation they had become completely lost, so completely that they were regarded to be nothing else than falsities.

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