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Ezekiel 27

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1 Lại có lời Ðức Giê-hô-va phán cùng ta rằng:

2 Hỡi con người, hãy làm một bài ca thương về thành Ty-rơ.

3 Hãy nói cùng thành Ty-rơ rằng: Hỡi mầy là thành nơi cửa biển, buôn bán với các dân của nhiều cù lao, Chúa Giê-hô-va phán như vầy: Hỡi Ty-rơ, mầy có nói: Ta là sự tốt đẹp trọn vẹn.

4 Bờ cõi mầy ở trong lòng biển; những kẻ xây dựng mầy đã làm cho mầy nên một thành tốt đẹp trọn vẹn.

5 Họ đã ghép ván của mầy bằng cây tùng của Sê-nia; lấy cây bách của Li-ban đặng làm cột buồm cho mầy;

6 làm chèo của mầy bằng cây dẽ của Ba-san; lấy cây hoàng dương của đảo Kít-tim làm ván lợp, và cẩn bằng ngà voi.

7 Vải gai mịn có thêu của Ê-díp-tô dùng mà buồm, để làm cờ xí cho mầy; vải sắc tía sắc xanh của các cù lao Ê-li-sa dùng làm màn cháng.

8 Dân cư Si-đôn và A-vát là bạn chèo của mầy; hỡi Ty-rơ, những người khôn ngoan trong mầy làm kẻ cầm lái của mầy.

9 Các trưởng lão ở Ghê-banh và người thông thái xứ ấy, thì mầy dùng để tu bổ chỗ hư hỏng của tàu mầy. Hết thảy những tàu biển cùng thủy thủ nó đều ở trong mầy, đặng đổi lấy hàng hóa của mầy.

10 Người Phe-rơ-sơ, người Lút, người Phút, làm lính chiến trong đạo binh mầy. Chúng nó treo thuẫn và mão trụ trong mầy, và làm nên sự đẹp đẽ của mầy.

11 Những người A-vát cùng quân lính riêng của mầy đầy vách thành mầy, những người mạnh mẽ thì ở trên các tháp; chúng nó treo thuẫn chung quanh vách thành mầy, và làm sự đẹp đẽ trọn vẹn của mầy.

12 Những dân ở thành Ta-rê-si buôn bán với mầy đủ mọi thứ của cải, lấy bạc, sắt, thiếc, chì mà đổi đồ hàng hóa của mầy.

13 Các dân ở Gia-van, ở Tu-banh và ở Mê-siếc buôn bán với mầy, đổi lấy hàng hóa mầy thì cho mầy những tôi mọi và đồ bằng đồng.

14 Những người của nhà Tô-ga-ma đem ngựa, ngựa chiến, la, mà đổi lấy đồ hàng của mầy.

15 Những người Ðê-đan là bạn hàng mầy; sự buôn bán của nhiều cù lao ở trong tay mầy, đem cho mầy những ngà voi, gỗ mun, mà đổi lấy hàng hóa.

16 Vì tay mầy chế tạo rất nhiều, nên Sy-ri buôn bán với mầy, và lấy bích ngọc, vải điều, đồ thêu, vải gai mịn, san hô, hồng ngọc mà đổi hàng của mầy.

17 Giu-đađất Y-sơ-ra-ên cũng buôn bán với mầy, thì đem cho mầy những lúa mì ở Min-nít, bánh ngọt, mật ong, dầu, va nhũ hương.

18 Bởi tay mầy chế ra nhiều đồ, của cải đầy dẫy, nên Ða-mách lấy rượu nho ở Hên bôn và lông chiên trắng của nó mà đổi chác cùng mầy.

19 Vê-đan và Gia-van đem chỉ đổi lấy hàng hóa mầy; trong hàng hóa đó có sắt sáng, nhục quế, và xương bồ.

20 Những người ở Ðê-đan buôn với mầy bằng thứ vải hoa để phủ trên ngựa.

21 Người A-rạp vào mọi quan trưởng ở Kê-đa buôn bán với mầy, và đem đến cho mầy những chiên con, chiên đực, và dê đực.

22 Những con buôn ở Sê-ba và a-a-ma buôn bán với mầy, lấy mọi thứ hương tốt nhứt, mọi thứ đá quí và vàng mà đổi lấy hàng hóa mầy.

23 Ha-ran, Can nê, và Ê-đen, những con buôn ở Sê-ba, A-si-ri và Kin-mát đều là bạn hàng của mầy;

24 chúng nó buôn bán với mầy những làng trọng thể: áo màu tía và thêu, vải quí báu xếp trong hòm, dây bện, ván bằng gỗ hương bách.

25 Các thuyền Ta-rê-si vì sự buôn mầy mà chở chạy, và mầy được đầy dẫy cùng được vinh hiển cả thể trong lòng biển.

26 Nhưng mà những tay chèo của mầy đã dẫn mầy trên nước lớn, và gió đông đã đập nát mầy trong lòng biển.

27 Ðến ngày hủy phá của mầy, thì của cải, hàng hóa, việc buôn bán của mầy, thủy thủ và kẻ coi hoa tiêu của mầy, những kẻ tu bổ chỗ hư hỏng của tàu bè mầy, những kẻ buôn bán hàng hóa với mầy, hết thảy lính chiến của mầy ở trong mầy, cả đoàn dân đông đầy giữa mầy, đều sẽ ngã xuống trong lòng biển.

28 Bởi tiếng kêu của những kẻ coi hoa tiêu, các xóm chung quanh mầy đều run rẩy;

29 hết thảy những kẻ cầm chèo, hết thảy những thủy thủ, hết thảy những kẻ coi hoa tiêu ngoài biển đều xuống hỏi tàu mình và đứng vững trên đất.

30 Chúng nó sẽ làm vang tiếng than khóc mầy, và trổi tiếng kêu la cay đắng vì mầy; chúng nó ném bụi trên đầu mình, và lăn lóc trong tro.

31 Chúng nó sẽ cạo đầu vì chớ mầy, và thắt lưng bằng bao gai, trong lòng đau đớn, vì mầy khóc lóc cay đắng.

32 Nhơn lòng chúng nó đau thương, thì làm một bài ca thương về mầy, và than rằng: Ai sánh với thành Ty-rơ, là thành bây giờ đã vắng lặng giữa biển?

33 Thuở hàng hóa mầy ra khỏi các biển, mầy làm cho no đủ nhiều dân. Bởi sự giàu có và sự buôn bán của mầy thạnh vượng lên, thì làm giàu cho các vua trên đất.

34 Bây giờ, kìa mầy đã tan nát vì các biển, chìm dưới nước sâu; sự buôn bán và dân chúng của mầy đều cùng mầy chìm đắm.

35 Hết thảy những dân ở các cù lao đều vì cớ mầy mà sững sờ, các vua chúng nó đều khiếp sợ, sắc mặt lo buồn.

36 Những con buôn lập nghiệp trong các dân xỉ báng mầy. Mầy đã trở nên cớ kinh khiếp, đời đời mầy sẽ không còn nữa!

   

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Apocalypse Explained #576

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576. Having breast-plates fiery, and purple (hyacinthinos) and sulphurous.- That this signifies reasonings combating from the disorderly desires of the love of self and of the love of the world, and from the falsities therefrom, is evident from the signification of breast-plates, as denoting armour for war, and specifically defences in combats, which are treated of above (n. 557); and from the signification of fire or fiery, as denoting the disorderly desire of the love of self, and thence of all evil (see above, n. 504); and from the signification of purple or purplish (hyacinthinum), as denoting the disorderly desire of the love of the world and thence of every falsity, of which in what follows; and from the signification of sulphur or sulphurous, as denoting the lust (concupiscentia) of destroying the goods and truths of the church by the falsities of evil (see below, n. 578), in this case falsity burning from those two loves. From these considerations it is evident, that breast-plates fiery, purple, and sulphurous, signify reasonings combating from the disorderly desires of the love of self and of the love of the world, and from the falsities thence.

[2] It must be observed in regard to purple (hyacinthinum) that, in the spiritual sense, it signifies the celestial love of truth, but in the opposite sense, the diabolical love of falsity, and also the love of the world. This is evident from the fact that it is of a celestial colour (coloris coelestis) and this colour signifies truth from a heavenly origin, and therefore, in the opposite sense, falsity from a diabolical origin. In the spiritual world there are seen the choicest colours, which derive their origin from good and truth; for colours there are modifications of heavenly light, thus of the intelligence and wisdom of the angels in heaven. For this reason, purple (hyacinthinum), crimson (purpura), and scarlet (coccineus) double dyed, were woven into the curtains of the tabernacle and the garments of Aaron. For the tabernacle represented the heaven of the Lord, the garments of Aaron, the Divine Truth of heaven and the church, while those things of which the tabernacle was constructed, and which formed the texture of the garments of Aaron, represented celestial and spiritual things, which are of the Divine Good and of the Divine Truth.

[3] That the veil before the ark was woven of purple, crimson, scarlet double dyed, and fine linen, may be seen in Exodus (26:31); and similarly the hanging for the door of the tent (verse 36); and also the hanging for the gate of the court (Exodus 27:16). The loops also on the edge of the curtain of the tent were made of purple (Exodus 26:4); the ephod was made of gold, purple, crimson, scarlet double dyed interwoven (Exodus 28:6); and also the breast-plate of judgment (verse 15); and when they went forward in the wilderness, Aaron and his sons spread a covering of purple upon the ark, upon the table of faces, upon the lampstand and its lamps, upon the golden altar, and upon all the vessels of ministry (Num. 4:6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12). The reason of these things was, that the Divine Truth proceeding from the Divine Love, and which was signified by the cloth of purple, embraces and defends all the holy things of heaven and the church, which are represented by these things.

[4] Since purple signified the celestial love of truth, therefore it was commanded that the sons of Israel should make a

"fringe upon the borders of their garments, and put upon the fringe a thread of purple (hyacinthinum), that they might look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them" (Num. 15:38, 39).

The thread of purple was clearly a means of calling to remembrance the commandments of Jehovah. The commandments of Jehovah are the essential truths of heaven and the church, and those who are in the celestial love of truth alone call them to remembrance.

[5] That purple signifies the love of truth, is plain also from the following passages in Ezekiel:

"Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy spreading forth to be thy sign; purple (hyacinthinum) and crimson (purpura) from the isles of Elisha was thy covering; thy merchants with perfect things, with wrappings of purple, and broidered work and with treasures of rich apparel" (27:7, 24).

These things are said of Tyrus, which signifies the church as to the cognitions of truth thus also the cognitions of truth pertaining to the church, while the merchandize and tradings mentioned in that chapter describe the procuring of intelligence by means of those cognitions. Broidered work from Egypt signifies the knowledge (scientia) of such things as pertain to the church, and this being in a lower place, and thus round about or without, it is called spreading forth, and said to be for a sign. Purple and crimson from the isles of Elisha, signify the spiritual affection of truth and good; they are therefore said to be for a covering, a covering denoting truth. By wrappings of purple and broidered work, are signified all truths spiritual and natural, and these, together with cognitions from the Word, are meant by treasures of rich apparel.

[6] Since purple (hyacinthinum) signifies the celestial love of truth, therefore also, in the opposite sense, it signifies the diabolical love of falsity; in which sense also purple (hyacinthinum) is used in the Word. Thus in Ezekiel it is said:

"Two women, the daughters of one mother; In Egypt they committed whoredoms in their youth. Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah. And Oholah played the harlot while subject to me; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, which were clothed with purple (hyacinthinum), governors and leaders, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses" (23:2-6).

Here Samaria and Jerusalem signify the church, Samaria, the spiritual church, and Jerusalem, the celestial church, which are called Oholah and Oholibah, because those names signify a tent, and a tent signifies the church as to worship. A woman also, in the Word, signifies the church. By their committing whoredoms in Egypt, is signified that they falsified the truths of the church by the scientifics of the natural man. By doting on the Assyrians, is signified that they falsified by reasonings from those scientifics, Ashur and Assyria denoting reasonings. They are said to be clothed in purple, by reason of fallacies and falsities, which in the external form appear like truths, because drawn from the sense of the letter of the Word perversely applied. And from the same appearance they are also called governors and rulers, desirable young men, riding upon horses. For those who reason from their own intelligence appear to themselves, and to others who are in a similar state, to be intelligent and wise, and the things which they speak, to be truths of intelligence and goods of wisdom, when nevertheless they are falsities, and these they love because they are from the proprium. Governors and leaders signify chief truths, and riding upon horses, the intelligent.

[7] So in Jeremiah:

"Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the goldsmith; purple (hyacinthinum) and crimson (purpura) is their clothing; they are all the work of wise men" (10:9).

The subject here treated of is the idols of the house of Israel, which signify false doctrinals because they are from [man's] own intelligence, therefore they are called the work of the workman, and of the hands of the goldsmith, and all the work of wise men, and this for the reason that they appear to them as truths and goods. Silver from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, signifies what appears in external form as truth and good, because from the sense of the letter of the Word. From these considerations it is evident that, purple (hyacinthinum) signifies the love of falsity, because from the proprium, or [man's] own intelligence. Purple also signifies the love of the world, because the love of the world corresponds to the love of falsity, as the love of self, signified by fire, corresponds to the love of evil. For all evil is from the love of self, and all falsity from the love of the world originating in the love of self, for spiritual evil, which is signified by the love of the world, is, in its essence, falsity, just as spiritual good is, in its essence, truth, as may be seen in Heaven and Hell 15).

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Numbers 4

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1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

2 "Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,

3 from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter into the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.

4 "This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, the most holy things.

5 When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it,

6 and shall put a covering of sealskin on it, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its poles.

7 "On the table of show bread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the spoons, the bowls, and the cups with which to pour out; and the continual bread shall be on it.

8 They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.

9 "They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the lampstand of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it.

10 They shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it on the frame.

11 "On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.

12 "They shall take all the vessels of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.

13 "They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it.

14 They shall put on it all its vessels, with which they minister about it, the fire pans, the flesh hooks, the shovels, and the basins; all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering of sealskin, and put in its poles.

15 "When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting.

16 "The duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the continual meal offering, and the anointing oil, the requirements of all the tabernacle, and of all that is in it, the sanctuary, and its furnishings."

17 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

18 "Don't cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

19 but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them everyone to his service and to his burden;

20 but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die."

21 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

22 "Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families;

23 you shall count them from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old; all who enter in to wait on the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.

24 "This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:

25 they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is above on it, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,

26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them. Therein shall they serve.

27 At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and you shall appoint their duty to them in all their responsibilities.

28 This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting: and their duty shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

29 "As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers' houses;

30 you shall count them from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who enters on the service, to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.

31 This is the duty of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,

32 and the pillars of the court around it, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall appoint the instruments of the duty of their burden.

33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the Tent of Meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest."

34 Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers' houses,

35 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting.

36 Those who were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred fifty.

37 These are those who were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.

38 Those who were numbered of the sons of Gershon, their families, and by their fathers' houses,

39 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting,

40 even those who were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty.

41 These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh.

42 Those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses,

43 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting,

44 even those who were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand two hundred.

45 These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.

46 All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers' houses,

47 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered in to do the work of service, and the work of bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting,

48 even those who were numbered of them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty.

49 According to the commandment of Yahweh they were numbered by Moses, everyone according to his service, and according to his burden. Thus were they numbered by him, as Yahweh commanded Moses.