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1 وفي السنة الثانية من ملك نبوخذناصّر حلم نبوخذناصّر احلاما فانزعجت روحه وطار عنه نومه.

2 فأمر الملك بان يستدعى المجوس والسحرة والعرّافون والكلدانيون ليخبروا الملك باحلامه فأتوا ووقفوا امام الملك.

3 فقال لهم الملك قد حلمت حلما وانزعجت روحي لمعرفة الحلم.

4 فكلم الكلدانيون الملك بالارامية عش ايها الملك الى الابد. اخبر عبيدك بالحلم فنبيّن تعبيره.

5 فاجاب الملك وقال للكلدانيين قد خرج مني القول ان لم تنبئوني بالحلم وبتعبيره تصيرون إربا إربا وتجعل بيوتكم مزبلة.

6 وان بيّنتم الحلم وتعبيره تنالون من قبلي هدايا وحلاوين واكراما عظيما فبيّنوا لي الحلم وتعبيره.

7 فاجابوا ثانية وقالوا ليخبر الملك عبيده بالحلم فنبين تعبيره.

8 اجاب الملك وقال اني اعلم يقينا انكم تكتسبون وقتا اذ رأيتم ان القول قد خرج مني

9 بانه ان لم تنبئوني بالحلم فقضاؤكم واحد. لانكم قد اتفقتم على كلام كذب وفاسد لتتكلموا به قدامي الى ان يتحول الوقت. فاخبروني بالحلم فاعلم انكم تبيّنون لي تعبيره.

10 اجاب الكلدانيون قدام الملك وقالوا ليس على الارض انسان يستطيع ان يبيّن امر الملك. لذلك ليس ملك عظيم ذو سلطان سأل امرا مثل هذا من مجوسي او ساحر او كلداني.

11 والأمر الذي يطلبه الملك عسر وليس آخر يبيّنه قدام الملك غير الآلهة الذين ليست سكناهم مع البشر

12 لاجل ذلك غضب الملك واغتاظ جدا وامر بابادة كل حكماء بابل.

13 فخرج الأمر وكان الحكماء يقتلون فطلبوا دانيال واصحابه ليقتلوهم.

14 حينئذ اجاب دانيال بحكمة وعقل لأريوخ رئيس شرط الملك الذي خرج ليقتل حكماء بابل.

15 اجاب وقال لأريوخ قائد الملك لماذا اشتد الامر من قبل الملك. حينئذ اخبر أريوخ دانيال بالامر.

16 فدخل دانيال وطلب من الملك ان يعطيه وقتا فيبيّن للملك التعبير.

17 حينئذ مضى دانيال الى بيته واعلم حننيا وميشائيل وعزريا اصحابه بالأمر

18 ليطلبوا المراحم من قبل اله السموات من جهة هذا السر لكي لا يهلك دانيال واصحابه مع سائر حكماء بابل

19 حينئذ لدانيال كشف السر في رؤيا الليل. فبارك دانيال اله السموات.

20 اجاب دانيال وقال ليكن اسم الله مباركا من الازل والى الابد لان له الحكمة والجبروت.

21 وهو يغيّر الاوقات والازمنة يعزل ملوكا وينصب ملوكا. يعطي الحكماء حكمة ويعلم العارفين فهما.

22 هو يكشف العمائق والاسرار. يعلم ما هو في الظلمة وعنده يسكن النور.

23 اياك يا اله آبائي احمد واسبح الذي اعطاني الحكمة والقوة واعلمني الآن ما طلبناه منك لانك اعلمتنا امر الملك.

24 فمن اجل ذلك دخل دانيال الى أريوخ الذي عيّنه الملك لابادة حكماء بابل. مضى وقال له هكذا. لا تبد حكماء بابل. ادخلني الى قدام الملك فابيّن للملك التعبير.

25 حينئذ دخل أريوخ بدانيال الى قدام الملك مسرعا وقال له هكذا. قد وجدت رجلا من بني سبي يهوذا الذي يعرّف الملك بالتعبير.

26 اجاب الملك وقال لدانيال الذي اسمه بلطشاصر هل تستطيع انت على ان تعرّفني بالحلم الذي رأيت وبتعبيره.

27 اجاب دانيال قدام الملك وقال. السر الذي طلبه الملك لا تقدر الحكماء ولا السحرة ولا المجوس ولا المنجمون على ان يبيّنوه للملك.

28 لكن يوجد اله في السموات كاشف الاسرار وقد عرّف الملك نبوخذناصّر ما يكون في الايام الاخيرة. حلمك ورؤيا راسك على فراشك هو هذا.

29 انت يا ايها الملك افكارك على فراشك صعدت الى ما يكون من بعد هذا وكاشف الاسرار يعرّفك بما يكون.

30 اما انا فلم يكشف لي هذا السر لحكمة فيّ اكثر من كل الاحياء. ولكن لكي يعرّف الملك بالتعبير ولكي تعلم افكار قلبك

31 انت ايها الملك كنت تنظر واذا بتمثال عظيم. هذا التمثال العظيم البهي جدا وقف قبالتك ومنظره هائل.

32 راس هذا التمثال من ذهب جيد. صدره وذراعاه من فضة. بطنه وفخذاه من نحاس.

33 ساقاه من حديد. قدماه بعضهما من حديد والبعض من خزف.

34 كنت تنظر الى ان قطع حجر بغير يدين فضرب التمثال على قدميه اللتين من حديد وخزف فسحقهما.

35 فانسحق حينئذ الحديد والخزف والنحاس والفضة والذهب معا وصارت كعصافة البيدر في الصيف فحملتها الريح فلم يوجد لها مكان. اما الحجر الذي ضرب التمثال فصار جبلا كبيرا وملأ الارض كلها.

36 هذا هو الحلم. فنخبر بتعبيره قدام الملك

37 انت ايها الملك ملك ملوك لان اله السموات اعطاك مملكة واقتدارا وسلطانا وفخرا.

38 وحيثما يسكن بنو البشر ووحوش البر وطيور السماء دفعها ليدك وسلطك عليها جميعها. فانت هذا الراس من ذهب.

39 وبعدك تقوم مملكة اخرى اصغر منك ومملكة ثالثة اخرى من نحاس فتتسلط على كل الارض.

40 وتكون مملكة رابعة صلبة كالحديد لان الحديد يدق ويسحق كل شيء وكالحديد الذي يكسر تسحق وتكسّر كل هؤلاء.

41 وبما رأيت القدمين والاصابع بعضها من خزف والبعض من حديد فالمملكة تكون منقسمة ويكون فيها قوة الحديد من حيث انك رأيت الحديد مختلطا بخزف الطين.

42 واصابع القدمين بعضها من حديد والبعض من خزف فبعض المملكة يكون قويا والبعض قصما.

43 وبما رأيت الحديد مختلطا بخزف الطين فانهم يختلطون بنسل الناس ولكن لا يتلاصق هذا بذاك كما ان الحديد لا يختلط بالخزف.

44 وفي ايام هؤلاء الملوك يقيم اله السموات مملكة لن تنقرض ابدا وملكها لا يترك لشعب آخر وتسحق وتفني كل هذه الممالك وهي تثبت الى الابد.

45 لانك رأيت انه قد قطع حجر من جبل لا بيدين فسحق الحديد والنحاس والخزف والفضة والذهب. الله العظيم قد عرّف الملك ما سياتي بعد هذا. الحلم حق وتعبيره يقين

46 حينئذ خرّ نبوخذناصّر على وجهه وسجد لدانيال وأمر بان يقدموا له تقدمة وروائح سرور.

47 فاجاب الملك دانيال وقال. حقا ان الهكم اله الآلهة ورب الملوك وكاشف الاسرار اذ استطعت على كشف هذا السر.

48 حينئذ عظّم الملك دانيال واعطاه عطايا كثيرة عظيمة وسلطه على كل ولاية بابل وجعله رئيس الشحن على جميع حكماء بابل.

49 فطلب دانيال من الملك فولى شدرخ وميشخ وعبد نغو على اعمال ولاية بابل. اما دانيال فكان في باب الملك

   

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3762. 'And went to the land of the sons of the east' means a raising up towards truths that relate to love. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land of the sons of the east'. For Aram or Syria was called 'the land of the sons of the east', as is evident from the fact that it was the land to which Jacob went, see also 3249. In general, 'Syria' means cognitions of good, as shown in 1232, 1234, but specifically 'Aram Naharaim' or Syria of the [Two] Rivers means cognitions of truth, in 3051, 3664. Here however it is not said that he went to Aram or Syria but 'to the land of the sons of the east', so as to mean that which is the subject in the whole of this chapter, namely an ascent towards truths that relate to love. The expression 'truths that relate to love' is used to describe those truths which in other places have been called celestial truths, for they are cognitions concerning charity towards the neighbour and concerning love to the Lord. In the highest sense, where the Lord is the subject, they are truths that relate to Divine love.

[2] These truths, that is to say, those concerning charity towards the neighbour and concerning love to the Lord, must first be learned before a person can be regenerated, and must also be acknowledged and believed. And insofar as those truths are acknowledged and believed, and are endowed with life, that person is also regenerated and those truths are implanted in his natural, where they exist as in their own soil. They are first implanted there through the instruction received from parents and teachers, then from the Word of the Lord, and after that from personal reflection on them. But all of this does no more than to deposit those truths in the person's natural memory and so to place them among the cognitions there. They are still not acknowledged, believed, and received unless life is led in accordance with them, in which case the person enters into an affection for them; and insofar as he enters into an affection for them because his life accords with them, those truths are implanted in his natural as their own soil. Things that are not so implanted do indeed remain with that person, but only in his memory as some item of knowledge or historical fact which does no more than enable him to talk about such things, to further his reputation by means of them, and in so doing to grow in wealth and position. When this is the case truths have not been implanted within him.

[3] As regards the meaning of 'the land of the sons of the east' as truths relating to love, and so as cognitions of truth leading the way to good, this may be seen from the meaning of 'sons' as truths, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, and from the meaning of 'the east' as love, dealt with in 101, 1250, 3249. Their land is the soil in which they exist. For 'the sons of the east' are those who possess cognitions concerning truth and good and therefore the truths that relate to love. This may be seen further from other places in the Word, as in the first Book of Kings,

The wisdom of Solomon surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of the Egyptians. 1 Kings 4:30.

Here 'the wisdom of the sons of the east' means interior cognitions concerning truth and good, and so means people who possess them. 'The wisdom of the Egyptians' however means knowledge of the same things as they exist in a lower degree -'the Egyptians' meaning factual knowledge in general, see 1164, 1165, 1462.

[4] In Jeremiah,

Thus said Jehovah, Arise, go up against Kedar; lay waste the sons of the east. They will take their tents and flocks, their curtains and all their vessels, and will take their camels. Jeremiah 49:28-29.

Here 'the sons of the east' is used to mean those who possess cognitions concerning good and truth. This is clear from the fact that 'they will take their tents and flocks, also their curtains and all their vessels, as well as their camels'. For 'tents' means holy forms of good, 414, 1102, 2145, 2152, 3312; 'flocks' the goods that flow from charity, 343, 2566; 'curtains' holy truths, 2576, 3478; 'vessels' the truths of faith, and facts, 3068, 3079; 'camels' factual knowledge in general, 3048, 3071, 3143, 3145. Thus 'the sons of the east' means those who possess these, that is, cognitions concerning what is good and what is true.

[5] The wise men from the east who came to Jesus when He was born belonged to those people called the sons of the east. This becomes clear from the fact of their awareness that the Lord was to be born, and that they knew of His Coming from the star which appeared to them in the east. These matters are described in Matthew as follows,

When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, behold wise men from the east came into Jerusalem, saying, Where is He born King of the Jews? for we have seen His star in the east and have come to worship Him. Matthew 2:1-2.

The fact that such a prophecy existed from of old among the sons of the east, who were from Syria, is clear from Balaam's prophecy concerning the Lord's Coming, in Moses,

I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near. A star will arise out of Jacob and a sceptre will rise up out of Israel. Numbers 24:17.

The fact that Balaam was from the land of the sons of the east, that is, from Syria, is evident from the following in Moses,

Balaam uttered his declaration and said, From Syria has Balak, the king of Moab, brought me, from the mountains of the east. Numbers 23:7.

The wise men who came to Jesus when He was born are called the magi, but this expression was used for wise men at that time, as is clear from many places, such as Genesis 41:8; Exodus 7:11; Daniel 2:27; 4:6-7; 1 Kings 4:30; and in various places in the Prophets.

[6] 'The sons of the east' in the contrary sense means cognitions concerning evil and falsity, and so means those who possess these. This is clear in Isaiah,

The envy of Ephraim will depart, and the enemies of Judah will be cut off. They will fly down onto the shoulder of the Philistines towards the sea, and together they will plunder the sons of the east. Isaiah 11:13-14.

In Ezekiel, when prophesying against the sons of Ammon,

Behold, I have handed you over to the sons of the east as an inheritance, and they will station their ranks among you. Ezekiel 25:4, 10.

In the Book of Judges,

When Israel put in seed, Midian came up and Amalek, and the sons of the east; and they came up upon them. Judges 6:3.

'Midian' stands for those under the influence of falsity because the good of life does not exist with them, 3242; 'Amalek' for those under the influence of falsities with which they assail truths, 1679; 'the sons of the east' for those who possess cognitions that support what is false.

  
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3079. 'And her pitcher was on her shoulder' means vessels that receive truth, and a total effort to uphold that truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'a pitcher' as factual knowledge, and so a receptacle of truth, dealt with in 3068, and from the meaning of 'shoulder' as all power, and so total effort, dealt with in 1085. 'Pitchers' or water-pots, and also vessels generally, mean in the internal sense things that serve in the place of a receptacle, as facts and cognitions do in relation to truths, and as truths themselves do in relation to good. This becomes clear from many places in the Word. The temple and the altar vessels had no other meaning, and having that meaning they were also sacred. For no other reason were they sacred. That was why - when Belshazzar, along with his nobles and his wives, drank wine out of the vessels of gold and silver which Nebuchadnezzar his father had brought from the Temple in Jerusalem, and they praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone - writing appeared on the wall of his palace, Daniel 5:2 and following verses. 'The vessels of gold and silver' stands for cognitions of good and truth which were rendered profane; for 'the Chaldeans' means those who possess cognitions but have rendered them profane through the falsities within those cognitions, 1368, so that cognitions serve them for worshipping 'the gods of gold and silver' (Belshazzar being called 'king of the Chaldeans' in verse 30 of that same chapter).

[2] That 'vessels' means the external containers of spiritual things is also evident from other places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Even as the children of Israel bring their gift in a clean vessel to the house of Jehovah. Isaiah 66:20.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom. 'A gift in a clean vessel' is a representative of the external man in relation to the internal. The one who brings the gift is the internal man, 'the clean vessel' a compatible external man, and so the things present in the external man, which are facts, cognitions, and matters of doctrine. In Jeremiah,

The cry of Jerusalem went up, and the nobles sent their inferiors to the waters; they came to the pits, they found no water, they returned with their vessels empty, they were ashamed. Jeremiah 14:2-3.

'Empty vessels' stands for cognitions with no truth in them, and also truths with no good in them. In the same prophet,

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel has devoured me, he has troubled me, he has made me an empty vessel. Jeremiah 51:34.

'An empty vessel' stands in like manner for empty cognitions - 'Babel' being one who lays waste, see 1327 (end). In Moses,

Like valleys that are planted, like gardens beside a river. Waters will flow from buckets, and his seed will be towards many waters. Numbers 24:6-7.

These verses belong to Balaam's oracle concerning Jacob and Israel. 'Waters will flow from buckets' stands for truths flowing from cognitions. In the parable about the ten virgins it is said that five of them took oil in their vessels together with their lamps, but that the foolish did not, Matthew 25:4. 'Virgins' means affections; 'the wise took oil in their vessels' means that they took good within truths, and so charity within faith. 'Oil' is good, see 886; 'lamps' stands for love.

  
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