ബൈബിൾ

 

Klagesangene 3

പഠനം

   

1 Jeg er den mann som har sett elendighet under hans vredes ris.

2 Mig har han ledet og ført i mørke og ikke i lys.

3 Bare mot mig vender han atter og atter sin hånd den hele dag.

4 Han lot mitt kjøtt og min hud fortæres; han knuste mine ben.

5 Han bygget en mur mot mig og omringet mig med bitterhet og møie.

6 På mørke steder lot han mig bo som de for lenge siden døde.

7 Han murte igjen for mig, så jeg ikke kan komme ut; han gjorde mine lenker tunge.

8 Om jeg enn ropte og skrek, lukket han sitt øre for min bønn.

9 Han tilmurte mine veier med hugne stener, mine stier gjorde han krokete.

10 En lurende bjørn var han mot mig, en løve i skjul.

11 Mine veier gjorde han til avveier, han sønderrev mig og ødela mig.

12 Han spente sin bue og stilte mig op til mål for sin pil.

13 Han lot sitt koggers sønner fare inn i mine nyrer.

14 Jeg er blitt til latter for alt mitt folk, til en spottesang for dem hele dagen.

15 Han mettet mig med bitre urter, han gav mig rikelig malurt å drikke.

16 Han knuste mine tenner, han gav mig småsten å ete, han trykte mig ned i asken.

17 Du forkastet mig og tok bort min fred; jeg glemte det som godt er,

18 og jeg sa: Det er forbi med min kraft og mitt håp til Herren.

19 Kom i hu min elendighet og min landflyktighet - malurt og galle!

20 Min sjel kommer det i hu og er nedbøiet i mig.

21 Dette vil jeg ta mig til hjerte, derfor vil jeg håpe:

22 Herrens miskunnhet er det at det ikke er forbi med oss; for hans barmhjertighet har ennu ikke ende.

23 Den er ny hver morgen, din trofasthet er stor.

24 Herren er min del, sier min sjel; derfor håper jeg på ham.

25 Herren er god mot dem som bier efter ham, mot den sjel som søker ham.

26 Det er godt at en bier i stillhet efter Herrens frelse.

27 Det er godt for en mann at han bærer åk i sin ungdom,

28 at han sitter ene og tier, når han* legger byrder på ham, / {* Herren.}

29 at han trykker sin munn i støvet og sier: Kanskje det ennu er håp -

30 at han vender sitt kinn til den som slår ham, lar sig mette med hån.

31 For Herren forkaster ikke til evig tid,

32 men om han bedrøver, så forbarmer han sig igjen efter sin rike miskunnhet;

33 for det er ikke av hjertet han plager eller bedrøver menneskenes barn.

34 Når nogen knuser alle jordens fanger under sine føtter,

35 bøier mannens rett for den Høiestes åsyn

36 eller gjør en mann urett i hans sak - mon Herren ikke ser det?

37 Hvem talte så det skjedde, uten at Herren bød det?

38 Er det ikke fra den Høiestes munn både de onde og de gode ting utgår?

39 Hvorfor klager et menneske som lever? Enhver klage over sin egen synd!

40 La oss ransake våre veier og granske dem, og la oss vende om til Herren!

41 La oss løfte vårt hjerte og våre hender til Gud i himmelen!

42 Vi har syndet og vært gjenstridige; du har ikke tilgitt.

43 Du innhyllet dig i vrede og forfulgte oss; du slo ihjel, du sparte ikke.

44 Du innhyllet dig i skyer, så ingen bønn trengte igjennem.

45 Til skarn og utskudd gjorde du oss midt iblandt folkene.

46 De spilte op sin munn mot oss alle våre fiender.

47 Gru og grav er blitt oss til del, ødeleggelse og undergang.

48 Bekker av tårer rinner fra mitt øie fordi mitt folks datter er gått under.

49 Mitt øie rinner og har ikke ro, det får ingen hvile,

50 før Herrens øie ser ned fra himmelen.

51 Mitt øie volder min sjel smerte for alle min stads døtres skyld.

52 Hårdt jaget de mig som en fugl de som var mine fiender uten årsak.

53 De vilde gjøre ende på mitt liv, de vilde kaste mig i brønnen, og de kastet sten på mig.

54 Vannene strømmet over mitt hode; jeg sa: Jeg er fortapt.

55 Jeg påkalte ditt navn, Herre, fra den dypeste brønn.

56 Du hørte min røst; lukk ikke ditt øre for mitt rop, men la mig få lindring!

57 Du var nær den dag jeg kalte på dig; du sa: Frykt ikke!

58 Herre, du har ført min sjels sak, du har frelst mitt liv.

59 Herre, du har sett den urett jeg har lidt; døm i min sak!

60 Du har sett all deres hevn, alle deres onde råd mot mig.

61 Du har hørt deres hån, Herre, alle deres onde råd mot mig,

62 mine motstanderes tale og deres tanker mot mig den hele dag.

63 Akt på dem når de sitter, og når de står op! De synger spottesanger om mig.

64 Du vil gjøre gjengjeld mot dem, Herre, efter deres henders gjerning.

65 Du vil legge et dekke over deres hjerte, din forbannelse vil bli dem til del.

66 Du vil forfølge dem i vrede og ødelegge dem, så de ikke mere finnes under Herrens himmel.

   

വ്യാഖ്യാനം

 

Skin

  

'Skins' or 'hides' signify external things, because the hide is the outermost organ of an animal where its interiors extend, the same as with a person's dermis or skin. 'Skin' corresponds to truth or to falsity in the extremes. See Arcana Coelestia 1835, 10036, and Apocalypse Explained 386. 'Skin,' as in Job 19:26, means the natural degree a person has with him after death.

In Exodus 22:27, this signifies things that are relatively external. (Arcana Coelestia 9215)

In Exodus 34:29, this signifies the internal of the Word shining from the external. (Arcana Coelestia 10691)

In Job 19:20, this signifies being not entirely in falsities. (Apocalypse Explained 556[11])

In Jeremiah 13:23, this signifies that evil cannot change its nature. (Apocalypse Explained 780[5])

In Genesis 3:21, this signifies that the Lord instructed them in spiritual and natural good. (Arcana Coelestia 292)

In Genesis 27:16, this signifies the external truths of domestic good. (Arcana Coelestia 3540)

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Arcana Coelestia #2441

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2441. That 'the sun had gone forth over the earth' means the final period which is called the Last Judgement is clear from the meaning of 'sunrise' when the subject is the times and states of the Church. That the times of the day, like the seasons of the year also, in the internal sense mean the consecutive states of the Church has been shown already in 2323, and that 'the dawn' or 'the morning' means the coming of the Lord or approach of His kingdom, in 2405. Thus 'sunrise' or its going forth over the earth is His actual arrival or presence, the reason being that both the sun and the east where it rises mean the Lord - 'the sun', see 31, 32, 1053, 1521, 1529-1531, 2120, and 'the east', 101.

[2] The reason the Lord's arrival or presence coincides with the final period called the judgement is that His presence separates the good from the evil, and leads on to the good being raised into heaven and the evil casting themselves down into hell. For in the next life the Lord is the Sun of the whole of heaven, see 1053, 1521, 1529-1531. Actually it is the Divine celestial manifestation of His Love which appears before their very eyes as the sun and produces the light itself of heaven. To the extent therefore that those in the next life abide in celestial love they are raised up into that celestial light which comes from the Lord. But to the extent they are remote from celestial love they cast themselves away from that light into the darkness of hell.

[3] This then is the reason why 'sunrise' which means the Lord's arrival or presence entails both the salvation of the good and the condemnation of the evil; and why at this point it is first stated that 'Lot came to Zoar', that is, that people represented here by Lot were saved, and immediately after this that 'Jehovah rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire', that is, the evil were condemned.

[4] To those there who are immersed in the evils of self-love and love of the world, that is, who hate all things to do with love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbour, the light of heaven actually appears as thick darkness. This is why it is said in the Word that to those people the sun was darkened, which means that they rejected everything to do with love and charity and accepted everything contrary to these, as in Ezekiel,

When I have blotted you out I will cover the heavens and darken their stars, I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. All the bright lights in the heavens I will make dark over you, and I will put darkness over your land. Ezekiel 32:7-8.

Anyone may see that 'covering the heavens', 'darkening the stars', 'covering the sun', and 'making the bright lights dark' mean different things from these.

[5] Similarly in Isaiah,

The sun will be darkened in its going forth and the moon will not give its light. Isaiah 13:9-10.

And in Joel,

The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining. Joel 2:2, 10.

This therefore shows what is meant by these words spoken by the Lord when He was describing the final period of the Church which is called the judgement, in Matthew,

Immediately after the affliction of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven. Matthew 24:29.

'The sun' is not used to mean the sun, nor 'the moon' the moon, nor 'stars' the stars, but 'the sun' is used to mean love and charity, 'the moon' faith derived from these, and 'the stars' cognitions of good and truth, which are said to have been darkened, to lose their light, and to fall from heaven when the acknowledgement of the Lord, and love to Him and charity towards the neighbour, cease to exist any longer. And when these have become non-existent self-love together with falsities deriving from it take possession of man; for the one thing results as a consequence of the other.

[6] This also explains the following in John,

The fourth angel poured out his bowl into the sun and it was allowed to scorch men with fire; therefore men were burned by the fierce heat, and they blasphemed the name of God. Revelation 16:8-9.

This too refers to the last times of the Church when all love and charity is being annihilated, or to express it in ordinary language, when no faith exists any longer. The annihilation of love and charity is meant by the statement that the bowl was poured out into the sun; consequently it is in that case self-love and its desires that are meant by the statement that men were scorched with fire and that they were burned by a fierce heat; and this led to their blaspheming the name of God.

[7] By 'the sun' the Ancient Church understood nothing other than the Lord and the Divine celestial manifestation of His love. It was their custom when praying therefore to turn towards the rising of the sun - yet without giving any thought at all to the sun itself. Later on however when their descendants had lost even this together with every other representative and meaningful sign they began to worship the sun and moon themselves. This kind of worship spread to very many nations, so much so that they dedicated temples to the sun and to the moon, and erected pillars. And because the sun and moon now assumed an opposite meaning they mean self-love and love of the world, which are the complete reverse of celestial and spiritual love.

[8] In the Word therefore worshipping the sun and moon is used to mean worship of self and of the world, as in Moses,

Lest you lift your eyes to heaven and you see the sun and moon and stars, all the host of heaven, and you are drawn away and bow down to them and serve them. Deuteronomy 4:19.

And in the same author,

If anyone has gone and served other gods, and bowed down to them, and to the sun or moon, or to all the host of heaven, which I have not commanded, you shall stone them with stones, and they shall die. Deuteronomy 17:3, 5.

People turned the worship of old into such idolatry when they no longer believed that anything internal was meant in the religious observances of the Church, only that which is external.

[9] Similarly in Jeremiah,

At that time the bones of the kings of Judah, of the princes, of the priests, of the prophets, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, they will spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven which they have loved and which they have served. Jeremiah 8:1-2.

'The sun' stands for self-love and its desires. 'Spreading out the bones' means the hellish things which such people possess. In the same prophet,

He will break down the pillars of the house of the sun that is in the land of Egypt, and the houses of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire. Jeremiah 43:13.

'The pillars of the house of the sun' stands for worship of self.

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