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Ezekiel 43

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1 Kaj li venigis min al la pordego, al tiu pordego, kiu estas turnita orienten.

2 Kaj jen la majesto de la Dio de Izrael estis venanta laux la orienta vojo; kaj Lia vocxo estis kiel la bruo de granda akvo; kaj la tero lumigxis de Lia majesto.

3 Tio estis vizio simila al tiu vizio, kiun mi vidis antauxe, kiam mi iris, por antauxdiri pereon al la urbo, kaj vizio simila al tiu, kiun mi vidis cxe la rivero Kebar. Kaj mi jxetis min vizagxaltere.

4 Kaj la majesto de la Eternulo eniris en la domon tra la pordego, kiu estis turnita orienten.

5 Kaj levis min la spirito, kaj venigis min sur la internan korton; kaj jen la majesto de la Eternulo plenigis la domon.

6 Kaj mi auxdis, ke Iu parolas al mi el la domo, kaj viro staris apud mi.

7 Kaj estis dirite al mi:Ho filo de homo! jen estas la loko de Mia trono, kaj la loko de la plandoj de Miaj piedoj, kie Mi logxos eterne inter la Izraelidoj; kaj la domo de Izrael ne plu malpurigos Mian sanktan nomon, nek ili nek iliaj regxoj, per sia malcxastado kaj per la kadavrajxoj de siaj regxoj sur iliaj altajxoj.

8 Ili starigis sian sojlon apud Mia sojlo kaj siajn fostojn apud Miaj fostoj, tie ke nur muro estis inter Mi kaj ili; kaj ili malpurigis Mian sanktan nomon per siaj abomenindajxoj, kiujn ili faris; tial Mi pereigis ilin en Mia kolero.

9 Sed nun ili forigos de Mi sian malcxastajxon kaj la kadavrajxojn de siaj regxoj, kaj Mi logxos inter ili eterne.

10 Vi, ho filo de homo, montru al la domo de Izrael cxi tiun domon, por ke ili ekhontu pri siaj malbonagoj kaj alkonformigu sin al gxia arangxo.

11 Kaj se ili ekhontos pri cxio, kion ili faris, tiam montru al ili la bildon de la domo, gxian arangxon, gxiajn elirojn kaj enirojn, cxiujn gxiajn manierojn kaj legxojn, cxiujn gxiajn morojn kaj instrukciojn, kaj priskribu cxion antaux iliaj okuloj, por ke ili observu cxiujn gxiajn instrukciojn kaj legxojn kaj plenumu ilin.

12 Jen estas la legxo por la domo:la tuta spaco sur la supro de la monto cxirkauxe estas plejsanktejo; tio estas la legxo por la domo.

13 Kaj jen estas la mezuroj de la altaro laux ulnoj, kun aldono po manlargxo por cxiu ulno:la bazo havu unu ulnon kaj la largxo unu ulnon, kaj la listelo cxe gxia rando cxirkauxe havu la largxon de unu manstrecxo; kaj tia estu la dorso de la altaro.

14 Kaj de la bazo sur la tero gxis la malsupra elstarajxo devas esti du ulnoj, kaj la largxo estu unu ulno; kaj de la malgranda elstarajxo gxis la granda elstarajxo estu kvar ulnoj, kaj la largxo unu ulno.

15 Kaj la altaro mem havu kvar ulnojn, kaj de la altaro levigxu supren kvar kornoj.

16 Kaj la altaro havu dek du ulnojn da longo kaj dek du ulnojn da largxo, gxi estu kvadrata sur cxiuj siaj kvar flankoj.

17 Kaj la elstarajxo havu dek kvar ulnojn da longo kaj dek kvar ulnojn da largxo sur cxiuj siaj kvar flankoj, kaj la listelo cxirkaux gxi havu duonon de ulno, kaj gxia bazo cxirkauxe havu unu ulnon; kaj gxiaj sxtupoj devas esti cxe la orienta flanko.

18 Kaj Li diris al mi:Ho filo de homo! tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Tio estas la legxoj por la altaro por tiu tago, kiam oni konstruos gxin, por alportadi sur gxi bruloferojn kaj aspergadi gxin per sango.

19 Kaj al la pastroj Levidoj el la idaro de Cadok, kiuj alproksimigxos al Mi, por servi al Mi, diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo, donu bovidon kiel pekoferon.

20 Kaj prenu iom el gxia sango, kaj sxprucigu sur gxiajn kvar kornojn kaj sur la kvar angulojn de la elstarajxo kaj sur la listelon cxirkauxe; kaj per tio vi gxin purigos kaj pekliberigos.

21 Poste prenu la pekoferan bovidon, kaj forbruligu gxin sur aparta loko de la domo ekster la sanktejo.

22 Kaj en la sekvanta tago alportu virkapron sendifektan kiel pekoferon; kaj oni pekliberigu la altaron tiel same, kiel oni pekliberigis per la bovido.

23 Kiam vi finos la pekliberigon, alportu bovidon sendifektan, kaj sendifektan virsxafon el la sxafoj;

24 kaj alportu ilin antaux la Eternulon, kaj la pastroj jxetu sur ilin salon kaj faru el ili bruloferon al la Eternulo.

25 Dum sep tagoj alportu cxiutage pekoferan kapron; kaj ili alportu po unu bovido el la bovoj kaj po unu virsxafo el la sxafoj, sendifektajn.

26 Dum sep tagoj oni pekliberigu la altaron kaj purigu gxin kaj konsekru gxin.

27 Kiam finigxos tiuj tagoj, komencante de la oka tago kaj plue, la pastroj farados sur la altaro viajn bruloferojn kaj viajn pacoferojn; kaj Mi estos favora al vi, diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo.

   

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Apocalypse Explained #71

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71.And his voice as the voice of many waters. That this signifies Divine truth in ultimates, is evident from the signification of a voice, when it is from the Lord, as denoting Divine truth (concerning which see Arcana Coelestia 219, 220, 3563, 6971, 8813, 8914, and above, n. 55), and from the signification of the waters, as denoting the truths of faith, and also the knowledges (cognitiones) of truth (concerning which see n. 2702, 3058, 5668, 8568, 10238); and because the knowledges (cognitiones) of truth are in ultimates, therefore by His voice as the voice of many waters, because it relates to the Lord, is signified Divine truth in ultimates. (That knowledges (cognitiones) and scientifics (scientifica) belong to the external or natural man, because they are in the light of the world, thus, in ultimates, may be seen,Arcana Coelestia 5212, and in general from what is said in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 51.) As it is not yet known that waters in the Word signify the truths of faith and the knowledges (cognitiones) of truth, and, perhaps, because it appears far-fetched, I wish here briefly to show that such things are meant by waters in the Word. This is also necessary because without a knowledge of the signification of waters, it cannot be known what is signified by baptism, nor what by the washings observed in the Israelitish Church, of which mention is so frequently made. Waters signify the truths of faith, because bread signifies the good of love; the reason why waters and bread have such a signification is that the things that pertain to spiritual nourishment are expressed, in the sense of the letter, by those things that have reference to natural nourishment. For bread and water, by which are meant all food and drink in general, nourish the body, and the truths of faith and the good of love nourish the soul. This is also from correspondence; for when bread and water are read in the Word, the angels, being spiritual, understand those things which nourish them; these are the goods of love and the truths of faith.

[2] But some passages shall be here adduced, whence it may be known that waters signify the truths of faith, likewise the knowledges (cognitiones) of truth.

Thus in Isaiah:

"The earth shall be full of the knowledge (scientia) of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea" (11:9).

Again:

"With joy shall ye draw water out of the fountains of salvation" (12:3).

Again:

"He that walketh in justice, and speaketh uprightnesses, bread shall be given him, and sure waters" (33:15, 16).

Again:

"The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none; their tongue faileth for thirst. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of waters, and the dry land springs of waters. That they may see, and know, and hearken, and understand" (41:17, 18, 20).

Again:

"I will pour out waters upon him that is thirsty; and, floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring" (44:3).

Again:

"Thy light shall arise in obscurity, and thy darkness as the noon-day; that thou mayest be as a watered garden, and as the going forth of waters, whose waters shall not lie" (58:10).

In Jeremiah:

"My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew out for themselves pits that hold no water" (2:13).

Again:

"Their nobles sent their little ones for water; they came to the pits, and found no waters; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded" (14:3).

Again:

"They have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters" (17:13).

Again:

"They shall come with weeping, and with weeping will I lead them; I will lead them to fountains of waters, in a way of rectitude" (31:9).

And in Ezekiel:

"I will break the staff of bread, and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment. That they may want bread and water, and be desolated, a man and his brother, and consume away for their iniquities" (4:16, 17; 12:18, 19; Isaiah 51:14).

And in Amos:

"Behold, the days come, in which I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for waters, but for hearing the Word of Jehovah. They shall wander from sea to sea, they shall run to and fro, to seek the Word of Jehovah, and shall not find it; in that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst" (8:11-13).

And in Zechariah;

"In that day living waters shall go out from Jerusalem" (14:8).

And in David:

"Jehovah is my shepherd, I shall not want. He will lead me to the waters of rest" (Psalm 23:1, 2).

In Isaiah:

"They shall not thirst; he will make waters to flow for them out of the rock, and he will cleave the rock, that the waters may flow out" (48:21).

In David:

"O God, early will I seek thee; my soul thirsteth, weary without waters" (Psalm 63:1).

Again:

Jehovah "sendeth his Word, he maketh the wind to blow, that the waters may flow" (Psalm 147:18).

Again:

"Praise Jehovah, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters which are above the heavens" (148:4).

In John:

Jesus came to the fountain of Jacob; "A woman of Samaria came to draw water, to whom Jesus said, Give me to drink; - if thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith unto thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest ask of him, and he would give thee living water. The woman said unto him, Whence hast thou that living water? Jesus said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again; but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him, shall be in him a fountain of water, springing up into everlasting life" (4:7-15).

Again:

Jesus said, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture saith, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water" (7:37, 38).

And in the Apocalypse:

"Unto him that is athirst shall be given of the fountain of the water of life freely" (21:6).

And in another place:

The angel showed him "a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb" (22:1).

And again:

"The spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst, come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely" (22:17).

[3] These passages are adduced, that it may be known that by waters in the Word are signified the truths of faith, and hence what is signified by the water of baptism, concerning which the Lord thus teaches in John:

"Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (3:5);

where water denotes the truths of faith, and the spirit a life according to them (as may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 202-209, and the following numbers). Because it has not hitherto been known that waters signify the truths of faith, and that all things that were instituted amongst the sons of Israel were representative of spiritual things, it has therefore been believed, that by the washings commanded them their sins were wiped away, although they were in no sense wiped away; those washings only represented purification from evils and falsities, by means of the truths of faith and a life according to them (as may be seen in Arcana Coelestia 3147, 5954, 10237, 10240). From these considerations it is now clear, that by His voice as the voice of many waters, is meant Divine truth; as also in Ezekiel:

"Behold the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east, and his voice was as the voice of many waters; and the earth was enlightened by his glory" (43:2).

And in David:

"The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters, Jehovah is upon many waters" (Psalms 29:3).

And in the following words in the Apocalypse:

"I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters" (14:2).

[4] I know that some will wonder why waters are mentioned in the Word, and not the truths of faith, although the purpose of the Word is to teach man about his spiritual life; and if the truths of faith had been mentioned instead of waters, men would have known that the waters of baptism and of washings contribute nothing to his purification from evils and falsities. But it must be noted, that the Word, to be Divine, and at the same time to be for heaven and the church, must be altogether natural in the letter; for unless this were the case, it could not be the medium of effecting the conjunction of heaven with the church; for it would be like a house without a foundation, and like a soul without a body; for the ultimates include all the interiors, and are their foundation (as may be seen above, n. 41). Man also is in ultimates, and heaven has its foundation upon the church in him. This is why the style in which the Word is written is of such a character; therefore, when man thinks spiritually from the natural things which are in the sense of the letter of the Word, he is conjoined with heaven which could not otherwise be the case.

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