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2 Aṃadal wər iga təməwit waliyyat, əlsan-tu aṃan əknanen igət, wər t-illa ar šiyyay əwarnen afalla n aṃan win, amaran Iṇfas ən Məššina ənta ollay fəl aṃan win.

3 Iṇṇa Məššina: «Əṇṇur, əməl-t.» Təzzar imal-t əṇṇur.

4 Inay Məššina as əṇṇur iṃos arat olaɣan, təzzar izammazzay Məššina əṇṇur əd šiyyay.

5 Iga Məššina y əṇṇur eṣəm ezal amaran šiyyay ig-asnat eṣəm ehad, ig'ahad təga tifawt, ig'əzəl w'azzaran.

6 Iṇṇa Məššina: «Iməlet-tu aɣarɣar az z-izəmməzzəyan aṃan.»

7 Təzzar iga-ddu Məššina aɣarɣar izammazzay aṃan win əllanen daw aɣarɣar a əd win əwarnen afalla-nnet. Ig'a wen da.

8 Iga Məššina y aɣarɣar a eṣəm ijənnawan. Ig'ahad təga tifawt, ig'əzəl wa n əššin.

9 Iṇṇa Məššina: «Aṃan win daw jənnawan iddawanet, əggəzan edagg iyyanda fəl ad-d-inəfiləl edag wa iqquran.» Iga a wen da.

10 Iga Məššina y adag wa iqquran eṣəm aṃadal, iga y adag wa daɣ əddewan aṃan eṣəm igərwan. Inay Məššina as araṭ wa olaɣ.

11 Təzzar iṇṇa: «Aṃadal təwəret-tu taddalət təgat daɣ yel ilan aṃasa əd rawan n eškan ətarawnen aratan əlanen aṃasa nasan.» Təzzar ig'a wen da.

12 Issəg̣mad-du aṃadal taddalət təgat daɣ yel ilan aṃasa əkkulluk n iyyan d iri- nnet, əd rawan n eškan ətarawnen aratan əlanen aṃasa-nnasan. Inay Məššina as arat wa olaɣ.

13 Ig'ahad təga tifawt, ig'əzəl wa n karad.

14 Iṇṇa Məššina: «Əməlanet-tu əṇṇuran daɣ jənnawan az za-zəmməzzinen ehad d azal, əqqəlanet asannal az z-izləyan šimeren d aḍan d elan.

15 Əqqəlanet tolas əṇṇuran daɣ jənnawan az z-əsəmmələwləwnen aṃadal.» Təzzar iga a wen da.

16 Iga Məššina əṇṇuran win n əššin zawwarnen. Əṇṇur wa ogaran, ənta ṭəfuk, ad-isəmmələwləw ezal, wa ənḍərran, tallit, ad-isəmmələwləw ehad. Iga-ddu eṭran əntanay da.

17 Ig-en daɣ jənnawan fəl ad-səmmələwləwan aṃadal,

18 fəl ad-əzənnəməzləyan ezal d ahad, zəmməzzəyyan əṇṇur əd šiyyay. Inay Məššina as arat wa olaɣ.

19 Ig'ahad təga tifawt, ig'əzəl wa n əkkoz.

20 Iṇṇa Məššina: «Wəšənkəlnatet təxəllak əddarnen daɣ aṃan, əggədanet g̣ədad əntanay da daɣ jənnawan fəl afalla n aṃadal.»

21 Ixlak-du Məššina šixəllak əknanen təzzəwwərt əddarnen daɣ aṃan əd mudaran kul win daɣ-san wašankalnen əkkulluk n iyyan d iri-nnet, ixlak-du tolas ig̣ədad kul əkkulluk n iyyan d iri-nnet. Inay Məššina as arat wa olaɣ.

22 Iga fall-assan albaraka-nnet, iṇṇa i mudaran win n aṃan: «Əggəzat šin n ara təfələyləyam, tədkəram aṃan ən gərwan.» Iṇṇa i g̣ədad əntanay da: «Fələyləyat fəl aṃadal.»

23 Ig'ahad təga tifawt, ig'əzəl wa n ṣəmmos.

24 Iṇṇa Məššina: «Issəg̣mədet-du aṃadal šixəllak əddarnen əkkulluk n iyyat d iri-nnet, əṃosnen ihərwan əd lumət-lumət əd wəxsan əkkulluk n iyyan d iri-nnet.» Təzzar iga a wen da.

25 Iga-ddu Məššina iwəxsan əd hərwan əd lumət-lumət ket-nasan akk-iyyan d iri-nnet. Inay as arat wa olaɣ.

26 Iṇṇa Məššina: agatana aggadəm əs šaššela-nnana. Ixkəmet kifitan əd g̣ədad əd hərwan əd wəxsan əd lumət-lumət kul win əllomatnen aṃadal.»

27 Məššina ixlak-du aggadəm əs šaššela-nnet yay əd təntay ket-nasan ixlak-kan-du.

28 Iga fall-assan albaraka-nnet. Iṇṇ-asan: «Əggəzat šin n ara təfələyləyam, təḍkəram aṃadal, təxkəmam-tu, təxkəmam kifitan əd g̣ədad əd mudaran kul win ozalnen fəl aṃadal.»

29 Təzzar iṇṇa Məššina: «Ənəyat əkfeq-qawan yel kul itarawan fəl tasayt n aṃadal d ašək kul itarawan. A-dawan-əqqəlan aratan-nasan isudar.

30 Y əkkulluk n əmudar fəl aṃadal d əkkulluk n əg̣ədid d əkkulluk n a wa illómen aṃadal əhan-tu ṃan, əkfeq-qu yel ad-as-iqqəl isudar.» Ig'a wen da.

31 Təzzar inay Məššina as arat wa iga da, kul ikna əlluɣ. Ig'ahad təga tifawt, ig'əzəl wa n ṣədis.

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Arcana Coelestia #10238

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10238. 'And put water in it' means the truths of faith by means of which purification in the natural is accomplished. This is clear from the meaning of 'water' as the truths of faith, dealt with in 28, 739, 2702, 3058, 3424, 4976, 5668, 8568, 9323; and from the meaning of 'the laver' as the natural, dealt with above in 10235. Anyone who does not know that 'water' means the truths of faith will fail to grasp the meaning of very many statements in the Word, such as unless a person is born of water and the spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God, John 3:5. Those who take water here to mean nothing other than water think that the water of baptism is the means by which a person is regenerated. But in fact the water does nothing towards regeneration, only the truth of faith and the good of love do so; for water washes away solely dirt that is on the body and by no means evils present in the heart.

[2] Anyone who does not know that 'water' means the truths of faith cannot know what baptism means, either. He thinks that the external act saves a person, when in fact the external act does not accomplish anything, only the inner reality meant by it, namely regeneration by means of the truths of faith. Baptism makes people belonging to the Church different from everyone else throughout the world, because unlike those outside the Church they are able to be regenerated by means of the truths of faith. For the Word, which contains the truths of faith, exists within the Church.

[3] Nor can anyone who does not know that 'water' means the truths of faith know what is meant in Genesis 1:6-10 by the waters above the expanse and the waters under the expanse. Truths of faith within the internal man are meant by 'the waters above the expanse', and truths of faith in the external by 'the waters under the expanse'; for the subject in that chapter is the new creation, thus the regeneration, of members of the Most Ancient Church.

[4] Nor can anyone who does not know that 'water' means the truths of faith know what is meant by 'water' in John,

He who drinks of the water that I shall give will never thirst. But the water that I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up into eternal life. John 4:13-14.

And in Isaiah,

The poor and the needy are seeking water, but there is none; their tongue is parched with thirst. I will open streams on the sloping heights, and I will place springs in the midst of valleys; I will make the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into wellsprings of water. Isaiah 41:17-18.

And again in the same prophet,

They will not thirst. He will make water flow for them from the rock; and He will cleave the rock so that water flows out. Isaiah 48:20-21.

And in very many other places. But see what has been stated and shown previously on these matters,

Purification from evils and falsities is accomplished by means of the truths of faith, 2799, 5954(end), 7044, 7918, 9089, 10229.

So too is regeneration, see the places referred to in 9959.

'Baptism' means regeneration by means of the truths of faith, 4255, 5120(end), 9089.

Purification is accomplished within the natural, 3147, 9572.

And so is regeneration, see the places referred to in 9325.

  
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