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Genesis 18

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2 As idkal Ibrahim aṣawad-net ogga karad meddan əbdadan dat-əs. Ozal-in dat ahaket-net har dər-san iṃṃənay, issəjad har aṃadal.

3 Aṃaran iṇṇa: «Əməli-nin kud əgrawa ɣur-ək arraxmat ad wər takəya daɣ igəg n əkli-nnak.

4 Ammawayanet-awan-du arat n aṃan as təššoradam iḍaran-nawan. Dəffər a di taṣṣanfim daw ašəkk a.

5 A-kawan-akfa arat ən ṭattay a-kawan-du-təssuɣəl šiɣurad-nawan, aṃaran takəyam daɣ tarrayt-nawan. S ig'a di wər z-iqqəl as du-təllamam dagma n ahan-in bannan.» Əjjəwwaban-as magaran: «Agu a w'as təṇṇe!»

6 Iqqal Ibrahim ahaket-net irrorad, iṇṇa i Sarata: «Tarmad, ədkəl-du iyyat n əɣlal n agel-nam w'ofan taga šigəlwen.

7 Dəffər a wen ozal Ibrahim s aharay-nnet isaṇṇafran d abarkaw wa ləmmidan iddəren, ikf-ay y amaššaɣal-net, issətrab amaknaw-net.

8 Aṃaran idkal-du ṭawna d əx d abarkaw wa iŋŋan, issəṇs-en dat-san. Igla ibdad ɣur-san daw ašək, əṭattan.

9 Təzzar əṇṇan-as: «Ma təga Sarata ta n tənṭut-nak?» Ijjəwwab-asan: «Təlla da, təha aṃṃas n ahaket.»

10 Iṇṇa iyyan daɣ-san: «Illikan as a-kay-d-əqqəla aḍan a da azanen, ad-tilu tənṭut-nak Sarata barar.» Sarata təṣṣisam daɣ aṃṃas n ahaket-net illan dəffər Ibrahim.

11 Ibrahim əd Sarata əglan daɣ elan, amaran Sarata təsiɣaraggat.

12 Ad-təḍazzu daɣ ṃan-net. Təgannu: «Əmərədda ad waššera ad-ileɣ əṇṇiyat n ənəməṇsa? Aləs-in deɣ waššar.»

13 Iṇṇa Əməli y Ibrahim: «Mas təḍazzu Sarata, təgannu:" Immikkan as ad əgrəwa barar, nak igan tušaray a da?"

14 Illa-ttu a iṃosan muxal fəl Əməli? Daɣ tamert a dak-əssəbdada a-kay-d-aṣa, aṃaran daɣ tamert di Sarata təla barar.»

15 Təga Sarata bahu as təṇṇa: «Wər əḍze», ənta tərəmmeq a təga. Mišan iṇṇ-as Əməli: «Awalla təḍzə!»

16 Əggazan meddan tarrayt, əgan anamod ən Sədom har oggan aɣrəm-net, intak-kan Ibrahim.

17 «Awak, iṇṇa Əməli, ad-əɣbəra y Ibrahim a wa z-aga?

18 Illikan as Ibrahim ad-iqqəl əmaraw ən tamattay təknat igət, təkna aṣṣahat, amaran a sər-əs əgrəwnat təmattiwen kul n əddənet albaraka,

19 fəlas əsinafranaq-qu fəl ad-amər əzzurriya-nnet s iḍuf ən tarrayen-nin s əṇṇiyat togdat toɣad fəl a-das-assanda a wa das ərkawala.

20 Iṇṇa Əməli y Ibrahim: «Šiɣəttas ən Sədom əd Gamora šilabasnen, ibakkadan-nasan izawwarnen,

21 a-tan-awəda aššaggara a wa sər-san itawaṇṇan. Kud əgan aššar wədi, ad-əṣṣəna.»

22 Əššin daɣ magaran əg̣madan edag di, əgan anamod ən Sədom, s iga a di Əməli illa ɣur Ibrahim.

23 Ihoz-t-id Ibrahim, iṇṇa: «Əməli, awak ad-təhləka aytedan win n alɣadilan əd win tan wər nəṃos?

24 Mijas əllanat-tu ṣəmmosat təṃərwen n alɣadil daɣ əɣrəm a-tan-təhləka? Wər za-təṣṣurəfa y əɣrəm fəl udəm ən ṣəmmosat təṃərwen as immikkan as t-əhanat?

25 Kala kala wər imməkkan ad-tagaɣ a di, ad-tanɣa aytedan əɣdalnen təssərtəyaq-qan əd win aššarnen, əšəššili ən win əɣdalnen əd win aššarnen! Iguk-kay əṃedran di! Əmašraɣ n əddənet ad-ammazal s əššəriɣa di?»

26 Iṇṇa Əməli: «As əgrawa daɣ Sədom ṣəmmosat təṃərwen n alɣadil, ad-əṣṣurəfa y əɣrəm kul fəl udəm-nasan.»

27 Iṇṇa Ibrahim tolas: «Əhala awal s Əməli, ənta nak wər əṃosa ar əg̣odrar d ezəd.

28 Kud iqqəddar as aba ṣəmmos daɣ ṣəmmosat təṃərwen n alɣadil ad-təhləka aɣrəm kul fəl ṣəmmos aytedan di?» «Wər tu-z-əhləka, ijjəwwab Əməli, as daɣ-as əgrawa əkkozat təṃərwen n alɣadil əd ṣəmmos.»

29 Iḍgaz Ibrahim tolas iṇṇa: «Mijas tu wər iha ar əkkozat təṃərwen n alɣadil!» «Wər z-əhləka aɣrəm fəl udəm n əkkozat təṃərwen.»

30 Iṇṇa Ibrahim tolas: «Əməli-nin ardu s a kay wər iggez alham, ad-ak-ammagrada tolas! Mijas tu wər iha ar karadat təṃərwen.» «As daɣ-as əgrawa karadat təṃərwen, ijjawwab Əməli, wər tu-z-aga.»

31 Igla Ibrahim iṣṣəstan: «Əhala awal s Əməli. Mijas wər t-iha ar ṣanatat təṃərwen!» «Fəl udəm ən ṣanatat təṃərwen di wər tu-z-əhləka.»

32 Iṇṇa Ibrahim tolas: «Are daɣ Əməli a tu wər iggez alham as əge awal-in wa ilkaman! Mijas tu wər iha ar ṃaraw.» Amaran ijjəwwab Məššina: «Fəl udəm ən ṃaraw alɣadilan wər z-əhləka aɣrəm di.»

33 As təɣrad əljəmat fəl a wa, igl'Əməli, aṃaran Ibrahim iqqal aɣaywan-net.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2072

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2072. And laughed. That this signifies the affection of truth, may be seen from the origin and essence of laughter, for its origin is nothing but the affection of truth, or else the affection of what is false, from which come the gladness and merriment that in laughter display themselves in the face, which shows that the essence of laughter is nothing else. Laughter is indeed an external thing that belongs to the body because to the face; but in the Word interior things are expressed and signified by exterior things; just as all the interior affections of the mind are expressed and signified by means of the face, interior hearing and obedience being signified by the ear, interior sight or understanding by the eye, power and strength by the hand and arm, and so on, and in the same way the affection of truth by laughter.

[2] In man’s rational there is truth, which is its chief characteristic, and there is also the affection of good, but this is in the very affection of truth as its soul. The affection of good which is in the rational does not display itself by means of laughter, but by means of a certain joy and consequent pleasurable delight which does not laugh; for in laughter there is usually something that is not so good. The reason why truth is the chief characteristic in man’s rational, is that the rational is formed by means of the knowledges of truth, for by no other means can anyone ever become rational. The knowledges of good are truths, equally as much as are the knowledges of truth.

[3] That “laughter” here signifies the affection of truth, may be seen from its being related that Abraham laughed; and in like manner Sarah, both before Isaac was born, and afterwards; and also from Isaac’s being named from “laughter,” for the word “Isaac” means “laughter.” That Abraham laughed when he heard about Isaac, is evident from this verse, for it is said that Abraham laughed when he heard about a son from Sarah. That Sarah also laughed before Isaac’s birth, when she heard from Jehovah that she should bear a son, is told in the words, “When Sarah heard at the door of the tent, Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am grown old shall I have pleasure? and my lord old? And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, and I am become old? Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was, afraid. And He said, Nay, but thou didst laugh” (Genesis 18:12-13, 15). And later, when Isaac had been born, “Abraham called the name of his son Isaac” (meaning “laughter”); and Sarah said, “God hath made laughter for me; everyone that heareth shall laugh with me” (Genesis 21:3, 6). Unless “laughing” and the name “Isaac,” meaning “laughter,” involved such things, these matters would never have been related.

  
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Genesis 18:12-13

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12 Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"

13 Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?'