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2 Iay Yaqub əṃəttəy daɣ mazalan ən Laban fəl win n anin.

3 Iṇṇa Əməli i Yaqub: «Əqqəl akal ən marawan nak, ɣur aɣaywan n abba nnak, əṣṣana daɣ ak.»

4 Iɣra ddu Yaqub Raxil əd Leyya s əṣuf wa iha ənta d aharay-net wa ənḍərran.

5 Iṇṇ asnat: «Əgrəɣ in as šiṃətəkwəyen n abba nnakmat wər di əṇfenat šilat n anin, mišan Məššina n abba nin illa ɣur-i.

6 Təṣṣanmat iṃan nakmat as wər din əglema daɣ təɣurad in wala, y əššəɣəl n abba nnakmat.

7 Mišan iyyəwan i təkaddilt, iyyəwan əsəṃṃəttəy n alxaqq in. Mišan wər t'ikfa Məššina turagat n a di agu əššur.

8 S əmmək en da kud a iṇṇa win šaɣarnen a əṃosnen alxaqq in, ket-nasnat təntawen erawnat du ikərwatan šaɣarnen, kudeɣ iṇṇa win golənditan a iṃosan alxaqq in ənta da təntawen erawnat du ikərwatan əganen igolənditan.

9 Məššina iṃan-net as di ikfa daɣ aharay n abba nnakmat

10 Daɣ tamert ta n sabdar ən təmenesen ad ənaya daɣ tərgət isawalan əganen əgolənditan əd wiyyad šaɣarnen əd wiyyad farfoznen, as əzagan təntawen n aharay a.

11 Iṇṇ'i angalos ən Məššina daɣ tərgət "Yaqub" Əṇṇeɣ-as "hun".

12 Iṇṇ'i: "Ədkəl aṣawad nak, ad tagga isawalan win əzagnen təntawen n aharay əgan əgolənditan, šaɣera madeɣ farfoza. Adi wər t id'eway ar as ənaya a wa dak iga Laban.

13 Nak Məššina ən Betel wa dak d'inafalalan ɣur Betel edag wa daɣ tənɣala widi fəl təhunt, edag wa daɣ i tədkala arkawal. Əmərədda, əṇkər,əg̣məd akal a, əqqəl akal ən marwan nak.»

14 Təṇṇa Raxil əd Leyya i Yaqub: «Wər nəla tadagart ən təkasit daɣ abba nnana.

15 Idkal ana šilat ən təmagaren id inazzan danaɣ in iga, inɣa azrəf wa din nənza, awalla za ar inɣ ay, azrəf wa as imməkkan a tu nilu.

16 Daɣ adi təgərgist kul ta dd'ibaz Məššina daɣ abba nnana šin maddan-nəna. Əmərədda agu a w'as dak iṇṇa Məššina.»

17 Isammatag Yaqub i təzrek, issəwan maddan-əs əd təḍoden-net olaman,

18 izzərgaz ihərwan-net, eway ərrəzəɣan kul win sər-əs əggaznen daɣ Mesofotami, ikk' akal wa n Kanan ɣur Isxaq abba nnet.

19 Ikka Laban edagg ən talazay ən təḍuft n aharay nnet, tokar du Raxil aṣṣənaṃan-net dəffər-əs.

20 Ikkərras Yaqub Laban wa n aw Aram s as iḍḍəggag dəffər-əs wər das imel.

21 Iḍḍəggag d a wa ila kul, iɣras agarew wa n Fərat, innəmad ikallan n ədɣaɣan win Gilhad.

22 Əzəl wa n karad igraw Laban isalan n əḍəggəg ən Yaqub.

23 Ilkam as ənta əd meddan ən šəqqaɣan-net ewadan tu dəffər əṣṣ' aḍan n əšikəl daɣ ədɣaɣan win Gilhad.

24 As ig' ahad inafalal Məššina i Laban daɣ tərgət iṇṇ'as: «Ənkəd y ad taga arat i Yaqub gər olaɣ wala ibrar.»

25 As ewad Laban Yaqub ikras ahaket-net daɣ akal wa n ədɣaɣan ən Gilhad. Iga Laban əd meddan-net a wen da.

26 Iṇṇa Laban i Yaqub: «Ma təge da? Təkkərrasaɣ i, tewaya šibararen in as taṇṇa šiməskasa n əməgər?

27 Ma fəl du təḍəggaga daɣ əssir? Mas di təkkərrasa sas di wər təmela? Ənnar di təmala ayyaq qay tagla du daɣ tədəwit d aṣak daw maslan ən tandiwen d əṇzadan.

28 Wər di toyyeɣ ad əzələmmeɣ ihayawan in əd təbararen in, agaɣ asan šiwaṭriwen. Təgeɣ təṃətəkwəyt n əmeskəl!

29 Əleɣ fərregat n ad awan əɣšada. Mišan ənḍod imməgrad sər-i Məššina n abba nnak, iṇṇ'i: "Ənkəd y ad tagaɣ arat i Yaqub gər olaɣ wala ibrar."

30 Əgreɣ teklay nak fəlas əṣuf a kay iggazan n aɣaywan nawan mišan ma fəl tokara du aṣṣanaman in?»

31 Iṇṇa Yaqub i Laban: «Awalla, təksəda a əgeɣ as a daɣ i tabəza ašš-ek əs təɣurad.

32 Daɣ batu n aṣṣanaman nak i ɣur tan du təgrawa ad aṃṃat! Səffətəktək a wa əle tədkəla a wa təle dat təgiyyawen n aytedan nana!» Wər iṣṣen Yaqub as Raxil a du tokarat aṣṣanaman.

33 Igla Laban isaffataktak ehan wa n Yaqub d ahan wa n Leyya əd wa n təwahayen-net an ṣanatat, wər igrew wala. Ɣur ag̣amad-net ehan wa n Leyya iggaz wa n Raxil. Ənta Raxil a tədkalat aṣṣanaman təɣbar tan daɣ təxawit-net, təqqim daɣ-as. Adi da fəl təṇṇa y abba-net assaɣa wa d'iggaz šin əsəffətəktək n ahaket-net: «Ad wər təššəka abba nin as wər əbdeda ɣur iguz nak fəlas alɣadat a di təgrawat.» Isaffataktak Laban ahaket-net kul mišan wər igrew aṣṣanaman-net.

36 Iggaz alham Yaqub təzzar imməṣtan əd Laban iṇṇa: «Məni a wa əɣšada? Ma iṃos abakkad in as di təhhore?

37 Daɣ adi əmərədda ad təsaffataktaka ilalan nin kul ma du təgrawa təleq qu? Sakn'ay y aytedan in əd win nak ad aggayen fəl a wa illan gar-ena!

38 Əmərədda ṣanatat təṃərwen n awatay a əge əlle ɣur-ək. Wər kala əgarnat ayfəd nak wala wəlli nnak, wər kala ətšeɣ ijəɣal n əsəgən nak.

39 Teɣsay nak ətšan wəxsan wər dak du tiwəya iləzgan-net, nak tat irazzaman daɣ təɣurad in id təḍgazaɣ i gər təmmitša ehad wala ezal.

40 Nak a təkaggay təfuk s azal, inɣ'i asamed s ahad, aṃaran faw iṃṃokar eṭəs in.

41 Əmmək en da as daɣ ṣanatat təṃərwen n awatay šin əge ɣur-ək: Maraw elan d əkkoz taggalt ən təbararen nak ṣanatat, ṣədis elan fəl aharay-nnak, təyyəwanaɣ əsəṃṃəttəy n alxaqq in.

42 Kundab' as Məššina n abba nin Ibrahin, wa iksud abba nin Isxaq as əheɣ taɣlift-net, illikan as əmərədda təstaɣaɣ i da əqquran fassan nin. Mišan Məššina ogga arkaṇay nin d iket n əššəɣəl iṣṣohen wa dak əge, adi da fəlas əṇdod, immigrad daɣ batu nin.»

43 Iṇṇa Laban i Yaqub: «Šibararen a ši nnu, bararan a i nnu, eharay a i nnu, a wa təhaṇṇaya da kul i nnu. Mišan, əmərədda, wər əle batu fəl təbararen in əd bararan nasnat.

44 «Daɣ a di əmərədda nənəmətkəlet arkawal ən tassaq ad iqqal təgiyya gar-i dər-ək.

45 Təzzar itkal Yaqub təhunt issəɣt-et əs təzzəgrət-net, təqqal təṃətirt.

46 Təzzar iṇṇa Yaqub y aytedan-net: «Amədat-du šihun!» Əgan-tanat sakfaw, ətšan fall-as.

47 Iga Laban i sakfaw wen eṣəm Yəgar-Sahaduta (almaɣna sakfaw wa n təgiyya), daɣ awal-net, ig-as Yaqub eṣəm əntada Galed (almaɣna sakfaw wa n təgiyya).

48 Iṇṇa Laban i Yaqub: «Sakfaw a ən təhun a da ənta iṃosan təgiyya gar-i dər-ək azalada», a di da fəl iga eṣəm Galed.

49 Iga eṣəm tolas Mitsfa (almaɣna edag n ag̣g̣az), id Laban iṇṇa tolas: «Aglet Əməli išišawalana a nəga daɣ ənəməggag.

50 «As təjajjargana šibararen-in madeɣ təzlafa šiyyad šiḍoden, aktəw iṃan-nak as kud ɣur-na wər illa awedan da Məššina a iṃosan təgiyya n arkawal wa nənamatkal!» Təzzar iṇṇa Laban i Yaqub: «Təhunt ta əssəɣta da əs təzzəgrət-net əd sakfaw wa,əssəbdadaq-qan gar-i dər-ək, ad aggayyen as wər ana z-iggəz i tan z-akəyan əhan tu arak ṃan.

53 «Məššina n Ibrahim d Əməli ən Naxor ələkanet-ana!» Dəffər a wen ihad Yaqub əs Məššina wa iksud abba-nnet Isxaq ar ad-iṭṭəf arkawal.

54 Təzzar iga Yaqub takutay fəl adɣaɣ, iššedaw du sər-əs iššəqqaɣan-net. Ədrawan-tat, ənamaṇsan ahad wə di fəl adɣaɣ.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #4197

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4197. And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day; therefore he called the name of it Galeed. That this signifies that it will be so to eternity, hence its quality again, is evident from the signification of a “heap,” as being good (see n. 4192); and from the signification of a “witness,” as being the confirmation of good by truth (concerning which below); from the signification of “this day,” as being eternity (n. 2838, 3998); and from the signification of “calling a name,” as being the quality (n. 144, 145, 1754, 2009, 2724, 3421). The quality itself is contained in the name “Galeed;” for in ancient times the names imposed contained the quality (n. 340, 1946, 2643, 3422). From this it is manifest what is signified by, “Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day; therefore he called the name of it Galeed,” namely, a testification of the conjunction of the good here signified by “Laban” with the good Divine of the Lord’s natural, consequently the conjunction of the Lord with the Gentiles by good; for this good is what is now represented by Laban (n. 4189). The truths of this good are what testify of the conjunction; and yet so long as they live in the world their good is aside, because they have not truths Divine. But they who live in this good (that is, in mutual charity), although they have no truths Divine direct from the Divine fountain (that is, from the Word), they nevertheless have not their good closed up, but such that it can be opened; and it also is opened in the other life, when they are there instructed in the truths of faith, and concerning the Lord. It is otherwise with Christians, of whom those who are in mutual charity, and still more those who are in love to the Lord, are in direct good while living in the world, because they are in truths Divine; and therefore they enter into heaven without such instruction, provided there have not been in their truths falsities, which must first be dispelled. But those Christians who have not lived in charity have closed heaven against themselves, and very many of them to such a degree that it cannot be opened; for they know truths, and deny them, and also harden themselves against them, if not with the mouth, yet in the heart.

[2] Laban’s first calling the heap “Jegar-sahadutha” in his own idiom, and then “Galeed” in the idiom of Canaan, when both have nearly the same meaning, is for the sake of the application, and of the conjunction thereby. To speak in the idiom of Canaan, or “with the lip of Canaan,” is to apply one’s self to the Divine; for by “Canaan” is signified the Lord’s kingdom, and in the supreme sense the the Lord, (n. 1607, 3038, 3705); as is manifest in Isaiah:

In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak with the lips of Canaan, and that swear to Jehovah Zebaoth. In that day shall there be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to Jehovah. And it shall be for a sign and for a witness to Jehovah Zebaoth in the land of Egypt (Isaiah 19:18-20).

[3] That a “witness” denotes the confirmation of good by truth, and of truth by good, and that hence a “testimony” denotes the good from which is truth, and the truth which is from good, may be seen from the Word in other passages. That a “witness” denotes the confirmation of good by truth and of truth by good, is evident from the following passages.

In Joshua:

Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves, that ye have chosen Jehovah to serve Him. And they said, We are witnesses. Now therefore put away the strange gods which are in the midst of you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah the God of Israel. And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and unto His voice will we be obedient. And Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and a judgment in Shechem. And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak that was in the sanctuary of Jehovah. And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be for a witness to us, for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which He spake unto us; and it shall be to you for a witness, lest ye deny your God (Josh. 24:22-27).

That a “witness” here is confirmation, is manifest, and indeed the confirmation of a covenant, and accordingly of conjunction; for a “covenant” signifies conjunction (n. 665, 666, 1023, 1038, 1864, 1996, 2003, 2021). And as conjunction with Jehovah or the Lord is not possible except by good; nor the good which conjoins except that which has its quality from truth; it follows that a “witness” denotes the confirmation of good by truth. The good here meant is conjunction with Jehovah or the Lord by their choosing Him to serve Him; the truth by which the confirmation was made being the “stone.” (That a “stone” denotes truth may be seen above, n. 643, 1298, 3720) In the supreme sense, the “stone” is the Lord Himself, because all truth is from Him, and therefore He is called the “Stone of Israel” (Genesis 49:24); and it is also said, “Behold, this stone shall be for a witness to us, for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which He spake unto us.”

[4] In John:

I will give unto my two witnesses, that they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive-trees and the two lampstands that stand before the God of the earth. And if any man desire to hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies; these have power to shut heaven. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that cometh up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and shall overcome them, and shall kill them. And after three days and a half, the breath of life from God entered into them, so that they stood upon their feet (Revelation 11:3-7, 11).

That the “two witnesses” here mentioned are good and truth (that is, the good in which is truth, and the truth which is from good), both confirmed in hearts, is manifest from its being said that the two witnesses are the two olive-trees and the two lampstands. (That an “olive-tree” is such good, may be seen above, n. 886.) The “two olive-trees” denote celestial good and spiritual good. Celestial good is that of love to the Lord, and spiritual good is that of charity toward the neighbor. The “lampstands” are the truths of these goods, as will appear when of the Lord’s Divine mercy the subject of lampstands is treated of. That these goods and truths have power to shut heaven and to open heaven may be seen in the preface to the twenty-second chapter. That “the beast out of the abyss (that is, out of hell) will kill them,” signifies the vastation of good and truth within the church; and that “the spirit of life from God entered into them, so that they stood upon their feet,” signifies a new church.

[5] That as in ancient times heaps were placed as witnesses, so afterwards were altars, is evident in Joshua:

The Reubenites and the Gadites said, Behold the pattern of the altar of Jehovah which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, and not for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you. And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad called the altar, A witness between us that Jehovah is God (Josh. 22:28, 34).

(An “altar” is the good of love, and in the supreme sense the Lord Himself, n. 921, 2777, 2811.) In the internal sense a “witness” denotes the confirmation of good by truth.

[6] As by a “witness” is signified the confirmation of good by truth and of truth by good, therefore in the supreme sense by a “witness” is signified the Lord, because He is the Divine truth that confirms; as in Isaiah:

I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the true mercies of David; behold I have given Him for a Witness to the peoples, a prince and commander to the peoples (Isaiah 55:4).

In John:

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful Witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth (Revelation 1:5).

In the same:

These things saith the faithful and true Witness, the beginning of the creation of God (Revelation 3:14).

[7] The command given in the representative church, that all truth shall stand on the word of two or three witnesses, and not on that of one (Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 17:6-7; 19:15; Matthew 18:16), is founded on the Divine law that one truth does not confirm good, but a number of truths; for one truth without connection with others is not confirmatory, but a number together, because from one may be seen another. One does not produce any form, and thus not any quality, but only a number that are connected in a series. For as one tone does not produce any melody, still less harmony, so neither does one truth. These are the things on which the law in question is founded, although in the outward form it appears to be founded in the civic state; the one however is not contrary to the other, as is also the case with the precepts of the Decalogue, concerning which see above (n. 2609).

[8] That a “testimony” denotes the good from which is truth, and the truth which is from good, follows from what has been said; and also from the fact that the ten precepts of the Decalogue written upon the tables of stone are called in one word the “testimony,” as in Moses:

Jehovah gave unto Moses, when He had made an end of speaking with him upon Mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God (Exodus 31:18).

In the same:

Moses went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand, tables that were written on their two sides (Exodus 32:15).

And as the tables were placed in the ark, the ark is called the “ark of the testimony,” as in Moses:

Jehovah said to Moses, Thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee (Exodus 25:16, 21).

Moses took and put the testimony into the ark (Exodus 40:20).

In the same:

I will meet with thee, and I will speak with thee from above the mercy-seat from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony (Exodus 25:22).

In the same:

That the cloud of incense may cover the mercy-seat, that is upon the testimony (Leviticus 16:13).

In the same:

The rods of the twelve tribes were left in the tent of meeting before the testimony (Numbers 17:4).

(That from this the ark was also called the “ark of the testimony,” see, besides the passage cited, Exodus 25:22; 31:7; Revelation 15:5)

[9] The precepts of the Decalogue were therefore called the “testimony,” because they were of the covenant, thus of the conjunction between the Lord and man; which conjunction cannot come into existence unless man keeps the precepts, not only in external form, but also in internal. What the internal form of these precepts is, may be seen above (n. 2609); and therefore it is good confirmed by truth, and truth derived from good, which is signified by the “testimony.” Because this is so, the tables were also called the “tables of the covenant;” and the ark, the “ark of the covenant.” From all this it is manifest what in the genuine sense is signified in the Word by the “testimony” (as in Deuteronomy 4:45; 6:17, 20; Isaiah 8:16; 2 Kings 17:15; Psalms 19:7; 25:10; 78:5; 93:5; 119:2, 22, 24, 59, 79, 88, 138, 167; 122:3-4; Revelation 6:9; 12:17; 19:10).

  
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