IZIMFIHLO ZASEZULWINI EZIQUKETHWE EZIBHALWENI EZINGCWELE NOMA EZWINI LENKOSI ZISONJULULIWE KUQALWA ENCWADINI KAGENESIS KANYE NEZINTO EZIMANGALISAYO EZIBONWE EMHLABENI WEMIMOYA NASEZULWINI LEZINGELOSI

KULOTSHWE WU EMANUEL SWEDENBORG

KWAHUNYUSHWA KUSUSWA ESINGISINI KUYISWA ESIZULWINI UMQINGO WOKUQALA

IHUNYUSHWE NGU wuZAMOKUHLE T. ZUNGU

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Arcana Coelestia: The Heavenly Arcana contained in the Holy Scripture or Word of the Lord unfolded in the Book of Genesis together with wonderful things seen in the World of Spirits and in the Heaven of Angels

By Emanuel Swedenborg

Translated into Zulu by Zamokuhle T. Zungu

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UHLU LOMLOBI LWEZIHLOKO EZIQUKETHWE EMQINGWENI WOKUQALA.

IziMfihlo zeZulu ezisonjululwe eziBhalweni eziNgcwele noma eZwini leNkosi zikwiNcazelo, eyiNgqondo engaPhakathi yeZwi. Ukuthi lengqondo inhloboni kungabonwa kulezozinto ezikhonjiswe malungana nayo ngokusukela eLwazini lokuzazela mathupha ezinombolweni 1767-1777, 1869-1879; nasemongweni noma engqikithini yenkulumo (ezinombolweni 1-5, 64-66, 167, 605, 920, 937, 1143, 1224, 1404, 1405, 1408, 1409, 1502 ekugcineni, 1540, 1659, 1756, 1783, 1807).

IZinto eziMangalisayo ezibonwe eMhlabeni weMimoya naseZulwini leziNgelosi, kuqalwe ngazo futhi zajotshelelwa ezahlukweni ezimbalwa. Kulomqingo kukhona lezizihloko ezilandelayo:

Mayelana nokuVuswa komuntu kwabafileyo, nokungena kwakhe ekuphileni okuphakade (n. 168-181).

Isiqhubezo mayelana nokungena komuntu ekuphileni okuphakade (n. 182-189; naku 314-319).

Ukuthi ngaleyonkathi impilo yoMphefumulo noma yoMumoya injani (320-323).

Ezinye izibonelo zemicabanga yeMimoya yokuthi yayicabangani ngoMphefumulo noma ngoMumoya ngenkathi isesemzimbeni wemvelo (n. 443-448).

Mayelana neZulu kanye neNjabulo yaseZulwini (n. 449-459; 537-546; 547-553).

Mayelana namaBandla abumba noma enza iZulu (n. 684-691).

Mayelana nesiHogo (n. 692-700).

Mayelana neziHogo zalabo abebebuswa yiNzondo, ukuPhindisa, noluNyae ezimpilweni zabo zemvelo (n. 814-823).

Mayelana neziHogo zalabo abebebuswa wukuPhinga neSigweba; mayelana futhi neziHogo zabaKhohlisi nezabaThakathikazi (n. 824-831).

Mayelana neziHogo zabaHahayo; namayelana neJerusalema eliNgcolile, nabaPhangi eHlane; namayelana nothuvi obugcwele eziHogweni zalabo abebecwile ezinjabulweni zomzimba noma zezinzwa besaphila emhlabeni wemvelo (n. 938-946).

Mayelana nezinye iziHogo ezehlukile kulezi esezibalwe ngenhla (n. 947-970).

Mayelana neziNcithakalo (n. 1106-1113).

UHlu lomlobi lwezihloko eziqukethwe emqingweni wesikhombisa.

IziMfihlakalo zezulu ezisonjululwe ezibhalweni eziNgcwele noma ezwini leNkosi ziqukethwe ezincazelweni, eyingqondo engaphakathi yezwi. Izanduleliso ezendulela izahluko ezimbalwa ziyincazelo yalokhu okulandelayo: Ziyincazelo eyingqondo engaphakathi yamazwi eNkosi akuMathewu 25:34-36 (ezinombolweni 4954-4959).

Ziyisiqhubezo mayelana nokuqhamisana komuntu noMuntu oMkhulu: ukuqhamisana kwamanyonga nezitho ezixhumene nawo (ezinombolweni 5050-5062).

Ziyincazelo eyingqondo engaphakathi yamazwi eNkosi akuMathewu 25:37-46 (ezinombolweni 5063-5071).

Ziyisiqhubezo mayelana nokuqhamisana komuntu nomuntu omkhulu: ukuqhamisana kwezitho zomuntu zangaphakathi nezitho zomuntu omkhulu zangaphakathi (ezinombolweni 5171-5190).

Ziyisiqhubezo mayelana nokuqhamisana komuntu nomuntu omkhulu (ezinombolweni 5377-5396).

Ziyisiqhubezo mayelana nokuqhamisana komuntu nomuntu omkhulu: ukuqhamisana kwesikhumba, izinwele, namathambo (ezinombolweni 5552-5573).

Ziyisiqhubezo mayelana nokuqhamisana: ukuqhamisana kwezifo nomhlaba kamoya (ezinombolweni 5711-5727).

UHLU LOMLOBI LWEZIHLOKO EZIQUKETHWE KULOMQINGO.

Kuqukethwe izimfihlakalo zezulu ezethulwe ngencazelo yengqondo enga pha-kathi yeZibhalo ezingcwele noma yeZwi.

Okujotshelelwe ekugcineni kwezinye iZahluko kumayelana nezingelosi ka nye nemimoya okuhanqa umuntu (bheka izinombolo 5846-5866).

Isiqhubezo mayelana nezingelosi kanye nemimoya okuhanqe umuntu (bheka izinombolo 5976-5993).

Kujotshelelwe okumayelana nomngenela nobudlelwane bomphefumulo emzimbeni wemvelo (bheka izinombolo 6053-6058).

Isiqhubezo mayelana nomngenela nobudlelwane bomphefumulo emzimbeni wemvelo (6189-6215).

Isiqhubezo mayelana nomngenela nobudlelwane bomphefumulo emzimbeni wemvelo (6307-6327).

Isiqhubezo mayelana nomngenela nobudlelwane bomphefumulo emzimbeni wemvelo (bheka izinombolo 6466-6496).

Isiqhubezo mayelana nomngenela nobudlelwane bomphefumulo emzimbeni wemvelo (bheka izinombolo 6598-6626).

Okunye okulotshiwe (bheka amakhasi 503, 504).

1404. KuleziZahluko ezinomlando wangempela lelo nalelogama nomusho kufanekisa into eyehlukile engqondweni yangaphakathi kuleyo eshiwo engqondweni yemvelo. Nokho uqobo lwemininingwane yomlando iyafanekIsaya Ngo “Abrama”, okuqalwe ukukhuluma ngaye, ufanekisa iNkosi kabanzi, kodwa ikakhulu ufanekisa umuntu wezulu lamazulu. U “Isaka” okukhulunywa ngaye emuva kwalokho, naye ufanekisa iNkosi kabanzi, ikakhulu umuntu wezulu likamoya; no “Jakobe” okugcinwa ngaye ufanekisa iNkosi kabanzi, ikakhulu umuntu wemvelo. Kanjalo bafanekisa okungokweNkosi, okungokombuso waYo, nokungokweSonto.

4447. 'Hamor spoke to them, saying' means the good of the Church among the Ancients. This is clear from the representation of 'Hamor' as that which was received from the Ancients, dealt with in 4431, namely the good of the Church received from them, for the good of the Church is 'a father', and the truth derived from that good, meant here by 'Shechem', is 'a son' - which also is why 'father' in the Word means good, and 'son' truth. The expression 'the good of the Church among the Ancients' is used here, not the good of the Ancient Church, for the reason that the phrase 'the Church among the Ancients' is used to mean the Church that descended from the Most Ancient Church which existed before the Flood, whereas the Ancient Church is used to mean the Church which came into existence after the Flood. Those two Churches have been dealt with several times previous to this, when it has been shown that the Most Ancient Church which existed before the Flood was celestial whereas the Ancient Church which came into existence after the Flood was spiritual. The difference between the two has also been dealt with often.

[2] Remnants of the Most Ancient Church which was celestial were still in existence in the land of Canaan, especially among those in that land who were called Hittites and Hivites. The reason why such remnants did not exist anywhere else was that the Most Ancient Church, which was called Man or Adam, 478, 479, existed in the land of Canaan, where the garden of Eden, which meant the intelligence and wisdom of the members of that Church, 100, 1588, and the trees in it their perception, 103, 2163, 2722, 2972, was therefore situated. And because intelligence and wisdom were meant by that garden or paradise the Church itself is also meant by it. And because the Church is meant, so also is heaven; and because heaven is meant, so also in the highest sense is the Lord. So it is that in the highest sense the land of Canaan also means the Lord, in the relative sense heaven and also the Church, and in the personal sense the member of the Church, 1413, 1437, 1607, 3038, 3481, 3705. So it is too that the word 'land' standing by itself in the Word has a similar meaning, 566, 662, 1066, 1067, 1413, 1607, 3355; while a new heaven and a new earth mean a new Church, internally and externally, 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), 3355 (end). The Most Ancient Church was situated in the land of Canaan, see 567, and it was from this that places there became representative. It explains why Abram was commanded to go there, and also why the land was given to his descendants from Jacob, namely that the representatives connected with the places which were to be used in the composition of the Word might be perpetuated, 3686. This was why every place in that land, including mountains and rivers, and also all the borders surrounding it, became representative, 1585, 1866, 4240.

[3] From all these considerations one may see what the expression 'Church among the Ancients' is used to mean, namely remnants of the Most Ancient Church. And because those remnants existed among the Hittites and Hivites, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, with their wives, acquired a burial-place among the Hittites in their land, Genesis 23:1-end; Genesis 49:29-32; 50:13; and Joseph among the Hivites, Joshua 24:32. Hamor, Shechem's father, represented the remnants of that Church, and as a consequence means the good of the Church among the Ancients and therefore the origin of interior truth from a Divine stock, 4399. What the difference is between the Most Ancient Church which existed before the Flood and the Ancient Church which came into existence after the Flood, see 597, 607, 608, 640, 641, 765, 784, 895, 920, 1114-1128, 1238, 1327, 2896, 2897.