Arcana Coelestia#9040
9040. Verses 22-27 [And] when men brawl and inflict a blow on a pregnant woman, and her offspring come out, and no harm is done, [the one inflicting the blow] shall surely be fined, as the master of the woman 1 imposes on him; and he shall pay in accordance with the judges. 2 And if harm is done, you shall pay soul for soul, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow. And when a man strikes the eye of his male slave, or the eye of his female slave, and destroys it, he shall send him away free for his eye. And if he strikes out the tooth of his male slave or the tooth of his female slave, he shall send him away free for his tooth.
'And when men brawl' means serious contention between truths. 'And inflict a blow on a pregnant woman' means injuring the good that is being formed out of truth. 'And her offspring come out' means if in spite of this it is made stronger in the natural. 'And no harm is done' means that thus no injury is caused there. '[The one inflicting the blow] shall surely be fined' means amendment. 'As the master of the woman imposes on him' means till it agrees with the truth that goes with the good. 'And he shall pay in accordance with the judges' means according to what is right. 'And if harm is done' means injury. 'You shall pay soul for soul' means the law of order that you shall do to your neighbour as you wish him to do to you, and therefore that it shall be done to you as you do to another, 'soul' meaning spiritual life. 'Eye for eye' means if anything [is injured by them] in the inner part of the understanding. 'Tooth for tooth' means if anything [is injured] in the outer part of the understanding. 'Hand for hand' means if anything of the power of spiritual truth [is injured]. 'Foot for foot' means if anything of the power of natural truth [is injured]. 'Burning for burning' means if anything of love and affection present in the inward part of the will [is injured]. 'Wound for wound' means if anything of love and affection present in the outward part of the will [is injured]. 'Blow for blow' means if anything of affection in the understanding is wiped out or injured. 'And when a man strikes the eye of his male slave' means if the internal man injures the truth of faith in the external or natural man. 'Or the eye of his female slave' means if he injures an affection for truth there. 'And destroys it' means so that it wipes it out. 3 'He shall send him away free for the eye' means that it cannot serve the internal man any longer. 'And if he strikes out the tooth of his male slave or the tooth of his female slave' means if it destroys truth or the affection for it on the level of the senses. 'He shall send him away free for his tooth' means that it cannot serve the internal man any longer.
脚注:
1. i.e. the woman's man or husband
2. i.e. as the judges determine
3. Reading ut exstinxerit (so that it wipes out), as in 9060, for si destruxerit (if it destroys)
Exodus第22章
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"If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
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If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.
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If the sun has risen on him, guilt of bloodshed shall be for him; he shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
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If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.
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"If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and lets his animal loose, and it grazes in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field, and from the best of his own vineyard.
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"If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
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"If a man delivers to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he shall pay double.
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If the thief isn't found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods.
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For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, 'This is mine,' the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.
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"If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man seeing it;
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the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.
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But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.
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If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.
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"If a man borrows anything of his neighbor's, and it is injured, or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.
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If its owner is with it, he shall not make it good. If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease.
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"If a man entices a virgin who isn't pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.
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If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
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"You shall not allow a sorceress to live.
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"Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.
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"He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, shall be utterly destroyed.
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"You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
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"You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.
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If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;
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and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
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"If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.
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If you take your neighbor's garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,
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for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.
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"You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
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"You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. "You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.
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You shall do likewise with your cattle and with your sheep. Seven days it shall be with its mother, then on the eighth day you shall give it to me.
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"You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.
