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Exodus第23章

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1 Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest [justice]:

3 neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.

4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release [it] with him.

6 Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to thy poor in his cause.

7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

8 And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

9 And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof:

11 but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, [and] with thy oliveyard.

12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.

13 And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

15 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep: seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it thou camest out from Egypt); and none shall appear before me empty:

16 and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labors, which thou sowest in the field: and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labors out of the field.

17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord Jehovah.

18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.

19 The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in it mother's milk.

20 Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

21 Take ye heed before him, and hearken unto his voice; provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgression: for my name is in him.

22 But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

23 For mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: and I will cut them off.

24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars.

25 And ye shall serve Jehovah your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

26 There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

27 I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

28 And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.

30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

31 And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand: and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me; for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#9302

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9302. Verses 20-30 Behold, I send an angel before you to keep you safe on the way, and to bring you to the place which I have prepared. Take notice of his face, and hear his voice, lest you provoke him, for he will not bear your transgression; for My name is in the middle of him. For if you indeed hear his voice and do all that I speak, I will act as enemy to your enemies and will act as adversary to your adversaries. When My angel goes before you, and brings you to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and I cut them off, you shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their works; for you shall utterly destroy them and completely break to pieces their pillars. And you shall serve Jehovah your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will remove sickness from the midst of you. None will suffer miscarriage or be barren 1 in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days. I will send My terror before you and throw into confusion all the people to whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their necks towards you. 2 And I will send the hornet before you, and it will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you. I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest perhaps the land becomes desolate and the wild animal of the field multiplies against you. Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you become fruitful and inherit the land.

'Behold, I send an angel before you' means the Lord's Divine Human. 'To keep you safe on the way' means His providence and protection from falsities arising from evil. 'To bring you to the place which I have prepared' means being brought into heaven by Him according to goodness of life and of faith. 'Take notice of his face' means holy fear. 'And hear his voice' means obedience to the commandments received from Him. 'Lest you provoke him' means turning away from Him through falsities arising from evil. 'For he will not bear your transgression' means because those falsities are repugnant to truths springing from good. 'For My name is in the middle of him' means that from Him comes all the good of love and truth of faith. 'For if you indeed hear his voice' means learning and accepting the commandments of faith. 'And do all that I speak' means an obedience springing from faith and love. 'I will act as enemy to your enemies' means that the Lord will turn away all falsities arising from evil. 'And will act as adversary to your adversaries' means that He will turn away all evils from which falsities arise. 'When My angel goes before you' means a life in keeping with the Lord's commandments. 'And brings you to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and I cut them off' means when the Lord provides protection against the evils and falsities molesting the Church, and removes them. 'You shall not bow down to their gods' means that falsities arising from evil must not be worshipped. 'Nor serve them' means that neither must they be obeyed. 'Nor do according to their works' means that evils of life must not be pursued. 'For you shall utterly destroy them' means that evils must be completely removed. 'And completely break to pieces their pillars' means that the same must be done to falsities of worship. 'And you shall serve Jehovah your God' means worship of the Lord alone. 'And He will bless your bread and your water' means the increase of the good of love and of the truth of faith. 'And I will remove sickness from the midst of you' means protection from falsifications of truth and adulterations of good. 'None will suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land' means that forms of good and truths will develop in their proper order, in continuous progression. 'I will fulfill the number of your days' means all the way to a state of completeness. 'I will send My terror before you' means the terror felt, on account of truths springing from good, by those immersed in evils arising from falsity. 'And throw into confusion all the people' means the dismay of all falsities. 'To whom you come' means because of the Lord's presence. 'And I will make all your enemies turn their necks towards you' means the flight of falsities and their damnation. 'And I will send the hornet before you' means the dread felt by those who are steeped in falsities arising from evil. 'And it will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you' means the flight of falsities arising from evils. 'I will not drive them out from before you in one year' means no hurried flight or removal of them. 'Lest perhaps the land becomes desolate' means a deficiency in that case, and little spiritual life. 'And the wild animal of the field multiplies against you' means an inrush of falsities arising from the delights of self-love and love of the world. 'Little by little I will drive them out from before you' means a removal effected gradually according to order. 'Until you become fruitful' means in keeping with the increase of good. 'And inherit the land' means when governed by good, thus when regenerated.

脚注:

1. literally, There will not be the miscarrying one and the barren one

2. literally, I will give all your enemies to you [as to] the neck

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.