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دانيال第2章

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1 وفي السنة الثانية من ملك نبوخذناصّر حلم نبوخذناصّر احلاما فانزعجت روحه وطار عنه نومه.

2 فأمر الملك بان يستدعى المجوس والسحرة والعرّافون والكلدانيون ليخبروا الملك باحلامه فأتوا ووقفوا امام الملك.

3 فقال لهم الملك قد حلمت حلما وانزعجت روحي لمعرفة الحلم.

4 فكلم الكلدانيون الملك بالارامية عش ايها الملك الى الابد. اخبر عبيدك بالحلم فنبيّن تعبيره.

5 فاجاب الملك وقال للكلدانيين قد خرج مني القول ان لم تنبئوني بالحلم وبتعبيره تصيرون إربا إربا وتجعل بيوتكم مزبلة.

6 وان بيّنتم الحلم وتعبيره تنالون من قبلي هدايا وحلاوين واكراما عظيما فبيّنوا لي الحلم وتعبيره.

7 فاجابوا ثانية وقالوا ليخبر الملك عبيده بالحلم فنبين تعبيره.

8 اجاب الملك وقال اني اعلم يقينا انكم تكتسبون وقتا اذ رأيتم ان القول قد خرج مني

9 بانه ان لم تنبئوني بالحلم فقضاؤكم واحد. لانكم قد اتفقتم على كلام كذب وفاسد لتتكلموا به قدامي الى ان يتحول الوقت. فاخبروني بالحلم فاعلم انكم تبيّنون لي تعبيره.

10 اجاب الكلدانيون قدام الملك وقالوا ليس على الارض انسان يستطيع ان يبيّن امر الملك. لذلك ليس ملك عظيم ذو سلطان سأل امرا مثل هذا من مجوسي او ساحر او كلداني.

11 والأمر الذي يطلبه الملك عسر وليس آخر يبيّنه قدام الملك غير الآلهة الذين ليست سكناهم مع البشر

12 لاجل ذلك غضب الملك واغتاظ جدا وامر بابادة كل حكماء بابل.

13 فخرج الأمر وكان الحكماء يقتلون فطلبوا دانيال واصحابه ليقتلوهم.

14 حينئذ اجاب دانيال بحكمة وعقل لأريوخ رئيس شرط الملك الذي خرج ليقتل حكماء بابل.

15 اجاب وقال لأريوخ قائد الملك لماذا اشتد الامر من قبل الملك. حينئذ اخبر أريوخ دانيال بالامر.

16 فدخل دانيال وطلب من الملك ان يعطيه وقتا فيبيّن للملك التعبير.

17 حينئذ مضى دانيال الى بيته واعلم حننيا وميشائيل وعزريا اصحابه بالأمر

18 ليطلبوا المراحم من قبل اله السموات من جهة هذا السر لكي لا يهلك دانيال واصحابه مع سائر حكماء بابل

19 حينئذ لدانيال كشف السر في رؤيا الليل. فبارك دانيال اله السموات.

20 اجاب دانيال وقال ليكن اسم الله مباركا من الازل والى الابد لان له الحكمة والجبروت.

21 وهو يغيّر الاوقات والازمنة يعزل ملوكا وينصب ملوكا. يعطي الحكماء حكمة ويعلم العارفين فهما.

22 هو يكشف العمائق والاسرار. يعلم ما هو في الظلمة وعنده يسكن النور.

23 اياك يا اله آبائي احمد واسبح الذي اعطاني الحكمة والقوة واعلمني الآن ما طلبناه منك لانك اعلمتنا امر الملك.

24 فمن اجل ذلك دخل دانيال الى أريوخ الذي عيّنه الملك لابادة حكماء بابل. مضى وقال له هكذا. لا تبد حكماء بابل. ادخلني الى قدام الملك فابيّن للملك التعبير.

25 حينئذ دخل أريوخ بدانيال الى قدام الملك مسرعا وقال له هكذا. قد وجدت رجلا من بني سبي يهوذا الذي يعرّف الملك بالتعبير.

26 اجاب الملك وقال لدانيال الذي اسمه بلطشاصر هل تستطيع انت على ان تعرّفني بالحلم الذي رأيت وبتعبيره.

27 اجاب دانيال قدام الملك وقال. السر الذي طلبه الملك لا تقدر الحكماء ولا السحرة ولا المجوس ولا المنجمون على ان يبيّنوه للملك.

28 لكن يوجد اله في السموات كاشف الاسرار وقد عرّف الملك نبوخذناصّر ما يكون في الايام الاخيرة. حلمك ورؤيا راسك على فراشك هو هذا.

29 انت يا ايها الملك افكارك على فراشك صعدت الى ما يكون من بعد هذا وكاشف الاسرار يعرّفك بما يكون.

30 اما انا فلم يكشف لي هذا السر لحكمة فيّ اكثر من كل الاحياء. ولكن لكي يعرّف الملك بالتعبير ولكي تعلم افكار قلبك

31 انت ايها الملك كنت تنظر واذا بتمثال عظيم. هذا التمثال العظيم البهي جدا وقف قبالتك ومنظره هائل.

32 راس هذا التمثال من ذهب جيد. صدره وذراعاه من فضة. بطنه وفخذاه من نحاس.

33 ساقاه من حديد. قدماه بعضهما من حديد والبعض من خزف.

34 كنت تنظر الى ان قطع حجر بغير يدين فضرب التمثال على قدميه اللتين من حديد وخزف فسحقهما.

35 فانسحق حينئذ الحديد والخزف والنحاس والفضة والذهب معا وصارت كعصافة البيدر في الصيف فحملتها الريح فلم يوجد لها مكان. اما الحجر الذي ضرب التمثال فصار جبلا كبيرا وملأ الارض كلها.

36 هذا هو الحلم. فنخبر بتعبيره قدام الملك

37 انت ايها الملك ملك ملوك لان اله السموات اعطاك مملكة واقتدارا وسلطانا وفخرا.

38 وحيثما يسكن بنو البشر ووحوش البر وطيور السماء دفعها ليدك وسلطك عليها جميعها. فانت هذا الراس من ذهب.

39 وبعدك تقوم مملكة اخرى اصغر منك ومملكة ثالثة اخرى من نحاس فتتسلط على كل الارض.

40 وتكون مملكة رابعة صلبة كالحديد لان الحديد يدق ويسحق كل شيء وكالحديد الذي يكسر تسحق وتكسّر كل هؤلاء.

41 وبما رأيت القدمين والاصابع بعضها من خزف والبعض من حديد فالمملكة تكون منقسمة ويكون فيها قوة الحديد من حيث انك رأيت الحديد مختلطا بخزف الطين.

42 واصابع القدمين بعضها من حديد والبعض من خزف فبعض المملكة يكون قويا والبعض قصما.

43 وبما رأيت الحديد مختلطا بخزف الطين فانهم يختلطون بنسل الناس ولكن لا يتلاصق هذا بذاك كما ان الحديد لا يختلط بالخزف.

44 وفي ايام هؤلاء الملوك يقيم اله السموات مملكة لن تنقرض ابدا وملكها لا يترك لشعب آخر وتسحق وتفني كل هذه الممالك وهي تثبت الى الابد.

45 لانك رأيت انه قد قطع حجر من جبل لا بيدين فسحق الحديد والنحاس والخزف والفضة والذهب. الله العظيم قد عرّف الملك ما سياتي بعد هذا. الحلم حق وتعبيره يقين

46 حينئذ خرّ نبوخذناصّر على وجهه وسجد لدانيال وأمر بان يقدموا له تقدمة وروائح سرور.

47 فاجاب الملك دانيال وقال. حقا ان الهكم اله الآلهة ورب الملوك وكاشف الاسرار اذ استطعت على كشف هذا السر.

48 حينئذ عظّم الملك دانيال واعطاه عطايا كثيرة عظيمة وسلطه على كل ولاية بابل وجعله رئيس الشحن على جميع حكماء بابل.

49 فطلب دانيال من الملك فولى شدرخ وميشخ وعبد نغو على اعمال ولاية بابل. اما دانيال فكان في باب الملك

   

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Arcana Coelestia#8581

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8581. 'behold, I [will be] standing before you there on the rock in Horeb' means the Lord in respect of the truths of faith. This is clear from the meaning of 'the rock' as faith, in this instance faith received from the Lord, or the Lord in respect of faith, for Jehovah - that is, the Lord - says 'Behold, I [will be] standing on the rock'; and from the meaning of 'Horeb' as God's law. Consequently the words used here mean the Lord in respect of the truths of faith, which come from His law or the Word. The fact that 'the rock' means the Lord in respect of faith, and on man's side the faith he receives from the Lord, is clear from very many places in the Word, as in Moses,

Ascribe 1 greatness to our God, the Rock, whose work is perfect. He caused him to ride on 2 the heights of the land, and fed him with the produce of the fields; He caused him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock. But when Jeshurun became fat he kicked; he forsook God who made Him, and despised the Rock of his salvation. You have been unmindful of 3 the Rock who begot you, and have forgotten the God who formed you. Their Rock sold them, and Jehovah shut them up. For their rock is not like our Rock. When it is said, Where are their gods, the rock in which they trusted? ... Deuteronomy 32:3-4, 13, 15, 18, 30-31, 37.

From these verses it is evident that Jehovah, that is, the Lord, is the One who is called 'the Rock'. The fact that 'the Rock' is Jehovah or the Lord in respect of faith is made plain by every detail there in the internal sense.

[2] In Daniel,

You were watching, until a stone was cut out, not by means of hands; and it struck the statue on its feet, which were iron and clay, and smashed them to pieces. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold together were smashed to pieces, and became like chaff from the summer threshing-floors; so that the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them. But the stone that struck the statue became a great rock and filled the whole earth. The God of heaven will cause a kingdom to arise that will never be destroyed, and also His kingdom will not be left to other people; it will crush and consume all those kingdoms, but will itself stand for ever. Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the rock, not by means of hands, and it smashed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold... Daniel 2:34-35, 44-45.

The subject here is the Lord and His kingdom, 'a stone' being used to mean faith, and 'a rock' the Lord in respect of faith. The fact that these things are meant by 'a stone' and 'a rock' is evident to anyone who gives thought to the matter. 'A stone' also means in the Word the truth that composes faith, see 643, 1298, 3720, 3769, 3771, 3773, 3789, 3798, 6426; therefore also the Lord in respect of Divine Truth is called 'the stone of Israel', 6426. The reason why 'a rock' means the Lord in respect of the truth of faith is that 'a rock' is also used to mean a fortress that withstands falsities. The actual fortress is the truth of faith, for this is what the battle against both falsities and evils is waged from.

[3] All this also makes it clear that in the following words in Matthew which the Lord addressed to Peter 'rock' is used to mean the Lord in respect of faith, and also faith received from the Lord,

I tell you, You Are Peter, and on this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Matthew 16:18-19.

As regards 'rock' here, that it means the Lord in respect of faith, and faith received from the Lord, and that 'Peter' represents that faith, see Preface to Genesis 22, and also 3750, 4738, 6000, 6073 (end), 6344 (end). It is also evident to anyone who thinks properly that the power to open heaven and close hell for the good, and to open hell and close heaven for the wicked, is the Lord's alone, and that the reason why such power accompanies faith is that faith comes from the Lord, and so likewise is the Lord's; that is, the Lord Himself is within faith. All power in the next life too comes through the truth of faith springing from good, 4931, 6344, 6423, 8200, 8304. One who thinks properly may also conclude that the Lord's Church has not been built on some person, thus not on Peter, but on the Lord Himself, that is, on faith in Him.

[4] From all this one can see what kind of errors they are, and how great, which those people slip into who adhere strictly to the sense of the letter of the Word. One can see why leaders of the Church are all too ready to seize on the idea that such power was given to Peter and consequently to those who call themselves his successors, for that idea lends support to what is in their heart. One can see how difficult it is for them to let themselves be convinced that this passage has any other meaning, for each wishes to gain supreme power. All this also shows how vital it is to know what 'rock', 'the keys', 'the gates of hell', and very many other things mean in the internal sense.

[5] The fact that Jehovah is called 'the Rock', and that when He is called this the Lord in respect of faith is meant, many other places in the Word also go to prove, such as the following, which will be quoted without further explanation. In Isaiah,

Send the lamb of the ruler of the land from the Rock towards the wilderness, to the mountain [of the daughter] of Zion. Isaiah 16:1.

In the same prophet,

You have forgotten [the God] of your salvation, and have not called to mind the Rock of your refuge. Isaiah 17:10.

In the same prophet,

Asshur will fall by the sword, not of man (vir). Also his rock will pass away by reason of terror. Isaiah 31:8-9.

In the same prophet,

Let the inhabitants of the Rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. Isaiah 42:11.

In the same prophet,

Pay attention to Me, you who are pursuing righteousness, who are seeking Jehovah. Look to the Rock from which you were hewn. Isaiah 51:1.

In Jeremiah,

Leave the cities and dwell in the Rock, O inhabitants of Moab. Jeremiah 48:28.

In the same prophet,

I am against you, O destroying mountain, destroying the whole earth. And I will stretch out My hand against you, and roll you down from the rocks, and make you into a mountain of burning. Nor will they take from you a stone for a corner, or a stone for foundations. Jeremiah 51:25-26.

This refers to Babel. In David,

He caused me to come up out of the pit of devastation, out of the muddy clay, and He set my feet upon a rock. Psalms 40:2.

In the same author,

From the end of the earth I cry to You, when my heart fails; You lead me to the Rock high up from me. Psalms 61:2.

In the same author,

I fed them with the fat of wheat, and with honey out of the rock I satisfied them. Psalms 81:16.

[6] Since 'a rock' meant the Lord in respect of faith, and faith received from the Lord, also the wondrous things spoken of in the Book of Judges took place on a rock,

The Angel of Jehovah told Gideon to take the flesh and unleavened bread and peace them on the rock, and pour out the broth. And fire went up from the rock and consumed the flesh and unleavened bread. Judges 6:20-21.

And elsewhere in the same book,

Manoah, Samson's father, took the kid of the she-goats and offered it on the rock. Then the Angel acted in a wondrous manner and ascended in the flame. Judges 13:19-20.

What meaning these things had becomes clear if what 'Gideon' and what 'Manoah, Samson's father' represented is discovered from the internal sense, also what was meant by 'the flesh and unleavened bread' and 'the broth', 'the kid of the she-goats' as well, and 'the fire'. For every single one of these was representative and had a spiritual meaning.

[7] Knowing that 'the Rock' means faith may lead also to an understanding of the reference to Moses' being pieced in the cleft of the rock when he was to see Jehovah, Exodus 33:20-23; for 'the cleft of the rock' means obscurity of faith. It is well known in the Churches that the rock in Horeb from which the water came out means the Lord; but now it has been shown that it means the Lord in respect of faith, and also that it means faith received from the Lord. A meaning similar to that which 'the rock in Horeb' possesses is also meant in the following words in Isaiah,

Say, Jehovah has redeemed His servant Jacob. At that time they will not thirst; in waste places He will lead them. He will make water flow for them from the rock, when He cleaves the rock so that water flows out. Isaiah 48:20-21.

The reason why the people were given the water from no other rock than the one in Horeb is that 'Horeb' means God's law; and the reason why God's law is meant by 'Horeb' is that the law was proclaimed from there. And faith which is received from the Lord is acquired from God's law, that is, from the Word; for through the Word the Lord teaches what faith is and also imparts faith.

脚注:

1. The Latin means literally I will give but the Hebrew means Give.

2. Reading equitare (to ride on) for evigilare (to arouse)

3. literally, You have given to forgetfulness

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