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创世记第44章

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1 约瑟吩咐家宰说:『把粮食装满这些袋,尽着他们的驴所能驮的,又把各子放在各袋里,

2 并将我的杯和那少年人籴粮的子一同装在他的袋里。』家宰就照约瑟所行了;

3 天一亮就打发那些人带着走了。

4 他们出城走了不远,约瑟对家宰:『起来,追那些人去,追上了就对他们:「你们为甚麽以恶报善呢?

5 这不是我人饮酒的杯吗?岂不是他占卜用的吗?你们这样行是作恶了。」』

6 家宰追上他们,将这些对他们了。

7 他们回答:『我为甚麽这样的呢?你仆人断不能作这样的事。

8 你看,我们从前在袋里所见的子,尚且从迦南带来还你,我们怎能从你人家里呢?

9 仆人中无论在谁那里搜出来,就叫他,我们也作我的奴仆。』

10 家宰:『现在就照你们的行吧!在谁那里搜出来,谁就作我的奴仆;其馀的都没有罪。』

11 於是他们各急忙把口袋卸在,各打开口袋。

12 家宰就搜查,从年长的起到年幼的为止,那杯竟在便雅悯的口袋里搜出来。

13 他们就撕裂衣服,各把驮子抬在上,回城去了。

14 犹大和他弟兄们到约瑟的中,约瑟还在那里,他们就在他面前俯伏於

15 约瑟对他们:『你们作的是甚麽事呢?你们岂不知像我这样的必能占卜吗?』

16 犹大:『我们甚麽呢?还有甚麽话可呢?我们怎能自己表白出来呢?已经查出仆人的罪孽了。我们与那在他中搜出杯来的都是我的奴仆。

17 约瑟:『我断不能这样行!在谁的中搜出杯来,谁就作我的奴仆;至於你们,可以平平安安地上你们父亲那里去。』

18 犹大他,:『我啊,求你容仆人一句给我听,不要向仆人发烈怒,因为你如同法老一样。

19 曾问仆人:「你们有父亲兄弟没有?」

20 我们对我:「我们有父亲,已经年老,还有他老年所生的一个小孩子。他哥哥死了,他母亲只撇下他一人,他父亲他。」

21 你对仆人:「把他带到我这里来,叫我亲眼看看他。」

22 我们对我:童子不能离开他父亲,若是离开,他父亲

23 你对仆人:你们的小兄弟若不与你们一同来,你们就不得再见我的面。

24 我们上到你仆人─我们父亲那里,就把我告诉了他。

25 我们父亲:你们再去给我籴些粮来。

26 我们我们不能去。我们的小兄弟若和我们同往,我们就可以去。因为,小兄弟若不与我们同往,我们必不得见那的面。

27 仆人─我父亲我们:你们知道我的妻子给我生了两个儿子。

28 个离开我出去了;我他必是被撕碎了,直到如今我也没有见他。

29 现在你们又要把这个带去离开我,倘若他遭害,那便是你们使我白发苍苍、悲悲惨惨地阴间去了。

30 父亲的命与这童子的命相连。如今我回到你仆人─我父亲那里,若没有童子与我们同在,

31 我们父亲见没有童子,他就必。这便是我们使你仆人我们父亲白发苍苍、悲悲惨惨地阴间去了。

32 因为仆人曾向我父亲为这童子作保,说:我若不他回来交给父亲,我便在父亲面前永远担罪。

33 现在求你容仆人住下,替这童子作我的奴仆,叫童子和他哥哥们一同上去。

34 若童子不和我同去,我怎能上去见我父亲呢?恐怕我见灾祸临到我父亲身上。

   

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Arcana Coelestia#5793

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5793. Verses 18-31 And Judah approached him and said, By me, 1 my lord, let your servant, I beg you, speak a word in my lord's ears, and do not let your anger burn against your servant, for as you are, so is Pharaoh. My lord questioned his servants, saying, Have you a father, or a brother? And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, the youngest one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left to his mother, and his father loves him. And you said to your servants, Cause him to come down to me, and I will set my eye on him. And we said to my lord, The boy cannot leave his father; and should he leave his father, [his father] will die. And you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again. And so it was, when we went up to your servant my father, that we told him my lord's words. And our father said, Return, buy us a little food. And we said, We cannot go down; if our youngest brother is with us we will go down, for we cannot see the man's face if our youngest brother is not with us. And your servant my father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons. And one went out from me, and I said, He has surely been torn to pieces; and I have not seen him since. And you are taking this one also from before my face, and should harm befall him, you will cause my grey hair to go down in evil to the grave. And now, when I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us, and his soul being bound up with his soul, it will be, when he sees that the boy is not there, that he will die, and your servants will cause the grey hair of your servant our father to go down in sorrow to the grave.

'And Judah approached him' means a communication of the external man with the internal through good. 'And said' means perception. 'By me, my lord' means a pleading. 'Let your servant, I beg you, speak a word in my lord's ears' means to be received and heard. 'And do not let your anger burn against your servant' means lest he turn away. 'For as you are, so is Pharaoh' means that he has control over the natural. 'My lord questioned his servants, saying' means perception of their thought. 'Have you a father, or a brother?' means the good that is the source, and the truth that is the means. 'And we said to my lord' means a reciprocated perception. 'We have a father, an old man' means that spiritual good is their source. 'And a child of his old age, the youngest one' means truth that is new, springing from that good. 'And his brother is dead' means that internal good does not exist. 'And he alone is left to his mother' means that this is the only truth the Church possesses. 'And his father loves him' means that this truth exists joined to spiritual good from the natural. 'And you said to your servants' means an imparted perception. 'Cause him to come down to me' means that this truth which is new must be made subject to internal good. 'And I will set my eye on him' means a flowing in at this point of truth from good. 'And we said to my lord' means a reciprocated perception. 'The boy cannot leave his father' means that that truth cannot be separated from spiritual good. 'And should he leave his father, [his father] will die' means that, if separated, the Church would perish. 'And you said to your servants' means a perception regarding this matter. 'If your youngest brother does not come down with you' means if it is not made subject to internal good. 'You will not see my face again' means that in that case no mercy is at hand and there is no joining to truths in the natural. 'And so it was, when we went up to your servant my father' means a raising up to spiritual good. 'That we told him my lord's words' means an awareness of this matter. 'And our father said' means perception received from spiritual good. 'Return, buy us a little food' means that the good of truth should be made their own. 'And we said, We cannot go down' means an objection. 'If our youngest brother is with us we will go down' means unless the intermediary that accomplishes the joining together is with them. 'For we cannot see the man's face' means since no mercy is at hand and there is no joining together. 'If our youngest brother is not with us' means except through the intermediary. 'And your servant my father said to us' means perception received from spiritual good. 'You know that my wife bore me two sons' means if spiritual good is what the Church possesses, internal good and truth will exist. 'And one went out from me means an apparent departure of internal good. 'And I said, He has surely been torn to pieces' means a perception that it was destroyed by evils and falsities. 'And I have not seen him since' means because it has disappeared. 'And you are taking this one also from before my face' means if the new truth likewise departs. 'And should harm befall him' means caused by evils and falsities. 'You will cause my grey hair to go down in evil to the grave means that spiritual good and so the internal aspect of the Church is going to perish. 'And now, when I come to your servant my father' means the good of the Church corresponding to the spiritual good which is that of the internal Church. 'And the boy is not with us' means if the new truth is not with them. 'And his soul being bound up with his soul' means when more closely joined together. 'It will be, when he sees that the boy is not there, that he will die' means that spiritual good will perish. 'And your servants will cause the grey hair of your servant our father to go down in sorrow to the grave' means that the Church will be done for.

脚注:

1. The Latin per me represents the Hebrew Bi, which usually expresses entreaty, as here. But cp Chapter 43:20.

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