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1 我們被擄掠第二十五年,耶路撒冷城攻破十四年,正在年初,之初十日,耶和華的靈(原文是)降在我身上,他把我到以色列地。

2 的異象中帶我到以色列,安置在至上;在上的邊有彷彿一座城建立。

3 我到那裡,見有一,顏色(原文是形狀)如銅,拿麻繩和量度的竿,站在門口

4 對我子啊,凡我所指示你的,你都要用眼,用耳,並要放在上。我帶你到這裡,特為要指示你;凡你所見的,你都要告訴以色列家。

5 我見殿四圍有。那量度的竿,長肘,每肘是肘零掌。他用竿量,厚竿,高竿。

6 他到了朝東的,就上的臺階,量的這檻,寬竿;又量的那檻,寬竿。

7 又有衛房,每房長竿,寬竿,相隔五肘。檻,就是挨著向殿的廊檻,寬竿。

8 他又量向殿的廊子,寬竿。

9 又量廊,寬肘,牆柱厚肘;那的廊子向著殿。

10 洞有衛房:這旁間,那旁間,都是樣的尺寸;這邊的柱子和那邊的柱子,也是樣的尺寸。

11 他量門口,寬肘,長十三肘。

12 衛房前展出的境界:這邊肘,那邊肘;衛房這邊肘,那邊肘。

13 又量洞,從這衛房頂的後檐到那衛房頂的後檐,寬二十五肘;衛房相對。

14 又量(原文是造)廊子六十肘(七十士譯本是二十肘),牆柱外是院子,有廊為界,在洞兩邊。

15 從大門口到內廊前,共五十肘。

16 衛房和洞兩旁柱間並廊子,都有嚴緊的窗櫺;裡邊都有窗櫺,柱上有雕刻的棕樹。

17 我到外院,見院的四圍有鋪石地;鋪石地上有屋子三十間。

18 鋪石地,就是矮鋪石地在各洞兩旁,以洞的長短為度。

19 他從下量到內院外,共寬一肘,東面面都是如此。

20 他量外院朝,長寬若干。

21 洞的衛房,這旁間,那旁間。洞的柱子和廊子,與第一的尺寸一樣。洞長五十肘,寬二十五肘。

22 其窗櫺和廊子,並雕刻的棕樹,與朝東的尺寸一樣。登層臺階上到這,前面有廊子。

23 內院有與這相對,面東面都是如此。他從這量到那,共一肘。

24 他帶我往去,見朝,又照先前的尺寸量洞的柱子和廊子。

25 門洞兩旁與廊子的周圍都有窗櫺,和先量的窗櫺一樣。門洞長五十肘,寬二十五肘。

26 層臺階上到這門,前面有廊子;柱上有雕刻的棕樹,這邊棵,那邊棵。

27 內院朝。從這量到朝的那,共一肘。

28 我從到內院,就照先前的尺寸量

29 衛房和柱子,並廊子都照先前的尺寸。門洞兩旁與廊子的周圍都有窗櫺。門洞長五十肘,寬二十五肘。

30 周圍有廊子,長二十五肘,寬五肘。

31 廊子朝著外院,柱上有雕刻的棕樹。登層臺階上到這門。

32 我到內院的東面,就照先前的尺寸量東

33 衛房和柱子,並廊子都照先前的尺寸。門洞兩旁與廊子的周圍都有窗櫺。門洞長五十肘,寬二十五肘。

34 廊子朝著外院。門洞兩旁的柱子都有雕刻的棕樹。登層臺階上到這門。

35 我到,就照先前的尺寸量那

36 就是量衛房和柱子,並廊子。門洞周圍都有窗櫺;門洞長五十肘,寬二十五肘。

37 廊柱朝著外院。門洞兩旁的柱子都有雕刻的棕樹。登層臺階上到這門。

38 洞的柱旁有屋子和;祭司(原文是他們)在那裡洗燔祭牲。

39 廊內,這邊有兩張桌子,那邊有兩張桌子,在其上可以宰殺燔祭牲、贖祭牲,和贖愆祭牲。

40 上到朝門口,這邊有兩張桌子廊那邊也有兩張桌子

41 這邊有桌子,那邊有桌子,共張;在其上祭司宰殺犧牲。

42 為燔祭牲有桌子,是鑿過的石頭做成的,長肘半,寬肘半,肘。祭司將宰殺燔祭牲和平安祭牲所用的器皿放在其上。

43 有鉤子,寬掌,釘在廊內的四圍。桌子上有犧牲的

44 旁,內院裡有屋子,為歌的人而設。這屋子朝:原文是東);在旁,又有間朝

45 他對我:這朝子是為看守殿宇的祭司

46 那朝的屋子是為看守祭壇祭司。這些祭司是利未人中撒督的子孫,近前來事奉耶和華的

47 他又量內院,長一肘,寬一肘,是見方的。祭壇在殿前。

48 於是他我到殿前的廊子,量廊子的牆柱。這面厚五肘,那面厚五肘。兩旁,這邊肘,那邊肘。

49 廊子長二十肘,寬十肘。上廊子有臺階。靠近牆又有子,這邊根,那邊根。

   

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Arcana Coelestia#655

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655. The window that was to be finished to a cubit above' means the understanding part of the mind. This may become clear to anyone from what has been stated so far, and also from the fact that when the subject is the construction of the ark and 'the ark' means the member of the Church, the understanding part cannot be compared to anything other than 'a window above'. Similar examples occur in the Word in which man's understanding part, that is, his internal sight - whether reason is present or mere reasoning - is called a 'window', as in Isaiah,

O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted, I will make your suns (windows) of ruby, and your gates into carbuncle stones, and all your border into pleasant stones. Isaiah 54:11-12.

Here the word 'suns' is used instead of the word 'windows' because of the light sent in or through. 'Suns' or 'windows' here are intellectual concepts springing indeed from charity, which is why they are likened to a ruby. 'Gates' are rational concepts deriving from these, and 'border' is factual knowledge and sensory evidence. Here the subject is the Lord's Church.

[2] All the windows of the Temple in Jerusalem had the same representation; the highest represented intellectual concepts, the middle rational concepts, while the lowest represented facts and sensory evidence, for there were three storeys, 1 Kings 6:4, 6, 8. Similarly the windows of the New Jerusalem, in Ezekiel 40:16, 22, 25, 33, 36.

In Jeremiah,

Death has come up into our windows, it has entered our palaces, cutting off the young child from the street and young men from the lanes. Jeremiah 9:21.

Here middle-storey windows are meant, which is to say that rational concepts are being destroyed. 'The young child in the street' is new-born truth. Since 'windows' means intellectual concepts and rational concepts, which are matters of truth, the same also means reasonings, which are matters of falsity, as in the same prophet,

Woe to him who builds his house in unrighteousness, and his upper rooms not in judgement, who says, I will build myself a wide house and spacious upper rooms, and he cuts out windows for himself, panelling it with cedar and painting it with vermilion. Jeremiah 22:13-14.

The 'windows' stands for false assumptions. In Zephaniah,

Herds of beasts will lie down in the midst of her, every wild beast of that nation. Both the spoonbill and the qippod 1 will lodge in her pomegranates. 2 A voice will sing in the window, vastation will be on the threshold. Zephaniah 2:14.

This refers to Asshur and Nineveh. 'Asshur' stands for the understanding, here when it has been laid waste, while 'a voice singing in the windows' stands for reasonings based on false notions.

脚注:

1. The meaning of this Hebrew word is uncertain.

2. The original Hebrew word is thought to describe capitals shaped like pomegranates.

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