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Ezekiel第41章

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1 Derpå førte han mig til det hellige og målte pillerne, de var seks Al brede på begge Sider;

2 Indgangen var ti Alen bred, dens Sidevægge fem Alen til begge Sider; og han målte dets Længde til fyrretyve Alen og Bredden til tyve.

3 Derpå gik han ind i Inderhallen og målte indgangens Piller; de var to Alen, og Indgangen var seks Alen bred og Sidevæggene syv Alen brede til begge Sider.

4 Og han målte dets Længde til tyve Alen og Bredden til tyve ud for Tempelrummet. Og han sagde til mig: "Dette er det Allerhelligste."

5 Derpå målte han Templets Mur; den var seks Alen bred; og Tilbygningen var fire Alen bred Templet rundt.

6 Tilbygningen lå um ved um, tre Aum oven på hverandre tredive Gange, og der var Fremspring, så Bjælkerne ikke greb ind i Templets Mur.

7 Således var Tilbygningens um bredere og bredere opad, efter som Tempelmuren var trukket tilbage opad, Templet rundt. Fra det nederste Stokværk steg man op til det mellemste, og derfra op til det øverste.

8 Og jeg så ved Templet en ophøjet brolagt Plads hele Vejen rundt. Tilbygningens Grundmure var et fuldt Mål høje, seks Alen til Kanten.

9 Tilbygningens Ydermur var fem Alen bred. Der var en åben Plads langs Templets Tilbygning.

10 En afspærret Plads, tyve Alen bred, omgav Templet på alle Sider.

11 Tilbygningens Døre førte ud til den åbne Plads, en Dør mod Nord og en anden mod Syd; og den åbne Plads var fem Alen bred på alle Sider.

12 Den Bygning, som lå ved den afspærrede Plads imod Vest, var halvfjerdsindstyve Alen bred, dens Mur var fem Alen tyk til alle Sider, og den var halvfemsindstyve Alen lang.

13 Han målte Templet; det var hundrede Alen langt; den afspærrede Plads tillige med Bagbygningen og dens Mure var hundrede Alen lang,

14 og Templets Forside tillige med den afspærrede Plads mod Øst var hundrede Alen bred.

15 Og han målte Længden af Bagbygningen langs den afspærrede Plads, som lå bag den; den var hundrede Alen. Det Hellige, Inderhallen og den ydre Forhal

16 var træklædt. Vinduer, som udvidede sig indad, gav Lys rundt om i alle tre um, og Væggene derinde var klædt med Træ rundt om fra Gulv til Vinduer,

17 og fra Indgangens Sidevægge til det indre um var der Væggen rundt

18 udskåret Arbejde, Keruber og Palmer, en Palme mellem to Keruber; Keruberne havde to Ansigter;

19 Menneskeansigtet vendte mod Palmen på den ene Side og Løveansigtet mod Palmen på den anden Side; således var der gjort hele Templet rundt.

20 Fra Gulv til Vinduer var der fremstillet Keruber og Palmer på det Helliges Væg.

21 Ved Indgangen til det Hellige var der firkantede Dørstolper. Foran Helligdommen var der noget, der så ud som

22 et Træalter, tre Alen højt, to Alen langt og to Alen bredt; det havde Hjørner, og dets Fodstykke og Vægge var af Træ. Og han sagde til mig: "Dette er Bordet, som står for HE ENs Åsyn."

23 Det Hellige havde to Dørfløje;

24 ligeledes havde Helligdommen to Dørfløje; hver Fløj var to bevægelige Dørflader, to på hver Fløj.

25 Og på dem var der fretillet Keruber og Palmer ligesom på Væggene. Der var et Trætag uden for Forhallen.

26 Der var gitrede Vinduer og Palmer på Forhallens Sidevægge til begge Sider..."

   


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Arcana Coelestia#9603

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9603. 'All the curtains shall have one measure' means that the state of affairs shall be the same [with each one]. This is clear from the meaning of 'measure' as the state of affairs as regards truth, dealt with in 3104, so that 'all the curtains shall have one measure' means that the state of affairs shall be the same with every truth. The expression 'the same state of affairs', when applied to the truths of faith in the spiritual kingdom, means that they all look towards good, and through good towards the Lord, the Source of it. Truths which do not look in this direction are not the truths of faith, nor consequently are they truths of the Church or of heaven. Truths which look in some other direction may indeed to outward appearance seem like truths, but they are not truths because they are devoid of life. For the life of truth is good, and good comes from the Lord, who Alone is life. Truths that look in any other direction are like members of a body without a soul, which are not the members of any body because they are devoid of life and so are useless.

[2] The fact that 'measure' means the state of affairs as regards truth, and also the state of affairs as regards good, is evident from the places in the Word where the measures of the new Jerusalem, and also those of the new temple, are the subject. The new or holy Jerusalem means the Lord's New Church, as does the new temple; therefore by their measures states of affairs as regards truth and as regards good are meant, as in John,

The angel had a gold reed to measure the holy Jerusalem, and its gates, and its wall. And he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. He measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits, which is the measure of a man (homo), that is, of an angel. Revelation 21:15-17.

The measures stated here, it is plainly evident, mean states as regards good and truth, for 'the holy Jerusalem' is the Lord's New Church, 'its gates and wall' being the protective truths of faith. 'Twelve thousand' means all the truths and forms of good in their entirety; and 'a hundred and forty-four' has a similar meaning, 7973, for this number is similar in meaning to the number twelve because it is the product of twelve multiplied by twelve, and 'twelve' means all truths and forms of good in their entirety, see 577, 2089, 2129 (end), 2130 (end), 3272, 3858, 3913. 'The measure of a man, that is, of an angel' means that this is what the state of the Church and of heaven is like as regards forms of the good of love and truths of faith; for 'a man' is the Church and 'an angel' is heaven. Without knowledge of what is meant by 'the holy Jerusalem', by 'its gates and wall', by the number 'twelve thousand furlongs', and by the measure of the wall being 'a hundred and forty-four [cubits]', and also what is meant by 'the measure', 'a man', and 'an angel', would anyone ever know [the real meaning of the description] that the measure of the city was twelve thousand furlongs, or that the measure of a wall of 144 cubits was the measure of a man, that is, of an angel?

[3] Much the same is meant by the measuring in Zechariah,

I raised my eyes and saw, and behold, a man (vir) who had a measuring line in his hand. I said, Where are you going? And he said, To measure Jerusalem to see how broad it is and how long it is. Zechariah 2:1-2.

Also in Chapters 40-42 of Ezekiel, which speak about the man with a measuring rod, who measured the houses of the new city, and also the temple - the walls, gates, footings, thresholds, windows, and steps. Unless the measurements in these places had meant the states of the thing as regards truth and good, such details would never have been mentioned. 'Measuring' generally means the state of the truth and good: In Jeremiah,

Thus said Jehovah, If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth beneath searched out, behold, I will nevertheless reject the seed of Israel on account of all that they have done. Behold, the days are coming in which the city for Jehovah will be built. And the measuring line will again go out over the hill of Gareb, and around towards Goah. Jeremiah 31:37-39.

And also in Isaiah,

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, marked off 1 the heavens with His span, and gathered the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills on the scales? Isaiah 40:12.

脚注:

1. literally, weighed

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