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1 Kaj jen estas la jugxoj, kiujn vi proponos al ili:

2 Se vi acxetos sklavon Hebreon, li servu dum ses jaroj; sed en la sepa li eliru libera senpage.

3 Se li venis sola, li eliru sola; se li estas edzigita, tiam lia edzino eliru kune kun li.

4 Se lia sinjoro donis al li edzinon kaj sxi naskis al li filojn aux filinojn, tiam la edzino kaj sxiaj infanoj restu cxe sia sinjoro, kaj li eliru sola.

5 Sed se la sklavo diros:Mi amas mian sinjoron, mian edzinon, kaj miajn infanojn, mi ne volas liberigxi;

6 tiam lia sinjoro alkonduku lin antaux la potenculojn kaj starigu lin apud la pordo aux apud la fosto, kaj lia sinjoro trapiku lian orelon per aleno, kaj li estu lia sklavo por cxiam.

7 Kaj se iu vendos sian filinon kiel sklavinon, sxi ne eliru kiel eliras la sklavoj.

8 Se sxi ne placxas al sia sinjoro, al kiu sxi estis fordonita, tiam li donu al sxi la eblon elacxetigxi; al fremda popolo sxin vendi li ne havas la rajton, cxar li kondutis ne honeste kontraux sxi.

9 Se iu transdonos sxin al sia filo, li agu kun sxi laux la rajto de filinoj.

10 Se li prenos por li alian edzinon, tiam nutrajxo, vestoj, kaj edzina vivo ne devas esti rifuzataj al sxi.

11 Kaj se tiujn tri aferojn li ne faros por sxi, tiam sxi eliru senpage, sen elacxeto.

12 Se iu batos homon kaj tiu mortos, li estu mortigita.

13 Sed se li ne agis malbonintence, nur Dio pusxis tiun sub lian manon, Mi difinas al vi lokon, kien li povas forkuri.

14 Sed se iu intence mortigis sian proksimulon per ruzo, tiam ecx de Mia altaro forprenu lin, ke li mortu.

15 Kiu batas sian patron aux sian patrinon, tiu devas esti mortigita.

16 Kaj se iu sxtelas homon por vendi lin, aux oni trovas tiun en lia mano, li devas esti mortigita.

17 Kiu malbenas sian patron aux sian patrinon, tiu devas esti mortigita.

18 Se homoj kverelos, kaj unu batos la alian per sxtono aux per pugno kaj tiu ne mortos, sed devos kusxi en lito:

19 se li levigxos kaj irados ekstere per apogilo, tiam la batinto estu senkulpa; li nur kompensu al li lian malliberigitecon kaj zorgu pri lia kuracado.

20 Se iu batos sian sklavon aux sian sklavinon per bastono, kaj tiu mortos sub lia mano, tiam oni devas lin puni;

21 sed se tiu restos viva dum unu aux du tagoj, tiam oni ne devas lin puni; cxar tio estas lia mono.

22 Se viroj kverelos kaj frapos gravedan virinon, kaj sxi abortos, sed ne farigxos malfelicxo, tiam oni punu lin per monpuno, kian metos sur lin la edzo de la virino, kaj li pagu gxin laux decido de jugxantoj.

23 Sed se farigxos malfelicxo, tiam donu animon pro animo,

24 okulon pro okulo, denton pro dento, manon pro mano, piedon pro piedo,

25 bruldifekton pro bruldifekto, vundon pro vundo, kontuzon pro kontuzo.

26 Kaj se iu batos okulon de sia sklavo aux de sia sklavino kaj difektos gxin, tiam li forliberigu tiun kompense pro la okulo.

27 Kaj se li elbatos denton de sia sklavo aux denton de sia sklavino, li forliberigu tiun kompense pro la dento.

28 Se bovo kornobatos viron aux virinon kaj tiu mortos, tiam oni sxtonmortigu la bovon kaj gxia viando ne estu mangxata, sed la mastro de la bovo restu senkulpa.

29 Sed se la bovo estis kornobatema antauxe kaj oni tion sciigis al gxia mastro kaj li gxin ne gardis kaj gxi mortigis viron aux virinon, tiam la bovon oni sxtonmortigu kaj gxian mastron oni mortigu.

30 Se oni metos sur lin elacxeton, tiam li donu pro sia animo tian elacxetan sumon, kia estos metita sur lin.

31 Se filo aux filino estos kornobatita, oni agu kun li en la sama maniero.

32 Se iun sklavon aux sklavinon kornobatos la bovo, tiam tridek sikloj da mono devas esti pagitaj al ties mastro kaj la bovo devas esti sxtonmortigita.

33 Se iu malfermos kavon, aux elfosos kavon, kaj ne kovros gxin, kaj falos tien bovo aux azeno,

34 tiam la mastro de la kavo devas kompensi per mono al gxia mastro, kaj la kadavro apartenu al li.

35 Se la bovo de iu homo kornobatos bovon de lia proksimulo tiel, ke gxi mortos, tiam ili vendu la vivan bovon kaj dividu inter si egalparte la monon pro gxi, kaj ankaux la kadavron ili dividu.

36 Sed se oni sciis, ke la bovo estis kornobatema antauxe, kaj gxia mastro gxin ne gardis, tiam ili pagu bovon pro la bovo, kaj la kadavro apartenu al li.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#8906

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8906. 'You shall not steal' means that no one's spiritual goods or possessions must be taken away from him, and that things which are the Lord's must not be attributed to self. This is clear from the meaning of 'stealing' as taking spiritual goods or possessions away from someone. The reason why 'stealing' has these meanings is that wealth and riches in the spiritual sense are cognitions or knowledge of goodness and truth, in general everything that composes the faith and charity, that is, the spiritual life a person has. Therefore taking these away from someone is what 'stealing' means in the spiritual sense. And since all spiritual goods or possessions, that is, everything composing faith and charity, come wholly from the Lord and not at all from man, 'stealing' also means attributing to self things which are the Lord's. People who do this are also called 'thieves' and 'robbers' in John,

Truly I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who is entering by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. I am the door of the sheep. All who were before Me were thieves and were robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door; if anyone enters through Me he will be saved, and will go in and out, and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come in order that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. John 10:1-13.

'Entering by the door into the sheepfold' doing so through the Lord, for the Lord is 'the door', as He Himself says. 'The sheep' are those who have charity and consequently faith, and they enter the fold through the Lord when they acknowledge that He is the source of everything composing faith and charity; for then these flow in from Him. But to attribute them to others, especially to self, is to take them away, which is 'to kill and destroy' them. People who attribute entirely to themselves those things which are the Lord's also assume that merit lies in works and consider themselves righteous; such people are dealt with in 1110, 1877, 2027, 2273, 2340, 2373, 2400, 3816, 4007 (end), 4174, 4943, 6388-6390, 6392, 6393, 6478. This then is 'stealing' in the spiritual sense, and it is what comes to mind with angels in heaven when a person reads in the Word about 'stealing'; for angels understand the Word wholly on a spiritual level.

[2] 'Stealing' has a like meaning in Hosea,

When I healed Israel the iniquity of Ephraim was revealed, and the evils of Samaria; for they practiced a lie, and a thief came, a band [of robbers] encircles the house. 1 Now their own works surround them before My face; they make a king glad through their wickedness, and princes through their lies. Hosea 7:1-3.

And in Joel,

The day of Jehovah comes. Fire devours before him, and behind him a flame burns; like the garden of Eden is the land before him, but behind him there is a desert waste. Its appearance is like the appearance of horses, and like horsemen, so they run. Like the noise of chariots over the peaks of mountains [they leap]. They run about the city, they run on the wall, they climb up into the houses, they go in through the windows like a thief. The earth quaked before him, the heavens trembled. The sun and the moon were darkened, and the stars withdrew their shining. Joel 2:1-10.

This refers to the desolation of the Church, when falsities break in and destroy truths. These falsities are 'the thieves that climb up houses and go in through the windows'. Will anyone fail to wonder why it says that the day of Jehovah will be 'like the appearance of horses', and that at this time 'like horsemen, so they will run', 'they will run about the city, run on the wall, climb up into the houses, and go in through the windows', and 'the earth will quake, the heavens will tremble, the sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars will withdraw their shining'? The person who does not know anything about the internal sense and in his heart calls into doubt the holiness of the Word will say that these are simply words without anything of God concealed in them; and he will perhaps call the sayings meaningless. But the person who believes that the Word is most holy because it is Divine, and furthermore knows that there is an internal sense, in which the Church, heaven, and the Lord Himself are the subject, will profess that every word there carries weight. Therefore let a brief explanation be given of what the words and sayings there mean.

[3] 'The day of Jehovah' is the final state or final period of the Church, when there is no longer truth but falsity instead. 'The fire' which devours before him is the desire for evil, and 'the fire' which burns after him is the resulting desire for falsity. 'The appearance of horses' is intellectual powers that reason from falsity as if from truth; 'the horsemen' who run are reasoners; 'chariots' are matters of doctrine that uphold falsity; 'the city' is doctrine itself; 'the wall' on which they run is a false essential; 'the houses' which they will climb up are a person's will; 'the windows' which they will go in through are intellectual concepts; 'a thief' is falsity which takes away truth; 'the earth' which will quake before him is the Church, and so are 'the heavens' which will tremble; 'the sun' is love to the Lord, 'the moon' faith in Him, which are said 'to be darkened' when they are no longer apparent; 'the stars' are cognitions or knowledge of goodness and truth which will no longer possess light from faith and love, thus from heaven, meant by 'withdrawing their shining'. From all this one may recognize what these words in general imply, and also in what sense that day or final state of the Church is called 'a thief' who will climb up houses and go in through the windows - falsity which will at that time take possession of the entire person, of both his will and his understanding, and so will take away all truth and goodness. 'A thief' has a like meaning in Obadiah,

The Lord Jehovih said to Edom, If thieves come to you, if those who overturn in the night - how you will have been cut off! - will they not steal that which is enough for themselves? Obad. verses 1, 5.

'A thief' or 'one who steals' has a like meaning in Zechariah 5:1-4; Psalms 50:18-20; Matthew 6:19-20.

[4] As all the regulations which the Lord commanded the children of Israel were founded on the laws of order which exist in heaven, that is, they sprang from the spiritual world and derived their essential nature from there, this was no less so with the laws laid down regarding thefts, such as the law,

Anyone who has stolen an ox and sells it shall repay five, or four if one of the flock. Exodus 21:37. 2

Also these laws,

If a thief has been struck while breaking in, no blood [is required] for him; but if the sun has risen, blood [is required]. A thief must pay compensation or be sold. If [what he has stolen] is found in his hand he shall restore double. Exodus 22:2-4.

Anyone who steals a man and sells him - and he is found in his hand - shall surely die. Exodus 21:16.

If there is found a man who has stolen a soul from his brothers, from the children of Israel, and has made profit on him, when he has sold him, that thief shall be killed, so that you remove evil from the midst of you. Deuteronomy 24:7.

'Men from the children of Israel' in the internal sense are those who are governed by the truths and forms of the good of faith. Accordingly in the abstract sense they are the truths and forms of good themselves, 5414, 5879, 5951, so that 'stealing a man from the children of Israel' means taking these away, and 'selling him' means alienating them and also reducing them to a state of servitude. For since truths and forms of the good of faith come from the Lord they exist in a state of freedom, and are subservient to none except the Lord alone; but when they are alienated they come into a state of servitude since they are subservient to some evil of self-love or love of the world, thus to some bodily desire. This is how that law [in Deuteronomy 24:7] was derived and what it corresponds to; and since from being in freedom the Church's truth and good is reduced to subservience, and so from being living is made dead, the punishment, which is the outcome, is death.

脚注:

1. lit a troop spreads itself out of doors

2Exodus 22:1 in English Bibles

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