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Genezo第49章

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1 Kaj Jakob alvokis siajn filojn, kaj diris: Kolektigxu, kaj mi sciigos al vi, kio farigxos al vi en la tempo venonta.

2 Kunvenu kaj auxskultu, filoj de Jakob, Kaj auxskultu Izraelon, vian patron.

3 Ruben, vi estas mia unuenaskito, Mia forto kaj komenco de mia vireco, Supro de digno kaj supro de potenco;

4 Rapidema kiel akvo, vi ne staros plej alte, CXar vi supreniris sur la liton de via patro; Tiam vi malhonoris mian liton per la supreniro.

5 Simeon kaj Levi, fratoj; Iloj kruelaj estas viaj glavoj,

6 En ilian konsilon mia animo ne iru, Al ilia kunveno ne aligxu mia honoro; CXar en sia kolero ili mortigis viron Kaj pro sia kaprico ili kripligis bovon.

7 Malbenita estu ilia kolero, cxar gxi estas forta, Kaj ilia furiozo, cxar gxi estas kruela. Mi dividos ilin en Jakob, Kaj mi disjxetos ilin en Izrael.

8 Jehuda, vin lauxdos viaj fratoj; Via mano estas sur la nuko de viaj malamikoj; Klinigxos antaux vi la filoj de via patro.

9 Juna leono estas Jehuda; De cxasakiro, mia filo, vi levigxis. Li genuigxis, kusxigxis kiel leono kaj kiel leonino; Kiu lin levos?

10 Ne forprenigxos sceptro de Jehuda, Nek regbastono de inter liaj piedoj, GXis venos paco Kaj al li humiligxos la popoloj.

11 Li alligas al la vinbertrunko sian azenidon Kaj al la delikata vinberbrancxo la filon de sia azenino; Li lavas en vino sian veston Kaj en sango de vinberoj sian mantelon.

12 Liaj okuloj estas rugxaj de vino Kaj la dentoj blankaj de lakto.

13 Zebulun logxos cxe la bordo de maro, CXe albordigxejo de sxipoj, Kaj lia limo atingos Cidonon.

14 Isahxar estas fortosta azeno; Li kusxos inter la barajxoj.

15 Kaj li vidis, ke ripozo estas bona Kaj la tero estas agrabla; Kaj li klinis sian sxultron por portado Kaj farigxis laboristo por tributo.

16 Dan jugxos sian popolon, Kiel unu el la triboj de Izrael.

17 Dan estos serpento cxe la vojo, Cerasto cxe la irejo, Mordanto de kalkano de cxevalo, Ke gxia rajdanto falas malantauxen.

18 Vian helpon mi esperas, ho Eternulo.

19 Gadon premos amaso, Sed li repremos gxin je la kalkano.

20 CXe Asxer estas grasa lia pano, Kaj li liverados frandajxojn al regxoj.

21 Naftali estas belkura cervo; Li donas belajn parolojn.

22 Fruktoporta arbo estas Jozef, Fruktoporta arbo super fonto; La brancxoj etendigxis super la muron.

23 CXagrenis lin pafistoj Kaj pafis kaj malamikis kontraux li;

24 Sed forta restis lia pafarko Kaj elastaj estas liaj brakoj, Per la manoj de la Potenculo de Jakob, Per la Pasxtisto, la Roko de Izrael.

25 La Dio de via patro donos al vi helpon, La Plejpotenculo benos vin Per benoj de la cxielo supre, Per benoj de la abismo, kiu kusxas malsupre, Per benoj de la mamoj kaj de la utero.

26 La benoj de via patro estas pli fortaj, Ol la benoj de miaj gepatroj, GXis la limo de la eternaj altajxoj. Ili estu sur la kapo de Jozef Kaj sur la verto de la elektito inter liaj fratoj.

27 Benjamen estas lupo karnosxira; Matene li mangxos cxasakiron, Kaj vespere li dividos rabajxon.

28 Tio estas cxiuj dek du triboj de Izrael; kaj tio estas, kion diris al ili ilia patro; kaj li benis ilin, cxiun per aparta beno li benis.

29 Kaj li ordonis al ili, kaj diris al ili: Mi alkolektigxas al mia popolo; enterigu min apud miaj patroj en la kaverno, kiu trovigxas sur la kampo de Efron la HXetido,

30 en la duobla kampa kaverno, kiu trovigxas antaux Mamre en la lando Kanaana kaj kiun Abraham acxetis kune kun la kampo de Efron la HXetido kiel tomban posedajxon.

31 Tie oni enterigis Abrahamon kaj lian edzinon Sara, tie oni enterigis Isaakon kaj lian edzinon Rebeka, kaj tie mi enterigis Lean,

32 sur la kampo kaj en la kaverno sur gxi, kiuj estas acxetitaj de el la filoj de HXet.

33 Kaj Jakob finis la ordonadon al siaj filoj, kaj li kunigis siajn piedojn sur la lito, kaj mortis kaj alkolektigxis al sia popolo.

   

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Apocalypse Explained#432

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432. Verse 5. Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.

"Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand," signifies love to the Lord, and that all who are in that love are in heaven, and come into heaven. "Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand," signifies the light of truth from that good, and that all who are in that light are in heaven, and come into heaven. "Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand," signifies the good of life thence.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Arcana Coelestia#9873

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9873. All this now makes clear what the twelve precious stones in the breastplate of judgement served to mean, namely all the kinds of good and truth of heaven in their proper order. Heaven is divided into two kingdoms, the celestial and the spiritual. The good of the celestial kingdom was represented by the first two rows, which were on the right side of the breastplate, and the good of the spiritual kingdom by the next two rows, which were on the left side. The internal good of the celestial kingdom is the good of love to the Lord; this is the good that is meant by the celestial love of good. The external good of the celestial kingdom however is the good of mutual love; this is the good that is meant by the celestial love of truth. But the internal good of the spiritual kingdom is the good of charity towards the neighbour; this is the good that is meant by the spiritual love of good. And the external good of the spiritual kingdom is the good of faith; this is the good that is meant by the spiritual love of truth. These kinds of good and truth in this order constitute the heavens, see 9468, 9473, 9680, 9683, 9780.

[2] From this it is now evident what the twelve stones, which were called the Urim and Thummim, represented. But in what way the Divine Truths which were answers were made known by means of them will be stated below in 9905. The fact that the good of love occupied the first place there and the truth of faith the last is clear from the first stone's being a ruby and the last's being a jasper, thus from the first stone's being red in colour, and the last's being white, both of them translucent. For the meaning of 'red' as the good of love, see 3300, 9467; and for that of 'white' as the truth of faith, 3301, 3993, 4007, 5319.

[3] Much the same as is meant by the stones in the breastplate was also meant by the materials used in weaving the ephod. The ephod was woven from violet, purple, twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen, as is evident from verse 6 of the present chapter, and 'violet' meant the truth of celestial love, 'purple' the good of celestial love, 'twice-dyed scarlet' the good of spiritual love, and 'fine linen' the truth of spiritual love, 9833. The reason why much the same was meant is that 'the ephod' meant heaven on last and outermost levels, in the same way as 'the breastplate' does, 9824. But the kinds of good and truth are listed in a different order there, because 'the ephod' meant the spiritual heaven, whereas 'the breastplate' means all heaven from first to last. And since the dwelling-place along with the tent also represented heaven, 9457, 9481, 9485, 9615, the material from which its curtains and veils were woven were likewise violet, purple, double-dyed scarlet, and fine twined linen, see the previous Chapters, 26:1, 31, 36; 27:16, and 9466-9469.

[4] In addition it should be recognized that in the general sense SAPPHIRE means the external part of the celestial kingdom and SHOHAM the external part of the spiritual kingdom. And because these two stones had this meaning they were the middle stones belonging to the secondary rows, that is to say, the sapphire was the middle stone in the second row, and the shoham the middle stone in the fourth row. The stones belonging to the second row meant the external good of the celestial kingdom, which has been called the celestial love of truth, and the stones belonging to the fourth row meant the external good of the spiritual kingdom, which has been called the spiritual love of truth, see what has been stated about them above in this paragraph 9873.

[5] The fact that 'sapphire' means the external part of the celestial kingdom is evident from places in the Word where it is mentioned, such as in the Book of Exodus,

Seventy of the elders saw the God of Israel, and under His feet there was so to speak a work of sapphire, and it was like the substance of the sky for clearness. Exodus 24:10.

The external part of the celestial kingdom is so described, because the words 'under His feet', meaning what is external, are used, and where 'the God of Israel', who is the Lord, is, there heaven is. In Isaiah,

O afflicted one and storm-tossed, and receiving no comfort! Behold, I am arranging your stones with antimony, and will lay your foundations in sapphires. Isaiah 54:11.

The subject in this chapter is the celestial kingdom. The foundations which will be laid in sapphires, are the external things there; for foundations lie underneath.

[6] In Jeremiah,

Her Nazirites were brighter than snow, they were whiter than milk. Their bones 1 were ruddier than pearls, 2 polished like sapphires. 3 Lamentations 4:7.

Nazirites represented the celestial man, which is why it says 'polished like sapphires', 'polished' referring to what is external. In Ezekiel,

Above the expanse that was above the heads of the cherubs, in appearance like a sapphire stone, there was the likeness of a throne, and above the likeness of a throne there was the appearance of a man (homo) sitting upon it. Ezekiel 1:26; 10:1.

Here also 'sapphire' is used to describe the external part of the celestial kingdom; for what is above the expanse or round about is outside, that which is inmost being the one 'sitting upon a throne'.

[7] Just as sapphire stone means the external part of the celestial kingdom, so shoham stone means the external part of the spiritual kingdom. Therefore also this was the stone which was placed on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod with the names of the sons of Israel inscribed on them, which are dealt with in verses 9-14 of the present chapter; for the ephod represented the external part of the spiritual kingdom, 9824. Since shoham and sapphire in the general sense meant the external parts of two heavens, they were placed in the middle of the sets of three stones forming the second and fourth rows, as stated above. For the middle includes the whole, as is also true of the robe, which in the general sense has represented the spiritual kingdom, because it comes in the middle, as shown above in 9825. Because those two stones include everything meant by all the other stones in those rows, it says in Job,

Wisdom cannot be compared with the gold of Ophir, with the precious shoham and the sapphire. Job 28:16.

脚注:

1. i.e. bodies

2. In other places Swedenborg has rubies or gem stones.

3. literally, sapphires their polishing

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