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Genesis第34章

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1 Kord läks Diina, Lea tütar, kelle Lea oli Jaakobile ilmale toonud, maa tütreid vaatama.

2 Aga maa vürsti hiivlase Hamori poeg Sekem nägi teda, võttis tema, magas ta juures ja naeris ta ära.

3 Kuid ta hing kiindus Diinasse, Jaakobi tütresse, ja ta armastas tütarlast ning rääkis tütarlapsele meelitusi.

4 Ja Sekem rääkis oma isa Hamoriga, öeldes: 'Võta see tüdruk mulle naiseks!'

5 Jaakob aga sai kuulda, et ta tütar Diina oli ära teotatud. Aga et ta pojad olid tema karjaga väljal, siis Jaakob vaikis, kuni nad koju tulid.

6 Ja Hamor, Sekemi isa, läks Jaakobi juurde, et temaga rääkida.

7 Jaakobi pojad tulid väljalt, kui nad sellest olid kuulda saanud; mehed olid nördinud ja nende viha süttis väga põlema, et ta Jaakobi tütre juures magades oli Iisraelis teinud häbiteo; sest nõnda ei tohtinud teha.

8 Ja Hamor rääkis nendega, öeldes: 'Mu poja Sekemi hing on kiindunud teie tütresse. Andke ta ometi temale naiseks!

9 Saage meiega langudeks, andke meile oma tütreid ja võtke enestele meie tütreid,

10 ja jääge meie juurde elama! Maa on lahti teie ees, elage, rännake ja kodunege siin!'

11 Ja Sekem ütles tema isale ja vendadele: 'Kui ma teie silmis armu leian, siis annan teile, mida te minult nõuate.

12 Pange mulle peale ükskõik kui palju mõrsjahinda ja kingitusi: ma annan, mida te minult nõuate. Andke ainult tütarlaps mulle naiseks!'

13 Siis kostsid Jaakobi pojad Sekemile ja tema isale Hamorile, rääkides aga kavalasti, sellepärast et ta nende õe Diina oli ära teotanud,

14 ja ütlesid neile: 'Me ei või teha niisugust asja, et anname oma õe mehele, kellel on eesnahk, sest see oleks meile häbiks.

15 Ainult sel tingimusel oleme teiega nõus, kui saate meie sarnaseiks, lastes kõik oma meesterahvad ümber lõigata.

16 Siis me anname oma tütreid teile ja võtame teie tütreid enestele, elame üheskoos teiega ja saame üheks rahvaks.

17 Aga kui te ei võta meid kuulda ega lase endid ümber lõigata, siis võtame oma tütre ja läheme ära.'

18 Ja nende sõnad olid head Hamori ja Hamori poja Sekemi silmis.

19 Ja noor mees ei kõhelnud nõnda tegemast, sest ta ihaldas Jaakobi tütart; ja tema oli lugupeetum kui kõik teised ta isakojas.

20 Siis Hamor ja ta poeg Sekem läksid oma linna väravasse ja rääkisid oma linna meestega, öeldes:

21 'Need mehed on rahuarmastajad meie suhtes. Elagu ja rännaku nad siin maal! Sest maa, vaata, laiub ju nende ees igat kätt. Siis võtame enestele naisteks nende tütreid ja anname oma tütreid neile.

22 Aga ainult sel tingimusel on mehed meiega nõus meie juures elama ja saama meiega üheks rahvaks, kui meil kõik meesterahvad ümber lõigatakse, nõnda nagu nemad ise on ümber lõigatud.

23 Nende karjad ja varandus ja kõik nende veoloomad, eks need saa siis meile. Olgem ainult nendega nõus, siis nad asuvad meie juurde elama!'

24 Ja nad võtsid kuulda Hamorit ja tema poega Sekemit, kõik, kes ta linna väravast läbi käisid; ja kõik meesterahvad lõigati ümber, kõik, kes ta linna väravast läbi käisid.

25 Aga kolmandal päeval, kui nad olid valudes, võtsid kaks Jaakobi poega, Siimeon ja Leevi, Diina vennad, kumbki oma mõõga ja läksid takistamatult linna ja tapsid ära kõik meesterahvad.

26 Nad tapsid mõõgateraga ka Hamori ja tema poja Sekemi, võtsid Sekemi kojast Diina ja läksid ära.

27 Jaakobi pojad tulid haigetele kallale ja riisusid linna, sellepärast et nad nende õe olid ära teotanud.

28 Nad võtsid ära nende lambad ja kitsed, veised ja eeslid ja mis iganes oli linnas või väljal.

29 Nad viisid ära kõik nende varanduse ja kõik nende lapsed ja naised, ja riisusid kõik, mis kodades oli.

30 Aga Jaakob ütles Siimeonile ja Leevile: 'Te saadate mind õnnetusse, sellepärast et te mind olete teinud vihatavaks maa elanike, kaananlaste ja perislaste hulgas! Mul on vähe mehi: kui nad kogunevad mu vastu, siis nad löövad mind ja me hukkume, niihästi mina kui mu pere!'

31 Kuid nemad vastasid: 'Kas ta siis tohtis talitada meie õega nagu hooraga?'

   

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Arcana Coelestia#4433

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4433. 'And he took her, and lay with her, and ravished her' means that there was no other way in which it could be joined to the affection for truth meant by the sons of Jacob, her brothers. This is clear from the meaning of 'taking her, lying with her, and ravishing her' as being joined together, though not in the rightful way, which is through betrothal. But the meaning these words carry, that there was no other way in which they could be joined together, cannot be seen by anyone unless he knows the fuller implications of them. Interior truth received from the Ancients, which is meant by 'Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite', is the truth which among the Ancients had served the internal dimension of the Church, and so had been the internal dimension of their statutes, judgements, and laws, in short of their religious observances and the like. Those truths were their matters of doctrine on which they based their lives, which were in fact matters of doctrine concerning charity; for in ancient times those who belonged to the genuine Church had no other kind of doctrine. These same truths may be called, in relation to doctrine, the interior truths of faith, but in relation to life, goods. If a Church was to be established among the nation descended from Jacob it was necessary for them to be introduced into those truths and goods. For unless internal things are present within external ones, that is, unless people have internal things in mind when involved with external ones - and unless at the same time they feel an affection for internal things or at least unless they feel an affection for external things on account of internal ones, nothing of the Church is there. Internal things constitute the Church, for the Lord is present within these; that is to say, spiritual and celestial things originating in Him are present within them.

[2] But the nation descended from Jacob, that is, the Israelitish and Jewish nation, was unable to be introduced in the rightful way which is through betrothal, for the reason that their external worship did not correspond [to anything internal]. For they received from their fore-fathers - from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob - the worship established by Eber, which was different externally from the worship of the Ancient Church, see 1238, 1241, 1343, 2180. And because that worship was different, interior truths which existed among the Ancients were not able to be joined to it in the rightful way through betrothal, only in the way described in this chapter. This enables one to understand what is involved in the assertion that there was no other way in which it could be joined to the affection for truth meant by 'the sons of Jacob, Dinah's brothers'.

[3] But although a joining together could have been effected in this way, in accordance with the law, also known to the Ancients, which is set out in Exodus 22:16; Deuteronomy 22:28-29, the character of that nation was nevertheless such that it would by no means allow any joining of interior truth received from the Ancients to the external forms of worship that existed among the descendants of Jacob, 4281, 4290, 4293, 4307, 4314, 4316, 4317. Among that nation therefore no Church could be established, but instead merely that which was a representative of the Church, see 4281, 4288, 4307. The character of that nation, which was such that it was not only unable to receive interior truths but also completely annihilated them among themselves, is represented in this chapter by the sons of Jacob answering Shechem and Hamor deceitfully, verse 13; and after that by Simeon and Levi's smiting the city with the edge of the sword and killing Shechem and Hamor, verses 25-26; and by the rest of the sons coming upon the slain and plundering the city, and taking away the flocks, the herds, and whatever there was in the city, in the field, and in the houses, verses 27-29. This shows what is meant by the prophetical utterances of Jacob, who by then was Israel,

Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of violence are their swords. Into their secret place let my soul not come; in their congregation let not my glory be united; for in their anger they killed a man, and in their pleasure they hamstrung an ox. Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their fury, for it is severe. I will divide them in Jacob, and will scatter them in Israel. Genesis 49:5-7.

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