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Genesis第9章

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1 Ja Jumal õnnistas Noad ja tema poegi ning ütles neile: 'Olge viljakad, teid saagu palju ja täitke maa!

2 Teid peavad kartma ja pelgama kõik maa loomad ja kõik taeva linnud, kõik, kes maa peal liiguvad, ja kõik mere kalad; need on teie kätte antud.

3 Kõik, mis liigub ja elab, olgu teile roaks; kõik selle annan ma teile nagu halja rohugi.

4 Kummatigi ei tohi te liha süüa ta hingega, see on: ta verega!

5 Tõepoolest, teie eneste verd ma nõuan taga: ma nõuan seda kõigilt loomadelt, ja ma nõuan inimestelt vastastikku inimese hinge!

6 Kes valab inimese vere, selle vere valab inimene, sest inimene on tehtud Jumala näo järgi!

7 Ja teie olge viljakad, teid saagu palju, siginege maa peal ja paljunege seal!'

8 Ja Jumal rääkis Noa ja tema poegadega, kes ta juures olid, ning ütles:

9 'Mina, vaata, teen lepingu teiega ja teie järglastega pärast teid,

10 ja iga elava hingega, kes teie juures on: lindudega, kariloomadega ja kõigi metsloomadega, kes teie juures on, kõigiga, kes laevast välja tulid, kõigi maa loomadega.

11 Ma teen teiega lepingu, et enam ei hävitata kõike liha uputusveega ja veeuputus ei tule enam maad rikkuma.'

12 Ja Jumal ütles: 'Lepingu tähis, mille ma teen enese ja teie ja iga teie juures oleva elava hinge vahel igavesteks põlvedeks, on see:

13 ma panen pilvedesse oma vikerkaare ja see on lepingu tähiseks minu ja maa vahel.

14 Kui ma kogun maa kohale pilvi ja pilvedes nähakse vikerkaart,

15 siis ma mõtlen oma lepingule, mis on minu ja teie ja iga elava hinge vahel kõiges lihas, ja vesi ei saa enam kõike liha hävitavaks uputuseks.

16 Kui pilvedes on vikerkaar, siis ma vaatan seda ja mõtlen igavesele lepingule Jumala ja iga elava hinge vahel maa peal olevas kõiges lihas.'

17 Ja Jumal ütles Noale: 'See on selle lepingu tähis, mille ma olen teinud enese ja kõige liha vahel, mis maa peal on.'

18 Ja Noa pojad, kes laevast välja tulid, olid Seem, Haam ja Jaafet; ja Haam oli Kaanani isa.

19 Need kolm olid Noa pojad ja neist rahvastus kogu maa.

20 Noa hakkas põllumeheks ja istutas viinamäe.

21 Ta jõi veini, jäi joobnuks ja ajas oma telgis enese paljaks.

22 Aga Haam, Kaanani isa, nägi oma isa paljast ihu ja rääkis sellest oma kahele vennale õues.

23 Siis Seem ja Jaafet võtsid vaiba ja panid enestele õlgadele, läksid tagurpidi ja katsid kinni oma isa palja ihu; nende näod olid ära pööratud, nõnda et nad oma isa paljast ihu ei näinud.

24 Kui Noa ärkas oma veiniuimast ja sai teada, mis ta noorem poeg oli teinud,

25 siis ta ütles: 'Neetud olgu Kaanan, saagu ta oma vendadele sulaste sulaseks!'

26 Ta ütles veel: 'Kiidetud olgu Issand, Seemi Jumal, ja Kaanan olgu tema sulane!

27 Jumal andku avarust Jaafetile, ta elagu Seemi telkides ja Kaanan olgu tema sulane!'

28 Ja Noa elas pärast veeuputust kolmsada viiskümmend aastat.

29 Ja kõiki Noa elupäevi oli üheksasada viiskümmend aastat; siis ta suri.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#1044

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1044. 'And it will be for a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth' means a token of the Lord's presence in charity, 'the earth' here being a person's proprium. This is clear from what has been stated already. That 'the earth' means a person's Proprium is clear from the internal sense and from the whole train of thought. Above it was stated that 'this is the sign of the covenant between Me and you and every living soul that is with you' meant whatever has been regenerated; but here the wording is different - 'it will be for a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth'. From this, and also from the repetition of 'sign of the covenant', it is evident that something different is meant here, and indeed that 'the earth' is that which has not been regenerated, and which is incapable of being, namely the will part of a person's proprium.

[2] When somebody is regenerate he belongs to the Lord so far as the understanding Part of his mind is concerned but belongs to himself so far as the will part of it is concerned. These two parts in the spiritual man are opposed to each other. But although the will part of a person's proprium is opposed, its continuing presence is nevertheless inevitable. Indeed all the obscurity in the understanding part, that is, all the thickness of his cloud, originates there. It is constantly flowing in from there, and in the measure it flows in so the cloud in the understanding part thickens; but in the measure it is taken away, the cloud thins out. This is why 'the earth' here means a person's proprium. That 'the earth' means the bodily part of man's nature as well as having many other meanings has been shown already.

[3] The relationship between those two parts is like two parties who were first of all joined together by a covenant of friendship - as will and understanding were in the member of the Most Ancient Church - and then the friendship was broken off and hostility arose, as happened when man corrupted totally the will part of him. After that, when the covenant is renewed, the hostile part presents itself as though the covenant were with it. But no covenant is made with it because it is utterly opposed and contrary. It is made instead with that which flows in from it, as has been stated, that is, with the understanding part of the proprium. The sign or token of the covenant is this, that to the extent the Lord is present in the understanding part of the proprium the will part of it will be taken away. The relationship between the two is just like that of heaven and hell. The understanding part of a regenerate person, by virtue of the charity in which the Lord is present, is heaven, while the will part of him is hell. To the extent the Lord is present in heaven, hell is removed; for when he subsists from himself man is in hell, but when he does so from the Lord he is in heaven. Man is constantly being raised up from hell into heaven, and so far as he is raised up his hell is taken away from him. The sign or token therefore that the Lord is present rests in the fact that man's own will is taken away. The possibility of that removal is achieved by means of temptations and many other means of regeneration.

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