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1 Toisena Nebukadnetsarin vaItakunnan vuotena näki Nebukadnetsar unta, josta hän hämmästyi, niin että hän heräsi.

2 Ja kuningas käski tähtientutkiat ja viisaat ja noidat ja Kaldealaiset kutsuttaa kokoon, sanomaan kuninkaalle hänen untansa. Ja he tulivat ja astuivat kuninkaan eteen.

3 Ja kuningas sanoi heille: minä näin unta, josta minä peljästyin, ja minä mielelläni tahtoisin tietää, mikä se uni oli.

4 Niin sanoivat Kaldealaiset kuninkaalle Syrian kielellä: kuningas eläköön kauvan! sano palvelioilles uni, niin me tahdomme selittää sen.

5 Kuningas vastasi ja sanoi Kaldealaisille: minä olen unhottanut; jollette minulle ilmoita unta ja selitä sitä, niin te pitää kappaleiksi hakattaman, ja teidän huoneenne lokaläjäksi kukistettaman.

6 Vaan jos te minun tietää annatte unen ja selityksen, niin teidän pitää saaman lahjoja, antimia ja suuren kunnian minulta: sentähden sanokaat minulle uni ja sen selitys.

7 He vastasivat jälIeen ja sanoivat: kuningas sanokaan palvelioillensa unen, me tahdomme sen selittää.

8 Kuningas vastasi ja sanoi: totisesti minä ymmärrän, että te aikaa kulutatte, koska te näette minun sen unohtaneeksi.

9 Mutta jollette minulle unta sano, niin tuomio käy teidän ylitsenne, että te olette aikoneet minun edessäni puhua vääryyttä, siihenasti että aika kuluis: sentähden sanokaat minulle uni, niin minä ymmärrän, että te myös selityksen osaatte.

10 Niin vastasivat Kaldealaiset kuninkaan edessä ja sanoivat: ei yhtään ihmistä ole maan päällä, joka sanoa taitaa, mitä kuningas anoo; niin ei ole myös yhtään kuningasta, kuinka suuri ja voimallinen hän olis, joka senkaltaista tähtientutkialta, viisaalta eli Kaldealaiselta vaatii.

11 Sillä se, jota kuningas anoo, on ylen korkia, ja ei yksikään ole, joka sen kuninkaalle sanoa taitaa, paitsi jumalia, jotka ihmisten seassa ei asu.

12 Silloin vihastui kuningas sangen suuresti, ja käski kaikki viisaat Babelissa tapettaa.

13 Ja tuomio annettiin, että viisaat tapettaman piti; ja Danielia hänen kumppaniensa kanssa myös etsittiin tapettaviksi.

14 Silloin saatti Daniel toisen neuvon ja käskyn Ariokille, kuninkaan ylimmäiselle päämiehelle, joka meni ulos tappamaan viisaita Babelissa.

15 Ja hän vastasi ja sanoi kuninkaan käskyläiselle Ariokille: miksi niin ankara tuomio on käynyt ulos kuninkaalta? Ja Ariok antoi Danielin tietää sen asian.

16 Niin meni Daniel ylös ja rukoili kuningasta, että hän antais hänelle aikaa, sanoaksensa kuninkaalle selitystä.

17 Ja Daniel meni kotia ja ilmoitti sen kumppaneillensa Hananialle, Misaelille ja Asarialle,

18 Että he taivaan Jumalalta armoa rukoilisivat sen salaisen asian tähden, ettei Daniel kumppaninensa ynnä muiden viisasten kanssa Babelissa hukkuisi.

19 Niin ilmoitettiin Danielille se salainen asia yöllä näyssä: niin Daniel kiitti Jumalaa taivaasta,

20 Vastasi ja sanoi: kiitetty olkoon Jumalan nimi ijankaikkisesta ijankaikkiseen! sillä hänen on viisaus ja väkevyys.

21 Hän muuttaa ajat ja hetket; panee pois kuninkaat ja asettaa kuninkaat; hän antaa viisaille viisauden ja ymmärtäväisille taidon ja ymmärryksen.

22 Hän ilmoittaa syvät ja salaiset asiat; hän tietää, mitä pimiässä on, sillä hänen tykönänsä on sula valkeus.

23 Minä kiitän ja ylistän sinua minun isäini Jumala, ettäs minulle viisautta ja väkevyyttä lainaat, ja nyt minulle ilmoittanut olet, jota me sinulta rukoilimme; sinä olet meille kuninkaan asian ilmoittanut.

24 Silloin meni Daniel Ariokin tykö, jolla kuninkaalta käsky oli viisaita Babelissa hukuttaa; hän meni ja sanoi hänelle näin: älä tapa viisaita Babelissa, vaan vie minut ylös kuninkaan tykö, minä tahdon kuninkaalle selityksen sanoa.

25 Ariok vei Danielin kiiiruusti kuninkaan eteen, ja sanoi hänelle näin: minä olen löytänyt yhden miehen Juudalaisten vankien seasta, joka kuninkaalle selityksen sanoa taitaa.

26 Kuningas vastasi ja sanoi Danielille, joka Belsatsariksi kutsuttiin: oletko sinä se, joka minulle sen unen, jonka minä nähnyt olen, ja hänen selityksensä ilmoittaa taidat?

27 Daniel vastasi kuninkaan edessä ja sanoi: sitä salautta, jota kuningas anoo, ei viisaat, tähtientutkiat, oppineet ja noidat taida kuninkaalle ilmoittaa.

28 Vaan Jumala on taivaissa, joka taitaa salaiset asiat julistaa, hän tiettäväksi teki kuningas Nebukadnetsarille, mitä tulevaisina aikoina tapahtuman pitää. Tämä on sinun unes ja sinun näkys, kuin sinä makasit.

29 Sinä kuningas vuoteessas ajattelit mitä tästedes tapahtuman pitäis; ja se, joka salaiset ilmoittaa, hän on sinulle osoittanut, kuinka tapahtuman pitää.

30 Niin ovat senkaltaiset asiat minulle ilmoitetut, ei minun viisauteni tähden, niinkuin se olis suurempi kuin kaikkein, jotka elävät, vaan sentähden että sen selitys pitäis kuninkaalle tiettäväksi tuleman, ja sinä saisit sinun sydämes ajatukset tietää.

31 Sinä kuningas näit, ja katso, suuri ja korkia kuva seisoi suurella kirkkaudella sinun edessäs; ja se oli hirmuinen nähdä.

32 Sen kuvan pää oli parhaimmasta kullasta; mutta sen rinta ja käsivarret olivat hopiasta; sen vatsa ja lanteet olivat vaskesta.

33 Sen sääret olivat raudasta; sen jalat olivat puolittain raudasta ja puolittain savesta.

34 Sen sinä näit, siihenasti kuin yksi kivi temmattiin ilman käsiä, ja löi sen kuvan jalkoihin, jotka raudasta ja savesta olivat, ja murensi ne rikki.

35 Silloin tulivat ne kaikki muserretuksi, rauta, savi, vaski, hopia ja kulta, ja tulivat niinkuin akanat suviriihessä, ja tuuli vei ne pois, niin ettei niiden siaa ensinkään löydetty; mutta kivi joka kuvaa löi, tuli suureksi vuoreksi, niin että se kokonaan maan täytti.

36 Tämä on uni; nyt me tahdomme kuninkaalle sen selityksen sanoa:

37 Sinä kuningas olet kuningasten kuningas, jolle Jumala taivaasta valtakunnan, voiman, väkevyyden ja kunnian antanut on;

38 Ja kaikki, joissa ihmisen lapset asuvat, ja eläimet kedolla ja linnut taivaan alla on hän sinun käsiis antanut, ja sinulle näiden kaikkein päälle lainasi vallan: sinä se kultainen pää olet.

39 Sinun jälkees pitää toisen valtakunnan tuleman, halvemman kuin sinä; sitte se kolmas valtakunta, joka vaskinen on, jonka pitää kaikki maakunnat hallitseman.

40 Sen neljännen valtakunnan pitää kovan oleman niinkuin raudan; sillä niinkuin rauta särkee ja murentaa kaikki, ja niinkuin rauta kaikki rikkoo, juuri niin tämän piti myös särkemän ja murentaman.

41 Mutta ettäs näit jalat ja varpaat, puolittain savesta ja puolittain raudasta, sen pitää jaetun valtakunnan oleman; kuitenkin pitää raudan vahvuudesta siihen jäämän, niinkuin sinä näit raudan olevan savella sekoitetun.

42 Ja että varpaat sen jaloissa puolittain rautaa ja puolittain savea oli, niin sen pitää puolittain vahvan ja puolittain heikon valtakunnan oleman.

43 Ja ettäs näit raudan sekoitetun savella, niin he kyllä ihmisen siemenellä sekoitetaan, mutta ei he kuitenkaan riipu kiinni toinen toisessansa; niinkuin ei rautaa taideta sekoittaa saven kanssa yhteen.

44 Mutta näiden kuningasten aikana on Jumala taivaasta yhden valtakunnan asettava, jota ei ikänä kukisteta, ja hänen valtakuntansa ei pidä toiselle kansalle annettaman: sen pitää kaikki nämät valtakunnat särkemän ja hajoittaman, mutta sen pitää ijankaikkisesti pysymän.

45 Niinkuin sinä näit kiven, ilman käsiä vuoresta temmatun, joka raudan, vasken, saven, hopian ja kullan murensi: niin on suuri Jumala kuninkaalle näyttänyt, kuinka tästälähin tapahtuman pitää; ja tämä on totinen uni ja sen selitys on oikia.

46 Niin lankesi kuningas Nebukadnetsar kasvoillensa, ja kumarsi Danielia, ja käski tehdä hänelle ruokauhria ja polttouhria.

47 Ja kuningas vastasi Danielia ja sanoi: totisesti on teidän Jumalanne kaikkein jumalain Jumala ja kaikkein kuningasten Herra, joka salaiset asiat ilmoittaa, ettäs tämän salaisen asian olet ilmoittaa taitanut.

48 Niin kuningas korotti Danielin, ja antoi hänelle suuria ja paljon lahjoja, ja asetti hänen kaikkein Babelin valtakuntain päälle ja päämieheksi kaikkein viisasten päälle Babelissa.

49 Ja Daniel rukoili kuningasta, että hän pani Babelin maakuntain päälle Sadrakin, Mesakin ja Abednegon; mutta Daniel itse oli kuninkaan tykönä hänen kartanossansa.

   


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9406. 'And under His feet' means the lowest level of meaning, which is that of the letter itself. This is clear from the meaning of 'feet' as natural things, dealt with in 2162, 3147, 3761, 3986, 4280, 4938-4952, so that the soles under the feet are the lowest things in the natural order. The reason why the lowest level of meaning in the Word, which is the sense of the letter, is meant here by 'under the feet' is that these words refer to Divine Truth or the Word, which comes from the Lord and is the Lord, as may be recognized from what has come before. And the lowest level of God's truth or the Word is the Word as it exists in the sense of the letter, that is, the natural sense since it is intended for the natural man. The fact that the sense of the letter contains an internal sense, which in comparison is spiritual and heavenly, is clear from all those things which have been shown up to now regarding the Word. But the more worldly- and bodily-minded a person is, the less he understands this, because he does not allow himself to be raised into spiritual light and from there to see what the Word is like, namely that in the letter it is natural and in the internal sense is spiritual. For it is possible to see from the spiritual world or the light of heaven what lower things down to the lowest are like, but not from below upwards, 9401 (end), and so to see that the Word in the letter is as described above.

[2] Since the Word in the letter is natural, and natural things are meant by 'the feet', the lowest level of the Word, like the lowest of the Church, is called 'the place of Jehovah's feet', also 'His footstool', 1 as well as 'clouds and darkness' in comparison, as in Isaiah,

They will keep Your gates open continually, to bring to You the army 2 of the nations, and their kings in procession. 3 The glory of Lebanon will come to You, the fir, the pine, and the box tree together, to beautify the place of My sanctuary; and I will make the place of My feet glorious. Isaiah 60:11, 13.

This refers to the Lord and to His kingdom and Church. 'The army of the nations' is used to mean those with whom forms of the good of faith exist, and 'kings' to mean those with whom the truths of faith are present. For the meaning of 'nations' as those with whom forms of the good of faith exist, see 1259, 1328, 1416, 1849, 4574, 6005, and for that of 'kings' as those with whom truths are present, 1672, 2015, 2069, 3009, 4575, 4581, 4966, 5044, 5068, 6148. 'The glory of Lebanon', or the cedar, is spiritual good and truth; 'the fir, the pine, and the box tree' are corresponding, natural forms of good and truth; 'the place of the sanctuary' is heaven and the Church, and the Word as well; 'the place of the feet' is heaven, the Church, and the Word as well, on their lowest levels. The reason why the Word as well is meant is that heaven is heaven, and the Church likewise the Church, by virtue of Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, and Divine Truth which makes the Church and heaven is the Word. This also explains why the inmost part of the tent in which the ark containing the law was is called 'the sanctuary'; for 'the law' is the Word, 6752. In the same prophet,

The heavens are My throne and the earth My footstool. Isaiah 66:1.

[3] In David,

Exalt Jehovah our God, and worship at His footstool. Holy is He! Moses and Aaron were among His priests; He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. Psalms 99:5-7.

'Jehovah's footstool' which they were to worship at is Divine Truth on its lowest levels, thus the Word. 'Moses and Aaron' in the representative sense are the Word, see 7089, 7382, 9373, 9374, and 'cloud' is the Word in the letter or Divine Truth on its lowest levels, see Preface to Genesis 18, and 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343 (end), 6752, 8106, 8781; and from all this it is evident what 'speaking in the pillar of cloud' means.

[4] In the same author,

We heard of Him in Ephrathah, we found Him in the fields of the wood. We will enter His dwelling-places, and we will bow down at His footstool. Psalms 132:6-7.

This refers to the Lord and the revelation of Himself in the Word. 'Finding Him in Ephrathah' means doing so in the spiritual-celestial sense of the Word, 4585, 4594, 'in the fields of the wood' in the natural or literal sense of the Word, 3220, 9011 (end). 'Footstool' stands for Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, as it exists on the lowest levels of the Word.

[5] In the same author,

Jehovah bowed heaven, and thick darkness was under His feet. He made darkness His hiding-place - darkness of waters, clouds of the heavens. From the brightness before Him His clouds passed away. Psalms 18:9, 11-12.

This refers to the Lord's coming and presence in the Word. 'Thick darkness under His feet' stands for the sense of the letter of the Word, as does 'darkness of waters' and 'clouds of the heavens'. The fact that this very sense holds within itself Divine Truth as this exists in the heavens is meant by 'He made darkness His hiding-place'; and the fact that at the presence of the Lord the internal sense then appears, as it exists in heaven, and in its glory, is meant by 'from the brightness before Him His clouds pass away'. In Nahum,

The way of Jehovah is in storm and tempest, and the clouds are the dust of His feet. Nahum 1:3.

Here also 'the clouds' stands for the Word in the sense of the letter, which is also meant by 'storm and tempest', in which 'the way of Jehovah' lies.

[6] When God's truth as it is in heaven shines through for a person in the actual sense of the letter, this sense is then portrayed as 'the feet', which have a shine 'like that of burnished bronze', as also in Daniel,

I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a Man clothed in linen whose loins were girded with gold of Uphaz, and His body was like tarshish; 4 and His face was like the appearance 5 of lightning, and His eyes were like fiery torches; His arms and His feet were like the shine of burnished bronze, and the sound of His words like the sound of a crowd. Daniel 10:5-6.

Here 'a Man clothed in linen' is used to mean in the highest sense the Lord; and since the Lord is meant it is also used to mean Divine Truth emanating from Him. For Divine Truth that emanates from the Lord is the Lord Himself in heaven and in the Church. God's truth or the Lord on lowest levels is meant by 'arms and feet like the shine of burnished bronze', and also by 'the sound of His words like the sound of a crowd'; and something similar is meant in Ezekiel 1:7.

[7] The successive state of the Church on this planet so far as reception of God's truth emanating from the Lord is concerned is also meant by the statue seen by Nebuchadnezzar, in Daniel,

The head of the statue was gold, its breast and its arms were silver, its belly and thighs were bronze, its legs were iron, its feet were partly iron and partly clay which did not cohere with each other. And the stone cut out of the rock smashed to pieces the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. Daniel 2:32-35, 43, 45.

The first state of the Church so far as reception of God's truth emanating from the Lord is concerned is 'the gold', because 'gold' means celestial good, which is the good of love to the Lord, 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, 8932. The second state is meant by 'the silver', this being spiritual good, which is the good of faith in the Lord and of charity towards the neighbour, 1551, 2954, 5658, 7999. The third state is meant by 'the bronze', which is natural good, 425, 1551. And the fourth state is meant by 'the iron', which is natural truth, 425, 426. 'The clay' means falsity, which does not cohere with truth and good. The smashing to pieces of the iron, bronze, silver, and gold by the stone cut out of the rock means the destruction of the Church so far as reception of truth from the Word is concerned when the sense of the letter of the Word is used to reinforce falsity and evil. This happens when the Church is in its final state, at which time it is no longer governed by any heavenly love, only by worldly and bodily love. This was how it was with the Word so far as reception of it among the Jewish nation was concerned when the Lord came into the world. And it is how it is with the Word among the majority at the present day. They are not even aware that there is anything inwardly present in the Word; and if they were told that there is and what it is like they would not accept it. Yet in most ancient times, which are meant by 'the gold', people saw within the sense of the letter of the Word nothing apart from what was heavenly, almost independently of the letter.

From all this it may now be recognized that 'the God of Israel' and what was seen 'under His feet' means the Word on its lowest level of meaning, which is the sense of the letter.

脚注:

1. literally, the stool of His feet

2. Though the Hebrew word means army it may be rendered alternatively as strength or as wealth. Most English versions of the Scriptures prefer one of these.

3. literally, their kings will be led

4. A Hebrew word for a particular kind of precious stone, possibly a beryl.

5. literally, the face

  
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8932. 'You shall not make [to be] with Me gods of silver and gods of gold' means that they are to avoid completely things which to outward appearances look like truths and forms of good but inwardly are falsities and evils. This is clear from the meaning of 'making gods' as worshipping, since someone who makes gods for himself does so in order to worship them; from the meaning of 'silver' as truth, and therefore in the contrary sense as falsity, and from the meaning of 'gold' as good, and therefore in the contrary sense as evil, both dealt with in 113, 1551, 1552, 2954, 5658, 6914, 6917, 7999. The reason why these are things which to outward appearances look like truths and forms of good, but inwardly are falsities and evils, is that the words 'making them with Me', that is, with Jehovah God, are used. Actual Divine Truth and Goodness reside on an inner level; they reside on an outer level as well, but then they are embodied in types or representative images. For the outward things composing a type or image stand for and represent inner realities. Outward things are falsities and evils when, separated from inner realities, they are held to be holy and are worshipped; and yet they still look like truths and forms of good because they represent those realities. These things are meant by 'making [to be] with Jehovah God gods of silver and gods of gold'.

[2] This commandment follows immediately after the Ten Commandments because the Israelite and Jewish people were the sort that held outward things separated from inward realities to be holy and worshipped them as being altogether Divine, 3479, 3769, 4281, 4293, 4307, 4314, 4316, 4433, 4680, 4825, 4832, 4844, 4847, 4865, 4903, 6304, 6832, 8814, 8819. To gain more definite knowledge of what those things are which look to outward appearances like truths and forms of good but inwardly are falsities and evils, and what those things are like, take as examples all the ritual practices of the Jewish Church, such as sacrifices, burning incense, washings, and many other practices. Outwardly they were truths and forms of good, not in themselves but because they were types or images that stood for and represented inward truths and forms of good, which are aspects of love to the Lord and faith in Him. When the outward objects belonging to such practices were held to be holy, and especially when they were worshipped, as they were by the Jews and Israelites when they became idolaters and used them in the worship of strange gods, they no longer had any connection with the truths and forms of good which they stood for and represented, because inwardly they were falsities and evils.

[3] The situation was the same with all other things that were types or representative images of heavenly and Divine realities among that people. For as soon as outward things which represented inner realities were used in the worship of other gods they became idols worshipped by them or 'gods of silver and gold which they made [to be] with Jehovah God'. For then those things looked to outward appearances like truths and forms of good, but inwardly they were falsities and evils.

[4] In general 'gods of silver and gold' are all the falsities and derivative evils in worship which are made to look like truth and good through wrong usages and misinterpretations of the Word, and at the same time through reasonings that are the product of self-intelligence. Such things are meant by 'gods of silver and gold' in the following places: In Isaiah,

On that day a person will cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold which they made for themselves to bow down to, to the moles and bats, to go into the clefts 1 of the rocks and into the fissures of the crags. Isaiah 2:20-21.

'Moles and bats' stands for those who are in darkness, that is, are steeped in falsities and derivative evils.

[5] In the same prophet,

On that day a man will cast aside his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you - a sin. Isaiah 31:7.

'Which your hands have made' stands for things which are the product of self-intelligence. In the same prophet,

The craftsman casts a graven image, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts silver chains for it. Isaiah 40:19.

'Graven images' are things which are products of the proprium or self, 8869. 'Overlaying with gold' stands for making things look to outward appearances like forms of good, 'casting silver chains' stands for making them seem to hang together as if linked to one another with truths, good being meant by 'gold' and truth by 'silver', see the paragraphs referred to above.

[6] Similarly in Jeremiah,

The customs 2 of the nations are vanity. Since indeed one cuts out wood from the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, he decorates it with silver and gold; they make it firm with pegs and hammers, so that it is not unsteady. Jeremiah 10:3-4.

In Hosea,

The Ephraimites sin more and more, and make for themselves a molten image from silver, idols by their own intelligence, completely the work of craftsmen. Hosea 13:2.

'Ephraim' stands for the Church's understanding, 5354, 6222, 6234, 6238, 6267; 'a molten image made from silver' stands for falsity that looks like truth, which is why it says 'by their own intelligence'; and 'completely the work of craftsmen' stands for the fact that it is all brought about through reasonings which are a product of the proprium or self.

[7] In Habakkuk,

Woe to him who says to a piece of wood, Awake! or to a dumb stone, Wake up, this will teach! Behold, this is bound in gold and silver, but there is no spirit in the midst of it. Habakkuk 2:19.

'A piece of wood' stands for evil, 'a stone' for falsity. 'Bound in gold and silver' stands for applications used to give the appearance of what is good and true. In Daniel,

Belshazzar said, when he had properly tasted the wine, that they were to bring the vessels of gold and silver which his father Nebuchadnezzar had brought from the temple that [had been] in Jerusalem, in order that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them. And they would drink wine, and praise the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. Daniel 5:2-4, 23.

'The vessels of gold and silver from the temple of Jerusalem' represented the forms of good and the truths which belonged to the Church and to the Lord's kingdom; 'drinking wine from them' meant desecrating them by means of evils and falsities, which are 'the gods of gold and silver'.

[8] In David,

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands They have a mouth, but they do not speak; they have eyes but do not see. Psalms 115:4-5; 135:15-16.

'Silver and gold, which are idols' stands for falsities and evils; 'the work of human hands' stands for the fact that they are the product of self-intelligence. In Moses,

You shall burn the graven images of the gods of the nations with fire; you shall not covet the silver and the gold that are on them, so that you take them to yourself; for it is an abomination to Jehovah your God. Therefore you shall not bring an abomination into your house, lest you become 3 an accursed thing like it; you shall utterly abhor it. Deuteronomy 7:25-26.

'Silver and gold on graven images' stands for falsities and evils which are worshipped as truths and forms of good because they have been made to look like these.

脚注:

1. Reading scissuras (clefts) for fissuras (fissures)

2. literally, statutes

3. Reading fias (you become) for fiat (it becomes)

  
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