圣经文本

 

2 Mose第20章

学习

   

1 Und Gott redete alle diese Worte und sprach:

2 Ich bin Jehova, dein Gott, der ich dich herausgeführt habe aus dem Lande Ägypten, aus dem Hause der Knechtschaft.

3 Du sollst keine anderen Götter haben neben mir. -

4 Du sollst dir kein geschnitztes Bild machen, noch irgend ein Gleichnis dessen, was oben im Himmel und was unten auf der Erde und was in den Wassern unter der Erde ist.

5 Du sollst dich nicht vor ihnen niederbeugen und ihnen nicht dienen; denn ich, Jehova, dein Gott, bin ein eifernder Gott, der die Ungerechtigkeit der Väter heimsucht an den Kindern, am dritten und am vierten Gliede derer, die mich hassen;

6 und der Güte erweist, auf Tausende hin, an denen, die mich lieben und meine Gebote beobachten. -

7 Du sollst den Namen Jehovas, deines Gottes, nicht zu Eitlem aussprechen; denn Jehova wird den nicht für schuldlos halten, der seinen Namen zu Eitlem ausspricht. -

8 Gedenke des Sabbathtages, ihn zu heiligen.

9 Sechs Tage sollst du arbeiten und all dein Werk tun;

10 aber der siebte Tag ist Sabbath dem Jehova, deinem Gott: du sollst keinerlei Werk tun, du und dein Sohn und deine Tochter, dein Knecht und deine Magd, und dein Vieh, und dein Fremdling, der in deinen Toren ist.

11 Denn in sechs Tagen hat Jehova den Himmel und die Erde gemacht, das Meer und alles, was in ihnen ist, und er ruhte am siebten Tage; darum segnete Jehova den Sabbathtag und heiligte ihn. -

12 Ehre deinen Vater und deine Mutter, auf daß deine Tage verlängert werden in dem Lande, das Jehova, dein Gott, dir gibt. -

13 Du sollst nicht töten. -

14 Du sollst nicht ehebrechen. -

15 Du sollst nicht stehlen. -

16 Du sollst kein falsches Zeugnis ablegen wider deinen Nächsten. -

17 Du sollst nicht begehren deines Nächsten Haus; du sollst nicht begehren deines Nächsten Weib, noch seinen Knecht, noch seine Magd, noch sein Rind, noch seinen Esel, noch alles, was dein Nächster hat.

18 Und das ganze Volk gewahrte die Donner und die Flammen und den Posaunenschall und den rauchenden Berg. Und als das Volk es gewahrte, zitterten sie und standen von ferne;

19 und sie sprachen zu Mose: Rede du mit uns, und wir wollen hören; aber Gott möge nicht mit uns reden, daß wir nicht sterben!

20 Da sprach Mose zu dem Volke: Fürchtet euch nicht; denn um euch zu versuchen, ist Gott gekommen, und damit seine Furcht vor eurem Angesicht sei, daß ihr nicht sündiget.

21 Und das Volk stand von ferne; und Mose nahte sich zum Dunkel, wo Gott war.

22 Und Jehova sprach zu Mose: Also sollst du zu den Kindern Israel sprechen: Ihr habt gesehen, daß ich vom Himmel her mit euch geredet habe.

23 Ihr sollt nichts neben mir machen, Götter von Silber und Götter von Gold sollt ihr euch nicht machen.

24 Einen Altar von Erde sollst du mir machen und darauf opfern deine Brandopfer und deine Friedensopfer, dein Kleinvieh und deine Rinder; an jedem Orte, wo ich meines Namens werde gedenken lassen, werde ich zu dir kommen und dich segnen.

25 Und wenn du mir einen Altar von Steinen machst, so sollst du ihn nicht von behauenen Steinen bauen; denn hast du deinen Meißel darüber geschwungen, so hast du ihn entweiht.

26 Und du sollst nicht auf Stufen zu meinem Altar hinaufsteigen, damit nicht deine Blöße an ihm aufgedeckt werde.

   

来自斯威登堡的著作

 

Apocalypse Explained#970

学习本章节

  
/1232  
  

970. And they became blood. That this signifies that it was destroyed through falsifications, is evident from the signification of blood, as denoting truth falsified (see above, n. 966). Therefore by the rivers and fountains becoming blood, is signified that the faculty of understanding the truths of the Word was destroyed through falsifications.

Every man indeed has the faculty of understanding truths for it is this faculty by which he is distinguished from beasts. This also is left with every man, even with the evil; for that is man's spiritual, and the most essential means of his regeneration. For man is regenerated by the Lord by means of truths, which, unless he could understand them, could not be received, nor, consequently, could he be reformed; for to receive what cannot be understood leads to nothing.

That this is the case has also been confirmed by experience in the spiritual world. It was a subject of talk among spirits, whether every one has the faculty of understanding truths; and an infernal spirit was taken to witness whether he could understand the truths of heaven. It was found that he understood them when he heard them quite as well as a good spirit; but still that he did not wish to understand them, for he turned away from them, because they were opposed to the evils and the falsities therefrom that constituted his delight. And it was said that a man by that faculty has conjunction with the Lord, because it is proper to man.

The reason why that faculty is said to be destroyed through falsifications is, that those who have falsified the Word are not willing to understand actual truths; and these appear not to be able, although they are able, if they were but willing. For while their minds cling to opposites, they are rejected truths; and, as one deaf, they do not hear them. But when opposites are removed, it is like the ears of the deaf being opened.

These things are said in order that it may be known how it is to be understood that the faculty of understanding the truths of the Word is destroyed through falsifications.

Continuation concerning the Fifth Precept:-

[2] It was said above, that communication with heaven is not granted before evils and the falsities therefrom are removed, by which the natural mind is closed up; for these are like black clouds between the sun and the eye; or like a wall between the light (lux) of heaven, and the light (lumen) of a candle in a chamber. For a man is, as it were, shut up in a chamber, where he sees by the light of a candle, so long as he is in the light (lumen) of the natural man only; but as soon as the natural man is purified from evils and the falsities therefrom, then it is as if he saw the things which are of heaven from the light thereof through windows in that wall. For as soon as evils are removed, then the higher mind is opened, which is called the spiritual mind; and this, strictly considered, is a type or image of heaven. By means of this mind the Lord flows in and causes him to see from the light of heaven. And by this also he reforms, and at length regenerates, the natural man, implanting therein truths instead of falsities, and goods instead of evils. This the Lord does by means of spiritual love, which is the love of truth and good. A man then is placed in the midst between two loves - the love of evil and the love of good; when the love of evil recedes, the love of good succeeds in its place. The love of evil is removed solely by a life according to the precepts of the Decalogue, that is, by desisting from the evils there enumerated because they are sins; and, lastly, by shunning them as infernal.

[3] In a word, so long as man does not desist from evils because they are sins, the spiritual mind is shut; but as soon as he desists from evils because they are sins, the spiritual mind is opened, and with that mind heaven also. And heaven having been opened, a man comes into another light as to all things relating to the church, to heaven, and life eternal; although the difference between this light and that which preceded it can scarcely be noticed by him while he lives in the world. The reason is, that a man thinks in a natural manner in the world even concerning spiritual things; and spiritual things are included in natural ideas, until he passes from the natural into the spiritual world, where spiritual things are then revealed, perceived, and made clear.

  
/1232  
  

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