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2 Mose第21章

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1 Dies sind die Rechte, die du ihnen sollst vorlegen:

2 So du einen ebräischen Knecht kaufest, der soll dir sechs Jahre dienen; im siebenten Jahr soll er frei ledig ausgehen.

3 Ist er ohne Weib kommen, so, soll er auch ohne Weib ausgehen. Ist er aber mit Weib kommen, so soll sein Weib mit ihm ausgehen.

4 Hat ihm aber sein HERR ein Weib gegeben und hat Söhne oder Töchter gezeuget, so soll das Weib und die Kinder seines HERRN sein; er aber soll ohne Weib ausgehen.

5 Spricht aber der Knecht: Ich habe meinen HERRN lieb und mein Weib und Kind, ich will nicht frei werden,

6 So bringe ihn sein HERR vor die Götter und halte ihn an die Tür oder Pfosten und bohre ihm mit einem Pfriemen durch sein Ohr; und er sei sein Knecht ewig.

7 Verkauft jemand seine Tochter zur Magd, so soll sie nicht ausgehen wie die Knechte.

8 Gefällt sie aber ihrem HERRN nicht und will ihr nicht zur Ehe helfen, so soll er sie zu lösen geben. Aber unter ein fremd Volk sie zu verkaufen, hat er nicht Macht, weil er sie verschmähet hat.

9 Vertrauet er sie aber seinem Sohn, so soll er Tochterrecht an ihr tun.

10 Gibt er ihm aber eine andere, so soll er ihr an ihrem Futter, Decke und Eheschuld nicht abbrechen.

11 Tut er diese drei nicht, so soll sie frei ausgehen ohne Lösegeld.

12 Wer einen Menschen schlägt, daß er stirbt, der soll des Todes sterben.

13 Hat er ihm aber nicht nachgestellet sondern Gott hat ihn lassen ohngefähr in seine Hände fallen, so will ich dir einen Ort bestimmen, dahin er fliehen soll

14 Wo aber jemand an seinem Nächsten frevelt und ihn mit List erwürget, so sollst du denselben von meinem Altar nehmen, daß man ihn töte.

15 Wer seinen Vater oder Mutter schlägt, der soll des Todes sterben.

16 Wer einen Menschen stiehlt und verkaufet, daß man ihn bei ihm findet, der soll des Todes sterben.

17 Wer Vater oder Mutter flucht, der soll des Todes sterben.

18 Wenn sich Männer miteinander hadern, und einer schlägt den andern mit einem Stein oder mit einer Faust, daß er nicht stirbt, sondern zu Bette liegt:

19 kommt er auf, daß er ausgehet an seinem Stabe so soll, der ihn schlug, unschuldig sein, ohne daß er ihm bezahle, was er versäumet hat, und das Arztgeld gebe.

20 Wer seinen Knecht oder Magd schlägt mit einem Stabe, daß er stirbt unter seinen Händen, der, soll darum gestraft werden.

21 Bleibt er aber einen oder zween Tage, so soll er nicht darum gestraft werden; denn es ist sein Geld.

22 Wenn sich Männer hadern und verletzen ein schwanger Weib, daß ihr die Frucht abgehet, und ihr kein Schade widerfährt, so soll man ihn um Geld strafen, wieviel des Weibes Mann ihm auflegt, und soll's geben nach der Teidingsleute Erkennen.

23 Kommt ihr aber ein Schade daraus, so soll er lassen Seele um Seele,

24 Auge um Auge, Zahn um Zahn, Hand um Hand, Fuß um Fuß,

25 Brand um Brand, Wunde um Wunde, Beule um Beule.

26 Wenn jemand seinen Knecht oder seine Magd in ein Auge schlägt und verderbet es, der soll sie frei loslassen um das Auge.

27 Desselbigengleichen, wenn er seinem Knecht oder Magd einen Zahn ausschlägt, soll er sie frei loslassen um den Zahn.

28 Wenn ein Ochse einen Mann oder Weib stößet, daß er stirbt, so soll man den Ochsen steinigen und sein Fleisch nicht essen; so ist der HERR des Ochsen unschuldig.

29 Ist aber der Ochse vorhin stößig gewesen, und seinem HERRN ist's angesagt, und er ihn nicht verwahret hat, und tötet darüber einen Mann oder Weib, soll man den Ochsen steinigen, und sein HERR soll sterben.

30 Wird man aber ein Geld auf ihn legen, so soll er geben, sein Leben zu lösen, was man ihm auflegt.

31 Desselbigengleichen soll man mit ihm handeln, wenn er Sohn oder Tochter stößet.

32 Stößet er aber einen Knecht oder Magd, so soll er ihrem HERRN dreißig silberne Sekel geben, und den Ochsen soll man steinigen.

33 so jemand eine Grube auftut, oder gräbt eine Grube und decket sie nicht zu, und fällt darüber ein Ochse oder Esel hinein,

34 so soll's der HERR der Grube mit Geld dem andern wieder bezahlen; das Aas aber soll sein sein.

35 Wenn jemandes Ochse eines andern Ochsen stößet, daß er stirbt, so sollen sie den lebendigen Ochsen verkaufen und das Geld teilen und das Aas auch teilen.

36 Ist's aber kund gewesen, daß der Ochse stößig vorhin gewesen ist, und sein HERR hat ihn nicht verwahret, so soll er einen Ochsen um den andern vergelten und das Aas haben.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#8906

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8906. 'You shall not steal' means that no one's spiritual goods or possessions must be taken away from him, and that things which are the Lord's must not be attributed to self. This is clear from the meaning of 'stealing' as taking spiritual goods or possessions away from someone. The reason why 'stealing' has these meanings is that wealth and riches in the spiritual sense are cognitions or knowledge of goodness and truth, in general everything that composes the faith and charity, that is, the spiritual life a person has. Therefore taking these away from someone is what 'stealing' means in the spiritual sense. And since all spiritual goods or possessions, that is, everything composing faith and charity, come wholly from the Lord and not at all from man, 'stealing' also means attributing to self things which are the Lord's. People who do this are also called 'thieves' and 'robbers' in John,

Truly I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who is entering by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. I am the door of the sheep. All who were before Me were thieves and were robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door; if anyone enters through Me he will be saved, and will go in and out, and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come in order that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. John 10:1-13.

'Entering by the door into the sheepfold' doing so through the Lord, for the Lord is 'the door', as He Himself says. 'The sheep' are those who have charity and consequently faith, and they enter the fold through the Lord when they acknowledge that He is the source of everything composing faith and charity; for then these flow in from Him. But to attribute them to others, especially to self, is to take them away, which is 'to kill and destroy' them. People who attribute entirely to themselves those things which are the Lord's also assume that merit lies in works and consider themselves righteous; such people are dealt with in 1110, 1877, 2027, 2273, 2340, 2373, 2400, 3816, 4007 (end), 4174, 4943, 6388-6390, 6392, 6393, 6478. This then is 'stealing' in the spiritual sense, and it is what comes to mind with angels in heaven when a person reads in the Word about 'stealing'; for angels understand the Word wholly on a spiritual level.

[2] 'Stealing' has a like meaning in Hosea,

When I healed Israel the iniquity of Ephraim was revealed, and the evils of Samaria; for they practiced a lie, and a thief came, a band [of robbers] encircles the house. 1 Now their own works surround them before My face; they make a king glad through their wickedness, and princes through their lies. Hosea 7:1-3.

And in Joel,

The day of Jehovah comes. Fire devours before him, and behind him a flame burns; like the garden of Eden is the land before him, but behind him there is a desert waste. Its appearance is like the appearance of horses, and like horsemen, so they run. Like the noise of chariots over the peaks of mountains [they leap]. They run about the city, they run on the wall, they climb up into the houses, they go in through the windows like a thief. The earth quaked before him, the heavens trembled. The sun and the moon were darkened, and the stars withdrew their shining. Joel 2:1-10.

This refers to the desolation of the Church, when falsities break in and destroy truths. These falsities are 'the thieves that climb up houses and go in through the windows'. Will anyone fail to wonder why it says that the day of Jehovah will be 'like the appearance of horses', and that at this time 'like horsemen, so they will run', 'they will run about the city, run on the wall, climb up into the houses, and go in through the windows', and 'the earth will quake, the heavens will tremble, the sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars will withdraw their shining'? The person who does not know anything about the internal sense and in his heart calls into doubt the holiness of the Word will say that these are simply words without anything of God concealed in them; and he will perhaps call the sayings meaningless. But the person who believes that the Word is most holy because it is Divine, and furthermore knows that there is an internal sense, in which the Church, heaven, and the Lord Himself are the subject, will profess that every word there carries weight. Therefore let a brief explanation be given of what the words and sayings there mean.

[3] 'The day of Jehovah' is the final state or final period of the Church, when there is no longer truth but falsity instead. 'The fire' which devours before him is the desire for evil, and 'the fire' which burns after him is the resulting desire for falsity. 'The appearance of horses' is intellectual powers that reason from falsity as if from truth; 'the horsemen' who run are reasoners; 'chariots' are matters of doctrine that uphold falsity; 'the city' is doctrine itself; 'the wall' on which they run is a false essential; 'the houses' which they will climb up are a person's will; 'the windows' which they will go in through are intellectual concepts; 'a thief' is falsity which takes away truth; 'the earth' which will quake before him is the Church, and so are 'the heavens' which will tremble; 'the sun' is love to the Lord, 'the moon' faith in Him, which are said 'to be darkened' when they are no longer apparent; 'the stars' are cognitions or knowledge of goodness and truth which will no longer possess light from faith and love, thus from heaven, meant by 'withdrawing their shining'. From all this one may recognize what these words in general imply, and also in what sense that day or final state of the Church is called 'a thief' who will climb up houses and go in through the windows - falsity which will at that time take possession of the entire person, of both his will and his understanding, and so will take away all truth and goodness. 'A thief' has a like meaning in Obadiah,

The Lord Jehovih said to Edom, If thieves come to you, if those who overturn in the night - how you will have been cut off! - will they not steal that which is enough for themselves? Obad. verses 1, 5.

'A thief' or 'one who steals' has a like meaning in Zechariah 5:1-4; Psalms 50:18-20; Matthew 6:19-20.

[4] As all the regulations which the Lord commanded the children of Israel were founded on the laws of order which exist in heaven, that is, they sprang from the spiritual world and derived their essential nature from there, this was no less so with the laws laid down regarding thefts, such as the law,

Anyone who has stolen an ox and sells it shall repay five, or four if one of the flock. Exodus 21:37. 2

Also these laws,

If a thief has been struck while breaking in, no blood [is required] for him; but if the sun has risen, blood [is required]. A thief must pay compensation or be sold. If [what he has stolen] is found in his hand he shall restore double. Exodus 22:2-4.

Anyone who steals a man and sells him - and he is found in his hand - shall surely die. Exodus 21:16.

If there is found a man who has stolen a soul from his brothers, from the children of Israel, and has made profit on him, when he has sold him, that thief shall be killed, so that you remove evil from the midst of you. Deuteronomy 24:7.

'Men from the children of Israel' in the internal sense are those who are governed by the truths and forms of the good of faith. Accordingly in the abstract sense they are the truths and forms of good themselves, 5414, 5879, 5951, so that 'stealing a man from the children of Israel' means taking these away, and 'selling him' means alienating them and also reducing them to a state of servitude. For since truths and forms of the good of faith come from the Lord they exist in a state of freedom, and are subservient to none except the Lord alone; but when they are alienated they come into a state of servitude since they are subservient to some evil of self-love or love of the world, thus to some bodily desire. This is how that law [in Deuteronomy 24:7] was derived and what it corresponds to; and since from being in freedom the Church's truth and good is reduced to subservience, and so from being living is made dead, the punishment, which is the outcome, is death.

脚注:

1. lit a troop spreads itself out of doors

2Exodus 22:1 in English Bibles

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