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2 Mose第9章

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1 Der HERR sprach zu Mose: Gehe hinein zu Pharao und sprich zu ihm: Also sagt der HERR, der Gott der Ebräer: Laß mein Volk, daß sie mir dienen!

2 Wo du dich des weigerst und sie weiter aufhältst,

3 siehe, so wird Hand des HERRN sein über dein Vieh auf dem Felde, über Pferde, über Esel, über Kamele, über Ochsen, über Schafe mit einer fast schweren Pestilenz.

4 Und der HERR wird ein Besonderes tun zwischen dem Vieh der Israeliten und der Ägypter, daß nichts sterbe aus allem, das die Kinder Israel haben.

5 Und der HERR bestimmte eine Zeit und sprach: Morgen wird der HERR solches auf Erden tun.

6 Und der HERR tat solches des Morgens; und starb allerlei Vieh der Ägypter; aber des Viehes der Kinder Israel starb nicht eins.

7 Und Pharao sandte danach, und siehe, es war des Viehes Israel nicht eins gestorben. Aber das Herz Pharaos ward verstockt und ließ das Volk nicht.

8 Da sprach der HERR zu Mose und Aaron: Nehmet eure Fäuste voll Ruß aus dem Ofen, und Mose sprenge ihn gen Himmel vor Pharao,

9 daß über ganz Ägyptenland stäube, und böse schwarze Blattern auffahren, beide an Menschen und an Vieh, in ganz Ägyptenland.

10 Und sie nahmen Ruß aus dem Ofen und traten vor Pharao, und Mose sprengete ihn gen Himmel. Da fuhren auf böse schwarze Blattern, beide an Menschen und an Vieh,

11 also daß die Zauberer nicht konnten vor Mose stehen vor den bösen Blattern; denn es waren an den Zauberern ebensowohl böse Blattern als an allen Ägyptern.

12 Aber der HERR verstockte das Herz Pharaos, daß er sie nicht hörete, wie denn der HERR zu Mose gesagt hatte.

13 Da sprach der HERR zu Mose: Mache dich morgen frühe auf und tritt vor Pharao und sprich zu ihm: So sagt der HERR, der Ebräer Gott: Laß mein Volk, daß mir's diene!

14 Ich will anders diesmal alle meine Plagen über dich selbst senden, über deine Knechte und über dein Volk, daß du inne werden sollst, daß meinesgleichen nicht ist in allen Landen.

15 Denn ich will jetzt meine Hand ausrecken und dich und dein Volk mit Pestilenz schlagen, daß du von der Erde sollst vertilget werden.

16 Und zwar darum habe ich dich erwecket, daß meine Kraft an dir erscheine, und mein Name verkündiget werde in allen Landen.

17 Du trittst mein Volk noch unter dich und willst es nicht lassen.

18 Siehe, ich will morgen um diese Zeit einen sehr großen Hagel regnen lassen, desgleichen in Ägypten nicht gewesen ist, seit der Zeit es gegründet ist, bisher.

19 Und nun sende hin und verwahre dein Vieh und alles, was du auf dem Felde hast. Denn alle Menschen und Vieh, das auf dem Felde funden wird und nicht in die Häuser versammelt ist, so der Hagel auf sie fällt, werden sterben.

20 Wer nun unter den Knechten Pharaos des HERRN Wort fürchtete, der ließ seine Knechte und Vieh in die Häuser fliehen.

21 Welcher Herz aber sich nicht kehrete an des HERRN Wort, ließen ihre Knechte und Vieh auf dem Felde.

22 Da sprach der HERR zu Mose: Recke deine Hand gen Himmel, daß es hagele über ganz Ägyptenland, über Menschen, über Vieh und über alles Kraut auf dem Felde in Ägyptenland.

23 Also reckte Mose seinen Stab gen Himmel; und der HERR ließ donnern und hageln, daß das Feuer auf die Erde schoß. Also ließ der HERR Hagel regnen über Ägyptenland,

24 daß Hagel und Feuer untereinander fuhren, so grausam, daß desgleichen in ganz Ägyptenland nie gewesen war, seit der Zeit Leute drinnen gewesen sind.

25 Und der Hagel schlug in ganz Ägyptenland alles, was auf dem Felde war, beide Menschen und Vieh, und schlug alles Kraut auf dem Felde und zerbrach alle Bäume auf dem Felde.

26 Ohne allein im Lande Gosen, da die Kinder Israel waren, da hagelte es nicht.

27 Da schickte Pharao hin und ließ Mose und Aaron rufen und sprach zu ihnen: Ich habe dasmal mich versündiget; der HERR ist gerecht, ich aber und mein Volk sind Gottlose.

28 Bittet aber den HERRN, daß aufhöre solch Donnern und Hageln Gottes, so will ich euch lassen, daß ihr nicht länger hie bleibet.

29 Mose sprach zu ihm: Wenn ich zur Stadt hinaus komme, will ich meine Hände ausbreiten gegen den HERRN, so wird der Donner aufhören, und kein Hagel mehr sein, auf daß du inne werdest, daß die Erde des HERRN sei.

30 Ich weiß aber, daß du und deine Knechte euch noch nicht fürchtet vor Gott dem HERRN.

31 Also ward geschlagen der Flachs und die Gerste; denn die Gerste hatte geschosset und der Flachs Knoten gewonnen.

32 Aber der Weizen und Roggen ward nicht geschlagen, denn es war spät Getreide.

33 So ging nun Mose von Pharao zur Stadt hinaus und breitete seine Hände gegen den HERRN, und der Donner und Hagel höreten auf, und der Regen troff nicht mehr auf Erden.

34 Da aber Pharao sah, daß der Regen und Donner und Hagel aufhörete, versündigte er sich weiter und verhärtete sein Herz, er und seine Knechte.

35 Also ward des Pharao Herz verstockt, daß er die Kinder Israel nicht ließ, wie denn der HERR geredet hatte durch Mose.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#7619

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7619. 'Through the hand of Moses' means by means of the law from God. This is clear from the meaning of 'through the hand of someone' as through an intermediary, dealt with below; and from the representation of 'Moses' as the law from God, dealt with in 6771, 6827. The reason why 'speaking through the hand of someone' means by means of that person or through an intermediary is that 'the hand' means power, 878, 3387, 4931-4937, 5327, 5328, 5544, 6292, 6947, 7011, 7518. Thus 'the hand of someone' is power exercised vicariously, which is the same as through an intermediary; for what is done through an intermediary is done through the power that another has within him. This explains the occurrence of that way of speaking in the Word, such as in the Books of Kings, which mentions a number of times the Word that Jehovah spoke 'through the hand of someone'; for example, He spoke through the hand of Ahijah the prophet, 1 Kings 14:18; through the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite, 1 Kings 15:29; through the hand of Jehu the prophet, 1 Kings 16:7, 12; through the hand of Joshua, 1 Kings 16:34; through the hand of Elijah, 1 Kings 17:16; and through the hand of Jonah the prophet, 2 Kings 14:25.

  
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Arcana Coelestia#3387

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3387. 'For he was afraid to say, My wife, [thinking,] The men of the place may perhaps kill me on account of Rebekah' means that it was impossible for Divine Truths themselves to be disclosed, and so for Divine Good to be received. This is clear from the meaning of 'being afraid to say' as an inability to disclose; from the meaning of 'wife', who is Rebekah here, as the Lord's Divine Rational in respect to Divine Truth, dealt with in 3012, 3013, 3077; from the meaning of 'killing me' as good not being received, for 'Isaac', to whom 'me' refers here, represents the Divine Good of the Lord's Rational, 3012, 3194, 3210 - good being said 'to be killed' or to perish when it is not received, for it ceases to exist with that person; and from the meaning of 'the men of the place' as people who possess matters of doctrine concerning faith, dealt with just above in 3385. From these meanings it is now evident what the internal sense of these words is, namely: If Divine truths themselves were disclosed they would not be received by those who possess matters of doctrine concerning faith because those truths go beyond the whole range of their rational grasp of things, and so go beyond the whole of their faith, and as a consequence of this no good at all could flow in from the Lord. For good from the Lord, or Divine good, cannot flow in except into truths, for truths are the vessels for good, as shown many times.

[2] Truths or appearances of truth are given to a person to enable Divine Good to develop the understanding part of his mind, and so the person himself, for truths exist to the end that good may flow in. Indeed without vessels or receptacles good has nowhere to go, for it can find no condition answering to itself. Where no truths exist therefore, that is, where they have not been received, neither does any rational or human good exist; and as a consequence the person does not possess any spiritual life. Therefore, so that a person may nevertheless possess truths, and from these receive spiritual life, appearances of truth are given, to everyone according to his ability to grasp them; and these appearances are acknowledged as truths because they have the capacity to hold Divine things within them.

[3] So that it may be known what appearances are and that they are what serve a person as Divine truths, let the following be used by way of illustration: If man were told that in heaven angels have no concept of place, and so no concept of distance, but that instead they have concepts of state, he could not possibly grasp it, for he would suppose from this that nothing distinct and separate existed but that everything was fused together, that is to say, all the angels were together in a single place. Yet everything there is so distinct and separate that nothing could ever be more so. Places, distances, and intervals of space which exist in the natural order exist in heaven as states, see 3356. From this it is evident that all the things that are stated in the Word about places and intervals of space between objects, also ideas that are formed from these and expressed through them, are appearances of truth; and unless everything were stated by means of those appearances it would in no way be received and would as a consequence be scarcely anything; for the concept of space and time is present in almost every single detail of a person's thought as long as he is in the world, that is, living within space and time.

[4] The fact that the Word speaks according to appearances involving space is clear from almost every single part of it, as in Matthew,

Jesus said, How is it that David says, The Lord [said] to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool? Matthew 22:43-44.

Here the expression 'sitting at the right hand' is derived from the concept of place and so according to the appearance - when in fact it is a state of the Lord's Divine power which is described by that expression. In the same gospel,

Jesus said, Hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power and coming on the clouds of heaven. Matthew 26:64.

Here similarly 'sitting at the right hand' and also 'coming on clouds' are expressions derived from men's concept of place, whereas the concept angels have is one of the state of the Lord's power. In Mark,

The sons of Zebedee said to Jesus, Grant us to sit in Your glory, one on Your right hand and the other on Your left. Jesus replied, To sit at My right hand and at My left is not Mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared. Mark 10:37, 40.

From this it is evident what kind of concept the disciples had of the Lord's kingdom, that is to say, one that involved sitting on the right hand and on the left. Such being the concept they had of it the Lord also replied to them in a way they could understand and so by an appearance that could be seen by them.

[5] In David,

Like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, he rejoices as a mighty man to run the course. From the end of the heavens is His going forth, and His circuit to the ends of them. Psalms 19:5-6.

This refers to the Lord, the state of whose Divine power is described by means of such things as belong to space. In Isaiah,

How you have fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the dawn! You said in your heart, I will go up into the heavens, above the stars of God 1 I will raise my throne. I will go up above the heights of the clouds. Isaiah 14:12-14.

'Falling from heaven', 'going up the heavens', 'raising a throne above the stars of God', 'going up above the heights of the clouds' are all expressions derived from the concept and appearance of space or a place, and are used to describe self-love profaning holy things. Since celestial and spiritual things are presented to man by means of and according to visual objects like these, heaven too is therefore described as being on high when in fact it is not on high but in that which is internal, 450, 1380, 2148.

脚注:

1. The Latin means heaven; but the Hebrew means God which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

  
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