圣经文本

 

Ιεζεκιήλ第39章

学习

   

1 Και συ, υιε ανθρωπου, προφητευσον κατα του Γωγ και ειπε, Ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος· Ιδου, εγω ειμαι εναντιον σου, Γωγ, ηγεμων της Ρως, Μεσεχ και Θουβαλ·

2 και θελω σε περιστρεψει και σε περιπλανησει, και θελω σε αναβιβασει εκ των εσχατων του βορρα και φερει επι τα ορη του Ισραηλ·

3 και θελω εκτιναξει το τοξον σου απο της αριστερας σου χειρος και καμει τα βελη σου να εκπεσωσιν απο της δεξιας σου χειρος.

4 Θελεις πεσει επι των ορεων του Ισραηλ, συ και παντα τα ταγματα σου και οι λαοι οι μετα σου· θελω σε δωσει εις τα πτερωτα ορνεα παντος ειδους και εις τα θηρια του αγρου, εις καταβρωμα·

5 θελεις πεσει επι του προσωπου του αγρου· διοτι εγω ελαλησα, λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος. Και θελω αποστειλει πυρ επι τον Μαγωγ και μεταξυ των κατοικουντων εν ασφαλεια, τας νησους· και θελουσι γνωρισει οτι εγω ειμαι ο Κυριος.

6 Και θελω καμει το ονομα μου το αγιον γνωστον εν μεσω του λαου μου Ισραηλ.

7 Και δεν θελω αφησει να βεβηλωσωσι πλεον το ονομα μου το αγιον· και θελουσι γνωρισει τα εθνη, οτι εγω ειμαι ο Κυριος, ο Αγιος εν Ισραηλ·

8 Ιδου, ηλθε και εγεινε, λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος· αυτη ειναι η ημερα, περι της οποιας ελαλησα.

9 Και οι κατοικουντες τας πολεις του Ισραηλ θελουσιν εξελθει και θελουσι βαλει εις το πυρ και καυσει τα οπλα και τας ασπιδας και τους θυρεους, τα τοξα και τα βελη και τα ακοντια και τας λογχας· και θελουσι καιει με αυτα πυρ επτα ετη·

10 και δεν θελουσι λαβει ξυλα εκ του αγρου ουδε θελουσι κοψει εκ των δρυμων, διοτι θελουσι καιει πυρ εκ των οπλων· και θελουσι λεηλατησει τους λεηλατησαντας αυτους και λαφυραγωγησει τους λαφυραγωγησαντας αυτους, λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος.

11 Και εν εκεινη τη ημερα θελω δωσει εις τον Γωγ τοπον ταφης εκει εν Ισραηλ, την φαραγγα των διαβατων, προς ανατολας της θαλασσης· και αυτη θελει κλειει την οδον των διαβαινοντων· και εκει θελουσι χωσει τον Γωγ και απαν το πληθος αυτου· και θελουσιν ονομασει αυτην, Η φαραγξ του Αμων-γωγ.

12 Και ο οικος Ισραηλ θελει χονει αυτους επτα μηνας, δια να καθαρισωσι την γην.

13 Και απας ο λαος της γης θελει χονει αυτους· και θελει εισθαι εις αυτους ονομαστη η ημερα καθ' ην εδοξασθην, λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος.

14 Και θελουσι διαχωρισει ανδρας, οιτινες περιερχομενοι ακαταπαυστως την γην θελουσι θαπτει με την βοηθειαν των διαβατων τους μειναντας επι του προσωπου της γης, δια να καθαρισωσιν αυτην· μετα το τελος των επτα μηνων θελουσι καμει ακριβη αναζητησιν.

15 Και εκ των διαβατων των διαβαινοντων την γην, οταν τις ιδη οστουν ανθρωπου, τοτε θελει στηνει σημειον πλησιον αυτου, εωσου οι ενταφιασται θαψωσιν αυτο εν τη φαραγγι του Αμων-γωγ.

16 Και της πολεως δε το ονομα θελει εισθαι Αμωνα. Ουτω θελουσι καθαρισει την γην.

17 Και συ, υιε ανθρωπου, ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος· Ειπε προς τα ορνεα παντος ειδους και προς παντα τα θηρια του αγρου, συναχθητε και ελθετε· συναθροισθητε πανταχοθεν εις την θυσιαν μου, την οποιαν εγω εθυσιασα δια σας, θυσιαν μεγαλην επι των ορεων του Ισραηλ, δια να φαγητε σαρκα και να πιητε αιμα.

18 Θελετε φαγει την σαρκα των ισχυρων και πιει το αιμα των αρχοντων της γης, των κριων, των αρνιων και των τραγων και των μοσχων, παντων σιτευτων της Βασαν·

19 και θελετε φαγει παχος εις χορτασμον και πιει αιμα εις μεθην εκ της θυσιας μου την οποιαν εθυσιασα δια σας·

20 και θελετε χορτασθη επι της τραπεζης μου, απο ιππων και αναβατων, απο ισχυρων και απο παντος ανδρος πολεμιστου, λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος.

21 Και θελω θεσει την δοξαν μου μεταξυ των εθνων, και παντα τα εθνη θελουσιν ιδει την κρισιν μου την οποιαν εξετελεσα και την χειρα μου, την οποιαν επεβαλον επ' αυτα.

22 Και θελει γνωρισει ο οικος Ισραηλ οτι εγω ειμαι Κυριος ο Θεος αυτων, απο της ημερας ταυτης και εις το εξης.

23 Και τα εθνη θελουσι γνωρισει οτι ο οικος Ισραηλ ηχμαλωτισθη δια την ανομιαν αυτων· επειδη εσταθησαν παραβαται προς εμε, δια τουτο εκρυψα το προσωπον μου απ' αυτων και παρεδωκα αυτους εις την χειρα των εχθρων αυτων· και επεσον παντες εν μαχαιρα.

24 Κατα τας ακαθαρσιας αυτων και κατα τας παραβασεις αυτων επραξα εις αυτους, και εκρυψα απ' αυτων το προσωπον μου.

25 Δια τουτο ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος· Τωρα θελω επιστρεψει την αιχμαλωσιαν του Ιακωβ και ελεησει απαντα τον οικον Ισραηλ, και θελω εισθαι ζηλοτυπος δια το ονομα μου το αγιον,

26 και θελουσι βαστασει την αισχυνην αυτων και πασας τας παραβασεις αυτων, δια των οποιων εγειναν παραβαται προς εμε, οτε κατωκουν ασφαλως εν τη γη αυτων και δεν υπηρχεν ο εκφοβων.

27 Οταν επαναφερω αυτους εκ των λαων και συναξω αυτους εκ των τοπων των εχθρων αυτων και αγιασθω εν αυτοις ενωπιον εθνων πολλων,

28 τοτε θελουσι γνωρισει οτι εγω ειμαι Κυριος ο Θεος αυτων, οταν, αφου καμω αυτους να φερθωσιν εις αιχμαλωσιαν μεταξυ των εθνων, συναξω αυτους εις την γην αυτων και δεν αφησω εξ αυτων πλεον εκει υπολοιπον·

29 και δεν θελω κρυψει πλεον το προσωπον μου απ' αυτων, διοτι εξεχεα το πνευμα μου επι τον οικον Ισραηλ, λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος.

   

来自斯威登堡的著作

 

Arcana Coelestia#7051

学习本章节

  
/10837  
  

7051. People who know nothing at all about the internal sense of the Word cannot help thinking that the Israelite and Jewish nation was chosen in preference to every other nation and was therefore of superior quality to all the rest, as those who belonged to that nation also thought. And what is so astonishing, this is not only what that nation itself thinks but also what Christians think, no matter how well they know that this nation is eaten up by filthy kinds of love, by foul avarice, hatred, and pride, and in addition to this belittles and also loathes things of an internal nature that belong to charity and faith and are the Lord's. The reason why Christians also think that this nation was chosen in preference to others is that they think a person is chosen and saved as a result of mercy, irrespective of the life he leads, so that those who are criminal can be received into heaven just as well as the godly and upright. They give no consideration to the idea that choice or election is all-embracing, that is to say, that it includes all who lead a good life. Nor do they consider that the Lord's mercy is shown to every person who refrains from evil and wishes to lead a good life, and so who allows himself to be led by the Lord and to be regenerated, a process which is being effected throughout the course of his life.

[2] This goes to explain too why the majority of people in the Christian world also believe that that nation will again be chosen, and that when this happens they will be led back into the land of Canaan. And this belief is also in keeping with the sense of the letter, for example in the following places:

Isaiah 10:20-23; 11:11-12; Isaiah 29:14-end; 43:5, 6; 49:6-26; 56:8; 60:4; 61:3-10; 62;

Jeremiah 3:14-19; 15:4, 14; 16:13, 15; 23:7-8; 24:9-10; 31:31, 33; 25:29; 29:14, 18; 30:3, 8-11; 31:8-10, 17; 33:16, 20, 26;

Ezekiel 5:10, 12, 15; 16:60; 20:41; 22:15-16; 34:12-13; 37:21-22; 38:12; 39:23, 27-28;

Daniel 7:27; 12:7;

Hosea 3:4-5; Joel 2:32; 3; Amos 9:8-9 and following verses; Micah 5:7-8.

It is on the basis of these as well as other places that even Christians think that nation will again be chosen and led into the land of Canaan. They think this even though they know that nation is waiting for the Messiah who will then lead the nation in, and are at the same time aware that its waiting for Him is in vain, and that the Messiah's or Christ's kingdom is not of this world, which means that the land of Canaan into which the Messiah will lead them is heaven.

[3] Such people give no thought to the idea that the Word has a spiritual sense within it and that in that sense Israel is not meant by Israel, Jacob by Jacob, or Judah by Judah, but that the things which they represent are meant by them. Nor do they give any thought to what the historical sections record regarding that nation - what it was like in the wilderness and what it was like after that in the land of Canaan, namely that it was at heart idolatrous - or to what the Prophets say about it and about its spiritual whoredom and its abominations. What that nation is like is described in the following words contained in the Song in Moses,

I will conceal My face from them; I will see what their future will be, for they are a perverse generation, sons in whom there is no faithfulness. I would have said, I will expel them to the remotest corners, I will make the memory of them cease from mankind, except that enemies might say, Our hand is high, and not Jehovah has done all this. For they are a nation from whom counsel has perished, nor is there intelligence in them. From the vine of Sodom comes their vine, and from the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of poison, they have clusters of bitterness. The poison of snakes (draco) is their wine, and the cruel poison of asps. Is this not hidden away with Me, sealed up in My treasuries? Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; in time their foot will slip, for near is the day of their destruction, and the things to come upon them hasten on. Deuteronomy 32:20, 26-28, 32-35.

Jehovah gave Moses the words of this song, see Deuteronomy 31:19, 21. The Lord too spoke about what that nation was like, in John,

You are from your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth. John 8:44.

And many other places besides these show what that nation was like.

[4] The reason why, although they know these things, Christians believe that that nation will at length be converted to the Lord and at that time led into the land where they lived before is, as has been stated, that they have no knowledge of the internal sense of the Word. Another reason is their supposition that it makes no difference what kind of life a person leads, and that even evil which has become deeply rooted through repeated actions in no way prevents a person - through faith, even if it has existed for only one part of an hour - from being made spiritual, being regenerated, and so being accepted by the Lord. They also suppose that admission into heaven is solely a matter of mercy, and that this is shown towards one particular nation, thus not towards all in the whole world who receive the Lord's mercy. Those who think in that way do not know that it is altogether contrary to the Divine that some should be chosen and born to salvation and heaven, and others should not be chosen but born to damnation and hell. To think about the Divine in that kind of way would be shocking, for making such choices would show a complete lack of mercy, when in fact the Divine is Mercy itself. From all this it may now be recognized that the Israelite and Jewish nation was not and never will be the chosen nation; also that not a trace of the Church existed or could exist with that nation, only a representative of the Church; and that it was preserved right up to the present day because of the Old Testament Word, regarding which see 3479.

  
/10837  
  

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