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Ezékiel第32章

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1 És lõn a tizenkettedik esztendõben, a tizenkettedik hónapban, a hónap elsején, lõn az Úr beszéde hozzám, mondván:

2 Embernek fia! kezdj gyászéneket a Faraóról, Égyiptom királyáról, és mondjad néki: Nemzetek fiatal oroszlánja, elvesztél; hiszen te olyan valál, mint a krokodil a tengerekben, mert kijövél folyóidon és megháborítád lábaiddal a vizeket és felzavartad folyóikat.

3 Így szól az Úr Isten: Ezért kivetem rád hálómat sok nép serege által, és kihúznak téged varsámban.

4 És leterítlek a földre, a mezõség színére vetlek, és reád szállítom az ég minden madarát, s megelégítem belõled az egész föld vadait.

5 S vetem húsodat a hegyekre, és betöltöm a völgyeket rothadásoddal.

6 És megitatom áradásod földjét véredbõl mind a hegyekig, s a mélységek megtelnek belõled.

7 És mikor eloltalak, beborítom az eget, s csillagait besötétítem, a napot felhõbe borítom, és a hold nem fényeskedik fényével.

8 Minden világító testet megsötétítek miattad az égen, és bocsátok sötétséget földedre, ezt mondja az Úr Isten.

9 És megszomorítom sok nép szívét, ha elhíresztelem romlásodat a nemzetek között, a földeken, a melyeket nem ismersz.

10 És cselekszem, hogy elborzadjanak miattad a sok népek, s királyaik rémüljenek el rémüléssel miattad, mikor villogtatom fegyveremet elõttök, s remegni fognak minden szempillantásban, kiki az õ életéért, zuhanásod napján.

11 Mert így szól az Úr Isten: A babiloni király fegyvere jön reád.

12 Vitézeknek fegyvereivel hullatom el sokaságodat, õk a népek legkegyetlenebbjei mindnyájan; és elpusztítják Égyiptom kevélységét, és elvész minden sokasága.

13 És elvesztem minden barmát a sok vizek mellõl, és nem zavarja fel azokat többé ember lába, sem barmok körme azokat föl nem zavarja.

14 Akkor meghiggasztom vizeiket, és folyóikat, olajként folyatom, ezt mondja az Úr Isten,

15 Mikor Égyiptom földjét pusztasággá teszem, és kipusztul a föld teljességébõl, mert megverek minden rajta lakót, hogy megtudják, hogy én vagyok az Úr.

16 Gyászének ez és sírva énekeljék; a népek leányai énekeljék sírva; Égyiptomról és minden sokaságáról énekeljék sírva, ezt mondja az Úr Isten.

17 És lõn a tizenkettedik esztendõben, a hónap tizenötödikén, lõn az Úr beszéde hozzám, mondván:

18 Embernek fia! sírj Égyiptom sokaságán, és szállítsd alá õt te és a hatalmas nemzetek leányai a mélységek országába azokhoz, kik sírgödörbe szálltak.

19 Kinél nem voltál volna kedvesebb? Szállj alá, hadd fektessenek a körülmetéletlenek mellé!

20 A fegyverrel megölettek közt essenek el! A fegyver átadatott; húzzátok lefelé õt és minden sokaságát!

21 Szólni fognak felõle a vitézek hatalmasai a sír közepébõl együtt az õ segítõivel: alászállottak, hogy itt feküdjenek a körülmetéletlenek, mint fegyverrel megöltek!

22 Itt van Assúr és egész sokasága, körülte sírjai, mindnyájan megölettek, kik fegyver miatt hulltak el,

23 A kinek sírjai a sírgödör legmélyén vannak és sokasága az õ sírja körül van, mindnyájan megölettek, fegyver miatt elestek, kik félelmére valának az élõk földjének.

24 Itt van Elám és egész sokasága az õ sírja körül, mindnyájan megölettek, kik fegyver miatt hulltak el, kik alászálltak körülmetéletlenül a mélységek országába, kik félelmére valának az élõk földjének, és viselik gyalázatukat azok mellett, kik sírgödörbe szálltak.

25 A megölettek között vetettek néki ágyat minden sokaságával, körülte vannak ennek sírjai, mindnyájan körülmetéletlenek, fegyverrel megölettek, mert félelmére valának az élõk földjének, és viselik gyalázatukat azok mellett, kik sírgödörbe szálltak; a megölettek közé vetették õket!

26 Itt van Mések-Tubál és minden sokasága, körülte vannak ennek sírjai, mindnyájan körülmetéletlenek, fegyverrel megölettek, mert félelmére valának az élõk földjének.

27 És nem feküsznek együtt az erõsekkel, kik elestek a körülmetéletlenek közül, kik hadiszerszámaikkal szálltak alá a sírba s kiknek az õ fegyvereiket fejük alá tették; mert lõn az õ vétkök csontjaikon, mivelhogy félelmére [valának] a vitézeknek az élõk földjén.

28 Te is a körülmetéletlenek közt rontatol meg, és fekszel a fegyverrel megölettek mellett.

29 Itt van Edom királyaival és minden fejedelmével, kik vettettek erõsségökben a fegyverrel megöltekhez, õk a körülmetéletlenekkel feküsznek s azokkal, a kik sírgödörbe szálltak.

30 Ott vannak észak uralkodói mindnyájan, és minden sidoni, a kik alászálltak a megölettekkel, rettenetes voltukban, erõsségökben megszégyenülve; és feküsznek körülmetéletlenül a fegyverrel megölettek mellett, és viselik gyalázatukat a sírgödörbe szálltak között.

31 Ezeket látni fogja a Faraó, és megvígasztalódik minden sokasága felõl; fegyverrel ölettek meg a Faraó és minden õ serege, ezt mondja az Úr Isten,

32 Mert félelmére adtam õt az élõk földjének; ezért ott vetnek ágyat néki a körülmetéletlenek között, a fegyverrel megölettek mellett, a Faraónak és minden sokaságának, ezt mondja az Úr Isten.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#6693

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6693. 'Saying, Every son who is born you are to throw into the river' means that all truths that appeared should be drowned in falsities. This is clear from the meaning of 'son' as truth, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, 3373; from the meaning of 'being born' as appearing; and from the meaning of 'the river' as those things that constitute intelligence, dealt with in 108, 109, 2702, 3051, here in the contrary sense as those things which are the opposite, namely falsities. The fact that 'throwing into' means drowning in is self-evident.

[2] The meaning of 'the river of Egypt' as the opposite of intelligence, which is falsity, is also clear in Isaiah,

The rivers will recede, the streams of Egypt will diminish and dry up. The papyrus plants next to the river, next to the mouth of the river, and everything sown in the river will wither, be driven away, and be no more. Therefore the fishermen will mourn, and all who cast a hook into the river will be sad, and those who spread nets over the face of the waters will anguish. Isaiah 19:6-8.

Here one should not understand a river by 'the river of Egypt' or fishermen by 'the fishermen' but other things which are not apparent unless one knows how 'Egypt', 'the river' there, and 'the fishermen' are to be understood. If one does know, then the meaning of these verses is apparent. The fact that 'the river of Egypt' means falsity is evident from every detail mentioned in them.

[3] In Jeremiah,

Who is this coming up like a river, whose waters are tossed about like the rivers? Egypt comes up like the river, and like the rivers his waters are tossed about. For he said, I will go up, I will cover the earth, I will destroy the city and those who dwell in it. Jeremiah 46:7-8.

Here also 'the river of Egypt' stands for falsities. 'Going up and covering the earth' stands for overwhelming the Church, 'destroying the city' stands for destroying the teachings of the Church, 'and those who dwell in it' for doing so to forms of good that come from those teachings. For the meaning of 'the earth' as the Church, see 6649; 'the city' as the teachings of the Church, 402, 2449, 3216, 4492, 4493; and 'those who dwell in it' as forms of good there, 2268, 2451, 2712.

[4] In Ezekiel,

Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies 1 in the midst of his rivers, who has said, The river is mine and I have made myself. Therefore I will put hooks in your jaws, and cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales, and I will cause you to come up out of the midst of your rivers, in order that 2 all the fish of your rivers may stick in your scales. I will leave in the wilderness you and all the fish of your rivers. Ezekiel 29:3-5, 9-10.

Without the internal sense no one can know what this passage means either. Thus, though it is evident that it is not the country Egypt which is meant, the meaning of the passage remains unknown unless one knows what 'Pharaoh', 'river', 'monster', 'fish', and 'scales', all mean. 'Pharaoh' is the natural where factual knowledge resides, see 5160, 5799, 6015; 'monsters' are general bodies of facts that reside in the natural, 42; 'fish' are the facts subordinate to a general body of them, 40, 991; 'scales' are ideas of a thoroughly external nature, thus sensory impressions, to which factual knowledge that is false clings. When one knows all these meanings one can see what 'the river of Egypt' is used to mean in this passage, namely, falsity.

[5] In the same prophet,

On the day on which Pharaoh goes down into hell I will make him mourn, I will cover the deep over him, and I will restrain its streams, and the great waters will be stayed. Ezekiel 31:15.

In Amos,

Is not the land to be shaken on account of this, and everyone to mourn that inhabits it? Yes, the whole of it comes up like a river, and is cast out, and is drowned as if in the river of Egypt. On that day I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the land in broad daylight. Amos 8:8-9; 9:5.

'The land which will be shaken' stands for the Church, 6649, while 'being drowned as if in the river of Egypt' stands for being destroyed by falsities. And since falsities are meant it says that the sun will go down at noon, and the earth will be darkened in broad daylight. 'The going down of the sun at noon' means that the good of heavenly love will depart, and 'the darkening of the land in broad daylight' that falsities will take possession of the Church. For the meaning of 'the sun' as the good of heavenly love, see 1529, 1530, 2441, 2495, 3636, 3643, 4060, 4696; for 'darkness' as falsities, 1839, 1860, 4418, 4531; and for 'the earth' as the Church, 82, 662, 1066, 1067, 1262, 1411, 1413, 1607, 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), 2928, 3355, 4447, 4535, 5577. Anyone can see that things other than those which appear in the literal sense here - such as that the land will be shaken and every inhabitant will mourn, or that the sun will go down at noon and the land will be darkened in broad daylight - are really meant. Unless one takes 'the land' to mean the Church, 'the river' to mean falsity, and 'the sun' to mean heavenly love, one does not find any other explicable meaning there.

[6] It is because 'the river of Egypt' means falsity that Moses was commanded to strike the waters of that river with his rod, after which they were turned into blood, all fish in the river died, and the river stank, Exodus 7:17-18, 20-21. For the same reason Aaron had to stretch out his hand and rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the pools, from which frogs rose up over the land of Egypt, Exodus 8:5-6. 3 For the meaning of 'the waters' in the contrary sense as falsities, see 790; and since the waters make up the river, 'the river' in relation to them means falsity in general.

脚注:

1. Reading cubat (he lies) for cubas (you lie)

2. Reading ut (in order that) for et (and)

3Exodus 8:1-2, in this translation of the Arcana Caelestia

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

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Isaiah第43章

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1 But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: "Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.

2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.

3 For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.

4 Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I have loved you; therefore I will give people in your place, and nations instead of your life.

5 Don't be afraid; for I am with you. I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the west.

6 I will tell the north, 'Give them up!' and tell the south, 'Don't hold them back! Bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth--

7 everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.'"

8 Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.

9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, "That is true."

10 "You are my witnesses," says Yahweh, "With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.

11 I myself am Yahweh; and besides me there is no savior.

12 I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown; and there was no strange god among you. Therefore you are my witnesses," says Yahweh, "and I am God.

13 Yes, since the day was I am he; and there is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?"

14 Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "For your sake, I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring all of them down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.

15 I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King."

16 Thus says Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

17 who brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick):

18 "Don't remember the former things, and don't consider the things of old.

19 Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs forth now. Don't you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

20 The animals of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,

21 the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.

22 Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel.

23 You have not brought me of your sheep for burnt offerings; neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.

24 You have bought me no sweet cane with money, nor have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened me with your sins. You have wearied me with your iniquities.

25 I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.

26 Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Set forth your case, that you may be justified.

27 Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.

28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel an insult."