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Ezechiele第26章

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1 Ed avvenne, nell’anno undecimo, nel primo giorno del mese, che la parola del Signore mi fu indirizzata, dicendo:

2 Figliuol d’uomo, perciocchè Tiro ha detto di Gerusalemme: Eia! quella che era la porta de’ popoli è ruinata, ella è rivolta a me; io mi empierò, ella è deserta;

3 perciò, così ha detto il Signore Iddio: Eccomi contro a te, o Tiro;

4 e farò salir contro a te molte genti, come il mare fa salir le sue onde. E quelle guasteranno le mura di Tiro, e diroccheranno le sue torri; ed io ne raschierò la polvere, e la renderò simile ad un sasso ignudo.

5 Ella sarà in mezzo del mare un luogo da stendervi le reti da pescare: perciocchè io ho parlato, dice il Signore Iddio; e sarà in preda alle genti.

6 E le sue città, che sono in terra ferma, saran messe a fil di spada; e conosceranno che io sono il Signore.

7 Perciocchè, così ha detto il Signore Iddio: Ecco, io fo venire di Settentrione, contro a Tiro, Nebucadnesar, re di Babilonia, re dei re, con cavalli, e con carri, e con cavalieri, e con raunata di gente, e molto popolo.

8 Egli metterà a fil di spada le tue città, che sono in terra ferma; e rizzerà contro a te delle bastie, e farà contro a te degli argini, e leverà contro a te lo scudo;

9 e percoterà le tue mura co’ suoi trabocchi, e diroccherà le tue torri co’ suoi picconi.

10 Cotanto sarà grande la moltitudine dei suoi cavalli, che la lor polvere ti coprirà; per lo strepito de’ cavalieri, e delle ruote, e de’ carri, le tue mura tremeranno, quando egli entrerà dentro alle tue porte, come si entra in una città sforzata.

11 Egli calcherà tutte le tue strade con le unghie de’ suoi cavalli, ucciderà il tuo popolo con la spada, e le statue della tua gloria caderanno a terra.

12 Ed essi prederanno le tue facoltà, e ruberanno le tue mercatanzie, e disfaranno le tue mura, e distruggeranno le tue belle case, e getteranno in mezzo delle acque le tue pietre, e il tuo legname, e la tua polvere.

13 Ed io farò cessar lo strepito delle tue canzoni, e il suono delle tue cetere non sarà più udito.

14 Ed io ti renderò simile ad un sasso ignudo; tu sarai un luogo da stender le reti da pescare, tu non sarai più riedificata; perciocchè io, il Signore, ho parlato, dice il Signore Iddio.

15 Così ha detto il Signore Iddio a Tiro: Le isole non tremeranno esse per lo romore della tua caduta, quando i feriti gemeranno, quando l’uccisione si farà in mezzo di te?

16 Tutti i principi del mare scenderanno anch’essi d’in su i lor troni, e torranno via i loro ammanti, e spoglieranno i lor vestimenti di ricami; si vestiranno di spaventi, sederanno sopra la terra, e tremeranno ad ogni momento, e saranno attoniti di te.

17 E prenderanno a fare un lamento di te, e ti diranno: Come sei perita, tu, che eri abitata da gente di marina, città famosa, che eri forte in mare; tu, e i tuoi abitanti, i quali si facevan temere a tutti quelli che dimoravano in te!

18 Ora le isole saranno spaventate nel giorno della tua caduta, e le isole che son nel mare saranno conturbate per la tua uscita.

19 Perciocchè, così ha detto il Signore Iddio: Quando io ti avrò renduta città deserta, come son le città disabitate; quando avrò fatto traboccar sopra te l’abisso, e le grandi acque ti avran coperta;

20 e ti avrò fatta scendere, con quelli che scendono nella fossa, al popolo antico; e ti avrò stanziata nelle più basse parti della terra, ne’ luoghi desolati ab antico, con quelli che scendono nella fossa, acciocchè tu non sii mai più abitata, allora rimetterò la gloria nella terra de’ viventi.

21 Io farò che tu non sarai altro che spaventi, e tu non sarai più; e sarai cercata, ma non sarai giammai più in perpetuo trovata, dice il Signore Iddio.

   


To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.

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Arcana Coelestia#6385

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6385. 'And he will be at the haven of ships' means in which teachings drawn from the Word are present. This is clear from the meaning of 'the haven' as the resting-place, as immediately above in 6384, thus the place where those teachings are present; and from the meaning of 'ships' as teachings drawn from the Word. The reason why they are meant by 'ships' is that ships sail across seas and along rivers, carrying commodities used to support life. For 'seas' and 'rivers' mean different kinds of knowledge; the commodities used to support life which the ships carry are teachings as well as actual truths drawn from the Word. The fact that such teachings and truths are meant by 'ships' is evident from the following places: In Isaiah,

The islands will put their trust in Me, and the ships of Tarshish at their head, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them. Isaiah 60:9.

'The ships of Tarshish' stands for teachings and truths drawn from the Word. This is why it says that they would bring their sons, their silver and gold; for 'sons' means those in possession of truths, 'silver' truth itself, and 'gold' good. Anyone can see that the ships of Tarshish are not really meant here, and that sons, silver, and gold are not really meant either.

[2] In Ezekiel,

In the heart of the sea are your borders, your architects have perfected your beauty. Of fir trees from Senir they built for you all the boards; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. Of oaks from Bashan they made oars; your plank they made of ivory, a daughter of steps 1 from the isles of Kittim. Fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be to you an ensign; violet and purple from the islands of Elishah was your covering. The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your wise men, O Tyre, who were in you were your pilots. Elders of Gebal and its wisemen were in you, remedying your cracks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors were in you, to conduct your trade. Ezekiel 17:4-9.

This refers to Tyre, which means cognitions of good and truth, 1201. Those cognitions are described by means of the aspects of a ship - its boards, mast, oars, plank, sail, covering, rowers, pilots, and sailors. Who can fail to see that one must not take all these things literally? But when the cognitions of truth and good, which are 'Tyre', together with teachings drawn from the Word, are understood by 'ships', all things go beautifully together.

[3] In David,

How many are your works, O Jehovah! In wisdom You have made them all. This sea, great and wide on both hands 2 - there the ships sail, the sea monster whom you have formed to play in it. Psalms 104:24-26.

In the same author,

Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of confession, and declare Jehovah's works in a triumphant shout. Those who go down to the sea with ships, doing work in many waters - these saw the works of Jehovah, and His marvels in the deep. Psalms 107:21-24.

Here also 'ships' stands for cognitions and religious teachings, 'the sea monster' for the general sources of known facts, 42. And since 'ships' are cognitions and those teachings, the words 'those who go down to the sea with ships - these saw the works of Jehovah, and His marvels in the deep' are used; for those who know those cognitions and teachings drawn from the Word see those works and marvels.

[4] In John,

The second angel sounded, and so to speak a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. And a third part of the sea became blood, with the result that a third part of creatures died who had their being 3 in the sea. And a third part of the ships was destroyed. Revelation 8:8-9.

'A great mountain burning with fire' stands for self-love, 1691; 'the sea stands for the natural where factual knowledge resides, 28; 'blood' stands for violence done to charity, 374, 1005; 'the creatures who had their being in the sea' stands for truths contained in factual knowledge, together with forms of good; 'a third part' stands for something not yet complete, 2788 (end). They 'died' stands for the fact that they had no spiritual life, 6119, and therefore 'a third part of the ships was destroyed' stands for the fact that the truths and forms of good presented in teachings drawn from the Word were falsified. From all this one may see what is meant by this prophetic description.

[5] But in the contrary sense 'ships' means cognitions and teachings that present falsity and evil, as in Daniel,

At the time of the end the king of the south will clash with him; therefore the king of the north will rush upon him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he will enter into countries, and will overflow and penetrate. Daniel 11:40.

'The king of the south' stands for truths that spring from good, 'the king of the north' for falsities that spring from evil, 'chariots with horsemen and with ships' for teachings that present falsity. 'Countries' stands for Churches, which - it is foretold - falsities springing from evils will overflow and penetrate 'at the time of the end'.

[6] In John,

Every shipmaster, and everyone on board ships, and sailors, and all who trade on the sea, stood at a distance and were crying out as they saw the smoke of Babylon's burning, saying, What [city] is like the great city? Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who have ships on the sea have been made rich by her wealth. 4 Revelation 18:17-19.

Here it may be seen that 'ships' are cognitions and teachings that present falsity and evil because 'Babylon' describes worship which to outward appearance is holy but inwardly is profane. Once again no one can fail to see that 'ships' means something other than ships.

The same is so in Isaiah,

Thus says Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, For your sake I have sent to Babel, so that I may break down all the bars, and the Chaldeans in whose ships there is shouting. Isaiah 43:14.

In addition to these places falsities springing from evil are also meant by 'ships' in Isaiah 2:16; 23:1, 14; Psalms 48:7.

脚注:

1. a daughter of steps describes part of a ship, though exactly which part is not clear to the translator.

2. literally, wide with spaces

3. literally, their souls

4. literally, preciousness

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