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Genesis第49章

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1 Jokūbas, pasišaukęs savo sūnus, kalbėjo: “Susirinkite! Paskelbsiu jums, kas įvyks su jumis ateityje.

2 Susirinkite ir klausykite, Jokūbo sūnūs! Pasiklausykite Izraelio, savo tėvo!

3 ubenai, tu esi mano pirmagimis, mano tvirtybė, mano pajėgumo pradžia, pirmas orumu ir galybe.

4 Neramus kaip vanduo! Tu neįsigalėsi, nes įlipai į savo tėvo lovą ir atsiguldamas sutepei mano patalą.

5 Simeonas ir Levis­broliai; smurto įrankiai jų namuose.

6 Mano siela, neik į jų pasitarimus, nesijunk į jų būrį, mano garbe. Užsirūstinę jie nužudė žmogų ir savivaliaudami sužalojo jaučius.

7 Prakeiktas tebūna jų nuožmus įtūžimas ir žiaurus pyktis! Aš juos padalinsiu Jokūbe ir išsklaidysiu Izraelyje.

8 Judai, tu susilauksi savo brolių pagarbos, tavo ranka bus ant tavo priešų sprando; tavo tėvo vaikai nusilenks prieš tave.

9 Judas­jaunas liūtas. Mano sūnus, kyląs nuo grobio. Jis sustojo, atsigulė kaip liūtas ar kaip liūtė. Kas jį prikels!

10 Iš Judo nebus atimtas skeptras nė valdžia iš jo palikuonių, kol ateis siųstasis, kuriam paklus tautos.

11 Jis riša prie vynmedžio savo asilaitį ir prie geriausio vynmedžio savo asilės jauniklį; jis plauna vyne savo drabužį ir vynuogių sultyse­apsiaustą.

12 Jo akys spindės nuo vyno ir dantys bus balti nuo pieno.

13 Zabulonas gyvens prie jūros kranto, kur priplaukia laivai; jo žemių ribos sieks Sidoną.

14 Isacharas yra stiprus asilas, gulįs tarp dviejų nešulių.

15 Matydamas, kad poilsis geras ir šalis tokia miela, jis palenkė savo petį, kad neštų, ir tapo samdomu bernu.

16 Danas teis savo tautą, kaip viena iš Izraelio giminių.

17 Danas bus gyvatė šalia kelio, angis ant tako, gelianti žirgui į kulnis taip, kad jo raitelis nuvirstų atbulas.

18 Viešpatie, aš laukiu Tavo išgelbėjimo!

19 Gadas bus užpultas priešų, bet jis vysis juos įkandin, lips jiems ant kulnų.

20 Ašero duona bus soti; jis tieks maistą net karaliams.

21 Neftalis­laisvas briedis, jis gražbylys.

22 Juozapas­jaunas vaismedis prie versmės, jo šakos nusvirusios per mūrą.

23 Šauliai erzino jį, šaudė ir nekentė jo.

24 Jo lankas pasiliko stiprus ir jo rankas sustiprino Jokūbo galingojo Dievo rankos. Iš ten ganytojas ir Izraelio uola.

25 Tavo tėvo Dievas padės tau, Visagalis laimins tave dangaus palaiminimais iš aukštybių, gelmių palaiminimais, esančiais žemai, krūtų ir įsčių palaiminimais.

26 Tavo tėvo palaiminimai pranoko mano protėvių palaiminimus iki amžinųjų kalvų tolimiausių ribų; jie bus ant Juozapo galvos ir ant galvos vainiko to, kuris buvo atskirtas nuo savo brolių.

27 Benjaminas­plėšrus vilkas; rytą jis draskys grobį, o vakare padalins jį”.

28 Tai yra dvylika Izraelio giminių, ir tai jiems kalbėjo tėvas, ir palaimino juos. Kiekvieną palaimino atskiru palaiminimu.

29 Po to jis jiems tarė: “Aš susijungsiu su savo tauta. Palaidokite mane prie mano tėvų oloje, kuri yra hetito Efrono lauke,

30 Machpelos lauko oloje, ties Mamre, Kanaano šalyje. Tą lauką Abraomas nupirko iš hetito Efrono nuosavoms kapinėms.

31 Ten palaidotas Abraomas ir jo žmona Sara, Izaokas ir jo žmona ebeka, ten aš palaidojau ir Lėją.

32 Tai laukas ir ola, kurie buvo nupirkti iš Heto vaikų”.

33 Jokūbas, baigęs duoti nurodymus savo sūnums, įkėlė kojas į lovą, atidavė dvasią ir susijungė su savo tauta.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#6344

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6344. 'And the beginning of my strength' means that through that faith comes the initial power which truth possesses. This is clear from the meaning of 'the beginning of strength' as initial power; and since 'strength' is used with reference to truth, the initial power that truth possesses is what is meant. A similar usage occurs in Isaiah,

Jehovah imparts might to the weary, and to him who has no strength He gives greater power. Isaiah 40:29.

Here 'might' is used with reference to good and 'strength' to truth, 'power' with reference to both.

A brief statement will be made about how one should understand the explanation that through faith comes the power which good possesses, and the initial power which truth possesses, meant by 'Reuben my firstborn, you are my might and the beginning of my strength'. In the spiritual world all power comes from good through truth; without good truth has no power at all. For truth is so to speak the body, and good so to speak the soul of that body, and to accomplish anything the soul must act through the body. From this it is evident that truth without good has no power at all, even as the body without the soul has none at all. A body without its soul is a corpse; so too is truth without good.

[2] As soon as good effects the birth of faith that is composed of truth, power reveals itself in truth. This power is what is called the initial power that truth possesses through faith and is what is meant by 'the beginning of strength', as in other places in the Word where the condition of the firstborn is referred to, for example in David,

He smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the beginning of strength in the tents of Ham. Psalms 78:51.

And in another place,

He smote all the firstborn in their land, the beginning of all their strength. Psalms 105:36.

Also in Deuteronomy,

He must acknowledge the firstborn son of her that is hated, to give him two parts of all that will be found for him, in that he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first born is his. Deuteronomy 21:17.

[3] The genuine meaning of 'the firstborn' is the good of charity, though the apparent meaning is the truth of faith, 3325, 4925, 4926, 4928, 4930. And because both that good and this truth are the fundamental qualities of the Church, the ancients spoke of the firstborn as his 'father's might and the beginning of his strength'. The fact that those fundamental qualities were meant by 'the firstborn' is quite evident from the considerations that everything which was a firstborn was Jehovah's or the Lord's and that the tribe of Levi was taken instead of all the firstborn and became the priesthood.

[4] Scarcely anyone in the world can know what the power possessed by truth coming from good is; but it is known to those in the next life, and so can be known through revelation from there. People in possession of truth that comes from good, that is, of faith derived from charity, possess power that comes through truth from good. All angels possess that power, which also is why in the Word angels are called 'powers'. For they have the power to restrain evil spirits; even one angel can restrain a thousand together. Their power they use most especially among men; sometimes they protect a person from numerous hells, in thousands of ways.

[5] This power that angels possess comes to them through the truth of faith derived from the good of charity. But because the faith they have comes from the Lord, the Lord alone is the power that resides with them. This power which comes from the Lord through faith is meant by the Lord's words to Peter,

On this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Matthew 16:18-19.

These words were addressed to Peter because he represented faith, see Preface to Genesis 22, as well as 3750, 4738, 6000, 6073 (end). Also wherever 'rock', 1 as Peter is called here, occurs in the Word, faith is meant in its internal sense, and the Lord in respect of faith in its highest sense.

脚注:

1. Reading petram (rock), which Swedenborg has in his rough draft, for Petrum (Peter).

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

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