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1 Mosebok第40章

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1 Nogen tid derefter hendte det at munnskjenken og bakeren hos kongen i Egypten forså sig mot sin herre, kongen i Egypten.

2 Og Farao blev vred på sine to hoffmenn, den øverste munnskjenk og den øverste baker

3 og satte dem fast hos høvdingen over livvakten, i fengslet hvor Josef var fange.

4 Og høvdingen over livvakten satte Josef til å være hos dem, og han gikk dem til hånde; og de blev sittende en tid i fengslet.

5 Engang drømte begge hver sin drøm i samme natt og hver drøm med sin mening - munnskjenken og bakeren hos kongen i Egypten, de som satt fanget i fengslet.

6 Da Josef kom inn til dem om morgenen, så han på dem at de var motfalne.

7 Da spurte han Faraos hoffmenn, de som satt fengslet med ham hos hans herre: Hvorfor ser I så sorgfulle ut idag?

8 De svarte: Vi har drømt, og det er ingen som kan tyde det. Da sa Josef til dem: Å tyde drømmer - er ikke det Guds sak? Fortell mig hvad I har drømt!

9 Da fortalte den øverste munnskjenk Josef sin drøm og sa til ham: Jeg så i drømme et vintre som stod foran mig;

10 og på vintreet var det tre grener, og det skjøt knopper, blomstene kom frem, klasene modnedes til druer.

11 Og jeg holdt Faraos beger i min hånd, og jeg tok druene og krystet dem ut i Faraos beger, og så rakte jeg Farao begeret.

12 Da sa Josef til ham: Dette er tydningen: De tre grener er tre dager.

13 Om tre dager skal Farao ophøie dig og sette dig i ditt embede igjen, og du skal rekke Farao begeret, som du gjorde før, da du var hans munnskjenk.

14 Men kom mig i hu, når det går dig vel, og vis barmhjertighet mot mig, så du taler om mig for Farao og hjelper mig ut av dette hus!

15 For de har stjålet mig fra hebreernes land, og heller ikke her har jeg gjort noget som de kunde sette mig i fengslet for.

16 Da den øverste baker så at Josef hadde gitt en så god tydning, sa han til ham: Også jeg hadde en drøm og syntes jeg så at jeg bar tre kurver med hvetebrød på mitt hode.

17 Og i den øverste kurv var det allslags bakverk, sånt som Farao pleier å ete, og fuglene åt det av kurven på mitt hode.

18 Da svarte Josef og sa: Dette er tydningen: De tre kurver er tre dager.

19 Om tre dager skal Farao ophøie dig, hugge hodet av dig og henge dig på et tre, og fuglene skal ete kjøttet av dig.

20 Den tredje dag, da det var Faraos fødselsdag, gjorde han et gjestebud for alle sine tjenere; og han ophøiet den øverste munnskjenk og den øverste baker iblandt sine tjenere.

21 Han satte den øverste munnskjenk i hans embede igjen, og han rakte Farao begeret,

22 og den øverste baker lot han henge, således som Josef hadde tydet drømmene for dem.

23 Men den øverste munnskjenk kom ikke Josef i hu - han glemte ham.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#5236

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5236. 'And a Hebrew boy was there with us' means that owing to temptation the guiltlessness of the Church had been cast away there. This is clear from the meaning of 'a boy' as guiltlessness, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'Hebrew' as a person belonging to the Church, dealt with in 5136, thus some attribute of the Church. His having been cast away there owing to temptation is meant by the words 'was there', that is to say, in custody; for 'custody', in which Joseph had been placed, means a state of temptation, 5036, 5037, 5039, 5044, 5045, that state being the subject in Chapters 39, 40.

[2] The reason 'a boy' [or older 'child'] 1 means guiltlessness is that in the internal sense a young child means innocence. References are made in the Word to suckling, young child, and older child, by whom three degrees of innocence are meant, the first degree being meant by 'suckling', the second degree by 'young child', and the third by 'older child'. But because an older child is one who is beginning to lose his innocence, he therefore means the kind of innocence that is called guiltlessness. Because three degrees of innocence are meant by 'suckling', 'young child', and 'child', three degrees of love and charity are also meant by them, for the reason that celestial and spiritual love, which is love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbour, can have no existence except within innocence. It should be recognized however that the innocence of sucklings, young children, and older ones is purely external and that no internal innocence exists with anyone until he has been born anew, that is, has so to speak become a suckling, young child, and older child once again. These are the states meant in the Word by these three, for the internal sense of the Word has only that which is spiritual as its meaning, and therefore has purely spiritual birth - called rebirth and also regeneration - as its meaning.

[3] The fact that the innocence called guiltlessness is meant by 'a child' is clear in Luke,

Jesus said, Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it. Luke 18:17.

'Receiving the kingdom of God like a child' means receiving charity and faith because of one's innocence In Mark,

Jesus took a child, set him in the midst of them and took him up in His arms. He said to them, Whoever takes up one of such children in My name is taking up Me. Mark 9:36-37; Luke 9:47-48.

'A child' here is a representation of innocence; anyone who takes this up is taking up the Lord because He is the Source from which every trace of innocence is derived. Anyone may see that 'taking up a child in the Lord's name' does not mean taking up a child, so that something heavenly is represented by such an action.

[4] In Matthew,

When the children in the temple cried out, Hosanna to the son of David, [the chief priests and scribes] were indignant. Therefore Jesus said to them, Have you not read that out of the mouth of young children and sucklings You have perfected praise? Matthew 21:15-16; Psalms 8:2.

The children's cry 'Hosanna to the son of David' was voiced so as to represent the truth that innocence alone acknowledges and accepts the Lord, that is, that those who have innocence within them do so. The words 'out of the mouth of young children and sucklings You have perfected praise' mean that there is no other path than innocence along which praise can go to the Lord. Along this path alone can any communication be established, any influx take place, or consequently any approach be made. This is why the Lord says, in the same gospel,

Unless you are converted and become as children you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3.

[5] In the following places too 'a boy' [or 'a child'] means innocence: In Zechariah,

The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets. Zechariah 8:5.

This refers to a new Jerusalem, or the Lord's kingdom. In David.

Praise Jehovah, Young men and also virgins, old men and children. Psalms 148:12

In the same author,

Jehovah redeems 2 Your life from the pit. He satisfies your mouth with what is good, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. 3 Psalms 103:4-5.

In Joel,

Over My people they have cast lots, for they have given a boy for a harlot and have sold a girl for wine which they have drunk. Joel 3:3.

In Jeremiah,

I will scatter throughout you man and woman, and I will scatter throughout you old man and boy, and I will scatter throughout you young man and virgin. Jeremiah 51:12.

In Isaiah,

To us a boy is born, to us a son is given, upon whose shoulder is the government; and He will call His name, Wonderful, Counsellor, God, Hero, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6.

脚注:

1. The Latin word puer used for a boy may also be used to mean simply a child, male or female, as in several places in the remainder of this paragraph.

2. The Latin means renews, but the Hebrew means redeems, which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes this verse.

3. literally, so that you are renewed like the eagle with your childhood

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