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Ezekiel第45章

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1 Bukod dito'y pagka inyong hahatiin sa pamamagitan ng sapalaran ang lupain na pinakamana, mangaghahandog kayo ng alay sa Panginoon, isang banal na bahagi ng lupain; ang haba ay magkakaroon ng habang dalawang pu't limang libong tambo, at ang luwang ay magiging sangpung libo: ito'y magiging banal sa lahat ng hangganan niyaon sa palibot.

2 Dito'y magkakaroon ukol sa dakong banal ng limang daan ang haba at limang daang luwang, parisukat sa palibot; limang pung siko sa pagitan niyaon sa palibot.

3 At sa sukat na ito iyong susukatin, na ang haba ay dalawang pu't limang libo, at ang luwang ay sangpung libo: at doo'y malalagay ang santuario, na pinakabanal.

4 Siyang banal na bahagi ng lupain; ito'y para sa mga saserdote, na mga tagapangasiwa ng santuario, na nagsisilapit upang magsipangasiwa sa Panginoon; at ito'y magiging dakong kalalagyan ng kanilang mga bahay, at banal na dakong kalalagyan ng santuario.

5 At dalawang pu't limang libo ang haba, at sangpung libo ang luwang ay magiging sa mga Levita, na mga tagapangasiwa ng bahay, na pinaka pag-aari sa kanilang sarili, na dalawang pung silid.

6 At inyong itatakda ang pag-aari ng bayan na limang libo ang luwang, at dalawang pu't limang libo ang haba, sa tabi ng alay na banal na bahagi: magiging ukol sa buong sangbahayan ni Israel.

7 Magkakaroon naman para sa prinsipe ng bahagi sa isang dako at sa kabilang dako sa banal na alay at sa pag-aari ng bayan, sa harap ng banal na alay at sa harap ng pag-aari ng bayan, sa dakong kalunuran na gawing kalunuran, at sa dakong silanganan na gawing silanganan; at ang haba ay ayon sa isa sa mga bahagi, mula sa hangganang kalunuran hanggang sa hangganang silanganan.

8 Sa lupaing ito'y magiging kaniya na pinakaari sa Israel: at hindi na pipighatiin pa ng aking mga prinsipe ang aking bayan; kundi ibibigay nila ang lupain sa sangbahayan ni Israel ayon sa kanilang mga lipi.

9 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Magkasiya ito sa inyo, Oh mga prinsipe ng Israel: iwan ninyo ang pangdadahas at pagsamsam, at magsagawa kayo ng kahatulan at ng kaganapan; alisin ninyo ang inyong atang sa aking bayan, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

10 Kayo'y magkakaroon ng mga ganap na timbangan; at ganap na efa, at ganap na bath.

11 Ang efa at ang bath ay magiging iisang takalan, upang ang bath ay maglaman ng ikasangpung bahagi ng isang homer, at ang efa ay ikasangpung bahagi ng isang homer: ang takal niyaon ay magiging ayon sa homer.

12 At ang siklo ay magiging dalawang pung gera: dalawangpung siklo, lima at dalawang pung siklo, labing limang siklo ay siyang magiging maneh ninyo.

13 Ito ang alay na inyong ihahandog: ang ikaanim na bahagi ng isang efa mula sa isang homer ng trigo; at inyong ibibigay ang ikaanim na bahagi ng isang efa mula sa isang homer ng cebada;

14 At ang takdang bahagi ng langis, ng bath ng langis, ang ikasangpung bahagi ng bath mula sa isang kor, na sangpung bath, o isang homer (sapagka't sangpung bath ay isang homer);

15 At isang batang tupa sa kawan, mula sa dalawang daan, na mula sa matabang pastulan ng Israel; na pinakahandog na harina, at pinakahandog na susunugin, at pinakahandog tungkol sa kapayapaan, upang ipangtubos sa kanila, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

16 Buong bayan ng lupain ay magbibigay ng alay na ito sa prinsipe sa Israel.

17 At magiging tungkulin ng prinsipe na magbigay ng mga handog na susunugin, at ng mga handog na harina, at ng mga inuming handog, sa mga kapistahan, at sa mga bagong buwan, at sa mga sabbath, sa lahat ng takdang kapistahan ng sangbahayan ni Israel: siya'y maghahanda ng handog dahil sa kasalanan, at ng handog na harina, at ng handog na susunugin, at ng mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan, upang ipangtubos sa sangbahayan ni Israel.

18 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Sa unang buwan, sa unang araw ng buwan, kukuha ka ng guyang toro na walang kapintasan; at iyong lilinisin ang santuario.

19 At ang saserdote ay kukuha ng dugo ng handog dahil sa kasalanan, at ilalagay sa mga haligi ng pintuan ng bahay, at sa apat na sulok ng patungang dambana, at sa mga haligi ng pintuang-daan ng lalong loob na looban.

20 At gayon ang iyong gagawin sa ikapitong araw ng buwan para sa bawa't nagkakamali, at sa bawa't walang malay: gayon ninyo lilinisin ang bahay.

21 Sa unang buwan, sa ikalabing apat na araw ng buwan, magdidiwang kayo ng paskua, isang kapistahan na pitong araw; tinapay na walang levadura ang kakanin.

22 At sa araw na yaon ay maghahanda ang prinsipe para sa kaniya at sa buong bayan ng lupain ng isang guyang toro na pinakahandog dahil sa kasalanan.

23 At sa pitong araw ng kapistahan ay ipaghahanda niya ng handog na susunugin ang Panginoon, pitong toro at pitong tupa na walang kapintasan sa araw-araw na pitong araw; at isang kambing araw-araw na pinakahandog dahil sa kasalanan.

24 At siya'y maghahanda ng handog na harina, ng isang efa sa isang toro, at ng isang efa sa isang lalaking tupa, at isang hin ng langis sa isang efa.

25 Sa ikapitong buwan, sa ikalabing limang araw ng buwan, sa kapistahan, kaniyang gagawin ang gaya ng pitong araw; ayon sa handog dahil sa kasalanan, ayon sa handog na susunugin, at ayon sa handog na harina, at ayon sa langis.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#8540

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8540. 'And an omer is the tenth part of an ephah' means the amount of good then. This is clear from the meaning of 'an omer', in that it was the tenth part of an ephah, as the sufficient amount, for 'ten' means that which is complete, 3107, so that 'the tenth part' means the sufficient amount, 8468; and from the meaning of 'an ephah' as good. The reason why 'an ephah' means good is that the ephah and the homer were used to measure dry commodities that served as food, such as wheat, barley, or fine flour; and things that serve as food mean forms of good. And the bath and the hin were used to measure liquid commodities that served as drink; therefore these latter measures mean truths. The container takes its meaning from it contents.

[2] The fact that 'an ephah' was used as a measure is evident from the following places: In Moses,

You shall have a just ephah, and a just hin. Leviticus 19:36.

In Ezekiel,

You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. Ezekiel 45:10.

In the same prophet, The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, for the ephah is a tenth of a homer. Ezekiel 44:11.

A like use of it as a measure occurs in Amos 8:5.

[3] The meaning of 'an ephah' as good is evident from places where the minchah is referred to; the amount of flour or fine flour for it is measured by the ephah, for example at Leviticus 5:11; Numbers 5:15; 28:5; Ezekiel 45:24; 26:7, 11. And 'minchah' too means good, 4581. That meaning is also evident from the following in Zechariah,

The angel talking to me said to me, Lift your eyes now; what is this going out? And I said, What is this? He said, This is an ephah going out. He said further, This is their eye in all the earth. And behold, a talent of lead was lifted up, and at the same time a woman 1 sitting in the middle of the ephah. Then he said, She is wickedness. 2 And he threw her down into the middle of the ephah, and threw a stone of lead 3 over the mouth of it. And I raised my eyes and saw, and behold, two women going out, and the wind was in their wings. Each had two wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between earth and heaven. And I said to the angel talking to me, Where are they taking away the ephah? And he said to me, To build her a house in the land of Shinar; and she will be prepared and will remain there on her seat. Zechariah 5:5-11.

[4] No one can ever know what all this means except from the internal sense. He will never know unless he knows from that sense what 'an ephah' means, and what 'the woman in the middle of it', 'the stone of lead over the mouth of the ephah', and also 'Shinar' mean. Once these particular meanings have been brought to the surface it is plain that the profanation existing in the Church at that time is meant. For 'an ephah' means good; 'the woman' means wickedness or evil, as it is explicitly stated there; and 'a stone of lead' means falsity arising from evil which shuts it away, 'a stone' being outward truth, and therefore in the contrary sense falsity, 643, 1298, 3720, 6426, and 'lead' evil, 8298. So it is that the woman in the middle of the ephah, over the mouth of which a stone of lead was placed, means evil shut up in good by falsity, which is the same thing as profanation. For profanation is evil joined to good, 6348. The two women lifting up the ephah between earth and heaven are Churches, 252, 253, by which the profanation was banished. 'Shinar', to which the woman in the ephah was taken away, is external worship that has profanity within it, 1183, 1292

脚注:

1. literally, this woman

2. literally, evil (noun, not adjective)

3. i. e. a hard cover made of lead

  
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Arcana Coelestia#4581

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4581. 'And he poured out a drink-offering onto it' means the Divine Good of Truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'a drink-offering' as the Divine Good of Truth, dealt with below. But first one must say what the good of truth is. The good of truth is that which elsewhere has been called the good of faith, which is love towards the neighbour, or charity. There are two universal kinds of good, the first being that which is called the good of faith, the second that which is referred to as the good of love. The good of faith is the kind of good meant by 'a drink-offering', and the good of love the kind meant by 'oil'. The good of love exists with those whom the Lord brings to what is good by an internal way, while the good of faith exists with those He brings to it by an external way. The good of love exists with members of the celestial Church, and likewise with angels of the inmost or third heaven, but the good of faith with members of the spiritual Church, and likewise with angels of the middle or second heaven. Consequently the first kind of good is called celestial good, whereas the second kind is called spiritual good. The difference between the two is, on the one hand, willing what is good out of a will for good and, on the other, willing what is good out of an understanding of it. The second kind of good therefore - spiritual good or the good of faith, which is the good of truth - is meant by 'a drink-offering'; but the first - celestial good or the good of love - is meant in the internal sense by 'oil'.

[2] Nobody, it is true, can see that such things as these were meant by 'oil' and 'a drink-offering' unless he does so from the internal sense. Yet anyone may see that things of a holy nature were represented by them, for unless those holy things were represented by them what else would pouring out a drink-offering or pouring oil onto a stone pillar be but some ridiculous and idolatrous action? It is like the coronation of a king. What else would the ceremonies performed on that occasion be if they did not mean and imply things of a holy nature - placing the crown on his head; anointing him with oil from a horn, on his forehead and on his wrists; placing a sceptre in his hand, as well as a sword and keys; investing him with a purple robe, and then seating him on a silver throne; and after that, his riding in his regalia on a horse, and later still his being served at table by men of distinction, besides many other ceremonies? Unless these represented things of a holy nature and were themselves holy by virtue of their correspondence with the things of heaven and consequently of the Church, they would be no more than the kind of games that young children play, though on a grander scale, or else like plays that are performed on the stage.

[3] But all those ceremonies trace their origin back to most ancient times when ceremonies were holy by virtue of their representation of things that were holy and of their correspondence with holy things in heaven and consequently in the Church. Even today they are considered holy, though not because people know their spiritual representation and correspondence but through the interpretation so to speak they put on symbols in common use. If however people did know what the crown, oil, horn, sceptre, sword, keys, purple robe, silver throne, riding on a white horse, and eating while men of distinction act as the servers, all represented and to what holy thing each corresponded, they would conceive of those things in an even holier way. But they do not know, and surprisingly do not wish to know; indeed that lack of knowledge is so great that the representatives and the meaningful signs included within such ceremonies and within every part of the Word have been obliterated from people's minds at the present day.

[4] The fact that 'a drink-offering' means the good of truth, or spiritual good, may be seen from the sacrifices in which drink-offerings were used. When sacrifices were offered they were made either from the herd or from the flock, and they were representative of internal worship of the Lord, 922, 923, 1823, 2180, 2805, 2807, 2830, 3519. To these the minchah and the drink-offering were added. The minchah, which consisted of fine flour mixed with oil, meant celestial good, or what amounted to the same, the good of love - 'the oil' meaning love to the Lord and 'the fine flour' charity towards the neighbour. But the drink-offering, which consisted of wine, meant spiritual good, or what amounted to the same, the good of faith. Both these therefore, the minchah and the drink-offering, have the same meaning as the bread and wine in the Holy Supper.

[5] The addition of a minchah and a drink-offering to a burnt offering or to a sacrifice is clear in Moses,

You shall offer two lambs in their first year, each day continually. One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the second you shall offer between the evenings; and a tenth of fine flour mixed with beaten oil, a quarter of a hin, and a drink-offering of a quarter of a hin of wine, for the first lamb; and so also for the second lamb. Exodus 29:38-41.

In the same author,

You shall offer on the day when you wave the sheaf of the firstfruits of the harvest a lamb without blemish in its first year as a burnt offering to Jehovah, its minchah being two tenths of fine flour mixed with oil, and its drink-offering wine, a quarter of a hin. Leviticus 23:12-13, 18.

In the same author,

On the day when the days of Naziriteship are completed he is to offer his gift to Jehovah, sacrifices and also a basket of unleavened [loaves] of fine flour, cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, together with their minchah and their drink-offerings. Numbers 6:13-17.

In the same author,

Upon the burnt offering they shall offer a minchah of a tenth [of an ephah] of fine flour mixed with a quarter of a hin of oil, and wine as the drink-offering, a quarter of a hin - in one way upon the burnt offering of a ram, and in another upon that of a bull. Numbers 15:3-11.

In the same author,

With the continual burnt offering you shall offer a drink-offering, a quarter of a hin for a lamb; in the holy place pour out a drink-offering of wine to Jehovah. Numbers 28:6-7.

Further references to minchahs and drink-offerings in the different kinds of sacrifices are continued in Numbers 28:7-end; 29:1-end.

[6] The meaning that 'minchah and drink-offering' had may be seen in addition from the considerations that love and faith constitute the whole of worship, and that in the Holy Supper 'the bread' - described in the quotations above as fine flour mixed with oil - and 'the wine' mean love and faith, and so the whole of worship, dealt with in 1798, 2165, 2177, 2187, 2343, 2359, 3464, 3735, 3813, 4211, 4217.

[7] But when people fell away from the genuine representative kind of worship of the Lord and turned to other gods and poured out drink-offerings to these, 'drink-offerings' came to mean things that were the reverse of charity and faith, namely the evils and falsities that go with the love of the world; as in Isaiah,

You inflamed yourselves among the gods under every green tree. You have also poured out a drink-offering to them, you have brought a minchah. Isaiah 57:5-6.

'Inflaming oneself among the gods' stands for cravings for falsity - 'gods' meaning falsities, 4402 (end), 4544. 'Under every green tree' stands for the trust in all falsities which leads to those cravings, 2722, 4552. 'Pouring out a drink-offering to them' and 'bringing a minchah' stand for the worship of those falsities. In the same prophet,

You who forsake Jehovah, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Gad, and fill a drink-offering for Meni. Isaiah 65:11.

In Jeremiah,

The sons gather pieces of wood, and the fathers kindle fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to other gods. Jeremiah 7:18.

[8] In the same prophet,

We will surely do every word that has gone out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we did, we and our fathers, and our princes in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. Jeremiah 44:17-19.

'The queen of heaven' stands for all falsities, for 'the hosts of heaven' in the genuine sense means truths, and in the contrary sense falsities, and so in the same way do 'king' and 'queen'. 'Queen' accordingly stands for all [falsities] and 'pouring out drink-offerings to her' means worshipping them.

[9] In the same prophet,

The Chaldeans will burn the city, and the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense to Baal and poured out drink-offerings to other gods. Jeremiah 32:29.

'The Chaldeans' stands for people whose worship involves falsity. 'Burning the city' stands for destroying and laying waste those whose doctrines teach falsity. Upon the roofs of the houses burning incense to Baal' stands for the worship of what is evil, 'pouring out drink-offerings to other gods' for the worship of what is false.

[10] In Hosea,

They will not dwell in Jehovah's land, but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat what is unclean. They will not pour libations of wine to Jehovah. Hosea 9:3-4.

'Not dwelling in Jehovah's land' stands for not abiding in the good of love. 'Ephraim will return to Egypt' stands for the Church when its understanding will come to be no more than factual and sensory knowledge. 'In Assyria they will eat what is unclean' stands for impure and profane desires that are the product of reasoning. 'They will not pour libations of wine to Jehovah' stands for no worship based on truth.

[11] In Moses,

It will be said, Where are their gods, the rock in which they trusted, who ate the fat of the sacrifices, [who] drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help them! Deuteronomy 32:37-38.

'Gods' stands for falsities, as above. 'Who ate the fat of the sacrifices' stands for their destruction of the good belonging to worship, '[who] drank the wine of their drink-offering' for their destruction of the truth belonging to it. A reference to 'drink-offerings of blood' also occurs in David,

They will multiply their pains; they have hastened to another, lest I pour out their drink-offerings of blood, and take up their names upon My lips. Psalms 16:4.

By these 'drink-offerings' are meant profanations of truth, for in this case 'blood' means violence done to charity, 374, 1005, and profanation, 1003.

  
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