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Jeremijas 23

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1 “Vargas ganytojams, kurie mano ganyklos avis naikina ir išsklaido!”­sako Viešpats.

2 Todėl taip sako Viešpats, Izraelio Dievas, apie savo tautos ganytojus: “Jūs išsklaidėte mano avis ir jų neaplankėte. Todėl Aš jus aplankysiu dėl jūsų piktų darbų.

3 Aš pats surinksiu savo bandos likutį iš visų šalių, į kurias Aš jas išvariau, ir sugrąžinsiu į ganyklą; ten jos bus vaisingos ir dauginsis.

4 Aš paskirsiu joms ganytojų, kurie tikrai jas ganys. Jos nebebijos ir nesibaimins, nė vienos iš jų netrūks,­sako Viešpats”.

5 “Ateis dienasako Viešpats,­ kai Aš išauginsiu teisią atžalą iš Dovydo giminės. Jis viešpataus kaip karalius, elgsis išmintingai, vykdys teisingumą bei teismą krašte.

6 Jo dienomis Judas bus išgelbėtas ir Izraelis gyvens saugiai. Jo vardas bus: ‘Viešpats, mūsų teisumas’.

7 Tuomet nebesakys: ‘Kaip gyvas Viešpats, kuris išvedė izraelitus iš Egipto krašto’,

8 bet sakys: ‘Kaip gyvas Viešpats, kuris išvedė ir parvedė Izraelio palikuonis iš šiaurės ir iš visų kraštų, į kuriuos Aš juos buvau išvaręs’. Ir jie gyvens savo žemėje”.

9 Mano širdis plyšta krūtinėje dėl pranašų, visi mano kaulai dreba. Aš esu kaip girtas vyras, kaip įveiktas vyno vyras dėl Viešpaties ir Jo šventų žodžių.

10 Šalis pilna svetimautojų; dėl jų prakeikimo gedi kraštas, išdžiūvusios stepių ganyklos. Jų siekiai yra pikti, jų jėga­neteisybė.

11 pranašai ir kunigai yra bedieviai, net savo namuose aptinku jų nedorybę”,­sako Viešpats.

12 “Jų kelias yra slidus kelias tamsoje, kuriuo eidami, jie paslys ir grius. Aš siųsiu sunaikinimą ir bausiu juos”,­sako Viešpats.

13 Tarp Samarijos pranašų mačiau kvailystę: jie pranašavo Baalo vardu ir klaidino mano tautą, Izraelį.

14 Tarp Jeruzalės pranašų mačiau baisių dalykų: svetimavimą ir melagystę. Jie padrąsina piktadarius, kad jie nenusigręžtų nuo savo nedorybių. Visi yra kaip Sodomos ir Gomoros gyventojai.

15 Todėl kareivijų Viešpats taip sako apie pranašus: “Aš juos valgydinsiu metėlėmis ir girdysiu karčiu vandeniu, nes nuo Jeruzalės pranašų bedievystė pasklido visoje šalyje”.

16 Taip sako Viešpats: “Neklausykite pranašų, jums pranašaujančių. Jie tik mulkina jus, kalbėdami prasimanytus regėjimus, o ne tai, kas ateina iš Viešpaties.

17 Jie sako tiems, kurie niekina mane: ‘Taip kalba Viešpats: ‘Jūs turėsite ramybę’, ir kiekvienam, kuris seka savo širdies užgaidas sako: ‘Jums neatsitiks nieko pikto’ ”.

18 Kas buvo Viešpaties pasitarime, kas Jį matė ir girdėjo Jo žodį? Kas klausėsi Jo žodžio ir Jį išgirdo?

19 Ateina Viešpaties pykčio audra, viesulas užgrius ant nedorėlių galvų.

20 Nenusigręš Viešpaties rūstybė. Jis įvykdys visa, ką savo širdyje sumanė. Paskutinėmis dienomis jūs tai aiškiai suprasite.

21 “Aš nesiunčiau šitų pranašų, jie patys bėgo! Nekalbėjau jiems, tačiau jie pranašavo!

22 Jei jie būtų buvę mano pasitarime ir skelbtų mano žodžius tautai, jie būtų nukreipę juos nuo jų pikto kelio ir nuo jų piktų darbų.

23 Argi Aš esu Dievas tiktai arti, o toli nebesu Dievas?

24 Argi gali kas taip pasislėpti, kad Aš jo nematyčiau?­sako Viešpats.­Argi Aš nepripildau dangaus ir žemės?

25 Aš girdėjau, ką kalbėjo pranašai, pranašaudami mano vardu melą ir sakydami: ‘Sapnavau, sapnavau!’

26 Ar ilgai tai bus širdyse pranašų, kurie pranašauja melą ir apgaulę?

27 Jie siekia, kad mano tauta pamirštų mane dėl jų sapnų, kuriuos jie pasakoja vieni kitiems, kaip jų tėvai pamiršo mane dėl Baalo.

28 Pranašas, kuris turi sapną, tepasakoja sapną, o kas turi mano žodį, teskelbia jį ištikimai. Ką šiaudai turi bendro su kviečių grūdais?”­sako Viešpats.

29 “Argi mano žodis nėra kaip ugnis? Argi jis nėra kaip kūjis, sutrupinantis uolą?

30 Aš esu prieš pranašus, kurie vagia mano žodžius vienas nuo kito!

31 Aš esu prieš pranašus, kurie savo liežuviu sako: ‘Jis pasakė’.

32 Aš esu prieš tuos, kurie pranašauja melagingus sapnus. Jie pasakoja ir klaidina mano tautą savo lengvabūdiškais melais. Aš nesiunčiau jų ir jiems neįsakiau; jie visi yra nenaudingi šitai tautai”,­sako Viešpats.

33 “Jei tave klaus šita tauta, pranašas ar kunigas: ‘Kokia Viešpaties našta?’, atsakyk jiems: ‘Kokia našta? Viešpats sako: ‘Aš jus atmesiu’.

34 Bet jei pranašas, kunigas ar kitas žmogus sakytų: ‘Viešpaties našta’,­tai Aš nubausiu jį ir jo namus.

35 Taip jūs privalote sakyti savo artimui ar savo broliui: ‘Ką atsakė Viešpats?’, arba: ‘Ką kalbėjo Viešpats?’

36 Neminėkite daugiau Viešpaties naštos, nes kiekvienas žmogaus žodis bus jam našta; jūs iškraipote gyvojo Dievo, kareivijų Viešpaties, žodžius.

37 Jūs turite klausti pranašo: ‘Ką tau atsakė Viešpats?’, arba: ‘Ką kalbėjo Viešpats?’

38 Bet kadangi jūs sakote: ‘Viešpaties našta’, nors Aš įsakiau nesakyti: ‘Viešpaties našta’,

39 Aš visiškai pamiršiu jus ir apleisiu jus ir miestą, kurį daviau jums ir jūsų tėvams, ir pašalinsiu iš savo akivaizdos.

40 Aš užtrauksiu jums amžiną pajuoką ir nepamirštamą gėdą”.

   

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Apocalypse Explained #946

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Yiya esigabeni / 1232  
  

946. For Thy judgments have been made manifest, signifies that Divine truths have been revealed to them. This is evident from the signification of "judgments," as being Divine truths (of which presently); also from the signification of "made manifest," as being to be revealed. That Divine truths are revealed at the end of the church, and that they have been revealed, will be shown in what follows in this chapter, because this is there treated of. "Judgments" signify Divine truths because the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are called "judgments;" while the laws of government in His celestial kingdom are called "justice." For the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are laws from the Divine truth; while the laws of government in the Lord's celestial kingdom are laws from the Divine good. This is why "judgment" and "justice" are mentioned in the Word, in the following passages. In Isaiah:

Of peace there shall be no end upon the throne of David, to establish it, and to uphold it in judgment and in justice from henceforth and to eternity (Isaiah 9:7).

This is said of the Lord and His kingdom. His spiritual kingdom is signified by "the throne of David;" and because this kingdom is in Divine truths from Divine good it is said, "in judgment and in justice."

In Jeremiah:

I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and He shall reign King, and He shall act intelligently, and shall do judgment and justice (Jeremiah 23:5).

This, too, is said of the Lord, and of His spiritual kingdom. And as this kingdom is in Divine truths from Divine good it is said, "He shall reign king, and shall act intelligently, and He shall do judgment and justice." The Lord is called "King," from Divine truth; and as Divine truth is also Divine intelligence it is said that "He shall act intelligently." And as the Divine truth is from the Divine good it is said that "He shall do judgment and justice."

[2] In Isaiah:

Jehovah is exalted, for He dwelleth on high, He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice (Isaiah 33:5).

"Zion" means heaven and the church, where the Lord reigns by the Divine truth; and as all the Divine truth is from the Divine good it is said, "He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice."

In Jeremiah:

I Jehovah doing judgment and justice in the earth; for in these things I am well pleased (Jeremiah 9:24).

Here, too, "judgment and justice" signify the Divine truth from the Divine good.

In Isaiah:

They ask of me the judgments of justice, they long for an approach unto God (5 Isaiah 58:2).

The "judgments of justice" are Divine truths from the Divine good, as are "judgment and justice;" for the spiritual sense conjoins things that the sense of the letter separates.

In Hosea:

I will betroth thee unto Me forever; and I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and in judgment and in mercy and in truth (Hosea 2:19, 20).

This treats of the Lord's celestial kingdom, which consists of those who are in love to the Lord; and as the Lord's conjunction with such is comparatively like the conjunction of a husband with a wife, for so does the good of love conjoin, it is said, "I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and in judgment," "justice" being put here in the first place, and "judgment" in the second, because those who are in the good of love to the Lord are also in truths; for they see truths from good. As "justice" is predicated of good, and "judgment" of truth, it is also said, "in mercy and in truth," "mercy" belonging to good, because it is of love.

[3] In David:

Jehovah is in the heavens. Thy justice is like the mountains of God, and Thy judgments are like the great deep (Psalms 36:5-6).

"Justice" is predicated of the Divine good, and is therefore compared to "the mountains of God;" for "mountains of God" signify the goods of love (See above, n. 405, 510, 850); and "judgments" are predicated of Divine truths, and are therefore compared to "the great deep;" for "the great deep" signifies the Divine truth. From this it can now be seen that "judgments" signify Divine truths.

[4] In many passages in the Word, "judgments," "commandments," and "statutes" are mentioned; and "judgments" there signify civil laws, "commandments" the laws of spiritual life, and "statutes" the laws of worship. That "judgments" signify civil laws, is evident from Exodus (21, 22, 23), where the things commanded are called "judgments" because according to them the judges gave judgments in the gates of the city; nevertheless they signify Divine truths, such as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens, for they contain these in the spiritual sense; as can be (Arcana Coelestia 8971-9103) seen (Arcana Coelestia 9124-9231) from (Arcana Coelestia 9247-9348) the explanation of them in the Arcana Coelestia 8971-9103, 9124-9231, 9247-9348). That the laws given to the sons of Israel were called "judgments, "commandments," and "statutes," can be seen from the following passages.

In Moses:

I will speak unto thee all the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them (Deuteronomy 5:31).

In the same:

These are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you (Deuteronomy 6:1).

In the same:

Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them (Deuteronomy 7:11).

In David:

If his sons forsake My law and walk not in My judgments, if they profane My statutes and keep not My commandments, then will I visit their transgression with the rod (Psalms 89:30-32).

So in many other places, as Leviticus 18:5; 19:37; 20:22; 25:18; 26:15; Deuteronomy 4:1; 5:1, 6, 7; 17:19; 26:17; Ezekiel 5:6, 7; 11:12, 20; 18:9; 20:11, 13, 25; 37:24. In these passages "commandments" mean the laws of life, especially those contained in the Decalogue, which are therefore called the Ten Commandments; while "statutes" mean the laws of worship which related especially to sacrifices and holy ministrations; and "judgments" mean civil laws; and as these laws were representative of spiritual laws, they signify such Divine truths as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens.

[5] It follows from this that when man shuns and turns away from evils as sins and is raised up into heaven by the Lord, he is no longer in what is his own (proprium), but in the Lord, and thus he thinks and wills goods. Again, since man acts as he thinks and wills, for every act of man proceeds from the thought of his will, it follows that when he shuns and turns away from evils, he does goods from the Lord and not from self; and this is why shunning evils is doing goods. The goods that a man then does are meant by good works; and good works in their whole complex are meant by charity. Man cannot be reformed unless he thinks, wills, and does as if from himself, since that which is done as if by the man himself is conjoined to him and remains with him, while that which is not done by the man as if from himself, not being received in any life of sense, flows through like ether; and this is why the Lord wills that man should not only shun and turn away from evils as if of himself, but should also think, will, and do as if of himself, and yet acknowledge in heart, that all these things are from the Lord. This he must acknowledge because it is the truth.

  
Yiya esigabeni / 1232  
  

Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.

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Exodus 21

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1 "Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.

2 "If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.

3 If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.

4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

5 But if the servant shall plainly say, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;'

6 then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.

7 "If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.

8 If she doesn't please her master, who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.

9 If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her as a daughter.

10 If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.

11 If he doesn't do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.

12 "One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,

13 but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.

14 If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

15 "Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

16 "Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

17 "Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

18 "If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn't die, but is confined to bed;

19 if he rises again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be cleared: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing until he is thoroughly healed.

20 "If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

21 Notwithstanding, if he gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his property.

22 "If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman's husband demands and the judges allow.

23 But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,

24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

25 burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

26 "If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

27 If he strikes out his male servant's tooth, or his female servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

28 "If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.

29 But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death.

30 If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid on him.

31 Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.

32 If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.

33 "If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn't cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,

34 the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.

35 "If one man's bull injures another's, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live bull, and divide its price; and they shall also divide the dead animal.

36 Or if it is known that the bull was in the habit of goring in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.