2063、“不可再称她的名为撒莱,因为撒拉才是她的名”表示祂要脱去人身或人性,披上神性。这从前面关于亚伯拉罕的阐述(17:5)清楚可知,在那里,经上说“你的名不再叫亚伯兰,你的名要叫亚伯拉罕”,这些话同样表示祂要脱去人身或人性,披上神性(参看2009节)。事实上,加到“撒拉”这个名字上的字母“H”取自耶和华之名,以便撒拉和亚伯拉罕一样,可以代表主的神性;也就是说,可以代表主里面良善与真理的神性婚姻,其中:“亚伯拉罕”代表神性良善,“撒拉”代表神性真理;神性理性,也就是以撒,将从该婚姻而生。
神性良善本身是爱,对整个人类来说,是怜悯;它是主的内在,也就是耶和华,耶和华是良善本身;该良善由亚伯拉罕来代表。要与神性良善结合的真理由撒莱来代表;这真理一旦也变成神性,就由撒拉来代表,因为主逐渐朝着与耶和华合一前进,如前面各处所说的。在真理与良善完全合一,以至于良善成为真理的源头之前,真理还不是神性,由撒莱来代表。但当真理与良善完全合一,以至于成为良善的产物时,它就是神性;在这种情况下,真理本身也是良善,因为它是良善之真理,或说良善的一个组成部分。为寻求与良善合一而通往良善的真理是一回事;已经与良善彻底合一,以至于完全来源于良善的真理是另一回事。通往良善的真理仍保留着某种人性,但与良善完全合一的真理则脱去了人性的一切,并披上神性。
和前面一样,这个问题也能通过发生在人身上的事来说明。当一个人正在重生,也就是将要与主结合,或说尚未与主结合时,他通过真理,也就是通过信之真理迈向这结合,因为若不通过信的认知或知识,也就是他迈向这种结合所借助的真理,没有人能重生。主通过良善,也就是仁爱去迎接这些真理,并将这仁爱引入信的认知或知识,也就是引入它的真理。一切真理都是接受良善的器皿;因此,真理越纯正,就越增多,良善也越大量接受它们作为器皿,把它们归入秩序,最后通过它们显现,以至于最终真理若不作为传输良善之光的媒介,就不会显现。真理以这种方式变得属天-属灵。由于主只存在于从仁爱流出的良善中,所以人以这种方式与主结合,并通过良善,也就是仁爱而被赋予良心;以后他便出于良心思考真理,做正确的事。不过,这良心与已经充满良善或仁爱的真理和正确的事保持一致。
Potts(1905-1910) 2063
2063. Thou shalt not call her name Sarai, for Sarah is her name. That this signifies that He will put off the human, and will put on the Divine, is evident from what was said of Abraham above (verse 5), where occur the words, "thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham," by which in like manner there is signified that He will put off the human, and will put on the Divine (see n. 2009). For the letter H which was added to the name "Sarah," was taken from the name "Jehovah," so that Sarah, like Abraham, should represent the Lord's Divine; and that thus should be represented the Divine marriage of Good with Truth in the Lord-Abraham representing the Divine Good, and Sarah the Divine Truth-from which should be born the Divine Rational, which is Isaac. [2] The Divine Good, which is Love, and which in regard to the whole human race is Mercy, was the Lord's Internal, that is, Jehovah, who is itself: this is represented by Abraham. The truth that was to be conjoined with the Divine Good was represented by Sarai; and this truth when also made Divine is represented by Sarah; for the Lord advanced to union with Jehovah successively, as already said. The truth not yet Divine represented by Sarai, was such when it was not yet so united to good as to be truth from good. But when it was so united to good as to proceed from good, it was then Divine; and the truth itself was then also good, because it was the truth of good. The truth which tends to good in order that it may be united to good, is one thing; and that which is so united to good as to proceed wholly from good, is another. The truth which is tending to good still derives something from the human; but that which is wholly united to good has put off all that is human, and has put on the Divine. [3] This may be illustrated as before, by what is similar with man. When a man is being regenerated, that is, when he is to be conjoined with the Lord, he proceeds to the conjunction by means of truth, that is, by means of the truths of faith; for no one can be regenerated except by means of the knowledges of faith, which are the truths by means of which he proceeds to conjunction. The Lord goes to meet these by means of good, that is, by means of charity, and adjusts and fits this in to the knowledges of faith, that is, to its truths; for all truths are recipient vessels of good, and therefore the more genuine the truths are, and the more they are multiplied, the more abundantly can good accept them as vessels, reduce them to order, and finally manifest itself; so that at last the truths do not appear, except insofar as good shines through them. In this way truth becomes the celestial spiritual. As the Lord is present solely in the good which is of charity, the man is in this way conjoined with the Lord, and by means of good, that is, by means of charity, is gifted with conscience, from which he afterwards thinks what is true and does what is right; but this conscience is in accordance with the truths and right things into which the good or charity is adjusted and fitted.
Elliott(1983-1999) 2063
2063. 'You will not call by her name Sarai, for Sarah will be her name' means that He will cast off the human and put on the Divine. This is clear from what has been stated at verse 5 above regarding Abraham, where it is said, 'No longer will your name be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham', words which in a similar way mean that He will cast off the human and put on the Divine, dealt with in 2009. Indeed the letter H added to Sarah's name was taken from the name of Jehovah, in order that Sarah, like Abraham, might represent the Lord's Divine, that is to say, in order that the Divine marriage of Good and Truth in the Lord might be represented - 'Abraham' being Divine Good and 'Sarah' Divine Truth. And from that marriage the Divine Rational, which is Isaac, was to be born.
[2] Divine Good, which in itself is love, and in relation to the entire human race is mercy, was the Lord's Internal, that is, Jehovah, who is Good itself. This Good is represented by 'Abraham'. Truth that was to be joined to Divine Good was represented by 'Sarai', but once this too has become Divine, it is represented by 'Sarah', for the Lord advanced towards union with Jehovah gradually, as mentioned in various places above. 'Sarai' represented truth not yet Divine - when it was still not so thoroughly united to Good that Good was the source of truth. But once it was so thoroughly united to Good that it stemmed from Good it was at that point Divine, and Truth itself was in that case also Good since it was truth inhering in Good. Truth tending towards good so that it may be united to good is one thing, while truth so united to good that it stems completely from good is another. Truth tending towards good is still drawing on something of what is human, but once it is united completely to good it casts aside everything that is human and takes on what is Divine.
[3] This matter, like others previously, can be illustrated by what occurs with man. When a person is being regenerated, that is, when he is to be joined to the Lord, he moves towards that conjunction by means of truth, that is, by means of the truths of faith, for nobody can be regenerated except by means of cognitions of faith, which are the truths by means of which he moves towards such conjunction. These truths the Lord goes to meet by way of good, that is, of charity, and introduces this charity into the cognitions of faith, that is, into its truths. For all truths are the recipient vessels of good; and therefore the more genuine the truths are and the more they are multiplied, the more abundantly is good able to accept them as vessels, to bring them into a state of order, and only then to reveal itself, doing so in the end in such a way that the truths are not seen, except insofar as good shines through them. In this way truth becomes celestial-spiritual. And since the Lord is present solely within the good that flows from charity, a person is in this manner joined to the Lord, and by means of good, that is, of charity, has conscience conferred on him, from which he then thinks what is true and does what is right. But this conscience is a conscience in keeping with the truths and the things that are right into which good or charity has been introduced.
Latin(1748-1756) 2063
2063. Quod `non vocabis nomine ejus Sarai, quoniam Sarah nomen illius' significet quod exuet humanum, et induet Divinum, constat ex illis quae supra ad vers. 5 dicta sunt de Abrahamo {1}, ubi haec, `Non vocabitur amplius nomine tuo Abram, et erit nomen tuum Abraham,' per quae similiter significatum, quod exuet humanum, (c)ac induet Divinum, de quibus n. 2009; littera enim `H' quae adjecta est nomini Sarah, ex Jehovae nomine desumpta est, ob causam ut Sarah, sicut Abraham, repraesentaret Divinum Domini; nempe Divinum conjugium Boni cum Vero in Domino, `Abraham' Divinum Bonum, et `Sarah' Divinum Verum; [2] ex quo nasceretur Divinum Rationale quod est `Isacus.' Divinum Bonum quod est amor, et respective ad universum genus humanum est misericordia, fuit Internum Domini, hoc est, Jehovah, Qui ipsum Bonum est; hoc repraesentatur per `Abrahamum'; verum quod conjungendum Divino Bono, repraesentatum est per `Sarai,' quod cum etiam Divinum factum, repraesentatur per `Sarah,' nam Dominus ad unionem cum Jehovah successive progressus est, ut supra passim dictum; verum nondum Divinum per `Sarai' repraesentatum, erat cum adhuc non ita unitum Bono, ut ex Bono verum; at cum ita unitum Bono ut ex Bono procederet, tunc fuit Divinum, ac ipsum Verum tunc quoque Bonum quia Boni verum; aliud est verum quod tendit ad bonum, ut uniatur bono, et aliud [est,] quod unitum bono ita ut procedat prorsus a bono; verum quod tendit ad bonum, trahit adhuc aliquid ab humano; at quod prorsus unitum bono, hoc exuit omne quod (o)est humanum et induit Divinum: [3] hoc per simile, ut prius, apud hominem illustrari potest; cum regeneratur homo, hoc est, cum conjungendus Domino, ad conjunctionem per verum, hoc est, per vera fidei procedit, nemo enim regenerari potest nisi per cognitiones fidei, quae sunt vera per quae ad conjunctionem procedit; his Dominus obviam it per bonum, hoc est, per charitatem, et illam inaptat cognitionibus fidei, hoc est, veris ejus; omnia enim vera sunt vasa recipientia boni, quare quo genuina magis sunt vera et quo plus multiplicantur, eo plus bono datur copia recipiendi illa ut vasa, redigendique illa in ordinem, et se demum manifestandi, usque demum ut non appareant vera, nisi quantum per illa translucet bonum, ita verum fit caeleste spirituale; [et] quia in bono quod solius est charitatis, Dominus solum est praesens, ita homo conjungitur Domino et donatur per bonum, hoc est, per charitatem conscientia, ex qua dein cogitat verum {2} et facit rectum `, sed haec secundum vera et recta, quibus bonum seu charitas inaptatur. @1 Abramo.$ @2 ip suum$