5160.“是法老的生日”表当属世层要重生时。这从“生”的含义和“法老”的代表清楚可知:“生”是指重生,如下文所述;“法老”是指内层属世层(参看5080,5095节),在此是指总体上的属世层,因为在重生之人当中,内层属世层与外层属世层通过它们的相互对应而行如一体。“生”之所以指重生,是因为所指的是属灵事物,属灵的出生就是重生,也就是所谓的再生。因此,当圣言提到“生”时,在天堂只是理解为通过“水和灵”,也就是通过信和仁所实现的出生,而非其它出生。因为正是再生或重生使人成为真正的人,完全不同于动物。事实上,在这种情况下,他变成主国度的儿子和继承人。圣言中所提到的“生”表示属灵的出生(参看1145,1255,3860,3868,4070,4668节)。
Potts(1905-1910) 5160
5160. On Pharaoh's birthday. That this signifies when the natural was being regenerated, is evident from the signification of "being born," as being to be regenerated (of which hereafter); and from the representation of Pharaoh, as being the interior natural (see n. 5080, 5095), here the natural in general, because with the regenerate the interior and the exterior natural act as a one through their mutual correspondence. "To be born" is to be regenerated because spiritual things are meant in the internal sense, and spiritual birth is regeneration, which is also called rebirth; and therefore when "birth" is mentioned in the Word, no other birth is understood in heaven than that which is effected by "water and the spirit," that is, through faith and charity; because it is by his being born again or regenerated that man becomes man, and is wholly distinguished from the brutes; for he then becomes a son and heir of the Lord's kingdom. (That spiritual births are signified by the births which are mentioned in the Word may be seen above, n. 1145, 1255, 3860, 3868, 4070, 4668.)
Elliott(1983-1999) 5160
5160. 'On Pharaoh's birthday' means when the natural was to be regenerated. This is clear from the meaning of 'being born' as being regenerated, dealt with below; and from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as the interior natural, dealt with in 5080, 5095, in this case the natural in general because among regenerate persons the agreement of the interior natural with the exterior natural causes the two to act as one. The reason 'being born' means being regenerated is that in the internal sense spiritual matters are meant, and spiritual birth is regeneration, which is also called rebirth. When therefore birth is spoken of in the Word no other birth is understood in heaven than a birth effected through water and the spirit, that is, through faith and charity. For being born again or regenerated makes a person truly human and entirely different from animals, because in this case he becomes a son and heir of the Lord's kingdom. As regards the births which are mentioned in the Word meaning spiritual births, see 1145, 1255, 3860, 3868, 4070, 4668.
Latin(1748-1756) 5160
5160. `In die nasci Pharaonis': quod significet cum regeneraretur naturale, constat ex significatione `nasci' quod sit regenerari, de qua sequitur; et ex repraesentatione `Pharaonis' quod sit interius naturale, de qua n. 5080, 5095, hic naturale in communi quia interius naturale et exterius unum agunt per correspondentiam apud regeneratos. Quod nasci sit regenerari, est quia in sensu interno spiritualia intelliguntur, et spiritualis nascentia est regeneratio, quae etiam renascentia dicitur; quapropter cum in Verbo dicitur nativitas, in caelo non alia nativitas intelligitur quam quae fit per aquam et spiritum, hoc est, per fidem et charitatem, nam per id quod renascatur seu regeneretur, homo fit homo et prorsus distinguitur a brutis, tunc enim fit filius et heres regni Domini: quod per nativitates quae (t)memorantur in Verbo', significentur nativitates spirituales, videatur n. 1145, 1255, 3860, 3868, 4070, 4668.