AC.382, 창4:12, '네가 밭을 갈아도 땅이 다시는' (AC.380-382)

12절, 네가 밭을 갈아도 땅이 다시는 그 효력을 네게 주지 아니할 것이요 너는 땅에서 피하며 유리하는 자가 되리라 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.

 

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That to be a “fugitive and a wanderer in the earth” signifies not to know what is good and true is evident from the signification of “wandering” and “fleeing away” in the Word. As in Jeremiah:

 

13그의 선지자들의 죄들과 제사장들의 죄악들 때문이니 그들이 성읍 안에서 의인들의 피를 흘렸도다 14그들이 거리 거리에서 맹인 같이 방황함이여 그들의 옷들이 피에 더러워졌으므로 그들이 만질 수 없도다 (애4:13-14) The prophets and priests wander blind in the streets, they have been polluted in blood; the things they cannot do they touch with garments, (Lam. 4:13–14)

 

where “prophets” are those who teach, and “priests,” those who live accordingly; to “wander blind in the streets” is not to know what is true and good.

 

[2] In Amos:

 

7어떤 성읍에는 내리고 어떤 성읍에는 내리지 않게 하였더니 땅 한 부분은 비를 얻고 한 부분은 비를 얻지 못하여 말랐으매 8두 세 성읍 사람이 어떤 성읍으로 비틀거리며 물을 마시러 가서 만족하게 마시지 못하였으나 (암4:7-8) A part of the field was rained upon, and the part of the field whereupon it rained not withered; so two or three cities shall wander unto one city to drink waters, and shall not be satisfied, (Amos 4:7–8)

 

where by the “part of the field on which it rained” is signified the doctrine of faith from charity; and by the “part” or “piece” “of the field on which it did not rain,” the doctrine of faith without charity. To “wander to drink the waters” likewise denotes to seek after truth.

 

[3] In Hosea:

 

16에브라임은 매를 맞아 그 뿌리가 말라 열매를 맺지 못하나니 비록 아이를 낳을지라도 내가 그 사랑하는 태의 열매를 죽이리라 17그들이 듣지 아니하므로 내 하나님이 그들을 버리시리니 그들이 여러 나라 가운데에 떠도는 자가 되리라 (호9:16, 17) Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit; my God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations. (Hos. 9:16, 17)

 

“Ephraim” here denotes the understanding of truth, or faith, because he was the firstborn of Joseph; the “root which was dried up” denotes charity that cannot bear fruit; “wanderers among the nations” are those who do not know what is true and good.

 

[4] In Jeremiah:

 

28너희는 일어나 게달로 올라가서 동방 자손들을 황폐하게 하라, 30여호와의 말씀이니라 하솔 주민아 도망하라 멀리 가서 깊은 곳에 살라 (렘49:28, 30) Go ye up against Arabia, and devastate the sons of the east. Flee, wander ye exceedingly; the inhabitants of Hazor have let themselves down into the deep for a habitation. (Jer. 49:28, 30)

 

“Arabia” and the “sons of the east,” signify the possession of celestial riches, or of the things that are of love, which, when vastated, are said to “flee,” and “wander,” that is, to be “fugitives and wanderers,” when they do nought of what is good. Of the “inhabitants of Hazor,” or those who possess spiritual riches, which are those of faith, it is said that they “let themselves down into the deep,” that is, they perish.

 

[5] In Isaiah:

 

너의 관원들도 다 함께 도망하였다가 활을 버리고 결박을 당하였고 너의 멀리 도망한 자들도 발견되어 다 함께 결박을 당하였도다 (사22:3) All thy foremost ones wander together, they are bound before the bow, they have fled from far, (Isa. 22:3)

 

speaking of the “valley of vision,” or the fantasy that faith is possible without charity. Hence appears the reason why it is said, in a subsequent verse (Isa. 22:14), that he who professes faith that is apart from charity is a “fugitive and a wanderer,” that is, knows nothing of good and truth.

 

만군의 여호와께서 친히 내 귀에 들려 이르시되 진실로 이 죄악은 너희가 죽기까지 용서하지 못하리라 하셨느니라 주 만군의 여호와의 말씀이니라 (사22:14)