AC.430, 창4:23, '라멕이 아내들에게 이르되 아다와 씰라여' (AC.427-431)

23절, 라멕이 아내들에게 이르되 아다와 씰라여 내 목소리를 들으라 라멕의 아내들이여 내 말을 들으라 나의 상처로 말미암아 내가 사람을 죽였고 나의 상함으로 말미암아 소년을 죽였도다 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, and with your ears perceive my speech; for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a little one to my hurt.

 

430

A “little one,” or “little child,” in the Word, signifies innocence, and also charity, for true innocence cannot exist without charity, nor true charity without innocence. There are three degrees of innocence, distinguished in the Word by the terms “sucklings,” “infants,” and “little children”; and as there is no true innocence without true love and charity, therefore also by “sucklings,” “infants,” and “little children” are signified the three degrees of love: namely, tender love, like that of a suckling toward its mother or nurse; love like that of an infant toward its parents; and charity, similar to that of a little child toward its instructor. Thus it is said in Isaiah:

 

그때에 이리가 어린 양과 함께 살며 표범이 어린 염소와 함께 누우며 송아지와 어린 사자와 살진 짐승이 함께 있어 어린아이에게 끌리며 (사11:6) The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf, and the young lion, and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. (Isa. 11:6)

 

Here a “lamb,” a “kid,” and a “calf” signify the three degrees of innocence and love; a “wolf,” a “leopard,” and a “young lion,” their opposites; and a “little child,” charity. In Jeremiah:

 

만군의 하나님 이스라엘의 하나님 여호와께서 이와 같이 말씀하셨느니라 너희가 어찌하여 큰 악을 행하여 자기 영혼을 해하며 유다 가운데에서 너희의 남자와 여자와 아이와 젖 먹는 자를 멸절하여 남은 자가 없게 하려느냐 (렘44:7) Ye commit this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and wife, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you no remains. (Jer. 44:7)

 

“Man and wife” denote things of the understanding and of the will, or of truth and of good; and “infant and suckling,” the first degrees of love. That an “infant” and a “little child” denote innocence and charity is very evident from the Lord’s words in Luke:

 

15사람들이 예수께서 만져 주심을 바라고 자기 어린 아기를 데리고 오매 제자들이 보고 꾸짖거늘 17내가 진실로 너희에게 이르노니 누구든지 하나님의 나라를 어린아이와 같이 받아들이지 않는 자는 결단코 거기 들어가지 못하리라 하시니라 (눅18:15, 17) They brought unto him little children that he should touch them. And Jesus said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no wise enter therein. (Luke 18:15, 17)

 

The Lord himself is called a “little one,” or “child” (Isa. 9:6), because he is innocence itself and love itself, and in the same passage he is spoken of as “wonderful, counselor, God, hero, father of eternity, prince of peace.”

 

이는 한 아기가 우리에게 났고 한 아들을 우리에게 주신 바 되었는데 그의 어깨에는 정사를 메었고 그의 이름은 기묘자라, 모사라, 전능하신 하나님이라, 영존하시는 아버지라, 평강의 왕이라 할 것임이라 (사9:6)