389# 启6:9–11.他揭开第五印的时候，我看见在祭坛底下，有为神的圣言，并为自己所作的见证被杀之人的灵魂。他们大声喊着说，神圣真实的主啊，你不审判住在地上的人，为我们的血伸冤，要等到几时呢？于是有白袍赐给他们各人；又有话吩咐他们，还要歇息片刻，等到与他们同作仆人的，和他们的弟兄，像他们一样被杀，满足了。
“他揭开第五印的时候”表示还要进一步的预言(390节)；“我看见在祭坛底下”表示那些被保存在天堂之下的人(391节)；“有为神的圣言，并为自己所作的见证被杀之人的灵魂”表示那些因神性真理和对主的承认而遭弃绝，并被隐藏的人(392节)。
“他们大声喊着”表示他们心智的悲伤(393节)；“说，神圣真实的主啊，你不审判住在地上的人，为我们的血伸冤，要等到几时呢”表示在对那些迫害和侵扰承认主并处于仁爱生活者之人的审判和移除方面，为公义的主叹息(394节)。
“于是有白袍赐给他们各人”表示来自与他们同在的主的神性真理，以及保护(395节)；“又有话吩咐他们，还要歇息片刻”表示在这种状态下还要再持续一段时间(396节)；“等到与他们同作仆人的，和他们的弟兄，像他们一样被杀，满足了”表示直到一切都完结了(397节)。
389. Verses 9-11. And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the Word of God, and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Lord, who art holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet a little time until both their fellow-servants and their brethren, that should be killed, as they were, should be fulfilled.
"And when he had opened the fifth seal," signifies prediction still further; "I saw under the altar," signifies those who were reserved under heaven; "the souls of them that were slain for the Word of God, and for the testimony which they held," signifies those who were rejected and concealed on account of the Divine truth and confession of the Lord.
"And they cried with a great voice," signifies the grief of their minds saying, How long, O Lord, who art holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth," signifies sighings to the Lord, who is justice, concerning the judgment and removal of those who persecute and infest them who acknowledge the Lord, and are in the life of charity.
"And white robes were given unto every one," signifies Divine truth from the Lord with them, and protection. "And it was said unto them that they should rest yet a little time," signifies some further duration in that state; "until both their fellow-servants and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled," signifies, until all things were consummated.
389. Verses 9-11. And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slain because of the Word of God, and because of the testimony that they held. And they cried out with a great voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And there were given to every one of them white robes; and it was said unto them that they should rest yet a little time, until their fellow-servants, as well as their brethren, who were to be killed, as they also were, should be fulfilled.
9. "And when he had opened the fifth seal," signifies still further prediction (n. 390); "I saw under the altar," signifies those who were preserved under heaven n. 391; "the souls of those slain because of the Word of God, and because of the testimony that they held," signifies those who were rejected and concealed because of Divine truth and because of their confession of the Lord. n. 392).
10. "And they cried out with a great voice," signifies their grief of mind (n. 393); "saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?" signifies sighings to the Lord, who is Righteousness, respecting the judgment and removal of those who persecute and infest those who acknowledge the Lord, and are in the life of charity n. 394.
11. "And there were given to every one of them white robes," signifies Divine truth from the Lord with them, and protection n. 395; "and it was said unto them they should rest yet a little time," signifies some further continuance in that state (n. 396); "until their fellow-servants, as well as their brethren, who were to be killed, as they also were, should be fulfilled," signifies until all things were consummated n. 397.
389. VERSUS 9-11.
"Et cum aperuisset quintum sigillum, vidi subter altari animas occisorum propter Verbum Dei, et propter testimonium quod habebant. Et clamabant voce magna, dicentes, Usque quo Domine, qui Sanctus et Verus, non judicas, et vindicas sanguinem nostrum de habitantibus super terra? Et datae singulis stolae albae; et dictum eis, et requiscerent adhuc tempus parvum, usque dum complentur et conservi eorum et fratres eorum, et futuri interfici sicut et illi."
9. "Et cum aperuisset quintum sigillum, significat praedictionem adhuc ulteriorem (n. 390); " 1
vidi sub altari", significat qui sub caelo reservati sunt (n. 391); "animas occisorum propter Verbum Dei et propter testimonium quod habebant", significat qui rejecti sunt et abditi propter Divinum Verum, et propter confessionem Domini (n. 392).
10. "Et clamabant voce magna", significat dolorem animi eorum (n. 393); "dicentes, Usque quo Domine, qui Sanctus et Verus, non judicas et vindicas sanguinem nostrum de habitantibus super terra?" significat suspiria ad Dominum, qui Justitia, de judicio et remotione illorum qui persequuntur et infestant illos qui profitentur Dominum et in charitatis vita sunt (n. 394).
11. "Et datae singulis stolae albae", significat Divinum Verum a Domino apud illos, et tutationem (n. 395); "et dictum eis ut requiescerent adhuc tempus parvum", significat aliquam adhuc durationem in illo stat" (n. 396); "usque dum complentur et conservi eorum et fratres eorum, futuri interfici sicut et illi", significat dum omnia consummata sunt n. 397).
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