1119、实际观察向我表明上古之人的内呼吸如何悄无声息地流入外呼吸，从而流入无声的语言。听者在其内层人中听到这种语言。他们说，他们的内呼吸照着他们对主的爱和信的状态而发生变化。他们还给出原因，即：他们与天堂交流，否则这是不可能的。事实上，他们与陪伴他们的天使一起呼吸。天使拥有与内呼吸相对应的呼吸，他们的呼吸以同样的方式发生变化。因为当有违背对主的爱和信的事临到他们时，他们就呼吸困难；但当他们享受爱和信的欢乐时，他们的呼吸就自由而充分。世上的每个人也经历类似的事，只是在这种情况下，一切都取决于肉体和世俗的爱，以及一个人的基本假设。当有东西反对这些时，他就会呼吸困难；当这种东西符合它们时，他的呼吸就自由而充分。然而，这些观察适用于外呼吸。关于天使及其呼吸，蒙主的神性怜悯，容后再述。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]1119. I had a practical demonstration of the way the internal breathing of the earliest people entered silently into a type of external breathing they had and so into soundless speech. Listeners heard this speech in their inner self.{*1} They said this kind of respiration varied in them, depending on the state of their love for the Lord and faith in him. They told the reason, too, which was that since they were communicating with heaven, they were necessarily breathing in rhythm with the angels who kept them company. Angels do have respiration, and any inner breathing keeps pace with it. They undergo similar changes in their breathing, because when anything arises to oppose love for the Lord or faith in him, they have difficulty breathing, but when they enjoy the good cheer of love and faith, their breathing is free and full. Everyone on earth experiences something similar, but it occurs in connection with our bodily and worldly passions and our convictions. When anything opposes these, we choke, but when anything caters to them, we breathe freely and fully. These facts, however, relate to external breathing.
I will have more to say on the respiration of the angels later [3883-3895], though, with the Lord's divine mercy.
Footnotes:
{*1} On internal breathing in relation to Swedenborg's own spiritual practice, see note 1 in 97. [Editors]
Potts(1905-1910) 1119
1119. It has been shown me to the life how the internal respiration of the most ancient people silently flowed into a kind of external and thus tacit speech, perceived by another in his interior man. They said that this respiration varied with them, according to the state of their love and faith in the Lord. They gave also as a reason that it could not be otherwise, because they had communication with heaven; for they respired with the angels in whose company they were. Angels have a respiration to which internal respiration corresponds; and it likewise varies with them. For when anything befalls them which is contrary to love and faith in the Lord, their respiration is restrained; but when they are in the happiness of love and faith, their respiration is free and full. There is something like this also with every man, but in accordance with his corporeal and worldly loves and also with his principles. When anything opposes these, there is a restriction of the respiration; and when they are favored, the respiration is free and full. These, however, are variations of external respiration. But concerning the respiration of the angels, of the Lord's Divine mercy hereafter.
Elliott(1983-1999) 1119
1119. I have been shown by actually observing it how the internal breathing of the most ancient people flowed in a non-audible manner into a kind of external, and thus non-verbal, speech, which was perceived by another person in his interior man. They said that that breathing with them changed according to their state of love and faith in the Lord. They also stated the reason, namely that because they had had communication with heaven, it could not be otherwise. In fact they and the angels who accompanied them were breathing in unison. Angels have breathing to which internal breathing corresponds, and which with them changes in a similar way. Indeed when they encounter anything contrary to love and faith in the Lord their breathing is laboured, but when they are experiencing the happiness that accompanies love and faith, their breathing is full and free. Something similar to this also exists with every human being but in this case everything depends on the bodily and worldly loves and on a person's basic assumptions. When anything goes against these he experiences laboured breathing, but when it is in keeping with them his breathing is full and free. These observations however apply to external breathing. The subject of angels and their breathing will in the Lord's Divine mercy be dealt with later on.
Latin(1748-1756) 1119
1119. Ostensum mihi ad vivum fuit quomodo antiquissimorum respiratio interna influxit tacite in quandam externam et sic in tacitam loquelam, perceptam ab altero in ejus interiore homine. Dicebant quod respiratio illa apud illos variata fuerit secundum statum eorum amoris et fidei in Dominum; causa quoque dicta, quod quia communicationem habebant cum caelo, non potuerit aliter esse, respirabant enim cum angelis in quorum consortio fuerunt. Angeli respirationem habent, cui correspondet respiratio interna, et similiter apud illos variatur, cum enim illis aliquid contrarium amori et fidei in Dominum obvenit, tunc illis angusta respiratio, cum vero in felicitate amoris et fidei sunt, tunc iis libera et ampla respiratio; cuivis homini etiam simile quid est, sed secundum ejus corporeos et mundanos amores et secundum ejus principia quibus cum aliquid contrariatur, eis angustia respirationis est; at cum faventur, eis libera et ampla respiratio, at haec sunt respirationis externae. Sed de respiratione angelorum, ex Divina Domini Misericordia, in sequentibus.