1642# 之前所说的是灵的语言，而天使灵的语言更加全面和完美，天使的语言则更是如此。正如前文所述，天堂有三层：第一层属于善灵，第二层属于天使灵，第三层则是天使的居所。完美性随着层次的提升而增加。这个过程可以通过比喻来更好地理解：首先，想象听觉如何处理声音，通过语言传达的信息，听觉在一个小时内可以全部吸收；接下来，考虑视觉与听觉的关系，视觉能在一分钟之内直观捕捉到同等量的信息，就如同一眼望去就能捕捉到辽阔的田野、宏伟的宫殿和繁华的城市景观一样； 最后，思考与这些感官的关系，思想能在更短的时间内，即一分钟之内，完全领悟眼睛几小时才能看到的内容。
普通灵的语言与天使灵的语言之间，以及天使灵与天使的语言之间，存在这样的比例：天使灵通过一个言语或想法的单一观念，比起灵通过几千个观念，所获得的理解更清晰；天使相对于天使灵也是如此。那么，对主来说，所有生命的情感、思想和言语都源自他，唯独他是言语和话语本身，情况又会如何呢？
1642、这就是那时灵人的说话方式；天使灵的言语甚至更普遍、更完美；而天使的言语还要更普遍、更完美。因为如前所述（459，684节），天堂有三层：善灵住在第一层，天使灵住在第二层，天使住在第三层。完美随着它的上升而增加，所以外层事物之于内层事物，几乎就像（通过对比来说明）听觉之于视觉，视觉之于思维。耳朵在一个小时内从言语中所能吸收的东西，可以在一分钟内呈现在眼前，如平原、田野、豪宅和城市的全景。而眼睛在数小时内所看到的一切，思维在一分钟内就能掌握。灵人的言语与天使灵的言语，以及天使灵的言语与天使的言语就具有这种比率关系。天使灵在一个言语或思维的观念中所清晰理解的，比灵人通过数千个观念所理解的还要多，或说天使灵从一个言语或思维的观念中获得的理解，比灵人通过数千个观念获得的理解更清晰；而天使又在同等程度上超越天使灵。那么，主又必是怎样呢？祂是情感、思维和言语的一切生命的源头，唯独祂是信息或言语和话语！
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]1642. This, then, is the way spirits talk; but the speech of angelic spirits is even more universal and perfect, and the speech of angels still more so. There are three heavens, as noted before [搂搂459, 684]. Good spirits inhabit the first, angelic spirits the second, and angels the third. Perfection increases as it rises, so that superficial elements have almost the same relation to deeper ones as hearing (to illustrate by comparison) has to sight, and sight has to thought. What the ear can absorb from speech in an hour can be presented to the eye in a minute 钬?a panorama of fields, mansions, and cities, for instance. And what the eye takes many hours to observe, the thought can grasp in a minute. The speech of spirits bears the same ratio to that of angelic spirits, and the speech of angelic spirits to that of angels. Angelic spirits incorporate more clear, distinct concepts into one idea, spoken or thought, than spirits cover in several thousand; and angels outdo angelic spirits to the same degree. How must it be with the Lord, then, the source of all the life in our feelings, thoughts, and speech, the one who alone is the Message and the Word?
Potts(1905-1910) 1642
1642. This then is the speech of spirits; but the speech of angelic spirits is still more universal and perfect; and the speech of angels is more universal and perfect still. For there are three heavens, as before said; the first is where good spirits are, the second is where angelic spirits are, and the third is where angels are. The perfections thus ascend, as from exterior things to things more interior. To use a comparison for the sake of illustration, it is almost like hearing relatively to sight, and sight relatively to thought; for what the hearing can receive through speech in an hour, can be presented before the sight in a minute, as, for example, a view of plains, palaces, and cities and all that can be seen by the eye in many hours, can be comprehended by the thought in a minute. In such a ratio does the speech of spirits stand to the speech of angelic spirits, and the speech of angelic spirits to the speech of angels; for angelic spirits distinctly comprehend more in one idea of speech or thought, than spirits by several thousand; and so it is with angels in comparison with angelic spirits. How then must it be with the Lord, from whom is all the life of affection, thought, and speech, and who alone is the Speech, and the Word!
Elliott(1983-1999) 1642
1642. Such then is the speech used by spirits; but the speech of angelic spirits is more universal and perfect still, while that of angels is even more universal and perfect than that; for, as stated already, there are three heavens, the first where good spirits are, the second where angelic spirits are, and the third where angels are. The degrees of perfection rise one above another in this way, as things that are more exterior do in relation to more interior, almost - to use a comparison that will enable this point to be seen - as hearing stands in relation to sight, and sight to thought. For that which hearing is able to take in through an hour of speech may be presented to the sight within a minute, such as for example, views of plains, palaces, and cities. And what may be beheld by the eye over many hours may be comprehended by thought within a minute. Such is the measure of difference between the speech of spirits and that of angelic spirits, and between the latter's speech and that of angels. For angelic spirits acquire a clearer understanding from one single idea comprising speech or thought than spirits do by means of several thousand; and the understanding of angels is similarly greater compared to that of angelic spirits. How must it be then with the Lord, who is the source of all the life of affection, thought, and speech, and who alone is Speech and the Word?
Latin(1748-1756) 1642
1642. Haec nunc est loquela spirituum, sed loquela spirituum angelicorum adhuc universalior et perfectior est; et loquela angelorum adhuc universalior et perfectior; nam tres caeli sunt, ut prius dictum; primum est ubi spiritus boni, secundum ubi spiritus angelici, et tertium ubi angeli; perfectiones ascendunt ita sicut exteriora se habent ad interiora, paene, ut ex comparatione sciatur, sicut auditus se habet ad virum, et visus ad cogitationem; nam quod per loquelam haurire potest auditus per horam, hoc potest coram visu sisti intra minutum, sicut, pro exemplo, prospectus campestrium, palatiorum, et urbium; et quod videri potest oculo per plures horas, hoc potest cogitatione comprehendi intra minutum; in tali ratione se habet loquela spirituum ad loquelam spirituum angelicorum, et loquela horum ad loquelam angelorum; spiritus enim angelici una idea loquelae aut cogitationis plus distincte comprehendunt quam spiritus per aliquot mille; et angeli similiter respective ad spiritus angelicos. Quid tunc apud Dominum, a Quo omnis vita affectionis, cogitationis et loquelae, et Qui solus est Sermo et Verbum.