669# “上这里来”表示分离和由此而来的保护。这从“上了天”的含义清楚可知，“上了天”当论及表示爱之良善和教义之真理的见证人时，是指与那些没有爱之良善和教义之真理的人分离，从而与恶人分离。由于分离的原因是，这些事物，即爱之良善和教义之真理不会被恶人伤害，所以“上这里来”也表示保护。因为如果爱之良善和教义之真理传给恶人，他们会从外在接受它们，但却从内在通过否认和嘲笑而伤害它们。由此导致的结果是，恶人会与简单的善良人结合，因为后者无法感知到：这些人的内层是邪恶。这些简单的善良人构成最低层天堂；因此，除非他们被分开，否则与恶人的外在的结合会给那些在该天堂的人造成伤害。不过，对此，详情可参看小著《最后的审判》(70节)。这就是吩咐两个见证人上天所涉及的东西，以此表示对他们的保护。
669. Come up hither.- That this signifies separation and thence protection is evident from the signification of ascending into heaven, when spoken of the witnesses, by whom the goods of love and the truths of doctrine are signified, as denoting to be separated from those who do not possess the goods of love and the truths of doctrine, thus to be separated from the evil. And since the cause of separation is, lest those things, namely, the good of love and the truth of doctrine, should be injured by the evil, therefore come up hither also signifies protection. For if those things were communicated to the evil, they would receive them exteriorly, but interiorly they would do injury to them, by denial and derision; it therefore would result in the evil being conjoined with the simple well-disposed who cannot perceive that the interiors of such are evil. These simple well-disposed form the ultimate heaven; unless therefore they were separated, injury might be done to those who are in that heaven by conjunction with the externals of the evil. But more may be seen upon this subject in the work on the Last Judgment 70). This is what is involved in the command to the two witnesses to ascend into heaven, and by this their protection is signified.
669. Come up hither, signifies separation and consequent protection. This is evident from the signification of "going up into heaven" when said of the witnesses, by whom the goods of love and the truths of doctrine are signified, as being to be separated from those that have no goods of love and truths of doctrine, thus to be separated from the evil. And as the reason for separation is that these, namely, the good of love and the truth of doctrine, may not be harmed by the evil, therefore "come up hither" signifies also protection. For if the good of love and the truth of doctrine were communicated to the evil they would receive them in an outward way, but would do them harm by inwardly denying and mocking them. Thence it would come to pass that the evil would be conjoined with the simple well-disposed, who are unable to perceive that the interiors of such are evil. These simple well-disposed constitute the lowest heaven; therefore if this separation were not effected, harm would be done to those who are in that heaven by their being conjoined with the externals of the evil (but on this see further in the small work on The Last Judgment 70). This is what is involved in the command to the two witnesses "to go up into heaven," and by this also protection is signified.
669. "Ascendite huc." - Quod significet separationem et inde tutelam, constat ex significatione "ascendere in caelum", cum de "testibus", per quos significantur bona amoris et vera doctrinae, quod sit separari ab illis apud quos bona amoris et vera doctrinae non sunt, ita separari a malis; et quia causa separationis est, ne illa, nempe bonum amoris et verum doctrinae, laedantur a malis, inde per "Ascendite huc" etiam significatur tutela; nam si illa communicarentur malis, reciperentur ab illis exterius, sed laederent illa interius negando et subsannando: inde eveniret quod mali conjungerentur cum simplicibus probis, qui interiora illorum, quod sint mala, percipere nequeunt; et simplices probi ultimum caelum constituunt; ideo nisi separarentur, potuisset damnum inferri illis qui in eo caelo sunt per conjunctionem cum externis illorum (sed de hac re videantur plura in opusculo De Ultimo Judicio 70). Hoc involvit quod mandatum sit duobus testibus ut "ascenderent in caelum", et quoque quod per id significetur tutela.