753# “因为魔鬼下到你们那里去了”表示因为他们接受来自地狱的邪恶。这从“魔鬼”和“下到他们那里”的含义清楚可知：“魔鬼”是指邪恶所来自的地狱(对此，参看AE 740节)；“下到他们那里”当论及魔鬼时，是指在他们中间，迷惑他们，并被他们接受。魔鬼所下到的那些人是指“住在地与海上的”，这些人表示那些纯属世和感官的人，他们因弃绝被称为仁爱的信仰生活而变得如此。那些因宗教而弃绝这种生活，从心里相信并声称行为无助于得救，拯救人的，是唯信和敬拜的虔诚之人，只要在行动或行为上弃绝良善，把自己交给源于对自我和世界的爱的欢乐，就仍是属世的，甚至变得感官化。这些人因仍是属世的，甚至变得感官化，所以便快乐地接受从地狱冒上来的邪恶；因为属世人自出生时起就在这些邪恶中，除非他也变得属灵，否则他继续留在其中。事实上，当人变得属灵时，他便与天堂相通，并接受由此而来的良善，从主经由天堂所接受的良善移除邪恶，而这一切只有通过遵照圣言诫命的生活才能实现。
753. For the devil is come down unto you.- That this signifies, because they receive evils from hell, is evident from the signification of the devil, as denoting that hell from which evils come (concerning which see above, n. 740); and from the signification of coming down unto them, when said of the devil, as denoting to be among them, to seduce them, and to be received by them. Those to whom the devil came down mean those that inhabit the earth and the sea, and these signify those who are merely natural and sensual, who became such because they rejected the life of faith, which is called charity. Those who reject this because of their religion, and who believe and say in their heart that deeds contribute nothing to salvation, but that faith alone and piety in worship save, remain natural, and even become sensual, so far as they reject goods in act or deed, and give themselves up to the pleasures that spring from the loves of self and of the world. Because such remain natural, and even become sensual, they receive with delight the evils that arise out of hell for the natural man is in those evils from birth, and unless he also becomes spiritual, he continues in them. For when a man becomes spiritual he has communion with the heavens, and receives goods therefrom, and the goods received from the Lord through heaven remove evils, and this is effected entirely by a life according to the commandments from the Word.
753. For the devil is come down unto you, signifies because they receive evils from hell. This is evident from the signification of "devil," as being the hell from which come evils (of which above, n. 740; also from the signification of "coming down unto them," as being, in reference to the devil, to be among them, to lead them astray, and to be received by them. Those unto whom the devil came down mean "those that inhabit the earth and the sea," and these signify the merely natural and sensual who have become such because they have rejected the life of faith, which is called charity; and those who reject this from religion, and who believe and say in their heart that what they do contributes nothing to salvation, but faith alone and piety in worship are what save, such continue natural, and even become sensual so far as they reject goods in act or deeds, and give themselves up to the pleasures that spring from the loves of self and of the world. Because such continue natural and even become sensual, they receive with delight the evils that rise up out of hell; for the natural man is in those evils from birth, and unless he becomes also spiritual he continues in them; for when man becomes spiritual he has communion with the heavens, and receives goods therefrom, and goods received from the Lord through heaven remove evils, which is effected solely by means of a life according to the commandments from the Word.
753. "Quia descendit diabolus ad vos." - Quod significet quia recipiunt mala ex inferno, constat ex significatione "diaboli", quod sit infernum ex quo mala (de qua supra, n. 740); et ex significatione "descendere ad illos", cum de diabolo, quod sit esse inter illos, seducere illos, et recipi ab illis; per illos, ad quos descendit diabolus, intelliguntur "inhabitantes terram et mare", per quos significantur mere naturales et sensuales, qui tales facti sunt quia rejecerunt vitam fidei, quae vocatur charitas; et qui hanc rejiciunt ex religione, credentes et dicentes corde suo quod facta nihil ad salutem faciant, sed solum fides, et pictas in cultu, illi manent naturales, immo fiunt sensuales, quantum bona actu seu facta rejiciunt, et se tradunt voluptatibus oriundis ex amoribus sui et mundi: hi quia naturales manent, immo sensuales fiunt, mala ex inferno ascendentia cum jucundo recipiunt, nam naturalis homo in illis ex nativitate est, et nisi spiritualis etiam fiat, in illis manet; nam cum homo fit spiritualis communicat cum caelis, et inde bona recipit, et bona per caelum a Domino removent mala, quod unice fit per vitam secundum praecepta ex Verbo.