第二节 圣言之中有灵义 迄今不为人知
193# 圣言之中有灵义，迄今为人所不知。凡闻“圣言既为神性，则其内里必有属灵之物”者，谁不承认而首肯？然而迄今为止，谁曾知属灵之物为何，又隐于圣言何处？至于属灵之物为何，将在本章之后的可记述之事中阐明；至于其隐于圣言何处，则将在以下各节说明。
圣言内里之所以为属灵，乃因其自雅威主降下，并穿越天使诸天；而神性本身，在其自身中不可言说，亦不可领会，乃于降下之际，成为适合天使领悟者，终而成为适合人领悟者。由此遂有灵义内寓于字义之中，正如灵魂之在人身，理性之思在言语之中，意志之情在行动之中。若可取自然世界中显于目前者为比，则灵义之在字义中，犹如全脑在其脑膜之内；又如树枝在其内皮与外皮之内；甚至如雏鸟生成之一切在卵壳之内，诸如此类。
然而，圣言之灵义竟以此方式寓于其字义之中，迄今无人测知。故有必要将此奥秘呈明于理性之前；此奥秘就其自身而言，卓绝于迄今所揭示之一切奥秘之上。其展开之次序如下：
一、何谓灵义。
二、灵义存在于圣言整体及其一切细节之中。
三、圣言之所以由神性默示，并在每一词语中为圣，乃因其灵义。
四、灵义迄今为人所不知。
五、今后，除由主而在真正真理中之人外，灵义不赐予任何人。
六、圣言灵义显明奇妙之事。
以上诸项，今将逐一申论。
193# 有谁会不承认并同意这个说法：圣言因是神性，所以在其核心上是属灵的，或说有一个属灵的核心？然而，直到现在，有谁知道这属灵的核心是什么，它在圣言中隐藏在哪里？我将在本章末尾（TCR 280节）的一个记事中说明，属灵的核心是什么；现在我将解释它在圣言中隐藏在哪里。圣言在其核心上是属灵的，或说有一个属灵的核心，因为它从主耶和华那里降下来，并穿过了天使天堂；在它下降的过程中，本身无法形容和不可感知的神性本身变得适合天使们的感知，最后适合人类的感知。因此，圣言拥有属灵意义或灵义，这层意义存在于属世意义里面，就像灵魂存在于人里面，理解力的思维存在于话语里面，意愿的情感存在于行为里面一样。如果可以把它与自然界中出现在眼前的事物进行对比，那么属灵意义包含在属世意义里面，就像整个大脑包含在它的脑膜或膜里面，或树枝包含在内外树皮里面，或小鸡发育所需的一切包含在蛋壳里面等等一样。但直到现在还没有人猜测到，圣言的属世意义里面有这样的属灵意义，或说圣言的属灵意义与属世意义之间存在这种关系。因此，理解力有必要清楚知道这个奥秘，因为这个奥秘本身比我迄今为止所揭示的一切奥秘都要卓越，或说具有根本的优先地位；当按以下顺序来解释这个奥秘时，它就会变得很清楚：
（1）什么是属灵意义或灵义。
（2）这层意义就在整部圣言和它的每个部分中。
（3）正是由于这层意义，圣言才是神启的，在每一个字上都是神圣的。
（4）迄今为止，这层意义一直是未知的。
（5）从今以后，它只赐给那些处于来自主的真正真理的人。
（6）由圣言的灵义产生的关于圣言的奇妙事物或效果。
现逐一解释这些要点。
193. 2. The Word Has a Spiritual Meaning That Has Not Been Known until Now
Because the Word is divine, it has a spiritual core. When we are told this, surely we all acknowledge it and agree. Up until now, though, has anyone known what that spiritual core is and where it is hidden in the Word? What the spiritual core is, I will show in a memorable occurrence at the end of this chapter. Where it lies hidden in the Word, I will explain now.
The Word has a spiritual core because it came down from the Lord Jehovah and passed through the angelic heavens. As the Word came down, the divinity itself, which was originally inexpressible and imperceptible, became adapted to the awareness of angels and, further on, to the awareness of human beings. As a result, the Word has a spiritual meaning that is present within its earthly meaning much the way our soul is present in us, the thoughts of our intellect are present in what we say, and the feelings of our will are present in what we do.
If I may make comparisons with things that appear before our eyes in the physical world, the spiritual meaning is contained in the earthly meaning the way the whole brain is wrapped in its meninges or membranes; or the way the branch of a tree is wrapped in its inner and outer bark; or the way everything necessary for a chick's development is contained within the shell of its egg; and so on.
Until now no one has divined that this type of relationship exists between the Word's spiritual meaning and its earthly meaning. Therefore this secret needs to be made clear to the intellect, because it takes fundamental precedence over all the other secrets I have disclosed until now. It will become clear if it is laid out in the following order:
1. What the spiritual meaning is.
2. There is a spiritual meaning throughout the Word and in every part of it.
3. It is the spiritual meaning that makes the Word divinely inspired and holy in every word.
4. The spiritual meaning has been unknown until now.
5. From this point on, the spiritual meaning will be given only to people who have genuine truths from the Lord.
6. The Word has amazing qualities because of its spiritual meaning.
These points will now be unfolded one by one.
193. II. The Word contains a spiritual sense unknown up to the present.
Is there anyone who does not acknowledge and assent to the proposition that the Word, being Divine, is in its inmost spiritual? But who up to now has known what spiritual means, and where it is hidden in the Word? It will be shown in an experience recounted at the end of this chapter [280] what spiritual means; where it lies hidden in the Word will be revealed in the following paragraphs.
The reason why the Word is spiritual in its inmost is that it has come down from the Lord Jehovah and has passed through the heavens of the angels; and the actual divinity, which in itself is beyond expression and perception, has become as it came down adapted so as to permit angels, and finally men, to grasp it. Thus there is a spiritual sense, which is inside the natural sense like the soul in a person, or like the thinking of the understanding in speech, and the affection of the will in actions. If we may compare it with the kinds of things to be seen in the natural world, the spiritual sense is within the natural sense like the whole brain inside its membranes or integuments; or like the shoots of a tree within its bark and bast, or, rather, like everything needed to produce a chick inside the eggshell, and so on. But no one up to the present has guessed that the natural sense of the Word contains a spiritual sense of this kind. It is therefore necessary to make plain to the view of the understanding this secret, which is in itself far superior to all secrets disclosed so far. This can be achieved by expounding the matter in the following sequence:
(i) What the spiritual sense is.
(ii) This sense is present in every part and detail of the Word.
(iii) It is this which makes the Word divinely inspired and holy in every word.
(iv) This sense has up to the present been unknown.
(v) It will in future only be granted to those who are in possession of genuine truths from the Lord.
(vi) Remarkable effects produced by the Word from its spiritual sense.
These I shall now discuss one by one.
193. II. IN THE WORD THERE IS A SPIRITUAL SENSE HITHERTO UNKNOWN.
When it is asserted that inasmuch as the Word is Divine it is in its bosom spiritual, who does not acknowledge and assent to the statement? But who has known as yet what the spiritual is, and where in the Word it is stored up? What the spiritual is will be made clear in the Memorable Relation at the end of this chapter; and where it is hidden in the Word shall be shown in what now follows. The Word in its bosom is spiritual, because it descended from Jehovah the Lord, and passed through the angelic heavens; and in its descent the Divine itself, which in itself is ineffable and unperceivable, became adapted to the perception of angels, and finally to the perception of men. From this is the spiritual sense, which is inwardly in the natural, as the soul is in man, as the thought of the understanding is in speech, and as the will's affection is in action; and if it is permissible to compare it with such things as appear to the eye in the natural world, the spiritual sense is in the natural sense as the whole brain is within its meninges or matres, or as a tree's branches are within their barks and coats, or as all things needful for the production of a chick are within the shell of the egg, and so on. But that there is such a spiritual sense of the Word in its natural sense no one as yet has divined; and for that reason it is necessary that this arcanum (which in itself stands pre-eminent over all arcana hitherto disclosed) should be made clear to the understanding, as it will be when explained in the following order:
(1) What the spiritual sense is.
(2) This sense is in each and every part of the Word.
(3) It is because of this sense that the Word is Divinely inspired, and holy in every word.
(4) Heretofore this sense has been unknown.
(5) Henceforth it will be given only to such as are in genuine truths from the Lord.
(6) Wonderful things respecting the Word, from its spiritual sense.
These propositions will now be unfolded separately.
193. II. IN THE WORD THERE IS A SPIRITUAL SENSE, HITHERTO UNKNOWN.
Who does not acknowledge, and agree when it is asserted, that the Word, because it is Divine, is in its inmost content spiritual? But who has hitherto known what the spiritual is, and where in the Word it lies concealed? What the spiritual is will be shown in a narrative at the conclusion of this chapter, and where it lies concealed in the Word in what now follows. The Word is spiritual in its inmost content because it descended from Jehovah the Lord, and passed through the angelic heavens; and the Divine Itself, which in itself is ineffable and incomprehensible, was adapted in its descent to the perception of angels, and lastly to that of men. Hence the Word has a spiritual sense which is within the natural sense just as the soul is in man, or as the thought of the understanding is in speech, or as the affection of the will is in act. And if we may compare it with visible things in the world of nature, the spiritual sense is within the natural sense as the whole of the brain is within its enveloping membranes or coverings, or as the young shoots of a tree are within their coverings of bark, or as the embryo of the chicken is within the shell of the egg: and so on. As the fact that there is such a spiritual sense has not hitherto been made known by any one through Divine inspiration, this truth, in itself surpassing all truths that have so far been revealed, must now be made clear to the understanding. This will be done as it is explained in the following articles:
(1) What the spiritual sense is.
(2) This sense is in the whole of the Word, and in every part of it.
(3) Because of this sense the Word is Divinely inspired, and holy in every word.
(4) This sense has hitherto been unknown.
(5) Hereafter it will be made known only to those who are in genuine truths from the Lord.
(6) Some wonderful things concerning the Word from its spiritual sense.
Each of these articles will now be treated separately.
193. II.
Quod in Verbo Sensus Spiritualis sit, hactenus ignotus.
Quis non agnoscit et annuit quando dicitur, quod Verbum, quia est Divinum, in sinu suo spirituale sit; sed quis huc usque scivit, quid Spirituale, et ubinam illud in Verbo reconditum est; sed quid Spirituale, in MEMORABILI post hoc Caput manifestabitur, et ubinam illud in Verbo latet, in nunc sequentibus. Quod Verbum in sinu spirituale sit, est quia descendit a Jehovah Domino, ac pertransiit Coelos Angelicos, et ipsum Divinum, quod in se est ineffabile et imperceptibile, in descensu factum est adaequatum perceptioni Angelorum, et demum perceptioni hominum, inde est Sensus spiritualis qui est intus in Naturali, quemadmodum anima in homine, cogitatio intellectus in loquela, et affectio voluntatis in actione; et si comparare licet cum talibus, quae ante oculos in Mundo naturali apparent, est Sensus spiritualis in Sensu naturali, sicut Universum Cerebrum intra Meninges aut Matres suas; aut sicut palmites arboris intra libros et philyras suas, imo sicut omnia generationis pulli intra testam ovi, et sic porro. Sed quod talis sit Sensus spiritualis Verbi in Sensu naturali ejus, a nemine huc usque divinatum est, quare necessum est, ut hoc Arcanum, quod in se eminens est prae omnibus Arcanis hactenus detectis, pateat coram intellectu, quod fiet, dum in hoc ordine illud exponitur, I. Quid Sensus spiritualis. II. Quod ille Sensus in omnibus et singulis Verbi sit. III. Quod ex illo sit, quod Verbum Divinitus inspiratum sit, ac in omni voce sanctum. IV. Quod ille Sensus hactenus ignotus fuerit. V. Quod non alicui posthac detur, nisi qui in genuinis veris a Domino est. VI. Mirabilia de Verbo ex Sensu spirituali ejus. Haec nunc singulatim evolventur.