第三节 圣言字义为灵义与天义的基础、容器与支撑
210# 圣言的字义，是其属灵意义与属天意义的基础、容器与支撑。在一切神性之中，皆有始、中、终；始经由中而达于终，并由此存在且持续存在。因此，终乃为基础。又，始在中之内，并藉中而在终之内；故终亦为容器。并且，因终既为容器又为基础，故亦为支撑。
有学识者可以领会：这三者亦可称为目的、原因与结果；又可称为存在、形成与显现；并且，目的即为存在，原因即为形成，结果即为显现。由此可知，在一切完整之物中，皆有一个三重结构，称为始、中、终；又称为目的、原因、结果。
人一领会这些，也就领会：一切神性作为，在终极中才是完整并完美的；并且，在终极中有其一切，因为先前诸者同时存在于其中。
210# 在一切神性事物里面都有一个最初，一个中间和一个最后；最初穿越中间到达最后，从而存在和持续存在；因此，最后是基础。再者，最初在中间中，并通过中间而在最后中；因此，最后是容器。最后因是容器和基础，所以也是支撑。用学者的话说，这三者可以被称为目的、原因和结果，也可以被称为存在、形成和成形；目的是存在，原因是形成，结果是成形。因此，在每一个完整的事物里面都有一个三位一体，这三位一体被称为最初，中间和最后，也被称为目的，原因和结果。当一个人理解了这一点时，他也就能明白，一切神性作为在其最后中都是完整和完美的；而且整体在最后中，因为在先的事物同时或一起在它里面。
210. 3. The Word's Literal Meaning Is the Foundation, the Container, and the Structural Support for Its Spiritual and Heavenly Meanings.
In all that is divine there is a primary component, a middle component, and an outermost component. The primary component goes forth through the middle component to the outermost component; by doing so it takes on a form and a continued existence. As a result, the outermost component is a foundation. The primary component is also present in the middle component; and by means of the middle component it is present in the outermost component. Therefore the outermost component is also a container. Because the outermost component is both a container and a foundation, it is also a structural support.
The educated reader will understand that these three components could be called the purpose, the means, and the result; and also the being, the becoming, and the taking shape. The purpose is the being, the means is the becoming, and the result is the taking shape. Therefore in everything that is complete, there is a trine called the primary component, the middle component, and the outermost component, or the purpose, the means, and the result. People who understand this also understand that the outermost component of every divine work is complete and perfect; and everything is present in that outermost component because prior components are collectively present in it.
210. III. The literal sense of the Word is the basis, container and support of its spiritual and celestial senses.
Everything Divine contains a first, middle and last; the first passes through the middle to the last, and so it comes into and remains in existence; the last is consequently its basis. The first is also present in the middle term, and through this in the last. So the last is a container; and because it is a container and basis, it is also a support. An educated reader will grasp that those three terms can be named end, cause and effect; and also being, becoming and coming-into-being; the end is being, the cause is becoming and the effect is coming-into-being. Consequently everything contains a triad, called first, middle and last, or end, cause and effect. When this is grasped, it will also be grasped that every Divine work is complete and perfect in its last, and that the last contains everything, because the prior terms are simultaneously present in it.
210. III. THE SENSE OF THE LETTER OF THE WORD IS THE BASIS, THE CONTAINANT, AND THE SUPPORT OF ITS SPIRITUAL AND CELESTIAL SENSE.
In everything Divine there is a first, a middle, and a last, the first passing through the middle to the last, and so existing and subsisting; consequently the last is the basis. Again, the first is in the middle, and through the middle in the last; thus the last is the Containant. And since the last is the Containant and the Basis, it is also the Support. The learned can understand that these three may be called end, cause, and effect; also being [esse], becoming [fieri] and standing forth [existere]; and that the end is being, the cause is becoming, and the effect is standing forth; consequently that in every complete thing there is a trine, which is called the first, the middle, and the last, also end, cause, and effect. When this is understood, it can also be understood that every Divine work is complete and perfect in its last; also that the whole is in the last, because in it prior things are together.
210. III. THE SENSE OF THE LETTER OF THE WORD IS THE BASIS, THE CONTAINANT, AND THE SUPPORT OF ITS SPIRITUAL AND CELESTIAL SENSES.
In everything Divine there is a first, a middle, and a last; the first passes through the middle to the last, and so exists and subsists; consequently the last is the basis. Again, the first is in the middle, and by means of the middle in the last, and thus the last is the containant; and because the last is the containant and the basis, it is also the support. In the phraseology of the learned these three may be called end, cause and effect; also, being, becoming and existing: the end is being, the cause is becoming, and the effect is existing. Consequently, in every thing that is complete there is a trine, called the first, the middle, and the last; also the end, the cause, and the effect. When one understands these things then also does one understand that every Divine work is complete and perfect in its last; and also that the whole is in the last, because the prior things are simultaneously therein.
210. III. Quod Sensus 1 literae Verbi sit Basis, Continens, et Firmamentum Sensus spiritualis et coelestis ejus.
In omni Divino est Primum, Medium et Ultimum, ac Primum vadit per Medium ad Ultimum, et sic existit et subsistit; inde Ultimum est BASIS. Tum Primum est in Medio, et per Medium in Ultimo, ita Ultimum est CONTINENS; et quia Ultimum est Continens et Basis, est etiam FIRMAMENTUM. Ab Erudito comprehenditur, quod illa Tria nominari possint Finis, Causa et Effectus; tum Esse, Fieri et Existere, et quod Finis sit Esse, Causa sit Fieri, et Effectus sit Existere; consequenter quod in omni re completa, sit Trinum, quod vocatur Primum, Medium, et Ultimum, tum Finis, Causa et Effectus. Cum haec comprehenduntur, etiam comprehenditur, quod omne Divinum Opus in Ultimo sit Completum et Perfectum; et quoque quod in Ultimo, sit Omne, quia in illo Priora simul.
Footnotes:
1. Prima editio: Senfus.