312# 人之内在若不由主改造，其为何如，我由地狱中的魔鬼与撒但已得明见；盖他们心中不断怀着杀害主之意。既不能为此，便竭力杀害凡归附主者；然因不能如世人那样实行，遂尽一切努力毁灭其灵魂，即毁坏他们里面的信仰与仁义。
在他们那里，仇恨与报复本身显现为火：仇恨如暗褐之火，报复如白炽之火；然而此并非真火，乃显象也。他们心中之残暴，有时在其上方空中显现如与天使交战，且如杀戮天使、使之败亡；此等可怖幻象，皆由他们反对天堂的忿怒与仇恨而起。
此外，他们自远处看来，如各类猛兽：如虎、豹、狼、狐、犬、鳄，并如各种蛇类；当他们在代表性形相中看见温顺之兽，便于幻想中攻击之，并欲加以屠戮。他们曾显现于我眼前，如龙站在有婴孩的妇人旁边，试图吞吃婴孩，正如启示录第十二章所记；而这些无非皆是仇恨主及祂新教会的代表。
世上那些意欲毁坏主之教会的人，与他们相似；此事在同伴面前并不显明，原因在于：他们藉以实行道德行为的身体，吸收并遮蔽了这些内在之恶。然而在天使面前，天使所观照的并非身体，而是他们的灵；故此等人便显现为与上述魔鬼相似的形相。
若非主为某人开启视域，并赐其得以窥入灵界，谁能知晓此等事？若非如此，这些事，连同其他极其重大的事，岂不都要在人前永远隐伏不显么？
312# 地狱里的魔鬼和撒但已经向我清楚表明，人的内在若不被主改造，将是何性质或品质。魔鬼和撒但总是想着杀死主；他们因无法做到这一点，就试图杀死那些忠于主的人；但他们不能像世人那样如此行，所以就竭尽全力摧毁他们的灵魂，也就是摧毁他们里面的信仰和仁爱。在这些魔鬼和撒但中间，本质或实际的仇恨和报复看起来就像昏暗和发光的火，仇恨像昏暗的火，报复像发光的火；然而，这些不是火，而是表象。他们内心的残忍有时出现在他们上空，就像与天使较量，并屠杀和推翻天使。这些可怕的白日梦或想象源于他们对天堂的愤怒和仇恨。此外，从远处看，这些灵人就像各种野兽，如老虎、豹子、狼、狐狸、狗、鳄鱼和各种蛇；当他们看到代表形式的温驯无害的动物时，他们就被表象欺骗，在幻想中冲向它们，试图把它们撕成碎片。其中一些人像站在妇人旁边的龙一样出现在我眼前；这些妇人怀着孩子，而龙试图吞吃她们的孩子，如启示录第12章所记载的那样；这些只是对主及其新教会的仇恨的代表。世上那些想要摧毁主教会的人就像这些魔鬼和撒但，这一事实对他们的同伴来说，并不明显，因为他们用来实践道德的身体吸收并隐藏了这些东西。然而，对那些只看他们的灵，不看他们身体的天使来说，他们以类似于前面所描述的那些魔鬼的形式出现。若不是主打开某个人的视觉，使他能看透灵界，谁会知道这些事呢？否则，这些事，连同其它最重要的事，岂不是永远向人隐藏了吗？
第六诫 不可通奸
312. Devils and satans in hell have made clear to me the inner quality of people who have not been reformed by the Lord. Devils and satans constantly have it in mind to kill the Lord. Because they cannot achieve this, they try to kill people who are devoted to the Lord. Since they cannot accomplish this the way people in the world could, they attack people with every effort to destroy their souls, that is, to demolish the faith and goodwill they have. The actual hatred and desire for revenge inside these devils look like fires that are dark and fires that are bright. Their hatreds look like dark fires and their desires for revenge look like bright fires. These feelings are not in fact fires, but they look like fires.
One can sometimes glimpse the savagery of the devils' hearts in visual form in the air above those devils. It looks as if they are battling, slaughtering, and massacring angels. Their feelings of anger and hatred against heaven are the source of these dreadful daydreams.
For another thing, these devils and satans look at a distance like wild animals of every kind - tigers, leopards, wolves, foxes, dogs, crocodiles, and snakes of all kinds. When devils and satans see tame animals in symbolic forms, they imagine themselves attacking the animals and trying to slaughter them.
I have seen devils that looked like dragons and were standing next to women with babies whom the dragons were trying to devour, like the situation we find in Revelation 12. These portrayals represent the devils' hatred against the Lord and his new church.
People in the world who want to destroy the Lord's church are similar to these devils and satans, although it does not seem that way to others who know these people, because their bodies - the instruments with which they practice moral actions - absorb their desires and keep them hidden. To the angels, however, who look at their spirits, not their bodies, these people look like the devils just mentioned. Who could ever realize things like this if the Lord had not opened someone's sight with the gift of looking into the spiritual world? Otherwise these points, along with many other things eminently worth knowing, would have remained forever hidden from the human race.
312. The nature of the human internal, if not reformed by the Lord, has been made plain to me by seeing the devils and satans in hell. For these are constantly minded to kill the Lord, and because they cannot do this, they keep trying to kill those who are devoted to the Lord. Because they cannot do this, as they can kill people in the world, they make every effort to attack them in order to destroy their souls, that is, to destroy the faith and charity they possess. Thoughts of hatred and revenge actually appear in their vicinity like fires, either smoky or white-hot ones; hatred looks like a smoky fire, revenge like a white-hot one. But they are not real fires, only appearances. Sometimes the savage thoughts in their hearts are made visible in the air above them as battles with angels, in which the angels are killed and slaughtered; it is their anger and hatred for heaven, which causes such horrible scenes to be staged.
[2] Moreover the same spirits look from a distance like wild animals of every kind, such as tigers, leopards, wolves, foxes, dogs, crocodiles and snakes of all kinds. When they see peaceful animals, which are representative forms, they imagine they are attacking them and trying to butcher them. They came into my view looking like dragons, standing next to women who had babies, which they were trying to swallow, exactly like what is described in Revelation, chapter 12. These visions are simply representations of their hatred for the Lord and His new church. It is not apparent to their companions that the people in the world who want to destroy the Lord's church are like this. The reason is that their bodies allow them to behave properly, thus absorbing and hiding these appearances. But in the sight of the angels, who do not look at their bodies but their spirits, they appear in similar shapes to the devils described above. How could anyone know such facts, if the Lord had not opened his sight and given him the ability to gaze into the spiritual world? But for this these facts, along with many others equally memorable, would have remained hidden from human beings for ever.
312. The nature of man's internal, unless it is reformed by the Lord, has been made evident to me from seeing the devils and satans in hell; for they have it constantly in mind to kill the Lord; and as they cannot do this they are in the endeavor to kill those who are devoted to the Lord; but not being able, as men are in the world, to do this, they make every effort to destroy their souls, that is, to destroy faith and charity in them. With such, essential hatred and revenge appear like lurid and glowing fires-hatred like a lurid fire, and revenge like a glowing fire-yet these are not fires, but appearances. The cruelties of their hearts sometimes appear above them in the air like contests with angels and their slaughter and overthrow. Such direful mockeries arise from their wrath and hatred against heaven. Moreover, at a distance, these same spirits appear like wild beasts of every kind, as tigers, leopards, wolves, foxes, dogs, crocodiles, and all kinds of serpents; and when they see gentle animals in representative forms, they rush upon them in fantasy and strive to tear them in pieces. They came to my sight like dragons standing near women with whom there were little children, whom they were endeavoring, as it were, to devour (according to what is recorded in the twelfth chapter of Revelation); but these were nothing else than representations of hatred against the Lord and His New Church. That men in the world who wish to destroy the Lord's church are like these spirits is not evident to their companions; and for the reason that their bodies, through which they practice the moralities, absorb and conceal these things. But to the angels, who behold their spirits and not their bodies, they appear in forms like those of the devils above described. Who could have known such things had not the Lord opened the sight of some one, and given him the ability to look into the spiritual world? Otherwise, would not these, together with other most important matters, have lain concealed from man for ever?
312. The nature of man's internal, unless it is reformed by the Lord, was made clear to me from the devils and satans in hell. They are constantly intent upon killing the Lord; and as they cannot accomplish this, they strive to kill those who are devoted to the Lord; but because they cannot do this as men can in the world, they direct all their efforts towards destroying their souls, that is, towards destroying faith and charity in them. Hatred and revenge appear among them like fires darkly glowing and brightly gleaming, hatred like fires darkly glowing and revenge like fires brightly gleaming; yet these are not fires, but appearances. The savagery of their hearts sometimes makes itself apparent in the air above them like contests with angels, and their slaughter and overthrow; for the wrath and hatred which give birth to such dreadful imagery are directed against heaven. Moreover, they also appear at a distance like all kinds of wild beasts, as tigers, leopards, wolves, foxes, dogs, crocodiles; and also like serpents of every kind; and when they see harmless creatures in representative forms, deluded by the appearance, they rush upon them and attempt to slay them. Some of them once appeared to me like dragons, standing beside women. These had infants with them whom the dragons were attempting, as it were, to devour, according to what is related in the Revelation, Chapter 12; which is a representation of hatred against the Lord and His New Church. Men in the world who wish to destroy the Lord's Church, resemble these devils. This fact is not evident to those with whom they are associated, because their bodies, by which they practice moral duties, absorb and conceal these things. To the angels, however, who do not see their bodies but their spirits, they appear in forms similar to those of the devils described above. Who could have known such things as these, unless the Lord had opened the sight of someone, and enabled him to see into the spiritual world? Otherwise, would not these, together with other matters of the utmost importance, have remained hidden from mankind for ever?
312. Quale est Internum hominis, nisi a Domino reformetur, patuit mihi ex diabolis et satanis in Inferno, hi enim continue in animo gerunt occidere Dominum, et quia hoc non possunt, in conatu sunt occidendi illos, qui Domino addicti sunt, sed quia hoc non possunt sicut homines in Mundo, aggrediuntur omni nisu perdendi animas illorum, hoc est, destruendi fidem et charitatem apud illos. Ipsa odia et vindictae apud illos apparent sicut ignes furvi, et sicut ignes candidi, odia sicut ignes furvi, et vindictae sicut ignes candidi, atqui non sunt ignes, sed apparentiae: 1 saevitiae cordis illorum quandoque visuntur super illos in aere sicut dimicationes cum Angelis, et sicut horum caedes et strages; sunt illorum irae et odia contra Coelum, ex quibus dira talia ludibria exsurgunt.
[2] Insuper iidem e longinquo apparent sicut ferae omnis generis, sicut tigrides, pardi, lupi, vulpes, canes, crocodili, et sicut omnis generis serpentes, et quando vident in formis repraesentativis bestias mites, has in phantasia aggrediuntur et conantur trucidare: in conspectum meum venerunt sicut dracones stantes juxta mulieres apud quas erant infantes, quos conabantur sicut devorare, secundum illa quae in Apocalypsi 12 memorantur, quae neque aliud sunt, quam repraesentationes odii contra Dominum, et Ipsius novam Ecclesiam. Quod homines in Mundo, qui Ecclesiam Domini volunt destruere, similes illis sint, non apparet coram sociis; causa est, quia corpora, per quae moralitates exercent, absorbent et celant illa; sed usque coram Angelis, qui non corpora, sed Spiritus eorum spectant, apparent in similibus formis, sicut diaboli illi, de quibus supra. Quis talia potuisset scire, nisi Dominus aperuerit 2 alicui visum, et dederit copiam introspiciendi in Mundum spiritualem; nonne haec cum dignissimis aliis rebus coram hominibus alioquin latuissent occultata in aeternum.
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