232# 凡本于伪谬宗教的教义而读圣言者，情形则正相反；而对于那些又以圣言确认该教义、并在其时注目于自身荣耀和世间财富的人，尤为如此。在这些人那里，圣言的真理如在夜间阴影之中，而伪谬则如在白日之光中；他们阅读真理，却看不见真理；即或看见其阴影，也将其歪曲。主所说的，正是这些人：他们有眼却不看见，有耳却不明白（太 13:14，15）。由此，他们在属于教会的属灵事物中的光，便纯属世而已；其心智的视觉，如同人在醒来时于床上看见幻影，又如梦游者，睡着时却自以为醒着。
232# 对那些出于虚假宗教的教义来阅读圣言的人，尤其那些通过圣言确认这教义，因关注自己的荣耀和世俗的财富而如此行的人来说，与此相反的事会发生。对这些人来说，圣言的真理就好像出现在黑夜的阴影或昏暗中，而虚假好像出现在白天的光中。他们阅读真理，却看不到它们，即便看到真理的影子，也会歪曲它们。他们就是主所说的人：
他们有眼，却看不见，有耳，却不明白。（马太福音13:14，15）
因此，在与教会有关的属灵问题上，他们的光是纯属世的，他们的心智视野就像一个在床上醒来时看到幽灵之人的视野，或像一个梦游者的视野，他以为自己是醒着的，其实睡得正香。
232. Something opposite to this happens to people who read the Word under a false body of religious teaching, especially if they use the Word to support their body of teaching and are pursuing their own glory or the wealth of the world. Under these circumstances the truths in the Word seem to be in the shadows of night and things that are false seem to be in the light of day. Such people read truths but do not see them. If they see the shadow of truths, they falsify those truths. The Lord was referring to people like this when he said that they have eyes but they do not see; they have ears, but they do not understand (Matthew 13:14-15). The light in which they view spiritual things related to the church becomes nothing but earthly as a result. The things their minds then see are like the ghosts people sometimes see when just waking up in bed, or like the mistaken impression sleepwalkers have that they are wide awake.
232. The reverse befalls those who follow a doctrine of false religion in their reading of the Word, and the more so in the case of those who prove that doctrine from the Word, having in view then their own glory and worldly wealth. For these people the truths of the Word are as if plunged in the shades of night, while falsities are as if in daylight. They read the truths, but do not see them; and if they see their shadow, they falsify them. These are those of whom the Lord says that they have eyes and do not see, they have ears and do not understand (Matthew 13:14-15). Thus their enlightenment in spiritual matters, which concern the church, becomes purely natural, and their mental vision like that of one in bed who on waking sees ghosts, or like a sleepwalker, who believes he is awake when he is really asleep.
232. The opposite occurs with those who from the doctrine of a false religion read the Word, and still more with those who confirm that doctrine by the Word, doing this with a view to their own glory and worldly possessions. With such the truths of the Word are as if in the dimness of night, and falsities are as if in the light of day. They read truths but see them not; and if they but see the shadow of them, they falsify them. These are they of whom the Lord says,
That they have eyes and see not, and ears but do not understand (Matthew 13:14, 15).
Consequently their light in respect to spiritual matters, which pertain to the church, is merely natural, and their mental vision like that of one who when he awakens in his bed sees phantoms, or like that of a sleepwalker, who thinks himself to be awake when he is asleep.
232. The contrary takes place with those who read the Word from the doctrine of a false religion, and more especially with those who confirm that doctrine from the Word, looking to their own glory and worldly wealth. With them the truths of the Word appear as in the shade of night, and falsities as in the light of day. They read the truths, but they do not see them; and if they see the shadow of them, they falsify them. These are they of whom the Lord says:
they have eyes, and see not, and ears, and do not understand" Matthew 13:14-15.
Hence their light in spiritual things pertaining to the Church is merely natural, and their mental vision like that of one who in bed sees spectres when he awakens, or like that of a sleep-walker, who fancies himself wide awake when he is fast asleep.
232. Contrarium fit illis, qui ex Doctrina Religionis falsae legunt Verbum; et plus illis, qui Doctrinam illam ex Verbo confirmant, et tunc spectant ad sui gloriam et ad Mundi opes; apud hos Vera Verbi sunt sicut in Umbra noctis, et falsa sicut in luce diei; legunt Vera, sed non vident illa, et si umbram illorum vident, falsificant illa; sunt hi, de quibus Dominus dicit, Quod oculos habeant, et non videant, et quod aures, et non intelligant, Matthaeus 13:14-15. Inde fit lux eorum in rebus spiritualibus, quae Ecclesiae sunt, mere naturalis, et visus mentis illorum sicut videntis larvas in lecto dum expergiscitur, aut sicut noctambuli, qui credit se vigilem cum dormit.