850# 此后，我看见有些人从地狱上来，就是先前那些声音所出之处。他们以沉重的语调对我说：“你的主为何将你刚才长篇列举的那些奥秘启示给你这平信徒，而不是启示给某位教士？”
对此我回答说，这出于主的美意；祂从我少年时期起，就为这职任预备了我。“不过，我也要反问你们：主在世时，为何拣选渔夫作门徒，而不是拣选律法师、文士、祭司或拉比中的某些人呢？你们自己彼此讨论此事，并凭判断作出结论，就会发现其中原因。”
他们听见这些话，就起了低语；随后便沉默了。
850# 此后，我看见一些灵人从下面，即这些声音所来自的较低地区升上来；他们用严肃的语气向我说话，说：“为什么你的主把你刚才列举的一长串真理启示给你一个平信徒，而不是一个神职人员？”对此，我回答说：“这是主的美意，主从我幼年时就为这个任务预备我。但让我反过来问你们一个问题；为什么主在世时拣选渔夫为祂的门徒，而不是一些律法师、文士、祭司或拉比呢？你们自己讨论这个问题吧，运用判断力得出结论，你们就会发现原因。”当他们听到这些话时，他们中间又是一阵低语，然后他们沉默了。
850. After that, I saw some spirits coming up from the lower regions where I had heard those voices. They addressed me in a serious tone and said, "Those secrets that you enumerated in a long list a moment ago - why has your Lord revealed them to you, a lay person, and not to someone in the clergy?"
"That was entirely up to the Lord," I said. "He prepared me for this assignment from the time when I first came of age. But let me ask you a question in return. When the Lord was in the world, why did he choose fishermen to be his disciples? Why did he not choose anyone from among the lawyers, scribes, priests, or rabbis? Discuss this among yourselves and use judgment in coming to your conclusion, and you will discover the reason. "
When I said that, there was another murmur, and then silence.
850. After this I saw some people coming up from the underworld, from where this discussion had taken place. They addressed me in a serious tone of voice and said: 'Why did your Lord reveal to you, who are a layman, the long list of secrets you have quoted, and not to one of the clergy?' I answered to this that this was the Lord's good pleasure, and that He had prepared me for this task from early manhood. 'However, let me ask you a question in return: why did the Lord, when He was in the world choose fishermen as His disciples and not some of the lawyers, scribes, priests or rabbis? Discuss this question among yourselves, and if you come to a judicious conclusion, you will discover the reason.' When they heard this there was some murmuring, and afterwards silence.
850. After this I saw some persons ascending from the lower regions, from which these things had been heard; and addressing me in a grave tone, they said, "How is it that your Lord revealed the mysteries that you have just enumerated in a long series, to you who are a layman, and not to some one of the clergy?"
To this I replied, "Such was the good pleasure of the Lord, who prepared me for this office from my early youth. Nevertheless, I will ask you a question in return; Why did the Lord, when in the world, choose fishermen for His disciples, instead of some of the lawyers, scribes, priests, or rabbis? Discuss this question among yourselves, draw your conclusions from judgment, and you will discover the reason."
When they heard this, a murmur arose among them, and then they became silent.
850. After this I saw certain spirits ascending from below where those voices came from, and they, addressing me in a grave tone, said, "Why has your Lord revealed the truths, which you have just recounted in a long series, to you a laymen, and not to one of the clergy?" To this I replied: "This is according to the good pleasure of the Lord, who prepared me for this office from my earliest years. But let me in turn ask you, Why did the Lord, when in the world, choose fishermen for His disciples, and not some of the lawyers, scribes, priests or Rabbis? Discuss this among yourselves, and if you exercise your judgment in forming your opinion, you will discover the reason." When they heard this, some murmuring arose, followed by silence.
850. Post haec vidi quosdam ex Inferis, unde audita sunt illa, ascendentes, qui me tono gravi alloquuti dixerunt, quamobrem Dominus tuus Arcana, quae in longa serie modo enumeravisti, revelavit tibi qui es Laicus, et non alicui ex Clero; ad quae respondi, quod hoc in beneplacito Domini sit, qui me ad hoc munus a prima juventute praeparavit; attamen quaeram retro [ex] vobis, cur Dominus dum in Mundo fuit, elegit Piscatores in Discipulos, et non aliquos ex Legisperitis, Scribis, Sacerdotibus, seu Rabbinis; ventilate hoc inter vos, et ex judicio concludite, ac invenietis causam; his auditis factum est murmur, et post hoc silentium.