1114、天使和灵人，或换句话说，死后的人，当蒙主允许时，就能与凡他们在世上所认识或听说过的任何人见面；无论想见谁，当下就能看到他们，并与之交谈。说来奇妙，这些人瞬间就来到他们身边，而且非常亲密。因此，他们不仅可以与通常会找到彼此的朋友交谈，还可以与他们所钦佩和仰慕的其他人交谈。蒙主的神性怜悯，我不仅蒙允许与在世上我所认识的人交谈，还蒙允许与圣言中所提到的主要人物交谈，同样与来自上古教会的人（就是被称为人或亚当的人），以及后来教会的一些信徒交谈，好叫我可以知道，创世记头几章提到的人名仅仅表示教会，还让我可以了解那个时代教会成员的性质。因此，接下来叙述的是我得以了解到的关于各上古教会的情况。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]1114. Genesis 10
The Earliest Church, Called "Humankind," or Adam
ANGELS and spirits, or in other words, human beings after death, can meet anyone they want — anyone they had known in the world or heard of — when the Lord grants it. They can see such people in person and talk with them, and what is amazing, the person desired appears instantly, face to face. So it is possible to converse not only with friends (and friends usually find each other) but also with other people one had admired and revered.
The Lord in his divine mercy has given me the opportunity to talk not only to people I knew when they were alive in the body but also with leading figures in the Word; likewise with people from the earliest church — the one called Humankind, or Adam — and with some adherents of later churches too. The purpose was to show me that the personal names in the early chapters of Genesis only mean different religions and to teach me what people in the churches of that era were like.
The things I learned about the earliest churches, then, are the following.
Potts(1905-1910) 1114
1114. CHAPTER 10. CONCERNING THE MOST ANCIENT CHURCH, WHICH WAS CALLED MAN, OR ADAM Angels and spirits, or men after death, when permitted by the Lord, can meet all whom they have known in this world, or whom they have heard of-whomsoever they desire-can see them as present, and can converse with them. Wonderful to say, they are at hand in a moment and are most intimately present; so that it is possible to converse not only with friends, who usually find one another, but also with others that have been respected and esteemed. By the Divine mercy of the Lord it has been granted me to converse not only with those whom I had known when they lived in the body, but also with those of especial note in the Word; also with those who were of the Most Ancient Church, which was that called "Man," or "Adam," and with some who were of the subsequent churches, in order that I might know that by the names in the first chapters of Genesis churches are meant; and also that I might know what was the character of the men of the churches of that time. The accounts therefore that follow are what it has been given me to know about the Most Ancient Churches.
Elliott(1983-1999) 1114
1114. [AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTORY NOTE - CONTINUED
This page continues and completes the 'Author's Introductory Note' that appears on page 1 of the first volume of this English translation. The items numbered 1-27 are the titles of the sections - describing the MARVELS - which occur 'before and after each chapter' of Volume One of the Latin (Chapters 1-15). Items 28 and 29 are the titles of sections that stand in Volume Two of the Latin, at the ends of Chapters 16 and 17 respectively.]
16 The Most Ancient Church, which was called Man, or Adam, 1114-1129. 17 Those before the Flood who perished, 1265-1272. 18 Position in the Grand Man, also place and distance in the next life, 1273-1278 19 Position and place, and also distance and time in the next life - continued, 1376-1382. 20 The perception spirits and angels have; also spheres in the next life, 1383-1400. 21 Perceptions and spheres in the next life - continued, 1504-1520. 22 The light in which angels are living, 1521-1534. 23 The light in which angels are living - continued; also their paradise gardens, and their dwelling-places, 1619-1633. 24 The speech of spirits and angels, 1634-1650. 25 The speech of spirits, and its variations continued, 1757-1764. 26 Sacred Scripture or the Word, and how it conceals within itself Divine matters which are fully visible to good spirits and to angels, 1767-1777 27 Sacred Scripture or the Word - continued, 1869-1879. Some facts about spirits and angels in general, 1880-1885. 28 Visions and dreams, including those that are prophetical which are described in the Word, 1966-1983. 29 The Last Judgement, 2117-2134.
THE MOST ANCIENT CHURCH, WHICH WAS CALLED MAN, OR ADAM
Angels and spirits, that is, human beings after death, are able to meet any they like of all those whom they have been acquainted with in the world or whom they have heard of. They see them and talk to them in person, when the Lord allows it. And what is remarkable, those people are with them in an instant and very much in person. Thus they are allowed to speak not only to friends, who normally find one another, but also to others whom they have admired and revered. In the Lord's Divine mercy I have been allowed to speak not only to those who were known to me during their lifetime but also to the most prominent characters mentioned in the Word. Thus I have been allowed to speak as well to those who belonged to the Most Ancient Church, the Church called Man, or Adam, and also to certain of those who belonged to the Churches that came after it The reason for my being allowed to do so was so that I might know that the names found in the initial chapters of Genesis are used solely to mean Churches, and also that I might know the character of the members of the Churches of that time. The things that follow next therefore are what I have been given to know concerning the Most Ancient Churches.
Latin(1748-1756) 1114
1114. GENESEOS CAPUT DECIMUMDe Ecclesia Antiquissima; quae appellata Homo seu Adam
Angeli et spiritus, seu homines post mortem, omnes quos cognoverunt in mundo et de quibus audiverunt, quoscumque desiderant, possunt offendere, eos ut praesentes videre et cum iis loqui, cum Dominus id concedit; et quod mirum, momento adsunt et praesentissime; ita loqui licet non solum cum amicis, qui utplurimum se inveniunt, sed etiam cum aliis quos aestimarunt et coluerunt. Ex Divina Domini Misericordia concessum fuit mihi, loqui non solum cum illis quos notus habui cum in corpore vixerunt, sed etiam cum illis qui in Verbo prae aliis famigerati sunt; ita quoque cum illis qui fuerunt ab Antiquissima Ecclesia, quae fuit illa quae appellatur Homo seu Adam; etiam cum quibusdam qui fuerunt ab Ecclesiis post illam, ex causa ut scirem quod per nomina in primis capitibus Geneseos modo Ecclesiae intellectae sint, tum ut scirem quales homines Ecclesiarum illius temporis fuerunt: quae itaque scire datum de Antiquissimis Ecclesiis, sunt haec quae sequuntur.