21、创世记1:4-5.神看光是好的，神就把光暗分开了。神称光为昼，称暗为夜。有晚上，有早晨，这是头一日。
经上之所以说“光”是好的，是因为它来自主，而主是良善本身。“暗”表示在人重新孕育、出生之前，在他看来似乎是光的一切事物，因为邪恶看似良善，虚假看似真理；而事实上，它们都是黑暗，纯由适合人自己、仍旧存留的事物构成。凡属于主的都被比作“昼”，因为它属于光明；凡属于人自己的都被比作“夜”，因为它属于黑暗。这些对比经常出现在圣言中。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]21. Genesis 1:4-5. And God saw the light, that it was good, and God made a distinction between light and darkness. And God called the light day, and the darkness he called night.
The light is said to be good because it is from the Lord, who is goodness itself.
The darkness is whatever looked like light to us before our new conception and birth, because we saw evil as good and falsity as truth; but it is actually darkness — our lingering sense of self-sufficiency.
Absolutely everything that is the Lord's is compared to the day, because it belongs to the light, and everything that is our own is compared to the night, because it belongs to the darkness. The Word draws this comparison in quite a few places.{*1}
Footnotes:
{*1} For comparisons between day and night in the Bible (implicit and explicit), see the passages quoted in 22, as well as the following passages, which are quoted in 2353: Micah 3:5-6; Luke 17:34; John 9:4; 11:9-10. [LHC]
Potts(1905-1910) 21
21. Verses 4, 5. And God saw the light, that it was good, and God distinguished between the light and the darkness. And God called the light day, and the dark He called night. Light is called "good" because it is from the Lord, who is good itself, The "darkness" means all those things which, before man is conceived and born anew, have appeared like light, because evil has appeared like good, and the false like the true; yet they are darkness, consisting merely of the things proper to man himself, which still remain. Whatsoever is of the Lord is compared to "day" because it is of the light; and whatsoever is man's own is compared to "night" because it is of darkness. These comparisons frequently occur in the Word.
Elliott(1983-1999) 21
21. Verses 4, 5 And God saw that the light was good; and God made a distinction between the light and the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night.
The light is called good, because it comes from the Lord, who is good itself. 'The darkness' is those things which were there prior to the person's new conception and birth. They were seen as light, because evil was seen as good, and falsity as truth. But in reality they are darkness and things proper to that person which are lingering on. All things that are the Lord's, being things of light, are compared to the day, and all that are man's own, being those of thick darkness, are compared to the night, as is done many times in the Word.
Latin(1748-1756) 21
21. Vers. 4, 5. Et vidit Deus lucem, quod bona; et distinxit Deus inter lucem et inter tenebras. Et vocavit Deus lucem, diem; et tenebras vocavit noctem. 'Lux' dicitur bona, quia ex Domino, Qui est ipsum bonum: 'tenebrae' sunt quae antequam e novo concipitur et nascitur homo; apparuerunt sicut lux, quia malum sicut bonum, et falsum sicut verum, sed sunt tenebrae, suntque propria hominis quae manent. Omnia quaecumque Domini sunt, comparantur 'diei,' quia lucis sunt; et omnia quaecumque propria hominis, comparantur 'nocti,' quia caliginis: ita pluries in Verbo.