3068、“请放下你的水瓶来”表示使记忆知识或事实顺服。这从“放下”和“水瓶”的含义清楚可知：“放下”是指顺服；“水瓶”是指记忆知识或事实。“水罐”或“水瓶”之所以表示记忆知识或事实，是因为“水”表示真理（680， 739， 2702节）；水瓶是盛水的器皿，正如记忆知识或事实知识是盛真理的器皿。一切记忆知识或事实知识都是真理的器皿，一切真理又都是良善的器皿。没有真理的记忆知识或事实知识是空虚的器皿，没有良善的真理也是如此；但盛有真理的记忆知识或事实知识，以及盛有良善的真理，是被充满的器皿。作为爱之属性的情感，或从爱中生出的情感把它们结合在一起，以便它们每一个都可以按秩序在下一个里面，因为爱是属灵的结合。
Potts(1905-1910) 3068
3068. Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee. That this signifies the submission of memory-knowledges, is evident from the signification of "letting down," as being to submit; and from the signification of a "pitcher," as being memory-knowledges. That a "water-jar" or "pitcher" signifies memory-knowledges, comes from the fact that "water" signifies truth (n. 680, 739, 2702); and a pitcher is a vessel containing water, just as memory-knowledge is a vessel in which is truth; for every memory-knowledge is a vessel for truth, and every truth is a vessel for good. Memory-knowledge without truth is an empty vessel; and so too is truth without good; but memory-knowledge in which there is truth, and truth in which there is good, are full vessels. Affection which is of love is that which conjoins so that they may be within in order; for love is spiritual conjunction.
Elliott(1983-1999) 3068
3068. 'Let down now your pitcher' means submitting facts. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'letting down' as submitting, and from the meaning of 'a pitcher' as facts. The reason why a water-pot or a pitcher means facts is that 'water' means truth, 680, 739, 2702, and a pitcher is a vessel with water in it, even as factual knowledge is a vessel with truth in it. All factual knowledge is a vessel for truth, and all truth is a vessel for good. Factual knowledge without truth is an empty vessel, and so is truth without good; but factual knowledge in which truth is held is a vessel that is filled, as is truth in which good is held. Affection which is an attribute of love is what joins them together so that they may exist in order. For love is spiritual conjunction.
Latin(1748-1756) 3068
3068. `Declina quaeso cadum tuum': quod significet submissionem scientificorum, constare potest a significatione declinare quod sit submittere, et a significatione `cadi' quod sint scientifica; quod hydria seu cadus sint scientifica, inde est quia `aqua' significat verum, n. 680, 739, 2702, et cadus est vas in quo aqua, sicut scientificum est vas in quo verum; omne enim scientificum est vas veri, et omne verum est vas boni; scientificum absque vero est vas vacuum, similiter verum absque bono, at scientificum in quo verum, et verum in quo bonum, est vas plenum; affectio quae est amoris, est quae conjungit ut insint ordine; nam amor est conjunctio spiritualis.