3138、这三节经文论述了对属世人的预备和光照，以便要与理性中的良善结合的真理可以从属世人中被召唤出来。至于这预备和光照，情况是这样：有两种光形成人的聪明才智，即：天堂之光和世界之光。天堂之光来自主；在来世，主就是众天使的太阳和月亮（参看1053， 1521， 1529， 1530节）。世界之光来自人用肉眼所看到的太阳和月亮。内在人从天堂之光中获得自己的视觉和理解力，或说凭天堂之光看见并理解事物；而外在人从世界之光中获得自己的视觉和理解力，或说凭世界之光看见并理解事物。天堂之光进入我们凭世界之光所看见的事物的流注产生光照，同时产生认识或感知：若存在对应，就是对真理的认识或感知；若不存在对应，就是对虚假而非真理的认识或感知。但光照和认识或感知是不可能的，除非情感或爱存在；情感或爱是属灵之热，并将生命赋予被光光照的事物。这好比阳光；赋予植物生命的，不是阳光，而是这光里面的热，这从一年四季明显看出来。
接下来的几节经文则进一步描述了预备，即：天堂之光，也就是主的神性之光，流入主的属世人中属于世界之光的事物，以便祂可以将要与理性中的良善结合的真理从那里带出来。因此，这真理要以通常的方式被带出来。所以主以通常的方式降世，好使祂的人身或人性变成神性；也就是说，祂愿意像其他任何人那样出生，像其他任何人那样接受教导，像其他任何人那样重生；不同之处在于：人是从主重生的，而主不仅从祂自己重生祂自己，还荣耀祂自己，也就是使祂自己变成神性；另一个不同之处在于：人通过仁与信的流注被新造，而主通过在祂里面并属于祂自己的神性之爱的流注被新造。由此可见，人的重生就是主荣耀的一个形像；或也可说，在人重生的过程中，如同在一个形像中那样可以看见（尽管是远远地看见）主荣耀的过程。
Potts(1905-1910) 3138
3138. These three verses treat of the preparation and enlightenment of the natural man in order that the truth might be called forth thence which was to be conjoined with good in the rational. But with preparation and enlightenment the case is as follows: There are two lights which form the intellectual things of man-the light of heaven, and the light of the world; the light of heaven is from the Lord, who to angels in the other life is a Sun and Moon (see n. 1053, 1521, 1529, 1530); the light of the world is from the sun and moon which appear before the bodily sight. The internal man has its sight and its understanding from the light of heaven; but the external man has its sight and its understanding from the light of the world. The influx of the light of heaven into the things which are of the world's light, effects enlightenment and at the same time observance; an observance of truth if there is correspondence, and an observance of falsity instead of truth if there is not correspondence. But enlightenment and observance are impossible unless there is affection or love, which is spiritual heat, and which gives life to the things that are enlightened by the light; comparatively as the sun's light does not give life to the things of the vegetable kingdom, but the heat that is in the light, as is evident from the seasons of the year. [2] In the verses which next follow, the preparation is further described-namely, that the light of heaven which is the Lord's Divine light inflowed into the things that were of the light of the world in His natural man, in order that He might bring out thence the truth which was to be conjoined with good in the rational; thus by the ordinary way. And therefore in order that the Lord might make the human Divine by the ordinary way, He came into the world; that is, it was His will to be born as a man, and to be instructed as a man, and to be reborn as a man; but with the difference that man is reborn of the Lord, whereas the Lord not only regenerated Himself, but also glorified Himself, that is, made Himself Divine; and further, that a man is made new by an influx of charity and faith, but the Lord, by the Divine love which was in Him and which was His. Hence it may be seen that the regeneration of man is an image of the glorification of the Lord; or what is the same, that in the process of the regeneration of man may be seen as in an image, although remotely, the process of the Lord's glorification.
Elliott(1983-1999) 3138
3138. These three verses deal with the preparation and enlightenment of the natural man so that the truth which was to be joined to good in the Rational might be summoned from there. With regard to that preparation and enlightenment the position is that there are two kinds of light which shape man's intellectual concepts - the light of heaven, and the light of the world. The light of heaven comes from the Lord who to angels in the next life is the Sun and Moon, see 1053, 1521, 1529, 1530. The light of the world comes from the sun and moon which a person sees with his physical eyes. The internal man receives his sight and understanding from the light of heaven whereas the external man receives his sight and understanding from the light of the world. The influx of the light of heaven into ideas formed in the light of the world produces enlightenment and at the same time recognition - the recognition of truth if a correspondence exists, the recognition of falsity instead of truth if that correspondence does not exist. But enlightenment and recognition are not possible unless affection or love is present, which is spiritual warmth and imparts life to the things illumined by the light. This may be compared to the light of the sun. It is not the light of the sun but the warmth within the light that imparts life to plants, as is evident from the seasons of the year.
[2] The verses which follow immediately after this describe the preparation further - the light of heaven, which is the Lord's Divine light, flowed into the ideas formed in the light of the world in His natural man so that He might bring forth from there the truth that was to be joined to good in the Rational. Thus it was to be brought forth in what is the ordinary way. Therefore to make His Human Divine the Lord came into the world in the ordinary way, that is, He was willing to be born as any other person is born, to receive instruction as any other does, and to be born again as any other, but with this difference: Man is born again from the Lord, whereas the Lord not only regenerated Himself from Himself, but also glorified Himself, that is, made Himself Divine; also man is made new through the influx of charity and faith, whereas the Lord was made so through the influx of Divine Love that was within Him and that was His own. From this it may be seen that man's regeneration is an image of the Lord's glorification, or what amounts to the same, that in the process of man's regeneration as the image one can envisage, though remotely, the process of the Lord's glorification.
Latin(1748-1756) 3138
3138. In tribus his versibus agitur de praeparatione et illustratione naturalis hominis, ut inde verum, quod conjungendum bono in rationali, evocaretur: sed cum praeparatione et illustratione ita se habet: sunt binae luces, quae formant intellectualia hominis, lux caeli, et lux mundi; lux caeli est a Domino, Qui in altera vita angelus est Sol et Luna, videatur n. 1053, 1521, 1529, 1530; lux mundi est ex sole et luna, quae coram visu corporeo apparent; internus homo suum visum et suum intellectum habet a luce caeli, externus autem homo suum visum et suum intellectum habet a luce mundi; influxus lucis caeli in illa quae sunt lucis mundi, facit illustrationem et simul apperceptionem; si correspondentia sit, apperceptionem veri, si non correspondentia, apperceptionem falsi pro vero; sed illustratio et apperceptio non dari potest nisi (t)sit affectio seu amor, qui est calor spiritualis, et dat vitam illis quae per lucem illustrantur; sicut comparative lux solis non dat vitam vegetabilibus, sed calor qui in luce, ut patet ex temporibus anni. [2] In versibus qui nunc proxime sequuntur, describitur praeparatio ulterius, quod nempe lux caeli quae est Divina Domini, (x)influeret in illa quae erant lucis mundi in naturali Ipsius homine, {1}ut inde verum quod conjungendum bono in Rationali, educeret, ita {2}per viam ordinariam; idcirco, ut Dominus Humanum faceret Divinum, per viam ordinariam in mundum venit, hoc est, voluit {3}sicut alius homo nasci, et sicut alius instrui, et sicut alius renasci, sed cum differentia quod homo renascatur a Domino, sed quod Dominus Semet Ipsum non modo regeneravit, sed etiam glorificavit, hoc est, Divinum fecit; tum quod homo per influxum charitatis et fidei novus fiat, at Dominus per amorem Divinum qui in Ipso, et qui Ipsius: inde videri potest quod regeneratio hominis sit imago glorificationis Domini, seu quod idem, quod in processu regenerationis hominis sicut in imagine, videri queat, tametsi remote, processus glorificationis Domini. @1 vel$ @2 via ordinaria$ @3 i ut and follows with nasceretur...instrueretur...renasceretur$