422、这个新教会的性质从犹太教会清楚可知，因为犹太教会既是内在的，也是外在的。内在教会由属天和属灵事物构成，外在教会则由属世事物构成。内在教会由“拉结”来代表，外在教会由“利亚”来代表。但由于雅各，确切地说，在圣言中由“雅各”来表示的雅各的后代，都是只渴望外在事物，或只有外在敬拜的那种人，所以利亚在拉结之前被许给雅各。双眼无力的利亚代表犹太教会，拉结代表由外邦人构成的新教会。这就是为何在先知书，“雅各”具有两种含义，当论述的主题是败坏的犹太教会时是一种含义；当论述的主题是由外邦人构成的真正的外在教会时是另一种含义。当论述的主题是内在教会时，祂被称为“以色列”。关于这些问题，蒙主的神性怜悯，容后详述。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]422. The way things stood in this new church can be seen from the Jewish church. It was composed of an inner church and an outer church. Heavenly and spiritual qualities made up the inner church, and earthly qualities, the outer. The inner church was represented by Rachel and the outer by Leah. Jacob, however, or rather his descendants (who are meant by the name Jacob in the Word), were such that they had no interest in anything but outward acts, that is, external worship. Jacob received Leah before Rachel, and Leah with her weak eyes represented the Jewish church, while Rachel represented a new church among non-Jewish nations. So the mention of Jacob in the prophets can be taken in both ways — one when the corrupt Jewish church is symbolized and the other when the true external church among other nations is symbolized. When the inner church is meant, it is called Israel.{*1} These things, with the Lord's divine mercy, will be dealt with later.{*2}
Footnotes:
{*1} For passages in the prophets about Jacob and Israel, both favorable and unfavorable, see, for example, Isaiah 9:8; 10:20; 27:6; Jeremiah 31:7. See also the many passages quoted and discussed in Revelation Explained (Swedenborg 1994-1997) 433. [JSR]
{*2} For Swedenborg's discussion of the symbolism of Leah and Rachel, see, for example, his treatment of Genesis 29, and in particular 3817-3821. For a discussion of the inner and outer part of the church represented by Jacob, see, for instance, 4292. [LHC]
Potts(1905-1910) 422
422. How the case was with this new church may be seen from the Jewish Church, which was both internal and external; the internal church consisting of celestial and spiritual things, and the external church of natural things. The internal church was represented by Rachel, and the external by Leah. But as Jacob, or rather his posterity understood by "Jacob" in the Word, were such as to desire only external things, or worship in externals, therefore Leah was given to Jacob before Rachel; and by blear-eyed Leah was represented the Jewish Church, and by Rachel a new church of the Gentiles. For this reason "Jacob" is taken in both senses in the Prophets, in one denoting the Jewish Church in its perverted state, and in the other the true external church of the Gentiles. When the internal church is signified, he is called "Israel;" but of these matters, by the Divine mercy of the Lord, more will be said hereafter.
Elliott(1983-1999) 422
422. What this new Church was like becomes clear from the Jewish Church, which was both internal and external. The internal Church consisted of celestial and spiritual things, the external of natural. The internal Church was represented by Rachel, the external by Leah. Now because Jacob, that is, descendants of Jacob who are meant in the Word by his name, were such as desired external things only, that is, worship exclusively external, Leah was given to Jacob before Rachel. The weak-eyed Leah represented the Jewish Church, and Rachel a new Church consisting of gentiles. This is why in the Prophets Jacob takes on either meaning, the first when the corrupt Jewish Church is the subject, the second when it is the true external Church consisting of gentiles. When the subject is the internal Church he is called Israel. These points will in the Lord's Divine mercy be explained later on.
Latin(1748-1756) 422
422. Quomodo se res habet cum nova hac Ecclesia, constare potest ab Ecclesia Judaica; erat ea interna et externa; internam constituebant caelestia et spiritualia, externam naturalia. Interna repraesentata est per Rachelem, externa per Leam; sed quia Jacobus seu posteri ejus per Jacobum in Verbo intellecti tales erant, ut non nisi externa, seu cultum in externis, volebant, data est Leah Jacobo ante Rachelem, et per Leam debilem oculis repraesentata Ecclesia Judaica et per Rachelem Ecclesia nova gentium; quare Jacobus in utroque sensu apud Prophetas accipitur, in uno cum significatur Ecclesia Judaica perversa, in altero cum Ecclesia gentium vera externa; cum interna, appellatur Israel, de quibus, ex Divina Domini Misericordia, in sequentibus.