527、“拉麦”表示一个教会，其中对真理和良善的感知如此笼统和模糊，几近于无，所以它是一个荒废的教会，这一点从前一章的说明和下一节的内容清楚可知。前一章的“拉麦”与此处的意思差不多，都表示荒废（参看创世记4:18，19，23，24）。生他的那一位所取的名字也几乎一样，叫“玛土撒利”。因此，这两个名字所表示的事物几乎一样；“玛土撒利”和“玛土撒拉”都表示即将死亡的某种事物，而“拉麦”则表示已遭毁灭之物。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]527. The symbolism of Lamech as a church whose perception of truth and goodness was so general and vague as to be almost nonexistent, so that it was a church devastated, is established by the preceding verses. What follows — since the next verse describes this church — establishes the same meaning again.
In the last chapter Lamech symbolized almost the same thing as here, namely, devastation. (For more on this subject, see the previous chapter at verses 18, 19, 23-24 [404-411, 427-432].) The man who fathered him there had almost the same name — Methushael — so that the symbolism is almost the same as well. Methushael and Methuselah symbolize something that is dying, and Lamech something destroyed.{*1}
Footnotes:
{*1} Swedenborg seems to connect the names Methushael and Methuselah with the Hebrew word מוּת (mûṯ), "die." It is unclear with what Hebrew word, if any, he might be associating "Lamech." [LHC]
Potts(1905-1910) 527
527. That by "Lamech" is signified a church wherein the perception of truth and good was so general and obscure as to be next to none, consequently a church vastated, appears from what was said in the preceding chapter, and from what follows in the next verse. "Lamech" in the preceding chapter has nearly the same signification as in this, namely, vastation (concerning which see Gen. 4:18, 19, 23, 24); and he who begat him is also called by nearly the same name, "Methuselah" so that the things signified by the names are nearly the same. By "Methuselah" and "Methuselah" is signified something that is about to die; and by "Lamech" what is destroyed.
Elliott(1983-1999) 527
527. That Lamech means a Church in which the perception of truth and good was so general and vague as to be almost none at all, and so it was a vastated Church, becomes clear from what has gone before and from what follows, for the very next verse contains a description of it. In the previous chapter 'Lamech' had almost the same meaning as he does here, namely vastation; see verses 18, 19, 23, 24, of that chapter. And the one who beget him even bore a similar name, which was Methusael. Consequently things that were almost the same were meant by these names; Methusael and Methuselah both mean something that is about to die, while Lamech means that which has been destroyed.
Latin(1748-1756) 527
527. Quod per 'Lamech' significetur Ecclesia in qua tam communis et obscura perceptio veri et boni fuit ut fere nulla, ita Ecclesia vastata, constare potest ab illis quae praecedunt et ab illis quae sequuntur, nam describitur in versu mox sequente. 'Lamech' in praecedente capite significabat fere simile sicut hic, nempe vastationem, de qua videatur cap. praec. ad vers. 18, 19, 23, 24; et a quo genitus etiam paene similiter nominatur, nempe Methushael, sic ut significata sint per nomina fere similia: per 'Methushael et Methushelah' moribundum quoddam; per 'Lamech' deletum.