697、至少两个恶灵和两位天使与每个人同在。人通过恶灵与地狱相联，通过天使与天堂相联。若不与两者相联，人片刻不能存活。因此，每个人都与某个地狱社群相联系，尽管他没有意识到这一点。然而，他们的折磨不会传给他，因为他处在为永生做准备的状态。在来世，与人相联的社群有时会展示给他，因为他会回到这个社群，从而回到他在世上所过的生活。他由此要么走向地狱，要么升入天堂。因此，人若不过仁之良善的生活，不让自己被主引导，就会成为地狱的一员，死后也会变成一个魔鬼。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]697. We each have at least two evil spirits and two angels present with us. Through the evil spirits we have contact with hell, and through the angels we have contact with heaven. If we were not in touch with both, we could not possibly survive for a minute. So every one of us, although completely unaware of the fact, associates with some group of hellish spirits; but their torment is not transmitted to us, because we are undergoing preparation for eternal life. In the other world, we are sometimes shown the community we had been part of, since we go back to it and therefore to the life we had lived on earth. From there we either head toward hell or go up to heaven.
People who do not lead good, charitable lives or allow the Lord to guide them are part of the hellish crowd. After death they become devils themselves.
Potts(1905-1910) 697
697. There are with every man at least two evil spirits and two angels. Through the evil spirits the man has communication with hell; and through the angels, with heaven. Without communication with both no man can live a moment. Thus every man is in some society of infernals, although he is unaware of it. But their torments are not communicated to him, because he is in a state of preparation for eternal life. The society in which a man has been is sometimes shown him in the other life; for he returns to it, and thereby into the life that he had in the world; and from thence he either tends toward hell, or is raised up toward heaven. Thus a man who does not live in the good of charity, and does not suffer himself to be led by the Lord, is one of the infernals, and after death also becomes a devil.
Elliott(1983-1999) 697
697. At least two evil spirits and two angels are present with every man. Through the evil spirits a person is in communication with hell, and through the angels with heaven. Without communication in both directions no one can survive for the smallest fraction of time. Everybody is accordingly in contact with some community of those in hell, though he is not directly conscious of it. Their torments however cannot be transmitted to him because he is still in the process of being prepared for eternal life. That community to which he has been allied is sometimes shown to him in the next life, for he goes back to it and so to the life which he led in the world. And from this point he either makes his way towards hell or is raised up into heaven. So anyone who does not lead a life consisting of good that stems from charity and who does not allow himself to be led by the Lord is one of those who belong in hell, and after death he also becomes a devil.
Latin(1748-1756) 697
697. Apud unumquemvis hominem sunt ad minimum duo spiritus mali et duo angeli; homo per spiritus malos communicationem habet cum inferno, et per angelos cum caelo; absque communicatione utrinque homo nequaquam minutum temporis vivere potest; ita unusquisque homo in aliqua societate infernalium est, quod prorsus nescit; sed cruciatus eorum ei non communicantur, quia in praeparatione ad vitam aeternam est; societas illa, in qua fuit, ei in altera vita quandoque ostenditur, nam ad illam redit et sic in vitam quam habuit in mundo, et inde vel ad infernum tendit, vel ad caelum elevatur: ita homo qui non in bono charitatis vivit et se non duci a Domino patitur, unus infernalium est et post mortem fit quoque diabolus.