711、“进入方舟”表示做好准备，这在前一章（6:18）早已说明。但在那里，它表示在理解力的事物，也就是信之真理方面为拯救做好准备；而在此表示在意愿的事物，也就是仁之良善方面做好准备。人若不做好准备，也就是装备真理和良善，就决不能重生，更不用说经历试探了。因为在这种时候，与他同在的恶灵会激活他的虚假和邪恶。除非有真理和良善存在，使得这些虚假和邪恶能被主转向它们，并被它们驱散，否则他就会屈服。这些真理和良善就是主为这些目的或功用所保存的余剩。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]711. The fact that entering the ark means being prepared was stated above at Genesis 6:18, but the meaning there was preparation in regard to intellectual things, which are the truths that faith espouses.{*1} Here the meaning is preparation in regard to affairs of the will, which are the good impulses of charity, leading to salvation.
To be prepared is to be equipped with true thoughts and good impulses, and unless we are prepared, we can never regenerate, still less be tested. The evil spirits [who are] present with us during those processes stir up everything false and evil in us; and if we lack anything true or good to which the Lord can redirect the evil and falsity, and by which he can disperse it, we go under.
The truth and goodness are remaining traces that the Lord has stored away for just such a purpose.
Footnotes:
{*1} Swedenborg's cross-reference here seems slightly inaccurate. In explaining Genesis 6:18 at 667, he does not say that to enter the ark means being prepared; he says that it means being saved. Earlier than that, however, in 653, where Genesis 6:16 is explained, he describes the process of sifting out false ideas as a preparation — that is, for regeneration and thus for salvation. See also 654, 671, 701, 706, 709. [SS]
Potts(1905-1910) 711
711. That to "enter into the ark" is to be prepared, has been stated before, at verse 18 of the preceding chapter. But there it signified that he was prepared for salvation as to things of the understanding, which are truths of faith; but here as to things of the will, which are goods of charity. Unless a man is prepared, that is, furnished with truths and goods, he can by no means be regenerated, still less undergo temptations. For the evil spirits who are with him at such a time excite his falsities and evils; and if truths and goods are not present, to which they may be bent by the Lord, and by which they may be dispersed, he succumbs. These truths and goods are the remains which are reserved by the Lord for such uses.
Elliott(1983-1999) 711
711. That 'entering into the ark' means being made ready has been stated already at verse 18 of the previous chapter. There however it meant being made ready for salvation as regards things of the understanding, which are the truths of faith, whereas here it means being made ready as regards those of the will, which are goods springing from charity. Unless a person has been made ready, that is, has been supplied with truths and goods, he cannot possibly be regenerated, still less undergo temptations, for the evil spirits who are at that time with him activate the falsities and evils that are his. And unless truths and goods are present towards which they are turned by the Lord and by which they are scattered, he goes under. The truths and goods are the remnants which the Lord preserves for such purposes.
Latin(1748-1756) 711
711. Quod 'intrare in arcam' sit praeparari, prius cap. praec. ad vers. 18 dictum; sed ibi significatum, quod praeparatus quoad intellectualia, quae sunt vera fidei; hic quoad voluntaria, quae sunt bona charitatis, ut salvaretur. Homo nisi praeparatus, hoc est, instructus veris et bonis, nusquam potest regenerari, minus subire tentationes; nam mali spiritus, qui tunc apud eum, excitant ejus falsa et mala; nisi adsint vera et bona ad quae flectantur a Domino et per quae discutiantur, succumbit: vera et bona sunt reliquiae, quae ad tales usus a Domino reservantur.