866、“乌鸦”表示虚假。一般来说，这从前面（40，745，776，803节）关于鸟的阐述和说明清楚可知，鸟表示理解力的概念，理性概念和记忆知识，以及它们的反面，也就是推理和虚假。在圣言中，这两类事物被描述为各种鸟，理解力的真理被描述为无害、温驯、美丽和洁净的鸟，而理解力的虚假则被描述为有害、贪婪、丑陋和不洁的鸟，各自取决于所描述的真理或虚假的种类。粗俗浓密、难以穿透的虚假被描述为“猫头鹰”和“乌鸦”；被描述为“猫头鹰”，是因为它们生活在夜间的黑暗中，被描述为“乌鸦”，是因为它们是黑色的。如以赛亚书：
猫头鹰和乌鸦必住在其中。（以赛亚书34:11）
此处论述的主题是犹太教会，该教会是“猫头鹰和乌鸦”所代表的纯粹虚假的住处，或说只有“猫头鹰和乌鸦”所描述的虚假住在其中。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]866. The symbolism of the raven as falsity is established in general by explanations and illustrations above regarding birds [40, 745, 776, 803], showing that they symbolize matters of understanding, reason, and fact, and the opposites of these, which are rationalization and falsity. The Word depicts both the positive and negative types in the different species of bird. Birds that are gentle, pretty, and clean portray true ways of understanding, but birds that are fierce, ugly, and unclean portray false ones, depending on the specific type of truth or falsity. Thick, dense falsity is depicted by owls and ravens — by owls because they inhabit the dark of night, by ravens because they are black. In Isaiah, for instance:
Owl and raven will live there. (Isaiah 34:11)
These words occur in a passage that speaks of the Jewish church as containing sheer falsity,{*1} which the owl and raven depict.
Footnotes:
{*1} On Swedenborg's attitude toward Jews, see note 4 in 259 and the reader's guide, pages 51-55. [JSR]
Potts(1905-1910) 866
866. That a "raven" signifies falsities, is evident in a general way from what has been said and shown above concerning birds, that they signify things of understanding, of reason, and of memory-knowledge, and also the opposite, which are reasonings and falsities. Both of these are described in the Word by various species of birds; truths of understanding by birds which are gentle, beautiful, and clean; and falsities by those which are ravenous, ugly, and unclean, in each case varying according to the species of truth or falsity. Gross and dense falsities are described by owls and ravens; by owls because they live in the darkness of night, and by ravens, because they are of a black color. As in Isaiah:
The owl also and the raven shall dwell therein (Isa. 34:11), where the Jewish Church is described as being the habitation of mere falsities, represented by the owl and the raven.
Elliott(1983-1999) 866
866. 'A raven' means falsities. This in a general way becomes clear from what has been stated and shown already about birds meaning intellectual concepts, rational concepts, and facts, and in like manner the opposite of these, which are reasonings and falsities. Both sets of things are described in the Word by various species of birds, things of a true understanding by harmless, beautiful, and clean birds, those of a false understanding however by harmful, ugly, and unclean ones, each depending on the species of truth or falsity under description. Gross and impenetrable falsities are described by 'owls' and 'ravens' - by owls because they live in the darkness of the night, by ravens because they are black; as in Isaiah,
The owl and the raven will dwell in it. Isa 34:11.
Here the subject is the Jewish Church, and the fact that nothing but falsities, described as 'the owl and the raven', resided in it.
Latin(1748-1756) 866
866. Quod per 'corvum' significentur falsitates, constare potest in genere ex illis quae prius de avibus dicta et ostensa sunt, quod significent intellectualia, rationalia et scientifica; et quod similiter opposita, quae sunt ratiocinia et falsa; illa et haec describuntur in Verbo per varias species avium; intellectualia vera per aves mites, pulchras et mundas; falsa autem per aves immites, impulchras, et immundas; et quidem secundum speciem veri et falsi; falsitates crassae et densae per 'noctuas et corvos,' per 'noctuas' quia in tenebris noctis vivunt, per 'corvos' quia colore sunt nigro; ut apud Esaiam, Noctua atque corvus habitabunt in ea, xxxiv 11;ubi agitur de Ecclesia Judaica, quod ibi nihil nisi falsitates, quae etiam describuntur per 'noctuam et corvum.'