19、在此期间，只要他们留在那里，其心智的内层就关闭，外层则打开；通过这种方式，把他们与地狱联结起来的邪恶就不会显现，尽管他们通过这些邪恶而与地狱联结。一旦最后的审判来临，他们的内层就被揭开；到那时，人人都能看到他们真正是什么样。那时，他们因与地狱一致行动，故再也无法伪装基督徒的生活，而是出于快乐冲进各种邪恶和罪行。他们变成了魔鬼，甚至看上去就像魔鬼：有的发黑，有的像火一样，有的如死尸一般乌青；那些以自己的聪明为骄傲的人显得发黑；那些痴迷于掌权统治所有人的人像火一样；而那些完全无视并藐视真理的人如死尸一般乌青。他们的戏剧性场景就是这样变化的。
19. As long as they stayed there, the deeper levels of their minds were closed and the outward levels were open, so the evils that united them to the hells did not show. Once the Last Judgment started, though, their deeper levels were revealed; and then everyone could see what they were really like. Since they were in full cooperation with the hells, they could no longer pretend to live a Christian life but instead rushed enthusiastically into all kinds of evil and wicked practices. They turned into devils and even looked like devils—some black, some fiery, some as gray as corpses. The ones who were full of pride in their own intelligence looked black; the ones obsessed with gaining power over everyone looked fiery; and the ones who totally disregarded and had contempt for the truth looked as gray as corpses.
That is how the scenes of their drama changed.
19. During the interval for which they remained there, the interiors of their minds were closed and the exteriors were open. This prevented their evils being seen, though through them they were united with the hells. But when the Last Judgment was at hand, the interiors were opened up, so that their real nature was evident to all; and because they were then united with the hells, they could no longer pretend to be living a Christian life, but took delight in rushing into every kind of wickedness and crime. They turned into devils, and could be seen to be such, some black, some fiery and some livid like corpses. Those who were proud of their own intelligence appeared to be black; those who had mad ideas of ruling over everyone had a fiery appearance; and those who neglected or despised the truth looked livid like corpses. Such was the change of scene which affected them.
19. Meanwhile, so long as they remained there, the interiors of their minds were closed, and the exteriors were opened; by which means, their evils, by which they made one with the hells, did not appear. But when the Last Judgment was at hand, their interiors were disclosed, and they then appeared before all such as they really were; and since they then acted in unity with the hells, they were no longer able to simulate the Christian life, but from delight rushed into evils and crimes of every kind, and were turned into devils, and, moreover, were seen as such, some black, some fiery, and some livid like corpses; those who were in the pride of their own intelligence, appearing black; those who were in the insane love of ruling over all, appearing fiery; and those who were in the neglect and contempt of truth, appearing livid like corpses. Thus were the scenes of those theaters changed.
19. Interea cum ibi permanserunt, occlusa sunt interiora mentis eorum, et aperta exteriora; per quod non apparuerunt illorum mala, per quae unum faciebant cum infernis. At cum instabat ultimum judicium, reclusa sunt interiora, et tunc coram omnibus apparuerunt quales erant: et quia tunc unum agebant cum infernis, non amplius vitam Christianam potuerunt simulare, sed ex jucundo ruebant in omnis generis mala et flagitia, ac versi sunt in diabolos, et quoque sicut illi visi sunt, quidam nigri, quidam ignei, et quidam lividi sicut cadavera: qui in fastu propriae intelligentiae fuerant, visi sunt nigri; qui in vesano amore imperandi super omnes visi sunt ignei; et qui in neglectu et contemptu veri, visi sunt lividi sicut cadavera. Ita scenae theatrorum istorum mutatae sunt.