271.受诅的低地极其寒冷，那里的人生活很悲惨。一直在某个低地的人很多，他们如此寒冷，以至于觉得必须通过劳动和砍柴来获得温暖，因为这种幻觉仍与他们同在，他们也不知道别的，只以为他们通过这种劳动不仅暖和起来，还值得拯救。这种冷可称得上牙齿打颤一般。他们就是“劈柴的人”（申命记29:11;约书亚记9:23-27）所代表的人。那些被囚禁在如此冰冷的监狱里的人是谁，可从他们活在肉身时的爱之性质推断出来；也就是说，那时他们就很冷，从小没有被教导任何真爱，只是受违背真爱的肉体快感诱惑。由此可以推断，他们更多地来自一群外邦人；不过，我对此不是很清楚。这些人欢天喜地，因为他们就要出来进入白昼，得见光明了，这也表明他们一直陷在黑暗中。没有人描述得出这群人何等悲惨。（1747年11月28日）
271. The lower place of damnation is extremely cold, and their life at that time had been miserable
Those who had been in a certain lower place were many, who are so cold that they seem to themselves obliged to acquire heat through labor, and the cutting of wood; for this kind of fantasy stays with them, and they do not know but that it is real, supposing that this work will make them not only warm, but also deserving of salvation. The cold is comparable to cold in the teeth.
Now these are the ones who are represented by the wood-cutters [Deut. 29:11, Josh. 9:23-27]. Who they are that are being held in such an extremely cold prison, may be concluded from [the nature of] their loves in the life of the body, namely, that they had then been cold, not instructed at an early age in any true love, but only enticed by bodily pleasures contrary to true love. So perhaps one may infer that they had come more from the crowd of gentiles, but on this I am not so well informed. These people were exceedingly glad to come into the day, and to see the light, which also shows that they had been in darkness. No one can describe how miserable these crowds are. 1747, the 28th day of November.
271. THE LOWER PLACE OF DAMNATION IS EXCEEDINGLY COLD, AND THE LIFE OF THOSE THERE WAS THEN MISERABLE
Those who were in a certain lower place were very numerous. They are in such cold that they seem to need to acquire warmth to themselves by labor, and by cutting wood, for such a phantasy remains with them, nor do they know otherwise; and they suppose that by that labor they not only become warm but also merit salvation. This cold is compared to a chattering of the teeth. These are they who are also represented by the hewers of wood [Josh. ix 23-27. Who those are that are held in such an exceeding cold prison may be concluded from their loves in the life of the body; namely, that they had been cold then, having been imbued with no true love, but enticed only by the pleasures of the body which are contrary to true love, so that it is allowable to infer that they were rather from the group of gentiles concerning which matter I have not been so informed. They were exceedingly joyful that they would be coming forth into day and would behold the light. Hence also it can be known that they had been in darkness. No one can describe how miserable these crowds were. 1747, Nov. 28. 1
Footnotes:
1. Crossed out: "That there are many mansions even in hell." "That they rise up, or it is rather to be said, are elevated by God Messiah."
271. Quod locus inferior damnationis frigidissimus sit, et quod miserabilis 1
eorum vita tunc fuerit
Illi qui in inferiori quodam loco fuerunt, fuerunt multi, qui in tali frigore sunt, ut videantur sibi calorem acquirere debere per laborem, et ligni sectiones; nam talis phantasia remanet, nec sciunt aliter, et putant non solum per laborem istum calefieri, sed etiam mereri salutem, frigus hoc comparatur frigori dentium; suntque ii, qui quoque repraesentantur per sectores lignorum [Deut. XXIX: 11, Jos. IX: 23-27]: quinam in frigidissimo tali carcere tenentur, concludere licet ab amoribus eorum in vita corporis, quod nempe tunc frigidi fuerint, nullo vero amore imbuti, sed modo corporis voluptatibus, quae sunt contrariae vero amori, inescati; ita quod fuerint ex gentium potius turba, inducere licet, de qua re non ita informatus sum, hi maxime laetati, quod in diem venirent, et lucem conspicerent, inde etiam sciri potest, quod in tenebris fuissent; quam miserabiles hae turbae sint, nemo describere potest. 1747, die 28 Nov.
Footnotes:
1. This is how it appears in J.F.I. Tafel's edition; the Manuscript has mirabilis