598.关于准确意义上的灵人，他们不是魔鬼，而是说话的灵人。准确地说，灵人是指那些只喜欢说话，是其他许多灵人说话的使臣之人。这些灵人也分为属和种，同样分为各个种类。他们希望被称为智慧或知识，并以为他们是唯一知道的人，事实上是各自以不同方式掌控一切的人。每个层级上都有这类灵人，也有他们的属灵使臣。然而，他们很少思考，尽管他们认为自己思考得比别人多。但我还无法列出他们当中的不同种类。
598. About spirits properly so called, who are not demons, but are speaking ones
Spirits properly so called are only those who love to speak and are mediums of the speech of many. These are also divided up into kinds and species, as well as into classes. They want to be called intelligence, or knowledge, and think they are the only ones who know, indeed who control all things, each in a different way. At each level there are such spirits, to whom pertain the spiritual matters; yet they think little, although they believe they think more than others. But I cannot as yet enumerate the different kinds among them.
598. CONCERNING SPIRITS IN A PROPER SENSE, WHO ARE NOT GENII, BUT SPEAKING SPIRITS
Properly speaking, spirits are those who only love to speak, and who are the subjects of the speech of many others. They are also distinguished into genera and species, likewise into classes. They wish to be called intelligences or knowledges, and suppose that they are the only ones who know, yea, who govern all things, each in a different way. In every degree there are such spirits, and there are their spiritual [subjects]. They think little, however, although they suppose that they think more than others. But I cannot as yet recount their differences.
598. De spiritibus proprie, qui sunt non genii, sed loquentes
Spiritus proprie sunt ii qui solum amant loqui, et qui sunt loquelae plurium subjecta, ii quoque in genera et species, tum in classes distincti sunt, vocari volunt intelligentiae, seu scientiae, et putant soli esse, qui sciunt, imo qui regunt omnia, cum differentia; in quolibet gradu dantur tales, spiritualia eorum sunt 1
, sed ii parum cogitant, licet se plus aliis cogitare putant, sed differentias eorum recensere adhuc non possum.
Footnotes:
1. hoc est iis pertinent