266.这些例子足以证明，在以色列圣言之前，世上，尤其亚细亚还有一部古圣言。该圣言被保存在生活于那些年代的天使当中，并且如今也存于大鞑靼民族（nations in Great Tartary）当中，对此，可参看下面本章关于圣经的第三个记事（279节）。
266. 由此可見, 在以色列舊約聖言之前, 這世上(特別是中東地區)曾流傳一本古聖言。該聖言至今仍保存于曾生活在那些年代的天人手中, 也保存于現今某些韃靼民族之中(請參看本書279節)。
266. Clearly then, there was an ancient Word on earth, especially in the Middle East, that predated the Israelite Word. This earlier Word is still extant in heaven among the angels who lived during those centuries. It is also still extant today among the nations in Great Tartary, as you can see from the third memorable occurrence after this treatment on the Sacred Scripture [279].
266. These examples serve to establish that there was an ancient Word in the world, especially in Asia, before the Israelite Word. This Word is preserved in heaven among the angels who lived during those centuries; and at the present time it also survives among the nations in Great Tartary; on this see the third experience following this chapter on the Sacred Scripture [279].
266. From all this it can be seen that there was in the world, especially in Asia, an ancient Word before the Israelitish Word. It will be seen in the third Memorable Relation at the end of this chapter on the Sacred Scripture that this Word is preserved in heaven among the angels who lived in those times; and moreover, that it is still in existence at the present day among the nations of Great Tartary.
266. From these passages it may be evident that an ancient Word existed in the world, particularly in Asia, previous to the Israelitish Word. This Word is preserved in heaven among the angels who lived in those times; and it survives at the present day among the nations of Great Tartary, 1 as may be seen in the third of the narratives at the close of this chapter on the Sacred Scripture.
Footnotes:
1. Tartaria, Tartary, country of Central Asia.
266. Ex his constare potest, quod Verbum Antiquum in Orbe, imprimis Asiatico, fuerit, ante Verbum Israeliticum. Quod hoc Verbum conservetur in Coelo apud Angelos qui in illis Saeculis vixerunt; et quoque quod hodie adhuc sit apud Gentes in TARTARIA MAGNA, in TERTIO MEMORABILI, post hanc de Scriptura Sacra Transactionem, videatur.