826.有时灵界社群的巴黎人会看见一个女人显现，她身材适中，穿着闪光的衣服，面容圣洁，声称自己叫吉纳维芙（Genevieve）。但当他们中间有人开始拜她时，她的神情和衣服当即变了，仿佛成了一个普通女人。她责备他们崇拜她，说她在她的同伴中和一个年轻女仆一样，并对世人被这种愚蠢行为欺骗而感到奇怪。
826. 有时灵界社群的巴黎人会看见一个女人显现, 她身材适中, 穿着闪光的衣服, 面容圣洁, 声称自己叫吉纳维芙 (Genevieve)。 但当他们中间有人开始拜她时, 她的神情和衣服当即变了, 仿佛成了一个普通女人。 她责备他们崇拜她, 说她在她的同伴中和一个年轻女仆一样, 并对世人被这种愚蠢行为欺骗而感到奇怪。
826. Sometimes to the people in a Parisian community in the spiritual world, a woman appears in midair, wearing radiant clothes and having a saintly face. She says that she is Genevieve. When people begin to worship her, however, her face and clothes immediately change; she becomes like an ordinary woman. She criticizes the people for wanting to worship a woman who is no more esteemed among her friends than a servant girl would be. She expresses amazement that people in the world are taken with such nonsense.
826. Sometimes the Parisians, who form a community in the spiritual world, see appear at a moderate height a woman dressed in shining clothing and with a saintly expression, who claims she is Genevieve. But when some people begin to worship her, her face and clothing at once change, and she becomes like an ordinary woman. She reproaches them for wanting to worship a woman who is no more regarded by her companions than a servant-girl, expressing surprise that people in the world are the dupes of such trickery.
826. To the Parisians, who form a society in the spiritual world, there sometimes appears a woman of the usual height in shining raiment and with a face that seems holy, and she calls herself Genevieve. But when some of them begin to worship her, her face and also her clothing instantly change, and she becomes like an ordinary woman; and she rebukes them for wanting to worship a woman who among her companions is no more esteemed than a servant maid, and is surprised that the men of the world are duped by such nonsense.
826. To Parisians who form a society in the spiritual world there sometimes appears at a medium altitude a certain woman, in shining raiment and of saintly countenance, calling herself Genevieve. 1 But when any begin to worship her, her countenance and also her raiment forthwith undergo a change, and she becomes like an ordinary woman. She reproves them for desiring to worship a woman, who in her own society is held in no greater estimation than a servant; and she wonders that men in the world should be duped by such nonsense.
Footnotes:
1. Genevieve. the Patron Saint of Paris, c. A.D. 419-502. Born near Paris, she spent the greater part of her life there in works of benevolence.
826. Apparet quandoque Parisiensibus qui in Mundo spirituali in Societate sunt, quaedam Mulier in media altitudine, in vestitu splendido, et in facie tanquam sancta, et dixit se esse GENOVEVAM: sed cum quidam incipiunt adorare illam, tunc illico mutatur ejus facies, et quoque vestis, et fit 1 similis Foeminae vulgari, et reprehendit illos, quod velint adorare foeminam, quae apud socias suas non plus in aestimatione est quam sicut ancilla, mirans quod homines Mundi talibus nugis captentur.
Footnotes:
1. Prima editio: sit.