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I bid. — Et sic in tenebris quasi in luce ambulant 78. Iniqui ita gaudent in nocte peccati, ac si eos lux justitiae circumfunderet.— Perversa etenim mente gaudent in facinoribus, per culpam suam quotidie ad supplicium trahuntur, et securi sunt. Unde et per Salomonem dicitur: Sunt impii qui ita securi sunt, quasi justorum facta habeant ( Eccle. viii, 14). De quibus rursum scriptum est: Qui laetantur cum male fecerint, et exsultant in rebus pessimis ( Prov. ii, 14). Sic itaque in tenebris quasi in luce ambulant, quia ita gaudent in nocte peccati, ac si eos lux justitiae e circumfundat.
In the same place. — And thus in darkness they walk as in light. 78. The wicked so rejoice in the night of sin, as if the light of righteousness surrounded them. — For with a perverse mind they rejoice in their crimes, they are daily dragged by their fault to punishment, and yet they are secure. Whence it is said through Solomon: There are wicked men who are as secure as if they had the deeds of the just (Ecclesiastes viii, 14). Of whom again it is written: Who rejoice when they have done evil, and exult in most wicked things (Proverbs ii, 14). And so thus in darkness they walk as in light, because they so rejoice in the night of sin, as if the light of righteousness surrounded them.
同處。——這樣，他們在黑暗中如在光中行走。七十八、不義的人在罪的夜間如此歡樂，彷彿正義之光環繞著他們。——因為他們以乖僻的心在罪行中歡樂，天天因己過被拖向刑罰，卻仍安然無忌。故此藉撒羅滿說：「有些惡人如此安然，彷彿他們有義人的作為」（訓道篇八章14節）。論到他們又記著說：「他們行惡便歡喜，在極邪惡的事上快樂」（箴言二章14節）。故此他們這樣在黑暗中如在光中行走，因為他們在罪的夜間如此歡樂，彷彿正義之光環繞著他們。
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Vel certe, quia tenebrae vitam prae- sentem non inconvenienter exprimunt, in qua alienae conscientiae non videntur; lux vero nostra patria aeterna est, in qua dum vultus aspicimus, corda in nobis nostra vicissim videmus; iniqui autem f quia vitam praesentem ita diligunt, atque haec exsilii tem- pora complectuntur ac si jam in patria regnent; recte dicitur: Sic in tenebris quasi in luce ambulant, quia sic in praesenti caecitate laeti sunt, ac si jam aeternae patriae luce perfruantur. Sequitur:
Or certainly, since darkness not unfittingly expresses the present life, in which the consciences of others are not seen; but our light is the eternal fatherland, in which, while we behold faces, we mutually see our own hearts within us; but the wicked, because they so love the present life, and embrace these times of exile as if they already reigned in the fatherland: it is rightly said, Thus in darkness they walk as in light, because they are so glad in the present blindness, as if they already fully enjoyed the light of the eternal fatherland. There follows:
或者確切地說，既然黑暗恰能表達今生——在今生中，別人的良心是看不見的；而我們的光乃是永恆的家鄉——在其中，當我們彼此瞻仰面容時，也彼此看見我們心中的心；而不義的人，因為如此貪愛今生，並擁抱這流亡的歲月，彷彿他們已在家鄉為王：故此恰當地說，這樣他們在黑暗中如在光中行走，因為他們在今生的盲昧中如此歡樂，彷彿已在暢享永恆家鄉之光。接著說：