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Balneo non pro studio vel nitore utaris corporis, sed tantum pro remedio slutis. Utere, inquam, lavacro quando poscit infirmitas, non quando soaserit voluntas. Quod enim necesse non est, si egeris, pec cabis. Scriptum est: Et carnis curam ne feceritis in concupiscentiis (Rom. XVIII). Cura carnis veniens ex concupiscentia habetur in vitio; non ea quae saluti reparandae convenit. Quapropter non te illiciat lavare saepius carnis voluntas, sed infirmitatis imperet necessitas. Cares enim culpa, si quod necesse est egens.
Use the bath not out of zeal or for the sheen of the body, but only for the remedy of health. Use the washing, I say, when infirmity demands, not when the will persuades. For if you do what is not necessary, you will sin. It is written: And make not provision for the flesh in its concupiscences (Rom. XIII). The care of the flesh that comes from concupiscence is held in vice; not that which is suited to restoring health. Wherefore let not the will of the flesh entice you to wash too often, but let the necessity of infirmity command it. For you will be without fault, if you do that which is needful.
用浴不要出於熱衷，也不要為了身體的光澤，乃只為健康的補救。我說，當在軟弱要求時用洗浴，而非意志慫恿時。因為你若行那不必要之事，便要犯罪。經上記著說：不要為肉體的私慾預備（羅十三）。那從私慾而來對肉體的顧念便落在惡中；那適於恢復健康的顧念則不然。所以，不要讓肉體的意志誘你過於頻繁地沐浴，乃要讓軟弱的需要來命定它。因為你若行那必需之事，便無過失。