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V ers. 7.— Sit nox illa solitaria, nec laude digna. 13. Diabolus redempto homine et idolis reprobatis fit solitarius et sine laude.—Nox illa solitaria effi- citur, quia c distinctione perpetua a frequentia patriae supernae separatur. Quod tamen intelligi et aliter po- test, ut videlicet hominem, quem sibi socium ad perdi- tionem fecerat, 110 amittat; et solus cum suo cor- pore hostis pereat, dum multos quos destruxerat, Redemptoris gratia reformat. Solitaria ergo nox edi- citur, cum sublatis eis qui electi sunt, solus hostis antiquus aeternis ignibus gehennae mancipatur. Bene autem dicitur: Nec laude digna.
第七節。「願那夜孤獨，不配受讚美。」十三、當人得救贖、偶像被斥責時，魔鬼便成為孤獨而無讚美的。那夜成為孤獨的，因為藉著永遠的隔絕，它被斷絕於上天鄉的常聚之外。然而這也可另作理解，就是他喪失了那被他拉作沉淪同伴的人，這仇敵便獨自與自己的身體一同滅亡，而救贖主的恩典卻使他所毀壞的許多人得以更新。故此那夜被稱為孤獨的，是因當那些選民被取去時，唯獨這古蛇被交付於地獄的永火。並且恰當地說：「不配受讚美。」
Verse 7. 'Let that night be solitary, nor worthy of praise.' 13. The devil, when man is redeemed and idols reproved, is made solitary and without praise. That night is made solitary, because by perpetual separation it is cut off from the frequenting of the supernal homeland. Yet this can also be understood otherwise, namely that he loses the man whom he had made his companion in perdition, and the enemy perishes alone with his own body, while the grace of the Redeemer reforms the many whom he had destroyed. That night is therefore declared solitary when, those who are elect being taken away, the ancient enemy alone is consigned to the eternal fires of hell. And it is well said: 'Nor worthy of praise.'
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Cum enim huma- num genus, erroris tenebris pressum, deos lapides crederet, per hoc quod idolis serviebat, quid aliud quam seductoris sui facta laudabat? Unde bene per Paulum dicitur: Scimus, quia nihil est idolum; sed quoe immolant gentes, daemoniis immolant ( I Cor. viii, 4). Qui ergo idolorum venerationi substrati sunt, quid aliud quam noctis tenebras laudaverunt? Sed ecce jam cernimus, quia nox illa non esse laude di- gna cognoscitur, cum jam a redempto humano ge- nere idolorum veneratio reprobatur; et solitaria nox relinquitur, quia cum damnato apostata spiritu ad tormenta non itur. Sequitur:
因為當人類被錯謬的黑暗所壓、以石頭為神時，藉著這事奉偶像，除了讚美自己誘惑者的作為，還做了甚麼呢？所以藉保羅恰當地說：「我們知道偶像算不得甚麼；只是外邦人所獻的祭，是獻給鬼的」（林前八4，十20）。那些俯伏敬拜偶像的人，除了讚美黑夜的黑暗，還做了甚麼呢？但看哪，如今我們看見那夜被認為不配受讚美，因為如今蒙救贖的人類已斥責敬拜偶像之事；那夜就被撇下成為孤獨，因為人不與那受咒詛的叛逆之靈一同走向折磨。接著說：
For when the human race, pressed down by the darkness of error, believed that stones were gods, by that very serving of idols what else did it do but praise the deeds of its own seducer? Whence it is well said through Paul: 'We know that an idol is nothing; but the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons' (1 Corinthians 8:4, 10:20). Those, then, who were prostrated in the worship of idols, what else did they do but praise the darkness of the night? But behold, now we perceive that that night is known to be not worthy of praise, since now, by the redeemed human race, the worship of idols is reproved; and the night is left solitary, because one does not go to torments with the condemned apostate spirit. There follows: