Esther心靈花園部落格

⁴⁹「我來是為把火投在地上，我是多麼切望它已經燃燒起來！

⁴⁹I am come to cast fire on the earth; and what will I, but that it be kindled?

⁵⁰我有一種應受的洗禮，我是如何焦急，直到它得以完成！

⁵⁰And I have a baptism wherewith I am to be baptized: and how am I straitened until it be accomplished?

⁵¹你們以為我來是給地上送和平嗎？不，我告訴你們：而是來送分裂。

⁵¹Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.

⁵²因為從今以後，一家五口的，將要分裂：三個反對兩個，兩個反對三個。

⁵²For there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.

⁵³他們將要分裂：父親反對兒子，兒子反對父親；母親反對女兒，女兒反對母親；婆母反對兒媳，兒媳反對婆母。」

⁵³The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against his father, the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother, the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

⁵⁴耶穌又向群眾說：「幾時你們看見雲彩由西方升起，立刻就說：要下大雨了；果然是這樣。

⁵⁴And he said also to the multitudes: When you see a cloud rising from the west, presently you say: A shower is coming: and so it happeneth:

⁵⁵幾時南風吹來，就說：天要熱了；果然是這樣。

⁵⁵And when ye see the south wind blow, you say: There will be heat: and it cometh to pass.

⁵⁶假善人哪！你們知道觀察地上及天上的氣象，怎麼不能觀察這個時機呢？

⁵⁶You hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the heaven and of the earth: but how is it that you do not discern this time?

⁵⁷你們為什麼不能由自己來辨別正義的事呢？

⁵⁷And why even of yourselves, do you not judge that which is just?

⁵⁸當你同你的對頭去見官長時，尚在路上，你得設法與他了結，怕他拉你到法官前，法官把你交給刑役，而刑役把你押在獄中。

⁵⁸And when thou goest with thy adversary to the prince, whilst thou art in the way, endeavour to be delivered from him: lest perhaps he draw thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the exacter, and the exacter cast thee into prison.

⁵⁹我告訴你：非等你還清最後的一分錢，斷不能那裡出來。」

⁵⁹I say to thee, thou shalt not go out thence, until thou pay the very last mite