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.