49
我来要把火丢在地上。倘若已经着起来，不也是我所愿意的吗？
'I have come to bring fire on the earth, and howI wish it were already kindled!
50
我有当受的洗。还没有成就，我是何等的迫切呢。
But I have a baptism to undergo, and howdistressed I am until it is completed!
51
你们以为我来，是叫地上太平吗？我告诉你们，不是，乃是叫人分争。
Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No,I tell you, but division.
52
从今以后，一家五个人将要分争，三个人和两个人相争，两个人和三个人相争。
From now on there will be five in one familydivided against each other, three against two and two against three.
53
父亲和儿子相争，儿子和父亲相争。母亲和女儿相争，女儿和母亲相争。婆婆和媳妇相争，媳妇和婆婆相争。
They will be divided, father against son and sonagainst father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother,mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law againstmother-in-law.'
54
耶稣又对众人说，你们看见西边起了云彩，就说，要下一阵雨。果然就有。
He said to the crowd: 'When you see a cloudrising in the west, immediately you say, `It's going to rain,' and it does.
And when the south wind blows, you say, `It'sgoing to be hot,' and it is.
56
假冒为善的人哪，你们知道分辨天地的气色。怎么不知道分辨这时候呢？
Hypocrites! You know how to interpret theappearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don't know how tointerpret this present time?
'Why don't you judge for yourselves what isright?
58
你同告你的对头去见官，还在路上，务要尽力的和他了结。恐怕他拉你到官面前，官交付差役，差役把你下在监里
As you are going with your adversary to themagistrate, try hard to be reconciled to him on the way, or he may drag you offto the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throwyou into prison.
59
我告诉你，若有半文钱没有还清，你断不能从那里出来。
I tell you, you will not get out until you havepaid the last penny. '
