16神的旨意就是我们的轭。因此,我们不能为所欲为;我们乃是负轭的。青年人,不要以为你们是这么自由逍遥。在主的恢复里,我们都负了轭。负轭是何等美好!……主的轭是父的旨意,祂的担子是将父旨意实行出来的工作。这样的轭是容易的,不是痛苦的;这样的担子是轻省的,不是沉重的。容易,原文表明合用;因此是美好、亲切、柔和、温良、容易、愉快,与艰难、严酷、尖锐、痛苦相对。
16God’s will is our yoke. Thus, we are not free to do as we please; rather, we are yoked. Young people, do not think you are so free or liberated. In the Lord’s recovery we all have been yoked. How good it is to be yoked!…The Lord’s yoke is the Father’s will, and His burden is the work to carry out the Father’s will. Such a yoke is easy, not bitter, and such a burden is light, not heavy. The Greek word rendered “easy” means “fit for use”; hence, good, kind, mild, gentle, easy, pleasant, in contrast to hard, harsh, sharp, and bitter.