Lucas 21

1 He looked up and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury. 2 He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.*21:2 literally, "two lepta." 2 lepta was about 1% of a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer. 3 He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them, 4 for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."

5 As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said, 6 "As for these things which you see, the days will come in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down."

7 They asked him, "Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?"

8 He said, "Watch out that you don’t get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he*21:8 or, I AM,’ and, ‘The time is at hand.’ Therefore don’t follow them. 9 When you hear of wars and disturbances, don’t be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won’t come immediately."

10 Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 11 There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven. 12 But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake. 13 It will turn out as a testimony for you. 14 Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to answer, 15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict. 16 You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death. 17 You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake. 18 And not a hair of your head will perish.

19 "By your endurance you will win your lives.

20 "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the middle of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein. 22 For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath to this people. 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

25 "There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves; 26 men fainting for fear and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 But when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near."

29 He told them a parable. "See the fig tree and all the trees. 30 When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near. 31 Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that God’s Kingdom is near. 32 Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished. 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.

34 "So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly. 35 For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth. 36 Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

37 Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet. 38 All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.

Te Koha a te Pouaru

1 Nā, ka titiro ake ia, ka kite i te hunga taonga, e maka ana i ā rātou moni hoatu noa ki te takotoranga moni. 2 Ā, ka kite ia i tētahi pouaru rawakore, e maka ana i ngā moni nonohi rawa e rua ki reira. 3 Nā, ka mea ia, "He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, nui kē tā tēnei pouaru rawakore i maka ai i a rātou katoa. 4 Ko rātou katoa hoki e makā ana ko tētahi wāhi o ā rātou mea hira noa atu ki roto ki ngā moni tuku noa, ko ia o tōna rawakoretanga e maka ana i tōna oranga katoa."

Ka Kōrero a Īhu mō te Wāwāhinga o te Temepara

5 Ā, i ētahi e kōrero ana ki te temepara, ka oti nei te whakapaipai ki ngā kōhatu papai, ki ngā whakahere, ka mea ia, 6 "Nā, ko ēnei mea e kite nei koutou; tērā e tae mai ngā rā e kore ai e toe tētahi kōhatu i runga i tētahi kōhatu; engari ka whakahoroa."

Ngā Raruraru me ngā Whakatoinga

7 Nā, ka ui rātou ki a ia, ka mea, "E te Kaiwhakaako, ko āhea ēnei mea? He aha hoki te tohu ina tata ēnei mea te puta?"

8 Ā, ka mea ia, "Kia mahara kei māmingatia koutou; he tokomaha hoki e haere mai i runga i tōku ingoa, e mea, ‘Ko ahau ia, kua tata te tāima.’ Nā, kei whai i muri i a rātou. 9 Nā, ka rongo koutou ki ngā taua, ki ngā whakaoho, kaua e mataku. Kua takoto hoki te tikanga mō ēnei mea kia mātua puta mai; taihoa ia te mutunga."

10 Kātahi ia ka mea ki a rātou, "Ka whakatika tētahi iwi ki tētahi iwi, tētahi rangatiratanga ki tētahi rangatiratanga. 11 Tērā hoki e puta ngā rū nunui, ā, i ngā tini wāhi ka pā te matekai me ngā mate urutā, me ngā mea whakamataku hoki, me ngā tohu nunui o te rangi.

12 "Ā, ko mua ake i ēnei mea katoa pā ai ō rātou ringa ki a koutou, tūkino ai i a koutou, tuku ai i a koutou ki ngā whare whakawā, ki ngā whare herehere, me te ārahi i a koutou ki ngā kīngi, ki ngā kāwana, mō tōku ingoa. 13 Ā, ka waiho ki a koutou hei tohu whakaatu. 14 Nā, whakatatūtia iho ki ō koutou ngākau, kia kaua e whakaaroa wawetia tā koutou kupu e whakahoki atu ai. 15 Māku hoki e hoatu ki a koutou he māngai, he mātauranga, e kore e taea te whakakāhore, te pēhi, e ō koutou hoa whawhai katoa. 16 Ā, ka tukua atu koutou e ngā mātua, e ngā tēina, e ngā whanaunga, e ngā hoa. Ka whakamatea anō ētahi o koutou. 17 Ka kino anō ngā tāngata katoa ki a koutou, he whakaaro ki tōku ingoa. 18 Otiia, e kore e ngaro tētahi makawe o ō koutou upoko. 19 Mā te manawanui e mau ai ō koutou wairua."

Ka Kōrero a Īhu mō te Wāwāhinga o Hiruhārama

20 "Otirā, ka kite koutou i Hiruhārama e karapotia ana e ngā taua, ko reira koutou mōhio ai, kua tata tōna whakangaromanga. 21 Hei reira kia oma te hunga i Hūria ki ngā maunga; me te hunga i waenganui ōna kia haere atu ki waho, kei haere hoki ki reira te hunga i ngā tuawhenua. 22 Ko ngā rā hoki ēnei o te rapunga utu, e rite ai ngā mea katoa kua oti te tuhituhi. 23 Otirā, auē te mate o te hunga e hapū ana, o ngā mea e whāngai ana ki te ū, i aua rā! E nui hoki te aituā ki te whenua, me te riri ki tēnei iwi. 24 Ā, ka hinga rātou i te mata o te hoari, ka riro pārau ki ngā iwi katoa. Ā, ka takahia Hiruhārama e ngā tauiwi, kia rite rā anō ngā wā o ngā tauiwi."

Te Haerenga mai o te Tama a te Tangata

25 "Ā, ka whai tohu te rā, te marama, me ngā whetū, ā, ki runga ki te whenua he pāwera nō ngā tauiwi, he tūmatatenga ki te haruru o te moana, o te ngaru. 26 Ka whiti ngā tāngata i te mataku, i te manawapā ki ngā mea e puta mai ana ki te ao, e ngāueue hoki ngā mea kaha o ngā rangi. 27 Ko reira rātou kite ai i te Tama a te tangata e haere mai ana i runga i te kapua, me te kaha, me te korōria nui. 28 Ā, nō ka tīmata ēnei mea te puta, titiro ake, kia ara hoki ō koutou mātenga; ka tata hoki tō koutou whakaoranga."

Te Whakaakoranga o te Rākau Piki

29 Nā, ka kōrerotia e ia tētahi kupu whakarite ki a rātou: "Titiro ki te piki, ki ngā rākau katoa. 30 I te mea e pihi ana, nā, ka kite koutou, ka mātau noa ake, kua tata te raumati. 31 Waihoki, ko koutou, ina kite i ēnei mea e puta ana, ka mātau kua tata te rangatiratanga o te Atua.

32 "He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, e kore rawa e pahemo tēnei whakatupuranga, kia puta rā anō ēnei mea katoa. 33 E pahemo te rangi me te whenua; ko āku kupu ia e kore e pahemo."

Te Mea kia Mataara

34 "Otirā, kia tūpato ki a koutou anō, kei taimaha ō koutou ngākau i te kakai, i te haurangi, i ngā raruraru o te ao, ā, ka puta whakarere mai taua rā, ānō he reti, ki a koutou. 35 Ka puta hoki ki ngā tāngata katoa e noho ana i te mata o te whenua katoa. 36 Mō konei rā kia mataara, i ngā wā katoa kia īnoi tonu, kia paingia ai koutou kia mawhiti i ēnei mea katoa meāke nei puta, kia tū hoki i te aroaro o te Tama a te tangata."

37 Ā, i ia rā e whakaako ana ia i roto i te temepara, ā, i ia pō e haere ana, ka noho i te maunga e kīia nei ko te Maunga o ngā Ōriwa. 38 Ā, i te atatū ka haere mai ngā tāngata ki a ia ki te temepara, ki te whakarongo ki a ia.