Marcos 13

1 As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!"

2 Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down."

3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, 4 "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are all about to be fulfilled?"

5 Jesus, answering, began to tell them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray. 6 For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’*13:6 or, "I AM!" and will lead many astray.

7 "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don’t be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet. 8 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains.

9 "But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them. 10 The Good News must first be preached to all the nations. 11 When they lead you away and deliver you up, don’t be anxious beforehand or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

12 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. 13 You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

14 "But when you see the abomination of desolation, ✝ 13:14 Daniel 9:17; 11:31; 12:11 spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not" (let the reader understand), "then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, 15 and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house. 16 Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak. 17 But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babies in those days! 18 Pray that your flight won’t be in the winter. 19 For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be. 20 Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days. 21 Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ don’t believe it. 22 For false christs and false prophets will arise and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones. 23 But you watch.

"Behold, I have told you all things beforehand. 24 But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, 25 the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.✝13:25 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4 26 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27 Then he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.

28 "Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near; 29 even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors. 30 Most certainly I say to you, this generation*13:30 The word translated "generation" (genea) could also be translated "race", "family", or "people". will not pass away until all these things happen. 31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

32 "But of that day or that hour no one knows—not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is.

34 "It is like a man traveling to another country, having left his house and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch. 35 Watch therefore, for you don’t know when the lord of the house is coming—whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning; 36 lest, coming suddenly, he might find you sleeping. 37 What I tell you, I tell all: Watch!"

Ka Kōrero a Īhu mō te Wāwāhinga o te Temepara

1 Ā, i a ia e haere atu ana i te temepara, ka mea tētahi o āna ākonga ki a ia, "E te Kaiwhakaako, nanā, te tū o ngā kōhatu, te tū o ngā whare!"

2 Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a ia, "Ka kite koe i ēnei whare nunui? E kore tētahi kōhatu e waiho i konei i runga ake i tētahi kōhatu, engari, ka whakahoroa."

Ngā Raruraru me ngā Whakatoinga

3 Ā, i a ia e noho ana i runga i Maunga Ōriwa i te ritenga atu o te temepara, ka ui puku ki a ia a Pita, a Hēmi, a Hoani, a Anaru, 4 "Kōrerotia mai ki a mātou, ko āhea ēnei mea, ā, he aha te tohu ina tata ēnei mea katoa te rite?"

5 Nā, ka anga ia, ka kōrero ki a rātou, "Kia tūpato kei māmingatia koutou e te tangata. 6 He tokomaha hoki e haere mai i runga i tōku ingoa, e mea, ‘Ko ahau ia!’ ā, he tokomaha e māmingatia. 7 E rongo koutou ki ngā pakanga, ki ngā hau pakanga, kei ohorere. Kua takoto hoki he putanga mō aua mea; taihoa rawa ia te mutunga. 8 Ka whakatika hoki tētahi iwi ki tētahi iwi, tētahi rangatiratanga ki tētahi rangatiratanga; ā, he tini ngā wāhi e puta ai he rū; ka puta anō hoki he pō matekai. Ko te tīmatanga ēnei o ngā mamae.

9 "Nā, kia tūpato ki a koutou. Ka tukua hoki koutou ki ngā rūnanga; ka whiua koutou i roto i ngā whare karakia; ā, ka whakatūria koutou ki te aroaro o ngā kāwana, o ngā kīngi, mō te whakaaro ki ahau, hei mea whakaatu ki a rātou. 10 Kua takoto ia te tikanga kia mātua kauwhautia te rongopai ki ngā tauiwi katoa. 11 Ina, ārahina koutou ki te whakawā, ā, ka tukua atu, kaua e mānukanuka wawe ki tā koutou e kōrero ai: engari, ko te mea e hoatu ki a koutou i taua hāora, ko tēnā tā koutou e kōrero ai: ehara hoki i te mea mā koutou ngā kōrero, engari, mā te Wairua Tapu. 12 Nā, ka tukua te tuakana e te teina ki te mate, te tamaiti hoki e te pāpā; ā, ka whakatika ngā tamariki ki ngā mātua, ka mea kia whakamatea. 13 Ā, ka kinongia koutou e ngā tāngata katoa, he mea mō tōku ingoa. Ko te tangata ia e ū ana ā taea noatia te mutunga, ko ia e ora."

Te Mea Whakarihariha

14 "Ā, ki te kite koutou i te mea whakarihariha, i te mea whakangaro e tū ana i te wāhi e kore e tika, kia mātau te kaititiro pukapuka, ko reira me rere te hunga i Hūria ki ngā maunga. 15 Ko te tangata hoki i runga i te whare kaua e heke iho ki roto ki te whare, kaua hoki e tomo ki te tiki i tētahi mea i roto i tōna whare. 16 Kaua anō te tangata i te māra e hoki ki muri, ki te tiki i tōna kākahu. 17 Auē te mate mō te hunga e hapū ana, mō ngā mea hoki e whāngai ana ki te ū, i aua rā 18 Mā koutou ia e īnoi kei rokohanga koutou e te whati i te hōtoke. 19 He whakapāwera hoki aua rā, kāhore ōna rite o te orokohanganga rā anō i hangā nei e te Atua, ā, mohoa noa nei, kāhore hoki he pērā ā muri ake nei. 20 Me i kāhore hoki aua rā i poroa i waenga e te Ariki, e kore tētahi kikokiko e ora. Otirā, ka whakaaroa te hunga whiriwhiri i whiriwhiria e ia, ā, poroa ana aua rā i waenga.

21 "Ki te mea tētahi ki a koutou i reira, ‘Nā, tēnei a te Karaiti.’ Nā, ‘Tērā!’ kaua e whakaponohia. 22 E whakatika hoki ngā Karaiti teka, me ngā poropiti teka, ka whakaatu i ngā tohu me ngā mea whakamīharo, ā, me i taea, ka māmingatia e rātou te hunga whiriwhiri. 23 Kia tūpato rā koutou. Nā, kua kōrerotia wawetia nei e ahau ngā mea katoa ki a koutou."

Te Haerenga Mai o te Tama a te Tangata

24 "Nā, i aua rā, i muri iho i taua whakapāwera,

ka whakapōuritia te rā, e kore hoki e titi te atarau,

25 ka taka iho ngā whetū o te rangi,

ka ngāueue ngā mea kaha o ngā rangi.

26 "Nā, ko reira kitea ai te Tama a te tangata e haere mai ana i runga i ngā kapua, me te kaha nui, me te korōria. 27 Ko reira anō ia tono ai i āna anahera, ā, ka huihuia ana i whiriwhiri ai i ngā hau e whā, i te pito o te whenua tae noa ki te pito o te rangi."

Te Whakaakoranga mō te Rākau Piki

28 "Nā, kia ākona koutou e te piki ki tētahi kupu whakarite. I tōna manga e ngāwari ana, e puta ana hoki ngā rau, ka mōhio koutou ka tata te raumati. 29 Waihoki ko koutou, ina kite i ēnei mea e puta mai ana, ka mātau ka tata ia, kei ngā kūwaha. 30 He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, E kore tēnei whakatupuranga e pahemo, kia puta rā anō ēnei mea katoa. 31 Ko te rangi me te whenua e pahemo, ko āku kupu ia e kore e pahemo."

Kāhore e Mōhiotia ana hei tēhea Rā, hei tēhea Hāora

32 "Otiia, kāhore tētahi tangata e mātau ki taua rā, ki taua hāora, kāhore ngā anahera o te rangi, kāhore te Tama, ko te Matua anake. 33 Kia tūpato, kia mataara, me te īnoi anō. Kāhore hoki koutou e mātau ki te wā, ko āhea rānei. 34 Ka rite hoki ki te tangata e haere ana ki tawhiti, mahue iho i a ia tōna whare, ā, tukua iho e ia ngā tikanga ki āna pononga, tāna mahi mā tētahi, mā tētahi, ka whakahau iho hoki ki te kaitiaki tatau kia mataara.

35 "Āe rā, kia mataara: kāhore hoki koutou e mātau ki te wā e haere mai ai te rangatira o te whare, ko te ahiahi, ko waenganui pō rānei, ko te tangihanga o te heihei, ko te atatū rānei; 36 kei puta whakarere mai, ka rokohanga koutou e ia e moe ana. 37 Nā, ko tāku ka mea atu nei ki a koutou, e meatia ana anō ki te katoa. ‘Kia mataara!’ "