Mateus 24

1 Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. 2 But he answered them, "You see all of these things, don’t you? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down."

3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"

4 Jesus answered them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray. 5 For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will lead many astray. 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren’t troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places. 8 But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.

9 "Then they will deliver you up to oppression and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake. 10 Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another. 11 Many false prophets will arise and will lead many astray. 12 Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end will be saved. 14 This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

15 "When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, ✝ 24:15 Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11 which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house. 18 Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes. 19 But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days! 20 Pray that your flight will not be in the winter nor on a Sabbath, 21 for then there will be great suffering,*24:21 or, oppression such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be. 22 Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.

23 "Then if any man tells you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘There!’ don’t believe it. 24 For false christs and false prophets will arise, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

25 "Behold, I have told you beforehand.

26 "If therefore they tell you, ‘Behold, he is in the wilderness,’ don’t go out; or ‘Behold, he is in the inner rooms,’ don’t believe it. 27 For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. 28 For wherever the carcass is, that is where the vultures*24:28 or, eagles gather together.

29 "But immediately after the suffering * 24:29 or, oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;✝24:29 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4 30 and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. 31 He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

32 "Now from the fig tree learn this parable: When its branch has now become tender and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near. 33 Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that he is near, even at the doors. 34 Most certainly I tell you, this generation*24:34 The word for "generation" (genea) can also be translated as "race." will not pass away until all these things are accomplished. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

36 "But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, * 24:36 NU adds "nor the son" but my Father only. 37 As the days of Noah were, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship, 39 and they didn’t know until the flood came and took them all away, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. 40 Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and one will be left. 42 Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come.

45 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes. 47 Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has. 48 But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards, 50 the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn’t expect it and in an hour when he doesn’t know it, 51 and will cut him in pieces and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.

Ka Kōrero a Īhu mō te Wāwāhinga o te Temepara

1 Ā, ka puta atu a Īhu ki waho o te temepara, ka haere, nā, ka tae mai āna ākonga ki a ia kia whakakitea ki a ia ngā whare i hangā mō te temepara. 2 Otirā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Kāhore ianei koutou e kite i ēnei mea katoa? He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, e kore e toe ki konei tētahi kōhatu ki runga ake i tētahi kōhatu, engari ka whakahoroa katoatia."

Ngā Raruraru me ngā Whakatoinga

3 Ā, i a ia e noho ana i runga i Maunga Ōriwa, ka haere puku mai ngā ākonga ki a ia, ka mea, "Kōrerotia ki a mātou, ko āhea ēnei mea? He aha te tohu o tōu haerenga mai, o te mutunga hoki o te ao?"

4 Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, "Kia tūpato kei māmingatia koutou e te tangata. 5 He tokomaha hoki e haere mai i runga i tōku ingoa, e mea, ‘Ko te Karaiti ahau,’ ā, he tokomaha e whakapōhēhētia. 6 Ā, tērā koutou e rongo ki ngā pakanga, ki ngā hau kōrero pakanga; kia tūpato kei ohorere koutou; tā te mea kua rite kia puta ēnei mea katoa, taihoa ia te mutunga. 7 E whakatika hoki tētahi iwi ki tētahi iwi, tētahi rangatiratanga ki tētahi rangatiratanga; ā, e puta ngā pō matekai, ngā mate urutā, me ngā rū, ki ngā tini wāhi. 8 Otirā, ko te tīmatanga kau ēnei katoa o ngā mamae.

9 "Ko reira koutou tukua ai kia tūkinotia, ā, e whakamatea koutou; ā, e kino hoki ngā iwi katoa ki a koutou, he whakaaro ki tōku ingoa. 10 Ā, he tokomaha e hē, ā, ka tuku tētahi i tētahi, ka kino anō tētahi ki tētahi. 11 He tokomaha anō ngā poropiti teka e whakatika, ā, he tokomaha e whakapōhēhētia e rātou. 12 Ā, i te kino ka hua, ka mātoke haere te aroha o te tini tāngata. 13 Ko te tangata ia e ū ana, ā, taea noatia te mutunga, ka ora ia. 14 Ā, e kauwhautia tēnei rongopai o te rangatiratanga puta noa i te ao, hei mea whakaatu ki ngā iwi katoa; ā, ko reira puta ai te mutunga."

Te Mea Whakarihariha

15 "Ā, e kite koutou i te mea whakarihariha, i te mea whakangaro, i kōrerotia ai e Raniera poropiti, i a ia e tū ana i te wāhi tapu." (Kia mātau te kaititiro pukapuka.) 16 Ko reira kia rere te hunga i Hūria ki ngā maunga; 17 ko te tangata i runga i te whare kei heke iho ki te tiki mea i roto i tōna whare. 18 Kauaka anō te tangata i te māra e hoki ki te tiki i ōna kākahu. 19 Auē te mate mō te hunga e hapū ana, mō ngā mea hoki e whāngai ana ki te ū, i aua rā! 20 Me īnoi koutou kei rokohanga koutou e te whati i te hōtoke, i te hāpati rānei. 21 Kei taua wā, hoki te whiu nui, kāhore ōna rite mai o te tīmatanga o te ao ā mohoa noa nei, e kore anō e pērā ā mua ake nei. 22 Ā, me i kāhore aua rā i poroa i waenga, hore he kikokiko e ora; otirā, ka whakaaroa te hunga i whiriwhiria, ā, ka poroa aua rā.

23 "Ki te mea tētahi ki a koutou i reira, ‘Nā, tēnei a te Karaiti’; nā, ‘Tērā’; aua e whakaponohia. 24 E whakatika hoki ngā karaiti teka, me ngā poropiti teka, ā, ka hoatu e rātou ngā tohu nunui, me ngā mea whakamīharo; ā, mehemea e taea, ka māmingatia anō te hunga i whiriwhiria. 25 Nā, kua kōrerotia wawetia nei e ahau ki a koutou.

26 "Nā, ahakoa mea rātou ki a koutou, ‘Nā, kei te koraha ia’; aua e haere atu. ‘Nā, kei ngā rūma o roto rawa’; aua e whakaponohia. 27 Ka rite hoki ki te uira e puta mai nei i te rāwhiti, ā, hiko tonu atu ki te uru, te haerenga mai o te Tama a te tangata. 28 Ko te wāhi hoki i te tūpāpaku, ko reira huihui ai ngā kāhu."

Te Haerenga Mai o te Tama a te Tangata

29 "Ā muri tonu iho i te whakapāwera i aua rā,

‘Ka whakapōuritia te rā,

e kore anō e titi te atarau,

ka taka iho ngā whetū i te rangi,

ā, ka ngāueue ngā mea kaha o ngā rangi.’

30 "Ko reira anō puta ai te tohu o te Tama a te tangata i te rangi; ā, ko reira ngā iwi katoa o te whenua tangi ai, ā, e kite rātou i te Tama a te tangata e haere mai ana i runga i ngā kapua o te rangi me te kaha, me te korōria nui. 31 Ā, e tonoa e ia āna anahera me te tētere tangi nui, ā, ka huihuia e rātou āna i whiriwhiri ai i ngā hau e whā, i tētahi pito o te rangi puta noa i tētahi pito."

Te Whakaakoranga mō te Rākau Piki

32 "Nā, kia ākona koutou e te piki ki tētahi kupu whakarite. I tōna manga e ngāwari ana anō, ā, ka puta ōna rau, ka mōhio koutou ka tata te raumati. 33 Waihoki ko koutou, ina kite i ēnei mea katoa, ka mātau koutou ka tata ia, kei ngā kūwaha tonu. 34 He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, E kore rawa tēnei whakatupuranga e pahemo, kia puta katoa rā anō ēnei mea. 35 Ko te rangi me te whenua e pahemo, ko āku kupu ia e kore e pahemo."

Kāhore tētahi Tangata e Mōhio hei tēhea Rā, hei tēhea Hāora

36 "Otirā, kāhore tētahi tangata e mōhio ki taua rā, ki taua hāora, kāhore rawa ngā anahera o te rangi, kāhore te Tama a te tangata, ko tōku Matua anake. 37 Ka rite hoki ki ngā rā i a Noa te haerenga mai o te Tama a te tangata. 38 Ka rite hoki ki tā rātou i ngā rā i mua atu o te waipuke; e kai ana, e inu ana, e mārena ana, e hoatu ana kia mārenatia, ā tae noa ki te rā i tomo ai a Noa ki roto ki te āka, 39 ā, kāhore rātou i mōhio, ā, pakaru noa te waipuke, ā, kāhakina ana rātou katoa; e pērā anō te haerenga mai o te Tama a te tangata. 40 I taua wā tokorua ki te māra; kotahi e tangohia, kotahi e waiho. 41 Tokorua wāhine e huri ana i te mira; kotahi e tangohia, kotahi e waiho.

42 "Kia mataara rāpea; e kore hoki koutou e mōhio ki te hāora e puta mai ai tō koutou Ariki. 43 Kia mōhio ki tēnei, me i mātau te tangata o te whare ki te mataaratanga e puta ai te tāhae, kua tautīaki ia, ā, kāhore i tukua tōna whare kia pokaia. 44 Nā, kia mataara hoki koutou; nō te mea ka puta mai te Tama a te tangata i te hāora e kore ai koutou e mahara."

Te Pononga Pono, Ponokore Rānei

45 "Ko wai rā te pononga pono, mahara, i meinga e tōna ariki hei rangatira mō āna tāngata, hei hoatu i te kai mā rātou i te wā e tika ai? 46 Ka koa taua pononga ki te rokohanga e tōna ariki, ina haere mai, e pērā ana. 47 He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, Ka meinga ia hei rangatira mō ōna taonga katoa. 48 Otirā, ki te mea taua pononga kino i roto i tōna ngākau, ‘Ka roa te putanga mai o tōku ariki,’ 49 ā, ka anga, ka patu i ōna hoa pononga, ka kai, ka inu tahi me te hunga haurangi. 50 E tae mai te ariki o taua pononga i te rā e kore ai ia e mahara, i te hāora e kore ai ia e mōhio. 51 Ka hātepea pūtia ia, ka meinga he wāhi mōna i roto i te hunga tinihanga; ko te wāhi tērā o te tangi, o te tetēā o ngā niho."