馬可福音 13
1 穌從聖殿裏出來的時候，他的門徒中有一個對他說：「師傅! 看，這是何等的石頭! 何等的建築!」
While Jesus was leaving the Temple [area], one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look at how marvelous [these] huge stones [in the walls are] and how wonderful [these] buildings [are]!”
2 耶穌對他說：「你看見這些偉大的建築嗎﹖將來這裏決沒有一塊石頭留在另一塊石頭上，而不被拆毀的。」
Jesus said to him, “[Yes], these buildings that you are looking [at] [RHQ] [are wonderful], but I [want to tell you something about] them. They will [soon] be destroyed {[Foreign invaders] will destroy [them]} [completely, with the result that] no stone here [in this Temple area] will be left on top of another stone.”
3 耶穌在橄欖山上，面對聖殿坐著的時候，伯多祿、雅各伯、若望和安德肋私下問他說：「
After they arrived on Olive [Tree] Hill across [the valley] from the Temple, Jesus sat down. When Peter, James, John, and Andrew were alone with him, they asked him,
4 請告訴我們：什麼時候發生這事﹖一切事要完成時，將有什麼先兆﹖」
“Tell us, when will [that] happen [to the buildings of the Temple? Tell us what will happen that will show us that all these things that God has planned] are about to be finished {that [God] is about to finish all these things [that he has planned]}.”
5 耶穌就開始對他們說：「你們要謹慎，免得有人欺騙了你們。
Jesus replied to them, “[I cannot give you a simple answer to your questions. All I will say is], beware that no one deceives you [concerning what will happen]!
6 將有許多人假冒我的名字來說：我就是[默西亞] ；並且要欺騙許多人。
Many people will come and say (that I sent them/that they have my authority) [MTY]. They will say, ‘I am [the Messiah]!’ They will deceive many people.
7 當你們聽到戰爭和戰爭的風聲時，不要驚慌，因為這是必須發生的，但還不是結局。
Whenever people tell you about wars [that are close] or wars that are far away, do not be troubled. [God has said] that those things must happen. [But when they do happen, do not think] that [God] will finish all [that he has planned] at that time!
8 因為民族要起來攻擊民族，國家攻擊國家；到處要有地震，要有饑荒；但這只是苦痛的開始。」
[Groups who live in various] countries will fight each other, and various governments will fight each other. There will also be [big] earthquakes in various places; and there will be famines. Yet, [when these things happen, people will have only just begun to suffer. The first things that they suffer will be like] the first pains a woman [suffers] who is about to bear a child. [They will suffer much more after that].
9 你們自己要謹慎! 人要把你們解送到公議會，你們在會堂裏要受鞭打，並且也要為我的緣故，站在總督和君王面前，對他們作證。
Be ready for [what people will do to you at that time]. Because [you believe in] me, they will arrest you and put you on trial before the religious councils. (In the synagogues/In the Jewish meeting places), you will be beaten {others will beat you}. You will be put {[People will put] you} [on trial] in the presence of high government authorities. As a result, you will be able to tell them [about me].
10 但福音必須先傳於萬國。
My good message must be proclaimed {[You] must proclaim my good message} to [people in] all people-groups before [God finishes all that he has planned].
11 人把你們拉去解送到法庭時，你們不要預先思慮該說什麼；在那時刻賜給你們什麼話，你們就說什麼，因為說話的不是你們，而是聖神。
And when people arrest you in order to prosecute you [because you believe in me], do not worry before that happens about what you will say. Instead, say what [God] puts into your mind at that time. Then it will not be [just] you who will be speaking. It will be the Holy Spirit [who will be speaking through you].
12 兄弟將把兄弟，父親將把兒子置於死地；兒女將起來反對父母，把他們處死。
[Other evil things will happen]: People [who do not believe in me] will (betray/help others seize) their brothers [and sisters] in order that [the government] can execute them. Parents [will betray] their children, and children will betray their parents so that [the government] will kill their parents.
13 你們為了我的字，將為眾人所惱恨；但那堅持到底的，必要得救。」
[In general], you will be hated by most [HYP] people {most [HYP] people will hate you} because [you believe in] me. But all you who continue [to trust in me strongly] until your life is finished will be saved {[God] will save all you who continue [to trust in me strongly] until your life ends}.
14 幾時你們看見那『招致荒涼的可憎之物』立在不應在的地方──讀者應明白；那時在猶太的，該逃往山中；
[During that time] the disgusting [thing/person that the prophet Daniel described] will enter the Temple. It/He will defile [the Temple when he enters it and will cause people to abandon it. When you see it/him standing there] where it/he should not be, [you should run away quickly] (May everyone who is reading this pay attention to [this warning from Jesus]!) [At that time] those people who are in Judea [district] must flee to [higher] hills.
15 在屋頂上的，不要下來，也不要進去，從屋裏取什麼東西；
Those people who are outside their houses must not enter their houses in order to get anything [before they run away].
16 在田地裏的，不要回來取自己的外衣。
Those who are [working] in a field must not return [to their houses] in order to get [additional] clothes [before they flee].
17 在那些日子裏，懷孕的和哺乳的是有禍的!
But I feel very sorry for women who will be pregnant and women who will be nursing their babies in those days, [because it will be very difficult for them to run away]
18 但你們當祈禱, 不要叫這事逢到冬天。」
In those days people will suffer very severely. People have never suffered like that since the time when God first created the world until now; and people will not [suffer that way] again. [So] pray that [this painful time] will not happen in (winter/the rainy season), [when it will be hard to travel].
19 因為在那些日子裏，必有災難，這是從天主開始，直到如今從未有過的，將來也不會再有。
20 若不是上主縮短了那些時日，凡有血肉的人都不會得救; 但為了他所揀選的被選者，他縮短了那些時日。
If the Lord [God] had not [decided that he would] shorten that time [when people suffer so much], everyone would die. But he has [decided to] shorten that time because [he is concerned about you] people whom he has chosen [DOU].
21 那時，若有人對你們說：看，默西亞在這裏! 看，在那裏! 你們不要相信!
[At that time people who will] falsely [say that they are] Messiahs and prophets will appear. Then they will perform many kinds (of miracles/of things that ordinary people cannot do) [DOU]. They will even try to deceive [you] people whom God has chosen, [but they will not] be able to do that. So at that time if someone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or [if someone says], ‘Look, he is over there!’ do not believe it!
22 因為將有假默西亞和假先知興起，行異跡和奇事，如果可能的話，他們連被選者都要欺騙。
23 所以，你們要謹慎! 看，凡事我都預先告訴了你們!
Be alert! Remember that [I] have warned you about all this before [it happens.]
24 但是，在那些日子裏，在那災難以後，太陽將要昏暗，月亮不再發光；
After the time when people suffer like that, the sun will become dark, the moon will not shine,
25 星辰要從天上墜下，天上的萬象也要動搖。
the stars will fall from the sky, and all things in the sky will be shaken {[God will cause] all things in the sky to shake}.
26 那時，人要看見人子帶著大威能和光榮乘雲降來。
Then people will see [me], the one who came from heaven, coming through the clouds powerfully and gloriously.
27 那時，他要派遣天使，由四方，從地極到天邊，聚集他的被選者。」
Then I will send out my angels in order that they gather together the people whom [God] has chosen from [everywhere, and that includes] all the most remote places on earth [IDM, DOU].
28 你們恁由無花果樹取個比喻：幾時它的枝條已經發嫩，生出葉子，你們就知道夏天近了。
Now I [want you to] learn something from this parable about [the way] fig trees [grow]. [In this area], when their buds become tender and their leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is near.
29 同樣，你們幾時看見這些事發生了，就該知道：他已近在門口了。
Similarly, when you see [what I have just described] happening, you yourselves will know that it is very near [the time for me to return] [MTY]. [It will be as though I am] already at the door [HEN].
30 我實在告訴你們：非到這一切發生了，這一世代決不會過去。
Keep this in mind: You have observed the things that I have done and said, but all of those events [that I have just told you about] will happen before all of you will die.
31 天地要過去，但是我的話決不會過去。
You can [be certain that] these things [that I have prophesied] will happen. [You can be more certain of that than] you can [be certain that] the earth and what is in the sky will stay in place.
32 至於那日子和那時刻，除了父以外，誰也不知道，連天上的天使和子都不知道。」
But no one knows the exact time [when I will return]. The angels in heaven also do not know. Even [I do not know.] Only my Father knows.
33 你們要當心，要醒寤，因為你們不知道那日期什麼時候來到。
So be ready, [like people who are waiting for an important man to come], because you do not know when that time will come [when all these events will happen]!
34 正如一個遠行的人，離開自己的家時，把權柄交給自己的僕人，每人有每人的工作；又囑咐看門的須醒寤。
When a man who wants to travel [to a distant place] is [about to] leave his house, he tells his servants that they should manage the house. [He tells] each one what he should do. Then he tells the doorkeeper to be ready [for his return].
35 所以，你們要醒寤，因為你們不知道，家主什麼時候回來：或許傍晚，或許夜半，或許雞叫，或許清晨；
[That man must always be] ready, [because he does not know whether] his master will return in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn. [Similarly], you also must [always] be ready, because you do not know [when I will return].
36 免得他忽然來到，遇見你們正在睡覺。
[May it not happen that] when I come suddenly, I will find that you are not ready!
37 我對你們說的，我也對眾人說：你們要醒寤!」
These words that I am saying to you [disciples] I am saying to everyone [who believes in me: Always] be ready!” [That is what Jesus warned his disciples].
