Mark 13
1 As Jesus was leaving the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look at these massive stones and magnificent buildings!”
Kwathi ephuma ethempelini, omunye wabafundi bakhe wathi kuye: Mfundisi, khangela, amatshe anjani lezakhiwo ezinjani!
2 “You see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone will be left on top of another. Everything will be torn down.”
UJesu wasephendula wathi kuye: Uyabona lezizakhiwo ezinkulu yini? Akusoze kutshiywe ilitshe phezu kwelitshe, elingasoze lidilizelwe phansi.
3 As Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives overlooking the Temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him in private,
Esehlezi entabeni yeMihlwathi maqondana lethempeli, uPetro loJakobe loJohane loAndreya bambuza bebodwa,
4 “Tell us: when this will happen? What's the sign that all this is about to be fulfilled?”
bathi: Sitshele, lezizinto zizakuba nini? Lesibonakaliso siyini lapho sezizapheleliswa lezizinto zonke?
5 Jesus began telling them, “Make sure no one deceives you.
UJesu ebaphendula waseqala ukuthi: Qaphelani kungabi khona oliduhisayo.
6 Many will come in my name claiming, ‘I am the Christ.’ They will deceive many people.
Ngoba abanengi bazakuza ngebizo lami, besithi: Mina nginguye; futhi baduhise abanengi.
7 Don't be troubled when you hear of wars nearby and wars far away. These things must happen but this is not the end.
Kodwa nxa lisizwa ngezimpi lamahungahunga ezimpi, lingethuki; ngoba kufanele kwenzeke; kodwa ukuphela kakukabi khona.
8 Nation will fight against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines too. These are the beginnings of the world's birth pains.
Ngoba isizwe sizavukela isizwe, lombuso uvukele umbuso; njalo kuzakuba khona ukuzamazama komhlaba indawo ngendawo, njalo kuzakuba khona indlala lezinhlupheko; lezizinto ziyikuqala kwemihelo.
9 Watch out for yourselves! They will hand you over to the courts to be tried. You will be beaten in synagogues. Because of me you will have to stand before governors and kings, and you will be witnesses to them.
Kodwa ziqapheleni lina; ngoba bazalinikela emiphakathini, lemasinagogeni lizatshaywa, lizalethwa laphambi kwababusi lamakhosi ngenxa yami, kube yibufakazi kubo.
10 The good news must first be announced in every nation.
Kodwa ivangeli limele ukutshunyayelwa kuqala kuzo zonke izizwe.
11 When they come to arrest you and put you on trial, don't worry what to say. Just say what you're told at that time, because it's not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
Kodwa nxa belidonsa belinikela, lingakhathaleli ngaphambili elizakukhuluma, linganakani; kodwa loba yini elizayinikwa ngalelohola, ikhulumeni; ngoba kakusini elikhulumayo, kodwa uMoya oyiNgcwele.
12 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father will betray his child. Children will turn against their parents and have them condemned to death.
Futhi umfowabo uzanikela umfowabo ekufeni, loyise umntwana; labantwana bazavukela abazali, besebebabulala;
13 You will be hated by everyone because of me, but whoever endures until the end will be saved.
njalo lizazondwa yibo bonke ngenxa yebizo lami; kodwa ophikelelayo kuze kube sekupheleni, nguye ozasindiswa.
14 But when you see the ‘idolatry that defiles’ standing where he should not be (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea should run to the mountains.
Kodwa nxa libona amanyala encithakalo, akhulunywa nguDaniyeli umprofethi, emi lapho angafanele khona (ofundayo kaqedisise), khona labo abaseJudiya kababalekele ezintabeni;
15 Those who are on the roof—don't go back inside the house to get anything.
lophezu kophahla lwendlu angehleli endlini, angangeni ukuthatha ulutho endlini yakhe;
16 Those who are out in the fields—don't go home to get a coat.
losemasimini angabuyeli emuva, ukuyathatha isembatho sakhe.
17 How hard it will be for those who are pregnant or nursing at that time!
Kodwa maye kwabakhulelweyo labamunyisayo ngalezonsuku!
18 Pray that this won't happen during the winter.
Kodwa khulekani ukuthi ukubaleka kwenu kungabi sebusika.
19 For these will be days of trouble like never before since the beginning of God's creation until now, and they won't ever come again.
Ngoba ngalezonsuku kuzakuba khona ukuhlupheka, okungazanga kube khona kusukela ekuqaleni kokudaliweyo uNkulunkulu akudalayo kuze kube khathesi, lokungasoze kwaba khona.
20 If God doesn't cut short these days, no one will survive. However, for the sake of those God has chosen, he has cut them short.
Njalo uba iNkosi ibingazifinyezanga lezonsuku, bekungesindiswe nyama; kodwa ngenxa yabakhethiweyo, ebakhethileyo, izifinyezile insuku.
21 So if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah,’ or ‘Look, there he is,’ don't believe it.
Langalesosikhathi nxa umuntu esithi kini: Khangelani, nangu uKristu; kumbe: Khangelani, ulaphayana; lingakholwa;
22 For false Messiahs and false prophets will appear, and they will perform miraculous signs and wonders to deceive the chosen of God, if that were possible.
ngoba kuzavuka okristu bamanga labaprofethi bamanga, besebesenza izibonakaliso lezimangaliso, ukuduhisa, nxa kungenzeka, labakhethiweyo.
23 Watch out! I've told you everything before it happens.
Kodwa qaphelani lina; khangelani, sengilitshelile konke ngaphambili.
24 This is what will happen after those troubles: ‘The sun will become dark, the moon won't shine,
Kodwa ngalezonsuku, emva kwalokhokuhlupheka, ilanga lizafiphazwa, lenyanga kayiyikupha ukukhanya kwayo,
25 the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.’
lenkanyezi zezulu zizabe zisiwa, lamandla asemazulwini azazanyazanyiswa.
26 Then they will see the Son of man as he comes on the clouds, possessing great power and glory.
Khona-ke bezabona iNdodana yomuntu isiza emayezini ilamandla amakhulu lenkazimulo,
27 He will send out the angels, and gather together all his chosen ones from wherever they are, from the most distant part of the earth to the farthest point of heaven.
khona-ke izathuma ingilosi zayo, ibisiqoqa abakhethiweyo bayo emimoyeni yomine, kusukela emkhawulweni womhlaba kuze kube semkhawulweni wezulu.
28 Learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches grow soft and send out leaves, you know that summer is near.
Fundani-ke umfanekiso emkhiweni; nxa ugatsha lwawo selusiba buthakathaka, luhlume amahlamvu, liyazi ukuthi ihlobo seliseduze;
29 In the same way, when you see these things happening, you know that it's near—right outside the door!
ngokunjalo lani, nxa libona lezizinto zisenzeka, yazini ukuthi kuseduze kuseminyango.
30 I tell you the truth, this generation won't come to an end until all these things have happened.
Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lesisizukulwana asisoze sidlule, zize zenzeke izinto zonke lezi.
31 Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my teachings will not.
Kuzadlula izulu lomhlaba; kodwa amazwi ami awasoze adlule.
32 No one knows the day or hour when this will happen—not even the angels in heaven, not even the Son; only the Father knows.
Kodwa lolosuku lalelohola kakho owaziyo ngakho, ngitsho lengilosi ezisezulwini, ngitsho leNdodana, ngaphandle kukaBaba.
33 Keep watch! Stay awake! For you don't know when this will happen.
Qaphelani, lilinde likhuleke; ngoba kalazi ukuthi isikhathi sinini.
34 It's like a man who went away on a journey. He left his house, and gave each of his servants the authority to do what he told them. He told the doorkeeper to stay awake.
Njengomuntu owasuka elizweni lakibo watshiya indlu yakhe, wanika inceku zakhe amandla, kuleyo laleyo umsebenzi wayo, walaya umlindisango ukuthi alinde.
35 So keep watch, because you don't know when the owner of the house is coming back. It may be in the evening, in the middle of the night, before dawn, or in the morning.
Ngakho lindani; ngoba kalazi ukuthi inkosi yendlu izafika nini, kusihlwa, loba phakathi kobusuku, loba ekukhaleni kweqhude, loba emadabukakusa;
36 You don't want to be caught sleeping if he returns unexpectedly.
hlezi ifike ilijume, ilifice lilele.
37 What I'm telling you, I'm telling everyone: Watch!”
Lalokhu engikutsho kini ngikutsho kubo bonke: Lindani.
