Matthew 24
1 Leaving the Temple Courts, Jesus was walking away, when his disciples came up to draw his attention to the Temple buildings.
Ri Jesús xel loq pa ri Templo, are tajin kabꞌinik, ri utijoxelabꞌ xeqet rukꞌ xkikꞌut choch ronojel ri ja ri wokowinaq ri Templo.
2 “Do you see all these things?” was his answer. “I tell you, not a single stone will be left here on another, which will not be thrown down,”
Ri Jesús xubꞌij chike: ¿La kiwil ronojel we riꞌ? Qas tzij kinbꞌij chiꞌwe, maj jun abꞌaj kakanaj kanoq puꞌwiꞌ jun chik, jeriꞌ rumal cher ronojel katukix na.
3 so, while Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came up to him privately and said, “Tell us when this will be, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the close of the age.” (aiōn g165)
Are xeꞌ ri qꞌij, ri Jesús xtꞌuyiꞌ puꞌwiꞌ ri juyubꞌ Olivos, ri utijoxelabꞌ xoꞌpan rukꞌ xaq pa utukel xkita che: ¿Jampaꞌ kakꞌulmataj we riꞌ xuqujeꞌ jas retal ri petibꞌal la, xuqujeꞌ jas retal ri kꞌisbꞌal rech ri uwachulew? (aiōn g165)
4 Jesus replied to them, “See that no one leads you astray;
Ri Jesús xubꞌij chike: Chichajij iwibꞌ rech maj jachin kixsubꞌuwik.
5 for, many will take my name, and come saying ‘I am the Christ,’ and will lead many astray.
E kꞌi kepe na kakikoj ri nubꞌiꞌ kakibꞌij chi aꞌreꞌ e Cristo, sibꞌalaj e kꞌi winaq keꞌkisubꞌ na.
6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars; take care not to be alarmed, for such things must occur; but the end is not yet here.
Ri ix kita na ri chꞌoꞌj ri kabꞌanik xuqujeꞌ ri chꞌoꞌj ri kachomax ubꞌanik, man kixiꞌj ta kꞌu iwibꞌ, rumal cher choqꞌaqꞌ wi chi kakꞌulmataj we riꞌ, xa kꞌu man are ta waꞌ ri kꞌisbꞌal rech ri uwachulew.
7 For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Kachꞌoꞌjin na jun tinimit rukꞌ jun tinimit chik, xuqujeꞌ jun wokaj tinimit rukꞌ jun wokaj tinimit chik. Kape na kabꞌraqan xuqujeꞌ numik pa ronojel ri uwachulew.
8 All this, however, will be but the beginning of the birth pangs!
Are waꞌ ri majibꞌal rech ri qꞌoxom.
9 When that time comes, they will give you up to persecution, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.
Kixkijach na rech kabꞌan kꞌax chiꞌwe, xuqujeꞌ rech kixkamisaxik, konojel ri kaketzelaj na iwach ri tinimit, xa rumal we in.
10 And then many will fall away, and will betray one another, and hate one another.
Pa taq ri qꞌij riꞌ e kꞌi kakitzaq na kanoq ri kojonik, e kꞌo chi nikꞌaj keꞌkikꞌayij na ri e kachiꞌl, xuqujeꞌ kaketzelaj na kiwach.
11 Many false prophets, also, will appear and lead many astray;
E kꞌi kakijaluj na chi e qꞌalajisal taq utzij ri Dios, kekwin kꞌu na keꞌkiqꞌol nikꞌaj winaq chik.
12 and, owing to the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.
Sibꞌalaj nim ri etzelal kabꞌan na rumal riꞌ e kꞌi na man keloqꞌan ta chik.
13 Yet the person who endures to the end will be saved.
Are kꞌu ri ko kakꞌojiꞌk, kakolotaj na pa ri kꞌisbꞌal qꞌij.
14 This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world as a witness to all nations; and then will come the end.
Katzijox na we utz laj taq tzij riꞌ pa taq ronojel ri tinimit rech ri uwachulew, kꞌa te riꞌ kape ri kꞌisbꞌal rech ri uwachulew.
15 As soon, then, as you see ‘the Foul Desecration,’ mentioned by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy place,” (the reader must consider what this means)
Xaq jeriꞌ are kiwil ri xaꞌwibꞌal taq jastaq ri kakꞌulmataj pa ri Tyoxalaj kꞌolibꞌal, ri xutzijoj loq ri qꞌalajisal utzij ri Dios, Daniel, are xubꞌij: (Ri kusikꞌij ri uwach ri wuj chuchꞌobꞌo rij we riꞌ).
16 “then those of you who are in Judea must take refuge in the mountains;
Ri winaq ri keꞌl pa ri tinimit Judea chaꞌnimaj bꞌik chebꞌoꞌj pa taq ri juyubꞌ.
17 and a man on the housetop must not go down to get the things that are in his house;
Ri kꞌo pa ri ja ri kꞌo puꞌwiꞌ ri rachoch, maqaj chi na bꞌi chukꞌamik jun jastaq pa ri rachoch.
18 nor must one who is on their farm turn back to get his cloak.
Ri tajin kachakun cho ri saq, matzalij chukꞌamik ri ratzꞌyaq.
19 Alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days!
Cher ri qꞌij riꞌ sibꞌalaj kꞌax kakiriq na riꞌ yawabꞌ taq ixoqibꞌ xuqujeꞌ ri keꞌkitubꞌisaj kal.
20 Pray, too, that your flight may not take place in winter, nor on a Sabbath;
Chibꞌana chꞌawem rech ri iwelik bꞌik waral man kakꞌulmataj taj pa taq ri qꞌalaj, xuqujeꞌ man paqꞌij taj rech uxlanem.
21 for that will be a time of great distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of the world down to the present time – no, nor ever will again.
Jeriꞌ rumal cher kape na jun nimalaj kꞌaxkꞌolal ri man kꞌulmatajinaq ta wi pa ri uchapleꞌtajibꞌal ri uwachulew, xuqujeꞌ man kꞌulmatajinaq ta wi pa taq we qꞌij kamik, maj chi jun kꞌulmatajik kajunumataj rukꞌ ri kape na.
22 Had not those days been limited, not a single soul would escape; but for the sake of God’s people a limit will be put to them.
Maj jun winaq riꞌ kakꞌasiꞌk che riꞌ we ta mat kakꞌopix ri qꞌij riꞌ, xa kꞌu kumal ke ri e chaꞌtalik kakꞌopix na.
23 At that time, if anyone should say to you ‘Look! Here is the Christ!’ or ‘Here he is!’, do not believe it;
We kꞌo jun kubꞌij chiꞌwe: “Chiwilampeꞌ, chi riꞌ kꞌo wi ri Cristo,” o “je laꞌ kꞌo wi,” man kikoj taj re.
24 for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will display great signs and marvels, so that, were it possible, even God’s people would be led astray.
Jeriꞌ rumal kepe na e kꞌi kakijaluj chi aꞌreꞌ e Cristo xuqujeꞌ kakijaluj chi aꞌreꞌ e qꞌalajisal taq utzij ri Dios, kakibꞌan na nimaꞌq taq etal xuqujeꞌ mayijabꞌal taq jastaq rech keꞌkisubꞌ ri winaq pune are ri e chaꞌtalik.
25 Remember, I have told you beforehand.
Qas chichꞌobꞌoꞌ chi nubꞌim chik we jastaq riꞌ chiꞌwe, pune majaꞌ kakꞌulmatajik.
26 Therefore, if people say to you ‘He is in the wilderness!’, do not go out there; or ‘He is in an inner room!’, do not believe it;
Rumal riꞌ, we kabꞌix chiꞌwe: “Chiwilampeꞌ, kꞌo pa ri leꞌaj jawjeꞌ ri maj wi ja,” o wine kabꞌix chiꞌwe “chiwilampeꞌ, kꞌo pa we jun ja riꞌ.” Man kiꞌwila taj xuqujeꞌ man kikoj taj.
27 for, just as lightning will start from the east and flash across to the west, so will it be with the coming of the Son of Man.
Jeriꞌ rumal jetaq ri kubꞌan ri kayapaꞌ ri karepqꞌun chirelibꞌal qꞌij kaqaj pa ri uqajibꞌal qꞌij, jeriꞌ kubꞌan na ri upetibꞌal, ri uKꞌojol ri Achi.
28 Wherever a dead body lies, there will the vultures flock.
Jawjeꞌ kꞌo wi ri kaminaq chilaꞌ kerapap wi na ri kꞌuch, are waꞌ kakꞌutuwik chi are kꞌisbꞌal rech ri uwachulew.
29 Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light, the stars will fall from the heavens, and the forces of the heavens will be convulsed.
Are kikꞌow ri nimalaj kꞌaxkꞌolal, kachup na ri qꞌij, man kakaꞌy ta chi ri ikꞌ, ketzaq na loq ri chꞌumil xuqujeꞌ kachup na ronojel ri kꞌo cho ri kaj.
30 Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heavens; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn, when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the heavens, with power and great glory;
Ri retal ri uKꞌojol ri Achi kaqꞌalajin na cho ri kaj, kakꞌaxir kꞌu na kanimaꞌ konojel ri winaq ri e kꞌo cho ri uwachulew. Kakil na ri uKꞌojol ri Achi kape rukꞌ kwinem xuqujeꞌ juluwem pa ri sutzꞌ ri kꞌo cho ri kaj.
31 and he will send his angels, with a great trumpet, and they will gather his people around him from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Kuꞌtaq kꞌu na bꞌik ri rangelibꞌ pa ronojel ri uwachulew rech rukꞌ ri roqꞌibꞌal ri suꞌ keꞌkimulij na konojel ri e chaꞌtalik pa ronojel ri uwachulew.
32 “Learn the lesson taught by the fig tree. As soon as its branches are full of sap, and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.
Chikꞌama jun inoꞌj chirij ri kubꞌan ri higuera: Are karexar ri uqꞌabꞌ xuqujeꞌ kakꞌiy la ri uxaq, iwetaꞌm chi xqebꞌ loq ri qꞌalaj.
33 And so may you, as soon as you see all these things, know that he is at your doors.
Je xuqujeꞌ are kiwil we jastaq riꞌ, chiwetaꞌmaj chi naqajin loq ri upetibꞌal ri ajawarem rech ri Dios.
34 I tell you, even the present generation will not pass away, until all these things have taken place.
Qas tzij kinbꞌij chiꞌwe chi majaꞌ kixkamik are, kakꞌulmataj ronojel we jastaq riꞌ.
35 The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Kasach na uwach ri kaj xuqujeꞌ ri uwachulew, are kꞌu ri nutzij man kasach ta wi uwach.
36 But about that day and hour, no one knows – not even the angels of heaven, not even the Son – but only the Father himself.
Are kꞌu ri qꞌij xuqujeꞌ ri qꞌotaj, maj jun etaꞌmaninaq man ne ketaꞌm taj ri angelibꞌ xuqujeꞌ ri uKꞌojol ri Achi, xane xwi ri Tataxel etaꞌmaninaq we jastaq riꞌ.
37 For, just as in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
Ri upetibꞌal ri uKꞌojol ri Achi kajunumataj rukꞌ ri xkꞌulmataj rukꞌ ri Noé.
38 In those days before the flood they went on eating and drinking, marrying and being married, up to the very day on which Noah entered the ark,
Rumal cher are majaꞌ kuriq ri qꞌij rech ri nimalaj jabꞌ ri winaq kewaꞌik, kequmunik, kekꞌuliꞌ xuqujeꞌ kakiya kibꞌ pa taq kꞌulanem kꞌa xopan na ri qꞌij are xok ri pa ri arca.
39 taking not notice until the flood came and swept them one and all away; and so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
Man xketaꞌmaj ta wi ri kakꞌulmatajik kꞌa xopan na ri qꞌij ri xqaj ri nimalaj jabꞌ xukꞌam bꞌik konojel ri winaq. Jeriꞌ kakꞌulmataj na pa ri upetibꞌal ri uKꞌojol ri Achi.
40 At that time, of two men on a farm one will be taken and one left;
Kechakun na kebꞌ achyabꞌ cho ri saq, ri jun kakꞌam na bꞌik, ri jun katzaq na kanoq.
41 of two women grinding with a hand-mill one will be taken and one left.
E kebꞌ ixoqibꞌ kekeꞌn na junam, ri jun kakꞌam na bꞌik, ri jun chik katzaq na kanoq.
42 Therefore watch; for you cannot be sure on what day your Master is coming.
Rumal bꞌa riꞌ, chisukꞌumaj iwibꞌ, rumal man iwetaꞌm taj jampaꞌ ri upetibꞌal ri Ajawxel.
43 But this you do know, that, had the owner of the house known at what time of night the thief was coming, they would have been on the watch, and would not have allowed their house to be broken into.
Chichomaj we riꞌ: We ri ajchoqꞌe ri ja retaꞌm jas qꞌotaj kok ri elaqꞌom pa ri ja, kakꞌaskꞌat riꞌ rech man kuya ta bꞌe che ri elaqꞌom kok pa ri ja.
44 Therefore, you must also prepare, since it is just when you are least expecting him that the Son of Man will come.
Rumal riꞌ rajawaxik kikowij, rumal cher ri uKꞌojol ri Achi kapetik are man iwayeꞌm ta apanoq.
45 Who, then is that trustworthy, careful servant, who has been placed by their master over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?
Ri ajchak ri sukꞌ ranimaꞌ, kꞌo retaꞌmabꞌal, are waꞌ ri yaꞌtal kan bꞌe che karil ronojel ri jastaq xuqujeꞌ kuya kiwa ri ajchakibꞌ pa ri qꞌotaj rech waꞌim.
46 Happy will that servant be whom their master, when he comes home, will find doing this.
Utz rech we kulriqitaj rumal ri rajaw tajin kubꞌan apanoq ri uchak.
47 I tell you that their master will put them in charge of the whole of his property.
Qas tzij kinbꞌij chiꞌwe chi ri patrón kukoj na ri patanijel riꞌ che chajil rech ronojel ri ujastaq.
48 But, should the servant be a bad servant, and say to themselves ‘My master is a long time in coming,’
Jas kakꞌulmataj riꞌ we ri ajchak kubꞌij pa ranimaꞌ: “Kabꞌeyetaj riꞌ ri wajaw,”
49 and begin to beat their fellow servants, and eat and drink with drunkards,
kꞌa te riꞌ kuchapleꞌj kichꞌayik ri e rachiꞌl xuqujeꞌ kuchapleꞌj waꞌim xuqujeꞌ qꞌabꞌarik kukꞌ ri qꞌabꞌarelabꞌ.
50 that servant’s master will come on a day when they do not expect him, and at an hour of which they are unaware,
Pa ri qꞌij ri man uchomam ta apanoq, pa ri qꞌotaj ri man uchomam ta apanoq, katzalij loq ri rajaw.
51 and will flog the servant severely, and assign them their place among the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
Ri patrón kubꞌan na kꞌax che ri ajchak xuqujeꞌ kuqꞌat na tzij puꞌwiꞌ kukꞌ e kawach taq winaq. Chilaꞌ kꞌo wi na oqꞌej xuqujeꞌ qutꞌutꞌem ware.
The World is Destroyed by Water
