Mark 13
1 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]!”
Και ενώ εξήρχετο εκ του ιερού, λέγει προς αυτόν εις των μαθητών αυτού· Διδάσκαλε, ίδε οποίοι λίθοι και οποίαι οικοδομαί.
2 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.”
Και ο Ιησούς αποκριθείς είπε προς αυτόν· Βλέπεις ταύτας τας μεγάλας οικοδομάς; δεν θέλει αφεθή λίθος επί λίθον, όστις να μη κατακρημνισθή.
3 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,
Και ενώ εκάθητο εις το όρος των Ελαιών κατέναντι του ιερού, ηρώτων αυτόν κατ' ιδίαν ο Πέτρος και Ιάκωβος και Ιωάννης και Ανδρέας.
4 “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]}.”
Ειπέ προς ημάς πότε θέλουσι γείνει ταύτα, και τι το σημείον όταν ταύτα πάντα μέλλωσι να συντελεσθώσιν;
5 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]!
Ο δε Ιησούς αποκριθείς προς αυτούς, ήρχισε να λέγη· Βλέπετε μη σας πλανήση τις.
6 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.
Διότι πολλοί θέλουσιν ελθεί εν τω ονόματί μου, λέγοντες ότι εγώ είμαι, και πολλούς θέλουσι πλανήσει.
7 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!
Όταν δε ακούσητε πολέμους και φήμας πολέμων, μη ταράττεσθε· διότι πρέπει να γείνωσι ταύτα, αλλά δεν είναι έτι το τέλος.
8 [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].
Διότι θέλει εγερθή έθνος επί έθνος και βασιλεία επί βασιλείαν, και θέλουσι γείνει σεισμοί κατά τόπους και θέλουσι γείνει πείναι και ταραχαί. Ταύτα είναι αρχαί ωδίνων.
9 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].
Σεις δε προσέχετε εις εαυτούς. Διότι θέλουσι σας παραδώσει εις συνέδρια, και εις συναγωγάς θέλετε δαρθή, και ενώπιον ηγεμόνων και βασιλέων θέλετε σταθή ένεκεν εμού προς μαρτυρίαν εις αυτούς·
10 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].
και πρέπει πρώτον να κηρυχθή το ευαγγέλιον εις πάντα τα έθνη.
11 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].
Όταν δε σας φέρωσι διά να σας παραδώσωσι, μη προμεριμνάτε τι θέλετε λαλήσει, μηδέ μελετάτε, αλλ' ό, τι δοθή εις εσάς εν εκείνη τη ώρα, τούτο λαλείτε· διότι δεν είσθε σεις οι λαλούντες, αλλά το Πνεύμα το Άγιον.
12 [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.
Θέλει δε παραδώσει αδελφός αδελφόν εις θάνατον και πατήρ τέκνον, και θέλουσιν επαναστή τέκνα επί γονείς και θέλουσι θανατώσει αυτούς.
13 [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}.
Και θέλετε είσθαι μισούμενοι υπό πάντων διά το όνομά μου· ο δε υπομείνας έως τέλους, ούτος θέλει σωθή.
14 [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.
Όταν δε ίδητε το βδέλυγμα της ερημώσεως, το λαληθέν υπό Δανιήλ του προφήτου, ιστάμενον όπου δεν πρέπει -ο αναγινώσκων ας εννοή- τότε οι εν τη Ιουδαία ας φεύγωσιν εις τα όρη·
15 Those people who are outside their houses must not enter their houses in order to get anything [before they run away].
και ο επί του δώματος ας μη καταβή εις την οικίαν, μηδ' ας εισέλθη διά να λάβη τι εκ της οικίας αυτού,
16 Those who are [working] in a field must not return [to their houses] in order to get [additional] clothes [before they flee].
και όστις είναι εις τον αγρόν, ας μη επιστρέψη εις τα οπίσω διά να λάβη το ιμάτιον αυτού.
17 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]
Ουαί δε εις τας εγκυμονούσας και τας θηλαζούσας εν εκείναις ταις ημέραις.
18 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].
Προσεύχεσθε δε διά να μη γείνη η φυγή υμών εν χειμώνι.
Διότι αι ημέραι εκείναι θέλουσιν είσθαι θλίψις τοιαύτη, οποία δεν έγεινεν απ' αρχής της κτίσεως, την οποίαν έκτισεν ο Θεός έως του νυν, ουδέ θέλει γείνει.
20 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].
Και εάν ο Κύριος δεν ήθελε συντέμει τας ημέρας εκείνας, δεν ήθελε σωθή ουδεμία σάρξ· αλλά διά τους εκλεκτούς, τους οποίους εξέλεξε, συνέτεμε τας ημέρας.
21 [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!
Και τότε εάν τις είπη προς υμάς, Ιδού, εδώ είναι ο Χριστός, ή, Ιδού, εκεί, μη πιστεύσητε.
Διότι θέλουσιν εγερθή ψευδόχριστοι και ψευδοπροφήται και θέλουσι δείξει σημεία και τέρατα, διά να αποπλανώσιν, ει δυνατόν, και τους εκλεκτούς.
23 Be alert! Remember that [I] have warned you about all this before [it happens.]
Σεις όμως προσέχετε· ιδού, σας προείπον πάντα.
24 After the time when people suffer like that, the sun will become dark, the moon will not shine,
Αλλ' εν εκείναις ταις ημέραις, μετά την θλίψιν εκείνην, ο ήλιος θέλει σκοτισθή και η σελήνη δεν θέλει δώσει το φέγγος αυτής
25 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}.
και οι αστέρες του ουρανού θέλουσι πίπτει και αι δυνάμεις αι εν τοις ουρανοίς θέλουσι σαλευθή.
26 Then people will see [me], the one who came from heaven, coming through the clouds powerfully and gloriously.
Και τότε θέλουσιν ιδεί τον Υιόν του ανθρώπου ερχόμενον εν νεφέλαις μετά δυνάμεως πολλής και δόξης.
27 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].
Και τότε θέλει αποστείλει τους αγγέλους αυτού και συνάξει τους εκλεκτούς αυτού εκ των τεσσάρων ανέμων, απ' άκρου της γης έως άκρου του ουρανού.
28 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.
Από δε της συκής μάθετε την παραβολήν. Όταν ο κλάδος αυτής γείνη ήδη απαλός και εκβλαστάνη τα φύλλα, εξεύρετε ότι πλησίον είναι το θέρος·
29 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].
ούτω και σεις, όταν ίδητε ταύτα γινόμενα, εξεύρετε ότι πλησίον είναι επί τας θύρας.
30 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.
Αληθώς σας λέγω ότι δεν θέλει παρέλθει η γενεά αύτη, εωσού γείνωσι πάντα ταύτα.
31 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.
Ο ουρανός και η γη θέλουσι παρέλθει, οι δε λόγοι μου δεν θέλουσι παρέλθει.
32 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.
Περί δε της ημέρας εκείνης και της ώρας ουδείς γινώσκει, ουδέ οι άγγελοι οι εν ουρανώ, ουδέ ο Υιός, ειμή ο Πατήρ.
33 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]!
Προσέχετε, αγρυπνείτε και προσεύχεσθε· διότι δεν εξεύρετε πότε είναι ο καιρός.
34 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].
Επειδή τούτο θέλει είσθαι ως άνθρωπος αποδημών, όστις αφήκε την οικίαν αυτού και έδωκεν εις τους δούλους αυτού την εξουσίαν και εις έκαστον το έργον αυτού και εις τον θυρωρόν προσέταξε να αγρυπνή.
35 [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].
Αγρυπνείτε λοιπόν· διότι δεν εξεύρετε πότε έρχεται ο κύριος της οικίας, την εσπέραν ή το μεσονύκτιον ή όταν φωνάζη ο αλέκτωρ ή το πρωΐ·
36 [May it not happen that] when I come suddenly, I will find that you are not ready!
μήποτε ελθών εξαίφνης, σας εύρη κοιμωμένους.
37 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].
Και όσα λέγω προς εσάς προς πάντας λέγω· Αγρυπνείτε.
