Matthew 24
1 Jesus left the Temple [courtyard]. As he was walking along, [we] disciples came to him to ask him to note [how beautiful] the Temple buildings [were].
En Jezus ging uit den tempel en vertrok. En zijn discipelen kwamen om Hem de gebouwen des tempels te toonen.
2 He said to us, “These buildings that you are looking at [RHQ] [are wonderful, but] I want to tell you [something about them. They will soon be completely destroyed] {[Foreign invaders will completely destroy them]}. Every stone [in these buildings] will be thrown down {they will throw down every stone in these buildings}. Not one stone will be left {They will not leave one stone} on top of another stone.”
Doch Hij antwoordde en zeide tot hen: Ziet gij niet dit alles? Voorwaar Ik zeg u, hier zullen geen twee steenen op malkander gelaten worden, die niet zullen afgebroken worden.
3 [Later], as Jesus was sitting alone on [the slope of] Olive [Tree] Hill, [we] disciples went to him and asked him, “When will this happen [to the buildings of the Temple? Also, tell us what will happen to indicate that you are about to] come again, and [to indicate] that this world is ending?” (aiōn g165)
En toen Hij op den Berg der Olijven zat, kwamen de discipelen tot Hem afzonderlijk, zeggende: Zeg ons, wanneer zal dit zijn? en wat is het teeken van uw toekomst en van de voleinding der eeuw? (aiōn g165)
4 Jesus replied, “[All that I will say is], be sure that no one deceives you [about what will happen]
En Jezus antwoordde en zeide tot hen: Ziet toe, dat niemand u verleide!
5 Many [people] will come and say (that I sent them/that they have my authority) [MTY]. They will say, ‘I am the Messiah’, and they will deceive many [people].
Want velen zullen komen onder mijn Naam, zeggende: Ik hen de Christus; en velen zullen zij verleiden.
6 You will hear about wars [that are close] and wars that are far away, but do not let that trouble you. Keep in mind that [God has said that] those things must happen. But [when they happen], it will not mean that the end [of the world] has come!
En gij zult hooren van oorlogen en oorlogsgeruchten! Ziet toe en verschrikt niet! want dit moet geschieden, maar nog is het einde er niet.
7 [Groups in various] countries will fight each other, and [various] governments [will also fight] against each other. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Want het eene volk zal opstaan tegen het andere, en het eene koninkrijk tegen het andere, en er zullen allerwege hongersnooden, en pest, en aardbevingen zijn.
8 These things will happen first. Then there will be other things that [will happen before I return. What will happen will be like the first pains] of childbirth MET].
En dit alles is maar een begin van de smarten.
9 At that time [people who oppose you] will take you to [the authorities, who] will mistreat you and kill you. You will be hated by [people who live in] all nations [PRS] {[People who live in] all nations [PRS] will hate you} because [you believe in me][MTY].
Dan zal men u overleveren tot verdrukking, en men zal u dooden, en gij zult gehaat zijn door al de volken, om mijns Naams wil.
10 Also, many [people] will stop believing [in me because of the way they will suffer]. They will betray each other and will hate each other.
En dan zullen velen geërgerd worden, malkander overleveren en malkander haten.
11 Many will come saying that they are prophets, but they will be lying, and they will deceive many people.
En vele valsche profeten zullen verwekt worden en die zullen velen verleiden.
12 Because there will be more and more [people] who will disobey [God’s] laws [PRS], many [people] will no longer [MET] love [their fellow believers] [PRS].
En door het toenemen der goddeloosheid zal de liefde van velen verminderen.
13 But [all] those who keep on [believing in me] to the end [of their lives] will be saved.
Maar wie zal volharden tot het einde, die zal behouden worden.
14 Furthermore, the good message about my ruling over people’s lives will be preached in every part of the world, in order that people of all ethnic groups may hear it. Then the end [of the world] will come.”
En dit Evangelie des koninkrijks zal gepredikt worden over de geheele aarde, tot een getuigenis voor alle volken; en dan zal het einde komen.
15 “[But before the world ends], the disgusting person who will defile [the] holy [Temple and cause people to abandon it will stand in the Temple. Daniel the prophet spoke and wrote] about that [long ago]. May everyone who reads [this] pay attention [to the following warning from me: ]
Wanneer gij dan den gruwel der verwoesting, waarvan gesproken is door Daniël den profeet, zult zien staan in de heilige plaats (die het leest lette er op!):
16 When you see that happen [in the Temple, those of you] who are in Judea [district] must flee to the [higher] hills!
dat alsdan degenen die in Judea zijn, vluchten op de bergen.
17 Those who are outside their houses must not go back into their houses to get things [before they flee].
Die op het dak is, kome dan niet af om weg te nemen wat in zijn huis is,
18 Those who are [working] in a field should not turn back to get their outer clothing [before they flee].
en die op den akker is, keere niet terug om zijn kleed weg te nemen.
19 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]
Maar wee den zwangeren en den zogenden in die dagen!
20 Pray that you will not have to flee (in the winter/in the rainy season) [when it will be hard to travel]. [People who think that God never allows anyone to do any work on] our day of rest [will not help you as you flee, so] pray also that you will not have to flee on such a day,
En bidt dat uw vlucht niet geschiede des winters of op een sabbat.
21 because people will suffer very severely [when those things happen]. People have never suffered that severely since [God] created the world until now, and no one will ever [suffer like that again].
Want alsdan zal de verdrukking groot zijn, zooals er geen is geweest van het begin der wereld tot nu toe, en er ook geen zijn zal.
22 If [God had not decided to] shorten that time [MTY] [when people will suffer so much], everyone [LIT] would die. But [he has decided to] shorten it because [he is concerned] about [the people] whom [he] has chosen.”
En wanneer die dagen niet verkort waren, zou er niet één mensch behouden worden; maar om de uitverkorenen zullen die dagen verkort worden.
23 “[At that time] people will appear [who will] falsely [say that they are] the Messiah or [that they are] prophets. They will perform many kinds (of miracles/of things that ordinary people cannot do), in order to deceive people. They will even try [to see] if [it is] possible to deceive [you people whom God has] chosen. So, at that time, if someone says to you, ‘Look, here [is] the Messiah!’ or [if someone says], ‘Over there is the Messiah!’ do not believe it!
Zoo iemand dan tot u zegt: Ziet, hier de Christus! of daar! — gelooft het niet.
Want er zullen schijnchristussen en schijnprofeten opstaan, en die zullen groote teekenen en mirakelen doen, zoodat zij zelfs, als het mogelijk was, de uitverkorenen zouden in doling brengen.
25 Do not forget [that] I have warned you about all this before [it happens].
Ziet, Ik heb het u voorzegd!
26 So if someone says to you, ‘Look, [the Messiah] is in the desolate area!’ do not go there. [Likewise, if someone says to you], ‘Look, he is in a secret room!’ do not believe [that person],
Zoo zij dan tot u zeggen: Ziet, in de woestijn is Hij! gaat dan niet uit. Ziet, in de binnenkameren! gelooft het niet.
27 because just like lightning flashes from the east to the west [and people everywhere can] see it [SIM], when [I], the one who came from heaven, return again, [everyone will see me].
Want gelijk de bliksem uitgaat van het oosten en schijnt tot het westen, alzoo zal de toekomst zijn van den Zoon des menschen.
28 [When I return, it will be as obvious to everyone as the fact that] wherever you see vultures gathering, you know that there will be an animal carcass [MET] there. (OR, Just like the vultures gather together wherever there is an animal carcass, God will punish sinful people wherever they are.)”
Want waar het lijk is, daar zullen de arenden vergaderd worden.
29 “Immediately after many people have suffered during those days, [the universe will become dark]. The sun will become dark. The moon will not shine. The stars will fall from the sky. And the powerful [objects] in the sky will be shaken. (OR, And the spiritual beings in space will be deposed.)
En terstond na de verdrukking dier dagen zal de zon verduisterd worden, en de maan zal haar licht niet geven, en de sterren zullen van den hemel vallen, en de krachten der hemelen zullen beroerd worden.
30 After that, something [will be seen] {[people will observe something]} in the sky that indicates that [I], the one who came from heaven, [am returning to the earth]. Then [unbelieving people from] all ethnic groups of the earth will [mourn because they will be afraid] of [God punishing them]. They will see [me], the one who came from heaven, coming on the clouds with power and great glory [as I return to the earth].
En dan zal het teeken van den Zoon des menschen verschijnen aan den hemel, en al de geslachten der aarde zullen weenen en den Zoon des menschen zien komen op de wolken des hemels met kracht en veel glorie.
31 I will send my angels [to the earth] from everywhere in the heavens. [They will be] blowing trumpets loudly. [Then] from throughout the whole earth [DOU] they will gather the people whom I have chosen.”
En Hij zal zijn engelen uitzenden met sterk bazuingeluid, en die zullen zijn uitverkorenen bijeenvergaderen uit de vier windstreken, van het ééne einde der hemelen tot het andere.
32 “[Now] I [want you to] learn something [from] this parable about [how] fig trees [grow]. [In this area], when the buds [of a fig tree] become tender and its leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is near.
Leert dan van den vijgeboom deze gelijkenis: Zoodra zijn tak zacht wordt en de bladeren uitbotten, weet gij dat de zomer nabij is.
33 Similarly, when you see all these things that I [have just described happening], you will know that [the time for me to return] is very close [MET].
Alzoo ook gij, als gij dit alles ziet, dan weet gij dat Hij nabij is, vóór de deur.
34 Keep this in mind: All of these events will happen before all the people who have observed the things that I have done have died.
Voorwaar Ik zeg u, dat deze natie niet zal voorbijgaan totdat dit alles zal geschied zijn.
35 [You can be certain that these] things that I have told [you] about will happen. You can be more certain of that than you can be certain that the earth and sky [LIT] will continue to exist.”
De hemel en de aarde zullen voorbijgaan, maar mijn woorden zullen niet voorbijgaan.
36 “But neither I, nor any other person, nor any angel in heaven, knows either the day or the hour [when the things that I have told you about will happen]. Only [God, my] Father, [knows].
Doch van dien dag en die ure weet niemand, ook niet de engelen der hemelen, maar wel mijn Vader alleen.
37 It will be like what happened when Noah lived. Until the flood came, [the people] did not know that [anything bad would happen] to them. Before the flood waters covered the earth, [the people] were eating and drinking [as usual]. Some men were marrying women and [some parents] were giving their daughters to men to marry them. They were doing all this until the day that Noah [and his family] entered the big boat. And then the flood came and drowned all [those who were not in the boat]. Similarly, [the unbelieving people will not know] when [I, the one who came from heaven], will return, [and they will not] be [expecting me].
En gelijk de dagen van Noach, alzoo zal de toekomst van den Zoon des menschen zijn.
Want gelijk zij waren in de dagen vóór den zondvloed, etende en drinkende, trouwende en ten huwelijk gevende, tot op den dag zelven dat Noach naar de ark ging,
en het niet begrepen, totdat de zondvloed kwam en allen wegnam, — alzoo zal ook zijn de toekomst van den Zoon des menschen.
40 When I [return], I [will not take all people up to heaven. I will take only those who trust in me. For example], two [people] will be in the fields. One of them will be taken {[I] will take one of them} up [to heaven] and the other [person] will be left {and I will leave the other [person]} [here to be punished].
Dan zullen er twee zijn op den akker; de een wordt medegenomen en de ander achtergelaten.
41 [Similarly], two [women] will be at the mill grinding grain. One of them will be taken up [to heaven] and the other will be left.
Twee zullen er malen in den molen; de eene wordt medegenomen en de andere achtergelaten.
42 So, because you do not know what day [I], your Lord, will return [to the earth], you need to be ready [for me to return at any time].
Waakt dus, want gij weet niet op welken dag uw Heer komt.
43 You know that if the owners of a house knew at what time in the night thieves would come, they would be awake and prevent the thieves from breaking into their houses. Similarly, I [will come just like unexpectedly as a thief].
Maar dit verstaat gij, dat, als de heer des huizes geweten had in welke nachtwake de dief zou komen, hij zou gewaakt hebben en niet toegelaten dat zijn huis doorgraven werd.
44 So you need to be ready [for my return], because [I], the one who came from heaven, will return [to the earth] at a time when you do not expect [me to come].”
Daarom, zijt ook gij bereid, want in een ure waarin gij het niet meent, komt de Zoon des menschen.
45 “Think about what every faithful and wise servant is like [RHQ]. The house owner appoints one servant to supervise the other servants. He tells him to give them food at the proper times. [Then he leaves on a long trip].
Wie is toch de getrouwe en verstandige dienst knecht, dien de heer heeft gesteld over zijn huisgezin, om hun voedsel te geven op zijn tijd?
46 If that servant is doing that [work] when the house owner returns, [the house owner] will be very pleased with him.
Zalig die dienstknecht, wien zijn heer, als hij komt, zal vinden alzoo doende!
47 Think about this: The house owner will appoint [that one servant] to be the supervisor of all his possessions.
Voorwaar Ik zeg u, dat hij hem zal stellen over al zijn goederen.
48 But a wicked servant might say to himself, ‘The owner [has been away] for a long time, [so he probably] will not return soon [and find out what I am doing.’]
Maar wanneer die booze dienstknecht in zijn hart zou zeggen: Mijn heer vertoeft!
49 [So he] will begin to beat the other servants and eat and get drunk.
en hij begint zijn mededienstknechten te slaan, en hij eet en drinkt met de dronkaards;
50 [Then] the house owner will come back at a time when the servant does not expect him [DOU].
dan zal de heer van dien dienstknecht komen op een dag waarop hij het niet verwacht, en in een ure waarin hij het niet meent,
51 He will punish that servant severely [HYP], (OR, cut that servant into two pieces) and he will put him where (the hypocrites/the ones who only pretended to be good) are put. In that place the people cry and grind their teeth [because they suffer very much].”
en hij zal hem in stukken houwen, en zijn deel stellen met de geveinsden. Daar zal het geween zijn en het tandengeknars.
