Mark 13
1 As He was leaving the Temple, one of His disciples exclaimed, "Look, Rabbi, what wonderful stones! what wonderful buildings!"
Καὶ ἐκπορευομένου αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ, λέγει αὐτῷ εἷς τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, “Διδάσκαλε, ἴδε, ποταποὶ λίθοι καὶ ποταπαὶ οἰκοδομαί!”
2 "You see all these great buildings?" Jesus replied; "not one stone will be left here upon another--not thrown down."
Καὶ ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ, “Βλέπεις ταύτας τὰς μεγάλας οἰκοδομάς; Οὐ μὴ ἀφεθῇ ὧδε λίθος ἐπὶ λίθον, ὃς οὐ μὴ καταλυθῇ.”
3 He was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite to the Temple, when Peter, James, John, and Andrew, apart from the others asked Him,
Καὶ καθημένου αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ Ὄρος τῶν Ἐλαιῶν κατέναντι τοῦ ἱεροῦ, ἐπηρώτα αὐτὸν κατʼ ἰδίαν Πέτρος, καὶ Ἰάκωβος, καὶ Ἰωάννης, καὶ Ἀνδρέας,
4 "Tell us, When will these things be? and what will be the sign when all these predictions are on the point of being fulfilled?"
“Εἰπὸν ἡμῖν πότε ταῦτα ἔσται, καὶ τί τὸ σημεῖον ὅταν μέλλῃ ταῦτα συντελεῖσθαι πάντα;”
5 So Jesus began to say to them: "Take care that no one misleads you.
Ὁ δὲ ˚Ἰησοῦς ἤρξατο λέγειν αὐτοῖς, “Βλέπετε, μή τις ὑμᾶς πλανήσῃ.
6 Many will come assuming my name and saying, 'I am He;' and they will mislead many.
Πολλοὶ ἐλεύσονται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου λέγοντες, ὅτι ‘Ἐγώ εἰμι’, καὶ πολλοὺς πλανήσουσιν.
7 But when you hear of wars and rumours of wars, do not be alarmed: come they must, but the End is not yet.
Ὅταν δὲ ἀκούσητε πολέμους καὶ ἀκοὰς πολέμων, μὴ θροεῖσθε· δεῖ γενέσθαι, ἀλλʼ οὔπω τὸ τέλος.
8 For nation will rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These miseries are but like the early pains of childbirth.
Ἐγερθήσεται γὰρ ἔθνος ἐπὶ ἔθνος, καὶ βασιλεία ἐπὶ βασιλείαν. Ἔσονται σεισμοὶ κατὰ τόπους, ἔσονται λιμοί· ἀρχὴ ὠδίνων ταῦτα.
9 "You yourselves must be on your guard. They will deliver you up to Sanhedrins; you will be brought into synagogues and cruelly beaten; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to be witnesses to them for me.
Βλέπετε δὲ ὑμεῖς ἑαυτούς· παραδώσουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς συνέδρια καὶ εἰς συναγωγὰς δαρήσεσθε, καὶ ἐπὶ ἡγεμόνων καὶ βασιλέων σταθήσεσθε ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ, εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς.
10 But the proclamation of the Good News must be carried to all the Gentiles before the End comes.
Καὶ εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη πρῶτον δεῖ κηρυχθῆναι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον.
11 When however they are marching you along under arrest, do not be anxious beforehand about what you are to say, but speak what is given you when the time comes; for it will not be you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
Καὶ ὅταν ἄγωσιν ὑμᾶς παραδιδόντες, μὴ προμεριμνᾶτε τί λαλήσητε, ἀλλʼ ὃ ἐὰν δοθῇ ὑμῖν ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ, τοῦτο λαλεῖτε, οὐ γάρ ἐστε ὑμεῖς οἱ λαλοῦντες, ἀλλὰ τὸ ˚Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον.
12 "Brother will betray brother to be killed, and fathers will betray children; and children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
Καὶ παραδώσει ἀδελφὸς ἀδελφὸν εἰς θάνατον, καὶ πατὴρ τέκνον, καὶ ἐπαναστήσονται τέκνα ἐπὶ γονεῖς καὶ θανατώσουσιν αὐτούς.
13 You will be objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name, but those who stand firm to the End will be saved.
Καὶ ἔσεσθε μισούμενοι ὑπὸ πάντων διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου. Ὁ δὲ ὑπομείνας εἰς τέλος, οὗτος σωθήσεται.
14 "As soon, however, as you see the Abomination of Desolation standing where he ought not" --let the reader observe these words--"then let those in Judaea escape to the hills;
Ὅταν δὲ ἴδητε ‘τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως’, ἑστηκότα ὅπου οὐ δεῖ, ὁ ἀναγινώσκων νοείτω, τότε οἱ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ, φευγέτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὄρη,
15 let him who is on the roof not come down and enter the house to fetch anything out of it;
ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος, μὴ καταβάτω, μηδὲ εἰσελθέτω ἆραί τι ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ,
16 and let not him who is in the field turn back to pick up his outer garment.
καὶ ὁ εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν, μὴ ἐπιστρεψάτω εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, ἆραι τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ.
17 And alas for the women who at that time are with child or have infants!
Οὐαὶ δὲ ταῖς ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσαις καὶ ταῖς θηλαζούσαις ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις!
18 "But pray that it may not come in the winter.
Προσεύχεσθε δὲ ἵνα μὴ γένηται χειμῶνος.
19 For those will be times of suffering the like of which has never been from the first creation of God's world until now, and assuredly never will be again;
Ἔσονται γὰρ αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι θλῖψις, οἵα οὐ γέγονεν τοιαύτη, ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως ἣν ἔκτισεν ὁ ˚Θεὸς, ἕως τοῦ νῦν, καὶ οὐ μὴ γένηται.
20 and but for the fact that the Lord has cut short those days, no one would escape; but for the sake of His own People whom He has chosen for Himself He has cut short the days.
Καὶ εἰ μὴ ἐκολόβωσεν ˚Κύριος τὰς ἡμέρας, οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθη πᾶσα σάρξ. Ἀλλὰ διὰ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς, οὓς ἐξελέξατο, ἐκολόβωσεν τὰς ἡμέρας.
21 "At that time if any one says to you, 'See, here is the Christ!' or 'See, He is there!' do not believe it.
Καὶ τότε ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ, ‘Ἴδε, ὧδε ὁ ˚Χριστός’, ἢ ‘Ἴδε, ἐκεῖ’, μὴ πιστεύετε.
22 For there will rise up false Christs and false prophets, displaying signs and prodigies with a view to lead astray--if indeed that were possible--even God's own People.
Ἐγερθήσονται γὰρ ψευδόχριστοι καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται, καὶ δώσουσιν σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα, πρὸς τὸ ἀποπλανᾶν εἰ δυνατὸν τοὺς ἐκλεκτούς.
23 But as for yourselves, be on your guard: I have forewarned you of everything.
Ὑμεῖς δὲ βλέπετε· ἰδοὺ, προείρηκα ὑμῖν πάντα.
24 "At that time, however, after that distress, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not shed her light;
Ἀλλὰ ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις, μετὰ τὴν θλῖψιν ἐκείνην, ‘ὁ ἥλιος σκοτισθήσεται, καὶ ἡ σελήνη οὐ δώσει τὸ φέγγος αὐτῆς’,
25 the stars will be seen falling from the firmament, and the forces which are in the heavens will be disordered and disturbed.
‘καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες ἔσονται ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πίπτοντες’, καὶ αἱ δυνάμεις αἱ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς σαλευθήσονται.
26 And then will they see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
Καὶ τότε ὄψονται ‘τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἐρχόμενον ἐν νεφέλαις’, μετὰ δυνάμεως πολλῆς καὶ δόξης.
27 Then He will send forth the angels and gather together His chosen People from north, south, east and west, from the remotest parts of the earth and the sky.
Καὶ τότε ἀποστελεῖ τοὺς ἀγγέλους καὶ ἐπισυνάξει τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς αὐτοῦ, ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ἀνέμων, ἀπʼ ἄκρου γῆς ἕως ἄκρου οὐρανοῦ.
28 "Learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branch has become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.
Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς συκῆς, μάθετε τὴν παραβολήν: ὅταν ἤδη ὁ κλάδος αὐτῆς ἁπαλὸς γένηται, καὶ ἐκφύῃ τὰ φύλλα, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγὺς τὸ θέρος ἐστίν.
29 So also do you, when you see these things happening, be sure that He is near, at your very door.
Οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς, ὅταν ἴδητε ταῦτα γινόμενα, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγύς ἐστιν ἐπὶ θύραις.
30 I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place.
Ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ ἡ γενεὰ αὕτη, μέχρις οὗ ταῦτα πάντα γένηται.
31 Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.
Ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσονται, οἱ δὲ λόγοι μου οὐ μὴ παρελεύσονται.
32 "But as to that day or the exact time no one knows--not even the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.
Περὶ δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης ἢ τῆς ὥρας, οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, οὐδὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι ἐν οὐρανῷ, οὐδὲ ὁ Υἱός, εἰ μὴ ὁ Πατήρ.
33 Take care, be on the alert, and pray; for you do not know when it will happen.
Βλέπετε, ἀγρυπνεῖτε, καὶ προσεύχεσθε, οὐκ οἴδατε γὰρ πότε ὁ καιρός ἐστιν.
34 It is like a man living abroad who has left his house, and given the management to his servants--to each one his special duty--and has ordered the porter to keep awake.
Ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἀπόδημος, ἀφεὶς τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ δοὺς τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐξουσίαν, ἑκάστῳ τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῷ θυρωρῷ ἐνετείλατο ἵνα γρηγορῇ.
35 Be wakeful therefore, for you know not when the master of the house is coming--in the evening, at midnight, at cock-crow, or at dawn.
Γρηγορεῖτε οὖν, οὐκ οἴδατε γὰρ, πότε ὁ κύριος τῆς οἰκίας ἔρχεται, ἢ ὀψὲ, ἢ μεσονύκτιον, ἢ ἀλεκτοροφωνίας, ἢ πρωΐ,
36 Beware lest He should arrive unexpectedly and find you asleep.
μὴ ἐλθὼν ἐξαίφνης, εὕρῃ ὑμᾶς καθεύδοντας.
37 Moreover, what I say to you I say to all--Be wakeful!"
Ὃ δὲ ὑμῖν λέγω, πᾶσιν λέγω, γρηγορεῖτε!”
