Matthew 24
1 Jesus had left the Temple and was going on His way, when His disciples came and called His attention to the Temple buildings.
Καὶ ἐξελθὼν ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἐπορεύετο, καὶ προσῆλθον οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, ἐπιδεῖξαι αὐτῷ τὰς οἰκοδομὰς τοῦ ἱεροῦ.
2 "You see all these?" He replied; "in solemn truth I tell you that there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be pulled down."
Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, “Οὐ βλέπετε ταῦτα πάντα; Ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐ μὴ ἀφεθῇ ὧδε λίθος ἐπὶ λίθον, ὃς οὐ καταλυθήσεται.”
3 Afterwards He was on the Mount of Olives and was seated there when the disciples came to Him, apart from the others, 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)
Καθημένου δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ὄρους τῶν Ἐλαιῶν, προσῆλθον αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ κατʼ ἰδίαν λέγοντες, “Εἰπὲ ἡμῖν πότε ταῦτα ἔσται, καὶ τί τὸ σημεῖον τῆς σῆς παρουσίας καὶ συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος;” (aiōn g165)
4 "Take care that no one misleads you," answered Jesus;
Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, “Βλέπετε, μή τις ὑμᾶς πλανήσῃ.
5 "for many will come assuming my name and saying 'I am the Christ;' and they will mislead many.
Πολλοὶ γὰρ ἐλεύσονται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου λέγοντες, ‘Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ˚Χριστός’, καὶ πολλοὺς πλανήσουσιν.
6 And before long you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. Do not be alarmed, for such things must be; but the End is not yet.
Μελλήσετε δὲ ἀκούειν πολέμους, καὶ ἀκοὰς πολέμων. Ὁρᾶτε, μὴ θροεῖσθε· δεῖ γὰρ γενέσθαι, ἀλλʼ οὔπω ἐστὶν τὸ τέλος.
7 For nation will rise in arms against nation, kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places;
Ἐγερθήσεται γὰρ ἔθνος ἐπὶ ἔθνος, καὶ βασιλεία ἐπὶ βασιλείαν, καὶ ἔσονται λιμοὶ καὶ σεισμοὶ κατὰ τόπους.
8 but all these miseries are but like the early pains of childbirth.
Πάντα δὲ ταῦτα ἀρχὴ ὠδίνων.
9 "At that time they will deliver you up to punishment and will put you to death; and you will be objects of hatred to all the nations because you are called by my name.
Τότε παραδώσουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς θλῖψιν, καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν ὑμᾶς. Καὶ ἔσεσθε μισούμενοι ὑπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν, διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου.
10 Then will many stumble and fall, and they will betray one another and hate one another.
Καὶ τότε σκανδαλισθήσονται πολλοὶ, καὶ ἀλλήλους παραδώσουσιν καὶ μισήσουσιν ἀλλήλους.
11 Many false prophets will rise up and lead multitudes astray;
Καὶ πολλοὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐγερθήσονται καὶ πλανήσουσιν πολλούς.
12 and because of the prevalent disregard of God's law the love of the great majority will grow cold;
Καὶ διὰ τὸ πληθυνθῆναι τὴν ἀνομίαν, ψυγήσεται ἡ ἀγάπη τῶν πολλῶν.
13 but those who stand firm to the End shall be saved.
Ὁ δὲ ὑπομείνας εἰς τέλος, οὗτος σωθήσεται.
14 And this Good News of the Kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout the whole world to set the evidence before all the Gentiles; and then the End will come.
Καὶ κηρυχθήσεται τοῦτο τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ οἰκουμένῃ, εἰς μαρτύριον πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, καὶ τότε ἥξει τὸ τέλος.
15 "When you have seen (to use the language of the Prophet Daniel) the 'Abomination of Desolation', standing in the Holy Place" --let the reader observe those words--
Ὅταν οὖν ἴδητε ‘τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως’, τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Δανιὴλ τοῦ προφήτου, ἑστὸς ἐν τόπῳ ἁγίῳ (ὁ ἀναγινώσκων νοείτω),
16 "then let those who are in Judaea escape to the hills;
τότε οἱ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ, φευγέτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὄρη,
17 let him who is on the roof not go down to fetch what is in his house;
ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος, μὴ καταβάτω ἆραι τὰ ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ,
18 nor let him who is outside the city stay to pick up his outer garment.
καὶ ὁ ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, μὴ ἐπιστρεψάτω ὀπίσω ἆραι τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ.
19 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.
20 "But pray that your flight may not be in winter, nor on the Sabbath;
Προσεύχεσθε δὲ ἵνα μὴ γένηται ἡ φυγὴ ὑμῶν χειμῶνος, μηδὲ Σαββάτῳ.
21 for it will be a time of great suffering, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now, and assuredly never will be again.
Ἔσται γὰρ τότε θλῖψις μεγάλη, οἵα οὐ γέγονεν ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς κόσμου ἕως τοῦ νῦν, οὐδʼ οὐ μὴ γένηται.
22 And if those days had not been cut short, no one would escape; but for the sake of God's own People those days will be cut short.
Καὶ εἰ μὴ ἐκολοβώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι, οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθη πᾶσα σάρξ, διὰ δὲ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς, κολοβωθήσονται αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι.
23 "If at that time any one should say to you, 'See, here is the Christ!' or 'Here!' give no credence to it.
Τότε ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ, ‘Ἰδοὺ, ὧδε ὁ ˚Χριστός’, ἤ ‘Ὧδε’, μὴ πιστεύσητε.
24 For there will rise up false Christs and false prophets, displaying wonderful signs and prodigies, so as to deceive, were it possible, even God's own People.
Ἐγερθήσονται γὰρ ψευδόχριστοι καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται, καὶ δώσουσιν σημεῖα μεγάλα καὶ τέρατα, ὥστε πλανῆσαι εἰ δυνατὸν καὶ τοὺς ἐκλεκτούς.
25 Remember, I have forewarned you.
Ἰδοὺ, προείρηκα ὑμῖν.
26 If therefore they should say to you, 'See, He is in the Desert!' do not go out there: or 'See, He is indoors in the room!' do not believe it.
Ἐὰν οὖν εἴπωσιν ὑμῖν, ‘Ἰδοὺ, ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἐστίν’, μὴ ἐξέλθητε. ‘Ἰδοὺ, ἐν τοῖς ταμείοις’, μὴ πιστεύσητε.
27 For just as the lightning flashes in the east and is seen to the very west, so will be the Coming of the Son of Man.
Ὥσπερ γὰρ ἡ ἀστραπὴ ἐξέρχεται ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν καὶ φαίνεται ἕως δυσμῶν, οὕτως ἔσται ἡ παρουσία τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου.
28 Wherever the dead body is, there will the vultures flock together.
Ὅπου ἐὰν ᾖ τὸ πτῶμα, ἐκεῖ συναχθήσονται οἱ ἀετοί.
29 "But immediately after those times of distress the sun will be darkened, the moon will not shed her light, the stars will fall from the firmament, and the forces which control the heavens will be disordered and disturbed.
Εὐθέως δὲ μετὰ τὴν θλῖψιν τῶν ἡμερῶν ἐκείνων, ‘ὁ ἥλιος σκοτισθήσεται καὶ ἡ σελήνη οὐ δώσει τὸ φέγγος αὐτῆς’, ‘καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες πεσοῦνται ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ’, καὶ αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν σαλευθήσονται.
30 Then will appear the Sign of the Son of Man in the sky; and then will all the nations of the earth lament, when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with great power and glory.
Καὶ τότε φανήσεται τὸ σημεῖον τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἐν οὐρανῷ, καὶ τότε κόψονται πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ὄψονται ‘τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου, ἐρχόμενον ἐπὶ τῶν νεφελῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ’ μετὰ δυνάμεως καὶ δόξης πολλῆς.
31 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet-blast, and they will bring together His own People to Him from north, south, east and west--from one extremity of the world to the other.
Καὶ ἀποστελεῖ τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ μετὰ ‘σάλπιγγος φωνῆς μεγάλης, καὶ ἐπισυνάξουσιν’ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ἀνέμων, ἀπʼ ἄκρων οὐρανῶν ἕως ἄκρων αὐτῶν.
32 "Now learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branches have now become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you all know that summer is near.
Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς συκῆς, μάθετε τὴν παραβολήν: ὅταν ἤδη ὁ κλάδος αὐτῆς γένηται ἁπαλὸς καὶ τὰ φύλλα ἐκφύῃ, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγὺς τὸ θέρος.
33 So you also, when you see all these signs, may be sure that He is near--at your very door.
Οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς ὅταν ἴδητε ταῦτα πάντα, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγύς ἐστιν ἐπὶ θύραις.
34 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, ἕως ἂν πάντα ταῦτα γένηται.
35 Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.
Ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσεται, οἱ δὲ λόγοι μου οὐ μὴ παρέλθωσιν.
36 "But as to that day and the exact time no one knows--not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.
Περὶ δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης καὶ ὥρας οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, οὐδὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι τῶν οὐρανῶν, οὐδὲ ὁ Υἱός, εἰ μὴ ὁ Πατὴρ μόνος.
37 'For as it was in the time of Noah, so it will be at the Coming of the Son of Man.
Ὥσπερ γὰρ αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ Νῶε, οὕτως ἔσται ἡ παρουσία τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου.
38 At that time, before the Deluge, men were busy eating and drinking, taking wives or giving them, up to the very day when Noah entered the Ark,
Ὡς γὰρ ἦσαν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ταῖς πρὸ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ τρώγοντες καὶ πίνοντες, γαμοῦντες καὶ γαμίζοντες, ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας εἰσῆλθεν, Νῶε εἰς τὴν κιβωτόν.
39 nor did they realise any danger till the Deluge came and swept them all away; so will it be at the Coming of the Son of Man.
Καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν, ἕως ἦλθεν ὁ κατακλυσμὸς καὶ ἦρεν ἅπαντας, οὕτως ἔσται ἡ παρουσία τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου.
40 Then will two men be in the open country: one will be taken away, and one left behind.
Τότε ἔσονται δύο ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, εἷς παραλαμβάνεται, καὶ εἷς ἀφίεται.
41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken away, and one left behind.
Δύο ἀλήθουσαι ἐν τῷ μύλῳ, μία παραλαμβάνεται, καὶ μία ἀφίεται.
42 Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on which your Lord is coming.
Γρηγορεῖτε οὖν, ὅτι οὐκ οἴδατε ποίᾳ ἡμέρᾳ ὁ ˚Κύριος ὑμῶν ἔρχεται.
43 But of this be assured, that if the master of the house had known the hour at which the robber was coming, he would have kept awake, and not have allowed his house to be broken into.
Ἐκεῖνο δὲ γινώσκετε ὅτι εἰ ᾔδει ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης, ποίᾳ φυλακῇ ὁ κλέπτης ἔρχεται, ἐγρηγόρησεν ἂν, καὶ οὐκ ἂν εἴασεν διορυγῆναι τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ.
44 Therefore you also must be ready; for it is at a time when you do not expect Him that the Son of Man will come.
Διὰ τοῦτο καὶ, ὑμεῖς γίνεσθε ἕτοιμοι, ὅτι ᾗ οὐ δοκεῖτε ὥρᾳ, ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται.
45 "Who therefore is the loyal and intelligent servant to whom his master has entrusted the control of his household to give them their rations at the appointed time?
Τίς ἄρα ἐστὶν ὁ πιστὸς δοῦλος καὶ φρόνιμος, ὃν κατέστησεν ὁ κύριος ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκετείας αὐτοῦ, τοῦ δοῦναι αὐτοῖς τὴν τροφὴν ἐν καιρῷ;
46 Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes shall find so doing!
Μακάριος ὁ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος, ὃν ἐλθὼν ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ εὑρήσει οὕτως ποιοῦντα.
47 In solemn truth I tell you that he will give him the management of all his wealth.
Ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐπὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν αὐτοῦ, καταστήσει αὐτόν.
48 But if the man, being a bad servant, should say in his heart, 'My master is a long time in coming,'
Ἐὰν δὲ εἴπῃ ὁ κακὸς δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, ‘Χρονίζει μου ὁ κύριος’,
49 and should begin to beat his fellow servants, while he eats and drinks with drunkards;
καὶ ἄρξηται τύπτειν τοὺς συνδούλους αὐτοῦ, ἐσθίῃ δὲ καὶ πίνῃ μετὰ τῶν μεθυόντων,
50 the master of that servant will arrive on a day when he is not expecting him and at an hour of which he has not been informed;
ἥξει ὁ κύριος τοῦ δούλου ἐκείνου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ οὐ προσδοκᾷ, καὶ ἐν ὥρᾳ ᾗ οὐ γινώσκει,
51 he will treat him with the utmost severity and assign him a place among the hypocrites: there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
καὶ διχοτομήσει αὐτὸν, καὶ τὸ μέρος αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ὑποκριτῶν θήσει· ἐκεῖ ἔσται ὁ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων.
