Markus 13
1 Und als er aus dem Tempel heraustrat, sagte einer seiner Jünger zu ihm: Lehrer, siehe, was für Steine und was für Gebäude!
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]!”
2 Und Jesus antwortete und sprach zu ihm: Siehst du diese großen Gebäude? Es wird nicht ein Stein auf dem anderen gelassen werden, der nicht abgebrochen werden wird.
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.”
3 Und als er auf dem Ölberge saß, dem Tempel gegenüber, fragten ihn Petrus und Jakobus und Johannes und Andreas besonders:
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,
4 Sage uns, wann wird dieses sein, und was ist das Zeichen, wann dieses alles vollendet werden soll?
“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]}.”
5 Jesus aber antwortete ihnen und fing an zu reden: Sehet zu, daß euch niemand verführe!
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]!
6 Denn viele werden unter meinem Namen kommen und sagen: Ich bin's! -
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.
7 und sie werden viele verführen. Wenn ihr aber von Kriegen und Kriegsgerüchten hören werdet, so erschrecket nicht; denn dies muß geschehen, aber es ist noch nicht das Ende.
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!
8 Denn es wird sich Nation wider Nation erheben und Königreich wider Königreich; und es werden Erdbeben sein an verschiedenen Orten, und es werden Hungersnöte und Unruhen sein. Dies sind die Anfänge der Wehen.
[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].
9 Ihr aber, sehet auf euch selbst, denn sie werden euch an Synedrien und an Synagogen überliefern; ihr werdet geschlagen und vor Statthalter und Könige gestellt werden um meinetwillen, ihnen zu einem Zeugnis;
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].
10 und allen Nationen muß zuvor das Evangelium gepredigt werden.
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].
11 Wenn sie euch aber hinführen, um euch zu überliefern, so sorget nicht zuvor, was ihr reden sollt, [bereitet euch auch nicht vor] sondern was irgend euch in jener Stunde gegeben wird, das redet; denn nicht ihr seid die Redenden, sondern der Heilige Geist.
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].
12 Es wird aber der Bruder den Bruder zum Tode überliefern, und der Vater das Kind; und Kinder werden sich erheben wider die Eltern und sie zum Tode bringen.
[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.
13 Und ihr werdet von allen gehaßt werden um meines Namens willen; wer aber ausharrt bis ans Ende, dieser wird errettet werden.
[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}.
14 Wenn ihr aber den Greuel der Verwüstung stehen sehet, wo er nicht sollte (wer es liest, der beachte es), daß alsdann, die in Judäa sind, auf die Berge fliehen,
[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.
15 und wer auf dem Dache ist, nicht in das Haus hinabsteige, noch hineingehe, um etwas aus seinem Hause zu holen;
Those people who are outside their houses must not enter their houses in order to get anything [before they run away].
16 und wer auf dem Felde ist, sich nicht zurückwende, um sein Kleid zu holen.
Those who are [working] in a field must not return [to their houses] in order to get [additional] clothes [before they flee].
17 Wehe aber den Schwangeren und den Säugenden in jenen Tagen!
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]
18 Betet aber, daß es nicht im Winter geschehe;
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].
19 denn jene Tage werden eine Drangsal sein, wie dergleichen von Anfang der Schöpfung, welche Gott schuf, bis jetzthin nicht gewesen ist und nicht sein wird.
20 Und wenn nicht der Herr die Tage verkürzt hätte, so würde kein Fleisch gerettet werden; aber um der Auserwählten willen, die er auserwählt hat, hat er die Tage verkürzt.
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].
21 Und alsdann, wenn jemand zu euch sagt: Siehe, hier ist der Christus! oder: Siehe dort! so glaubet nicht.
[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!
22 Denn es werden falsche Christi und falsche Propheten aufstehen und werden Zeichen und Wunder tun, um wenn möglich auch die Auserwählten zu verführen.
23 Ihr aber sehet zu! Siehe, ich habe euch alles vorhergesagt.
Be alert! Remember that [I] have warned you about all this before [it happens.]
24 Aber in jenen Tagen, nach jener Drangsal, wird die Sonne verfinstert werden und der Mond seinen Schein nicht geben;
After the time when people suffer like that, the sun will become dark, the moon will not shine,
25 und die Sterne des Himmels werden herabfallen, und die Kräfte in den Himmeln werden erschüttert werden.
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}.
26 Und dann werden sie den Sohn des Menschen kommen sehen in Wolken mit großer Macht und Herrlichkeit.
Then people will see [me], the one who came from heaven, coming through the clouds powerfully and gloriously.
27 Und dann wird er seine Engel aussenden und seine Auserwählten versammeln von den vier Winden her, vom Ende der Erde bis zum Ende des Himmels.
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].
28 Von dem Feigenbaum aber lernet das Gleichnis: Wenn sein Zweig schon weich geworden ist und die Blätter hervortreibt, so erkennet ihr, daß der Sommer nahe ist.
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.
29 Also auch ihr, wenn ihr dies geschehen sehet, so erkennet, daß es nahe an der Tür ist.
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].
30 Wahrlich, ich sage euch: dieses Geschlecht wird nicht vergehen, bis alles dieses geschehen ist.
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.
31 Der Himmel und die Erde werden vergehen, meine Worte aber sollen nicht vergehen.
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.
32 Von jenem Tage aber oder der Stunde weiß niemand, weder die Engel, die im Himmel sind, noch der Sohn, sondern nur der Vater.
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.
33 Sehet zu, wachet und betet; denn ihr wisset nicht, wann die Zeit ist.
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]!
34 Gleichwie ein Mensch, der außer Landes reiste, sein Haus verließ und seinen Knechten die Gewalt gab und einem jeden sein Werk, und dem Türhüter einschärfte, daß er wache.
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].
35 So wachet nun, denn ihr wisset nicht, wann der Herr des Hauses kommt, des Abends, oder um Mitternacht, oder um den Hahnenschrei, oder frühmorgens;
[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].
36 damit er nicht, plötzlich kommend, euch schlafend finde.
[May it not happen that] when I come suddenly, I will find that you are not ready!
37 Was ich aber euch sage, sage ich allen: Wachet!
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].
