Κατα Ματθαιον 24
1 Καὶ ἐξελθὼν ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἐπορεύετο, καὶ προσῆλθον οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, ἐπιδεῖξαι αὐτῷ τὰς οἰκοδομὰς τοῦ ἱεροῦ.
Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.
2 Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, “Οὐ βλέπετε ταῦτα πάντα; Ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐ μὴ ἀφεθῇ ὧδε λίθος ἐπὶ λίθον, ὃς οὐ καταλυθήσεται.”
But he answered them, “You see all of these things, don’t you? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down.”
3 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)
As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?” (aiōn g165)
4 Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, “Βλέπετε, μή τις ὑμᾶς πλανήσῃ.
Jesus answered them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray.
5 Πολλοὶ γὰρ ἐλεύσονται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου λέγοντες, ‘Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ˚Χριστός’, καὶ πολλοὺς πλανήσουσιν.
For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will lead many astray.
6 Μελλήσετε δὲ ἀκούειν πολέμους, καὶ ἀκοὰς πολέμων. Ὁρᾶτε, μὴ θροεῖσθε· δεῖ γὰρ γενέσθαι, ἀλλʼ οὔπω ἐστὶν τὸ τέλος.
You will hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that you aren’t troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.
7 Ἐγερθήσεται γὰρ ἔθνος ἐπὶ ἔθνος, καὶ βασιλεία ἐπὶ βασιλείαν, καὶ ἔσονται λιμοὶ καὶ σεισμοὶ κατὰ τόπους.
For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.
8 Πάντα δὲ ταῦτα ἀρχὴ ὠδίνων.
But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.
9 Τότε παραδώσουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς θλῖψιν, καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν ὑμᾶς. Καὶ ἔσεσθε μισούμενοι ὑπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν, διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου.
“Then they will deliver you up to oppression and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.
10 Καὶ τότε σκανδαλισθήσονται πολλοὶ, καὶ ἀλλήλους παραδώσουσιν καὶ μισήσουσιν ἀλλήλους.
Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.
11 Καὶ πολλοὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐγερθήσονται καὶ πλανήσουσιν πολλούς.
Many false prophets will arise and will lead many astray.
12 Καὶ διὰ τὸ πληθυνθῆναι τὴν ἀνομίαν, ψυγήσεται ἡ ἀγάπη τῶν πολλῶν.
Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.
13 Ὁ δὲ ὑπομείνας εἰς τέλος, οὗτος σωθήσεται.
But he who endures to the end will be saved.
14 Καὶ κηρυχθήσεται τοῦτο τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ οἰκουμένῃ, εἰς μαρτύριον πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, καὶ τότε ἥξει τὸ τέλος.
This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
15 Ὅταν οὖν ἴδητε ‘τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως’, τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Δανιὴλ τοῦ προφήτου, ἑστὸς ἐν τόπῳ ἁγίῳ (ὁ ἀναγινώσκων νοείτω),
“When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
16 τότε οἱ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ, φευγέτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὄρη,
then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
17 ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος, μὴ καταβάτω ἆραι τὰ ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ,
Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house.
18 καὶ ὁ ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, μὴ ἐπιστρεψάτω ὀπίσω ἆραι τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ.
Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.
19 Οὐαὶ δὲ ταῖς ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσαις, καὶ ταῖς θηλαζούσαις ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις.
But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days!
20 Προσεύχεσθε δὲ ἵνα μὴ γένηται ἡ φυγὴ ὑμῶν χειμῶνος, μηδὲ Σαββάτῳ.
Pray that your flight will not be in the winter nor on a Sabbath,
21 Ἔσται γὰρ τότε θλῖψις μεγάλη, οἵα οὐ γέγονεν ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς κόσμου ἕως τοῦ νῦν, οὐδʼ οὐ μὴ γένηται.
for then there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.
22 Καὶ εἰ μὴ ἐκολοβώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι, οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθη πᾶσα σάρξ, διὰ δὲ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς, κολοβωθήσονται αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι.
Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.
23 Τότε ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ, ‘Ἰδοὺ, ὧδε ὁ ˚Χριστός’, ἤ ‘Ὧδε’, μὴ πιστεύσητε.
“Then if any man tells you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘There!’ don’t believe it.
24 Ἐγερθήσονται γὰρ ψευδόχριστοι καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται, καὶ δώσουσιν σημεῖα μεγάλα καὶ τέρατα, ὥστε πλανῆσαι εἰ δυνατὸν καὶ τοὺς ἐκλεκτούς.
For false christs and false prophets will arise, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
25 Ἰδοὺ, προείρηκα ὑμῖν.
“Behold, I have told you beforehand.
26 Ἐὰν οὖν εἴπωσιν ὑμῖν, ‘Ἰδοὺ, ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἐστίν’, μὴ ἐξέλθητε. ‘Ἰδοὺ, ἐν τοῖς ταμείοις’, μὴ πιστεύσητε.
“If therefore they tell you, ‘Behold, he is in the wilderness,’ don’t go out; or ‘Behold, he is in the inner rooms,’ don’t believe it.
27 Ὥσπερ γὰρ ἡ ἀστραπὴ ἐξέρχεται ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν καὶ φαίνεται ἕως δυσμῶν, οὕτως ἔσται ἡ παρουσία τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου.
For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
28 Ὅπου ἐὰν ᾖ τὸ πτῶμα, ἐκεῖ συναχθήσονται οἱ ἀετοί.
For wherever the carcass is, that is where the vultures gather together.
29 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.
“But immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;
30 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.
and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.
31 Καὶ ἀποστελεῖ τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ μετὰ ‘σάλπιγγος φωνῆς μεγάλης, καὶ ἐπισυνάξουσιν’ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ἀνέμων, ἀπʼ ἄκρων οὐρανῶν ἕως ἄκρων αὐτῶν.
He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
32 Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς συκῆς, μάθετε τὴν παραβολήν: ὅταν ἤδη ὁ κλάδος αὐτῆς γένηται ἁπαλὸς καὶ τὰ φύλλα ἐκφύῃ, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγὺς τὸ θέρος.
“Now from the fig tree learn this parable: When its branch has now become tender and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near.
33 Οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς ὅταν ἴδητε ταῦτα πάντα, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγύς ἐστιν ἐπὶ θύραις.
Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that he is near, even at the doors.
34 Ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ ἡ γενεὰ αὕτη, ἕως ἂν πάντα ταῦτα γένηται.
Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things are accomplished.
35 Ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσεται, οἱ δὲ λόγοι μου οὐ μὴ παρέλθωσιν.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
36 Περὶ δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης καὶ ὥρας οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, οὐδὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι τῶν οὐρανῶν, οὐδὲ ὁ Υἱός, εἰ μὴ ὁ Πατὴρ μόνος.
“But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37 Ὥσπερ γὰρ αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ Νῶε, οὕτως ἔσται ἡ παρουσία τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου.
As the days of Noah were, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
38 Ὡς γὰρ ἦσαν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ταῖς πρὸ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ τρώγοντες καὶ πίνοντες, γαμοῦντες καὶ γαμίζοντες, ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας εἰσῆλθεν, Νῶε εἰς τὴν κιβωτόν.
For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,
39 Καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν, ἕως ἦλθεν ὁ κατακλυσμὸς καὶ ἦρεν ἅπαντας, οὕτως ἔσται ἡ παρουσία τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου.
and they didn’t know until the flood came and took them all away, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
40 Τότε ἔσονται δύο ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, εἷς παραλαμβάνεται, καὶ εἷς ἀφίεται.
Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left.
41 Δύο ἀλήθουσαι ἐν τῷ μύλῳ, μία παραλαμβάνεται, καὶ μία ἀφίεται.
Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and one will be left.
42 Γρηγορεῖτε οὖν, ὅτι οὐκ οἴδατε ποίᾳ ἡμέρᾳ ὁ ˚Κύριος ὑμῶν ἔρχεται.
Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.
43 Ἐκεῖνο δὲ γινώσκετε ὅτι εἰ ᾔδει ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης, ποίᾳ φυλακῇ ὁ κλέπτης ἔρχεται, ἐγρηγόρησεν ἂν, καὶ οὐκ ἂν εἴασεν διορυγῆναι τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ.
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
44 Διὰ τοῦτο καὶ, ὑμεῖς γίνεσθε ἕτοιμοι, ὅτι ᾗ οὐ δοκεῖτε ὥρᾳ, ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται.
Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come.
45 Τίς ἄρα ἐστὶν ὁ πιστὸς δοῦλος καὶ φρόνιμος, ὃν κατέστησεν ὁ κύριος ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκετείας αὐτοῦ, τοῦ δοῦναι αὐτοῖς τὴν τροφὴν ἐν καιρῷ;
“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
46 Μακάριος ὁ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος, ὃν ἐλθὼν ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ εὑρήσει οὕτως ποιοῦντα.
Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
47 Ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐπὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν αὐτοῦ, καταστήσει αὐτόν.
Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
48 Ἐὰν δὲ εἴπῃ ὁ κακὸς δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, ‘Χρονίζει μου ὁ κύριος’,
But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’
49 καὶ ἄρξηται τύπτειν τοὺς συνδούλους αὐτοῦ, ἐσθίῃ δὲ καὶ πίνῃ μετὰ τῶν μεθυόντων,
and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,
50 ἥξει ὁ κύριος τοῦ δούλου ἐκείνου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ οὐ προσδοκᾷ, καὶ ἐν ὥρᾳ ᾗ οὐ γινώσκει,
the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn’t expect it and in an hour when he doesn’t know it,
51 καὶ διχοτομήσει αὐτὸν, καὶ τὸ μέρος αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ὑποκριτῶν θήσει· ἐκεῖ ἔσται ὁ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων.
and will cut him in pieces and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.
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