Marco 13
1 E com’egli usciva dal tempio uno de’ suoi discepoli gli disse: Maestro, guarda che pietre e che edifizi!
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 E Gesù gli disse: Vedi tu questi grandi edifizi? Non sarà lasciata pietra sopra pietra che non sia diroccata.
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 Poi sedendo egli sul monte degli Ulivi dirimpetto al tempio, Pietro e Giacomo e Giovanni e Andrea gli domandarono in disparte:
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 Dicci, quando avverranno queste cose, e qual sarà il segno del tempo in cui tutte queste cose staranno per compiersi?
“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 E Gesù prese a dir loro: Guardate che nessuno vi seduca!
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 Molti verranno sotto il mio nome, dicendo: Son io; e ne sedurranno molti.
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 Or quando udrete guerre e rumori di guerre, non vi turbate; è necessario che ciò avvenga, ma non sarà ancora la fine.
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 Poiché si leverà nazione contro nazione e regno contro regno: vi saranno terremoti in vari luoghi; vi saranno carestie. Questo non sarà che un principio di dolori.
[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 Or badate a voi stessi! Vi daranno in mano dei tribunali e sarete battuti nelle sinagoghe e sarete fatti comparire davanti a governatori e re, per cagion mia, affinché ciò serva loro di testimonianza.
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 E prima convien che fra tutte le genti sia predicato l’evangelo.
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 E quando vi meneranno per mettervi nelle loro mani, non state innanzi in sollecitudine di ciò che avrete a dire: ma dite quel che vi sarà dato in quell’ora; perché non siete voi che parlate, ma lo Spirito Santo.
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 E il fratello darà il fratello alla morte, e il padre il figliuolo; e i figliuoli si leveranno contro i genitori e li faranno morire.
[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 E sarete odiati da tutti a cagion del mio nome; ma chi avrà sostenuto sino alla fine, sarà salvato.
[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 Quando poi avrete veduta l’abominazione della desolazione posta là dove non si conviene (chi legge pongavi mente), allora quelli che saranno nella Giudea, fuggano ai monti;
[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 e chi sarà sulla terrazza non scendi e non entri in casa sua per toglierne cosa alcuna;
Those people who are outside their houses must not enter their houses in order to get anything [before they run away].
16 e chi sarà nel campo non torni indietro a prender la sua veste.
Those who are [working] in a field must not return [to their houses] in order to get [additional] clothes [before they flee].
17 Or guai alle donne che saranno incinte ed a quelle che allatteranno in que’ giorni!
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 E pregate che ciò non avvenga d’inverno!
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 Poiché quelli saranno giorni di tale tribolazione, che non v’è stata l’uguale dal principio del mondo che Dio ha creato, fino ad ora, né mai più vi sarà.
20 E se il Signore non avesse abbreviato quei giorni, nessuno scamperebbe; ma a cagion dei suoi propri eletti, egli ha abbreviato quei giorni.
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 E allora, se alcuno vi dice: “Il Cristo eccolo qui, eccola là”, non lo credete;
[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 perché sorgeranno falsi cristi e falsi profeti, e faranno segni e prodigi per sedurre, se fosse possibile, anche gli eletti.
23 Ma voi, state attenti; io v’ho predetta ogni cosa.
Be alert! Remember that [I] have warned you about all this before [it happens.]
24 Ma in que’ giorni, dopo quella tribolazione, il sole si oscurerà e la luna non darà il suo splendore;
After the time when people suffer like that, the sun will become dark, the moon will not shine,
25 e le stelle cadranno dal cielo e le potenze che son nei cieli saranno scrollate.
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 E allora si vedrà il Figliuol dell’uomo venir sulle nuvole con gran potenza e gloria.
Then people will see [me], the one who came from heaven, coming through the clouds powerfully and gloriously.
27 Ed egli allora manderà gli angeli e raccoglierà i suoi eletti dai quattro venti, dall’estremo della terra all’estremo del cielo.
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 Or imparate dal fico questa similitudine: Quando già i suoi rami si fanno teneri e metton le foglie, voi sapete che l’estate è vicina.
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 Così anche voi, quando vedrete avvenir queste cose, sappiate ch’egli è vicino, alle porte.
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 In verità io vi dico che questa generazione non passerà prima che tutte queste cose siano avvenute.
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 Il cielo e la terra passeranno, ma le mie parole non passeranno.
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 Ma quant’è a quel giorno ed al quell’ora, nessuno li sa, neppur gli angeli nel cielo, né il Figliuolo, ma solo il Padre.
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 State in guardia, vegliate, poiché non sapete quando sarà quel tempo.
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 Egli è come se un uomo, andando in un viaggio, lasciasse la sua casa e ne desse la potestà ai suoi servitori, a ciascuno il compito suo, e al portinaio comandasse di vegliare.
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 Vegliate dunque perché non sapete quando viene il padron di casa: se a sera, a mezzanotte, o al cantar del gallo la mattina;
[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 che talora, venendo egli all’improvviso, non vi trovi addormentati.
[May it not happen that] when I come suddenly, I will find that you are not ready!
37 Ora, quel che dico a voi, lo dico a tutti: Vegliate.
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].
