UMathewu 24
1 UJesu wasephuma wasuka ethempelini; basebesondela abafundi bakhe ukumtshengisa izakhiwo zethempeli.
Yeshua 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 UJesu wasesithi kubo: Kaliziboni yini zonke lezizinto? Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Akusoze kutshiywe lapha ilitshe elilodwa phezu kwelitshe, elingasoze lidilizelwe phansi.
But answering, he said to them, "Do you not see all of these things? Truly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down."
3 Kwathi esehlezi entabeni yeMihlwathi, abafundi beza kuye bebodwa, bathi: Sitshele, lezizinto zizakuba nini? Lesibonakaliso sokuza kwakho, lesokuphela kwesikhathi sizakuba yini? (aiōn g165)
As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?" (aiōn g165)
4 UJesu wasephendula wathi kubo: Qaphelani, kungabi khona oliduhisayo;
Yeshua answered them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.
5 ngoba abanengi bazakuza ngebizo lami, besithi: Mina nginguKristu; futhi baduhise abanengi.
For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Meshikha,' and will lead many astray.
6 Njalo lizakuzwa ngezimpi lamahungahunga ezimpi; nanzelelani, lingethuki; ngoba konke lokhu kufanele kwenzeke; kodwa ukuphela kakukabi khona.
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled, for this must happen, but the end is not yet.
7 Ngoba isizwe sizavukela isizwe, lombuso uvukele umbuso; njalo kuzakuba khona indlala labomatshayabhuqe bezifo lokuzamazama komhlaba indawo ngendawo;
For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines and plagues and earthquakes in various places.
8 kodwa zonke lezizinto ziyikuqala kwemihelo.
But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.
9 Lapho-ke bazalinikela ekuhluphekeni, balibulale; futhi lizazondwa yizizwe zonke ngenxa yebizo lami.
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 Njalo ngalesosikhathi abanengi bazakhubeka, banikelane, bazondane.
Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.
11 Futhi kuzavuka abaprofethi bamanga abanengi, baduhise abanengi.
Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.
12 Njalo ngenxa yokwanda kobubi, uthando lwabanengi luzaphola;
And because lawlessness is multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.
13 kodwa ophikelelayo kuze kube sekupheleni, nguye ozasindiswa.
But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.
14 Njalo lelivangeli lombuso lizatshunyayelwa emhlabeni wonke kube yibufakazi ezizweni zonke; khona-ke kuzafika ukuphela.
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 Ngakho nxa libona amanyala encithakalo, akhulunywa nguDaniyeli umprofethi, emi endaweni engcwele (obalayo kaqedisise),
"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 khona labo abaseJudiya kababalekele ezintabeni;
then let those who are in Yehuda flee to the mountains.
17 ophezu kophahla lwendlu angehli ukuthatha ulutho endlini yakhe;
Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.
18 losemasimini angabuyeli emuva ukuyathatha izembatho zakhe.
Let him who is in the field not return back to take his coat.
19 Kodwa maye kwabakhulelweyo labamunyisayo ngalezonsuku!
But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days.
20 Kodwa khulekani ukuthi ukubaleka kwenu kungabi sebusika, loba ngesabatha.
Pray that your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath,
21 Ngoba ngalesosikhathi kuzakuba khona ukuhlupheka okukhulu, okungazanga kube khona kusukela ekuqaleni komhlaba kuze kube khathesi, njalo okungasayikuba khona.
for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.
22 Uba-ke lezonsuku bezingafinyezwanga, bekungesindiswe nyama; kodwa ngenxa yabakhethiweyo lezonsuku zizafinyezwa.
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 Ngalesosikhathi nxa umuntu esithi kini: Khangelani, nangu uKristu, kumbe nanguya, lingakholwa.
"Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Meshikha,' or, 'There,' do not believe it.
24 Ngoba kuzavuka okristu bamanga labaprofethi bamanga, benze izibonakaliso ezinkulu lezimangaliso, ukuze kuthi, nxa kungenzeka, baduhise labakhethiweyo.
For there will arise false meshikhas, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
25 Khangelani, sengilitshelile ngaphambili.
"See, I have told you beforehand.
26 Ngakho uba bengathi kini: Khangelani, usenkangala, lingaphumi; khangelani, usendlini yensitha, lingakholwa.
If therefore they tell you, 'Look, he is in the wilderness,' do not go out; 'Look, he is in the inner chambers,' do not believe it.
27 Ngoba njengalokhu umbane ubaneka empumalanga ukhanye lentshonalanga, kuzakuba njalo lokufika kweNdodana yomuntu.
For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
28 Ngoba loba ngaphi lapho okukhona isidumbu, lapho amanqe azabuthana khona.
Wherever the carcass is, there is where the vultures gather together.
29 Njalo masinyane emva kokuhlupheka kwalezonsuku, ilanga lizafiphazwa, lenyanga kayiyikupha ukukhanya kwayo, lenkanyezi zizakuwa ezulwini, lamandla amazulu azazanyazanyiswa.
But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;
30 Khona-ke sizabonakala ezulwini isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu; njalo besezikhala zonke izizwe zomhlaba, sezibona iNdodana yomuntu isiza emayezini ezulu ilamandla lenkazimulo enkulu.
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 Njalo izathuma izingilosi zayo lokukhala okukhulu kophondo, beseziqoqa abakhethiweyo bayo emimoyeni emine, kusukela emkhawulweni omunye wamazulu kuze kube komunye umkhawulo wawo.
He will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
32 Kodwa fundani umfanekiso emkhiweni; nxa khathesi ugatsha lwawo selusiba buthakathaka, njalo luhlume amahlamvu, liyazi ukuthi ihlobo seliseduze;
"Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near.
33 ngokunjalo lani, nxa libona lezizinto zonke, yazini ukuthi kuseduze kuseminyango.
Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lesisizukulwana asisoze sidlule, kuze kwenzeke zonke lezizinto.
Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.
35 Kuzadlula izulu lomhlaba, kodwa amazwi ami awasoze adlule.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
36 Kodwa lolosuku lehola kakho owaziyo ngalo, ngitsho lezingilosi zemazulwini, ngaphandle kukaBaba kuphela.
But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but my Father only.
37 Kodwa njengensuku zikaNowa, kuzakuba njalo ukufika kweNdodana yomuntu.
"As the days of Nukh were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
38 Ngoba njengakulezonsuku ezaziphambili kukazamcolo babesidla benatha, bethatha besendiswa, kwaze kwafika usuku uNowa angena ngalo emkhunjini,
For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Nukh entered into the box-shaped ship,
39 njalo babengazi, kwaze kwafika uzamcolo wasebasusa bonke, kuzakuba njalo lokufika kweNdodana yomuntu.
and they did not know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
40 Ngalesosikhathi kuzakuba khona ababili ensimini; omunye athathwe, lomunye atshiywe;
Then two will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.
41 kuzakuthi abesifazana ababili bechola elitsheni; omunye athathwe, lomunye atshiywe.
Two will be grinding grain with a mill; one will be taken and the other left.
42 Ngakho lindani, ngoba kalazi ukuthi iNkosi yenu izafika ngaliphi ihola.
Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord comes.
43 Kodwa yazini lokhu, ukuthi uba umninindlu ebewazi umlindo isela elizafika ngawo, ubezalinda, futhi ubengayikuvuma ukuthi indlu yakhe ifohlelwe.
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 Ngakho lani hlalani lilungile; ngoba ngehola elingalicabangiyo, iNdodana yomuntu izakuza.
Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.
45 Pho ngubani inceku ethembekileyo lehlakaniphileyo, inkosi yayo eyibeke phezu kwabendlu yayo, ukuthi ibanike ukudla ngesikhathi esifaneleyo?
"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 Ibusisiwe leyonceku, okuzakuthi inkosi yayo nxa ifika izayifica isenza njalo.
Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
47 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Izayibeka phezu kwakho konke elakho.
Truly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
48 Kodwa nxa leyonceku embi isithi enhliziyweni yayo: Inkosi yami iphuzile ukubuya,
But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delayed,'
49 njalo ibisiqala ukutshaya abayizinceku kanye layo, lokudla lokunatha lezidakwa,
and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,
50 inkosi yaleyonceku izafika ngosuku engayilindele ngalo, langehola engalaziyo,
the lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour when he does not know it,
51 izayiquma phakathi, izanika isabelo sayo labazenzisi; kuzakuba khona lapho ukukhala lokugedla amazinyo.
and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.
