mārkaḥ 13
1 anantaraṁ mandirād bahirgamanakāle tasya śiṣyāṇāmekastaṁ vyāhṛtavān he guro paśyatu kīdṛśāḥ pāṣāṇāḥ kīdṛk ca nicayanaṁ|
As Jesus was walking out of the Temple Courts, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look what fine stones and buildings these are!”
2 tadā yīśustam avadat tvaṁ kimetad bṛhannicayanaṁ paśyasi? asyaikapāṣāṇopi dvitīyapāṣāṇopari na sthāsyati sarvve 'dhaḥkṣepsyante|
“Do you see these great buildings?” asked Jesus. “Not a single stone will be left here on another, which will not be thrown down.”
3 atha yasmin kāle jaitungirau mandirasya sammukhe sa samupaviṣṭastasmin kāle pitaro yākūb yohan āndriyaścaite taṁ rahasi papracchuḥ,
When Jesus had sat down on the Mount of Olives, facing the Temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew questioned him privately,
4 etā ghaṭanāḥ kadā bhaviṣyanti? tathaitatsarvvāsāṁ siddhyupakramasya vā kiṁ cihnaṁ? tadasmabhyaṁ kathayatu bhavān|
“Tell us when this will be, and what will be the sign when all this is drawing to its close.”
5 tato yāśustān vaktumārebhe, kopi yathā yuṣmān na bhrāmayati tathātra yūyaṁ sāvadhānā bhavata|
Then Jesus began, “See that no one leads you astray.
6 yataḥ khrīṣṭohamiti kathayitvā mama nāmnāneke samāgatya lokānāṁ bhramaṁ janayiṣyanti;
Many will take my name, and come saying ‘I am He’, and will lead many astray.
7 kintu yūyaṁ raṇasya vārttāṁ raṇāḍambarañca śrutvā mā vyākulā bhavata, ghaṭanā etā avaśyammāvinyaḥ; kintvāpātato na yugānto bhaviṣyati|
“And, when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; such things must occur; but the end is not yet.
8 deśasya vipakṣatayā deśo rājyasya vipakṣatayā ca rājyamutthāsyati, tathā sthāne sthāne bhūmikampo durbhikṣaṁ mahākleśāśca samupasthāsyanti, sarvva ete duḥkhasyārambhāḥ|
For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. This will be but the beginning of the birth-pangs.
9 kintu yūyam ātmārthe sāvadhānāstiṣṭhata, yato lokā rājasabhāyāṁ yuṣmān samarpayiṣyanti, tathā bhajanagṛhe prahariṣyanti; yūyaṁ madarthe deśādhipān bhūpāṁśca prati sākṣyadānāya teṣāṁ sammukhe upasthāpayiṣyadhve|
“See to yourselves! They will betray you to courts of law; and you will be taken to synagogues and beaten; and you will be brought up before governors and kings for my sake, so that you can bear witness before them.
10 śeṣībhavanāt pūrvvaṁ sarvvān deśīyān prati susaṁvādaḥ pracārayiṣyate|
But the good news must first be proclaimed to every nation.
11 kintu yadā te yuṣmān dhṛtvā samarpayiṣyanti tadā yūyaṁ yadyad uttaraṁ dāsyatha, tadagra tasya vivecanaṁ mā kuruta tadarthaṁ kiñcidapi mā cintayata ca, tadānīṁ yuṣmākaṁ manaḥsu yadyad vākyam upasthāpayiṣyate tadeva vadiṣyatha, yato yūyaṁ na tadvaktāraḥ kintu pavitra ātmā tasya vaktā|
Whenever they betray you and hand you over for trial, do not be anxious beforehand as to what you will say, but say whatever is given you at the moment; for it will not be you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
12 tadā bhrātā bhrātaraṁ pitā putraṁ ghātanārthaṁ parahasteṣu samarpayiṣyate, tathā patyāni mātāpitro rvipakṣatayā tau ghātayiṣyanti|
Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; and children will turn against their parents, and cause them to be put to death;
13 mama nāmahetoḥ sarvveṣāṁ savidhe yūyaṁ jugupsitā bhaviṣyatha, kintu yaḥ kaścit śeṣaparyyantaṁ dhairyyam ālambiṣyate saeva paritrāsyate|
and you will be hated by everyone because of me. Yet the person who endures to the end will be saved.
14 dāniyelbhaviṣyadvādinā proktaṁ sarvvanāśi jugupsitañca vastu yadā tvayogyasthāne vidyamānaṁ drakṣatha (yo janaḥ paṭhati sa budhyatāṁ) tadā ye yihūdīyadeśe tiṣṭhanti te mahīdhraṁ prati palāyantāṁ;
“As soon, however, as you see ‘the Foul Desecration’ standing where it ought not” (the reader must consider what this means) “then those of you who are in Judea must take refuge in the mountains;
15 tathā yo naro gṛhopari tiṣṭhati sa gṛhamadhyaṁ nāvarohatu, tathā kimapi vastu grahītuṁ madhyegṛhaṁ na praviśatu;
and a person on the house-top must not go down, or go in to get anything out of their house:
16 tathā ca yo naraḥ kṣetre tiṣṭhati sopi svavastraṁ grahītuṁ parāvṛtya na vrajatu|
nor must one who is on their farm turn back to get their cloak.
17 tadānīṁ garbbhavatīnāṁ stanyadātrīṇāñca yoṣitāṁ durgati rbhaviṣyati|
And alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days!
18 yuṣmākaṁ palāyanaṁ śītakāle yathā na bhavati tadarthaṁ prārthayadhvaṁ|
Pray, too, that this may not occur in winter.
19 yatastadā yādṛśī durghaṭanā ghaṭiṣyate tādṛśī durghaṭanā īśvarasṛṣṭeḥ prathamamārabhyādya yāvat kadāpi na jātā na janiṣyate ca|
For those days will be a time of distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of God’s creation until now – and never will again.
20 aparañca parameśvaro yadi tasya samayasya saṁkṣepaṁ na karoti tarhi kasyāpi prāṇabhṛto rakṣā bhavituṁ na śakṣyati, kintu yān janān manonītān akarot teṣāṁ svamanonītānāṁ hetoḥ sa tadanehasaṁ saṁkṣepsyati|
And, had not the Lord put a limit to those days, not a single soul would escape; but, for the sake of God’s own chosen people, he did limit them.
21 anyacca paśyata khrīṣṭotra sthāne vā tatra sthāne vidyate, tasminkāle yadi kaścid yuṣmān etādṛśaṁ vākyaṁ vyāharati, tarhi tasmin vākye bhaiva viśvasita|
“And at that time if anyone should say to you ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ ‘Look, there he is!’, do not believe it;
22 yatoneke mithyākhrīṣṭā mithyābhaviṣyadvādinaśca samupasthāya bahūni cihnānyadbhutāni karmmāṇi ca darśayiṣyanti; tathā yadi sambhavati tarhi manonītalokānāmapi mithyāmatiṁ janayiṣyanti|
for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and display signs and marvels, to lead astray, were it possible, even God’s people.
23 paśyata ghaṭanātaḥ pūrvvaṁ sarvvakāryyasya vārttāṁ yuṣmabhyamadām, yūyaṁ sāvadhānāstiṣṭhata|
But see that you are on your guard! I have told you all this beforehand.
24 aparañca tasya kleśakālasyāvyavahite parakāle bhāskaraḥ sāndhakāro bhaviṣyati tathaiva candraścandrikāṁ na dāsyati|
“In those days, after that time of distress, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light,
25 nabhaḥsthāni nakṣatrāṇi patiṣyanti, vyomamaṇḍalasthā grahāśca vicaliṣyanti|
the stars will be falling from the heavens, and the forces that are in the heavens will be convulsed.
26 tadānīṁ mahāparākrameṇa mahaiśvaryyeṇa ca meghamāruhya samāyāntaṁ mānavasutaṁ mānavāḥ samīkṣiṣyante|
Then will be seen the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory;
27 anyacca sa nijadūtān prahitya nabhobhūmyoḥ sīmāṁ yāvad jagataścaturdigbhyaḥ svamanonītalokān saṁgrahīṣyati|
and then he will send the angels, and gather his people from the four winds, from one end of the world to the other.
28 uḍumbarataro rdṛṣṭāntaṁ śikṣadhvaṁ yadoḍumbarasya taro rnavīnāḥ śākhā jāyante pallavādīni ca rnigacchanti, tadā nidāghakālaḥ savidho bhavatīti yūyaṁ jñātuṁ śaknutha|
“Learn the lesson taught by the fig tree. As soon as its branches are full of sap, and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.
29 tadvad etā ghaṭanā dṛṣṭvā sa kālo dvāryyupasthita iti jānīta|
And so may you, as soon as you see these things happening, know that he is at your doors.
30 yuṣmānahaṁ yathārthaṁ vadāmi, ādhunikalokānāṁ gamanāt pūrvvaṁ tāni sarvvāṇi ghaṭiṣyante|
I tell you that even the present generation will not pass away, until all these things have taken place.
31 dyāvāpṛthivyo rvicalitayoḥ satyo rmadīyā vāṇī na vicaliṣyati|
The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
32 aparañca svargasthadūtagaṇo vā putro vā tātādanyaḥ kopi taṁ divasaṁ taṁ daṇḍaṁ vā na jñāpayati|
“But about that day, or the hour, no one knows – not even the angels in heaven, not even the Son – but only the Father.
33 ataḥ sa samayaḥ kadā bhaviṣyati, etajjñānābhāvād yūyaṁ sāvadhānāstiṣṭhata, satarkāśca bhūtvā prārthayadhvaṁ;
“See that you are on the watch; for you do not know when the time will be.
34 yadvat kaścit pumān svaniveśanād dūradeśaṁ prati yātrākaraṇakāle dāseṣu svakāryyasya bhāramarpayitvā sarvvān sve sve karmmaṇi niyojayati; aparaṁ dauvārikaṁ jāgarituṁ samādiśya yāti, tadvan naraputraḥ|
It is like a man going on a journey, who leaves his home, puts his servants in charge – each having their special duty – and orders the porter to watch.
35 gṛhapatiḥ sāyaṁkāle niśīthe vā tṛtīyayāme vā prātaḥkāle vā kadāgamiṣyati tad yūyaṁ na jānītha;
Therefore watch, for you cannot be sure when the Master of the house is coming – whether in the evening, at midnight, at daybreak, or in the morning –
36 sa haṭhādāgatya yathā yuṣmān nidritān na paśyati, tadarthaṁ jāgaritāstiṣṭhata|
otherwise he might come suddenly and find you asleep.
37 yuṣmānahaṁ yad vadāmi tadeva sarvvān vadāmi, jāgaritāstiṣṭhateti|
And what I say to you I say to all – Watch!”
