馬可福音 13
Chinese Standard Bible (Traditional)
預言聖殿被毀
13 耶穌走出聖殿的時候，他的一個門徒對他說：「老師，你看！多好的石頭，多好的建築啊！」
2 耶穌對他說：「你在看這些雄偉的建築嗎？這裡將絕不會有一塊石頭留在另一塊石頭上而不被拆下。」
末日的預兆
3 耶穌在橄欖山上，面對聖殿坐著。彼得、雅各、約翰和安得烈悄悄地問他： 4 「請告訴我們，這些事什麼時候會發生呢？這一切將要成就的時候，會有什麼預兆呢？」
5 耶穌就開始對他們說：「你們要當心，免得有人迷惑你們。 6 許多人會以我的名而來，聲稱『我就是那一位[a]』，並且會迷惑許多人。 7 當你們聽見戰爭和戰爭消息的時候，不可驚慌。這些事必須發生，不過結局還沒有到。 8 一個民族要起來反對另一個民族，一個國家要起來反對另一個國家；到處都會有地震和饑荒[b]。這些都像臨產陣痛的開始。
預言受迫害
9 「你們自己要當心。他們將要把你們送交議會；你們會在會堂裡受鞭打。為我的緣故，你們將站在總督和君王面前，好對他們做見證。 10 然而，福音必須先傳給萬國。 11 當他們把你們交出去、帶走的時候，不要預先憂慮[c]說什麼。到時候，你們被賜予什麼話，就說什麼話，因為說話的不是你們自己，而是聖靈。 12 兄弟將要把兄弟出賣，置於死地；父親對孩子也會這樣。兒女會起來與父母作對，並且害死他們。 13 為了我的名，你們將被所有的人憎恨，但是忍耐到底的，這個人將會得救。
大患難的日子
14 「當你們看見[d]『那帶來毀滅的褻瀆者[e]』[f]站在不該站的地方時——讀者應當思考——那時，在猶太的人應當逃到山裡； 15 在屋頂上的人，不要下來[g]，也不要進屋子裡去拿什麼東西； 16 在田裡的人，不要轉回到背後的事上，去拿自己的衣服。 17 在那些日子裡，孕婦和哺乳的女人有禍了！ 18 你們要禱告，好讓這事[h]不在冬天發生， 19 因為在那些日子裡將有患難。這樣的患難從神創世之初直到如今，從來沒有發生過，也絕不再發生。 20 如果不是主減少了那些日子，就沒有一個人[i]能得救。然而，為了那些蒙揀選的人，就是他所揀選的，他減少了那些日子。
21 「那時候，如果有人對你們說『看哪，基督在這裡！』『看哪，他在那裡！』你們不要相信。 22 因為假基督們和假先知們會出現，行神蹟和奇事，如果有可能，甚至迷惑那些蒙揀選的人。 23 所以你們要當心。我已經預先把一切都告訴你們了。
人子的來臨
24 「在那些日子裡，隨著那患難，
『太陽就要變黑，
月亮也不發光，
25 星辰要從天上墜落，
諸天之上的各勢力也將被震動。』
26 那時候，人們將要看見人子帶著極大的權能和榮耀，在雲彩中來臨。 27 他要差派天使們，並且從四方，從地極到天邊，召集他所揀選的人。
無花果樹的比喻
28 「你們要從無花果樹那裡學個比喻：當無花果樹的枝子發嫩長出葉子的時候，你們就知道夏天快到了。 29 照樣，當你們看見這些事發生的時候，你們應當知道：人子[j]快到了，就在門口了。 30 我確實地告訴你們：在這一切事發生之前，這世代絕不會過去。 31 天和地將要消逝，但是我的話絕不會消逝。
無人知道那日子和那時刻
32 「至於那日子或那時刻，沒有人知道，連天上的天使們也不知道，子也不知道，唯有父知道。 33 你們要當心，要警醒[k]；因為你們不知道那時刻是什麼時候。 34 這就像一個人出外旅行，離開了家，把權柄交給了他的奴僕們，又把工作分給了每個人，他吩咐看門的人要警醒。 35 所以你們要警醒，因為你們不知道這家的主人什麼時候回來，或傍晚，或半夜，或雞叫時，或凌晨； 36 免得他忽然回來，看見你們在睡覺。 37 我對你們說的，也對所有的人說：你們要警醒！」
Footnotes
- 馬可福音 13:6 我就是那一位——原文直譯「我就是」或「我永在」。
- 馬可福音 13:8 有古抄本附「和動亂」。
- 馬可福音 13:11 有古抄本附「或考慮」。
- 馬可福音 13:14 有古抄本附「先知但以理所說的」。
- 馬可福音 13:14 褻瀆者——或譯作「褻瀆之物」。
- 馬可福音 13:14 《但以理書》9:27；11:31；12:11。
- 馬可福音 13:15 有古抄本附「到屋子裡去」。
- 馬可福音 13:18 這事——有古抄本作「你們逃難的時候」。
- 馬可福音 13:20 人——原文直譯「肉體」。
- 馬可福音 13:29 人子——原文直譯「他」或「它」；可指「人子」，也可指「那時刻」。
- 馬可福音 13:33 有古抄本附「要禱告」。
Mark 13
The Voice
13 As Jesus left the temple later that day, one of the disciples noticed the grandeur of Herod’s temple.
Disciple: Teacher, I can’t believe the size of these stones! Look at these magnificent buildings!
Jesus: 2 Look closely at these magnificent buildings. Someday there won’t be one of these great stones left on another. Everything will be thrown down.
3 They took a seat on the Mount of Olives, across the valley from the temple; and Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked Jesus to explain His statement to them privately.
Peter, James, John, and Andrew: 4 Don’t keep us in the dark. When will the temple be destroyed? What sign will let us know that it’s about to happen?
Jesus: 5 Take care that no one deceives you. 6 Many will come claiming to be Mine, saying, “I am the One,” and they will fool lots of people. 7 You will hear of wars, or that war is coming, but don’t lose heart. These things will have to happen, although it won’t mean the end yet. 8 Tribe will rise up against tribe, nation against nation, and there will be earthquakes in place after place and famines. These are a prelude to “labor pains” that precede the temple’s fall.
9 Be careful, because you will be delivered to trial and beaten in the places of worship. Kings and governors will stand in judgment over you as you speak in My name. 10 The good news of the coming kingdom of God must be delivered first in every land and every language. 11 When people bring you up on charges and it is your time to defend yourself, don’t worry about what message you’ll deliver. Whatever comes to your mind, speak it, because the Holy Spirit will inspire it.
12 But it will get worse. Brothers will betray each other to death, and fathers will betray their children. Children will turn against their parents and cause them to be executed. 13 Everyone will hate you because of your allegiance to Me. But if you’re faithful until the end, you will be rescued.
14 You will see that which desecrates our most holy place[a] [described by Daniel the prophet][b] out of place.
Let the one who reads and hears understand.
Jesus: On the day you see it, whoever is in Judea should flee for the mountains. 15 The person on the rooftop shouldn’t reenter the house to get anything, 16 and the person working in the field shouldn’t turn back to grab his coat. 17 It will be horrible for women who are pregnant or who are nursing their children when those days come. 18 And pray that you don’t have to run for your lives in the winter. 19 When those days come, there will be suffering like nobody has seen from the beginning of the world that God created until now, and it never will be like this again. 20 And if the Lord didn’t shorten those days for the sake of the ones He has chosen, then nobody would survive them.
21 If anyone tells you in those days, “Look, there is the Anointed One!” or “Hey, that must be Him!” don’t believe them. 22 False liberators and prophets will pop up like weeds, and they will work signs and perform miracles that would entice even God’s chosen people, if that were possible. 23 So be alert, and remember how I have warned you.
24-25 As Isaiah said in the days after that great suffering,
The sun will refuse to shine,
and the moon will hold back its light.
The stars in heaven will fall,
and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.[c]
26 Then you will see (as Daniel predicted) “the Son of Man coming in the clouds,”[d] clothed in power and majesty. 27 And He will send out His heavenly messengers and gather together to Himself those He has chosen from the four corners of the world, from every direction and every land.
The disciples can’t help but notice that something is in the air during this week between His entry into Jerusalem and His crucifixion. Surely the moment when Jesus is to reveal Himself as the Anointed can’t be far off. By repeatedly calling Himself the Son of Man, Jesus has told people His kingdom will be divinely instituted like the one described in Daniel 7. They are also thinking of promises about the coming Anointed One. But for Jesus, everything now is connected to His imminent death and resurrection. Even as He predicts the temple’s fall—an event that will occur about 40 years later—and speaks of His second coming, He is still thinking about His death. After all, resurrection can’t happen without death. And the old world must die before the world is made new.
Jesus: 28 Learn this lesson from the fig tree: When its branch is new and tender and begins to put forth leaves, you know that summer must be near. 29 In the same way, when you see and hear the things I’ve described to you taking place, you’ll know the time is drawing near. 30 It’s true—this generation will not pass away before all these things have happened. 31 Heaven and earth may pass away, but these words of Mine will never pass away.
32 Take heed: no one knows the day or hour when the end is coming. The messengers in heaven don’t know, nor does the Son. Only the Father knows.
33 So be alert. Watch for it [and pray,][e] for you never know when that time might approach.
34 This situation is like a man who went on a journey; when he departed, he left his servants in charge of the house. Each of them had his own job to do; and the man left the porter to stand at the door, watching. 35 So stay awake, because no one knows when the master of the house is coming back. It could be in the evening or at midnight or when the rooster crows or in the morning. 36 Stay awake; be alert so that when he suddenly returns, the master won’t find you sleeping.
37 The teaching I am giving the four of you now is for everyone who will follow Me: stay awake, and keep your eyes open.
Footnotes
- 13:14 Literally abomination of desolation, Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11
- 13:14 The earliest manuscripts omit this portion.
- 13:24–25 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4
- 13:26 Daniel 7:13
- 13:33 Some manuscripts omit this portion.
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