Mark 13
Common English Bible
The temple’s fate
13 As Jesus left the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look! What awesome stones and buildings!”
2 Jesus responded, “Do you see these enormous buildings? Not even one stone will be left upon another. All will be demolished.”
3 Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives across from the temple. Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, 4 “Tell us, when will these things happen? What sign will show that all these things are about to come to an end?”
Keep watch!
5 Jesus said, “Watch out that no one deceives you. 6 Many people will come in my name, saying, ‘I’m the one!’ They will deceive many people. 7 When you hear of wars and reports of wars, don’t be alarmed. These things must happen, but this isn’t the end yet. 8 Nations and kingdoms will fight against each other, and there will be earthquakes and famines in all sorts of places. These things are just the beginning of the sufferings associated with the end.
9 “Watch out for yourselves. People will hand you over to the councils. You will be beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me so that you can testify before them. 10 First, the good news must be proclaimed to all the nations. 11 When they haul you in and hand you over, don’t worry ahead of time about what to answer or say. Instead, say whatever is given to you at that moment, for you aren’t doing the speaking but the Holy Spirit is. 12 Brothers and sisters will hand each other over to death. A father will turn in his children. Children will rise up against their parents and have them executed. 13 Everyone will hate you because of my name. But whoever stands firm until the end will be saved.
14 “When you see the disgusting and destructive thing standing where it shouldn’t be (the reader should understand this), then those in Judea must escape to the mountains. 15 Those on the roof shouldn’t come down or enter their houses to grab anything. 16 Those in the field shouldn’t come back to grab their clothes. 17 How terrible it will be at that time for women who are pregnant and for women who are nursing their children. 18 Pray that it doesn’t happen in winter. 19 In those days there will be great suffering such as the world has never before seen and will never again see. 20 If the Lord hadn’t shortened that time, no one would be rescued. But for the sake of the chosen ones, the ones whom God chose, he has cut short the time.
21 “Then if someone says to you, ‘Look, here’s the Christ,’ or ‘There he is,’ don’t believe it. 22 False christs and false prophets will appear, and they will offer signs and wonders in order to deceive, if possible, those whom God has chosen. 23 But you, watch out! I’ve told you everything ahead of time.
24 “In those days, after the suffering of that time, the sun will become dark, and the moon won’t give its light. 25 The stars will fall from the sky, and the planets and other heavenly bodies will be shaken. 26 Then they will see the Human One[a] coming in the clouds with great power and splendor. 27 Then he will send the angels and gather together his chosen people from the four corners of the earth, from the end of the earth to the end of heaven.
A lesson from the fig tree
28 “Learn this parable from the fig tree. After its branch becomes tender and it sprouts new leaves, you know that summer is near. 29 In the same way, when you see these things happening, you know that he’s near, at the door. 30 I assure you that this generation won’t pass away until all these things happen. 31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will certainly not pass away.
32 “But nobody knows when that day or hour will come, not the angels in heaven and not the Son. Only the Father knows. 33 Watch out! Stay alert! You don’t know when the time is coming. 34 It is as if someone took a trip, left the household behind, and put the servants in charge, giving each one a job to do, and told the doorkeeper to stay alert. 35 Therefore, stay alert! You don’t know when the head of the household will come,whether in the evening or at midnight, or when the rooster crows in the early morning or at daybreak. 36 Don’t let him show up when you weren’t expecting and find you sleeping. 37 What I say to you, I say to all: Stay alert!”
Footnotes
- Mark 13:26 Or Son of Man
Mark 13
King James Version
13 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
9 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Marcos 13
Ang Biblia, 2001
Ang tungkol sa Pagkawasak ng Templo(A)
13 Sa paglabas niya sa templo, sinabi sa kanya ng isa sa kanyang mga alagad, “Guro, tingnan mo! Pagkalalaking mga bato, at pagkalalaking mga gusali!”
2 Sinabi sa kanya ni Jesus, “Nakikita mo ba ang malalaking gusaling ito? Walang matitira ditong isa mang bato sa ibabaw ng kapwa bato na hindi ibabagsak.”
Mga Kaguluhan at Pag-uusig na Darating(B)
3 Samantalang siya'y nakaupo sa bundok ng mga Olibo sa tapat ng templo, tinanong siya nang lihim nina Pedro, Santiago, Juan, at Andres,
4 “Sabihin mo sa amin, kailan mangyayari ang mga bagay na ito at ano ang magiging tanda kapag malapit nang maganap ang lahat ng mga bagay na ito?”
5 Si Jesus ay nagsimulang magsabi sa kanila, “Mag-ingat kayo, na baka mailigaw kayo ng sinuman.
6 Maraming darating sa aking pangalan na magsasabi, ‘Ako siya!’ at maililigaw nila ang marami.
7 Subalit kapag nakarinig kayo ng mga digmaan at ng mga bali-balita ng mga digmaan, huwag kayong mabahala. Ang mga bagay na ito'y dapat mangyari ngunit hindi pa iyon ang wakas.
8 Sapagkat maghihimagsik ang bansa laban sa bansa at ang kaharian laban sa kaharian; at lilindol sa iba't ibang dako; magkakaroon ng taggutom. Ang mga ito'y pasimula lamang ng paghihirap.
9 Ngunit(C) para sa inyong mga sarili, mag-ingat kayo; sapagkat kayo'y ibibigay nila sa mga Sanhedrin at kayo'y hahampasin sa mga sinagoga. Kayo'y tatayo sa harap ng mga gobernador at ng mga hari dahil sa akin, bilang patotoo sa kanila.
10 At kailangan munang maipangaral ang ebanghelyo sa lahat ng mga bansa.
11 Kapag kayo'y dinala nila sa paglilitis at kayo'y ipinadakip, huwag kayong mabalisa kung ano ang inyong sasabihin, ngunit sabihin ninyo ang anumang ipagkaloob sa inyo sa oras na iyon, sapagkat hindi kayo ang magsasalita, kundi ang Espiritu Santo.
12 Ipagkakanulo ng kapatid sa kamatayan ang kapatid at ng ama ang kanyang anak; at maghihimagsik ang mga anak laban sa mga magulang at sila'y ipapapatay.
13 Kayo(D) nama'y kapopootan ng lahat dahil sa aking pangalan, ngunit ang makapagtiis hanggang sa wakas ay siyang maliligtas.
Ang Karumaldumal na Paglapastangan(E)
14 “Ngunit(F) kapag nakita ninyo ang karumaldumal na paglapastangan na nakatayo sa dakong hindi niya dapat kalagyan (unawain ng bumabasa), kung magkagayo'y dapat nang tumakas sa mga bundok ang mga nasa Judea.
15 At(G) ang nasa bubungan ay huwag nang bumaba, o pumasok upang maglabas ng anuman sa kanyang bahay.
16 Ang nasa bukid ay huwag nang bumalik upang kumuha ng kanyang balabal.
17 Kahabag-habag ang mga nagdadalang-tao at ang mga nagpapasuso ng mga sanggol sa mga araw na iyon!
18 Subalit ipanalangin ninyo na ito'y huwag nawang mangyari sa taglamig.
19 Sapagkat(H) sa mga araw na iyon ay magkakaroon ng kapighatian, na ang gayo'y hindi pa nangyari buhat sa pasimula ng paglikha na nilalang ng Diyos hanggang ngayon, at hindi na mangyayari kailanman.
20 At malibang paikliin ng Panginoon ang mga araw, walang taong[a] makakaligtas, ngunit dahil sa mga hinirang na kanyang pinili, pinaikli niya ang mga araw na iyon.
21 Kung may magsabi sa inyo, ‘Narito ang Cristo!’ o, ‘Tingnan ninyo naroon siya!’ huwag ninyong paniwalaan.
22 Maglilitawan ang mga bulaang Cristo at ang mga bulaang propeta, at magpapakita ng mga tanda at mga kababalaghan, upang mailigaw nila, kung maaari, ang mga hinirang.
23 Ngunit mag-ingat kayo; ipinagpauna ko nang sabihin sa inyo ang lahat ng bagay.
Ang Pagdating ng Anak ng Tao(I)
24 “Ngunit(J) sa mga araw na iyon, pagkatapos ng kapighatiang iyon, magdidilim ang araw at ang buwan ay hindi magbibigay ng kanyang liwanag,
25 at(K) malalaglag ang mga bituin mula sa langit, at mayayanig ang mga kapangyarihan sa mga langit.
26 Pagkatapos,(L) makikita nila ang Anak ng Tao na dumarating sa mga ulap na may dakilang kapangyarihan at kaluwalhatian.
27 Pagkatapos ay susuguin niya ang mga anghel at titipunin ang kanyang mga hinirang mula sa apat na hangin, mula sa mga dulo ng lupa hanggang sa mga dulo ng langit.
Ang Aral mula sa Puno ng Igos(M)
28 “Sa puno nga ng igos ay pag-aralan ninyo ang talinghaga: kapag nananariwa ang kanyang sanga, at sumusupling ang mga dahon, ay nalalaman ninyo na malapit na ang tag-araw.
29 Gayundin naman, kapag nakita ninyong nangyayari ang mga bagay na ito, alam ninyong iyon ay malapit na, nasa mga pintuan na.
30 Katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo, hindi lilipas ang lahing ito, hanggang sa maganap ang lahat ng mga bagay na ito.
31 Ang langit at ang lupa ay lilipas, ngunit ang aking mga salita ay hindi lilipas.
Walang Taong Nakakaalam ng Araw o Oras na Iyon(N)
32 “Ngunit(O) tungkol sa araw o oras na iyon ay walang nakakaalam, kahit ang mga anghel sa langit, kahit ang Anak, kundi ang Ama.
33 Kayo'y mag-ingat, kayo'y magbantay, sapagkat hindi ninyo nalalaman kung kailan ang panahon.
34 Tulad(P) ng isang tao na umalis upang maglakbay. Sa pag-alis niya sa kanyang bahay, at pagkabigay ng tagubilin sa kanyang mga alipin, sa bawat isa ang kanyang gawain, ay inutusan ang tanod sa pinto na magbantay.
35 Kaya't maging handa kayo, sapagkat hindi ninyo nalalaman kung kailan darating ang panginoon ng bahay, kung sa gabi, sa hatinggabi, sa pagtilaok ng manok, o sa umaga.
36 Baka sa bigla niyang pagdating ay matagpuan niya kayong natutulog.
37 At ang sinasabi ko sa inyo ay sinasabi ko sa lahat: Maging handa kayo.”
Footnotes
- Marcos 13:20 Sa Griyego ay laman .
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