LUKAS 21
Die klein gawe van die arm weduwee.
(Mk. 12:41-44.)
1 EN toe Hy opkyk, tsien Hy die rykes wat hulle gawes in die skatkis gooi.
2 En Hy het ook ’n arm weduwee daar twee tgeldstukkies sien ingooi.
3 En Hy sê: Waarlik, Ek sê vir julle dat hierdie arm weduwee meer as almal ingegooi het.
4 Want hulle almal het uit hul oorvloed by die gawes van God ingegooi, maar sy het uit haar gebrek ingegooi alles wat sy gehad het om van te lewe.Die profetiese rede. Begin van die smarte.
(Mt. 24:1-14 en ooreenk. pl.)
5 tEN toe sommige oor die tempel praat, dat dit met mooi klippe en gewyde geskenke versierd was, sê Hy:
6 Hierdie dinge wat julle sien — daar sal dae kom wanneer tdaar nie een klip op die ander gelaat sal word wat nie afgebreek sal word nie.
7 En hulle vra Hom en sê: Meester, wanneer sal dit dan wees, en wat is die teken wanneer dit gaan gebeur?
8 En Hy antwoord: Pas op dat julle nie mislei word nie; twant baie sal onder my Naam kom en sê: Dit is ek! en: Die tyd is naby! Gaan dan nie agter hulle aan nie.
9 En wanneer julle hoor van oorloë en opstande, moenie skrik nie; want dié dinge moet eers plaasvind, maar dit is nie tdadelik die einde nie.
10 Toe sê Hy vir hulle: Die een nasie sal teen die ander opstaan en die een koninkryk teen die ander.
11 En daar sal groot aardbewings op verskillende plekke wees en hongersnode en pessiektes; en daar sal verskriklike dinge en groot tekens van die hemel kom.
12 Maar voor al hierdie dinge tsal hulle die hande aan julle slaan en julle vervolg en oorlewer in sinagoges en tgevangenisse en julle voor konings en goewerneurs bring ter wille van my Naam.
13 En tdit sal vir julle uitloop op ’n getuienis.
14 Neem julle dan in jul harte voor om nie vooraf toor julle verdediging te dink nie.
15 Want Ek sal aan julle twoorde en wysheid gee wat al julle teëstanders nie sal kan teëspreek of weerstaan nie.
16 Maar julle sal oorgelewer word ook deur ouers en broers en bloedverwante en vriende, en hulle sal van julle doodmaak.
17 En julle sal gehaat wees deur almal ter wille van my Naam.
18 En tgeen haar van julle hoof sal ooit verlore gaan nie.
19 Deur julle volharding moet julle jul lewe in besit kry.Die profetiese rede. Die groot verdrukking.
(Mt. 24:15-28 en ooreenk. pl.)
20 EN wanneer julle Jerusalem deur leërs tomsingeld sien, dan moet julle weet dat sy tverwoesting naby is.
21 Dan moet die wat in Judéa is, na die berge vlug; en die wat in die stad is, moet uitgaan; ten die wat in die buitewyke is, moet nie daar inkom nie.
22 Want dit sal dae van wraak wees, sodat alles twat geskrywe is, vervul kan word.
23 Maar wee die vroue wat swanger is en die wat nog soog in daardie dae; want daar sal ’n groot nood in die land wees en toorn oor hierdie volk.
24 En hulle sal deur die skerpte van die swaard val en as krygsgevangenes geneem word na al die nasies, en Jerusalem sal tvertrap word deur die nasies ttotdat die tye van die nasies vervul is.Die profetiese rede. Die koms van die Seun van die mens.
(Mt. 24:29-35 en ooreenk. pl.)
25 EN daar sal tekens wees aan son en maan en sterre, en op die aarde benoudheid van nasies in hulle radeloosheid, wanneer see en branders dreun,
26 en mense se harte beswyk van vrees en verwagting van die dinge wat oor die wêreld kom. Want die kragte van die hemele sal geskud word.
27 En dan sal hulle die Seun van die mens sien kom in ’n wolk, met groot krag en heerlikheid.
28 En as hierdie dinge begin gebeur, kyk dan na bo en hef julle hoofde op, omdat julle verlossing naby is.
29 Toe vertel Hy hulle ’n gelykenis: Let op die vyeboom en al die bome.
30 Net soos hulle bot, weet julle vanself, as julle dit sien, dat die somer al naby is.
31 So moet julle ook weet dat die koninkryk van God naby is wanneer julle hierdie dinge sien gebeur.
32 Voorwaar Ek sê vir julle, hierdie geslag sal sekerlik nie verbygaan voordat alles gebeur het nie.
33 Die hemel en die aarde sal verbygaan, maar my woorde sal nooit verbygaan nie.Profetiese rede. Waaksaamheid.
(Mt. 24:36-44.)
34 MAAR pas op vir julleself, dat julle harte nie miskien beswaar word deur swelgery en dronkenskap en sorge van die lewe nie, en dié dag julle tnie skielik oorval nie.
35 Want soos ’n strik sal hy kom oor almal wat op die hele aarde woon.
36 tWaak dan en bid altyddeur, sodat julle waardig geag mag word om al hierdie dinge wat kom, tte ontvlug en voor die Seun van die mens te staan.Die loon van die verraad.
(Mt. 26:1-5, 14-16 en ooreenk. pl.)
37 EN Hy was oordag tin die tempel besig om te leer, en snags het Hy uitgegaan en tvernag op die berg wat die Olyfberg genoem word.
38 En die hele volk het vroeg in die môre na Hom in die tempel gekom om na Hom te luister.
Luke 21
1 LOOKING UP, [Jesus] saw the rich people putting their gifts into the treasury.2 And He saw also a poor widow putting in two mites (copper coins).3 And He said, Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them;4 For they all gave out of their abundance (their surplus); but she has contributed out of her lack and her want, putting in all that she had on which to live.5 And as some were saying of the temple that it was decorated with handsome (shapely and magnificent) stones and consecrated offerings [laid up to be kept], He said,6 As for all this that you [thoughtfully] look at, the time will come when there shall not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.7 And they asked Him, Teacher, when will this happen? And what sign will there be when this is about to occur?8 And He said, Be on your guard and be careful that you are not led astray; for many will come in My name [appropriating to themselves the name Messiah which belongs to Me], saying, I am He! and, The time is at hand! Do not go out after them.9 And when you hear of wars and insurrections (disturbances, disorder, and confusion), do not become alarmed and panic-stricken and terrified; for all this must take place first, but the end will not [come] immediately.10 Then He told them, Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. [II Chron. 15:6; Isa. 19:2.]11 There will be mighty and violent earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences (plagues: malignant and contagious or infectious epidemic diseases which are deadly and devastating); and there will be sights of terror and great signs from heaven.12 But previous to all this, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, turning you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be led away before kings and governors for My name’s sake.13 This will be a time (an opportunity) for you to bear testimony.14 Resolve and settle it in your minds not to meditate and prepare beforehand how you are to make your defense and how you will answer.15 For I [Myself] will give you a mouth and such utterance and wisdom that all of your foes combined will be unable to stand against or refute.16 You will be delivered up and betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and [some] of you they will put to death.17 And you will be hated (despised) by everyone because [you bear] My name and for its sake.18 But not a hair of your head shall perish. [I Sam. 14:45.]19 By your steadfastness and patient endurance you shall win the true life of your souls.20 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know and understand that its desolation has come near.21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside [the city] get out of it, and let not those who are out in the country come into it;22 For those are days of vengeance [of rendering full justice or satisfaction], that all things that are written may be fulfilled.23 Alas for those who are pregnant and for those who have babies which they are nursing in those days! For great misery and anguish and distress shall be upon the land and indignation and punishment and retribution upon this people.24 They will fall by the mouth and the edge of the sword and will be led away as captives to and among all nations; and Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (completed). 25 And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth [there will be] distress (trouble and anguish) of nations in bewilderment and perplexity [without resources, left wanting, embarrassed, in doubt, not knowing which way to turn] at the roaring (the echo) of the tossing of the sea, 26 Men swooning away or expiring with fear and dread and apprehension and expectation of the things that are coming on the world; for the [very] powers of the heavens will be shaken and caused to totter.27 And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great (transcendent and overwhelming) power and [all His kingly] glory (majesty and splendor). 28 Now when these things begin to occur, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption (deliverance) is drawing near.29 And He told them a parable: Look at the fig tree and all the trees;30 When they put forth their buds and come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and perceive and know that summer is already near.31 Even so, when you see these things taking place, understand and know that the kingdom of God is at hand.32 Truly I tell you, this generation (those living at that definite period of time) will not perish and pass away until all has taken place.33 The sky and the earth (the universe, the world) will pass away, but My words will not pass away.34 But take heed to yourselves and be on your guard, lest your hearts be overburdened and depressed (weighed down) with the giddiness and headache and nausea of self-indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries and cares pertaining to [the business of] this life, and [lest] that day come upon you suddenly like a trap or a noose;35 For it will come upon all who live upon the face of the entire earth.36 Keep awake then and watch at all times [be discreet, attentive, and ready], praying that you may have the full strength and ability and be accounted worthy to escape all these things [taken together] that will take place, and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man.37 Now in the daytime Jesus was teaching in [the porches and courts of] the temple, but at night He would go out and stay on the mount called Olivet.38 And early in the morning all the people came to Him in the temple [porches or courts] to listen to Him.