马太福音 24
预言圣殿被毁
1 耶稣离开圣殿时，门徒上前把宏伟的圣殿指给祂看。2 耶稣对他们说：“你们看见这殿宇了吗？我实在告诉你们，将来它要被完全拆毁，在这里找不到两块叠在一起的石头。”
世界末日的预兆
3 耶稣正坐在橄榄山上，门徒私下来问祂：“请告诉我们，这事什么时候会发生？你再来和世界末日的时候会有什么预兆？”4 耶稣回答说：“你们要小心，免得被人迷惑。5 因为将来会有许多人冒我的名而来，说，‘我是基督’，欺骗许多人。6 你们听见战争爆发、战讯频传时，不要惊慌，因为这些事必然发生，只是末日还没有到。7 民族将与民族互斗，国家将与国家相争，各处将有饥荒和地震。8 这些只是灾难t的开始。
9 “那时，你们将遭人逼迫、杀害，并因我的名而被万民憎恨。10 那时，许多人会因此放弃信仰，互相出卖，彼此憎恨。11 许多假先知也会出现，迷惑许多人。12 由于罪恶泛滥，许多人的爱逐渐冷淡。13 但坚忍到底的必定得救。14 这天国的福音将传遍天下，让万民都听见，然后末日才会来临。
15 “当你们看见但以理先知所说的‘那带来毁灭的可憎之物’站立在圣地的时候（读者须会意），16 住在犹太地区的人要赶快逃到山上去，17 在屋顶上的人不要下来进屋收拾行李，18 在田间工作的人也不要回家取外衣。19 那时，孕妇和哺育婴儿的母亲们可就遭殃了！20 你们要祈求上帝，不要让你们在冬天或安息日逃难，21 因为那时世上将有空前绝后的大灾难。22 如果不缩短灾期，恐怕没有人能活命。但为了选民的缘故，灾期必被缩短。
23 “那时，如果有人对你们说，‘看啊！基督在这里’，或说，‘基督在那里’，你们不要相信。24 因为假基督和假先知将出现，行很大的神迹奇事来迷惑人，如果可能，甚至要迷惑上帝拣选的子民。25 你们要记住，我已经预先告诉你们了。
26 “因此，如果有人对你们说，‘看啊！基督在旷野’，你们不要出去；或者说，‘看啊！基督在屋里’，你们也不要相信。27 人子降临时的情形就像闪电从东方发出一直照到西方。28 尸体在哪里，秃鹰就会聚集在哪里。
29 “当灾难的日子一过，
“太阳变黑，
月亮无光，
众星陨落，
天体震动。’
30 那时，天上会出现人子降临的预兆，地上的万族都要哀哭，他们将看见人子带着能力和极大的荣耀驾着天上的云降临。31 在响亮的号声中，祂将差遣天使从四面八方、天涯海角招聚祂拣选的人。
无花果树的比喻
32 “你们可以从无花果树学个道理。当无花果树发芽长叶的时候，你们就知道夏天快来了。33 同样，当你们看见这一切事发生时，就知道人子快来了，就在门口。34 我实在告诉你们，这个世代还没有过去，这一切都要发生。35 天地都要过去，但我的话永远长存。
警醒准备
36 “但没有人知道那日子和时辰何时来到，连天上的天使也不知道，人子也不知道t，只有天父知道。37 人子降临时的情形就像挪亚的时代。38 洪水来临之前，人们吃吃喝喝，男婚女嫁，一直到挪亚进方舟那天；39 他们懵然不知，直到洪水来把他们全冲走了。人子降临时的情形也是这样。40 那时，两个人在田里，一个将被接去，一个将被撇下；41 两个妇人推磨，一个将被接去，一个将被撇下。42 所以，你们要警醒，因为你们不知道你们的主会在哪一天来。43 你们都知道，如果一家的主人知道贼会在半夜几点来，就必警醒，不让贼入屋偷窃。44 同样，你们也要做好准备，因为在你们意想不到的时候，人子就来了。
两种奴仆
45 “谁是那个受主人委托管理家中大小仆役、按时分粮食给他们、又忠心又精明的奴仆呢？46 主人回家时，看见他尽忠职守，他就有福了。47 我实在告诉你们，主人一定会把所有产业都交给他管理。48 但如果奴仆邪恶，以为主人不会那么快回来，49 就殴打同伴，跟醉汉一起吃喝玩乐，50 主人会在他想不到的日子、不知道的时辰回来，51 严厉地惩罚t他，判他和伪君子同样的罪。他必在那里哀哭切齿。
Matthew 24
The Destruction of the Temple
1 Nowt as Jesus was going out of the temple courts and walking away, his disciples came to show him the temple buildings.s
2 And he said to them,t “Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth,t not one stone will be left on another.s All will be torn down!”t
Signs of the End of the Age
3 Ast he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these thingss happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”4 Jesus answered them,t “Watch outt that no one misleads you.5 For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ts and they will mislead many.6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come.t7 For nation will rise up in armst against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be faminess and earthquakess in various places.
8 Allt these things are the beginning of birth pains.
Persecution of Disciples
9 “Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nationst because of my name.s10 Then many will be led into sin,t and they will betray one another and hate one another.11 And many false prophets will appear and deceivet many,12 and because lawlessness will increase so much, the love of many will grow cold.13 But the person who endures to the end will be saved.s
14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations,t and then the end will come.
The Abomination of Desolation
15 “So when you see the abomination of desolations – spoken about by Daniel the prophet – standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),16 then those in Judea must flees to the mountains.17 The one on the roofs must not come downs to take anything out of his house,18 and the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.19 Woet to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!20 Prayt that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.21 For then there will be great sufferingt unlike anything that has happeneds from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.22 And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.23 Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ts or ‘There he is!’ do not believe him.24 For false messiahst and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.25 Remember,t I have told you ahead of time.26 So then, if someonet says to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’t do not go out, or ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe him.27 For just like the lightnings comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.
28 Wherever the corpse is, there the vulturests will gather.t
The Arrival of the Son of Man
29 “Immediatelyt after the sufferingt of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.s30 Thent the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven,t andt all the tribes of the earth will mourn. Theyt will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heavens with power and great glory.
31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heavent to the other.
The Parable of the Fig Tree
32 “Learnt this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.33 So also you, when you see all these things, knowt that he is near, right at the door.34 I tell you the truth,t this generations will not pass away until all these things take place.
35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.s
Be Ready!
36 “But as for that day and hour no one knows it – not even the angels in heavens – except the Father alone.37 For just like the days of Noahs were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.38 For in those days before the flood, peoplet were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.39 And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away.s It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.t40 Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left.s
41 There will be two women grinding grain with a mill;t one will be taken and one left.
42 “Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what days your Lord will come.43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thiefs was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.
44 Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.s
The Faithful and Wise Slave
45 “Who then is the faithful and wise slave,t whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slavest their food at the proper time?46 Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at workt when he comes.47 I tell you the truth,t the mastert will put him in charge of all his possessions.48 But ift that evil slave should say to himself,t ‘My master is staying away a long time,’49 and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards,50 then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,
51 and will cut him in two,t and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
