Evanðelje po Mateju 24

Isus pretkazuje buduće događaje

1 Kad je Isus izišao ih Hrama i pošao dalje, priđu mu učenici da mu pokažu hramsko zdanje.

2 A on im reče: "Vidite li sve to? Zaista vam kažem, neće od ovoga ostati ni kamen na kamenu. Svaki će biti razvaljen."
3 Kad je poslije sjedio na Maslinskoj gori, učenici mu priđu i nasamo kažu: "Reci nam kada će se to dogoditi. Koji će znak najaviti tvoj dolazak i svršetak svijeta?"4 "Pazite da vas tko ne zavede!" odgovori im Isus.5 "Mnogi će doći pod mojim imenom, proglašujući se Mesijom, i mnoge će zavesti.6 Kad čujete da blizu vas izbijaju ratovi i vijesti o dalekim ratovima, ne uznemirujte se. Sve se to mora dogoditi, ali svršetak još neće doći.7 Zaratit će narod protiv naroda i kraljevstvo protiv kraljevstva. Bit će potresa u mnogim dijelovima svijeta i zavladat će glad.

8 Sve je to samo početak strašnih muka.
9 Tada će vas mučiti i ubijati. Svi će vas narodi zamrziti zato što ste moji.10 Mnogi će tada posrnuti u vjeri, izdavat će jedan drugoga i mrziti se.11 Pojavit će se brojni lažni proroci i mnoge će zavesti.12 Bezakonje će uzeti velikog maha, a ljubav mnogih će ohladnjeti.13 Ali tko ustraje do kraja, bit će spašen.

14 Radosna vijest o kraljevstvu propovijedat će se po cijelome svijetu da čuju svi narodi, a onda će konačno doći svršetak.
15 Tako kada vidite svetogrđe o kojemu je pisao prorok Daniel gdje stoji na svetomu mjestu (čitatelju, shvati o čemu je riječ!),16 neka oni koji se zateknu u Judeji bježe u goru.17 Tko se zatekne na krovu, neka ne silazi u kuću što uzeti!18 Tko se zatekne u polju, neka se ne vraća po ogrtač!19 Teško trudnicama i dojiljama!20 Molite se da ne morate bježati zimi ili u subotu21 jer će to biti dani tako strašnih nevolja kakvih nije bilo od postanka svijeta niti će biti ikad poslije.

22 I da Gospodin ne skrati to vrijeme nevolja, nitko se ne bi spasio. Ali on je skratio te dane zaradi svojih izabranika.
23 Kaže li vam tada tko: 'Evo Mesije!' ili 'Eno ga ondje!' ne vjerujte24 jer će ustati brojni lažni mesije i lažni proroci te činiti znamenja i velika čudesa ne bi li, bude li moguće, zaveli i Božje izabranike.

25 Eto, unaprijed sam vas upozorio.
26 Kaže li vam dakle tko: 'Eno ga, u pustinji je', ne idite onamo, kaže li 'U tajnim je odajama', ne vjerujte.27 Jer dolazak Sina Čovječjega bit će poput munje koja sijevne na istoku i rasvijetli cijelo nebo, sve do zapada.

28 Kao što se po okupljanju strvinara može znati da je u blizini strvina, tako ćete po tim znacima znati da je konac blizu.
29 U vrijeme kad prođu sve te strahote
Sunce će potamnjeti i Mjesec neće sjati,
zvijezde će s neba padati
i nebeske će se sile potresti.30 Tada će se na nebu pojaviti znak Sina Čovječjega. Proplakat će tada svi narodi na zemlji i ugledati Sina Čovječjega kako dolazi na oblacima s velikom moći i slavom.

31 On će poslati anđele da saberu njegove izabranike sa svih strana, od svih četiriju vjetrova, od kraja zemlje do kraja neba.
32 Učite iz prispodobe o smokvi. Kad joj na granama izbiju nježni pupovi i kad potjera lišće, znate da je ljeto blizu.33 Također, kad vidite da se zbiva sve o čemu sam vam govorio, možete biti sigurni da je Gospodinov povratak blizu, na samim vratima.34 Kažem vam da ovaj naraštaj neće proći dok se sve to ne dogodi.

35 Nebo i zemlja će proći, ali moje riječi ostaju zauvijek!
36 Nitko, međutim, ne zna dana ni ure kada će se to dogoditi. Ne znaju ni anđeli na nebu, pa čak ni Sin. Zna samo Otac.37 Za dolaska Sina Čovječjega bit će kao i u Noino doba.38 Kao što su u to vrijeme prije potopa ljudi jeli i pili, ženili se i udavali sve do dana kada je Noa ušao u lađu

39 i ništa nisu slutili dok nije došao potop i sve ih odnio, tako će biti i za dolaska Sina Čovječjega.
40 Od dvojice koji tada budu skupa radili u polju jedan će se uzeti, a drugi ostaviti.41 Od dviju žena koje budu skupa mljele u mlinu jedna će se uzeti, a druga ostaviti.

42 Bdijte, dakle, jer ne znate kada će vaš Gospodin doći!
43 Znajte: kad bi vlasnik kuće znao kada će doći lopov, bdio bi i ne bi mu dopustio da provali u kuću.

44 Budite zato pripravni jer će Sin Čovječji doći kad mu se i ne nadate.
45 Tko je dakle onaj vjerni i razumni sluga kojega je gospodar postavio da upravlja ukućanima i da im daje hranu u pravo vrijeme?46 Blago onome kojega gospodar, kada dođe, nađe da tako radi!47 Zaista vam kažem, povjerit će mu da upravlja svim njegovim imanjem.48 Ali ako zli sluga pomisli: 'Gospodar se još neće vratiti'49 pa počne tući svoje sudrugove te jesti i piti s pijancima,50 gospodar će doći u dan kad mu se ne nada i u čas u koji neće ni slutiti.

51 Nemilosrdno će ga kazniti i odrediti mu usud među licemjerima, gdje će biti plač i škrgut zuba."

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.