马太福音 24

预言圣殿被毁

1 耶稣从圣殿出来，往前走的时候，他的门徒们上前来，把圣殿的建筑指给他看。2 耶稣回应说：“你们不是看见了这一切吗？我确实地告诉你们：这里将绝不会有一块石头留在另一块石头上而不被拆下。”

末日的预兆

3 耶稣在橄榄山上坐着，门徒们悄悄地前来问他：“请告诉我们，这些事什么时候会发生呢？你的来临和这世代的终结会有什么预兆呢？”

4 耶稣回答他们，说：“你们要当心，免得有人迷惑你们。5 因为许多人会以我的名而来，声称‘我是基督’，并且会迷惑许多人。6 你们也将会听见战争和战争的消息。要注意，不可惊慌，因为这些事必须发生，不过结局还没有到。7 一个民族要起来反对另一个民族，一个国家要起来反对另一个国家；到处都会有饥荒t和地震。8 这些都像临产阵痛的开始。

预言受迫害

9 “那时，他们将要出卖你们，使你们受患难，甚至杀害你们。为了我的名，你们将被万民憎恨。10 那时，许多人将被绊倒t，彼此出卖，彼此憎恨；11 并且会有许多假先知起来，迷惑许多人；12 由于罪恶t增多，许多人的爱心就会冷淡。13 但是忍耐到底的，这个人将会得救。14 这天国的福音将被传遍天下，好对万国做见证，然后结局才会到来。

大患难的日子

15 “当你们看见藉着先知但以理所说的‘那带来毁灭的亵渎者t’t站在圣地的时候读者应当思考——16 那时，在犹太的人应当逃到山里；17 在屋顶上的人，不要下来拿屋子里的东西；18 在田里的人，不要返回去拿自己的衣服。19 在那些日子里，孕妇和哺乳的女人有祸了！20 你们要祷告，好让你们逃难的时候不在冬天，也不在安息日。21 因为那时将有大患难。这样的患难从世界开始直到如今，从来没有发生过，也绝不再发生。22 如果那些日子不被减少，就没有一个人t能得救。可是为了那些蒙拣选的人，那些日子将被减少。

23 “那时候，如果有人对你们说‘看哪，基督在这里！’或‘他在那里！’你们不要相信。24 因为假基督们和假先知们会出现，行大神迹和奇事，如果有可能，甚至迷惑那些蒙拣选的人。25 看哪，我已经预先告诉你们了！26 所以，如果有人对你们说‘看哪，基督在旷野里！’你们不要出去；有人说：‘看哪，他在内室里！’你们也不要相信；27 因为就像闪电从东边发出，直照到西边，人子的来临也将要这样。28 尸体在哪里，秃鹰就聚集在哪里。

人子的来临

29 “那些日子的患难一过去，‘太阳就要变黑，月亮也不发光，星辰要从天上坠落，诸天的各势力也将被震动。’

30 “那时候，人子的征兆将要显现在天上，地上的万族都要捶胸哀哭。他们将要看见人子带着极大的权能和荣耀，在天上的云彩中来临。31 在嘹亮的号角声中，他要差派他的天使们从四方，从天这边到天那边，召集他所拣选的人。

无花果树的比喻

32 “你们要从无花果树那里学个比喻：当无花果树的枝子发嫩长出叶子的时候，你们就知道夏天快到了。33 照样，当你们看见这一切的时候，你们就知道人子t快到了，就在门口了。34 我确实地告诉你们：在这一切事发生之前，这世代绝不会过去。35 天和地将要消逝，但是我的话绝不会消逝。

无人知道那日子和那时刻

36 “至于那日子和那时刻，没有人知道，连诸天之上的天使们也不知道，子也不知道，t唯有父知道。37 挪亚的那些日子怎样，人子的来临也将要怎样。38 在洪水以前的那些日子里，人们继续吃、喝、嫁、娶，直到挪亚进方舟的那一天。39 他们毫不察觉，直到洪水到来，把一切冲走。人子的来临，也将是这样。40 那时，两个人在田里，一个被接去，一个被留下。41 两个女人在磨石那里推磨，一个被接去，一个被留下。42 所以你们要警醒，因为你们不知道你们的主哪一天t回来。43 不过你们应当知道这一点：一家的主人如果知道贼什么时刻t来，他就会警醒，不让他的房子被人钻进。44 你们为了这缘故也应当做好准备，因为在你们意想不到的时候，人子就来了。

忠仆与恶仆

45 “究竟谁是那又忠心又聪明的奴仆——受主人委任统管他家里的人、按时给他们分粮的人呢？46 主人回来的时候，看见哪个奴仆这样做，那个奴仆就蒙福了。47 我确实地告诉你们：主人会委任他统管自己所拥有的一切。48 但如果这恶奴心里说‘我的主人会迟延回来t’，49 就动手殴打与他同做奴仆的，并且与醉酒的人一起吃喝，50 那么，这奴仆的主人就要在意想不到的日子、在他不知道的时刻回来，51 并且会严厉惩罚他t，使他与那些伪善的人有同样的下场。在那里将有哀哭和切齿。

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.