Isus pretkazuje buduće događaje
(Mk 13:1-20; Lk 21:5-24)
1Kad je Isus izišao ih Hrama i pošao dalje, priđu mu učenici da mu pokažu hramsko zdanje. 2A on im reče: “Vidite li sve to? Zaista vam kažem, neće od ovoga ostati ni kamen na kamenu. Svaki će biti razvaljen.”
O počecima nevolja
3Kad 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,24:5 U grčkome: …pod mojim imenom i reći ‘Ja sam’… i mnoge će zavesti. 6Kad čujete da blizu vas izbijaju ratovi i vijesti o dalekim ratovima, ne uznemirujte se. Sve se to mora dogoditi, ali svršetak još neće doći. 7Zaratit će narod protiv naroda i kraljevstvo protiv kraljevstva. Bit će potresa u mnogim dijelovima svijeta i zavladat će glad. 8Sve je to samo početak strašnih muka.
9Tada će vas mučiti i ubijati. Svi će vas narodi zamrziti zato što ste moji.24:9 U grčkome: zbog mojega imena. 10Mnogi će tada posrnuti u vjeri, izdavat će jedan drugoga i mrziti se. 11Pojavit će se brojni lažni proroci i mnoge će zavesti. 12Bezakonje će uzeti velikog maha, a ljubav mnogih će ohladnjeti. 13Ali tko ustraje do kraja, spasit će se. 14Radosna vijest o kraljevstvu propovijedat će se po cijelome svijetu da čuju svi narodi, a onda će konačno doći svršetak.
15Tako kada vidite ‘svetogrđe’ o kojemu je pisao prorok Daniel gdje stoji na svetomu mjestu (čitatelju, shvati o čemu je riječ!), 16neka oni koji se zateknu u Judeji bježe u goru. 17Tko se zatekne na krovu,24:17 Ljudi su se ondje u to vrijeme često odmarali i družili na ravnim krovovima kuća, posebice uvečer kad je bilo svježije. neka ne silazi u kuću što uzeti! 18Tko se zatekne u polju, neka se ne vraća po ogrtač! 19Teško trudnicama i dojiljama u to vrijeme! 20Molite se da ne morate bježati zimi ili u subotu 21jer će to biti dani tako strašnih nevolja kakvih nije bilo od postanka svijeta niti će biti ikad poslije. 22I da Gospodin ne skrati to vrijeme nevolja, nitko se ne bi spasio. Ali zaradi svojih izabranika ti će se dani skratiti.
Isus govori o svojem povratku
(Mk 13:21-31; Lk 17:23-37; 21:25-33)
23Kaže li vam tada tko: ‘Evo Mesije!’ ili ‘Eno ga ondje!’ ne vjerujte 24jer će ustati brojni lažni mesije i lažni proroci te činiti znamenja i velika čudesa ne bi li, bude li moguće, zaveli i Božje izabranike. 25Eto, unaprijed sam vas upozorio!
26Kaže li vam dakle tko: ‘Eno ga, u pustinji je’, ne idite onamo, kaže li ‘U tajnim je odajama’, ne vjerujte. 27Jer dolazak Sina Čovječjega vidjet će se poput munje koja sijevne na istoku i rasvijetli cijelo nebo, sve do zapada. 28Gdje bude strvine, skupljat će se strvinari.24:28 Kao što se po okupljanju strvinara može znati da je u blizini strvina, tako ćete po tim znacima znati da je konac blizu.
29U vrijeme kad prođu sve te strahote
‘Sunce će potamnjeti
i mjesec neće sjati,
zvijezde će s neba padati
i nebeske će se sile potresti.’24:29 Vidjeti: Izaija 13:10; 34:4 i Joel 2:10.
30Tada će se na nebu pojaviti znak Sina Čovječjega.24:30 Vidjeti: Daniel 7:13. Proplakat će tada svi narodi na zemlji i ugledati Sina Čovječjega kako dolazi na oblacima s velikom moći i slavom. 31On će poslati anđele na zov velike trublje da saberu njegove izabranike sa svih strana, sa svih četiriju vjetrova, od kraja zemlje do kraja neba.
Pouka o smokvi
(Mk 13:28; Lk 21:29-30)
32Učite iz prispodobe o smokvi. Kad joj na granama izbiju nježni pupovi i kad potjera lišće, znate da je ljeto blizu. 33Također, kad vidite da se zbiva sve o čemu sam vam govorio, možete biti sigurni da je Gospodinov povratak blizu, na samim vratima. 34Zaista vam kažem, ovaj naraštaj neće proći dok se sve to ne dogodi. 35Nebo i zemlja će proći, ali moje riječi ostaju zauvijek!
Neznani dan i čas
(Mk 13:32-37; Lk 21:34-36; 17:26-27, 34-35; 12:39-46)
36Nitko, međutim, ne zna dana ni ure kada će se to dogoditi. Ne znaju ni anđeli na nebu, pa čak ni Sin. Zna samo Otac. 37Za dolaska Sina Čovječjega bit će kao i u Noino doba. 38Kao što su u to vrijeme prije potopa ljudi jeli i pili, ženili se i udavali sve do dana kada je Noa ušao u korablju 39i ništa nisu slutili dok nije došao potop i sve ih odnio, tako će biti i za dolaska Sina Čovječjega. 40Od dvojice koji tada budu skupa radili u polju jedan će se uzeti, a drugi ostaviti. 41Od dviju žena koje budu skupa mljele u mlinu jedna će se uzeti, a druga ostaviti.
42Bdijte, dakle, jer ne znate kada će vaš Gospodin doći! 43Znajte: kad bi vlasnik kuće znao kada će doći lopov, bdio bi i ne bi mu dopustio da provali u kuću. 44Budite zato i vi stalno pripravni jer će Sin Čovječji doći kad mu se i ne nadate.
Vjerni i razumni sluga
45Tko je dakle onaj vjerni i razumni sluga kojega je gospodar postavio da upravlja ukućanima i da im daje hranu u pravo vrijeme? 46Blago onome koga gospodar, kada dođe, nađe da tako čini! 47Zaista vam kažem, povjerit će mu da upravlja svim njegovim imanjem. 48Ali ako zli sluga pomisli: ‘Gospodar se još neće vratiti’ 49pa počne tući svoje sudrugove te jesti i piti s pijancima, 50gospodar će doći u dan kad mu se ne nada i u čas u koji neće ni slutiti. 51Nemilosrdno će ga kazniti i odrediti mu usud među licemjerima, gdje će biti plač i škrgut zuba.”
1And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3¶ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. 10And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. 15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 17Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 20But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened. 23Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 25Behold, I have told you before. 26Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. 27For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 28For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
29¶ Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36¶ But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42¶ Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 44Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. 45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 47Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 48But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
