1And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. 2And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. 3And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: 4For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
5¶ And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, 6As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 7And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? 8And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. 9But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. 10Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: 11And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. 12But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake. 13And it shall turn to you for a testimony. 14Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: 15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. 16And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. 17And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake. 18But there shall not an hair of your head perish. 19In your patience possess ye your souls. 20And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21Then let them which are in Judæa flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. 22For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. 24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
25¶ And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 27And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. 29And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; 30When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. 31So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. 32Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. 33Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
34¶ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 35For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. 37And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives. 38And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.
መበለቷ የሰጠችው መባ
21፥1-4 ተጓ ምብ – ማር 12፥41-44
1ኢየሱስ ቀና ብሎ ሲመለከት ሀብታሞች በቤተ መቅደሱ መባ መሰብሰቢያ ውስጥ መባቸውን ሲጨምሩ አየ። 2ደግሞም አንዲት ድኻ መበለት ሁለት ትንንሽ የናስ ሳንቲሞች በዚያ ስትጨምር ተመለከተ። 3እንዲህም አለ፤ “እውነት እላችኋለሁ፤ ከሁሉም ይልቅ ይህች ድኻ መበለት የበለጠ ሰጥታለች። 4እነዚህ ሰዎች የሰጡት ከትርፋቸው ላይ ሲሆን፣ እርሷ ግን የሰጠችው በድኻ ዐቅሟ ያላትን መተዳደሪያ በሙሉ ነው።”
የዘመኑ መጨረሻ ምልክቶች
21፥5-36 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 24፤ ማር 13
21፥12-17 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 10፥17-22
5ከደቀ መዛሙርት አንዳንዶች ቤተ መቅደሱ በውብ ድንጋዮችና በስእለት ስጦታዎች እንዳማረ ሲነጋገሩ፣ ኢየሱስ እንዲህ አለ፤ 6“ይህ የምታዩት ሁሉ ሳይፈርስ ድንጋይ በድንጋይ ላይ እንደ ተካበ የማይቀርበት ጊዜ ይመጣል።”
7እነርሱም፣ “መምህር ሆይ፤ እንግዲህ ይህ ሁሉ የሚሆነው መቼ ነው? ደግሞም ይህ እንደሚሆን ምልክቱ ምንድን ነው?” ብለው ጠየቁት።
8እርሱም እንዲህ ሲል መለሰላቸው፤ “እንዳትስቱ ተጠንቀቁ፤ ብዙዎች፣ ‘እኔ እርሱ ነኝ’ በማለት፣ ደግሞም፣ ‘ጊዜው ቀርቧል’ እያሉ በስሜ ይመጣሉና፤ እናንተ ግን እነርሱን አትከተሏቸው። 9ስለ ጦርነትና ስለ ሕዝብ ዐመፅ ስትሰሙ አትደንግጡ፤ ይህ አስቀድሞ መሆን የሚገባው ነውና፤ መጨረሻው ግን ወዲያውኑ አይሆንም።”
10ቀጥሎም እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “ሕዝብ በሕዝብ ላይ፣ መንግሥትም በመንግሥት ላይ ይነሣል፤ 11ታላቅ የመሬት መናወጥ ይሆናል፤ ራብና ቸነፈር በተለያየ ስፍራ ይከሠታል፤ አስፈሪ ነገር እንዲሁም ከሰማይ ታላቅ ምልክት ይሆናል።
12“ይህ ሁሉ ከመሆኑ በፊት ግን ሰዎች ይይዟችኋል፤ ያሳድዷችኋል፤ ወደ ምኵራብና ወደ ወህኒ ቤት ያስገቧችኋል፤ በነገሥታትና በገዥዎች ፊት ያቀርቧችኋል፤ ይህም ሁሉ በስሜ ምክንያት ይደርስባችኋል። 13ይህም ለመመስከር ጥሩ ዕድል ይሆንላችኋል። 14ስለዚህ ምን መልስ እንሰጣለን በማለት አስቀድማችሁ እንዳትጨነቁ ይህን ልብ በሉ፤ 15ተቃዋሚዎቻችሁ ሁሉ ሊቋቋሙትና ሊያስተባብሉት የማይችሉትን ቃልና ጥበብ እሰጣችኋለሁና። 16ወላጆቻችሁ፣ ወንድሞቻችሁ፣ ዘመዶቻችሁና ጓደኞቻችሁ እንኳ ሳይቀሩ አሳልፈው ይሰጧችኋል፤ ከእናንተም አንዳንዶቹን ይገድላሉ፤ 17ስለ ስሜም በሰዎች ሁሉ ዘንድ የተጠላችሁ ትሆናላችሁ። 18ነገር ግን ከራሳችሁ ጠጕር አንዷ እንኳ አትጠፋም፤ 19ጸንታችሁም በመቆም ነፍሳችሁን ታተርፋላችሁ።
20“ኢየሩሳሌም በጦር ሰራዊት ተከብባ በምታዩበት ጊዜ፣ ጥፋቷ መቃረቡን ዕወቁ። 21በዚያን ጊዜ በይሁዳ ያሉ ወደ ተራሮች ይሽሹ፤ በከተማ ያሉትም ከዚያ ይውጡ፤ በገጠር ያሉትም ወደ ከተማዪቱ አይግቡ፤ 22የተጻፈው ሁሉ ይፈጸም ዘንድ ይህ የበቀል ጊዜ ነውና። 23በምድሪቱ ላይ ታላቅ መከራ ይሆናል፤ በዚህም ሕዝብ ላይ ቍጣ ይመጣል፤ ስለዚህ በዚያን ወቅት ለነፍሰ ጡሮችና ለሚያጠቡ እናቶች ወዮላቸው! 24በሰይፍ ይወድቃሉ፤ ወደ አሕዛብም ሁሉ በምርኮ ይወሰዳሉ፤ ኢየሩሳሌምም የአሕዛብ ዘመን እስኪፈጸም ድረስ በአሕዛብ የተረገጠች ትሆናለች።
25“በፀሓይ፣ በጨረቃና በከዋክብት ላይ ምልክት ይሆናል፤ ከባሕሩና ከሞገድ ድምፅ የተነሣ፣ በምድር ላይ ያሉ ሕዝቦች ይጨነቃሉ፤ ይታወካሉም። 26የሰማያት ኀይላት ስለሚናወጡ፣ ሰዎች በፍርሀትና በዓለም ላይ ምን ይመጣ ይሆን እያሉ በመጠባበቅ ይዝላሉ። 27በዚያን ጊዜ የሰው ልጅ በኀይልና በታላቅ ክብር በደመና ሲመጣ ያዩታል። 28እናንተም እነዚህ ነገሮች መፈጸም ሲጀምሩ፣ መዳናችሁ ስለ ተቃረበ ቀጥ ብላችሁ ቁሙ፤ ራሳችሁንም ወደ ላይ ቀና አድርጉ።”
29ቀጥሎም እንዲህ ሲል ይህን ምሳሌ ነገራቸው፤ “በለስንና ዛፎችን ሁሉ ተመልከቱ፤ 30ቅጠሎቻቸው አቈጥቍጠው ስታዩ፣ በዚያን ጊዜ በጋ መቃረቡን ራሳችሁ ታውቃላችሁ። 31እንዲሁ ደግሞ እነዚህ ነገሮች መፈጸማቸውን ስታዩ፣ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንደ ቀረበች ዕወቁ።
32“እውነት እላችኋለሁ፤ ይህ ሁሉ እስኪፈጸም ድረስ ይህ ትውልድ አያልፍም።21፥32 ወይም ዘር 33ሰማይና ምድር ያልፋሉ፤ ቃሌ ግን አያልፍም።
34“እንግዲህ በገደብ የለሽ ሕይወት፣ በመጠጥ ብዛትና ስለ ኑሮ በመጨነቅ ልባችሁ እንዳይዝልና ያ ቀን እንደ ወጥመድ ድንገት እንዳይደርስባችሁ ተጠንቀቁ፤ 35ይህ በመላው ምድር በሚኖሩት ሁሉ ላይ ይደርሳልና። 36ስለዚህ ከሚመጣው ሁሉ እንድታመልጡና በሰው ልጅ ፊት መቆም እንድትችሉ ሁልጊዜ ተግታችሁ ጸልዩ።”
37ኢየሱስም ቀን ቀን በቤተ መቅደስ እያስተማረ፣ ሌሊት ግን ደብረ ዘይት ወደ ተባለ ተራራ ወጥቶ ያድር ነበር። 38ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ሊሰሙት ማልደው ወደ ቤተ መቅደስ ወደ እርሱ ይመጡ ነበር።
