lUkaH 21
1 atha dhanilOkA bhANPAgArE dhanaM nikSipanti sa tadEva pazyati,
He looked up and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.
2 Etarhi kAciddInA vidhavA paNadvayaM nikSipati tad dadarza|
He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.
3 tatO yIzuruvAca yuSmAnahaM yathArthaM vadAmi, daridrEyaM vidhavA sarvvEbhyOdhikaM nyakSEpsIt,
He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,
4 yatOnyE svaprAjyadhanEbhya IzvarAya kinjcit nyakSEpsuH, kintu daridrEyaM vidhavA dinayApanArthaM svasya yat kinjcit sthitaM tat sarvvaM nyakSEpsIt|
for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on.”
5 aparanjca uttamaprastarairutsRSTavyaizca mandiraM suzObhatEtarAM kaizcidityuktE sa pratyuvAca
As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,
6 yUyaM yadidaM nicayanaM pazyatha, asya pASANaikOpyanyapASANOpari na sthAsyati, sarvvE bhUsAdbhaviSyanti kAlOyamAyAti|
“As for these things which you see, the days will come in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down.”
7 tadA tE papracchuH, hE gurO ghaTanEdRzI kadA bhaviSyati? ghaTanAyA EtasyasazcihnaM vA kiM bhaviSyati?
They asked him, “Rabbi, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?”
8 tadA sa jagAda, sAvadhAnA bhavata yathA yuSmAkaM bhramaM kOpi na janayati, khISTOhamityuktvA mama nAmrA bahava upasthAsyanti sa kAlaH prAyENOpasthitaH, tESAM pazcAnmA gacchata|
He said, “Watch out that you don’t get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is at hand.’ Therefore don’t follow them.
9 yuddhasyOpaplavasya ca vArttAM zrutvA mA zagkadhvaM, yataH prathamam EtA ghaTanA avazyaM bhaviSyanti kintu nApAtE yugAntO bhaviSyati|
When you hear of wars and disturbances, don’t be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won’t come immediately.”
10 aparanjca kathayAmAsa, tadA dEzasya vipakSatvEna dEzO rAjyasya vipakSatvEna rAjyam utthAsyati,
Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
11 nAnAsthAnESu mahAbhUkampO durbhikSaM mArI ca bhaviSyanti, tathA vyOmamaNPalasya bhayagkaradarzanAnyazcaryyalakSaNAni ca prakAzayiSyantE|
There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
12 kintu sarvvAsAmEtAsAM ghaTanAnAM pUrvvaM lOkA yuSmAn dhRtvA tAPayiSyanti, bhajanAlayE kArAyAnjca samarpayiSyanti mama nAmakAraNAd yuSmAn bhUpAnAM zAsakAnAnjca sammukhaM nESyanti ca|
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.
13 sAkSyArtham EtAni yuSmAn prati ghaTiSyantE|
It will turn out as a testimony for you.
14 tadA kimuttaraM vaktavyam Etat na cintayiSyAma iti manaHsu nizcitanuta|
Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to answer,
15 vipakSA yasmAt kimapyuttaram Apattinjca karttuM na zakSyanti tAdRzaM vAkpaTutvaM jnjAnanjca yuSmabhyaM dAsyAmi|
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
16 kinjca yUyaM pitrA mAtrA bhrAtrA bandhunA jnjAtyA kuTumbEna ca parakarESu samarpayiSyadhvE; tatastE yuSmAkaM kanjcana kanjcana ghAtayiSyanti|
You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.
17 mama nAmnaH kAraNAt sarvvai rmanuSyai ryUyam RtIyiSyadhvE|
You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake.
18 kintu yuSmAkaM ziraHkEzaikOpi na vinaMkSyati,
And not a hair of your head will perish.
19 tasmAdEva dhairyyamavalambya svasvaprANAn rakSata|
“By your endurance you will win your lives.
20 aparanjca yirUzAlampuraM sainyavESTitaM vilOkya tasyOcchinnatAyAH samayaH samIpa ityavagamiSyatha|
“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand.
21 tadA yihUdAdEzasthA lOkAH parvvataM palAyantAM, yE ca nagarE tiSThanti tE dEzAntaraM palAyantA, yE ca grAmE tiSThanti tE nagaraM na pravizantu,
Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the middle of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein.
22 yatastadA samucitadaNPanAya dharmmapustakE yAni sarvvANi likhitAni tAni saphalAni bhaviSyanti|
For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
23 kintu yA yAstadA garbhavatyaH stanyadAvyazca tAmAM durgati rbhaviSyati, yata EtAllOkAn prati kOpO dEzE ca viSamadurgati rghaTiSyatE|
Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath to this people.
24 vastutastu tE khaggadhAraparivvaggaM lapsyantE baddhAH santaH sarvvadEzESu nAyiSyantE ca kinjcAnyadEzIyAnAM samayOpasthitiparyyantaM yirUzAlampuraM taiH padatalai rdalayiSyatE|
They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
25 sUryyacandranakSatrESu lakSaNAdi bhaviSyanti, bhuvi sarvvadEzIyAnAM duHkhaM cintA ca sindhau vIcInAM tarjanaM garjananjca bhaviSyanti|
“There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;
26 bhUbhau bhAvighaTanAM cintayitvA manujA bhiyAmRtakalpA bhaviSyanti, yatO vyOmamaNPalE tEjasvinO dOlAyamAnA bhaviSyanti|
men fainting for fear and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
27 tadA parAkramENA mahAtEjasA ca mEghArUPhaM manuSyaputram AyAntaM drakSyanti|
Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 kintvEtAsAM ghaTanAnAmArambhE sati yUyaM mastakAnyuttOlya UrdadhvaM drakSyatha, yatO yuSmAkaM muktEH kAlaH savidhO bhaviSyati|
But when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near.”
29 tatastEnaitadRSTAntakathA kathitA, pazyata uPumbarAdivRkSANAM
He told them a parable. “See the fig tree and all the trees.
30 navInapatrANi jAtAnIti dRSTvA nidAvakAla upasthita iti yathA yUyaM jnjAtuM zaknutha,
When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near.
31 tathA sarvvAsAmAsAM ghaTanAnAm ArambhE dRSTE satIzvarasya rAjatvaM nikaTam ityapi jnjAsyatha|
Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that God’s Kingdom is near.
32 yuSmAnahaM yathArthaM vadAmi, vidyamAnalOkAnAmESAM gamanAt pUrvvam EtAni ghaTiSyantE|
Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.
33 nabhObhuvOrlOpO bhaviSyati mama vAk tu kadApi luptA na bhaviSyati|
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
34 ataEva viSamAzanEna pAnEna ca sAMmArikacintAbhizca yuSmAkaM cittESu mattESu taddinam akasmAd yuSmAn prati yathA nOpatiSThati tadarthaM svESu sAvadhAnAstiSThata|
“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
35 pRthivIsthasarvvalOkAn prati taddinam unmAtha iva upasthAsyati|
For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.
36 yathA yUyam EtadbhAvighaTanA uttarttuM manujasutasya sammukhE saMsthAtunjca yOgyA bhavatha kAraNAdasmAt sAvadhAnAH santO nirantaraM prArthayadhvaM|
Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
37 aparanjca sa divA mandira upadizya rAcai jaitunAdriM gatvAtiSThat|
Every day Yeshua was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.
38 tataH pratyUSE lAkAstatkathAM zrOtuM mandirE tadantikam Agacchan|
All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.
