Matthæus 24

¹ Og Jesus gik ud, bort fra Helligdommen, og hans Disciple kom til ham for at vise ham Helligdommens Bygninger.

¹ Jesus came out from the temple and was going away when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him.

³ Men da han sad på Oliebjerget, kom hans Disciple til ham afsides og sagde: "Sig os, når skal dette ske? Og hvad er Tegnet på din Tilkommelse og Verdens Ende?"

³ As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”

⁵ Thi mange skulle på mit Navn komme og sige: Jeg er Kristus; og de skulle forføre mange.

⁵ For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many.

⁷ Thi Folk skal rejse sig mod Folk, og Rige mod Rige, og der skal være Hungersnød og Jordskælv her og der.

⁷ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.

⁹ Da skulle de overgive eder til Trængsel og slå eder ihjel, og I skulle hades af alle Folkeslagene for mit Navns Skyld.

⁹ “Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

¹¹ Og mange falske Profeter skulle fremstå og forføre mange.

¹¹ Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many.

¹³ Men den, som holder ud indtil Enden, han skal frelses.

¹³ But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

¹⁵ Når I da se Ødelæggelsens Vederstyggelighed, hvorom der er talt ved Profeten Daniel, stå på hellig Grund, (den, som læser det, han give Agt!)

¹⁵ “Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

¹⁷ den, som er på Taget, stige ikke ned for at hente, hvad der er i hans Hus;

¹⁷ Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house.

¹⁹ Men ve de frugtsommelige og dem, som give Die, i de Dage!

¹⁹ But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

²¹ thi der skal da være en Trængsel så stor, som der ikke har været fra Verdens Begyndelse indtil nu og heller ikke skal komme.

²¹ For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.

²³ Dersom nogen da siger til eder: Se, her er Kristus, eller der! da skulle I ikke tro det.

²³ Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘There He is,’ do not believe him.

²⁵ Se, jeg har sagt eder det forud.

²⁵ Behold, I have told you in advance.

²⁷ Thi ligesom Lynet udgår fra Østen og lyser indtil Vesten, således skal Menneskesønnens Tilkommelse være.

²⁷ For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

²⁹ Men straks efter de Dages Trængsel skal Solen formørkes og Månen ikke give sit Skin og Stjernerne falde ned fra Himmelen, og Himmelens Kræfter skulle rystes.

²⁹ “But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

³¹ Og han skal udsende sine Engle med stærktlydende Basun, og de skulle samle hans udvalgte fra de fire Vinde, fra den ene Ende af Himmelen til den anden.

³¹ And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

³³ Således skulle også I, når I se alt dette, skønne, at han er nær for Døren.

³³ so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door.

³⁵ Himmelen og Jorden skulle forgå, men mine Ord skulle ingenlunde forgå.

³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

³⁷ Og ligesom Noas dage vare, således skal Menneskesønnens Tilkommelse være.

³⁷ For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.

³⁹ og ikke agtede det, førend Syndfloden kom og tog dem alle bort, således skal også Menneskesønnens Tilkommelse være.

³⁹ and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

⁴¹ To Kvinder skulle male på Kværnen; den ene tages med, og den anden lades tilbage.

⁴¹ Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left.

⁴³ Men dette skulle I vide, at dersom Husbonden vidste. i hvilken Nattevagt Tyven vilde komme, da vågede han og tillod ikke, at der skete Indbrud i hans Hus.

⁴³ But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

⁴⁵ Hvem er så den tro og forstandige Tjener, som hans Herre har sat over sit Tyende til at give dem deres Mad i rette Tid?

⁴⁵ “Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time?

⁴⁷ Sandelig, siger jeg eder, han skal sætte ham over alt, hvad han ejer.

⁴⁷ Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

⁴⁹ og så begynder at slå sine Medtjenere og spiser og drikker med Drankerne,

⁴⁹ and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards;

⁵¹ og hugge ham sønder og give ham hans Lod sammen med Hyklerne; der skal der være Gråd og Tænders Gnidsel. 

⁵¹ and will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.