Matthew 24

24 ¹Jesus dey comot for temple wen im disciples come show am di building dem wey dey there.

²Im answer say, “You see all dis things? Truly, I dey tell una: dem no go leave even one stone on top anoda one here; dem go pull everything down.”

³As Jesus siddon for Mount of Olives, im disciples come meet am for private say, “Tell us, wen all dis things go happen, and wetin be di sign wey go show say you dey come and say di end of di age don reach?”

⁴Jesus answer say, “Make una dey watch well-well so dat person no go deceive una.

⁵“Because plenty people go come with my name, dey talk say, ‘Na me be di Christ,’ and dem go deceive plenty people. ⁶Una go hear about war and rumor of war—but make una no fear. Dis things must happen, but di end never reach. ⁷Nation go rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and hunger and earthquake go dey happen for many place. ⁸All dis na just di beginning of di born-pikin pain.

⁹For dat time, dem go hand una over make una suffer, and dem go kill una; and all di nations go hate una because of my name. ¹⁰For dat time, plenty people go fall comot for di way, and dem go betray and hate each oda, ¹¹and plenty false prophet go show and dey deceive plenty people. ¹²Because bad-bad wickedness go increase, di love wey plenty people get go cold, ¹³but di person wey endure reach di end na im go save. ¹⁴Dem go announce dis good news of di kingdom for di whole world, as witness to all di nations, and na then di end go come.

¹⁵So wen una see di dirty abomination wey dey bring desolation, wey Daniel di prophet talk about, dey stand for di holy place—make di person wey dey read understand— ¹⁶na then make di people wey dey Judea run go di mountains.

¹⁷“Make di person wey dey on top roof no come down go carry anything comot for im house, ¹⁸and make di person wey dey farm no go back go carry im coat. ¹⁹Wetin a terrible thing e go be for dat days for woman wey get belle and woman wey dey breastfeed pikin! ²⁰Make una pray say di time una go run no go be for winter or for Sabbath day. ²¹Because for dat time, big-big suffering go dey, di kind wey never happen since di world begin sotay now, and di kind wey no go ever happen again. ²²If dem no cut dat days short, nobody for survive; but because of di chosen ones, dem go cut dat days short.

²³For dat time, if any person tell una, ‘Look, di Christ dey here,’ or ‘See am for there,’ make una no believe am. ²⁴False messiah and false prophet go rise, dey do big-big sign and wonder, so dat, if e for possible, dem go even deceive di chosen ones. ²⁵See, I don tell una before e happen.

²⁶So if dem talk say, ‘Look, im dey for wilderness,’ make una no go there; ‘Look, im dey inside inner room,’ make una no believe am. ²⁷Because just as lightning dey flash from east and dey show reach west, na so di coming of di Pikin of Man go be. ²⁸Anywhere dead body dey, na there di vulture dem go gather.

²⁹Immediately after di suffering of dat days, di sun go dark, di moon no go give light, di stars go fall comot for sky, and di powers of di heavens go shake. ³⁰Na then di sign of di Pikin of Man go show for heaven, and all di people of di earth go cry, as dem see di Pikin of Man dey come on top di cloud of heaven with power and big glory. ³¹Im go send out im angels with loud trumpet blast, and dem go gather im chosen ones from di four winds, from one end of di sky reach di oda end.

³²Make una learn dis thing from di fig tree: as soon as im branch soft and im leaf begin comot, una sabi say summer don near. ³³Na so e be, wen una see all dis things, make una know say e don near, e dey for door mouth. ³⁴Truly, I dey tell una, dis generation no go pass away at all until all dis things happen. ³⁵Heaven and earth go pass away, but my words no go ever pass away.

Na Only di Papa Sabi

³⁶“Nobody sabi dat day or dat hour—no be di angels for heaven, no be di Pikin—na only di Papa. ³⁷Just as e be for di days of Noah, na so di coming of di Pikin of Man go be. ³⁸Because for dat days before di flood, people dey chop and dey drink, dey marry and dey give person for marriage, until di day wey Noah enter di ark; ³⁹and dem no know anything until di flood come sweep all of dem comot. Na so di coming of di Pikin of Man go be. ⁴⁰Two men go dey for farm; dem go take one and leave di oda one. ⁴¹Two women go dey grind with grinding stone; dem go take one and leave di oda one. ⁴²So make una dey watch, because una no sabi which day una Oga go come. ⁴³Make una understand: if di owner of di house for know which time for night di thief dey come, im for don watch and im no for allow dem break enter im house. ⁴⁴So make una too dey ready, because di Pikin of Man dey come for hour wey una no expect.

⁴⁵So who be di faithful and wise servant, wey im master put in charge of im household make e give dem food for di correct time? ⁴⁶E go good for dat servant wey im master go meet dey do so wen im return. ⁴⁷Truly, I dey tell una, im go put am in charge of all im property. ⁴⁸But suppose dat wicked servant talk for im mind say, ‘My master dey tey to come back,’ ⁴⁹and im come begin beat im fellow servants, dey chop and dey drink with drunkard people. ⁵⁰Di master of dat servant go come for day wey im no expect, for hour wey im no know. ⁵¹Im go cut am into pieces and put am with di hypocrites, di place wey people dey cry and dey grind dia teeth.”