4. “Say to us, when shall these events be? And what shall be the sign when all this is going to be accomplished?”
5. And יהושע began to say to them, “Take heed that no one leads you astray,
6. for many shall come in My Name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and they shall lead many astray.
7. “And when you hear of fightings and reports of fightings, do not be troubled – it has to take place, but the end is not yet.
8. “For nation shall rise against nation, and reign against reign. And there shall be earthquakes in various places, and there shall be scarcities of food, and disturbances. These are the beginnings of birth-pains.
9. “But take heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to councils and to congregations. You shall be beaten, and you shall be brought before rulers and sovereigns for My sake, for a witness to them.
10. “And the Good News has to be proclaimed first to all the nations.
11. “And when they lead you away and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand what you are to say. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak that, for it is not you who are speaking, but the Set-apart Spirit.
12. “And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and a father his child. And children shall rise up against parents and shall put them to death.
13. “And you shall be hated by all because of My Name. But he who shall have endured to the end, he shall be saved.
14. “And when you see the ‘abomination that lays waste,’ spoken of by Dani’ĕl the prophet, set up where it should not be” – he who reads, let him understand – “then let those who are in Yehuḏah flee to the mountains.
15. “And he who is on the house-top, let him not go down into the house, nor come in to take whatever out of his house.
16. “And he who is in the field, let him not go back to get his cloak.
17. “And woe to those who are pregnant and to those nursing children in those days!
18. “And pray that your flight does not take place in winter.
19. “For in those days there shall be distress, such as has not been from the beginning of creation which Elohim created until this time, nor ever shall be.
20. “And if the Master had not shortened those days, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen ones, whom He chose, He shortened the days.
21. “And if anyone then says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ do not believe it.