“He will not wake again,” my leader said,
“From this time till there sounds the trump of doom,
When will descend their hostile power in dread;
Each one will seek again his wretched tomb,
Will take again his former flesh and face.
Will hear His words eternally reboom.”[E ’l duca disse a me: “Più non si desta
di qua dal suon de l’angelica tromba,
quando verrà la nimica podesta:
ciascun rivederà la trista tomba,
ripiglierà sua carne e sua figura,
udirà quel ch’in etterno rimbomba”.]Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Italian poet
The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia], Book 1 “Inferno,” Canto 6, l. 94ff (6.94-99) (1309) [tr. Minchin (1885)]
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Virgil explaining to Dante that, on the Judgment Day, the spirits in Heaven and Hell will be returned to Earth and their bodies (see 1 Cor. 15:51-38), and then face eternal blessing or damnation from Christ. (Source (Italian)). Alternate translations:To me my Leader: These no more will rise
Before the sound of the angelic Trump.
When they the pow'rful Enemy will see
Of wicked act, then ev'ry one recourse
Will have unto their melancholy place
Or Sepulture, will reassume their flesh
And form, and their eternal Judgment hear.
[tr. Rogers (1782), l. 88ff]"Those," cried the Bard, "shall slumber out their fate,
'Till, from the confines of the heav'nly state,
The Hierarch's trump shall thunder thro' the deep:
Then cloath'd again in vests of humble clay,
The hideous band shall rise upon the day,
And down return, their endless doom to weep."
[tr. Boyd (1802), st. 18]When thus my guide: “No more his bed he leaves,
Ere the last angel-trumpet blow. The Power
Adverse to these shall then in glory come,
Each one forthwith to his sad tomb repair,
Resume his fleshly vesture and his form,
And hear the eternal doom re-echoing rend
The vault.”
[tr. Cary (1814)]"Henceforth he wakes mo more," the master said,
"Until the angelic trumpet burst the gloom;
When He shall come, the avenging Power they dread,
These shall revisit each his joyless tomb,
Put on his flesh and form, and hear the sound
That thunders through eternity his doom."
[tr. Dayman (1843)]And my Guide said to me: "He wakes no more until the angel's trumpet sounds; when the adverse Power shall come,
each shall revisit his sad grave; shall resume his flesh and form; shall hear that which resounds to all eternity."
[tr. Carlyle (1849)]The leader said, "No more will he awake
From hence, till the angelic trumpet break
His sleep, when comes their inimical power.
Each will revisit then his mournful tomb,
Self reinvest, in form of flesh be found,
Hear of eternity the thunder-sound."
[tr. Bannerman (1850)]And my guide said to me -- "He wakes no more,
Till at the sound of the angelic trump,
When the Great Pow'r Antagonist shall come.
Then each shall find again his gloomy tomb,
Each shall resume his flesh and earhtly form,
Each hear what through eternity shall peal."
[tr. Johnston (1867)]And the Guide said to me: "He wakes no more
This side the sound of the angelic trumpet;
When shall approach the hostile Potentate.
Each one shall find again his dismal tomb,
Shall reassume his flesh and his own figure,
Shall hear what through eternity re-echoes."
[tr. Longfellow (1867)]And my Leader said to me, "He rises up no more on this side the sound of the angelic trump. When the power that is their foe shall come, each will find again his sorry tomb, will take again his flesh and his own shape, will hear that which thunders in eternity."
[tr. Butler (1885)]And the Leader said to me, “He wakes no more this side the sound of the angelic trump. When the hostile Sovereign shall come, each one will find again his dismal tomb, will take again his flesh and his shape, will hear that which through eternity reechoes.”
[tr. Norton (1892)]And my guide said to me: "He waketh no more until the sounding of the archangel's trumpet. When the enemy shall come in his power, each will find again his joyless sepulchre, will take unto himself again his flesh and form, and hear the sound whose echoes ring throughout eternity."
[tr. Sullivan (1893)]And said to me my guide: "No more he wakens
On this side of the sound of the trump angelic,
What time the hostile magistrate comes hither:
Each one shall find again his tomb of sorrow;
Each shall take up again his flesh and features;
Shall hear what doom resounds for everlasting."
[tr. Griffith (1908)]And my Leader said to me: "He wakes no more till the osunding of the angel's trumpet, when the adverse Judge shall come; each shall find again the sad tomb and take again his flesh and form and hear that which echoes in eternity."
[tr. Sinclair (1939)]My Guide spoke to me: "No more from that bed
he wakes until the angel trumpet sounds
When the stern Power shall make his advent dread.
They shall revisit then their sad grave-mounds,
And each his flesh and his own shape resume,
And hear what through eternity resounds."
[tr. Binyon (1943)]Then spake my guide: "He'll rouse no more," he said,
"'Till the last loud angelic trumpet's sounding;
For when the Enemy Power shall come arrayed
Each soul shall seek its own grave's mournful mounding,
Put on once more its earthly flesh and feature,
And hear the Doom eternally redounding."
[tr. Sayers (1949)]And my Guide to me: "He will not wake again
until the angel trumpet sounds the day
on which the host shall come to judge all men.
Then shall each soul before the seat of Mercy
return to its sad grave and flesh and form
to hear the edict of Eternity."
[tr. Ciardi (1954)]And my leader said to me, "He wakes no more until the angel's trumpet sounds and the hostile Power comes, when each shall find again his dismal tomb and take again his flesh and form, and hear that which resounds to all eternity."
[tr. Singleton (1970)]My guide then said to me: "He'll wake no more
until the day the angel's trumpet blows,
when the unfriendly Judge shall come down here;
each soul shall find again his wretched tomb,
assume his flesh and take his human shape,
and hear his fate resound eternally."
[tr. Musa (1971)]And my guide said to me: "He'll rise no more
until the blast of the angelic trumpet
upon the coming of the hostile Judge:
each one shall see his sorry tomb again
and once again take on his flesh and form,
and hear what shall resound eternally."
[tr. Mandelbaum (1980)]My guide said to me: "He will not wake again
Until he hears the sound of the angel's trumpet
At the arrival of the enemy power:
Each one will see once more his bitter grave,
Will put on once again his flesh and shape,
Will hear what echoes through eternity."
[tr. Sisson (1981)]"He will not wake again," my master said,
"Until the angel's conclusive trumpet sounds
And the hostile Power comes -- and the waiting dead
Wake to go searching for their unhappy tombs:
And resume again the form and flesh they had,
And hear that which eternally resounds.
[tr. Pinsky (1994)]And my leader said to me: "Never again will he arise this side of the angelic trumpet, when he will see the enemy governor:
each will see again his sad tomb, will take again his flesh and his shape, will hear what resounds eternally."
[tr. Durling (1996)]My leader said, "He sleeps again, and will
Until angelic trumpet rouses all,
When their Great Foe last judgment shall fulfill:
Each will find their sorry burial ground,
Will take again their bodies, flesh and form,
Then hear His doom eternally resound.
[tr. Ericsson (2001)]And my guide said to me: "He will not stir further, until the angelic trumpet sounds, when the Power opposing evil will come: each will revisit his sad grave, resume his flesh and form, and hear what will resound through eternity."
[tr. Kline (2002)]"He'll wake no more until the angel's trump,"
my master said. "When comes the Potentate
with all due panoply and legal pomp,
each soul will be required to gravitate
back to its grave, to take no fl>esh and blood again
and hear its doom reverberate."
[tr. Carson (2002)]My leader now addressed me: "He'll not stir
until the trumpets of the angels sound,
at which his enemy, True Power, will come.
Then each will see once more his own sad tomb,
and each, once more, assume its flesh and figure,
each hear the rumbling thunder roll for ever."
[tr. Kirkpatrick (2006)]And my leader said: "He wakes no more
until angelic trumpets sound
the advent of the hostile Power
Then each shall find again his miserable tomb,
shall take again his flesh and form,
and hear the judgment that eternally resounds."
[tr. Hollander/Hollander (2007)]Then my leader told me: "He will not wake
Again until the angel blows his horn
And He who hates evil comes, and everyone takes
The shape and flesh with which we men are born,
Drawing it back from the wretched tomb where it lies,
And all will hear what will echo forever more."
[tr. Raffel (2010)]Virgil said, "He won't wake again
Until an angel with a trumpet signals the adversarial Judge
Has arrived and the tribunal is about to begin.
At that point, each wil find him- or herself in a dismal cell
In human form and human flesh,
Ears tuned to a decree that will last for eternity.
[tr. Bang (2012)]My Leader said: "Until the air is rent
By angel's trumpet -- and the dead shall find
Their graves take fleshly form, and hear resound
The internal echoes, as shall be decreed
By the Last Judge -- this one, held by his ground,
Will never wake up again. Shall we proceed?"
[tr. James (2013), l. 100ff]
Quotations about:
end times
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VENKMAN: This city is headed for a disaster of Biblical proportions.
MAYOR: What do you mean, “Biblical”?
RAY: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath-of-God type stuff. Fire and brimstone coming down from the sky! Rivers and seas boiling!
EGON: Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes …
WINSTON: The dead rising from the grave!
VENKMAN: Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!
No one knows, however, when that day or hour will come — neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son; only the Father knows. Be on watch, be alert, for you do not know when the time will come. It will be like a man who goes away from home on a trip and leaves his servants in charge, after giving to each one his own work to do and after telling the doorkeeper to keep watch. Watch, then, because you do not know when the master of the house is coming — it might be in the evening or at midnight or before dawn or at sunrise. If he comes suddenly, he must not find you asleep. What I say to you, then, I say to all: Watch!
[Περὶ δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης ἢ τῆς ὥρας οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, οὐδὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι ἐν οὐρανῷ οὐδὲ ὁ υἱός, εἰ μὴ ὁ πατήρ. βλέπετε, ἀγρυπνεῖτε· οὐκ οἴδατε γὰρ πότε ὁ καιρός ἐστιν. ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἀπόδημος ἀφεὶς τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ δοὺς τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἑκάστῳ τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ καὶ τῷ θυρωρῷ ἐνετείλατο ἵνα γρηγορῇ. γρηγορεῖτε οὖν· οὐκ οἴδατε γὰρ πότε ὁ κύριος τῆς οἰκίας ἔρχεται, ἢ ὀψὲ ἢ μεσονύκτιον ἢ ἀλεκτοροφωνίας ἢ πρωΐ, μὴ ἐλθὼν ἐξαίφνης εὕρῃ ὑμᾶς καθεύδοντας. ὃ δὲ ὑμῖν λέγω πᾶσιν λέγω, γρηγορεῖτε.]
The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Mark 13: 32-37 (Jesus) [GNT (1966)]
(Source)
This passage is said by some to parallel Matthew 25:13-30 and Luke 19:12-27 (the Parable of the Talents), though it is missing key elements of that story.
The NRSV notes that some manuscripts include "and pray" after the first "keep alert" (as in the KJV translation).
(Source (Greek)). Alternate translations:But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
[KJV (1611)]But as for that day or hour, nobody knows it, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son; no one but the Father. Be on the alert. Be on your guard, stay awake, because you never know when the time will come. It is like a man travelling abroad: he has gone from home, and left his servants in charge, each with his own task; and he has told the doorkeeper to stay awake. So stay awake, because you do not know when the master of the house is coming, evening, midnight, cockcrow, dawn; if he comes unexpectedly, he must not find you asleep. And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake!
[JB (1966)]But as for that day or hour, nobody knows it, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son; no one but the Father. Be on your guard, stay awake, because you never know when the time will come. It is like a man travelling abroad: he has gone from his home, and left his servants in charge, each with his own work to do; and he has told the doorkeeper to stay awake. So stay awake, because you do not know when the master of the house is coming, evening, midnight, cockcrow or dawn; if he comes unexpectedly, he must not find you asleep. And what I am saying to you I say to all: Stay awake!
[NJB (1985)]But nobody knows when that day or hour will come, not the angels in heaven and not the Son. Only the Father knows. Watch out! Stay alert! You don’t know when the time is coming. It is as if someone took a trip, left the household behind, and put the servants in charge, giving each one a job to do, and told the doorkeeper to stay alert. Therefore, stay alert! You don’t know when the head of the household will come, whether in the evening or at midnight, or when the rooster crows in the early morning or at daybreak. Don’t let him show up when you weren’t expecting and find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to all: Stay alert!
[CEB (2011)]But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven nor the Son, but only the Father. Beware, keep alert, for you do not know when the time will come. It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch. Therefore, keep awake, for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening or at midnight or at cockcrow or at dawn, or else he may find you asleep when he comes suddenly. And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake.
[NRSV (2021 ed.)]
