2 Peter 3

1 Ka it te awng, tu in hi laithak ni na sia, note kung ah kong at hi; ka laithak a nina sung ah a thiangtho na thinsung uh phawk tawntungna taw in kong hanthawn hi:

This is now my second letter to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your pure minds by putting you in remembrance.

2 Kamsang thiangtho te in tanglai a sonkholsa thu te le ko sawltak te zang in Topa le Ngumpa i thupitna sia phawktawntung tu in ka at a hihi:

I want you to recollect the words that were foretold by the holy prophets, and the command of your Lord and Saviour, given you through your apostles.

3 Hi tu sia amasabel in heak tu a hihi, ni tawpkhak ni ciang in ngual nu nau thei te hongpai tu a, amate i cilesa deina bang in nungta uh hi,

Know this first, that mockers will come in the last days, in their mockery, men who walk the way of their own lusts

4 Taciang amate in, hongpai kik tu thu hong kamciam pa koisung ah om ziam? banghangziam cile i pu le i pa te a mut zawk uh bitphuana a kipatcil pan kipan in na theampo sia ama ngeina bang in om nginge hi, ci hi.

and say, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the day that our fathers fell asleep everything continues as it was from the beginning of the creation."

5 Banghangziam cile Pathian thu tungtawn in vantung om a, leitung zong tui sung pan le tuisung ah om hi ci thu sia, a he ngawl bang in a om uh hang a hihi:

For they willingly ignore the fact that there were heaven, from of old, and an earth formed out of water and through water, by the word of God;

6 Tabang in leitung sia tui taw khu a, susia siat hi:

and that by the same means the world which then existed was destroyed by a deluge of water.

7 Ahihang tu hun in a om vantung le leitung sia Pathian he ngawl te thukhenna le suksiatna ni in mei taw hal tu in a khetlai a hihi.

But the heavens and earth that now are, by the same word of God, have been reserved for fire, and are being kept for the Day of Judgment, and for the destruction of ungodly men.

8 Ahizong ka it te awng, Topa mai ah nikhat sia kum tulkhat bang a hihi, taciang kum tulkhat sia nikhat bang a hihi, ci thu khat sia mangil heak vun.

Do not forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

9 Mi pawlkhat te in a kamciam taw kisai in Topa sia haisang mama hi, ci in ngaisun napi, zuanhai ngawl hi, ahihang khatbeak zong mangthang ngawl tu le mi theampo ki sikkikna ah theng tu a dei hu in thinsautak in hong ngak hi.

The Lord does not loiter over his promise, as some men esteem loitering; but he is longsuffering toward you, not purposing that any should perish, but that all should pass on to repentance.

10 Ahizong Topa nisia zan ciang in nguta bang in hong theng tu hi; tua ni sia vantung ah aw nging mama taw bo tu a, taciang piansak nate theampo zong a satlei hu in tui siat hi, leitung le a sung a om piansak nate theampo zong kang siat tu hi.

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief; and on that Day the heavens will vanish with a crash, the heavenly bodies will melt with fervent heat, and the earth and all its works will be burned up.

11 Hi te theampo bosiat tu ahi hu in, a thiangtho nuntakzia le Pathian mi hina taw na nuntak tu uh hi ngawl ziam?

Now since all things are in the process of dissolution, what kind of men ought you to be, in all holy living and piety;

12 Vantung sia mei in kang in bo tu a, van ah a ki omsak theampo zong a satlei hu in tui siat tu hi, tua Pathian ni hong thet tu sia lawptak in na ngak vun.

while you look for and hasten the coming of the Day of God. At its coming the heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt with fervent heat.

13 Ahihang eite sia, ama kamciam bang in thutang suana om na mun vanthak le leithak i en tek hi.

But according to his promise, we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness makes her dwelling.

14 Tua ahikom, ka it te awng, tabang nate na lamet uh hu in, Ama in note sia thinnopna, a niin bang ngawl le paubang ngawl in hong mu thei natu in hanciam tavun.

And so, beloved, since you are looking for these things, continually give diligence that you may be found in peace, unspotted and blameless in his sight.

15 Ka it ka suapui pa Paul in Pathian i piak ciimna taw note tung ah a at na sung ah a om bang in, Topa sia eite ngupna atu in a thinsau mama hi;

Regard our Lord’s longsuffering as salvation; even as our dear brother Paul also wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him.

16 Ama laithak theampo sung ah, a tel haksa thu pawlkhat om hi, lai sin ngawl te le a kho ngawl te in laithiangtho dang sung ah mihing te in a khiakna khial in a telkhial uh bang in, amate le amate ki suksiat na suak tawntung hi.

It is the same in all his letters when he speaks of these things. There are indeed some things in his letters hard to understand, which the ignorant and the shifty wrest, as also they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

17 Tua ahikom ka it te awng, mihing pha ngawl te in a khialna taw hong makai ngawl in, note a kip a kho mun pan in na pu thei ngawl natu in, hi thu te hong hesak zo ahikom kidawm in om tavun.

Do you therefore, beloved, because you know these things beforehand, be on your guard lest you be led astray by the error of the wicked, and so fall from your own stedfastness.

18 Ahihang hesuakna sung ah ahizong, ka Topa le Ngumpa Jesus Christ heakna sung ah ahizong in, khang tavun. Ama tung ah minthanna sia tu le a tawntung in om paisuak tahen. Amen. (aiōn g165)

But grow continually in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and unto the Day of Eternity, Amen. (aiōn g165)

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