2 Peter 3
1 This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance;
he priyatamAH, yUyaM yathA pavitrabhaviSyadvaktRbhiH pUrvvoktAni vAkyAni trAtrA prabhunA preritAnAm asmAkam AdezaJca sAratha tathA yuSmAn smArayitvA
2 that ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles:
yuSmAkaM saralabhAvaM prabodhayitum ahaM dvitIyam idaM patraM likhAmi|
3 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,
prathamaM yuSmAbhiridaM jJAyatAM yat zeSe kAle svecchAcAriNo nindakA upasthAya
4 and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
vadiSyanti prabhorAgamanasya pratijJA kutra? yataH pitRlokAnAM mahAnidrAgamanAt paraM sarvvANi sRSTerArambhakAle yathA tathaivAvatiSThante|
5 For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;
pUrvvam Izvarasya vAkyenAkAzamaNDalaM jalAd utpannA jale santiSThamAnA ca pRthivyavidyataitad anicchukatAtaste na jAnAnti,
6 by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
tatastAtkAlikasaMsAro jalenAplAvito vinAzaM gataH|
7 but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
kintvadhunA varttamAne AkAzabhUmaNDale tenaiva vAkyena vahnyarthaM gupte vicAradinaM duSTamAnavAnAM vinAzaJca yAvad rakSyate|
8 But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
he priyatamAH, yUyam etadekaM vAkyam anavagatA mA bhavata yat prabhoH sAkSAd dinamekaM varSasahasravad varSasahasraJca dinaikavat|
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
kecid yathA vilambaM manyante tathA prabhuH svapratijJAyAM vilambate tannahi kintu ko'pi yanna vinazyet sarvvaM eva manaHparAvarttanaM gaccheyurityabhilaSan so 'smAn prati dIrghasahiSNutAM vidadhAti|
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
kintu kSapAyAM caura iva prabho rdinam AgamiSyati tasmin mahAzabdena gaganamaNDalaM lopsyate mUlavastUni ca tApena galiSyante pRthivI tanmadhyasthitAni karmmANi ca dhakSyante|
11 Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in [all] holy living and godliness,
ataH sarvvairetai rvikAre gantavye sati yasmin AkAzamaNDalaM dAhena vikAriSyate mUlavastUni ca tApena galiSyante
12 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
tasyezvaradinasyAgamanaM pratIkSamANairAkAGkSamANaizca yUSmAbhi rdharmmAcArezvarabhaktibhyAM kIdRzai rlokai rbhavitavyaM?
13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
tathApi vayaM tasya pratijJAnusAreNa dharmmasya vAsasthAnaM nUtanam AkAzamaNDalaM nUtanaM bhUmaNDalaJca pratIkSAmahe|
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.
ataeva he priyatamAH, tAni pratIkSamANA yUyaM niSkalaGkA aninditAzca bhUtvA yat zAntyAzritAstiSThathaitasmin yatadhvaM|
15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you;
asmAkaM prabho rdIrghasahiSNutAJca paritrANajanikAM manyadhvaM| asmAkaM priyabhrAtre paulAya yat jJAnam adAyi tadanusAreNa so'pi patre yuSmAn prati tadevAlikhat|
16 as also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
svakIyasarvvapatreSu caitAnyadhi prastutya tadeva gadati| teSu patreSu katipayAni durUhyANi vAkyAni vidyante ye ca lokA ajJAnAzcaJcalAzca te nijavinAzArtham anyazAstrIyavacanAnIva tAnyapi vikArayanti|
17 Ye therefore, beloved, knowing [these things] beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.
tasmAd he priyatamAH, yUyaM pUrvvaM buddhvA sAvadhAnAstiSThata, adhArmmikANAM bhrAntisrotasApahRtAH svakIyasusthiratvAt mA bhrazyata|
The Great Flood
