< 2 Peter 2 >

1 Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
Ma na mgbe ochie ahụ kwa, e nwere ọtụtụ ndị amụma ụgha nʼetiti ha, dịka a ga-esi nwee ndị ozizi ụgha nʼetiti unu. Ndị a ga-esite na nzuzo na-ewebata ozizi ọjọọ nke na-eweta ịla nʼiyi, ha ga-agọnarị ọ bụladị onye kachasị ihe niile, bụ Onyenwe, onye gbapụtara ha. Ha na-eweta ịla nʼiyi na mberede, na-atụkwasị onwe ha nʼisi.
2 Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.
Ya mere, ọtụtụ mmadụ ga-esoro ndụ rụrụ arụ ha na-ebi, nʼihi ha ga-ekwutọkwa ụzọ nke eziokwu ahụ.
3 In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
Nʼanya ukwu ha, ndị nkuzi ụgha ndị a ga-eji okwu nrafu rigbuo unu nʼuru. Site na mgbe ochie, onye ga-ekpe ha ikpe dị njikere. Onye ga-ala ha nʼiyi anaghị arahụ ụra.
4 For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; (Tartaroō g5020)
Ọ bụrụ na Chineke ahapụghị ndị mmụọ ozi ahụ mgbe ha mehiere, kama o weere ha kpọchie nʼime ala mmụọ, ebe e kere ha agbụ na-eche ụbọchị ikpe ahụ. (Tartaroō g5020)
5 if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
Ọ bụrụkwa na o mereghị ndị ụwa nke mbụ ebere mgbe o mere ka uju mmiri bịakwasị ndị bi na ya na-amaghị Chineke, kama ọ zọpụtara naanị Noa bụ onye kwusara ezi omume na mmadụ asaa ndị ọzọ.
6 if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
Ọ bụrụ na ọ mara obodo Sọdọm na Gọmọra ikpe site nʼiwere ọkụ rechapụ ha, mee ha ihe ịmaatụ banyere ihe gaje ịbịakwasị ndị na-amaghị Chineke;
7 and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
ọ bụrụkwa na ọ napụtara Lọt bụ onye ezi omume, onye ndụ ọjọọ nke ndị na-emebi iwu wutere
8 (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
(nʼihi na nwoke ezi omume ahụ nke na-ebi nʼetiti ha ụbọchị niile, ehihie na abalị, bụ onye eji ọrụ mmebi iwu niile ọ na-anụ, na nke o ji anya ya na-ahụ, mekpaa mkpụrụobi ezi omume ya ahụ).
9 if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
Ọ bụrụ na ọ dị otu a, Onyenwe anyị maara otu o si anapụta ndị na-asọpụrụ Chineke site nʼọnwụnwa niile gbara ha gburugburu. Ọ makwaara edebe ndị ajọ omume nʼahụhụ, tutu ruo ụbọchị ikpe ahụ.
10 Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
Nke a bụ eziokwu banyere ndị ahụ na-agbaso ọchịchọ emerụrụ emerụ nke anụ ahụ mmehie ha, na-eledakwa ike ọchịchị anya. Ndị nwere anya ike ma jupụtakwa na mpako. Ndị ahụ ụjọ na-adịghị atụ ikwutọ ọ bụladị mmụọ ndị ahụ jupụtara nʼebube nke anya na-adịghị ahụ.
11 Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.
Lee, ọ bụ ezie na ndị mmụọ ozi karịrị ha nʼịdị ike, nweekwa ume karịa, ma ha anaghị e kpegide ha ikpe nkwujọ nʼihu Onyenwe anyị.
12 These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
Lee ka ha si na-ekwulu ihe ndị ha aghọtaghị. Ha dị ka ụmụ anụ ọhịa, ndị nzuzu na-eme naanị ihe ọbụla ha kpebiri nʼobi ha. Ndị a mụrụ naanị maka ijide ha ma bibiekwa ha. A ga-egbu ha otu e si egbu ụmụ anụ ọhịa ndị a.
13 The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.
A ga-eji ntaramahụhụ kwụghachi ha ụgwọ ihe ọjọọ ha mere. Ihe na-atọ ha ụtọ bụ ịkpọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ nʼetiti ehihie. Ha bụ ihe ihere, bụrụkwa ndị na-ewetara unu ntụpọ ma ọ bụrụ na ha na-eso unu na-erikọta oriri.
14 Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
Anya ha jupụtara nʼagụụ ịkwa iko, mmehie adịghị ejukwa ha afọ. Ha na-arafu ndị okwukwe ha na-esighị ike. Ha bụkwa ndị a maara aha ha nʼihi oke ọchịchọ. Nʼezie ha bụ ụmụ a bụrụ ọnụ.
15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
Ha esitela nʼezi ụzọ ahụ jehie, soro omume Belam nwa Beoa, onye hụrụ ụgwọ ọrụ nke ajọ omume nʼanya.
16 But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
Ma a baara ya mba maka ajọ omume ya, mgbe e mere ka ịnyịnya ibu ya jiri olu mmadụ gwa ya okwu; gbochie ọrụ onyeisi na-adịghị mma nke onye amụma ahụ chọrọ ịrụ.
17 These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
Ndị a dịkwa ka iyi tara ata nke mmiri ọbụla na-adịghị nʼime ya. Ha dịkwa ka igwe ojii nke oke ifufe na-efesasị, nke na-adịghị ezo mmiri ọbụla. Ndị a kwadobere ebe kachasị ịgba ọchịchịrị.
18 With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
Ha na-eji okwu efu na-enweghị isi, na agụụ ihe ọjọọ nke na-agụ anụ ahụ ha, na-arafu ndị sitere nʼetiti ndị na-ebi ndụ ọjọọ na-ekewapụ onwe ha.
19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
Ha na-ekwe ha nkwa inwere onwe ha, ma ha onwe ha bụ ohu nye ihe rere ure, nʼihi na mmadụ bụ ohu nye ihe ọbụla na-achị achị nʼime ya.
20 If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
Mgbe ha sitere nʼihe niile emerụrụ emerụ nke ụwa gbapụ, site na mmazu nke Onyenwe anyị, na Onye nzọpụta anyị Jisọs Kraịst, bụrụ ndị atụhịrị na mmehie ọzọ, bụrụkwa ndị e meriri, ha ga-abụ ndị ọnọdụ ha ga-ajọ njọ karịa ka ọ dị na mbụ.
21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.
Ọ gaara akara ha mma ma ọ bụrụ na ha amataghị ụzọ ezi omume, karịa na ha matara ya, mesịa gbakụta iwu ahụ dị nsọ nyere ha azụ.
22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
Ilu ndị a bụ eziokwu banyere ha sị, “Nkịta laghachiri ọzọ nʼihe ọ gbọrọ,” ya na, “Nne ezi a sachara ahụ laghachiri ọzọ ịtụrụ onwe ya nʼapịtị.”

< 2 Peter 2 >