< 2 Peter 2 >
1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there shall be among you lying teachers, who shall bring in sects of perdition, and deny the Lord who bought them: bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
Atorɔ adiyifoɔ kɔɔ tetefoɔ no mu, na saa ara nso na atorɔ adiyifoɔ bɛba mo mu ara ne no. Wɔbɛkyerɛ nkyerɛkyerɛ bɔne a nokorɛ nni mu na wɔapa Owura a ɔgyee wɔn no, na ɛnam so ama ɔsɛeɛ aba wɔn so prɛko pɛ.
2 And many shall follow their riotousnesses, through whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
Nnipa bebree bɛfa akwammɔne so na ɛsiane deɛ wɔyɛ no enti, nnipa bɛkasa atia nokorɛ ɛkwan no.
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you. Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their perdition slumbereth not.
Saa atorɔ adiyifoɔ yi nam wɔn sikanibereɛ so bɛto anansesɛm akyerɛ mo de apɛ mo ho mfasoɔ. Wɔn ɔtemmufoɔ siesiee ne ho akyɛre, na saa ara nso na wɔn ɔsɛefoɔ no nso asɔre agyina.
4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but delivered them, drawn down by infernal ropes to the lower hell, unto torments, to be reserved unto judgment: (Tartaroō )
Onyankopɔn amfa abɔfoɔ a wɔyɛɛ bɔne no ho ankyɛre wɔn. Ɔtoo wɔn guu asaman sum mu baabi guu wɔn nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn, na ɛhɔ na wɔretwɛn Atemmuo da no. (Tartaroō )
5 And spared not the original world, but preserved Noe, the eighth person, the preacher of justice, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly.
Onyankopɔn amma tete ewiase no amfa ne ho anni. Ɔmaa nsuyire baa wɔn a wɔannye asɛm no anni no so. Wɔn a ɔgyee wɔn nkwa no ne Noa a ɔkaa tenenee ho asɛm no ne nnipa baason bi.
6 And reducing the cities of the Sodomites, and of the Gomorrhites, into ashes, condemned them to be overthrown, making them an example to those that should after act wickedly.
Onyankopɔn buu Sodom ne Gomora fɔ de ogya sɛee wɔn, de bɔɔ wɔn a wɔnnye Onyankopɔn nni no kɔkɔ.
7 And delivered just Lot, oppressed by the injustice and lewd conversation of the wicked.
Ɔgyee Lot a ɔyɛ ɔteneneeni no firii nnipa nnebɔneyɛfoɔ nsam.
8 For in sight and hearing he was just: dwelling among them, who from day to day vexed the just soul with unjust works.
Na saa ɔteneneeni no te saa nnipa nnebɔneyɛfoɔ no mu na afideɛ a na saa nnipa no yɛ no adekyeeɛ ne adesaeɛ no ha no yie.
9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly from temptation, but to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be tormented.
Yei kyerɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn nim ɛkwan a ɔfa so gye nʼakyidifoɔ firi ɔhaw mu, ɛnna ɔnim ɛkwan a ɔfa so kora nnipa nnebɔneyɛfoɔ, twe wɔn aso de twɛn Atemmuo da no,
10 And especially them who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government, audacious, self willed, they fear not to bring in sects, blaspheming.
ne titire no, wɔn a wɔdi wɔn honam akɔnnɔ akyi na wɔpa Onyankopɔn tumi no. Saa atorɔ akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ yi wɔ akokoɔduru na wɔmmu animuonyamfoɔ a wɔwɔ ɔsoro no, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔte wɔn atua.
11 Whereas angels who are greater in strength and power, bring not against themselves a railing judgment.
Na abɔfoɔ a wɔwɔ ahoɔden ne tumi sene saa atorɔ akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ yi mpo nka nsɛmmɔne mmu wɔn atɛn wɔ Awurade anim.
12 But these men, as irrational beasts, naturally tending to the snare and to destruction, blaspheming those things which they know not, shall perish in their corruption,
Nanso, saa nnipa yi yɛ wɔn nneɛma te sɛ mmoa a wonni adwene, wɔwo wɔn sɛ wɔnkye wɔn nku wɔn. Wɔgu nneɛma biara a wɔnte aseɛ no ho fi. Wɔbɛsɛe wɔn sɛ mmoa.
13 Receiving the reward of their injustice, counting for a pleasure the delights of a day: stains and spots, sporting themselves to excess, rioting in their feasts with you:
Ɔhaw a wɔma ɛbaeɛ no, wɔbɛtua wɔn so ka. Deɛ wɔn ani gye ho ne sɛ wɔbɛyɛ biribiara awia ketee a ɛbɛyɛ ama wɔn honam akɔnnɔ. Sɛ wɔne mo to nsa didi a, ɛgu wɔn anim ase. Ɛfiri sɛ, saa ɛberɛ no na wɔka nnaadaasɛm.
14 Having eyes full of adultery and of sin that ceaseth not: alluring unstable souls, having their heart exercised with covetousness, children of malediction:
Wɔnhwehwɛ hwee sɛ mmaa adwamanfoɔ ɛfiri sɛ, wɔpɛ sɛ daa wɔyɛ bɔne. Wɔdaadaa nnipa a wɔyɛ mmerɛ kɔ bɔne mu. Wɔayɛn wɔn akoma ama anibereɛ. Wɔwɔ Onyankopɔn nnome ase.
15 Leaving the right way they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity,
Wɔamane afiri ɛkwan tee no so enti wɔayera. Wɔafa ɛkwan a Beor ba Bileam a ne sika a ɔnya de yɛ bɔne no kɔfaa so no so.
16 But had a check of his madness, the dumb beast used to the yoke, which speaking with man’s voice, forbade the folly of the prophet.
Yei maa wɔkaa nʼanim wɔ ne bɔne no ho. Nʼafunumu de onipa nne kasaeɛ de sii odiyifoɔ no abɔdamsɛm no ho ɛkwan.
17 These are fountains without water, and clouds tossed with whirlwinds, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved.
Saa nnipa yi te sɛ asutire a awe anaasɛ omununkum a mframa bɔ no. Onyankopɔn de wɔn asie esum kabii mu wɔ baabi. ()
18 For, speaking proud words of vanity, they allure by the desires of fleshly riotousness, those who for a little while escape, such as converse in error:
Wɔka ahantansɛm ne nkwaseasɛm na wɔnam wɔn honam akɔnnɔ ho nnaadaa so twetwe wɔn a wɔatwe wɔn ho afiri nnebɔneyɛfoɔ ho.
19 Promising them liberty, whereas they themselves are the slaves of corruption. For by whom a man is overcome, of the same also he is the slave.
Wɔhyɛ wɔn ahofadie ho bɔ wɔ ɛberɛ a wɔn ankasa wɔyɛ bɔne nkoa ɛfiri sɛ, onipa yɛ akoa ma biribiara a ɛdi no so.
20 For if, flying from the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they be again entangled in them and overcome: their latter state is become unto them worse than the former.
Na sɛ onipa sua yɛn Awurade ne yɛn Agyenkwa Yesu Kristo ho asɛm, na ɔnam so dwane firi ewiase yi mu akwammɔne so, na akyire no ɔkɔ bɔne mu bio ma ɔdane bɔne akoa a, ɛnneɛ ɛyɛ hu sene ne kane no.
21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of justice, than after they have known it, to turn back from that holy commandment which was delivered to them.
Sɛ wɔnnim Kristo koraa a, anka ɛyɛ ma wɔn sene sɛ wɔbɛsua ne ho nsɛm na afei wɔbɛdane wɔn akyi akyerɛ mmara Kronkron a wɔde maa wɔn no.
22 For, that of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog is returned to his vomit: and, The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.
Deɛ ɛbaa wɔn so no kyerɛ sɛ, saa ɛbɛ yi yɛ nokorɛ. “Ɔkraman sane kɔtafere ne fe ɛnna ɔprako a wɔadware no no nso kɔyantam wɔ atɛkyɛ mu.”