2 Peter 3
1 My friends, this is my second letter to you. In both of them I've tried to stir you up and remind you to think clearly with pure minds.
Mbe oli, enikwandikila awe, omwendwa inyarubha inu eya kabhili koleleki nikusisimule obhwenge,
2 Remember the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets, and what the Lord and Savior commanded through your apostles.
koleleki utule okwijuka emisango ejo jaikilwe na bhalagi abhelu no kumenya echilagilo cho Mukama weswe no mwilusi kwo kulabha ku ntumwa.
3 Above all you should know that derisive people will come in the last days, full of mockery and following their own evil desires.
Umenye gunu kwamba, ati abhalomi abha iniku abhaja mu nsiku jo bhutelo okubhalomela emwe iniku, mbalibhata okulubhana no kwenda kwebhwe.
4 “So what happened to this coming he promised?” they ask. “Right from the time our ancestors died, everything's continued as it always has, ever since creation began.”
Mbe nibhaika “Gulyaki omulago gwo kusubha? Bhalata bheswe bhafuye, Mbe nawe ebhinu bhyona bhyaliga bhili kutiyo okusokelela kubhwambilo bhwo kuanga.
5 But they deliberately ignore the fact that by God's command the heavens were created long ago. The earth came into existence from the water, and was surrounded by water.
Mbekola okulabhilwa ati insi no lwile bhyambile okusoka mu manji no kulabha mu manji munsiku ja kala, kwo musango gwa Nyamuanga,
6 It was through water that the world that then existed was destroyed—through being flooded by water.
na ati kwo kulabha ku musango gwaye na manji nigabha insi ku mwanya ogwo, ijuye amanji yanyamuwe.
7 But by means of that same divine command the heavens and the earth that now exist are reserved for destruction by fire at the day of judgment when the wicked will be destroyed.
Mbe nawe oli olwile ne chalo jibhikilwe kwo musango ogwo gwo kulwo mulilo. Bhibhikilwe ku indamu na masingalisho ga abhanu bhanu bhatali bha Nyamuanga.
8 However, my friends, don't forget this one thing: that for the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like a day.
Inu itakutula kwiindya obhubhambasi bhwao, bhendwa, ati olusiku lumwi ku Latabhugenyi ni kuti emyaka chiumbi. Ne myaka chiumbi ni kuti lusiku lumwi.
9 The Lord is not delaying the fulfillment of his promise, as some define delay, but he is being very patient with you. He doesn't want anyone to be lost, but everyone to come and repent.
Itali ati Omukama kakola okukumisha omulago, lwa kutyo ejiganilisibhwa okubha, Mbe nawe omwenikili ni mwikomesha ingulu yemwe, omwene atakwenda nolwo umwi asingalike, Mbe nawe endele okusosha omwanya koleleki bhona bhante.
10 However, the day of the Lord will come, unexpectedly like a thief. The heavens will explode with a thunderous roar, and the elements will be destroyed as they are burned up. The earth and everything in it will vanish.
Nawe olusiku lwo Mukama olwija lwo mwifi, olwile olulabhao nilusekana. Ebhinu ebhisingalisibhwa no mulilo. Insi ne bhinu bhyona bhinu bhilimo ebhisululwa abhwelu.
11 Since everything is going to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people should you be? You should be living lives that are pure, dedicated to God,
Kulwo kubha ebhinu bhyona ebhisingalisibhwa mu njila inu. Mbe oubha munu wa kutiki? Wiyanje kisi mukalibhatiye ka Nyamuanga.
12 waiting expectantly and being eager for the coming of the day of God. That day the heavens will catch fire and be destroyed, and the elements will melt in the heat.
Owendibhwa okumenya no kwikenga bhwangu mu lusiku lwo kwija Nyamuanga. Olusiku olwo olwile olusingalisibhwa no mulilo. Ne bhinu ebhinyalaganyibhwa na libhasi lya lisubha.
13 But as for us, we are looking for new heavens and a new earth that God has promised where everything is good and right.
Mbe nawe okulubhana no mulago gwaye, chilindiliye olwile luyaya na insi inyaya, ao abhalengelesi bhalinyanja.
14 So, my friends, since you're anticipating these things, make sure you'll be found pure and blameless, and at peace with God.
Mbe bhendwa kulwo kubha echilindilila ebhinu bhinu, wikomeshe okwangalila ubhe no mulembe amwi nage.
15 Remember that it is our Lord's patience that gives the opportunity for salvation. That's what our dear brother Paul was explaining to you in all his letters with the wisdom given to him by God.
Yangalila okwikomesha kwa Latabhugenyi weswe mu mwelulo, lwo mwendwa weswe Paulo, kutyo abhandikiye emwe, okulubhana no bhwengeso bhunu ayanilwe.
16 He spoke about these things, though some of what he wrote is certainly hard to understand. Some ignorant and unbalanced people have twisted what he wrote to their own loss—just as they do other scriptures.
Paulo kalomelela ago gona munyalubha jaye, bhilio ebhinu bhinu bhikomeye okubhimenya. Abhanu bhanu bhatana esima no kwimelegulu bhabhinyamuye ebhinu ebhyo, lwa kutyo abhakola mu maandiko okugenda mumasingalisho gebhwe.
17 My friends, since you already know this, make sure that these errors of the wicked don't lead you astray, and you don't fall from your firm position.
Kutyo, bhendwa kwo kubha omugamenya ago, mwiyangalile abhene koleleki mwasiga okubhushwa no bhujigi bhwa bhabheyi no kubhusha obhulengelesi.
The Great Flood
