2 Peter 3

1 This [is] now, beloved, a second letter I write to you, in both which I stir up your pure mind in reminding [you]

Ikozvino iyi, vadikanwi, itsamba yechipiri yandinokunyorerai; panaidzodzi mbiri ndinomutsa murangariro wenyu wakachena nechiyeuchidzo,

2 to be mindful of the sayings said before by the holy prophets, and of the command of us the apostles of the LORD and Savior,

kuti murangarire mashoko akambotaurwa nevaporofita vatsvene, nemurairo wedu tiri vaapasitori vaIshe neMuponesi;

3 knowing this first, that there will come scoffers in the last days, going on according to their own desires,

muchiziva ichi pakutanga, kuti kuchauya pakuguma kwemazuva vanongoseka, vachifamba maererano neruchiva rwavo pachavo,

4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things so remain from the beginning of the creation”;

uye vachiti: Chiripi chivimbiso chekuuya kwake? Nokuti kubva zvarara madzibaba zvinhu zvese zvakaramba zvakadaro kubva pakutanga kwekusikwa.

5 for this they willingly conceal, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth having been established by the word of God out of water and through water,

Nokuti ichi vanokanganwa maune, kuti matenga aivapo kubva kare, nenyika, iripo kubva mumvura, kubudikidza nemvura, neshoko raMwari;

6 through which the world then, having been flooded by water, was destroyed;

nazvo nyika yaivapo nguva iyo yakafukidzwa nemvura yakaparadzwa.

7 and by the same word, the present heavens and earth, having been stored up for fire, are being preserved until [the] day of judgment and destruction of impious men.

Asi matenga nenyika zviripo ikozvino zvakachengetwa neirori shoko, zvakachengeterwa moto pazuva rekutongwa nerekuparadzwa kwevanhu vasingadi Mwari.

8 And do not let this one thing be concealed from you, beloved, that one day with the LORD [is] as one thousand years and one thousand years as one day;

Asi chinhu chimwe ichi ngachirege kusazikanwa nemwi, vadikanwi, kuti zuva rimwe kuna Ishe rakaita samakore ane churu, nemakore ane churu sezuva rimwe.

9 the LORD is not slow in regard to the promise, as some count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not intending any to be lost, but all to come to conversion,

Ishe haanonoki maererano nechivimbiso, sevamwe vanoti kunonoka; asi ane moyo murefu kwatiri, asingadi kuti ani nani aparare asi vese vasvike pakutendeuka.

10 and it will come—the Day of the LORD—as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements will be dissolved with burning heat, and [the] earth and the works in it will not be found.

Asi zuva raIshe richasvika sembavha usiku, naro matenga achapfuura nekutinhira kukuru, nezvekutanga zvichaguranyiwa nekupisa kukuru, nenyika nemabasa ari mairi achapiswa.

11 All these, then, being dissolved, what kind of persons ought you to be in holy behaviors and pious acts,

Sezvo zvinhu izvi zvese zvichaparadzwa, imwi munofanira kuva vakadini pamafambiro matsvene nekunamata Mwari,

12 waiting for and hurrying the coming of the Day of God, by which the heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved, and the elements will melt with burning heat?

makatarisira nekumhanyira kusvika kwezuva raMwari; naro matenga achipiswa achaparadzwa, nezvekutanga zvinyunguduke nekupisa kukuru.

13 And we wait for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise, in which righteousness dwells;

Asi sechivimbiso chake tinotarisira matenga matsva nenyika itsva, mazviri munogara kururama.

14 for this reason, beloved, waiting for these things, be diligent, spotless and unblameable, to be found by Him in peace,

Naizvozvo vadikanwi, zvamunotarisira zvinhu izvi, shingairai kuti muwanikwe naye murugare, musina gwapa uye musingamhuriki.

15 and count the long-suffering of our Lord [as] salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul—according to the wisdom given to him—wrote to you,

Zvino muti moyo murefu waIshe wedu ruponeso, hama yedu inodikanwa Pauro sezvaakakunyoreraiwo zvichienderana nenjere dzakapiwa kwaari;

16 as also in all the letters, speaking in them concerning these things, among which are some things [that are] hard to be understood, which the untaught and unstable twist, as also the other Writings, to their own destruction.

semutsamba dzake dzesewo, achitaura madziri maererano nezvinhu izvi; madziri mune zvimwe zvikukutu kunzwisisika, izvo avo vasina kudzidza nevasina kusimba vanozviminamisa, semamwewo magwaro, kusvika pakuparadzwa kwavo pachavo.

17 You, then, beloved, knowing before, take heed, lest, together with the error of the impious being led away, you may fall from your own steadfastness,

Naizvozvo imwi, vadikanwi, zvamagara muchiziva, chenjerai kuti murege kutsauswa pamwe nekunyengera kwevasina murairo, muwe pakusimba kwenyu.

18 and increase in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; to Him [is] the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen. (aiōn g165)

Asi kurai munyasha neparuzivo rwaIshe wedu neMuponesi Jesu Kristu. Rukudzo ngaruende kwaari ikozvinowo uye kusvika zuva rekusingaperi. Ameni. (aiōn g165)

The World is Destroyed by Water