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]
Mobanse bame, nkalata njondamululembelenga niyatubili. Mumakalata abili onse ndayandeti mpundushe manjeyaulwa enu pakumwanusha.
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,
Kamwanukani maswi alamba bashinshimi baswepa mumasuba akunyuma, kayi ne mulawo wa Mwami Mupulushi wetu uwo ngobalamupa batumwa.
3 knowing this first, that there will come scoffers in the last days, going on according to their own desires,
Cakutanguna kamwishibani ibi, mumasuba akupwililisha nikukaboneke bantu minyansho, beshikukonkelowa lunkumbwa lwabo, nibakamusekenga.
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”;
Nekumwipusheti, “Sena ntewalalaya eti ndakesanga? Nomba ulikupeyo? Bamashali betu bonse balapwa kufwa, nomba bintu bilyoweti ncebyalikuba kufuma mpocalabumbwa cishi.”
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,
Nomba balalubunga nsulo kwambeti kaindi Lesa walambowa maswi byakwilu byalalengwa, kayi ne maswi akendi walapansanya cishi ne menshi, neco mutunta wayuma walafumina mumenshi.
6 through which the world then, having been flooded by water, was destroyed;
Kayi ne menshi opelawo cishi capanshi calebila mumenshi nekonongeka.
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.
Nomba kwilu ne cishi capanshi byasungwa ne mulawo wa Lesa kwambeti bikatentwe ne mulilo. Neco nabo bantu batanyumfwili Lesa basungilwa busuba mbweshi akabomboloshe ne kubashina.
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;
Nomba amwe mobansebame, kamutaluba cintu cimo, kuli Lesa busuba bumo bulyeti byaka myanda likumi, kayi byaka myanda likumi bilyeti busuba bumowa.
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,
Nteko kwambeti Lesa lenshinga lufuko pakutensa ncalalaya sobwe mbuli nabambi ncebalayeyenga, neye wekalikana moyo nenjamwe, pakwinga nkasuni kwambeti nabambi bakonongeke, layandangeti bonse balape.
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.
Busuba bwa Mwami nibukashiketi kabwalala. Pabusuba ubo kwilu nikukashimangane ne congo ciyosha, byakwilu nibikapye ne konongeka, cishi capanshi ne byonse bilimo nibikapye nyukutu.
11 All these, then, being dissolved, what kind of persons ought you to be in holy behaviors and pious acts,
Pakwinga byonsebi nibikasungunuke cilico, sena nkamwela kuba baswepa mumikalilo yenu ne kulibenga mobene kuli Lesa?
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?
Mpomulapembelelenga busuba bwa Mwami, sebensani ncito yela kubufwambanisha kwisa. Busuba mbweshikukapye kwilu, kayi byakwilu byonse nibikasungunuke nelubela.
13 And we wait for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise, in which righteousness dwells;
Nomba afwe tulapembelelenga kwilu kwanyowani ne cishi capanshi cinyowani ncalatulaya Lesa, umo mweshi mukabe bululami.
14 for this reason, beloved, waiting for these things, be diligent, spotless and unblameable, to be found by Him in peace,
Neco mobansebame, pakwinga mulapembelelenga ibi, kamwinsani kangwabu kwambeti Lesa akamucaneni mulumuno, kamuli mwabula mubata nambi kampenda.
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,
Ishibani eti Mwami wetu wekalika moyo nenjamwe kwambeti mukapuluke. Paulo mwansewetu, neye walamulembela sha ibi bintu kwelana ne mano ngwalamupa Lesa.
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.
Pakwinga neye ukute kwamba cimocimo pakulemba makalata akendi onse. Mumakalata akendi muli bintu nabimbi byashupa kubinyumfwishisha, ibyo bantu babula mano ancinencine bakute kubipindamuna, mbuli ncebakute kkupindamuna Mabala. Pakwinseco balalishininga bene.
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,
Lino mobansebame, pakwinga mulabishibi, kamucenjelani nebwipishi bwa bantu bwela kumutaya nekumutenkanya nekumuwisha.
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)
Nomba amwe pitilishani kukula mu nkumbo ne lwishibo lwa Mwami ne Mupulushi wetu Yesu Klistu. Kulyendiye kube bulemu pacindi cino mpaka muyayaya. Ameni. (aiōn g165)
The World is Destroyed by Water
