2 Peter 3
1 Beloved, this second epistle I now write to you, in which epistles I stir up your sincere mind to remembrance:
Ko te rua tenei o aku pukapuka, e oku hoa aroha, ka tuhituhia atu nei ki a koutou; hei whakaoho tauarua i o koutou hinengaro tinihangakore kia mahara:
2 to be mindful of the words before spoken by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the Apostles of the Lord and Saviour.
Kia mahara ai koutou ki nga kupu i korerotia i mua e nga poropiti tapu, ki ta matou hoki, ki ta nga apotoro a te Ariki, a te Kaiwhakaora:
3 Knowing this first, that scoffers will come in the last days, walking after their own lusts,
Ko tenei ta koutou e matau ai i te tuatahi, tera e puta mai etahi kaiwhakamanumanu i nga ra whakamutunga, e haere ana i runga i nga ritenga o o ratou hiahia ake,
4 and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for from the time the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as at the beginning of the creation.
E mea ana, Kei hea te korero o tona haerenga mai? mau tonu hoki nga mea katoa no te moenga ra ano o nga matua, pera tonu me to te orokohanganga.
5 But this willfully escapes them, that, by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth subsisting from the water, and by water:
Na ratou tonu i whakakuware ki tenei, na te kupu a te Atua nga rangi i mua, me te whenua ano totoka tonu i roto i te wai, na te wai ano hoki.
6 by which the world that then was, being deluged with water, perished.
He hurihanga na enei i ngaro ai i te wai te ao o tera wa.
7 But the present heavens and the earth, by the same word are treasured up, being kept for fire to a day of judgment, and destruction of ungodly men.
Ko nga rangi onaianei ia me te whenua, he mea rongoa na taua kupu ra ano, he mea waiho marire mo te ahi, ina taea te ra o te whakawakanga, o te whakangaromanga o nga tangata karakiakore.
8 But this one thing, let it not escape you, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Kei kuware ia koutou, e oku hoa aroha, ki tenei mea kotahi, ki ta te Ariki he ra kotahi rite tonu ki nga tau kotahi mano, nga tau kotahi mano rite tonu ki te ra kotahi.
9 The Lord does not delay his promise in the manner some account delaying; but he exercises long-suffering toward us, not desiring that any should perish, but that all should come to reformation.
Kahore he whakaroa o te Ariki ki tana kupu whakaari, kahore e rite ki ta etahi e ki nei he whakaroa; engari e manawanui ana ki a tatou, kahore ona whakaaro mo te tangata kia ngaro; engari kia tae katoa ki te ripeneta.
10 However, as thief, the day of the Lord will come; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements burning shall be dissolved; and the earth, and the works that are upon it, shall be utterly burned.
E puta mai hoki te ra o te Ariki ano he tahae i te po; ko reira pahemo atu ai nga rangi, tona nui hoki o te tangi; na ka ngiha nga mea timatanga i te ahi, ka rewa; a pau ake i te ahi te whenua me ana mahi.
11 Seeing, then, all these things shall be dissolved; --what sort of persons ought you to be, in holy behavior and godliness,
Heoi mo te rewa nei enei mea katoa, kia pehea ra he tikanga ma koutou i runga i te whakahaere tapu, i te karakia;
12 expecting and earnestly desiring, the coming of the day of God; in which the heavens being set on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements burning, shall be melted?
Me te tumanako, me te takare ano koutou ki te taenga mai o te ra o te Atua, e rewa ai nga rangi i te ahi, e ngiha ai nga mea timatanga, e memeha ai?
13 But we, according to his promise, expect new heavens, and a new earth, in which dwells righteousness.
Heoi kei te tumanako tatou ki nga rangi hou, ki te whenua hou, ki tana i whakaari mai ai, kei reira te tika e noho ana.
14 Wherefore, beloved, expecting these things, diligently endeavor to be found of him spotless, and irreproachable, in peace.
Mo konei ra, e oku hoa aroha, i a koutou ka tumanako na ki enei mea, kia puta to koutou uaua kia rokohina e ia i runga i te rangimarie, te whai ira, te whai koha i tona aroaro.
15 And reckon the long-suffering of our Lord, to be for salvation; as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you.
Kia mahara ano ki te manawanui o to tatou Ariki, he whakaora; ko te mea hoki ia tuhituhia ki a koutou e to tatou teina aroha, e Paora, he mea i rite tonu ki te matauranga kua homai nei ki a ia;
16 As, indeed, in all his epistles, speaking in them concerning these things: in which there are some things hard to be understood, which the untaught and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.
I pera ano i ana pukapuka katoa, i korerotia hoki enei mea ki reira; kei reira ano hoki etahi mea he pakeke nei ki te whakaaro, whakawiria ketia ake e te hunga kuware, e te hunga kahore ano i u; ko ta ratou hanga ano ia ki era atu karaipiture, a ngaro iho ratou.
17 Therefore, beloved, foreknowing these things, be on your guard; lest being also carried away by the deceit of the lawless, you fall from your own steadfastness.
Na, e oku hoa aroha, ka matau wawe nei koutou ki enei mea, kia taupato kei kahakina atu koutou e te he o te hunga kino, kei taka atu, kei kore e u.
18 But grow in favor, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. (aiōn g165)
Engari kia neke ake i runga i te aroha noa, i te matauranga o to tatou Ariki, ara o te Kaiwhakaora, o Ihu Karaiti. Waiho atu i a ia te kororia, aianei, a ake tonu atu. Amine. (aiōn g165)
The World is Destroyed by Water
