2 Peter 2
1 But there were false prophets, too, among the people, just as among you also there will be false teachers. These will secretly bring in destructive sects, denying even the Master who bought them, and bringing swift ruin upon themselves.
Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn wòlíì èké wà láàrín àwọn ènìyàn náà pẹ̀lú, gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn olùkọ́ni èké yóò ti wà láàrín yín. Wọn yóò yọ́ kẹ́lẹ́ mú ẹ̀kọ́ òdì àti ègbé tọ̀ yín wa, àní tí yóò sẹ́ Olúwa tí ó rà wọ́n padà, wọ́n ó sì mú ìparun ti o yára kánkán wá sórí ara wọn.
2 Then there will be many who will follow their immorality, because of whom the Way of the Truth will be maligned.
Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ni yóò si máa tẹ̀lé ọ̀nà ìtìjú wọn, tí wọn yóò sì mú kí ọ̀nà òtítọ́ di ìsọ̀rọ̀-òdì sí.
3 In their covetousness, with cunning words, they will make merchandise of you; those whose doom has not been idle from of old, and whose destruction has not been slumbering.
Nínú ìwà wọ̀bìà wọn, àwọn ẹlẹ́kọ̀ọ́ òdì wọ̀nyí yóò máa rẹ́ ẹ yín jẹ nípa ìtàn asán. Ìdájọ́ ẹni tí kò falẹ̀ láti ìgbà yìí wá àti ìparun wọn tí kò sí tòògbé.
4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to chains of darkness, and reserved them for judgment; (Tartaroō g5020)
Nítorí pé bi Ọlọ́run kò bá dá àwọn angẹli si nígbà tí wọn ṣẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n ti ó sọ wọ́n sí ìsàlẹ̀ ọ̀run àpáàdì tí ó sì fi wọ́n sínú ọ̀gbun òkùnkùn biribiri nínú ìfipamọ́ títí dé ìdájọ́. (Tartaroō g5020)
5 if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon an ungodly world;
Bí òun kò si dá ayé ìgbàanì sí, nígbà tí ó mú ìkún omi wá sórí ayé àwọn aláìwà-bí-Ọlọ́run, ṣùgbọ́n ó pa Noa mọ́, oníwàásù òdodo, pẹ̀lú àwọn ọmọ méje mìíràn.
6 if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and reduced them to ashes, thus holding them up as a warning to all who would live ungodly;
Tí ó sọ àwọn ìlú Sodomu àti Gomorra di eérú, nígbà tí ó fi ìparun pátápátá dá wọn lẹ́bi, tí ó fi wọ́n ṣe àpẹẹrẹ fún àwọn tí yóò jẹ́ aláìwà-bí-Ọlọ́run.
7 and he delivered righteous Lot who was worn out by the lascivious life of the wicked
Tí ó sì yọ Lọti olóòtítọ́ ènìyàn, ẹni tí ìwà ẹ̀gbin àwọn ènìyàn láìlófin bà nínú jẹ́;
8 (for that righteous man, living among them, tormented his righteous soul in seeing and hearing, day after day, their lawless deeds),
(nítorí ọkùnrin olóòtítọ́ náà bí ó ti ń gbé àárín wọn, tí ó ń rí, tí ó sì ń gbọ́, lójoojúmọ́ ni ìwà búburú wọn ń bá ọkàn òtítọ́ rẹ̀ jẹ́).
9 then be sure that the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the wicked (who are even now enduring punishment) for the "Day of Judgment";
Bí ó bá rí bẹ́ẹ̀, Olúwa mọ bí a tí ń yọ àwọn ẹni ìwà-bí-Ọlọ́run kúrò nínú ìdánwò àti bí a ti ń pa àwọn aláìṣòótọ́ mo fún ọjọ́ ìdájọ́ nígbà tí wọn yóò tẹ̀síwájú nínú ìjìyà ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn.
10 especially those who spend their lives following the flesh in the lust of defilement, and in despising all authority. Audacious and wilful, they feel no awe in railing against dignities;
Ṣùgbọ́n pàápàá àwọn tí ó ń tọ ẹran-ara lẹ́yìn nínú ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ ìwà èérí, tí wọ́n sì ń gan àwọn ìjòyè. Àwọn ọ̀dájú àti agbéraga, wọn kò bẹ̀rù láti sọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀gàn sí àwọn ẹni ògo.
11 even where angels, though surpassing them in strength and might, do not bring a railing judgment against them before the Lord.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn angẹli bí wọ́n ti pọ̀ ní agbára àti ipá tó o nì, wọn kò dá wọ́n lẹ́jọ́ ẹ̀gàn níwájú Olúwa.
12 But these men, like irrational creatures, mere animals, born to be taken and destroyed, continually rail about matters of which they know nothing. In their corruption they will surely be destroyed,
Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn wọ̀nyí, bí ẹranko igbó tí kò ní èrò, ẹranko sá á tí a dá láti máa mú pa, wọ́n ń sọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀gàn nínú ọ̀rọ̀ tí kò yé wọn, a ó pa wọn run pátápátá nínú ìbàjẹ́ ara wọn.
13 suffering wrong as the wage of wrong which they have done. These are men who count it pleasure to carouse in open daylight; they are spots and blemishes reveling in their deceit, even while they are feasting with you.
Wọn yóò gba ibi padà bí ibi tí wọ́n ti ṣe. Òye ìgbafẹ́ tí wọ́n ní láti máa jẹ adùn ayé. Wọ́n jẹ́ àbàwọ́n àti àbùkù, wọ́n ń jayé nínú ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ wọn nígbà tí wọ́n bá ń jẹ àsè pẹ̀lú yín.
14 They have eyes full of harlots, eyes that cannot stop sinning. They entice unsteady souls. Their heart is trained in greed. They are an accursed generation.
Ojú wọn kún fún panṣágà, wọn kò sì dẹ́kun ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ dídá; wọ́n ń tan àwọn tí ọkàn kò fi ẹsẹ̀ múlẹ̀ jẹ; àwọn tí wọ́n ní ọkàn tí ó ti yege nínú wọ̀bìà, ọmọ ègún ni wọ́n.
15 They have forsaken the right way; they have lost their way, and followed the road of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrong-doing.
Wọ́n kọ ọ̀nà tí ó tọ́ sílẹ̀, wọ́n sì ṣáko lọ, wọ́n tẹ̀lé ọ̀nà Balaamu ọmọ Beori, ẹni tó fẹ́ràn èrè àìṣòdodo.
16 He was, however, rebuked for his own transgression; a dumb ass spoke with a man’s voice, and stopped the madness of the prophet.
Ṣùgbọ́n a bá a wí nítorí ìrékọjá rẹ̀, odi kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ fi ohùn ènìyàn sọ̀rọ̀, ó sì fi òpin sí ìṣiwèrè wòlíì náà.
17 Such men are like waterless springs, or mists storm-driven; for them the blackness of darkness has been reserved.
Àwọn wọ̀nyí ni kànga tí kò ní omi, ìkùùkuu tí ẹ̀fúùfù ń gbá kiri; àwọn ẹni tí a pa òkùnkùn biribiri mọ́ dè títí láé. (questioned)
18 For speaking great swelling words of vanity, they entangle, by their lasciviousness, in the lusts of the flesh, those who are just about to escape from the men that live in misconduct.
Nítorí ìgbà tí wọ́n bá ń sọ̀rọ̀ ìhàlẹ̀ asán, nínú ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ ara, wọn a máa tan àwọn tí wọ́n fẹ́rẹ̀ má tí ì bọ́ tán kúrò lọ́wọ́ àwọn tí wọ́n wà nínú ìṣìnà.
19 They promise them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of rottenness! (For indeed a man is the slave of anything which masters him.)
Wọn a máa ṣe ìlérí òmìnira fún wọn, nígbà tí àwọn pàápàá jẹ́ ẹrú ìdíbàjẹ́; nítorí ènìyàn tí di ẹrú ohunkóhun tí ó bá ṣe ọ̀gá rẹ̀.
20 For if, after having escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, men are again entangled in them and overpowered, their last state is become worse than their first.
Lẹ́yìn tí wọ́n bá ti yọ tán kúrò nínú èérí ayé nípa mímọ́ Olúwa àti Olùgbàlà wá Jesu Kristi, bí wọn bá sì tún fi ara kó o, tí a sì ṣẹ́gun wọn, ìgbẹ̀yìn wọn a burú jú ti ìṣáájú lọ.
21 Indeed it would have been better for them not to have known the Way of Righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy command delivered to them.
Nítorí ìbá sàn fún wọn, kí wọn má mọ́ ọ̀nà òdodo, jù pé lẹ́yìn tí wọ́n mọ̀ ọ́n tán, kí wọn yípadà kúrò nínú òfin mímọ́ tí a fi fún wọn.
22 In their case it has happened according to the true proverb, The dog returns again to his own vomit, and The sow, after washing, to her wallowing in the mire.
Òwe òtítọ́ náà ṣẹ sí wọn lára, “Ajá tún padà sí èébì ara rẹ̀; àti ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ tí a ti wẹ̀mọ́ tún padà ń yíràá nínú ẹrọ̀fọ̀.”
