2 Peter 3
1 This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you;
Frè m' yo, sa fè dezyèm lèt m'ap ekri nou. Nan tou de lèt yo mwen te vle fè nou chonje tout bagay sa yo, pou lespri moun ki dwat yo pa dòmi, pou n' te ka gen bon lide nan tèt nou.
2 that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your emissaries:
Se pou n' toujou chonje sa pwofèt Bondye yo te di nou depi lontan. Toujou chonje kòmandman Seyè ki delivrans nou an. Se kòmandman sa yo apòt yo te moutre nou.
3 knowing this first, that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking and walking after their own lusts,
Anvan tout bagay se pou nou konprann sa byen: lè dènye jou yo va rive, gen moun ki pou parèt ka pral pase bagay Bondye yo anba rizib. Se moun k'ap viv dapre tout vye lanvi yo genyen.
4 and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation."
Y'a di: Kote pwomès li te fè nou an? Li pa t' di li t'ap vini? Depi sou tan zansèt nou yo ki mouri, tout bagay rete menm jan yo te ye a lè latè te fèk kreye.
5 For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;
Men, moun sa yo, lè y'ap pale konsa, yo fè espre bliye sa ki te rive nan tan lontan: Bondye te pale epi li fè syèl la. Se li ki te fè tè a soti nan dlo a, se li ki te fè dlo a fè tè a.
6 by which means the world that then was, being deluged with water, was destroyed.
Se li ki te fè dlo a moute kouvri latè nan tan lontan pou l' te detwi tout bagay.
7 But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly people.
Dapre menm pawòl Bondye a, syèl la ak tè a ki la koulye a ap tann dife a. Yo la ap tann jou jijman an, lè tout mechan yo va disparèt.
8 But do not forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Men nou menm, frè m' renmen anpil yo, gen yon bagay nou pa dwe janm bliye: Pou Bondye, yon jou se tankou mil (1.000) an, milan se tankou yon jou.
9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Seyè a pa pran twòp reta pou kenbe pwomès li yo, jan kèk moun kwè a. Okontrè, se pasyans l'ap pran ak nou, paske li pa ta renmen pesonn peri, li ta vle pou tout moun tounen vin jwenn li.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works on it will not be found.
Men, jou Seyè a ap vini sou nou tankou yon vòlò nan mitan lannwit. Lè sa a, syèl la pral disparèt ak yon gwo gwo bri. Tout bagay pral pran dife, y'ap fonn nèt. Latè ak dènye bagay ki ladan l' va boule, y'ap tounen sann.
11 Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,
Si tout bagay gen pou disparèt konsa, nou pa bezwen mande ki kalite moun nou dwe ye: Se pou nou sèvi Bondye, se pou nou viv pou li ase.
12 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
Konsa, pandan n'ap tann jou Bondye a, jou ki gen pou rive a, ann fè sa nou kapab pou nou fè l' rive pi vit toujou. Jou sa a, syèl la pral disparèt nan gwo flanm dife. Tout bagay pral fonn nan dife.
13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
Men nou menm, n'ap tann lòt syèl ak lòt tè Bondye te pwomèt la, kote se bagay ki dwat devan Bondye ase k'ap fèt.
14 Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without blemish and blameless in his sight.
Se poutèt sa, frè m' yo, pandan n'ap tann bagay sa yo, ann fè sa nou kapab pou Bondye ka jwenn nou ap viv ak kè poze, san okenn fòt, ni okenn defo.
15 Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;
Konprann sa byen, se pou nou ka sove kifè Seyè a ap pran tout pasyans sa a ak nou. Se sa menm frè Pòl, bon zanmi nou an, te ekri nou dapre bon konprann Bondye te ba li a.
16 as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
Nan tout lèt li yo, li pale nou sou bagay sa yo. Gen kèk pwen ladan yo ki difisil pou konprann. Se konsa, moun iyoran yo ak moun ki fèb nan konfyans Bondye yo ap tòde sans pawòl yo, tankou yo fè l' pou lòt liv yo tou. Men, se sa menm k'ap fin pèdi yo.
17 You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.
Se poutèt sa, frè mwen renmen anpil yo, koulye a nou tou avèti. Pran prekosyon nou pou nou pa kite mechan sa yo trennen nou ale ak manti yo, pou nou pa pèdi pozisyon kote nou kanpe fèm lan.
The Great Flood
