< 2 Peter 2 >

1 But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
E kꞌo xkijaluj chi e qꞌalajisal taq utzij ri Dios pa ri tinimit Israel ojer, je xuqujeꞌ kamik chiꞌxoꞌl ix e kꞌo aꞌjtijabꞌ ri kakiya kꞌutuꞌn ri man kꞌo taj pa ri usukꞌ aꞌreꞌ kakibꞌij chi man are taj ri Ajawxel Jesucristo xixkolowik. Kasachisax kꞌu na kiwach ri winaq ri jeriꞌ kakibꞌano.
2 Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.
E kꞌi na kakesaj uwach ri kꞌixibꞌal taq jastaq ri kakibꞌan we aꞌjtijabꞌ riꞌ, rumal ke kabꞌix na kꞌax taq tzij che ri bꞌe rech qas tzij.
3 In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old does not linger, and their destruction is not asleep.
We aꞌjtijabꞌ riꞌ rumal ri kijiqꞌjatem kixkimenkꞌetij na rukꞌ ri kitzij. Ojer uloq xaq aꞌyeꞌtal chik kaqꞌat tzij xuqujeꞌ kakꞌis tzij pa kiwiꞌ.
4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to the lower parts of hell, and committed them to chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; (Tartaroō g5020)
Ri Dios man xukuy ta kimak ri angelibꞌ ri xemakunik xane xuꞌkꞌyaq bꞌik pa ri qꞌequꞌm, pa taq ri jul, e tzꞌapal chilaꞌ, kayeꞌm ri qꞌij ri kaqꞌat tzij pa kiwiꞌ. (Tartaroō g5020)
5 and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;
Xuqujeꞌ man xuꞌkuy taj ri winaq ri xekꞌojiꞌ choch ri uwachulew najtir, xane xutaq loq jun qꞌeqal jabꞌ pa kiwiꞌ ri itzel taq winaq, xaq xwi xuꞌkol kanoq e wajxaqibꞌ winaq kachiꞌl ri Noé, are waꞌ ri xtzijonik ri sukꞌal.
6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
Xuqujeꞌ xuqꞌat tzij pa kiwiꞌ ri e tinimit Sodoma xuqujeꞌ Gomorra, xuꞌporoj, xaq xwi chi ri kichajil xkanajik, jeriꞌ xubꞌano rech kakil ri itzel taq winaq ri ukwinem ri Dios.
7 and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked
Xuqujeꞌ xukol ri sukꞌ achi ubꞌiꞌnam Lot, ri kꞌo rachoch chikixoꞌl ri winaq ri itzel kenoꞌjinik xuqujeꞌ ronojel qꞌij kemakunik.
8 (for that righteous man dwelling among them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds):
We sukꞌalaj achi Lot, kꞌo kukꞌ we winaq ri itzel kenoꞌjinik, areꞌ are karaj kubꞌan ri utzilal, xuqujeꞌ sibꞌalaj kꞌax kunaꞌ ranimaꞌ are karilo xuqujeꞌ kuto ri makaj ri kakibꞌan ri winaq.
9 the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;
We riꞌ jun kꞌutbꞌal re chi ri Ajawxel kakwinik kuꞌkolo ri winaq che ri kꞌaxkꞌolal we je kenoꞌjinik jetaq ri karaj ri Dios, xuqujeꞌ kuꞌqꞌat na apanoq ri itzel taq winaq rech kuqꞌat tzij pa kiwiꞌ, pa ri qꞌij rech kꞌaxal.
10 but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to blaspheme the glories;
We kꞌax riꞌ kape na pa kiwiꞌ ri winaq ri kakibꞌan ri mak rech ri kityoꞌjal xuqujeꞌ pa kiwiꞌ ri kaketzelaj ri utzij ri Dios. Sibꞌalaj nimal chike man kakubꞌiꞌ ta kikꞌuꞌx, kakibꞌij itzel taq tzij chike ri chikajil taq ajchakibꞌ.
11 whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not bring a railing judgment against them before the Lord.
Pune ri angelibꞌ are nim kichuqꞌabꞌ chikiwach ri winaq, man kakibꞌij ta kꞌut itzel taq tzij xuqujeꞌ man kakimol ta kimak ri winaq choch ri Ajawxel.
12 But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,
Ri itzel taq winaq kakibꞌij itzel taq tzij che ri jastaq ri man kakichꞌobꞌ taj. Jer e kꞌo aꞌwaj, xaq are kakilij ri kirayinik rumal cher xekꞌiyik rech kechapik kasakꞌix ri kiqul.
13 suffering the penalty as the wages of evil; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;
Kakikꞌamawaꞌj kꞌu na ri tojbꞌal rech ri kimak. Paqꞌij kemakunik. Kakibꞌan ri chꞌulujil, kakikiꞌkotebꞌej ubꞌanik ri kimak are kekꞌojiꞌ iwukꞌ pa taq ri iwaꞌim ix.
14 having eyes full of adultery, and insatiable for sin, enticing unstable people, having a heart trained in greed. Children under a curse.
We winaq riꞌ kekikaꞌyej ri ixoqibꞌ rech kakibꞌan mak kukꞌ, man kekos taj che ubꞌanik ri mak, kakikoj kikꞌuꞌx ri winaq ri man qas tzij taj e kꞌolik, naqꞌatal chike ri jiqꞌjatem, e ralkꞌwaꞌl ri etzelal.
15 Forsaking the right way they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness.
Xkitzaq kanoq ri sukꞌalaj bꞌe, are xkitereneꞌj ri ubꞌe ri Balaam, ralkꞌwaꞌl ri Beor, ri achi riꞌ are karaj kukꞌam pwaq chirij ri jastaq ri man sukꞌ taj ubꞌanik.
16 But he was rebuked for his own transgression; a donkey that could not talk spoke with a human voice and stopped the irrationality of the prophet.
Jun bꞌur xkꞌutuw choch ri achi riꞌ ri retzelal, jun awaj ri maj uchꞌabꞌal, xchꞌaw rukꞌ uchꞌabꞌal winaq xubꞌij che ri qꞌalajisal tzij riꞌ chi man kubꞌan taj ri tontoꞌil.
17 These are wells without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved.
We achyabꞌ ri je kenoꞌjinik jetaq ri Balaam, jer e kꞌo jun kꞌiybꞌal jaꞌ ri man kꞌo ta jaꞌ chupam, xane xaq jer e kꞌo ri sutzꞌ ri xaq kepaqchiꞌx bꞌik rumal jun kyaqiqꞌ, we winaq riꞌ e qꞌattal apanoq rech ketaq bꞌik pa ri qꞌequꞌmal. (questioned)
18 For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who actually escape from those who live in error;
Kakibꞌij taq tzij ri xaq rech nimal, maj kutayij, xuqujeꞌ keꞌkitaqchiꞌj pa mak ri e kꞌakꞌ taj kojonelabꞌ ri kꞌa te kakichapleꞌj uqꞌatik kibꞌ che ri mak.
19 promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for a person is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.
Kakitzuj kiritajem chike nikꞌaj chik, aꞌreꞌ kꞌut xaq jeꞌ e jatꞌital na. Ri winaq ri kunimaj ri kataqchiꞌn pa mak, kꞌo xe raqan ri kataqchiꞌn pa mak.
20 For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
We xel loq jun pa ri etzelal ri kꞌo choch ri uwachulew are xretaꞌmaj uwach ri Ajawxel xuqujeꞌ kolonel Jesucristo, kꞌa te riꞌ katzalij chik pa ri etzelal, kachꞌeketaj chi junmul kꞌax kꞌu na ri kꞌaslemal ri kukꞌaslebꞌej cho ri nabꞌe ukꞌaslemal kanoq.
21 For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
Are katan riꞌ we ta mat xretaꞌmaj ri bꞌe rech sukꞌal choch ri xretaꞌmaj, kꞌa te riꞌ kutzaq kan ri Tyoxalaj taqanik ri xya che.
22 It has happened to them according to the true proverb, "The dog turns to his own vomit again," and "the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire."
Xkꞌulmataj rukꞌ we winaq riꞌ jetaq ri kabꞌixik: Ri tzꞌiꞌ xtzalij chutijik ri uxoꞌj, ri aq xubꞌalkatij chi ribꞌ pa ri xaqꞌoꞌl pune kꞌa te xatinisataj bꞌik.

< 2 Peter 2 >