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;
Ikozvino iyi, vadikanwi, itsamba yechipiri yandinokunyorerai; panaidzodzi mbiri ndinomutsa murangariro wenyu wakachena nechiyeuchidzo,
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 apostles:
kuti murangarire mashoko akambotaurwa nevaporofita vatsvene, nemurairo wedu tiri vaapasitori vaIshe neMuponesi;
3 knowing this first, that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking and walking after their own lusts,
muchiziva ichi pakutanga, kuti kuchauya pakuguma kwemazuva vanongoseka, vachifamba maererano neruchiva rwavo pachavo,
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."
uye vachiti: Chiripi chivimbiso chekuuya kwake? Nokuti kubva zvarara madzibaba zvinhu zvese zvakaramba zvakadaro kubva pakutanga kwekusikwa.
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;
Nokuti ichi vanokanganwa maune, kuti matenga aivapo kubva kare, nenyika, iripo kubva mumvura, kubudikidza nemvura, neshoko raMwari;
6 by which means the world that then was, being deluged with water, was destroyed.
nazvo nyika yaivapo nguva iyo yakafukidzwa nemvura yakaparadzwa.
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.
Asi matenga nenyika zviripo ikozvino zvakachengetwa neirori shoko, zvakachengeterwa moto pazuva rekutongwa nerekuparadzwa kwevanhu vasingadi Mwari.
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.
Asi chinhu chimwe ichi ngachirege kusazikanwa nemwi, vadikanwi, kuti zuva rimwe kuna Ishe rakaita samakore ane churu, nemakore ane churu sezuva rimwe.
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.
Ishe haanonoki maererano nechivimbiso, sevamwe vanoti kunonoka; asi ane moyo murefu kwatiri, asingadi kuti ani nani aparare asi vese vasvike pakutendeuka.
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.
Asi zuva raIshe richasvika sembavha usiku, naro matenga achapfuura nekutinhira kukuru, nezvekutanga zvichaguranyiwa nekupisa kukuru, nenyika nemabasa ari mairi achapiswa.
11 Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,
Sezvo zvinhu izvi zvese zvichaparadzwa, imwi munofanira kuva vakadini pamafambiro matsvene nekunamata Mwari,
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?
makatarisira nekumhanyira kusvika kwezuva raMwari; naro matenga achipiswa achaparadzwa, nezvekutanga zvinyunguduke nekupisa kukuru.
13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
Asi sechivimbiso chake tinotarisira matenga matsva nenyika itsva, mazviri munogara kururama.
14 Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without blemish and blameless in his sight.
Naizvozvo vadikanwi, zvamunotarisira zvinhu izvi, shingairai kuti muwanikwe naye murugare, musina gwapa uye musingamhuriki.
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;
Zvino muti moyo murefu waIshe wedu ruponeso, hama yedu inodikanwa Pauro sezvaakakunyoreraiwo zvichienderana nenjere dzakapiwa kwaari;
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.
semutsamba dzake dzesewo, achitaura madziri maererano nezvinhu izvi; madziri mune zvimwe zvikukutu kunzwisisika, izvo avo vasina kudzidza nevasina kusimba vanozviminamisa, semamwewo magwaro, kusvika pakuparadzwa kwavo pachavo.
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.
Naizvozvo imwi, vadikanwi, zvamagara muchiziva, chenjerai kuti murege kutsauswa pamwe nekunyengera kwevasina murairo, muwe pakusimba kwenyu.
The World is Destroyed by Water
