2 Peter 3
1 This, dear friends, is my second letter to you. In both of them I have tried, by appealing to your remembrance, to arouse your better feelings.
Loqꞌalaj taq alaxik, are wa ri ukabꞌ wuj ri kintzꞌibꞌaj chiꞌwe. Pa ukobꞌchal we wuj riꞌ nunaꞌtam chiꞌwe rech qas rukꞌ ichomabꞌal
2 I want you to recall what was foretold by the holy prophets, as well as the command of our Lord and Savior given to you through your apostles.
kanaꞌtaj chiꞌwe ri kitzij ri tyoxalaj taq e qꞌalajisal taq rech ri utzij ri Dios ri xkitzijoj loq ojer xuqujeꞌ ri utaqanik ri Ajawxel qaKolonel ri xkitzijoj ri uꞌtaqoꞌn.
3 First be assured of this, that, as the age draws to an end, scoffers, led by their own passions,
Chiwetaꞌmaj kꞌut chi pa taq ri kꞌisbꞌal taq qꞌij kepe na winaq ri kakiyak kitzeꞌ chiꞌwij, xuqujeꞌ are kakitereneꞌj ri itzel taq kirayinik, kakibꞌij:
4 will come and ask scoffingly – ‘Where is his promised coming? Ever since our ancestors passed to their rest, everything remains just as it was when the world was first created!’
¿La man kꞌu xubꞌij kanoq ri Cristo chi katzalij na loq? Maj jawjeꞌ kꞌo wi leꞌ. Ri e qatat qanan xekam bꞌik, maj kꞌexkꞌobꞌinaq che ronojel le jastaq, xaq je ubꞌanik jetaq ri xtikitaj loq ojer.
5 For they willfully shut their eyes to the fact that long ago the heavens existed; and the earth, also – formed out of water and by the action of water, by the fiat of God;
Kakibꞌano chi kasachan chike ri xubꞌan ri utzij ri Dios ojer. Xa rumal ri utzij xtiktaj loq ri kaj xuqujeꞌ ri ulew, xuqujeꞌ ri jaꞌ.
6 and that by the same means the world which then existed was destroyed in a deluge of water.
Are ri tzij rachiꞌl ri jaꞌ, xbꞌanowik chi xejiqꞌ ri winaq ri e kꞌo ojer.
7 But the present heavens and earth, by the same fiat, have been reserved for fire, and are being kept for the day of the judgment and destruction of the godless.
Kamik kꞌut, xa rumal ri tzij, ri kaj rachiꞌl ri ulew e yaktal na rech keporoxik are kuriq ri uqꞌijal kaqꞌat na tzij pa kiwiꞌ konojel ri itzel taq winaq.
8 But you, dear friends, must never shut your eyes to the fact that, to the Lord, one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Loqꞌalaj taj wachalal, masachan kꞌut chiꞌwe chi jun qꞌij jer kꞌo jun mil junabꞌ choch ri Ajawxel xuqujeꞌ jun mil junabꞌ je ri kꞌo jun qꞌij.
9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise, as some count slowness; but he is forbearing with you, as it is not his will that any of you should perish, but that all should be brought to repentance.
Ri Dios man kabꞌeyetaj taj chubꞌanik ri utzujum kanoq, pune e kꞌi kebꞌinik chi xa bꞌeyetajinaq. Ri Dios ixrayeꞌm na, rumal cher man karaj taj chi kꞌo jun kasach kanoq xane konojel kakikꞌex na kikꞌuꞌx.
10 The day of the Lord will come like a thief; and on that day the heavens will pass away with a crash, the elements will be burnt up and dissolved, and the earth and all that is in it will be disclosed.
Are kꞌu ri qꞌij rech ri upetibꞌal ri Ajawxel kajunumataj rukꞌ ri upetibꞌal jun elaqꞌom. Che ri qꞌij riꞌ katukix na ri kaj. Ronojel ri jastaq ri kꞌo choch ri uwachulew xuqujeꞌ ri uwachulew kaporox na rumal ri qꞌaqꞌ.
11 Now, since all these things are in the process of dissolution, think what you yourselves ought to be – what holy and pious lives you ought to lead,
Ronojel katukix na, rumal riꞌ choqꞌaqꞌ kikꞌaslebꞌej jun chꞌajchꞌoj laj kꞌaslemal jetaq ri karaj ri Dios
12 while you wait for the coming of the day of God and strive to make it come soon. At its coming the heavens will be dissolved in fire, and the elements melted by heat,
rech jeriꞌ kiwayeꞌj ri qꞌij rech ri upetibꞌal ri Dios. Che ri qꞌij riꞌ, rukꞌ qꞌaqꞌ ketukix na ri kaj, kejaꞌrisax na.
13 but we look for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness will have its home, in fulfillment of the promise of God.
Ri Cristo kꞌut xutzuj kanoq kꞌakꞌ taq kaj xuqujeꞌ kꞌakꞌ ulew jawjeꞌ kabꞌan wi na ri sukꞌal.
14 Therefore, dear friends, in expectation of these things, make every effort to be found by him spotless, blameless, and at peace.
Rumal riꞌ, loqꞌalaj taq wachalal, utz majaꞌ kakꞌulmataj taq we jastaq riꞌ, chibꞌana ichuqꞌabꞌ rech are kape ri Dios man ix chꞌuluj taj kixuluriqaꞌ xane maj imak xuqujeꞌ utz ibꞌanik rukꞌ areꞌ.
15 Regard our Lord’s forbearance as your one hope of salvation. This is what our dear friend Paul wrote to you, with the wisdom that God gave him.
Naꞌtaj chiꞌwe chi ri Ajawxel man petinaq ta na, rumal rayeꞌm kekolotaj konojel, jetaq kubꞌij ri xutzꞌibꞌaj ri alaxik Pablo, rukꞌ ri etaꞌmanik ri xya che rumal ri Dios.
16 It is the same in all his letters, when he speaks in them about these subjects. There are some things in them difficult to understand, which untaught and weak people distort, just as they do all other writings, to their own ruin.
Pa ronojel ri uwuj ri Pablo xtzijon chirij ri upetibꞌal ri Cristo, pune kꞌo jastaq ri kꞌax uchꞌobꞌik, are kꞌu ri winaq ri maj ketaꞌmabꞌal kakikꞌex ubꞌixik we tzij riꞌ, je kakibꞌan che ronojel ri utzij ri Dios, nimalaj kꞌax kꞌu na kape pa kiwiꞌ we winaq ri jeriꞌ kakibꞌano.
17 You must, therefore, dear friends, now that you know this beforehand, be on your guard against being led away by the errors of reckless people, and so lapsing from your present steadfastness;
Xaq jeriꞌ, loqꞌalaj taq wachalal, iwetaꞌm chi loq waꞌ we riꞌ, ko bꞌa chixkꞌoloq, miya bꞌe kixjururex bꞌik chubꞌanik ri mak rech ri tyoꞌjal, rech man kixel ta kanoq pa ri tunal.
The World is Destroyed by Water
