< 2 Peter 3 >
1 This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance;
Lo ke lokwalo lwa me lwa bobedi, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, mme mo go tsone tsoopedi ke lekile go lo gakolola, fa lo ntetla kaga boammaaruri jo lo setseng lo bo itse:
2 that ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles:
boammaaruri jo lo bo ithutileng mo baporofiting ba ba boitshepo le mo go rona Baaposetoloi ba re lo tliseditseng mafoko a Morena le Mmoloki wa rona.
3 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,
Sa ntlha, ke batla go lo gakolola gore mo malatsing a bofelo, go tlaa tla basotli ba ba tlaa dirang bosula bongwe le bongwe jo ba bo akanyang, mme ba sotla boammaaruri.
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.
Se e tlaa nna tsela ya bone ya kganetsanyo: “Kana Keresete o solofeditse go tla gape, a mme o tsile? Jaanong o kae? Ga a kitla a tla! Ka ntlha ya eng, fela jaaka mongwe le mongwe a ka gakologelwa, sengwe le sengwe se ntse fela jaaka mo letsatsing la ntlha la lobopo.”
5 For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;
Ba itebatsa ka bomo boammaaruri jo: Gore Modimo o ne wa senya lefatshe ka morwalela o o boitshegang bogologolo o sena go dira magodimo ka lefoko la taolo ya One, mme wa dirisa metse go dira lefatshe le go le dikaganyetsa.
6 by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
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 men.
Mme Modimo o ne wa laola lefatshe le magodimo go bolokelwa molelo ka letsatsi la katlholo, fa botlhe ba ba senang boModimo ba tlaa nyelediwa.
8 But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Mme se lebaleng se, ditsala tse di rategang, gore letsatsi kgotsa dingwaga tse di sekete go simologa gompieno mo Moreneng di tshwana fela le ka moso.
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Tota ga o bonya kaga tsholofetso ya One ya go bowa, ntswa ka nako tse dingwe go tle go bonale go ntse jalo. Mme o letile, ka mabaka a a utlwalang gore ga o batle ope a nyelela, mme o naya baleofi lobaka lwa go ikwatlhaya.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Ruri letsatsi la Morena le e tla, le tla jaaka legodu, mme magodimo a tlaa feta ka modumo o mogolo le mebele ya selegodimo e tlaa nyelela mo molelong, mme lefatshe le sengwe le sengwe se se mo go lone se tlaa tshujwa ka molelo.
11 Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in [all] holy living and godliness,
Mme jalo ere ka sengwe le sengwe se se re dikaganyeditseng se tlaa nyerologa, re tshwanetse ra bo re tshela botshelo jo bo boitshepo jo bo nang le boModimo jo bo ntseng jang? Re tlaa tshwanelwa ke go tshela botshelo jo bo boitshepo jwa Bo-Modimo.
12 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
Lo tshwanetse go lebelela letsatsi leo lwa ba lwa le ipaakanyetsa, letsatsi le Modimo o tlaa tshubang magodimo ka molelo, mme mebele ya selegodimo e tlaa nyerologa e nyelela mo dikgabong.
13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Mme re lebeletse tsholofetso ya Modimo ya magodimo a masha le lefatshe le lesha morago ga lobaka, kwa go tlaa bong go le tshiamo fela.
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.
Ditsala tse di rategang, e re fa lo ntse lo lebeletse dilo tse go diragala le go tla ga gagwe, lekang thata go tshela lo sa leofe; lo bo lo nne kagiso mo go mongwe le mongwe gore a tle a lo itumelele motlhang a bowang.
15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you;
Mme gakologelwang gore ke eng fa a diegile go tla. O re naya nako ya gore re tseye molaetsa wa gagwe wa poloko re o ise kwa go ba bangwe.
16 as also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Mokaulengwe yo o botlhale yo o rategang Paulo o buile ka dilo tse mo dikwalong tse dintsi tsa gagwe. Dikakgelo dingwe tsa gagwe ga di motlhofo go tlhaloganngwa, mme go na le batho ba ba dieleele ka bomo, ba ba agang ba batla dithanolo, ditlhaloso tse di sa tlwaelesegang, ba pitikolotse dikwalo tsa gagwe gore di reye sengwe se se pharologanyo thata le se a neng a se raya, fela jaaka ba dira mo dintlheng tse dingwe tsa dikwalo tse di boitshepo mme phelelo ya bone ke tshenyego.
17 Ye therefore, beloved, knowing [these things] beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.
Ke lo tlhagisa pele ga nako, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, gore lo tle lo itlhokomele lo se ka lwa tsewa ke diphoso tsa batho ba ba bosula ba, e se re kgotsa lwa etsaetsega lwa tlhakana nabo.
18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] the glory both now and for ever. Amen. (aiōn )
Mme golang mo nonofong ya semowa lo itsanye sentle le Morena le Mmoloki wa rona Jesu Keresete. A mo go ene go nne kgalalelo yotlhe le boitumelo jwa tlotlo, go tloga fano le ka bosakhutleng. Salang sentle. Ke nna, Petere. (aiōn )