2 Peter 2
1 Just like there were false prophets among the [Israeli] people [long ago], so there will also be teachers who teach false [things] among you. They will enter [your congregations] without you realizing [what/who they are], and they will [spiritually] injure some people by what they teach. Specifically, these teachers will even deny [that] the Lord [Jesus died to] pay [for the guilt of our sins]. As a result, they will soon destroy themselves [spiritually, and God will also punish them].
Ma na mgbe ochie ahụ kwa, e nwere ọtụtụ ndị amụma ụgha nʼetiti ha, dịka a ga-esi nwee ndị ozizi ụgha nʼetiti unu. Ndị a ga-esite na nzuzo na-ewebata ozizi ọjọọ nke na-eweta ịla nʼiyi, ha ga-agọnarị ọ bụladị onye kachasị ihe niile, bụ Onyenwe, onye gbapụtara ha. Ha na-eweta ịla nʼiyi na mberede, na-atụkwasị onwe ha nʼisi.
2 And many [people] will behave in an extremely immoral manner, imitating the extremely immoral way [these teachers who teach false things] behave. As a result, [unbelievers] will (discredit the true message/say the true message is false).
Ya mere, ọtụtụ mmadụ ga-esoro ndụ rụrụ arụ ha na-ebi, nʼihi ha ga-ekwutọkwa ụzọ nke eziokwu ahụ.
3 Because [the teachers of false teaching] want a lot of things that other people have, [they think that] by telling you stories that they themselves have (made up/invented), they will get money from you. [God decided] long ago [that he would] punish them, and he has not fallen asleep [LIT]! [He will certainly destroy them]!
Nʼanya ukwu ha, ndị nkuzi ụgha ndị a ga-eji okwu nrafu rigbuo unu nʼuru. Site na mgbe ochie, onye ga-ekpe ha ikpe dị njikere. Onye ga-ala ha nʼiyi anaghị arahụ ụra.
4 God destroyed [LIT] the angels who sinned. He threw them into the worst place in hell and imprisoned them [there] in darkness in order to keep them there until he judges [and punishes them]. (Tartaroō g5020)
Ọ bụrụ na Chineke ahapụghị ndị mmụọ ozi ahụ mgbe ha mehiere, kama o weere ha kpọchie nʼime ala mmụọ, ebe e kere ha agbụ na-eche ụbọchị ikpe ahụ. (Tartaroō g5020)
5 He also got rid of [LIT] [the people who lived in] [MTY] the world long ago. He saved [only] eight of them, including Noah, who was a righteous preacher. God saved them when he destroyed in a flood [all] (the ungodly people/the people whose lives were not pleasing to him) [who were living then].
Ọ bụrụkwa na o mereghị ndị ụwa nke mbụ ebere mgbe o mere ka uju mmiri bịakwasị ndị bi na ya na-amaghị Chineke, kama ọ zọpụtara naanị Noa bụ onye kwusara ezi omume na mmadụ asaa ndị ọzọ.
6 He also condemned Sodom and Gomorrah [cities]; that is, he destroyed them by burning them completely to ashes. [By doing that] he gave a warning to those who afterwards would live in (an ungodly way/a way that is displeasing to him).
Ọ bụrụ na ọ mara obodo Sọdọm na Gọmọra ikpe site nʼiwere ọkụ rechapụ ha, mee ha ihe ịmaatụ banyere ihe gaje ịbịakwasị ndị na-amaghị Chineke;
7 But he rescued [Abraham’s nephew], Lot, who was a righteous [man. Lot] was (greatly distressed/very sad) because the people [in Sodom] were doing very immoral things.
ọ bụrụkwa na ọ napụtara Lọt bụ onye ezi omume, onye ndụ ọjọọ nke ndị na-emebi iwu wutere
8 That righteous [man’s] soul (was tormented/suffered great agony) day after day because he saw and heard those wicked people behave in a very lawless/wicked [manner when he was] living among them.
(nʼihi na nwoke ezi omume ahụ nke na-ebi nʼetiti ha ụbọchị niile, ehihie na abalị, bụ onye eji ọrụ mmebi iwu niile ọ na-anụ, na nke o ji anya ya na-ahụ, mekpaa mkpụrụobi ezi omume ya ahụ).
9 And since the Lord God [rescued Lot, you can be sure that] he knows how to rescue (other godly people/people whose lives please him) from their sufferings, and [he is able] to preserve (ungodly [people/people whose lives do not please him]), [whom he has started to] punish even now, until the time when he will [finish judging them and punish] them.
Ọ bụrụ na ọ dị otu a, Onyenwe anyị maara otu o si anapụta ndị na-asọpụrụ Chineke site nʼọnwụnwa niile gbara ha gburugburu. Ọ makwaara edebe ndị ajọ omume nʼahụhụ, tutu ruo ụbọchị ikpe ahụ.
10 [He will punish especially severely] those [ungodly teachers who teach false things] who do the things that their self-directed nature desires, things that (defile them/cause them to be completely impure). Those [teachers of false teachings] despise [all beings who] rule [over them]. 2 Peter 2:10d-16 Because [those teachers of false doctrines are] extremely arrogant/proud [DOU], they (are not afraid to insult/boldly speak evil about) glorious beings [in heaven] (OR, glorious/wonderful beings [who rule over people]).
Nke a bụ eziokwu banyere ndị ahụ na-agbaso ọchịchọ emerụrụ emerụ nke anụ ahụ mmehie ha, na-eledakwa ike ọchịchị anya. Ndị nwere anya ike ma jupụtakwa na mpako. Ndị ahụ ụjọ na-adịghị atụ ikwutọ ọ bụladị mmụọ ndị ahụ jupụtara nʼebube nke anya na-adịghị ahụ.
11 In contrast, angels do not insult [those teachers] when those teachers accuse the angels [of blasphemy] while the Lord God is watching, even though the angels are much more powerful [DOU] [than the teachers of false doctrines].
Lee, ọ bụ ezie na ndị mmụọ ozi karịrị ha nʼịdị ike, nweekwa ume karịa, ma ha anaghị e kpegide ha ikpe nkwujọ nʼihu Onyenwe anyị.
12 Because those [teachers of false doctrines are] like animals that cannot think [as humans do] [DOU], they say evil things about [spiritual] things which they know nothing about. [As a result], God will destroy them like [people] destroy [animals], [animals] that are born only in order to be hunted and killed {in order that [people] should hunt and kill them}.
Lee ka ha si na-ekwulu ihe ndị ha aghọtaghị. Ha dị ka ụmụ anụ ọhịa, ndị nzuzu na-eme naanị ihe ọbụla ha kpebiri nʼobi ha. Ndị a mụrụ naanị maka ijide ha ma bibiekwa ha. A ga-egbu ha otu e si egbu ụmụ anụ ọhịa ndị a.
13 God will punish [those teachers] in return for the unrighteous actions/things that they have done. They even like (to carouse/to drink and revel noisily) in the daytime [as well as at night]. And as they indulge/enjoy themselves just like they want to while they are feasting with you, they cause you to become impure, [as] [MET] stains and blotches [DOU] [ruin a clean garment].
A ga-eji ntaramahụhụ kwụghachi ha ụgwọ ihe ọjọọ ha mere. Ihe na-atọ ha ụtọ bụ ịkpọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ nʼetiti ehihie. Ha bụ ihe ihere, bụrụkwa ndị na-ewetara unu ntụpọ ma ọ bụrụ na ha na-eso unu na-erikọta oriri.
14 They [want to commit] [MTY] adultery [with every woman] whom they look at. They never stop seeking opportunities to sin. They entice/persuade those who are [spiritually] unstable [to join them in doing the sinful things that they do]. [Because of] their ever-increasing (greed/desire to have more and more things), they are doomed [to eternal punishment].
Anya ha jupụtara nʼagụụ ịkwa iko, mmehie adịghị ejukwa ha afọ. Ha na-arafu ndị okwukwe ha na-esighị ike. Ha bụkwa ndị a maara aha ha nʼihi oke ọchịchọ. Nʼezie ha bụ ụmụ a bụrụ ọnụ.
15 They have (rejected good moral standards/quit doing what everyone knows is right). They have imitated [what the prophet] Balaam, the son of Bosor, [did long ago]. He, [acting very] unrighteously, wanted [the enemies of the Jews] to pay him if he [asked God] ([to curse/to do bad thing to]) [the Jews].
Ha esitela nʼezi ụzọ ahụ jehie, soro omume Belam nwa Beoa, onye hụrụ ụgwọ ọrụ nke ajọ omume nʼanya.
16 But God rebuked him for having done that which was wrong [and for] behaving very foolishly. And even though donkeys do not speak, [God used] a donkey to hinder Balaam [by enabling it to] speak to him with a human voice.
Ma a baara ya mba maka ajọ omume ya, mgbe e mere ka ịnyịnya ibu ya jiri olu mmadụ gwa ya okwu; gbochie ọrụ onyeisi na-adịghị mma nke onye amụma ahụ chọrọ ịrụ.
17 These [teachers who each false things mislead/deceive people by promising what they cannot do], as [MET] dried-up springs [mislead/deceive people by causing them to expect to get water from them]. They [mislead/deceive people] [MET] just like clouds that are blown along by strong winds [mislead/deceive people by causing them to expect rain, but no rain falls. Therefore], God has reserved the darkness of hell [for those teachers of false doctrines]. (questioned)
Ndị a dịkwa ka iyi tara ata nke mmiri ọbụla na-adịghị nʼime ya. Ha dịkwa ka igwe ojii nke oke ifufe na-efesasị, nke na-adịghị ezo mmiri ọbụla. Ndị a kwadobere ebe kachasị ịgba ọchịchịrị.
18 By boasting proudly as they make speeches that are worthless, they entice people who have recently [become believers and] have stopped doing the things that wicked people do. Urged on by their self-directed nature, they entice them [into sin] by encouraging them to [do] evil things.
Ha na-eji okwu efu na-enweghị isi, na agụụ ihe ọjọọ nke na-agụ anụ ahụ ha, na-arafu ndị sitere nʼetiti ndị na-ebi ndụ ọjọọ na-ekewapụ onwe ha.
19 [The false teachers] tell people that they are free [to do whatever they want to do, even though] they themselves are [like] slaves [MET] [because their own self-directed nature forces them to do] sinful things. [Think about these well-known words: “Whenever a person is controlled by something] {[something controls a person]}, [it is as though] that person has become a slave of what controls him.”
Ha na-ekwe ha nkwa inwere onwe ha, ma ha onwe ha bụ ohu nye ihe rere ure, nʼihi na mmadụ bụ ohu nye ihe ọbụla na-achị achị nʼime ya.
20 Those [who teach false truths] learned about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As a result, they stopped doing those things that (defile [people/cause people to become impure]) [spiritually]. Since they have begun to do [those evil things again], with the result that they are unable to stop doing them, they are in a worse condition than [they were in before they knew Jesus Christ].
Mgbe ha sitere nʼihe niile emerụrụ emerụ nke ụwa gbapụ, site na mmazu nke Onyenwe anyị, na Onye nzọpụta anyị Jisọs Kraịst, bụrụ ndị atụhịrị na mmehie ọzọ, bụrụkwa ndị e meriri, ha ga-abụ ndị ọnọdụ ha ga-ajọ njọ karịa ka ọ dị na mbụ.
21 [Because God will severely punish them], it would have been better for them if they had never known what it means to live in a righteous way. It is too bad that although they knew [how to live in a righteous way], they stopped doing the things that God commanded people to do, the things that [were] taught to them ([by us apostles/by Christ]) {that ([we apostles/Christ]) taught to them}.
Ọ gaara akara ha mma ma ọ bụrụ na ha amataghị ụzọ ezi omume, karịa na ha matara ya, mesịa gbakụta iwu ahụ dị nsọ nyere ha azụ.
22 [The way they are behaving again] is just like (the proverbs/what people often say): [They are like] dogs that return to [eat] their vomit, and [they are like] pigs that have been washed and then roll [again] in the mud.
Ilu ndị a bụ eziokwu banyere ha sị, “Nkịta laghachiri ọzọ nʼihe ọ gbọrọ,” ya na, “Nne ezi a sachara ahụ laghachiri ọzọ ịtụrụ onwe ya nʼapịtị.”
