2 Peter 2
1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will privately bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Ka naʻe ai foki ʻae kau palōfita loi ʻi he kakai, ʻo hangē ʻe ʻiate kimoutolu ʻae kau akonaki loi, ʻakinautolu ʻe ʻomi fakafufū ʻae ngaahi hē fakamalaʻia, ʻo fakafisiʻi ʻae ʻEiki naʻa ne fakatauʻakinautolu, ʻo ʻomi ai kiate kinautolu ʻae fakaʻauha fakatoʻotoʻo.
2 And many will follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth will be evil spoken of.
Pea ʻe muimui ʻae tokolahi ki honau hala fakamalaʻia; pea ko e meʻa ʻiate kinautolu ʻe lauʻikoviʻi ai ʻae hala ʻoe moʻoni.
3 And through covetousness they will with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
Pea ko e meʻa ʻi he manumanu tenau meʻa fakatauʻaki ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ngaahi lea kākā: ko honau tautea kuo tala fuoloa ʻoku ʻikai fakatuai, pea ko ʻenau malaʻia ʻoku ʻikai tulemohe.
4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of darkness, to be reserved to judgment; (Tartaroō g5020)
He kapau naʻe ʻikai mamae ʻae ʻOtua ki he kau ʻāngelo naʻe angahala, ka naʻe lī hifo ʻakinautolu ki heli, ʻo tuku ki he ngaahi haʻihaʻi ʻoe fakapoʻuli, ke tatali ki he fakamaau; (Tartaroō g5020)
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth [person], a preacher of righteousness, bringing the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Pea naʻe ʻikai te ne mamae ki he maama motuʻa, ka naʻe fakamoʻui ʻa Noa, ʻaia naʻa ne malangaʻaki ʻae māʻoniʻoni, mo e toko fitu, ʻo ne ʻomi ʻae lōmaki ki he maama ʻoe kakai angahala;
6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned [them] with an overthrow, making [them] an example to those that afterwards should live ungodly lives.
ʻO ne tuku ʻae ongo kolo ko Sotoma mo Komola ki he fakaʻauha, ʻo ne liliu ia ko e efuefu, pea ne ngaohi ia ko e fakaʻilonga kiate kinautolu ʻe moʻui fai angahala ki mui;
7 And delivered just Lot, grieved with the habitual lewdness of the wicked:
ʻO ne fakamoʻui ʻa Lote angatonu, ʻaia naʻe mamahi ʻi he ʻulungāanga fakalielia ʻae kau angahala:
8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, grieved [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] unlawful deeds; )
(He naʻe nofo ʻae tangata māʻoniʻoni ko ia ʻiate kinautolu, pea ʻi heʻene mamata mo fanongo, naʻe fakamamahi ʻa hono laumālie māʻoniʻoni, ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē, ʻaki ʻenau ngaahi faianga taʻetotonu; )
9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished:
ʻOku ʻilo ʻe he ʻEiki ke fakamoʻui ʻae kakai angafakaʻotua mei he ngaahi ʻahiʻahi, pea ke tuku ʻae taʻeangatonu ki he ʻaho ʻoe fakamaau ke tautea:
10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous [are they], self-willed; they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
Ka ʻe lahi kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻaʻeva ʻo fakatatau ki he kakano ʻi he holi fakalielia, pea nau manukiʻi ʻae pule. Ko e kau angamālohi, mo e kau angafefeka, ʻoku ʻikai te nau manavahē ke lauʻikovi ʻae kau pule.
11 Whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
Ka ko e kau ʻāngelo, ʻoku nau lahi hake ʻi he mālohi mo e mafai, ʻoku ʻikai te nau lauʻikovi ʻakinautolu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻEiki.
12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption:
Ka ko kinautolu ni ʻoku fakakakano, ʻo hangē ko e fanga manu taʻeloto, kuo ngaohi ke moʻua mo fakaʻauha, ʻoku nau lea kovi ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻiloʻi; pea ʻe ʻauha ʻaupito ʻakinautolu ʻi heʻenau kovi ʻanautolu;
13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, [as] they that count it pleasure to riot in the day-time. Spots [they are] and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
Pea te nau maʻu ʻae totongi ʻoe taʻemāʻoniʻoni; ʻakinautolu ʻoku pehē ko e meʻa mālie ke fai kovi ʻoku kei ʻaho. Ko e ngaahi ʻila mo e ngaahi mele [ʻakinautolu], ʻoku nau vaʻinga ʻaki ʻa honau kākaaʻi lolotonga ʻenau kātoanga pe mo kimoutolu;
14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: they have a heart exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
Ko honau mata ʻoku fonu ʻi he tono fefine, pea ʻoku ʻikai faʻa tuku ʻae angahala; ʻoku nau tauhele ʻae kau laumālie taʻemaau: ʻoku ʻiate kinautolu ʻae loto kuo poto ʻi he ngaahi ngāue manumanu; ko e fānau malaʻia:
15 Who have forsaken the right way, and gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
Kuo nau siʻaki ʻae hala totonu, pea ʻalu hēhē, ʻo muimui ʻi he hala ʻo Pelami ko e foha ʻo Posoa, ʻaia naʻa ne manako ki he totongi ʻoe taʻemāʻoniʻoni:
16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice, forbad the madness of the prophet.
Ka naʻe valoki ia ʻi heʻene angahala ʻi he lea ʻae ʻasi noa ʻaki ʻae leʻo ʻoe tangata, ʻo ne taʻofi ki he vale ʻae palōfita.
17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. (questioned)
Ko e ngaahi luo taʻeaihavai ʻakinautolu ni, ko e ngaahi ʻao ʻoku vilingia ʻe he afā; ʻakinautolu kuo tuku tolonga ki ai ʻae ʻuliʻuli ʻoe fakapoʻuli taʻengata. (questioned)
18 For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness, those that had quite escaped from them who live in error.
Koeʻuhi ʻoka nau ka lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea fakafuofuolahi ʻoe loi, ʻoku nau tauhele ʻi he ngaahi holi fakakakano, mo e anga fakalielia, ʻakinautolu naʻe hao moʻoni meiate kinautolu ʻoku moʻui hēhē pe.
19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for by whom a man is overcome, by the same is he brought into bondage.
Lolotonga ʻenau fakaʻilo kiate kinautolu ʻae tauʻatāina, kae ta ʻoku nau pōpula ʻakinautolu ki he fakalielia: he ko ia kuo ikuna ai ʻae tangata ko ia kuo ne fakapōpula ai.
20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
He kapau ko eni, kuo hili ʻenau hao mei he ngaahi ʻuli ʻo māmani ʻi he ʻiloʻi ʻae ʻEiki mo e Fakamoʻui ko Sisu Kalaisi, ʻe toe fihituʻu ai, mo ikuna ʻakinautolu, pea ʻe kovi lahi ʻae ngataʻanga kiate kinautolu ʻi he kamataʻanga.
21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known [it], to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.
He ko e meʻa ʻe lelei kiate kinautolu ʻoka ne ʻikai te nau ʻilo ʻae hala ʻoe māʻoniʻoni, ka ʻi heʻenau ʻilo ia, pea toe tafoki mei he fekau māʻoniʻoni naʻe tuku kiate kinautolu.
22 But it hath happened to them according to the true proverb, The dog [is] turned to his own vomit again; and, The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.
Ka kuo hoko kiate kinautolu ʻo hangē ko e fakatātā moʻoni, “Kuo toe foki ʻae kulī ki heʻene lua ʻaʻana;” mo e “Sinamanu naʻe kaukau ki heʻene fetafokifokiaki ʻi he pelepela.”
