2 Peter 3
1 This letter which I am now writing to you, dear friends, is my second letter. In both my letters I seek to revive in your honest minds the memory of certain things,
Achambusanga ŵangu, achichi chili chikalata chaaŵili chingunnembela mwanya. Mu ikalata iŵili yo liinjile kusijimusya nganisyo syenu syambone kwa kunkumbusya indu yi.
2 so that you may recall the words spoken long ago by the holy Prophets, and the commandments of our Lord and Saviour given you through your Apostles.
Ngusaka nkumbuchile maloŵe gaŵagaŵechete kalakala ŵakulondola ŵaswela ŵa Akunnungu, ni lilajisyo lya Ambuje ni Nkulupusyo limpegwilwe ni achinduna ŵenu.
3 But, above all, remember that, in the last days, men will come who make a mock at everything--men governed only by their own passions,
Chikanaŵe chachili chose mmanyilile kuti moŵa gambesi chaiche ŵandu ŵakulongoswa ni misese jao jangalumbana, nombewo chachimpanganyichisya ya chipongwe,
4 and, asking, "What has become of His promised Return? For from the time our forefathers fell asleep all things continue as they have been ever since the creation of the world."
achitiji, “Ŵalanjile kuti chaiche! Ana sambano ali kwapi? Pakuŵa chitandile lyuŵa liŵawile achambuje ŵetu, indu yose ili ilaila chitandile kugumbikwa chilambo.”
5 For they are wilfully blind to the fact that there were heavens which existed of old, and an earth, the latter arising out of water and extending continuously through water, by the command of God;
Pakuŵa ŵandu ŵa akuliŵalila melepe kuti kalakala Akunnungu paŵaŵechete liloŵe pe kwinani ni chilambo yagumbikwe. Ni ŵachigumbile chilambo kutyochela mmesi ni kwa meesi,
6 and that, by means of these, the then existing race of men was overwhelmed with water and perished.
ni kwa malajisyo ga Akunnungu, chilambo cha ndanda chila chajonanjikwe kwa chikumbameesi.
7 But the present heavens and the present earth are, by the command of the same God, kept stored up, reserved for fire in preparation for a day of judgement and of destruction for the ungodly.
Nambo kwinani kwa sambano ni chilambo iŵichikwe kwa Liloŵe lya Akunnungu ligongo lya kujonanjikwa kwa mooto. Iŵichikwe mpaka lyuŵa lya kulamulikwa ni konanjikwa kwa ŵandu ŵangakwalamba Akunnungu.
8 But there is one thing, dear friends, which you must not forget. With the Lord one day resembles a thousand years and a thousand years resemble one day.
Nambo, ŵakunonyelwa ŵangu, ngasinliŵalila chindu chimo chati, kwa Ambuje, lyuŵa limo lili nti yaka elufu moja ni yaka elufu moja nti lyuŵa limo.
9 The Lord is not slow in fulfilling His promise, in the sense in which some men speak of slowness. But He bears patiently with you, His desire being that no one should perish but that all should come to repentance.
Ambuje ngakukaŵa kuchitimisya chilanga chao mpela ŵane yakuti kuganisya kuti chakaŵe. Ŵelewo akwete upililiu kukwenu, pakuŵa ngakusaka hata mundu jumo ajonanjikwe nambo kuti wose aleche sambi.
10 The day of the Lord will come like a thief--it will be a day on which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, the elements be destroyed in the fierce heat, and the earth and all the works of man be utterly burnt up.
Nambo lyuŵa lya Ambuje chiliiche chisisimuchile mpela kwika kwa jwawii, pa lyuŵa lyo kwinani chikutyoche kwa chisindo chachikulungwa ni indu yose yaili kwinani mpela ila lyuŵa, ni ndondwa ni lilanguka lineline chiijonanjikwe kwa mooto. Chilambo chino ni indi yose yaili mwelemo chijonanjikwe.
11 Since all these things are thus pre-destined to dissolution, what sort of men ought you to be found to be in all holy living and godly conduct,
Pakuŵa indu yose chijonanjikwe kwanti yele, ana nkusachilwa ŵanyamwe kuŵa ŵandu ŵanti uli? Nkusachilwa ntameje mu uswela ni kwalamba Akunnungu,
12 eagerly looking forward to the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens, all ablaze, will be destroyed, and the elements will melt in the fierce heat?
nchilindililaga Lyuŵa lya Akunnungu ni kulitenda liiche kwakwanguya, pa lyele lyuŵa lyo kwinani chikutiniswe kwa mooto ni konanjikwa ni indu yose yaili kwinani chiinyelenduche.
13 But in accordance with His promise we are expecting new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness will dwell.
Nambo malinga ni chilanga chao, tukulolela kwinani kwasambano ni chilambo chasambano mwati jwalijose akuipanganya yaili yambone paujo pa Akunnungu.
14 Therefore, dear friends, since you have these expectations, earnestly seek to be found in His presence, free from blemish or reproach, in peace.
Kwayele achambusanga ŵangu, nchilolelaga Lyuŵa lyo, nlilimbisye kuti mmoneche ŵaswela ni ŵangali chileŵo paujo pa Akunnungu ni kutama nawo kwa chitendewele.
15 And always regard the patient forbearance of our Lord as salvation, as our dear brother Paul also has written to you in virtue of the wisdom granted to him.
Ni ŵanyamwe nkumbuchile kuti upililiu wa Ambuje ŵetu uli lipesa lyakumpa kuti nkulupuswe, mpela njetu che Paolo iŵatite pakunnembela kwa lunda lwapegwilwe ni Akunnungu.
16 That is what he says in all his letters, when speaking in them of these things. In those letters there are some statements hard to understand, which ill-taught and unprincipled people pervert, just as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own ruin.
Gele ni gaŵaŵechete mu ikalata yao yose pakukunguluchila indu yo. Mu ikalata yao kwana indu impepe yakulimba kuimanyilila, indu yati ŵandu ŵakuloŵela ni ŵandu ŵakugalaukagalauka akuilyungasya mpela yakuti kugagalausya Malembelo ga Akunnungu gane. Kwayele akuliulaga achinsyene.
17 You, therefore, dear friends, having been warned beforehand, must continually be on your guard so as not to be led astray by the false teaching of immoral men nor fall from your own stedfastness.
Nambo ŵanyamwe achambusanga ŵangu, mmasile kuimanyilila chile ayi. Nlilolechesye kuti nkalyungasikwa ni uwonasi wa majiganyo gangalumbana ga ŵandu ŵangakugajitichisya malajisyo kuti nkagwa kutyochela mu aila indu inkuikulupilila.
18 But be always growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be all glory, both now and to the day of Eternity! (aiōn g165)
Nambo njendelechele kukula mu umbone wa Akunnungu, ni iyoyo mu nkwamanyilila Ambuje ni Nkulupusyo jwetu Che Yesu Kilisito. Kwa ŵelewo uŵe ukulu sambano namose moŵa gose pangali mbesi! Eloo. (aiōn g165)
The Great Flood
