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,
Ko te rua tenei o aku pukapuka, e oku hoa aroha, ka tuhituhia atu nei ki a koutou; hei whakaoho tauarua i o koutou hinengaro tinihangakore kia mahara:
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.
Kia mahara ai koutou ki nga kupu i korerotia i mua e nga poropiti tapu, ki ta matou hoki, ki ta nga apotoro a te Ariki, a te Kaiwhakaora:
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,
Ko tenei ta koutou e matau ai i te tuatahi, tera e puta mai etahi kaiwhakamanumanu i nga ra whakamutunga, e haere ana i runga i nga ritenga o o ratou hiahia ake,
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."
E mea ana, Kei hea te korero o tona haerenga mai? mau tonu hoki nga mea katoa no te moenga ra ano o nga matua, pera tonu me to te orokohanganga.
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;
Na ratou tonu i whakakuware ki tenei, na te kupu a te Atua nga rangi i mua, me te whenua ano totoka tonu i roto i te wai, na te wai ano hoki.
6 and that, by means of these, the then existing race of men was overwhelmed with water and perished.
He hurihanga na enei i ngaro ai i te wai te ao o tera wa.
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.
Ko nga rangi onaianei ia me te whenua, he mea rongoa na taua kupu ra ano, he mea waiho marire mo te ahi, ina taea te ra o te whakawakanga, o te whakangaromanga o nga tangata karakiakore.
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.
Kei kuware ia koutou, e oku hoa aroha, ki tenei mea kotahi, ki ta te Ariki he ra kotahi rite tonu ki nga tau kotahi mano, nga tau kotahi mano rite tonu ki te ra kotahi.
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.
Kahore he whakaroa o te Ariki ki tana kupu whakaari, kahore e rite ki ta etahi e ki nei he whakaroa; engari e manawanui ana ki a tatou, kahore ona whakaaro mo te tangata kia ngaro; engari kia tae katoa ki te ripeneta.
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.
E puta mai hoki te ra o te Ariki ano he tahae i te po; ko reira pahemo atu ai nga rangi, tona nui hoki o te tangi; na ka ngiha nga mea timatanga i te ahi, ka rewa; a pau ake i te ahi te whenua me ana mahi.
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,
Heoi mo te rewa nei enei mea katoa, kia pehea ra he tikanga ma koutou i runga i te whakahaere tapu, i te karakia;
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?
Me te tumanako, me te takare ano koutou ki te taenga mai o te ra o te Atua, e rewa ai nga rangi i te ahi, e ngiha ai nga mea timatanga, e memeha ai?
13 But in accordance with His promise we are expecting new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness will dwell.
Heoi kei te tumanako tatou ki nga rangi hou, ki te whenua hou, ki tana i whakaari mai ai, kei reira te tika e noho ana.
14 Therefore, dear friends, since you have these expectations, earnestly seek to be found in His presence, free from blemish or reproach, in peace.
Mo konei ra, e oku hoa aroha, i a koutou ka tumanako na ki enei mea, kia puta to koutou uaua kia rokohina e ia i runga i te rangimarie, te whai ira, te whai koha i tona aroaro.
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.
Kia mahara ano ki te manawanui o to tatou Ariki, he whakaora; ko te mea hoki ia tuhituhia ki a koutou e to tatou teina aroha, e Paora, he mea i rite tonu ki te matauranga kua homai nei ki a ia;
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.
I pera ano i ana pukapuka katoa, i korerotia hoki enei mea ki reira; kei reira ano hoki etahi mea he pakeke nei ki te whakaaro, whakawiria ketia ake e te hunga kuware, e te hunga kahore ano i u; ko ta ratou hanga ano ia ki era atu karaipiture, a ngaro iho ratou.
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.
Na, e oku hoa aroha, ka matau wawe nei koutou ki enei mea, kia taupato kei kahakina atu koutou e te he o te hunga kino, kei taka atu, kei kore e u.
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)
Engari kia neke ake i runga i te aroha noa, i te matauranga o to tatou Ariki, ara o te Kaiwhakaora, o Ihu Karaiti. Waiho atu i a ia te kororia, aianei, a ake tonu atu. Amine. (aiōn g165)
The World is Destroyed by Water
