2 Peter 3
1 This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you
朋友们，这是我写给你们的第二封信。在这两封信中，我都在试图激发你们，提醒你们用纯净的思想进行清晰的思考。
2 that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets and the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior,
记住以往圣先知们说的话，以及主和救世主通过你们的使徒做出的嘱咐。
3 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts
首先应该要知道：在末世必有讥讽之人，他们充满嘲讽之心，追随自己的邪恶欲望。
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.”
“那么他要降临的承诺哪去了？”他们问。“从我们祖先去世的那一刻，一切都像从创世之日开始往常一样继续。”
5 For they willfully forget that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water by the word of God,
但是他们故意忽略一个事实：天空是上帝下令在很久以前创造的。大地诞生于水，被水包围。
6 by which means the world that existed then, being overflowed with water, perished.
水摧毁了当时存在的世界，那个世界被水淹没。
7 But the heavens that exist now 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.
但是通过同样的神圣命令，眼前存在的天地被保留下来，留待审判之日被火毁灭，那时恶人也会被毁灭。
8 But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
但我的朋友们，别忘记：对主而言一天就像一千年，一千年就像一天。
9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
主并没有像某些人以为的那样，将其承诺拖后，而是对你们非常耐心。他不希望任何人迷失，而是希望每个人都过来，都悔改。
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat; and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
但主的日子终将到来，就像盗贼一样出乎意料。天堂将在雷鸣般的轰鸣中爆炸，所有元素将被焚烧和毁灭。地球和大地上的一切都将消失。
11 Therefore, since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,
既然一切都将如此毁灭，你应该是哪种人？你应该过着纯洁的生活，献身于上帝，
12 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
期待并渴望上帝之日的到来。在那一天，天空会燃起大火并被毁灭，所有元素都会在高温中融化。
13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
但对我们而言，我们正在寻找上帝所承诺新天和新地，那里的一切都如此良善正直。
14 Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.
所以我的朋友们，既然你已经预料到这一切，请确保在看到你时，你是纯洁而无可指责的，与上帝和平相处。
15 Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you,
请记住，是我们主的耐心给了我们救赎的机会。我们亲爱的兄弟保罗在他所有的书信中，曾用上帝赐予他的智慧向你解释了这一切。
16 as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
他谈到了这些事情，尽管他所写的部分内容肯定很难理解。一些无知和不平衡之人歪曲他所写的内容，这让他们自己蒙受损失，正如他们歪曲其他经文。
17 You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.
我的朋友们，既然你们已经知道了这些，就不要让恶人的错误引你们误入歧途，不要从自己牢固的位置上跌落。
The Great Flood
