2 Peter 2
1 But there were indeed false prophets among the people of old, as there will be also among you false teachers, who will privately introduce pernicious heresies, denying even the Lord that bought them, and bringing upon themselves swift destruction,
But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
2 And many will follow their pernicious tenets, on whose account the way of truth will be reproached:
Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.
3 and by artful speeches they will make sale of you for gain. Whose judgement is long since hastening, and their destruction doth not slumber.
In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old does not linger, and their destruction is not asleep.
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 unto judgement; and if He spared not the old world, (Tartaroō g5020)
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to the lower parts of Takhtaya, and committed them to chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; (Tartaroō g5020)
5 (but preserved Noah an eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, ) bringing a deluge upon the world of the ungodly;
and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Nukh with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;
6 and reducing the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha to ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those that should afterwards be impious;
and turning the cities of Sedum and Amura into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
7 and delivered righteous Lot grieved at the lewd conversation of the wicked:
and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked
8 (for that good man by seeing and hearing their crimes, when he dwelt among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day with their
(for that righteous man dwelling among them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds):
9 iniquitous deeds) then the Lord knoweth how to deliver the pious from temptation, and to reserve the wicked to the day of judgement to be punished:
the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;
10 especially those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise authority; who, being audacious and self-willed, are not afraid to speak evil of dignities:
but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to blaspheme the glories;
11 whereas angels, who are greater in strength and power, bring not a reviling accusation against them before the Lord.
whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not bring a railing judgment against them before the Lord.
12 But these men, like brute beasts naturally produced to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil of things which they do not understand, shall perish by their own corruption; receiving the reward of their unrighteousness:
But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,
13 who account it a pleasure to riot even in the day; spots and disgraces; revelling in their frauds, while they partake of your feasts:
suffering the penalty as the wages of evil; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;
14 having eyes full of adultery, and which cannot be restrained from sin: ensnaring unstable souls, and having a heart practised in rapine; cursed people:
having eyes full of adultery, and insatiable for sin, enticing unstable people, having a heart trained in greed. Children under a curse.
15 who have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity;
Forsaking the right way they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness.
16 but was reproved for his transgression: for a dumb beast speaking with the voice of a man checked the madness of the prophet.
But he was rebuked for his own transgression; a donkey that could not talk spoke with a human voice and stopped the irrationality of the prophet.
17 These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm, for whom thick darkness is reserved for ever. (questioned)
These are wells without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved.
18 For when they speak swelling words of vanity, they ensnare in the lusts of the flesh, through their lasciviousness, those who had indeed withdrawn from such as deal in error;
For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who actually escape from those who live in error;
19 promising them liberty, while they themselves are the slaves of corruption: for by whom any one is vanquished, by him he is also enslaved.
promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for a person is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.
20 For if, after they had escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled and vanquished by them, their last state is worse than the first;
For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Yeshua Meshikha, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
21 for it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than when they knew it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.
For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
22 But it is happened to them according to the true proverb, The dog is returned to his own vomit, and, The swine that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
It has happened to them according to the true proverb, "The dog turns to his own vomit again," and "the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire."
