Petro 2 2
1 Gake aʋatsonyagblɔɖilawo nɔ ameawo dome abe ale si aʋatsonufialawo anɔ miawo hã domee ene. Woahe nu dada fiafiawo vɛ le adzame, woagbe nu gɔ̃ hã le Aƒetɔ ŋusẽkatãtɔ si ƒle wo la gbɔ, eye woahe gbegblẽ ava woawo ŋutɔ ɖokui dzi kaba.
But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction;
2 Ame geɖewo adze woƒe ŋukpenanuwɔwɔwo yome eye woagblɔ busunya ɖe nyateƒe la ŋu.
and many shall follow their dissolute ways, through whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.
3 Nufiala siawo, le woƒe ŋukeklẽ me, atsɔ nya kpakpawo aɖe vi le mia ŋuti. Woƒe fɔbubu le ta dzi na wo tso blema ke, eye woƒe gbegblẽ medɔ alɔ̃ o.
And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.
4 Elabena ne Mawu mekpɔ nublanui na mawudɔlawo esi wowɔ nu vɔ̃ o, ke boŋ eɖo wo ɖe dzomavɔ me, hede ga wo ɖe ʋe globo doviviti me, be woanɔ afi ma va se ɖe ʋɔnudrɔ̃gbe; (Tartaroō g5020)
For if God spared not [the] angels who had sinned, but having cast them down to the deepest pit of gloom has delivered them to chains of darkness [to be] kept for judgment; (Tartaroō g5020)
5 ne metsɔe ke blema xexemetɔwo o, ke boŋ wòna tsi ɖɔ hetsrɔ̃ mawumavɔ̃la mawo, negbe dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe gbeƒãɖela, Noa kple ame adreawo ko wòɖe;
and spared not [the] old world, but preserved Noe, [the] eighth, a preacher of righteousness, having brought in [the] flood upon [the] world of [the] ungodly;
6 ne ebu fɔ Sodom kple Gomora duawo hena dzo fia wo, wozu afi, eye wòtsɔ wo wɔ kpɔɖeŋu na nu si adzɔ ɖe mawumavɔ̃lawo dzi;
and having reduced [the] cities of Sodom and Gomorrha to ashes, condemned [them] with an overthrow, setting [them as] an example to those that should [afterwards] live an ungodly life;
7 ne eɖe ame dzɔdzɔe Lɔt, ame si semanɔsitɔ mawo ƒe agbe ƒaƒã nɔnɔ ti kɔ na,
and saved righteous Lot, distressed with the abandoned conversation of the godless,
8 (elabena esi ame dzɔdzɔe ma nɔ wo dome la, eƒe luʋɔ dzɔdzɔe la kpea fu gbe sia gbe ne ekpɔ, eye wòse agbe si nɔm ameawo le semaɖemɔnatɔe la).
(for the righteous man through seeing and hearing, dwelling among them, tormented [his] righteous soul day after day with [their] lawless works, )
9 Ne ele alea la, ekema Aƒetɔ la nya ale si wòaɖe mawuvɔ̃lawo tso dodokpɔwo me, eye wònya ale si wòalé mawumavɔ̃lawoe, anɔ to hem na wo va se ɖe ʋɔnudrɔ̃ŋkeke la dzi.
[the] Lord knows [how] to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep [the] unjust to [the] day of judgment [to be] punished;
10 Esia nye nyateƒe, vevietɔ na ame siwo dze ŋutilã ƒe nudzodzro vɔ̃wo yome, eye wodoa vlo kplɔlawo. Dzideƒo kple ɖokuiŋudzedze le ame siawo me ale gbegbe be womevɔ̃a nya vlowo gbɔgblɔ ɖe dziƒodɔlawo ŋu o.
and specially those who walk after the flesh in [the] lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Bold [are they], self-willed; they do not fear speaking injuriously of dignities:
11 Togbɔ be mawudɔlawo de ŋgɔ, hesesẽ wu wo gɔ̃ hã la, wometsɔa ameŋugblẽnya bua fɔ nu gbagbe siawo le Aƒetɔ la ƒe ŋkume o.
when angels, who are greater in might and power, do not bring against them, before the Lord, an injurious charge.
12 Gake ame siawo gblɔa busunya le nya siwo gɔme womese o la me. Wole abe lã siwo si nunya mele o, nuwɔwɔ siwo wɔ nu ɖekematsɔlemetɔe kple lã siwo wodzi ko be woalé wo, eye woatsrɔ̃ wo la ene. Eye abe lãwo ene la, woawo hã woatsrɔ̃.
But these, as natural animals without reason, made to be caught and destroyed, speaking injuriously in things they are ignorant of, shall also perish in their own corruption,
13 Woaxɔ madzemadzenyenye ƒe fetu: Ame siwo bua gbe sia gbe ƒe aglotutu dzidzɔdonui, ɖiƒoƒo kple ŋukpe wonye. Wotsɔa nu siwo wokpɔ to woƒe amebeble me la ɖua nu tsui; evɔ la, wonɔa anyi ɖe kplɔ̃ ɖeka ŋu ɖua nu kpli mi.
receiving [the] reward of unrighteousness; accounting ephemeral indulgence pleasure; spots and blemishes, rioting in their own deceits, feasting with you;
14 Ahasiwɔwɔ xɔ ŋku dzi na wo, eye womedzudzɔ nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ gbeɖe o, wodɔna kple ame malikewo. Wobi ɖe ŋukeklẽ me, eye wonye dzidzime si dzi fiƒode le!
having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin, alluring unestablished souls; having a heart practised in covetousness, children of curse;
15 Wogblẽ mɔ dzɔdzɔe la ɖi, helé Beor ƒe vi Balaam ƒe mɔ tsɔ, ame si lɔ̃ vɔ̃ɖinyenye ƒe fetu.
having left [the] straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved [the] reward of unrighteousness;
16 Ke tedzi lãmaƒonu tsɔ ame ƒe gbe ƒo nu nɛ, ka mo nɛ ɖe eƒe nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ ta, heɖo asi Mawu ƒe nyagblɔɖila la ƒe tsukunuwo wɔwɔ dzi.
but had reproof of his own wickedness — [the] dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly of the prophet.
17 Ŋutsu siawo le abe vudo siwo me tsi mele o kple afudodo si ahom lɔna ɖe nu la ene. Wodzra viviti tsiɖitsiɖi ɖo ɖi na wo.
These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved [for ever]. (questioned)
18 Elabena wotsɔa woƒe nu gblɔa nya dzodzro, siwo me dada le, wotsɔa ŋutilã ƒe nudzodzro vɔ̃wo blea ame siwo si le ame vɔ̃ɖiwo nu fifi laa la nu.
For [while] speaking great highflown words of vanity, they allure with [the] lusts of [the] flesh, by dissoluteness, those who have just fled those who walk in error,
19 Wodoa ablɔɖe ƒe ŋugbe na wo esi woawo ŋutɔ wonye kluviwo na anyidzedze, elabena ame nyea kluvi na nu sia nu si ɖu aƒetɔ ɖe edzi la.
promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is subdued, by him is he also brought into slavery.
20 Nenye be wosi le gbegblẽ si le xexea me nu, to sidzedze míaƒe Aƒetɔ kple Ɖela Yesu Kristo me, evɔ wogbugbɔ gabla wo ɖe nu mawo ke me, heɖu wo dzi la, woƒe nuwuwu avɔ̃ɖi wu ale si wònɔ le gɔmedzedzea me.
For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through [the] knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, again entangled, they are subdued by these, their last state is worse than the first.
21 Anyo na wo be womenya dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe mɔ o tsɔ wu be woanyae, eye woatrɔ megbe ade sedede kɔkɔe si wotsɔ de asi na wo.
For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known [it] to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
22 Ame siawo la, lododo siawo nye nyateƒe le wo ŋuti be, “Avu trɔna gayia nu si wòdzɔ la gbɔ,” eye “Ha si wole tsi na la gayia eƒe babublu dzi.”
But that [word] of the true proverb has happened to them: [The] dog [has] turned back to his own vomit; and, [The] washed sow to [her] rolling in mud.
