Petro 2 3

1 Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, esia nye nye agbalẽ evelia na mi. Meŋlɔ agbalẽ siawo na mi be woanye ŋkuɖodzinu si ade dzo mia me be miaƒe tamesusuwo nanɔ blibo.

Dear ones, this is now a second letter I am writing to you (in both of which I stir up your sincere mind by way of reminder),

2 Medi be miaɖo ŋku nya siwo Mawu ƒe nyagblɔɖila kɔkɔewo gblɔ na mi va yi kple se si míaƒe Aƒetɔ kple Ɖela de na mi to miaƒe apostolowo dzi la dzi.

so that you remember the words that were spoken before by the holy prophets and the command of the Lord and Savior, through your apostles.

3 Gbã la, ele be miase egɔme be le ŋkeke mamlɛawo me la, fewuɖulawo ava, anɔ fewu ɖum, eye woadze woawo ŋutɔ ƒe nudzodzro vɔ̃wo yome.

Knowing this first: in the last days mockers will come, living according to their own lusts

4 Woagblɔ be, “Afi ka eƒe ‘vava’ ƒe ŋugbedodo la le? Elabena tso ɣe aɖe ɣi ke, esi mía fofowo ku la, nu sia nu le edzi yim abe ale si wònɔ le gɔmedzedzea me ene.”

and saying: “Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.”

5 Ke woɖoe koŋ heŋlɔ be be gbe aɖe gbe ʋĩi ke wotsɔ Mawu ƒe nya wɔ dziƒo, eye wowɔ anyigba tso tsi me kple tsi.

This because they deliberately ignore that heavens and land (out of water and through water) had been existing from of old by the word of God,

6 To tsi sia ke dzi wotsrɔ̃ xexe si nɔ anyi ɣe ma ɣi le esi woxɔ beble dzi se ta.

by which word the world that then was perished, being flooded by water.

7 To Mawu ƒe nya sia ke dzi wodzra fifi dziƒo kple anyigba ɖo na dzo, eye woɖoe da ɖi na ʋɔnudrɔ̃gbe la kple mawumavɔ̃lawo ƒe tsɔtsrɔ̃.

But the current heavens, and the earth, are being reserved by His word for fire, being preserved until the day of judgment and perdition of godless men.

8 Ke nɔvi lɔlɔ̃wo, migaŋlɔ nu ɖeka sia be o, ŋkeke ɖeka le Aƒetɔ la gbɔ le abe ƒe akpe ɖeka ene, eye nenema ke ƒe akpe ɖeka le abe ŋkeke ɖeka ene.

But dear ones, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

9 Aƒetɔ la mele wɔwɔm blewublewu le eƒe ŋugbedodo la me abe ale si ame aɖewo se blewu gɔmee ene o. Egbɔ dzi ɖi na mi, elabena medi be ame aɖeke natsrɔ̃ o, ke boŋ be amewo katã natrɔ dzi me.

The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider delay, but rather is patient toward us, not wishing anyone to perish but all to come into repentance.

10 Ke Aƒetɔ ƒe ŋkeke la ava abe fiafitɔ ene. Dziƒowo nu ava yi kple gbeɖeɖe gã aɖe, woatsrɔ̃ gɔmeɖonuwo kple dzo, eye anyigba kple edzinuwo katã abi keŋkeŋ.

However, the day of the Lord will come like a thief at night, in which heavens will pass away with a whoosh, while the elements will be dissolved by burning—both the earth and the works in it will be completely consumed.

11 Esi woatsrɔ̃ nu sia nu alea la, ame ka ƒomeviwo wòle be mianye? Ele be mianɔ agbe le kɔkɔenyenye kple mawuvɔvɔ̃ me,

Therefore, since all these things will be destroyed, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,

12 esi miele mɔ kpɔm na Mawu ƒe ŋkeke la, hele du dom eƒe vava. Ŋkeke sia ƒe vava ana woatsrɔ̃ dziƒowo kple dzo, eye emenuwo alolõ le dzoxɔxɔ la me.

expecting and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?

13 Ke le eƒe ŋugbedodo la nu, míele mɔ kpɔm na dziƒo yeye kple anyigba yeye, afi si anye dzɔdzɔenyenyeteƒe la.

Nevertheless, we look for new heavens and a new earth in which dwells righteousness, according to His promise.

14 Eya ta nɔvi lɔlɔ̃wo, esi miele mɔ kpɔm na esia la, miɖe afɔ ɖe sia ɖe si miate ŋui la, be woakpɔ mi ɖimaƒomaƒoe, mokakamanɔŋutɔe, eye mianɔ ŋutifafa me kplii.

Therefore, dear ones, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, faultless and blameless;

15 Nenɔ susu me na mi be míaƒe Aƒetɔ la ƒe dzigbɔɖi nye miaƒe ɖeɖe, abe ale si mía nɔvi lɔlɔ̃ Paulo ŋlɔ na mi kple nunya si Mawu nɛ la ene.

and consider the longsuffering of our Lord to be salvation—just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him,

16 Eŋlɔ nu siawo ɖe eƒe agbalẽwo katã me, eye wòƒoa nu tso nu siawo katã ŋu. Nanewo le eƒe agbalẽawo me siwo ƒe gɔmesese sesẽ, esi ame manyanuwo kple ame malikewo blua afɔ na, abe ale si wowɔna na mawunya bubuwo hã ene, hena woawo ŋutɔ ƒe tsɔtsrɔ̃.

as also in all his epistles (speaking in them of these things, about which there are some things hard to understand), which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

17 Eya ta nɔvi lɔlɔ̃wo, esi mienya esia xoxo la, minɔ ŋudzɔ be sedzimawɔlawo ƒe nu tovo wɔwɔ makplɔ mi adzoe, be miage le teƒe si mieli ke ɖo la o.

You therefore, dear ones, being forewarned, be on guard lest, being carried away by the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.

18 Ke mitsi le amenuveve kple sidzedze míaƒe Aƒetɔ kple Ɖela Yesu Kristo me. Eya ko tɔ anye ŋutikɔkɔe tso fifia yi ɖe mavɔmavɔ me! Amen. (aiōn g165)

Rather, may you grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and into the eternal day. Amen. (aiōn g165)

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