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.
This second epistle, beloved, I now write to you; in [both] which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
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.
That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Savior:
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, that there will come in the last days scoffers, walking after 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 the 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.
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 To tsi sia ke dzi wotsrɔ̃ xexe si nɔ anyi ɣe ma ɣi le esi woxɔ beble dzi se ta.
By which the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
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 heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved to fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly 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, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord 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 slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to 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.
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 melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein will be burned up.
11 Esi woatsrɔ̃ nu sia nu alea la, ame ka ƒomeviwo wòle be mianye? Ele be mianɔ agbe le kɔkɔenyenye kple mawuvɔvɔ̃ me,
[Seeing] then [that] all these things will be dissolved, what manner [of persons] ought ye to be in [all] holy deportment 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.
Looking for and hasting to the coming of the day of God, in which the 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, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, in which dwelleth righteousness.
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.
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found by him in peace, without spot, 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 account [that] the long-suffering of our Lord [is] salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, hath written to you;
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; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as [they do] also the other 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.
Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know [these things] before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness.
The Great Flood
