2 Piè 2
1 Malgre sa, te gen kèk fo pwofèt nan mitan pèp Bondye a nan tan lontan. Konsa tou, va gen kèk direktè nan mitan nou k'ap bay manti. Yo pral vin ak yon bann bèl pawòl ki pa vre pou yo seye pèdi nou. Y'ap vire do bay Mèt la ki te delivre yo. Y'ap rale yon chatiman sou tèt yo k'ap detwi yo lapoula.
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 Anpil moun pral swiv yo nan sa y'ap fè ki mal yo. Konsa, y'ap lakòz moun pale chemen laverite a mal.
Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.
3 Nan kouri dèyè lajan, yo pral esplwate nou ak yon bann manti. Men, depi lontan moun sa yo deja jije, nanpwen chape pou yo.
In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old does not linger, and their destruction will not slumber.
4 Bondye pa t' fè pa zanj ki te fè peche yo. Li te voye yo jete nan lanfè, li lage yo nan gwo twou kote ki fènwa anpil la, l'ap kenbe yo la pou yo tann jou jijman an. (Tartaroō g5020)
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus (Tartaroō g5020), and committed them to pits of darkness to be reserved for judgment;
5 Bondye pa t' fè pa moun nan tan lontan yo. Men, li te delivre Noe, yon nonm ki te mache dwat devan li, ansanm ak sèt lòt moun lè li te voye gwo inondasyon an sou mechan yo.
and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly,
6 Li te kondannen lavil Sodòm ak lavil Gomò pou yo te disparèt, li fè yo tounen sann, pou sa te sèvi yon egzanp pou tout mechan ki gen pou vini apre yo.
and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live in an ungodly way,
7 Men, li te delivre Lòt, yon nonm dwat ki te pran lapenn lè l' te wè move bagay mechan yo t'ap fè.
and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked
8 Paske, nonm dwat sa a ki t'ap viv nan mitan yo a, lè li te wè, lè li te tande tout bagay mal moun sa yo t'ap fè, se chak jou li santi kè l' t'ap fann, paske li t'ap viv dwat devan Bondye.
(for that righteous man dwelling among them was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds),
9 Konsa, Bondye konnen ki jan pou l' delivre moun k'ap sèvi l' yo nan mitan eprèv. Men, li kite mechan yo pou l' ka peni yo jou jijman an,
then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,
10 sitou moun k'ap viv pou lachè ak tout egzijans li yo, moun k'ap meprize otorite Bondye a. Moun sa yo gen je chèch konsa, yo awogan. Yo pa menm pè pale pouvwa yo ki nan syèl la mal.
but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries,
11 Menm zanj yo ki gen plis fòs ak plis pouvwa pase moun sa yo pa pote move akizasyon kont pouvwa ki nan syèl yo devan Bondye.
whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord.
12 Mesye sa yo menm, yo tankou bèt ki san konprann, k'ap viv dapre ensten yo epi ki la sou latè pou moun kenbe touye. Yo pale mal sou bagay yo pa konnen, yo gen pou yo peri menm jan ak bèt.
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 Yo gen pou yo soufri pou tou sa yo te fè moun soufri. Yo pran plezi fè debòch gwo lajounen. Se yon wont, se yon eskandal lè moun sa yo k'ap pran plezi yo nan fè sa ki mal chita sou menm tab ak nou lè n'ap fè fèt.
receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and defects, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;
14 Je yo kale sou tout fanm. Se tout tan y'ap fè peche. Yo pran tèt moun ki fèb yo nan pèlen. Nanpwen moun renmen lajan tankou yo. Se moun ki anba madichon.
having eyes full of adultery, and who cannot cease from sin, enticing unsettled souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children!
15 Yo kite chemen ki dwat la, yo pèdi wout yo nèt. Yo pran swiv chemen Balaram, pitit Bozò a, ki te fè sa ki mal poutèt lajan.
Forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;
16 Men, yo te kouri dèyè l' pou mechanste li a: yon bourik ki pa menm gen lapawòl te pale avè l' tankou yon moun. Se sa ki te fè pwofèt la sispann aji tankou moun fou.
but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A speechless donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.
17 Moun sa yo tankou sous dlo ki cheche, tankou nway gwo van ap pote ale. Kote ki fènwa anpil la ap pare tann yo tou.
These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved.
18 Y'ap pale ak awogans pawòl ki pa gen sans. Avèk lavi lib y'ap mennen pou satisfè lachè a, y'ap pran tèt moun ki fèk ap chape nan mitan moun k'ap viv nan manti yo.
For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;
19 Yo pwomèt y'ap ba yo libète. Men, yo menm se esklav movèz vi a yo ye. Paske, yon moun esklav tout bagay ki donminen sou li.
promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.
20 Moun ki rive konnen Jezikri tankou Seyè ak Sovè li, li fin chape anba tout vye bagay mal ki nan lemonn. Si apre sa, li tounen mele ladan yo ankò, si l' kite bagay sa yo pran pye sou li ankò, l'ap pi mal pou li pase jan l' te ye anvan an.
For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
21 Sa ta pi bon pou li si l' pa t' janm konnen chemen dwat la, pase pou, lè li fin konnen l' lan, li vire do bay kòmandman li te resevwa nan men Bondye a.
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 Sa ki rive yo a moutre sa pwovèb la di a se vre: Chen an tounen vin manje sa li te vonmi an. Lave manman kochon, li al woule nan labou ankò.
But 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.”
