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 there also came false prophets among the people, as there will also be false teachers among you, who will stealthily bring in destructive sects, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing quick destruction to themselves,
2 Anpil moun pral swiv yo nan sa y'ap fè ki mal yo. Konsa, y'ap lakòz moun pale chemen laverite a mal.
and many will follow out their destructive ways, because of whom the way of the truth will be spoken of [as] evil,
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.
and in covetousness, with forged words, they will make merchandise of you, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction does 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 messengers having sinned, but having cast [them] down to Tartarus with chains of deepest gloom, delivered [them], having been reserved to judgment, (Tartaroō g5020)
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 old world, but kept the eighth person, Noah, a preacher of righteousness, having brought a flood on the world of the impious,
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 having turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes, condemned with an overthrow, having set [them as] an example to those about to be impious,
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 He rescued righteous Lot, worn down by the conduct of the lawless in licentiousness,
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 the righteous [man] dwelling among them was tormented in [his] righteous soul, day by day, in seeing and hearing unlawful works—
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,
the LORD has known to rescue [the] pious out of temptation, and to keep [the] unrighteous being punished to [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.
and chiefly those following after the flesh in lust [and] defilement, and despising lordship. Bold, self-pleased, they are not afraid to speak evil of glorious ones,
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 messengers, being greater in strength and power, do not bear 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.
and these, as irrational natural beasts, made to be caught and destroyed—in what things they are ignorant of, slandering—in their destruction will 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.
doing unjustly, [they will receive] a reward of unrighteousness, esteeming pleasure in the day, [and] luxury—[they are] spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceits, feasting 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 unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart exercised in covetousnesses, children of a curse,
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.
having forsaken a right way, they went astray, having followed in the way of Balaam the [son] of Bosor, who loved a reward of unrighteousness,
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.
and had a rebuke of his own iniquity—a mute donkey, having spoken in man’s voice, forbid 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, and clouds driven by a storm, to whom the deepest gloom of darkness has been kept throughout the age; (questioned)
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 speaking swollen words of vanity, they entice in desires of the flesh—licentiousness, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves 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 liberty to them, themselves being servants of corruption, for by whom anyone has been overcome, he has been brought to servitude to this one also;
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 having escaped from the defilements of the world, in the acknowledging of the LORD and Savior Jesus Christ, and again being entangled by these things, they have been overcome, the last things have become worse to 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 were better to them not to have acknowledged the way of righteousness, than having acknowledged [it], to turn back from the holy command 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.
and that of the true proverb has happened to them: “A dog turned back on his own vomit,” and, “A sow having bathed herself—to rolling in mire.”
