2 Piè 3
1 Frè m' yo, sa fè dezyèm lèt m'ap ekri nou. Nan tou de lèt yo mwen te vle fè nou chonje tout bagay sa yo, pou lespri moun ki dwat yo pa dòmi, pou n' te ka gen bon lide nan tèt nou.
This, now, beloved, a second letter to you I write, in both which I stir up your pure mind in reminding [you],
2 Se pou n' toujou chonje sa pwofèt Bondye yo te di nou depi lontan. Toujou chonje kòmandman Seyè ki delivrans nou an. Se kòmandman sa yo apòt yo te moutre nou.
to be mindful of the sayings said before by the holy prophets, and of the command of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour,
3 Anvan tout bagay se pou nou konprann sa byen: lè dènye jou yo va rive, gen moun ki pou parèt ka pral pase bagay Bondye yo anba rizib. Se moun k'ap viv dapre tout vye lanvi yo genyen.
this first knowing, that there shall come in the latter end of the days scoffers, according to their own desires going on,
4 Y'a di: Kote pwomès li te fè nou an? Li pa t' di li t'ap vini? Depi sou tan zansèt nou yo ki mouri, tout bagay rete menm jan yo te ye a lè latè te fèk kreye.
and saying, 'Where is the promise of his presence? for since the fathers did fall asleep, all things so remain from the beginning of the creation;'
5 Men, moun sa yo, lè y'ap pale konsa, yo fè espre bliye sa ki te rive nan tan lontan: Bondye te pale epi li fè syèl la. Se li ki te fè tè a soti nan dlo a, se li ki te fè dlo a fè tè a.
for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God,
6 Se li ki te fè dlo a moute kouvri latè nan tan lontan pou l' te detwi tout bagay.
through which the then world, by water having been deluged, was destroyed;
7 Dapre menm pawòl Bondye a, syèl la ak tè a ki la koulye a ap tann dife a. Yo la ap tann jou jijman an, lè tout mechan yo va disparèt.
and the present heavens and the earth, by the same word are treasured, for fire being kept to a day of judgment and destruction of the impious men.
8 Men nou menm, frè m' renmen anpil yo, gen yon bagay nou pa dwe janm bliye: Pou Bondye, yon jou se tankou mil (1.000) an, milan se tankou yon jou.
And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord [is] as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day;
9 Seyè a pa pran twòp reta pou kenbe pwomès li yo, jan kèk moun kwè a. Okontrè, se pasyans l'ap pran ak nou, paske li pa ta renmen pesonn peri, li ta vle pou tout moun tounen vin jwenn li.
the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,
10 Men, jou Seyè a ap vini sou nou tankou yon vòlò nan mitan lannwit. Lè sa a, syèl la pral disparèt ak yon gwo gwo bri. Tout bagay pral pran dife, y'ap fonn nèt. Latè ak dènye bagay ki ladan l' va boule, y'ap tounen sann.
and it will come — the day of the Lord — as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.
11 Si tout bagay gen pou disparèt konsa, nou pa bezwen mande ki kalite moun nou dwe ye: Se pou nou sèvi Bondye, se pou nou viv pou li ase.
All these, then, being dissolved, what kind of persons doth it behove you to be in holy behaviours and pious acts?
12 Konsa, pandan n'ap tann jou Bondye a, jou ki gen pou rive a, ann fè sa nou kapab pou nou fè l' rive pi vit toujou. Jou sa a, syèl la pral disparèt nan gwo flanm dife. Tout bagay pral fonn nan dife.
waiting for and hasting to the presence of the day of God, by which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements with burning heat shall melt;
13 Men nou menm, n'ap tann lòt syèl ak lòt tè Bondye te pwomèt la, kote se bagay ki dwat devan Bondye ase k'ap fèt.
and for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise we do wait, in which righteousness doth dwell;
14 Se poutèt sa, frè m' yo, pandan n'ap tann bagay sa yo, ann fè sa nou kapab pou Bondye ka jwenn nou ap viv ak kè poze, san okenn fòt, ni okenn defo.
wherefore, beloved, these things waiting for, be diligent, spotless and unblameable, by Him to be found in peace,
15 Konprann sa byen, se pou nou ka sove kifè Seyè a ap pran tout pasyans sa a ak nou. Se sa menm frè Pòl, bon zanmi nou an, te ekri nou dapre bon konprann Bondye te ba li a.
and the long-suffering of our Lord count ye salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul — according to the wisdom given to him — did write to you,
16 Nan tout lèt li yo, li pale nou sou bagay sa yo. Gen kèk pwen ladan yo ki difisil pou konprann. Se konsa, moun iyoran yo ak moun ki fèb nan konfyans Bondye yo ap tòde sans pawòl yo, tankou yo fè l' pou lòt liv yo tou. Men, se sa menm k'ap fin pèdi yo.
as also in all the epistles, speaking in them concerning these things, among which things are certain hard to be understood, which the untaught and unstable do wrest, as also the other Writings, unto their own destruction.
17 Se poutèt sa, frè mwen renmen anpil yo, koulye a nou tou avèti. Pran prekosyon nou pou nou pa kite mechan sa yo trennen nou ale ak manti yo, pou nou pa pèdi pozisyon kote nou kanpe fèm lan.
Ye, then, beloved, knowing before, take heed, lest, together with the error of the impious being led away, ye may fall from your own stedfastness,
18 Okontrè, se pou nou grandi nan favè ak konesans Jezikri, Seyè nou ak Sovè nou. Se pou li tout lwanj la, koulye a ak pou tout tan. Amèn. (aiōn g165)
and increase ye in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to him [is] the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen. (aiōn g165)
The Great Flood
