2 Bitrus 3
1 Abokaina ƙaunatattu, wannan ita ce wasiƙata ta biyu gare ku. Na rubuta su biyun su zama abin tuni don su faɗakar da ku ga tunani mai kyau.
This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance;
2 Ina so ku tuna da kalmomin da annabawa masu tsarki na dā suka faɗa da kuma umarnin da Ubangijinmu da Mai Cetonmu ya bayar ta wurin manzanninku.
that ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles:
3 Da farko dai, dole ku fahimci wannan cewa a kwanakin ƙarshe masu ba’a za su zo suna ba’a, suna bin mugayen sha’awace-sha’awacensu.
knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,
4 Za su ce, “Ina wannan ‘dawowar’ da ya yi alkawari ne? Tun mutuwar kakanninmu, kome yana tafiya kamar yadda yake tun farkon halitta.”
and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 Amma da gangan suke manta cewa tun dā can ta wurin maganar Allah sammai suka kasance aka kuma yi ƙasa daga ruwa ta wurin ruwa kuma.
For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;
6 Ta wurin waɗannan ruwan ne aka nutsar, aka kuma hallakar da duniya ta wancan lokaci.
by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 Ta wurin wannan magana ce aka ajiye sammai da ƙasa na yanzu domin wuta, an ajiye su kuma don ranar hukunci da hallaka ta mutane marasa tsoron Allah.
but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
8 Amma kada ku manta da wannan abu guda ɗaya, abokaina ƙaunatattu. Ga Ubangiji kwana ɗaya kamar shekaru dubu ne, shekaru dubu kuma kamar kwana ɗaya ne.
But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 Ubangiji ba mai jinkiri ba ne wajen cika alkawarinsa, yadda waɗansunku suka fahimci jinkiri. Yana haƙuri da ku, ba ya so wani yă hallaka, sai dai kowa yă kai ga tuba.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 Amma ranar Ubangiji za tă zo kamar ɓarawo. Sammai za su ɓace da ruri, abubuwan da suke cikinsu za su ƙone, ƙasa kuma da dukan abin da yake cikinta za su tonu.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Da yake za a hallaka dukan abubuwa ta haka, waɗanne irin mutane ne ya kamata ku zama? Ya kamata ku yi rayuwar tsarki da ta tsoron Allah,
Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in [all] holy living and godliness,
12 yayinda kuke zuba ido ga zuwan ranar Allah kuna gaggauta zuwanta. Wannan rana za tă kawo wa sammai hallaka ta ƙunan wuta, abubuwa kuma za su narke don zafi.
looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
13 Amma bisa ga alkawarinsa muna zuba ido ga sabuwar sama da kuma sabuwar ƙasa, inda adalci zai yi zama.
But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
14 Saboda haka, abokaina ƙaunatattu, da yake kuna zuba ido ga wannan, sai ku yi matuƙar ƙoƙari don a same ku ba tabo, sai dai zaman salama da shi.
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.
15 Ku yi zaman sanin cewa haƙurin Ubangijinmu yana nufin ceto ne, kamar yadda ƙaunataccen ɗan’uwanmu Bulus ma ya rubuta muku da hikimar da Allah ya ba shi.
And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you;
16 Haka yake rubutu cikin dukan wasiƙunsa, yana magana a cikinsu a kan waɗannan al’amura. Wasiƙunsa sun ƙunshi waɗansu abubuwa masu wuyar fahimta, waɗanda jahilai da kuma waɗanda ba tsayayyu ba ne suke murɗe ma’anarsu, kamar yadda suke yi da sauran Nassosi, ta haka suke jawo wa kansu hallaka.
as also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
17 Saboda haka, abokaina ƙaunatattu, da yake kun riga kun san wannan, sai ku zauna a faɗake don kada a ɗauke hankalinku ta wurin kuskuren marasa bin dokan nan har ku fāɗi daga matsayinku.
Ye therefore, beloved, knowing [these things] beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.
The World is Destroyed by Water
