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, already, beloved, is the second letter I am writing unto you; and, in these letters, I am stirring up—by way of calling to remembrance—your uncorrupted mind,
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.
To remember the fore-spoken declarations made by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Saviour, by 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.
Of this, first, taking note—that there will come, in the last of the days, with scoffing, scoffers, after their own covetings, going on,
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 presence? For, since the fathers fell asleep, all things, thus remain, from the beginning of 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, willfully, forget—that there were, heavens, from of old, and, an earth, on account of water and by means of water, compacted, by God’s word, —
6 Ta wurin waɗannan ruwan ne aka nutsar, aka kuma hallakar da duniya ta wancan lokaci.
By which means, the world that then was, with water being flooded, 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.
While, the heavens and the earth that now are, by the same word, have been stored with fire, being kept unto the day of judgment and destruction of the 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, this one thing, forget not, beloved, —that, one day, with the Lord, is 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 long-suffering with regard to you, not being minded that any should perish, but that, all, unto repentance, should come.
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.
Howbeit the day of the Lord will be here, as a thief, —in which, the heavens, with a rushing noise, will pass away, while, elements, becoming intensely hot, will be dissolved, and, earth, and the works therein, will be discovered.
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 all these things are thus to be dissolved, what manner of persons, ought [ye] all the while to be, in holy ways of behaviour and acts of 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.
Expecting and hastening the presence of the day of God, by reason of which, heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved, and, elements, becoming intensely hot, are to be melted;
13 Amma bisa ga alkawarinsa muna zuba ido ga sabuwar sama da kuma sabuwar ƙasa, inda adalci zai yi zama.
But, new heavens, and a new earth, according to his promise, are we expecting, wherein, righteousness, is to dwell.
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, these things, expecting—give diligence, unspotted and unblemished, by him, to be found, in peace;
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, our Lord’s long suffering, [to be] salvation: —even as, our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given unto him, hath written 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 letters, speaking in them concerning these things, —in which [letters] are some things, hard to be understood, which, the uninstructed and unstable, wrest, —as 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, taking note beforehand, be on your guard, lest, with the error of the impious being led away, ye fall from your own steadfastness;
18 Sai dai ku yi girma cikin alheri da sanin Ubangijinmu da Mai Cetonmu Yesu Kiristi. A gare shi ɗaukaka ta tabbata yanzu da har abada! Amin. (aiōn g165)
But be growing in the favour and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: —unto whom be the glory, both now and unto a day that abideth. (aiōn g165)
The World is Destroyed by Water
