2 Pita 2
1 Ma na mgbe ochie ahụ kwa, e nwere ọtụtụ ndị amụma ụgha nʼetiti ha, dịka a ga-esi nwee ndị ozizi ụgha nʼetiti unu. Ndị a ga-esite na nzuzo na-ewebata ozizi ọjọọ nke na-eweta ịla nʼiyi, ha ga-agọnarị ọ bụladị onye kachasị ihe niile, bụ Onyenwe, onye gbapụtara ha. Ha na-eweta ịla nʼiyi na mberede, na-atụkwasị onwe ha nʼisi.
But just as there were false prophets among the people then, there will be false teachers among you. They subtly introduce false and destructive teachings, even denying the Lord who redeemed them, quickly bringing destruction on themselves.
2 Ya mere, ọtụtụ mmadụ ga-esoro ndụ rụrụ arụ ha na-ebi, nʼihi ha ga-ekwutọkwa ụzọ nke eziokwu ahụ.
Many will follow their immoral perversions, and because of them people will condemn the way of truth.
3 Nʼanya ukwu ha, ndị nkuzi ụgha ndị a ga-eji okwu nrafu rigbuo unu nʼuru. Site na mgbe ochie, onye ga-ekpe ha ikpe dị njikere. Onye ga-ala ha nʼiyi anaghị arahụ ụra.
They will greedily exploit you with false tales. However, they are already condemned: their sentence has been hanging over them for a long time, their destruction won't be postponed.
4 Ọ bụrụ na Chineke ahapụghị ndị mmụọ ozi ahụ mgbe ha mehiere, kama o weere ha kpọchie nʼime ala mmụọ, ebe e kere ha agbụ na-eche ụbọchị ikpe ahụ. (Tartaroō g5020)
For God didn't even spare the angels when they sinned. He threw them into Tartarus, holding them in dark pits ready for judgment. (Tartaroō g5020)
5 Ọ bụrụkwa na o mereghị ndị ụwa nke mbụ ebere mgbe o mere ka uju mmiri bịakwasị ndị bi na ya na-amaghị Chineke, kama ọ zọpụtara naanị Noa bụ onye kwusara ezi omume na mmadụ asaa ndị ọzọ.
God didn't spare the ancient world either, but he protected Noah who told people about the God who did right. He was one of the eight who were saved when God sent a flood upon a world of evil people.
6 Ọ bụrụ na ọ mara obodo Sọdọm na Gọmọra ikpe site nʼiwere ọkụ rechapụ ha, mee ha ihe ịmaatụ banyere ihe gaje ịbịakwasị ndị na-amaghị Chineke;
God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to total destruction, burning them to ash, as an example of what will happen to those who live evil lives.
7 ọ bụrụkwa na ọ napụtara Lọt bụ onye ezi omume, onye ndụ ọjọọ nke ndị na-emebi iwu wutere
But God rescued Lot because he was a good man, sickened by the disgusting immorality of his neighbors.
8 (nʼihi na nwoke ezi omume ahụ nke na-ebi nʼetiti ha ụbọchị niile, ehihie na abalị, bụ onye eji ọrụ mmebi iwu niile ọ na-anụ, na nke o ji anya ya na-ahụ, mekpaa mkpụrụobi ezi omume ya ahụ).
(Lot lived among them, but he did what was good and right. He saw and heard what they did day after day, and their wickedness tormented him.)
9 Ọ bụrụ na ọ dị otu a, Onyenwe anyị maara otu o si anapụta ndị na-asọpụrụ Chineke site nʼọnwụnwa niile gbara ha gburugburu. Ọ makwaara edebe ndị ajọ omume nʼahụhụ, tutu ruo ụbọchị ikpe ahụ.
As you can see, the Lord is able to rescue from their troubles those who respect him, and to keep the wicked until the day of judgment when their punishment is completed.
10 Nke a bụ eziokwu banyere ndị ahụ na-agbaso ọchịchọ emerụrụ emerụ nke anụ ahụ mmehie ha, na-eledakwa ike ọchịchị anya. Ndị nwere anya ike ma jupụtakwa na mpako. Ndị ahụ ụjọ na-adịghị atụ ikwutọ ọ bụladị mmụọ ndị ahụ jupụtara nʼebube nke anya na-adịghị ahụ.
This is especially so for those who follow their corrupt human desires, and contemptuously disregard authority. Arrogant and proud, they're not even afraid to defame heavenly beings.
11 Lee, ọ bụ ezie na ndị mmụọ ozi karịrị ha nʼịdị ike, nweekwa ume karịa, ma ha anaghị e kpegide ha ikpe nkwujọ nʼihu Onyenwe anyị.
Angels, on the other hand, even though they are stronger and more powerful, don't disparage them before the Lord.
12 Lee ka ha si na-ekwulu ihe ndị ha aghọtaghị. Ha dị ka ụmụ anụ ọhịa, ndị nzuzu na-eme naanị ihe ọbụla ha kpebiri nʼobi ha. Ndị a mụrụ naanị maka ijide ha ma bibiekwa ha. A ga-egbu ha otu e si egbu ụmụ anụ ọhịa ndị a.
These people are like mindless beasts, produced like farm animals to be captured and slaughtered. They condemn things they don't know anything about, and just like animals they will be destroyed.
13 A ga-eji ntaramahụhụ kwụghachi ha ụgwọ ihe ọjọọ ha mere. Ihe na-atọ ha ụtọ bụ ịkpọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ nʼetiti ehihie. Ha bụ ihe ihere, bụrụkwa ndị na-ewetara unu ntụpọ ma ọ bụrụ na ha na-eso unu na-erikọta oriri.
They will be paid back in harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of fun is to commit their evil lusts in broad daylight. They are stains and blemishes on your community. They enjoy their deceptive pleasures even while they eat together with you.
14 Anya ha jupụtara nʼagụụ ịkwa iko, mmehie adịghị ejukwa ha afọ. Ha na-arafu ndị okwukwe ha na-esighị ike. Ha bụkwa ndị a maara aha ha nʼihi oke ọchịchọ. Nʼezie ha bụ ụmụ a bụrụ ọnụ.
They're always on the lookout for adulterous relationships—they just can't stop sinning. They seduce the vulnerable; they have trained themselves in greed; they are offspring under a curse.
15 Ha esitela nʼezi ụzọ ahụ jehie, soro omume Belam nwa Beoa, onye hụrụ ụgwọ ọrụ nke ajọ omume nʼanya.
They have abandoned the right path and went astray, following the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved to be paid for doing evil.
16 Ma a baara ya mba maka ajọ omume ya, mgbe e mere ka ịnyịnya ibu ya jiri olu mmadụ gwa ya okwu; gbochie ọrụ onyeisi na-adịghị mma nke onye amụma ahụ chọrọ ịrụ.
But he was told off for his evil actions—a dumb donkey spoke with a human voice and stopped the prophet's foolishness!
17 Ndị a dịkwa ka iyi tara ata nke mmiri ọbụla na-adịghị nʼime ya. Ha dịkwa ka igwe ojii nke oke ifufe na-efesasị, nke na-adịghị ezo mmiri ọbụla. Ndị a kwadobere ebe kachasị ịgba ọchịchịrị.
People like these are springs without water, mists blown away by the wind. They are destined for blackest darkness—forever. (questioned)
18 Ha na-eji okwu efu na-enweghị isi, na agụụ ihe ọjọọ nke na-agụ anụ ahụ ha, na-arafu ndị sitere nʼetiti ndị na-ebi ndụ ọjọọ na-ekewapụ onwe ha.
Inflated with their own nonsense, they appeal to sensual desires, luring back into immorality those who have only just escaped from those who live in error.
19 Ha na-ekwe ha nkwa inwere onwe ha, ma ha onwe ha bụ ohu nye ihe rere ure, nʼihi na mmadụ bụ ohu nye ihe ọbụla na-achị achị nʼime ya.
They promise them freedom, even though they themselves are slaves to depravity. “You are a slave to whatever conquers you.”
20 Mgbe ha sitere nʼihe niile emerụrụ emerụ nke ụwa gbapụ, site na mmazu nke Onyenwe anyị, na Onye nzọpụta anyị Jisọs Kraịst, bụrụ ndị atụhịrị na mmehie ọzọ, bụrụkwa ndị e meriri, ha ga-abụ ndị ọnọdụ ha ga-ajọ njọ karịa ka ọ dị na mbụ.
If people manage to escape from the evil influence of the world by knowing the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and then get tangled up in sin again and are defeated, they are worse off than they were in the first place.
21 Ọ gaara akara ha mma ma ọ bụrụ na ha amataghị ụzọ ezi omume, karịa na ha matara ya, mesịa gbakụta iwu ahụ dị nsọ nyere ha azụ.
It would have been better not to have known the right way of truth, than to have known it and then turn away from the sacred instructions they'd been given.
22 Ilu ndị a bụ eziokwu banyere ha sị, “Nkịta laghachiri ọzọ nʼihe ọ gbọrọ,” ya na, “Nne ezi a sachara ahụ laghachiri ọzọ ịtụrụ onwe ya nʼapịtị.”
This proverb has come true for them: “The dog has returned to its own vomit, and the washed pig has gone back to rolling in the mud.”
