2 Pita 3

1 Ndị enyi m, nke a bụ akwụkwọ nke abụọ m na-edetara unu. Nʼime ha abụọ, ihe m mere bụ ichetara unu ihe ndị ahụ niile unu maara na itute uche unu banyere echiche zuruoke.

This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you;

2 Achọrọ m ka unu cheta okwu ndị amụma dị nsọ kwuru mgbe ochie na iwu nke Onyenwe anyị na Onye nzọpụta anyị nyere site na ndị ozi ya.

that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles:

3 Na mbụ, unu ga-amata nke a, na nʼoge ikpeazụ, ndị na-akwa emo ga-apụta, site nʼịkwa emo gbaso agụ ihe ọjọọ niile nke anụ ahụ ha chọrọ

knowing this first, that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking and walking after their own lusts,

4 na-asị, “O kwere unu nkwa na ọ ga-abịa, gịnị mere na ọ bịabeghị? Kemgbe nna nna anyị ha nwụrụ, ihe niile ka dị otu ha dị na mbụ, site nʼokike ụwa.”

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 Ha kpachaara anya chefuo na site nʼogologo oge gara aga, e sitere nʼokwu ọnụ Chineke kee eluigwe ma meekwa ka ụwa dịrị site na mmiri nke gbara ụwa gburugburu.

For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;

6 Ọ bụkwa site na mmiri ndị a ka e ji bibie ma laa nʼiyi ụwa nke dị nʼoge ahụ.

by which means the world that then was, being deluged with water, was destroyed.

7 Ọ bụkwa otu okwu ahụ ka e ji nye iwu ka e chebe eluigwe na ụwa tutu ruo ụbọchị ahụ, mgbe a ga-eji ọkụ laa ha nʼiyi nʼụbọchị ahụ a ga-ekpe ndị niile na-amaghị Chineke ikpe, laakwa ha nʼiyi.

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 people.

8 Ndị enyi m, unu echefula otu okwu a, nʼanya Chineke, otu ụbọchị dịka puku afọ, puku afọ dịkwa ka otu ụbọchị.

But do not forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

9 Onyenwe anyị anaghị anọ ọdụ nʼimezu nkwa ya, dịka ndị ụfọdụ nʼahụta ya na ọ bụ ịnọ ọdụ. Kama o nwere ntachiobi nʼebe unu nọ, nʼihi na ọ chọghị ka onye ọbụla laa nʼiyi, kama ọ chọrọ ka onye ọbụla bịaruo na nchegharị.

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

10 Ma ụbọchị Onyenwe anyị ga-abịa dịka onye ohi. Nʼụbọchị ahụ, eluigwe ga-eji oke ụzụ gafee. Ihe niile dị nʼeluigwe ga-agba ọkụ, laa nʼiyi. Ụwa na ọrụ niile a rụrụ nʼime ya ga-erepịakwa ọkụ nʼotu ntabi anya.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works on it will not be found.

11 Ebe ọ bụ na ihe niile gbara anyị gburugburu ga-esi otu a laa nʼiyi, ụdị ndị dị aṅaa ka unu kwesiri ịbụ? Unu kwesiri ị na-ebi ndụ dị nsọ na nke ịsọpụrụ Chineke,

Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,

12 dịka unu na-ele anya ọbịbịa ụbọchị nke Chineke, na-echesikwa ya ike ka ọ bịa ngwangwa. Nʼihi na ọ bụ ụbọchị a ga-amụnye eluigwe niile ọkụ, mee ka ihe niile dị na ya gbaze bụrụ ihe na-agaghị adịkwa.

looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?

13 Ma anyị na-ele anya mmezu nkwa ahụ o kwere, nkwa inye anyị eluigwe ọhụrụ na ụwa ọhụrụ ebe ezi omume naanị ga-adị.

But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

14 Bikonu ndị m hụrụ nʼanya, mgbe unu nọ na-ele anya ihe ndị a, jisienụ ike hụ na aka unu dị ọcha, ndị na-enweghị ịta ụta na ndị ha na ya dị nʼudo.

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without blemish and blameless in his sight.

15 Chetakwanụ na ntachiobi Onyenwe anyị pụtara nzọpụta, dịka ezi nwanna anyị Pọl jiri amamihe Chineke nyere ya deere unu ihe banyere ya.

Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;

16 O na-ede otu ihe ahụ nʼakwụkwọ ozi ya niile, na-ekwu ihe banyere ihe ndị a nʼime ha. E nwere ụfọdụ ihe o kwuru nke siri ike ịghọta nke ndị nzuzu na ndị na-amaghị ihe na-akọwa dịka ha si chepụta nʼobi ha. Ha asụgharịala ihe o dere dịka ha na-emekwa mpaghara akwụkwọ nsọ ụfọdụ, si otu a wetara onwe ha ịla nʼiyi.

as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

17 Ya mere, ezi ndị enyi m, ebe unu matara nke a, nọrọnụ na nche ka a ghara isite na njehie ndị na-emebi iwu duhie unu, ime ka unu si nʼọnọdụ unu daa.

You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.

18 Bụrụnụ ndị na-eto eto nʼime amara. Bụrụkwanụ ndị na-aga nʼihu ịmụta ihe banyere Onyenwe anyị na Onye nzọpụta anyị Jisọs Kraịst nke ọma. Ka otuto dịrị ya ugbu a na mgbe niile ebighị ebi. Amen. (aiōn g165)

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. (aiōn g165)

The World is Destroyed by Water