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.
Beloved, this is now the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them they are reminders to stir up your sincere mind,
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.
so that you will recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command of our Lord and Savior given 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
Know this first, that mockers will come in the last days. They will mock and proceed according to their own desires.
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.”
They will say, “Where is the promise of his return? From when our fathers fell asleep, all things have stayed the same, since the beginning of 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.
They willfully forget that the heavens and the earth came to exist out of water and through water, long ago, by God's command,
6 Ọ bụkwa site na mmiri ndị a ka e ji bibie ma laa nʼiyi ụwa nke dị nʼoge ahụ.
and that through these things, the world of that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.
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 now the heavens and the earth are reserved for fire by that same command. They are reserved for the day of judgment and the destruction of the ungodly people.
8 Ndị enyi m, unu echefula otu okwu a, nʼanya Chineke, otu ụbọchị dịka puku afọ, puku afọ dịkwa ka otu ụbọchị.
It should not escape your notice, beloved, that one day with the Lord is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like 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 does not move slowly concerning his promises, as some consider slowness to be. Instead, he is patient toward you. He does not desire for any of you to perish, but for everyone to make room for 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.
However, the day of the Lord will come as a thief: The heavens will pass away with a loud noise. The elements will be burned with fire, and the earth and the deeds in it will be revealed.
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,
Since all these things will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people should you be? You should live holy and godly lives.
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.
You should expect and hasten the coming of the day of God. On that day, the heavens will be destroyed by fire, and the elements will be melted in great 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 are waiting for the new heavens and the new earth, where righteousness will dwell.
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, since you expect these things, do your best to be found spotless and blameless before him, in peace.
15 Chetakwanụ na ntachiobi Onyenwe anyị pụtara nzọpụta, dịka ezi nwanna anyị Pọl jiri amamihe Chineke nyere ya deere unu ihe banyere ya.
Also, consider the patience of our Lord to be salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom that was given to him.
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.
Paul speaks of these things in all his letters, in which there are things that are difficult to understand. Ignorant and unstable men distort these things, as they also do 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.
Therefore, beloved, since you know about these things beforehand, guard yourselves so that you are not led astray by the deceit of lawless people and you lose your own faithfulness.
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. May the glory be to him both now and forever. Amen! (aiōn g165)
The Great Flood
