2 Pietro 2
1 OR vi furono ancora de' falsi profeti fra il popolo, come altresì vi saranno fra voi de' falsi dottori, i quali sottintrodurranno eresie di perdizione, e rinnegheranno il Signore che li ha comperati, traendosi addosso subita perdizione.
Just like there were false prophets among the [Israeli] people [long ago], so there will also be teachers who teach false [things] among you. They will enter [your congregations] without you realizing [what/who they are], and they will [spiritually] injure some people by what they teach. Specifically, these teachers will even deny [that] the Lord [Jesus died to] pay [for the guilt of our sins]. As a result, they will soon destroy themselves [spiritually, and God will also punish them].
2 E molti seguiteranno le lor lascivie; per i quali la via della verità sarà bestemmiata.
And many [people] will behave in an extremely immoral manner, imitating the extremely immoral way [these teachers who teach false things] behave. As a result, [unbelievers] will (discredit the true message/say the true message is false).
3 E per avarizia faranno mercatanzia di voi con parole finte; sopra i quali già da lungo tempo il giudicio non tarda, e la perdizione loro non dorme.
Because [the teachers of false teaching] want a lot of things that other people have, [they think that] by telling you stories that they themselves have (made up/invented), they will get money from you. [God decided] long ago [that he would] punish them, and he has not fallen asleep [LIT]! [He will certainly destroy them]!
4 Perciocchè, se Iddio non ha risparmiati gli angeli che hanno peccato; anzi, avendoli abissati, li ha messi in catene di caligine, [per esser] guardati al giudicio; (Tartaroō g5020)
God destroyed [LIT] the angels who sinned. He threw them into the worst place in hell and imprisoned them [there] in darkness in order to keep them there until he judges [and punishes them]. (Tartaroō g5020)
5 e non risparmiò il mondo antico; ma salvò Noè, predicator di giustizia, [sol] con otto persone, avendo addotto il diluvio sopra il mondo degli empi;
He also got rid of [LIT] [the people who lived in] [MTY] the world long ago. He saved [only] eight of them, including Noah, who was a righteous preacher. God saved them when he destroyed in a flood [all] (the ungodly people/the people whose lives were not pleasing to him) [who were living then].
6 e condannò a sovversione le città di Sodoma, e di Gomorra, avendole ridotte in cenere, [e] poste per esempio a coloro che per l'avvenire viverebbero empiamente;
He also condemned Sodom and Gomorrah [cities]; that is, he destroyed them by burning them completely to ashes. [By doing that] he gave a warning to those who afterwards would live in (an ungodly way/a way that is displeasing to him).
7 e scampò il giusto Lot, travagliato per la lussuriosa condotta degli scellerati
But he rescued [Abraham’s nephew], Lot, who was a righteous [man. Lot] was (greatly distressed/very sad) because the people [in Sodom] were doing very immoral things.
8 (poichè quel giusto, abitando fra loro, per ciò ch'egli vedeva, ed udiva, tormentava ogni dì l'anima [sua] giusta per le scellerate [loro] opere);
That righteous [man’s] soul (was tormented/suffered great agony) day after day because he saw and heard those wicked people behave in a very lawless/wicked [manner when he was] living among them.
9 il Signore sa trarre di tentazione i pii, e riserbar gli empi ad esser puniti nel giorno del giudicio;
And since the Lord God [rescued Lot, you can be sure that] he knows how to rescue (other godly people/people whose lives please him) from their sufferings, and [he is able] to preserve (ungodly [people/people whose lives do not please him]), [whom he has started to] punish even now, until the time when he will [finish judging them and punish] them.
10 massimamente coloro che vanno dietro alla carne, in concupiscenza d'immondizia; e che sprezzano le signorie: [che sono] audaci, di lor senno, [e] non hanno orrore di dir male delle dignità.
[He will punish especially severely] those [ungodly teachers who teach false things] who do the things that their self-directed nature desires, things that (defile them/cause them to be completely impure). Those [teachers of false teachings] despise [all beings who] rule [over them]. 2 Peter 2:10d-16 Because [those teachers of false doctrines are] extremely arrogant/proud [DOU], they (are not afraid to insult/boldly speak evil about) glorious beings [in heaven] (OR, glorious/wonderful beings [who rule over people]).
11 Mentre gli angeli, benchè sieno maggiori di forza e di potenza, non dànno contro ad esse dinanzi al Signore giudicio di maldicenza.
In contrast, angels do not insult [those teachers] when those teachers accuse the angels [of blasphemy] while the Lord God is watching, even though the angels are much more powerful [DOU] [than the teachers of false doctrines].
12 Ma costoro, come animali senza ragione, andando dietro all'impeto della natura, nati ad esser presi, ed a perire bestemmiando nelle cose che ignorano, periranno del tutto nella lor corruzione, ricevendo il pagamento dell'iniquità.
Because those [teachers of false doctrines are] like animals that cannot think [as humans do] [DOU], they say evil things about [spiritual] things which they know nothing about. [As a result], God will destroy them like [people] destroy [animals], [animals] that are born only in order to be hunted and killed {in order that [people] should hunt and kill them}.
13 [Essi], che reputano [tutto] il lor piacere [consistere] nelle delizie della giornata; [che son] macchie, e vituperii, godendo de' loro inganni, mentre mangiano con voi ne' vostri conviti.
God will punish [those teachers] in return for the unrighteous actions/things that they have done. They even like (to carouse/to drink and revel noisily) in the daytime [as well as at night]. And as they indulge/enjoy themselves just like they want to while they are feasting with you, they cause you to become impure, [as] [MET] stains and blotches [DOU] [ruin a clean garment].
14 Avendo gli occhi pieni d'adulterio, e che non restano giammai di peccare; adescando le anime instabili; avendo il cuore esercitato ad avarizia, figliuoli di maledizione.
They [want to commit] [MTY] adultery [with every woman] whom they look at. They never stop seeking opportunities to sin. They entice/persuade those who are [spiritually] unstable [to join them in doing the sinful things that they do]. [Because of] their ever-increasing (greed/desire to have more and more things), they are doomed [to eternal punishment].
15 I quali, lasciata la diritta strada, si sono sviati, seguitando la via di Balaam, [figliuolo] di Bosor, il quale amò il salario d'iniquità.
They have (rejected good moral standards/quit doing what everyone knows is right). They have imitated [what the prophet] Balaam, the son of Bosor, [did long ago]. He, [acting very] unrighteously, wanted [the enemies of the Jews] to pay him if he [asked God] ([to curse/to do bad thing to]) [the Jews].
16 Ma egli ebbe la riprensione della sua prevaricazione; un'asina mutola, avendo parlato in voce umana, represse la follia del profeta.
But God rebuked him for having done that which was wrong [and for] behaving very foolishly. And even though donkeys do not speak, [God used] a donkey to hinder Balaam [by enabling it to] speak to him with a human voice.
17 Questi son fonti senz'acqua, nuvole sospinte dal turbo, a' quali è riserbata la caligine delle tenebre.
These [teachers who each false things mislead/deceive people by promising what they cannot do], as [MET] dried-up springs [mislead/deceive people by causing them to expect to get water from them]. They [mislead/deceive people] [MET] just like clouds that are blown along by strong winds [mislead/deceive people by causing them to expect rain, but no rain falls. Therefore], God has reserved the darkness of hell [for those teachers of false doctrines]. (questioned)
18 Perciocchè, parlando cose vane sopra modo gonfie, adescano per concupiscenze della carne, [e] per lascivie, coloro che erano un poco fuggiti da quelli che conversano in errore.
By boasting proudly as they make speeches that are worthless, they entice people who have recently [become believers and] have stopped doing the things that wicked people do. Urged on by their self-directed nature, they entice them [into sin] by encouraging them to [do] evil things.
19 Promettendo loro libertà, là dove eglino stessi son servi della corruzione; poichè ancora, se altri è vinto da alcuno, diviene suo servo.
[The false teachers] tell people that they are free [to do whatever they want to do, even though] they themselves are [like] slaves [MET] [because their own self-directed nature forces them to do] sinful things. [Think about these well-known words: “Whenever a person is controlled by something] {[something controls a person]}, [it is as though] that person has become a slave of what controls him.”
20 Perciocchè, quelli che son fuggiti dalle contaminazioni del mondo, per la conoscenza del Signore e Salvator Gesù Cristo, se di nuovo essendo in quelle avviluppati, sono vinti, l'ultima condizione è loro peggiore della primiera.
Those [who teach false truths] learned about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As a result, they stopped doing those things that (defile [people/cause people to become impure]) [spiritually]. Since they have begun to do [those evil things again], with the result that they are unable to stop doing them, they are in a worse condition than [they were in before they knew Jesus Christ].
21 Imperocchè meglio era per loro non aver conosciuta la via della giustizia, che, dopo aver[la] conosciuta, rivolgersi indietro dal santo comandamento che era loro stato dato.
[Because God will severely punish them], it would have been better for them if they had never known what it means to live in a righteous way. It is too bad that although they knew [how to live in a righteous way], they stopped doing the things that God commanded people to do, the things that [were] taught to them ([by us apostles/by Christ]) {that ([we apostles/Christ]) taught to them}.
22 Ma egli è avvenuto loro ciò [che si dice] per vero proverbio: Il cane è tornato al suo vomito, e la porca lavata [è tornata] a voltolarsi nel fango.
[The way they are behaving again] is just like (the proverbs/what people often say): [They are like] dogs that return to [eat] their vomit, and [they are like] pigs that have been washed and then roll [again] in the mud.
