Petri Ii 3
1 Hanc ecce vobis, charissimi, secundam scribo epistolam, in quibus vestram excito in commonitione sinceram mentem:
I write to you now this second letter, beloved, in which I arouse your sincere mind by a reminder,
2 ut memores sitis eorum, quæ prædixi verborum a sanctis Prophetis, et Apostolorum vestrorum, præceptorum Domini et Salvatoris.
to remember the sayings that were earlier spoken by the holy prophets, and of the command of your apostles of the Lord and Savior.
3 hoc primum scientes, quod venient in novissimis diebus in deceptione illusores, iuxta proprias concupiscentias ambulantes,
Knowing this first, that there will come at the end of the days, scoffers, proceeding according to their own desires,
4 dicentes: Ubi est promissio, aut adventus eius? ex quo enim patres dormierunt, omnia sic perseverant ab initio creaturæ.
and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For, from since the fathers became asleep, all things continue this way from the beginning of creation.
5 Latet enim eos hoc volentes, quod cæli erant prius, et terra, de aqua, et per aquam consistens Dei verbo:
For this is willfully ignored by them, that long ago there were heavens, and an earth that came together out of water and by water by the word of God,
6 per quæ, ille tunc mundus aqua inundatus periit.
by which the world then perished, having been overflowed with water.
7 Cæli autem, qui nunc sunt, et terra eodem verbo repositi sunt, igni reservati in diem iudicii, et perditionis impiorum hominum.
But now the heavens and the earth, which have been stored up by the same word, are being preserved for fire in a day of judgment and destruction of irreverent men.
8 Unum vero hoc non lateat vos, charissimi, quia unus dies apud Dominum sicut mille anni, et mille anni sicut dies unus.
But beloved, let not this one thing be ignored by you, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 Non tardat Dominus promissionem suam, sicut quidam existimant: sed patienter agit propter vos, nolens aliquos perire, sed omnes ad pœnitentiam reverti.
The Lord is not slack about his promise, as some regard slackness, but is patient toward us, not wanting any to perish, but all to go forward to repentance.
10 Adveniet autem dies Domini ut fur: in quo cæli magno impetu transient, elementa vero calore solventur, terra autem et quæ in ipsa sunt opera, exurentur.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, during which the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the elements, being intensely hot, will be disintegrated, and the earth and the works in it will be destroyed by fire.
11 Cum igitur hæc omnia dissolvenda sunt, quales oportet vos esse in sanctis conversationibus, et pietatibus,
Therefore, all these things being disintegrated, what kind ought ye to be in holy actions and pieties,
12 expectantes, et properantes in adventum diei Domini, per quem cæli ardentes solventur, et elementa ignis ardore tabescent?
anticipating and hastening the coming of the day of God, by which the heavens, being made fiery hot, will be disintegrated, and the elements dissolve, being intensely hot?
13 Novos vero cælos, et novam terram secundum promissa ipsius expectamus, in quibus iustitia habitat.
But we anticipate a new heavens and a new earth according to his promise, in which righteousness dwells.
14 Propter quod charissimi hæc expectantes, satagite immaculati, et inviolati ei inveniri in pace.
Therefore, beloved, anticipating these things, be diligent to be found by him in peace, without spot and blameless.
15 et Domini nostri longanimitatem, salutem arbitremini: sicut et charissimus frater noster Paulus secundum datam sibi sapientiam scripsit vobis,
And consider the longsuffering of our Lord, salvation, just as also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him,
16 sicut et omnibus epistolis, loquens in eis de his, in quibus sunt quædam difficilia intellectu, quæ indocti, et instabiles depravant, sicut et ceteras Scripturas, ad suam ipsorum perditionem.
as also in all his letters, speaking in them about these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist, as also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.
17 Vos igitur fratres præscientes custodite, ne insipientium errore traducti excidatis a propria firmitate.
Ye therefore, beloved, knowing in advance, keep watch, lest, having accommodated to the error of the lawless, ye fall from your own steadfastness.
18 crescite vero in gratia, et in cognitione Domini nostri, et Salvatoris Iesu Christi. Ipsi gloria et nunc, et in diem æternitatis. Amen. (aiōn g165)
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him is the glory both now and into the day of the age. Truly. (aiōn g165)
The Great Flood
