2 Petelo 2
1 Ndenge kaka basakoli ya lokuta bazalaki kati na bana ya Isalaele na tango ya kala, ndenge wana mpe bateyi ya lokuta bakozala kati na bino; bakokotisa na mayele mabe mateya ya lokuta mpe ya libebi kino ata kowangana Nkolo oyo asikolaki bango, mpe bakomibendela libebi na mbalakata.
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2 Bato ebele bakolanda bango kati na mobulu na bango, mpe nzela ya bosolo ekofingama likolo na bango.
Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.
3 Kati na lokoso na bango, bakobetela bino masolo ya lokuta mpo na kobenda bino mbongo na nzela ya maloba ya sukali. Nzokande, wuta kala, Nzambe akatela bango etumbu oyo ekoki mpo na bango, mpe libebi ezali penza kozela bango.
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
4 Soki Nzambe azangaki te kopesa na ba-anjelu oyo basalaki masumu etumbu kasi abwakaki bango ya kokangama na minyololo kati na molili makasi ya lifelo epai wapi abombi bango mpo na kozela mokolo ya kosambisama, (Tartaroō g5020)
For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; (Tartaroō g5020)
5 soki ayokelaki te mokili ya kala mawa kasi abikisaki bato mwambe oyo kati na bango ezalaki na Noa oyo azalaki kosakola bosembo na tango ya mpela oyo abebisaki na yango mokili elongo na bato oyo batosaki Ye te,
if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
6 soki Nzambe apesaki na bingumba ya Sodome mpe Gomore etumbu na nzela ya moto oyo ezikisaki yango kino ekomaki putulu mpo na kopesa ndakisa ya etumbu oyo ekokweyela bato ya masumu
if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
7 kasi akangolaki Loti, moto ya sembo, oyo atondaki na mawa kati na motema na ye likolo na mobulu ya bato wana ya mabe,
and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
8 (pamba te moto oyo ya sembo azalaki kovanda kati na bango mpe, mokolo na mokolo, azalaki komitungisa makasi kati na motema na ye mpo na mabe oyo azalaki komona mpe koyoka),
(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
9 elingi koloba ete Nkolo azali na makoki ya kokangola bayengebene kati na komekama mpe ya kopesa, na mokolo ya kosambisama, etumbu epai ya bato mabe.
if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
10 Akopesa mingi-mingi etumbu epai ya ba-oyo, mpo na lokoso na bango ya makambo ya mbindo, batambolaka kolanda baposa mabe ya nzoto mpe batiolaka bokonzi ya Nkolo. Lokola bateyi yango ya lokuta batondi na lolendo mpe bamimonaka lokola bakoka na nyonso, babangaka te kofinga bikelamu ya nkembo;
Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
11 nzokande ba-anjelu, ba-oyo baleki kutu bango na makasi mpe na nguya, bamekaka kutu te kobimisa, liboso ya Nkolo, maloba ya kofinga bikelamu wana ya nkembo.
Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.
12 Kasi bango, bateyi ya lokuta, lokola banyama oyo ezanga mayele, oyo etambolaka na bonyama, oyo ebongisama mpo ete bato bakanga yango na mitambo mpe baboma yango, bafingaka oyo bayebi te. Mpo na yango, bakokufa lokola banyama,
These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
13 bakozwa lifuti oyo ebongi na mabe na bango. Basepelaka kosala makambo ya soni na moyi makasi. Na lokuta na bango, basepelaka kosambwisa mpe kobebisa lokumu na bino tango basanganaka elongo na bino mpo na mayangani.
The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.
14 Miso na bango elembaka te kolula basi mpo na koluka kosala na bango ekobo, balembaka te kosala masumu, bakosaka bato oyo balendisama malamu te na kondima; bazali na mitema etonda na lokoso: bazali na se ya bilakeli mabe ya Nzambe.
Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
15 Sima na bango kotika nzela ya solo, bapengwaki mbala moko na kolanda nzela ya Balami, mwana mobali ya Beori, oyo alingaki lifuti ya mabe;
They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
16 kasi Nzambe apamelaki ye mpo na bozangi botosi na ye, atiaki maloba ya bomoto kati na monoko ya ane ya mwasi, mpe nyama yango oyo elobaka te esukisaki bozoba ya mosakoli.
But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
17 Bateyi yango ya lokuta bazali lokola bitima oyo ebimisaka lisusu mayi te to lokola mapata oyo mopepe makasi etindikaka. Nzambe abombela bango esika kati na molili makasi.
These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
18 Pamba te, mpo na kosepelisa baposa mabe ya banzoto na bango, basalelaka maloba ya sukali mpe ezanga tina mpo na kopengwisa bato oyo bawuti kobongola mitema sika wana bawuti kokabwana na bato oyo babikaka kati na libunga.
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
19 Balakaka bango bonsomi, nzokande bango moko bazali bawumbu ya baposa mabe ya nzoto, oyo ememaka bango na libebi; pamba te moto nyonso azali mowumbu ya oyo ekonzaka ye.
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
20 Soki, sima na bango kokabwana na mbindo ya mokili, mpo ete bayebi Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo mpe Mobikisi na biso, bamizongisi lisusu na bowumbu ya mbindo yango, bomoi na bango ekokoma mabe koleka ndenge ezalaki liboso.
If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
21 Elingaki kozala malamu mingi mpo na bango koyeba te nzela ya bosembo, na esika ete, sima na bango koyeba nzela ya bosembo, basundola mibeko ya bule oyo epesamelaki bango.
It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.
22 Ezaleli na bango elongisi bosolo ya masese oyo: « Mbwa ezongelaka biloko oyo yango moko esanzi » mpe « Ngulu oyo basukoli ezongelaka kotambola kati na potopoto. »
Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
