2 Petera 3
1 Ry malala, ity no epistily faharoa soratako ho aminareo ankehitriny, ka izy roroa dia samy entiko mampifoha ny sainareo madio amin’ ny fampahatsiarovana,
This, dear friends, is my second letter to you. In both of them I have tried, by appealing to your remembrance, to arouse your better feelings.
2 mba hahatsiarovanareo ny teny voalazan’ ny mpaminany masìna rahateo sy ny didin’ ny Tompo sady Mpamonjy izay nentin’ ny Apostoly nirahina ho atỳ aminareo;
I want you to recall what was foretold by the holy prophets, as well as the command of our Lord and Savior given to you through your apostles.
3 efa fantatrareo voalohany indrindra fa amin’ ny andro farany dia hisy mpaniratsira avy haniratsira, mandeha araka ny filany
First be assured of this, that, as the age draws to an end, scoffers, led by their own passions,
4 ka manao hoe: Aiza ny teny fikasana ny amin’ ny fihaviany? Fa hatrizay nodian’ ny razana mandry dia maharitra tsy miova ny zavatra rehetra; eny, hatramin’ ny nanaovana izao tontolo izao aza.
will come and ask scoffingly – ‘Where is his promised coming? Ever since our ancestors passed to their rest, everything remains just as it was when the world was first created!’
5 Fa minia jamba ireo ka tsy mahalala fa nisy hatramin’ ny ela ny lanitra, ary nisy tany koa, izay niseho avy tamin’ ny rano, sady rano no nanaovana azy tamin’ ny tenin’ Andriamanitra,
For they willfully shut their eyes to the fact that long ago the heavens existed; and the earth, also – formed out of water and by the action of water, by the fiat of God;
6 ary rano koa no nandravana izao rehetra izao taloha tamin’ ny nanasaforany azy;
and that by the same means the world which then existed was destroyed in a deluge of water.
7 fa izao lanitra sy tany ankehitriny izao dia hazonin’ izany teny izany ho amin’ ny afo ka tehirizina ho amin’ ny andro fitsarana sy fandringanana ny ratsy fanahy.
But the present heavens and earth, by the same fiat, have been reserved for fire, and are being kept for the day of the judgment and destruction of the godless.
8 Nefa, ry malala, izao zavatra iray loha izao no aoka tsy hohadinoinareo: ny indray andro amin’ ny Tompo dia toy ny arivo taona, ary ny arivo taona toy ny indray andro.
But you, dear friends, must never shut your eyes to the fact that, to the Lord, one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 Ny Tompo tsy mahela ny teny fikasany, araka izay ataon’ ny sasany ho fahelany; fa mahari-po aminareo Izy, ka tsy tiany hisy ho very, fa mba ho tonga amin’ ny fibebahana izy rehetra,
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise, as some count slowness; but he is forbearing with you, as it is not his will that any of you should perish, but that all should be brought to repentance.
10 Fa ho avy tahaka ny mpangalatra ny andron’ ny Tompo, ary amin’ izany ny lanitra dia ho lasa amin’ ny firimorimoana mafy, ary ho levon’ ny afo ny tenan’ ny zavatra rehetra, ka hodorana avokoa ny tany sy ny asa izay eo aminy.
The day of the Lord will come like a thief; and on that day the heavens will pass away with a crash, the elements will be burnt up and dissolved, and the earth and all that is in it will be disclosed.
11 Koa raha ho levona toy izany izao zavatra rehetra izao, dia olona tokony hanao ahoana moa ianareo amin’ ny fitondran-tena masìna sy ny toe-panahy araka an’ Andriamanitra,
Now, since all these things are in the process of dissolution, think what you yourselves ought to be – what holy and pious lives you ought to lead,
12 sady manantena no mampahafaingana ny hihavian’ ny andron’ Andriamanitra, izay hahamay sy hahalevona ny lanitra ary handoro sy hampiempo ny tenan’ ny zavatra rehetra!
while you wait for the coming of the day of God and strive to make it come soon. At its coming the heavens will be dissolved in fire, and the elements melted by heat,
13 Kanefa isika, araka ny teny fikasany, dia manantena lanitra vaovao sy tany vaovao, izay itoeran’ ny fahamarinana.
but we look for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness will have its home, in fulfillment of the promise of God.
14 Koa amin’ izany, ry malala, satria manantena izany zavatra izany ianareo, efa mazotoa mba ho hita tsy manan-tsiny amam-pondro eo anatrehan’ ny Tompo amin’ ny fihavanana.
Therefore, dear friends, in expectation of these things, make every effort to be found by him spotless, blameless, and at peace.
15 Ary ny fahari-pon’ ny Tompontsika dia ekeo ho famonjena, tahaka ny voasoratr’ i Paoly, rahalahy malalantsika, taminareo koa araka ny fahendrena nomena azy,
Regard our Lord’s forbearance as your one hope of salvation. This is what our dear friend Paul wrote to you, with the wisdom that God gave him.
16 tahaka ny ataony ao amin’ ny epistiliny rehetra koa, fa milaza izany zavatra izany ao aminy izy; ary amin’ ireo efa misy zavatra saro-pantarina, izay aolan’ ny olona kely fahalalana sady tsy miorina tsara, tahaka ny anaovany ny teny sasany amin’ ny Soratra Masìna koa, ka mahatonga fahaverezana ho an’ ny tenany.
It is the same in all his letters, when he speaks in them about these subjects. There are some things in them difficult to understand, which untaught and weak people distort, just as they do all other writings, to their own ruin.
17 Koa, satria fantatrareo rahateo izany, ry malala, dia tandremo fandrao ho voataonan’ ny fahadisoan’ ny ratsy fanahy ianareo ka ho lavo hiala amin’ izay iorenanareo;
You must, therefore, dear friends, now that you know this beforehand, be on your guard against being led away by the errors of reckless people, and so lapsing from your present steadfastness;
The Great Flood
