2 Petera 2
1 Fe nitraoke am’ondatio o mpitoky sare’eo, manahake te ho ama’ areo ao o mpañoke sare’e hanjilike fañòhañe maharotsake añ’ etakeo, ho liere’ iareo i Talè nivily iareoy, toly ndra hivovoan-karotsahañe masìka.
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 Le maro ty hañorike o drao-tsivoka’ iareoo, le ho sirikaeñe ty am’ iereo i lalan-katòy,
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 naho amy hatitia’ iareo, ho haramamoe’ iereo an-drehake manigike, fe tsy mihenekeneke i namàrañe iareo haehaey, vaho tsy miroro ty fandrotsahañe iareo.
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 Fa kanao tsy nengan’ Añahare o anjely nandilatseo, le nafetsa’e an-tsikeokeok’ ao, vaho nasese’e an-tsilisily mb’ an-kamoromoroñañe ao handiñe zaka; (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 tsy nihevea’e i voatse taoloy fe rinomba’e t’i Noe, ie valo, mpitaron-kavantañañe, le noempoempoe’e i tane-bey tsy aman-Kàkey;
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 toe nafà’e ho rotsake ka i rova Sodoma naho Gomora rey ie finorototo’e ho lavenoke, ho fañòhañe o ho veloñe tsy aman-Kake mandimbe iareoo;
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 le rinomba’e t’i Lota vañoñe, ze nembere’ ty halò-tseren-kavelo’ o tsivokatseo
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 ie nahaisake naho nahajanjiñe o sata’ iareo tsivokatseo handro an-kandro nahalovilovy ty arofo-vaño’ indaty vantañe nimoneñe am’iereoy.
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 Arofoana’ i Talè ty handrombake o vantañeo amo fitsohañeo vaho hañajà o tsivokatseo ho an-jaka, ho lilovañe,
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 mentsake o mampilomolotse i nofotsey ami’ty drao’e tiva malain-ko fehèñeo, ie mijaranjaràñe, manao tsi-nahi’e, vaho tsy mititititike te mañoratse o aman’ engèñeo;
[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 fe ndra o anjelio, ie milikoatse an-kaozarañe naho hafatrarañe, tsy manisý iareo an-jaka añatrefa’ i Talè.
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 F’ iretia, le hoe biby tsy mahatsakore, naterake ho tsepaheñe naho lentàñe, miteratera o amoea’ iareoo, ho mongoreñe ami’ty fandrotsahañ’ iareo,
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 ho valèm-boiñe mañeva ty hatsivokara’e. Tea’ iareo ty miagarègañe antoandro. Hàndra naho pepo, mitsotsefotse ami’ty famañahia’ iareo te mitrao-pikama ama’areo.
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 Ama-maso pea hakarapiloañe, le lia’e tsy etsa-pandilarañe; mpampandifike o maletroletroo, an-troke naòke am-patitia-mena, anake nafàtse!
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 Nado’ iereo i lalañe mahitiy, nitsile mb’an-dala’ i Balama ana’ i Beora mpitea ty tamben-katsivokarañe
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 F’ie nendahañe ty amy fandilara’ey, naho nivolañe am-peo’ ondaty i borìke moañey hanebañe ty hadagòla’ i mpitokiy.
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 Lohan-drano maike iereo, mika aronjen-tio-bey, nañajàñe añ’ieñe mimoromoroñe tsy modo. (questioned)
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 Ie mivolan-kòak’ an-tsenge, misarike iareo an-drao-rati’ o nofotseo naho am-pañiriañe lo, o didý tsy nahabotitsike amo mañavelo an-tahiñeoo,
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 mampitamà fierañerañañe, te mone ondevon-katsivokarañe, amy te ondevoze’ ty mamahotse aze t’indaty
[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 Aa ie nihaha amo haloloa’ ty voatse toio ami’ty faharendrehañe i Talè Iesoà naho Mpandrombake Norizañey, naho mbe mifehefehe amy rezay indraike vaho mivahotse ao, le lombolombo’ i tam-balòha’ey ty haloloañe henane zay.
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 Ho nisoa t’ie tsy naharendreke i lalan-kavañonañey, ta te nanjo vaho niamboho i lily masiñe natolotsey.
[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 Toe ho a iareo ty oha-drehake manao ty hoe. Mimpoly ami’ty loa’e ty amboa naho mb’am-pilomolorañe am-potak’ ao i renen-dambo sinasay.
[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.
