२ पत्रुस 3
1 प्रिय हो, तिमीहरूका निष्कपट मनलाई उत्साहित तुल्याउन म यो दोस्रो पत्र लेख्दै छु,
This second letter I now write to you, beloved; in both of these I arouse your pure mind to remembrance,
2 ताकि तिमीहरूले पवित्र अगमवक्ताहरूले बोलेका वचनहरू र तिमीहरूका प्रेरितहरूद्वारा हाम्रा प्रभु र मुक्तिदाताका आज्ञाहरूको याद गर्न सक ।
that you may be mindful of the words formerly spoken by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Savior:
3 पहिले यो कुरा जान कि अन्तिम दिनहरूमा गिल्ला गर्नेहरू तिमीहरूलाई गिल्ला गर्दै र आफ्नै इच्छामा हिँड्दै आउनेछन् ।
knowing this first, that there will come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 अनि यसो भन्दै आउनेछन्, “उहाँको आगमनको प्रतिज्ञा कहाँ गयो? हाम्रा पुर्खाहरू बितेर गए, तर सृष्टिको सुरुदेखि नै सबै चिज उस्तै छन् ।”
and saying: Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 धेरै वर्षअगि वचनद्वारा नै स्वर्ग र पृथ्वी पानीबाट बनाइएका थिए भन्ने कुरा तिनीहरू स्वेच्छाले बिर्सन्छन् ।
For they are willingly ignorant of this, that by the word of God, the heavens of old had their being as also the earth consisting of water and subsisting by water,
6 अनि त्यस बेलाको पृथ्वी उहाँको वचन र जल प्रलयद्वारा नष्ट भयो
by which things the world that then was, having been overflowed with water, perished.
7 अनि स्वर्ग र पृथ्वी आगोको न्यायको निम्ति र दुष्टहरूको विनाशको लागि त्यही वचनद्वारा सुरक्षित राखिएको छ ।
But the heavens and the earth that now are, by the same word are kept in store, reserved for fire against the day of judgment, and perdition of ungodly men.
8 प्रिय हो, यो कुरा नभुल कि प्रभुको लागि एक दिन एक हजार वर्ष र एक हजार वर्ष एक दिनझैँ हुन्छ ।
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 अरूले सोचेजस्तै परमेश्वर आफ्नो प्रतिज्ञाको बारेमा ढिलो गर्नुहुन्न, तर तिमीहरूको निम्ति उहाँ धैर्यवान् हुनुहुन्छ । उहाँ तिमीहरूमध्ये कोही पनि नाश होस् भन्ने चाहनुहुन्न, तर उहाँले सबैलाई पश्चात्ताप गर्ने समय दिने चाहना गर्नुहुन्छ ।
The Lord does not delay concerning his promise, as some men count delay, but he is long-suffering toward us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 तर परमेश्वरको समय चोरजस्तै गरी आउनेछ । ठुलो आवाजसहित आकाश बितेर जानेछ । आगोले तत्त्वहरू पगाल्नेछ र पृथ्वी अनि यसमा भएका कामहरू प्रकट हुनेछन् ।
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, and the earth, and the works that are on it, shall be burned up.
11 सबै कुरा यसरी नै नाश गरिनेछन् भने तिमीहरू कस्ता मानिसहरू हुनुपर्ने हो? तिमीहरूले पवित्र र धर्मी जीवन जिउनुपर्छ ।
Seeing, then, that all these things shall be dissolved, what sort of persons ought you to be in all holy behavior, and godliness,
12 तिमीहरूले व्यग्रतासाथ परमेश्वरको आगमनको लागि आशा गर्नुपर्छ । त्यस दिन आकाशहरू आगोद्वारा नष्ट गरिनेछ र तत्त्वहरूलाई प्रचण्ड तापले पगाल्नेछन् ।
looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, because of which coming the heavens shall dis solve in fire, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat.
13 तर उहाँको प्रतिज्ञाअनुसार हामी नयाँ स्वर्ग र नयाँ पृथ्वीको पर्खाइमा छौँ, जहाँ धार्मिकताले बास गर्छ ।
But we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, in which dwells righteousness.
14 त्यसकारण प्रिय हो, तिमीहरूले यी कुराहरू गरेका हुनाले दागरहित र खोटरहित अनि उहाँको शान्तिमा हुनको निम्ति सक्दो प्रयास गर ।
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that you expect such things, earnestly strive, by being spotless and blameless, to be found by him in peace:
15 र हाम्रा प्रभुको धैर्यलाई मुक्ति ठान, जसरी हाम्रा प्रिय भाइ पावलले उनलाई दिइएको ज्ञानद्वारा तिमीहरूलाई लेखेका छन् ।
and count the long-suffering of our Lord, salvation, even as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, has written to you;
16 पावलले उनका सबै पत्रहरूमा यी कुराहरूको बारेमा उल्लेख गरेका छन्, जहाँ बुझ्न कठिन हुने कुराहरू पनि छन् । अनुशासनहीन र अस्थिर मानिसहरूले यी कुराहरूलाई बङ्ग्याउँछन् जसरी तिनीहरूले धर्मशास्त्रका अरू वचनहरूलाई बङ्ग्याउँदै आफ्नो विनाश निम्त्याउँछन् ।
as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.
17 त्यसकारण प्रिय हो, तिमीहरूले यी कुराहरू जानेको हुनाले आफैँलाई सुरक्षित राख ताकि व्यवस्थाहीन मानिसहरूको छलले तिमीहरूलाई टाढा नलैजाओस्, र तिमीहरूले आफ्नो विश्वासयोग्यतालाई नगुमाओ ।
Do you, therefore, beloved, since you know these things beforehand, beware, lest, being led away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.
The Great Flood
