2 pitaraH 3
1 hE priyatamAH, yUyaM yathA pavitrabhaviSyadvaktRbhiH pUrvvOktAni vAkyAni trAtrA prabhunA prEritAnAm asmAkam AdEzanjca sAratha tathA yuSmAn smArayitvA
Dear ones, this is now a second letter I am writing to you (in both of which I stir up your sincere mind by way of reminder),
2 yuSmAkaM saralabhAvaM prabOdhayitum ahaM dvitIyam idaM patraM likhAmi|
so that you remember the words that were spoken before by the holy prophets and the command of the Lord and Savior, through your apostles.
3 prathamaM yuSmAbhiridaM jnjAyatAM yat zESE kAlE svEcchAcAriNO nindakA upasthAya
Knowing this first: in the last days mockers will come, living according to their own lusts
4 vadiSyanti prabhOrAgamanasya pratijnjA kutra? yataH pitRlOkAnAM mahAnidrAgamanAt paraM sarvvANi sRSTErArambhakAlE yathA tathaivAvatiSThantE|
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 creation.”
5 pUrvvam Izvarasya vAkyEnAkAzamaNPalaM jalAd utpannA jalE santiSThamAnA ca pRthivyavidyataitad anicchukatAtastE na jAnAnti,
This because they deliberately ignore that heavens and land (out of water and through water) had been existing from of old by the word of God,
6 tatastAtkAlikasaMsArO jalEnAplAvitO vinAzaM gataH|
by which word the world that then was perished, being flooded by water.
7 kintvadhunA varttamAnE AkAzabhUmaNPalE tEnaiva vAkyEna vahnyarthaM guptE vicAradinaM duSTamAnavAnAM vinAzanjca yAvad rakSyatE|
But the current heavens, and the earth, are being reserved by His word for fire, being preserved until the day of judgment and perdition of godless men.
8 hE priyatamAH, yUyam EtadEkaM vAkyam anavagatA mA bhavata yat prabhOH sAkSAd dinamEkaM varSasahasravad varSasahasranjca dinaikavat|
But dear ones, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 kEcid yathA vilambaM manyantE tathA prabhuH svapratijnjAyAM vilambatE tannahi kintu kO'pi yanna vinazyEt sarvvaM Eva manaHparAvarttanaM gacchEyurityabhilaSan sO 'smAn prati dIrghasahiSNutAM vidadhAti|
The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider delay, but rather is patient toward us, not wishing anyone to perish but all to come into repentance.
10 kintu kSapAyAM caura iva prabhO rdinam AgamiSyati tasmin mahAzabdEna gaganamaNPalaM lOpsyatE mUlavastUni ca tApEna galiSyantE pRthivI tanmadhyasthitAni karmmANi ca dhakSyantE|
However, the day of the Lord will come like a thief at night, in which heavens will pass away with a whoosh, while the elements will be dissolved by burning—both the earth and the works in it will be completely consumed.
11 ataH sarvvairEtai rvikArE gantavyE sati yasmin AkAzamaNPalaM dAhEna vikAriSyatE mUlavastUni ca tApEna galiSyantE
Therefore, since all these things will be destroyed, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,
12 tasyEzvaradinasyAgamanaM pratIkSamANairAkAgkSamANaizca yUSmAbhi rdharmmAcArEzvarabhaktibhyAM kIdRzai rlOkai rbhavitavyaM?
expecting and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
13 tathApi vayaM tasya pratijnjAnusArENa dharmmasya vAsasthAnaM nUtanam AkAzamaNPalaM nUtanaM bhUmaNPalanjca pratIkSAmahE|
Nevertheless, we look for new heavens and a new earth in which dwells righteousness, according to His promise.
14 ataEva hE priyatamAH, tAni pratIkSamANA yUyaM niSkalagkA aninditAzca bhUtvA yat zAntyAzritAstiSThathaitasmin yatadhvaM|
Therefore, dear ones, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, faultless and blameless;
15 asmAkaM prabhO rdIrghasahiSNutAnjca paritrANajanikAM manyadhvaM| asmAkaM priyabhrAtrE paulAya yat jnjAnam adAyi tadanusArENa sO'pi patrE yuSmAn prati tadEvAlikhat|
and consider the longsuffering of our Lord to be salvation—just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him,
16 svakIyasarvvapatrESu caitAnyadhi prastutya tadEva gadati| tESu patrESu katipayAni durUhyANi vAkyAni vidyantE yE ca lOkA ajnjAnAzcanjcalAzca tE nijavinAzArtham anyazAstrIyavacanAnIva tAnyapi vikArayanti|
as also in all his epistles (speaking in them of these things, about which there are some things hard to understand), which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.
17 tasmAd hE priyatamAH, yUyaM pUrvvaM buddhvA sAvadhAnAstiSThata, adhArmmikANAM bhrAntisrOtasApahRtAH svakIyasusthiratvAt mA bhrazyata|
You therefore, dear ones, being forewarned, be on guard lest, being carried away by the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.
The World is Destroyed by Water
