2 Pedro 2
1 Pero así como había falsos profetas entre el pueblo en ese entonces, habrá falsos maestros entre ustedes. Y sutilmente introducirán enseñanzas destructivas, incluso negando al Señor que los redimió, y trayendo rápida destrucción sobre sí mismos.
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 Muchos seguirán sus perversiones inmorales, y por causa de ellos la gente condenará el camino de la verdad.
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 Pues con avaricia los explotarán a ustedes con historias falsas. Sin embargo, ellos ya están condenados: su sentencia ha estado colgando de sus cuerpos hace mucho tiempo, y su destrucción no tardará.
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 Porque Dios no perdonó ni siquiera a los ángeles cuando pecaron. Sino que los lanzó al Tártaro, manteniéndolos en pozos de oscuridad, listos para el juicio. (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 Dios tampoco perdonó al mundo antiguo, pero protegió a Noé, quien le predicó a la gente sobre el Dios justo. Él fue una de las ocho personas que se salvaron cuando Dios envió un diluvio sobre un mundo de personas malvadas.
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 Dios condenó a las ciudades de Sodoma y Gomorra a la destrucción total, quemándolas hasta las cenizas, como un ejemplo de lo que sucederá a los que llevan vidas de maldad.
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 Pero Dios rescató a Lot, porque era un buen hombre, indignado por la abominable inmoralidad de sus vecinos.
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 (Lot vivía entre ellos, pero hacía lo bueno y lo recto. Ese día vio y escuchó lo que ellos hicieron, y la maldad de ellos lo atormentaba).
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 Como pueden ver, el Señor puede rescatar de las dificultades a quienes lo respetan, y puede mantener a los malvados hasta el día del juicio, cuando complete su castigo.
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 Esto también aplica a los que siguen los deseos humanos corruptos, y que con desprecio ignoran la autoridad. Son arrogantes y orgullosos, y no temen difamar a los seres celestiales.
[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 En cambio, los ángeles, aunque son más fuertes y poderosos, no se atreven a difamarlos ante el Señor.
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 Estas personas son como bestias sin razón, que nacen para ser capturadas y destruidas. Condenan cosas que no conocen, y serán destruidos como animales.
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 Recibirán su pago por el daño que han hecho. Se divierten al satisfacer sus deseos perversos a plena luz del día. Son como manchas y defectos en su comunidad. Pues ellos se complacen en sus placeres engañosos incluso cuando comparten la comida con ustedes.
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 Siempre están en búsqueda de relaciones adúlteras, y no pueden dejar de pecar. Seducen a quienes son vulnerables, y se han entrenado en la codicia; son una descendencia maldita.
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 Han abandonado el camino recto y se han descarriado, siguiendo el camino de Balaam, el hijo de Beor, a quien le gustaba recibir pago por hacer lo malo.
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 Pero se le reprendió por sus acciones malvadas, y hasta un asno mudo le habló con voz humana para detener la necedad de este profeta.
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 Las personas así son como fuentes secas, nieblas llevadas por el viento. Están destinadas para siempre a la más negra oscuridad. (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 Se jactan de sí mismos con alardes sin sentido, incitan a los deseos sexuales pervertidos, y así atraen a la inmoralidad a los que apenas acaban de escapar de una vida de error.
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 Les prometen libertad, aunque ellos mismos son esclavos de la depravación. Pues somos esclavos de todo lo que nos domina.
[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 Si las personas logran escapar de la influencia malvada del mundo al conocer al Señor y Salvador Jesucristo, y luego quedan atrapadas nuevamente en el pecado y son vencidas por él, son peor de lo que eran al principio.
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 Mejor sería que nunca hubieran conocido el camino recto de la verdad, que haberlo conocido y luego apartarse de las sagradas instrucciones que se les dieron.
[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 Este proverbio aplica justamente a ellos: “El perro ha vuelto a su propio vómito, y el cerdo recién bañado ha vuelto a arrastrarse en el barro”.
[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.
