2 Pedro 2
1 Sin embargo, hubo falsos profetas entre el pueblo como también habrá falsos maestros entre ustedes quienes introducirán herejías destructivas de manera encubierta. Aun se negarán a reconocer al Soberano que los compró y traerán destrucción repentina sobre ellos.
But just as there were false prophets among the people then, there will be false teachers among you. They subtly introduce false and destructive teachings, even denying the Lord who redeemed them, quickly bringing destruction on themselves.
2 Muchos seguirán sus inclinaciones excesivas a los placeres. El camino de la verdad será difamado por causa de sus inclinaciones excesivas.
Many will follow their immoral perversions, and because of them people will condemn the way of truth.
3 Esos [falsos maestros] los explotarán con palabras fingidas por avaricia. La sentencia pronunciada sobre ellos desde tiempo antiguo no está ociosa. Su perdición no se duerme.
They will greedily exploit you with false tales. However, they are already condemned: their sentence has been hanging over them for a long time, their destruction won't be postponed.
4 Porque si Dios no perdonó a [los] ángeles que pecaron, sino los arrojó al infierno y [los] entregó a cadenas de oscuridad, reservados para juicio; (Tartaroō g5020)
For God didn't even spare the angels when they sinned. He threw them into Tartarus, holding them in dark pits ready for judgment. (Tartaroō g5020)
5 si no perdonó al mundo antiguo, pero cuando [Dios] envió [el] diluvio sobre el mundo de impíos, guardó a Noé, el octavo [patriarca], pregonero de justicia;
God didn't spare the ancient world either, but he protected Noah who told people about the God who did right. He was one of the eight who were saved when God sent a flood upon a world of evil people.
6 si condenó [las] ciudades de Sodoma y Gomorra, las redujo a cenizas y las puso como ejemplo para los impíos;
God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to total destruction, burning them to ash, as an example of what will happen to those who live evil lives.
7 si libró al justo Lot cuando estaba afligido por la conducta de los perversos,
But God rescued Lot because he was a good man, sickened by the disgusting immorality of his neighbors.
8 porque este justo que vivía entre ellos atormentaba [su] alma justa por las acciones inicuas de ellos con lo que se veía y escuchaba día tras día,
(Lot lived among them, but he did what was good and right. He saw and heard what they did day after day, and their wickedness tormented him.)
9 sabe [el] Señor librar de tentación a [los ]piadosos y reservar a [los] injustos para ser castigados en [el] día de juicio,
As you can see, the Lord is able to rescue from their troubles those who respect him, and to keep the wicked until the day of judgment when their punishment is completed.
10 especialmente a los que van detrás de [la ]naturaleza humana con el deseo ardiente de la impureza y desprecian [la ]autoridad. [Estos] atrevidos y arrogantes no temen blasfemar a los [seres ]gloriosos,
This is especially so for those who follow their corrupt human desires, and contemptuously disregard authority. Arrogant and proud, they're not even afraid to defame heavenly beings.
11 mientras [los] ángeles, que son mayores en fuerza y poder, no presentan juicio difamante ante el Señor contra ellos.
Angels, on the other hand, even though they are stronger and more powerful, don't disparage them before the Lord.
12 Pero éstos, como animales irracionales, nacidos por instinto natural para presa y destrucción, que hablan mal de las cosas que no entienden, también perecerán en su perdición
These people are like mindless beasts, produced like farm animals to be captured and slaughtered. They condemn things they don't know anything about, and just like animals they will be destroyed.
13 y recibirán [el] galardón de [su] injusticia. Se complacen en los placeres sensuales en pleno día. Son inmundicias y manchas. Cuando festejan mientras comen con ustedes, se deleitan en sus errores.
They will be paid back in harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of fun is to commit their evil lusts in broad daylight. They are stains and blemishes on your community. They enjoy their deceptive pleasures even while they eat together with you.
14 Como tienen ojos llenos de adulterio, son insaciables de pecado y [tienen] un corazón lleno de codicia, seducen almas inestables. Son hijos de maldición.
They're always on the lookout for adulterous relationships—they just can't stop sinning. They seduce the vulnerable; they have trained themselves in greed; they are offspring under a curse.
15 Siguieron el camino de Balaam de Bosor, quien amó el pago por la maldad,
They have abandoned the right path and went astray, following the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved to be paid for doing evil.
16 y fue reprendido por su iniquidad. Una muda bestia de carga que habló con voz de hombre refrenó la locura del profeta.
But he was told off for his evil actions—a dumb donkey spoke with a human voice and stopped the prophet's foolishness!
17 Éstos son fuentes sin agua, nubes impulsadas por la tormenta. Les está reservada la más densa oscuridad para siempre. (questioned)
People like these are springs without water, mists blown away by the wind. They are destined for blackest darkness—forever. (questioned)
18 Pues seducen con vanas palabras arrogantes, deseos ardientes del cuerpo y desenfreno a los que acaban de escapar de los que viven en error.
Inflated with their own nonsense, they appeal to sensual desires, luring back into immorality those who have only just escaped from those who live in error.
19 Ofrecen libertad, [pero] ellos mismos son esclavos de la corrupción, pues el que es vencido por alguno queda esclavizado a él.
They promise them freedom, even though they themselves are slaves to depravity. “You are a slave to whatever conquers you.”
20 Porque si por [el ]conocimiento del Señor y Salvador Jesucristo escaparon de las obras vergonzosas del mundo, y otra vez fueron enredados en ellas y son derrotados, las últimas cosas son peores que las primeras.
If people manage to escape from the evil influence of the world by knowing the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and then get tangled up in sin again and are defeated, they are worse off than they were in the first place.
21 Les hubiera sido mejor no conocer el camino de justicia que apartarse del santo Mandamiento que se les encomendó.
It would have been better not to have known the right way of truth, than to have known it and then turn away from the sacred instructions they'd been given.
22 Les ha acontecido lo del verdadero proverbio: Un perro vuelve a su propio vómito, y una puerca lavada a revolcarse en [el ]lodo.
This proverb has come true for them: “The dog has returned to its own vomit, and the washed pig has gone back to rolling in the mud.”
