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 there were false prophets also in the nation, just as there will be false teachers among you, people who will secretly introduce ruinous divisions, disowning even the Lord who bought them, and bringing speedy ruin on themselves.
2 Muchos seguirán sus inclinaciones excesivas a los placeres. El camino de la verdad será difamado por causa de sus inclinaciones excesivas.
There will be many, too, who will follow their licentious courses, and cause the way of the truth to be maligned.
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.
In their covetousness they will try to make you a source of profit by their fabrications; but for a long time past their sentence has not been standing idle, nor their ruin slumbering.
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)
Remember, God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them down to Tartarus, and consigned them to caverns of darkness, to be kept under guard 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;
Nor did he spare the world of old; though he preserved Noah, the preacher of righteousness, and seven others, when he brought a flood on the godless world.
6 si condenó [las] ciudades de Sodoma y Gomorra, las redujo a cenizas y las puso como ejemplo para los impíos;
He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and reduced them to ashes, holding them up as a warning to the godless of what was in store for them;
7 si libró al justo Lot cuando estaba afligido por la conducta de los perversos,
but he rescued righteous Lot, whose heart was vexed by the wanton licentiousness of his neighbours;
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,
for, seeing and hearing what he did, as he lived his righteous life among them, day after day, Lot’s righteous soul was tortured by their wicked doings.
9 sabe [el] Señor librar de tentación a [los ]piadosos y reservar a [los] injustos para ser castigados en [el] día de juicio,
The Lord, therefore, knows how to deliver the pious from temptation, and to keep the wicked, who are even now suffering punishment, in readiness for “the day of judgment” –
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,
especially those who, following the promptings of their lower nature, indulge their polluting passions and despise all control. Audacious and self-willed, they feel no awe of the celestial beings, maligning them,
11 mientras [los] ángeles, que son mayores en fuerza y poder, no presentan juicio difamante ante el Señor contra ellos.
even where angels, though excelling them in strength and power, do not bring against them a malignant charge 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, however, like animals without reason, intended by nature to be caught and killed – these people, I say, malign those of whom they know nothing, and will assuredly perish through their own corruption,
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.
suffering themselves, as the penalty for the suffering that they have inflicted. They think that pleasure consists in the self-indulgence of the moment. They are a stain and a disgrace, indulging, as they do, in their wanton revelry, even while joining you at your feasts.
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 have eyes only for adulteresses, eyes never tired of sin; they entice weak souls; their minds are trained to covet; they live under a curse.
15 Siguieron el camino de Balaam de Bosor, quien amó el pago por la maldad,
Leaving the straight road, they have gone astray and followed in the steps of Balaam, the son of Beor, who set his heart on the reward for wrongdoing,
16 y fue reprendido por su iniquidad. Una muda bestia de carga que habló con voz de hombre refrenó la locura del profeta.
but was rebuked for his offence. A dumb animal spoke with a human voice, and checked the prophet’s madness.
17 Éstos son fuentes sin agua, nubes impulsadas por la tormenta. Les está reservada la más densa oscuridad para siempre. (questioned)
These people are like springs without water, or mists driven before a gale; and for them the blackest darkness has been reserved.
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.
With boastful and foolish talk, they appeal to the passions of people’s lower nature, and, by their profligacy, entice those who are just escaping from the people who live such misguided lives.
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, while they themselves are slaves to corrupt habits; for a person is the slave of anything to which they give way.
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, after having escaped the polluting influences of the world, through knowing our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, people are again entangled in them, and give way to them, their last state has become worse than their first.
21 Les hubiera sido mejor no conocer el camino de justicia que apartarse del santo Mandamiento que se les encomendó.
It would, indeed, have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn away from the holy command delivered to them.
22 Les ha acontecido lo del verdadero proverbio: Un perro vuelve a su propio vómito, y una puerca lavada a revolcarse en [el ]lodo.
In their case is seen the truth of the proverb – “A dog returns to what it has vomited” and “A sow after washing to her wallowing-place in the mud.”
