2 Petro 2
1 Lakini pia waliinuka manabii wa uongo miongoni mwa watu, kama vile watakavyokuwako walimu wa uongo miongoni mwenu. Wataingiza mafundisho yasiyopatana na kweli kwa siri, hata kumkana Bwana wa pekee aliyewanunua, na hivyo kujiletea wenyewe maangamizi ya haraka.
But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers also among you; and these will stealthily introduce ruinous sects, and deny the Lord that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction:
2 Hata hivyo, wengi watafuata njia zao za ufisadi, na kwa ajili yao njia ya kweli itatukanwa.
and many will follow their dissolute ways, on account of whom the way of truth will be reviled;
3 Nao katika tamaa zao mbaya, walimu hawa watajipatia faida kwenu kwa hadithi walizotunga wenyewe. Lakini hukumu imekwisha kutangazwa dhidi yao tangu zamani, wala uangamivu wao haujalala usingizi.
and, with delusive words, they will, through covetousness, make gain of you: the condemnation, long ago denounced against these, delays not, and their destruction does not slumber.
4 Kwa maana, kama Mungu hakuwasamehe malaika walipotenda dhambi, bali aliwatupa kuzimu katika vifungo vya giza wakae humo mpaka ije hukumu; (Tartaroō g5020)
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and delivered them over to chains of darkness, to be kept for judgment; (Tartaroō g5020)
5 kama hakuusamehe ulimwengu wa kale alipoleta gharika juu ya watu wale wasiomcha Mungu, bali akamhifadhi Noa, mhubiri wa haki, pamoja na watu wengine saba;
and if he spared not the old world, but brought a flood on the world of the ungodly, and saved Noah, the eighth person, who was a preacher of righteousness;
6 kama aliihukumu miji ya Sodoma na Gomora kwa kuiteketeza kwa moto ikawa majivu, na kuifanya kuwa kielelezo kwa yale yatakayowapata wale wasiomcha Mungu;
and if, turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, he condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example to those who should afterward live in an ungodly manner,
7 na kama alimwokoa Loti, mtu mwenye haki, ambaye alihuzunishwa na maisha machafu ya watu wapotovu
and delivered righteous Lot, wearied out with the licentious conduct of the lawless, ―
8 (kwa sababu yale matendo mapotovu aliyoyaona na kuyasikia huyo mtu mwenye haki alipoishi miongoni mwao yalimhuzunisha siku baada ya siku):
for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds:
9 ikiwa hivyo ndivyo, basi Bwana anajua jinsi ya kuwaokoa wamchao Mungu kutoka majaribu, na kuwaweka waasi katika adhabu hadi siku ya hukumu.
then, the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the ungodly for the day of judgment, to be punished;
10 Hii ni hakika hasa kwa wale wanaofuata tamaa mbaya za mwili na kudharau mamlaka. Kwa ushupavu na kwa kiburi, watu hawa hawaogopi kunena mabaya dhidi ya viumbe vya mbinguni.
but especially those who walk after the flesh in unclean lust, and who despise government. Presumptuous, willful men! they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries:
11 Lakini hata malaika, ingawa wana nguvu na uwezo zaidi, hawaleti mashtaka mabaya dhidi ya viumbe kama hao mbele za Bwana.
whereas angels, who excel in might and in power, bring no railing accusation against them in the presence of the Lord.
12 Lakini watu hawa hukufuru katika mambo wasiyoyafahamu. Wao ni kama wanyama wasio na akili, viumbe wanaotawaliwa na hisia za mwili, waliozaliwa ili wakamatwe na kuchinjwa. Hawa nao kama wanyama wataangamizwa pia.
But these men, like beasts with out reason, which follow the instinct of nature, and are made to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil of things that they understand not, shall utterly perish in their own corruption,
13 Watalipwa madhara kwa ajili ya madhara waliyowatendea wengine. Huhesabu kuwa ni fahari kufanya karamu za ulevi na ulafi mchana peupe. Wao ni mawaa na dosari, wakijifurahisha katika anasa zao wanaposhiriki katika karamu zenu.
and receive the reward of unrighteousness. Counting it a pleasure to riot in the day-time, they are spots and stains, rioting in their delusions, while feasting with you;
14 Wakiwa na macho yaliyojaa uzinzi, kamwe hawaachi kutenda dhambi. Huwashawishi wale wasio imara. Wao ni hodari kwa kutamani; ni wana wa laana!
having eyes that are full of the adulteress, and that can not cease from sin, deceiving unstable souls, having a heart exercised in covetousness, accursed children,
15 Wameiacha njia iliyonyooka, wakapotoka na kuifuata njia ya Balaamu mwana wa Beori aliyependa mshahara wa uovu.
who have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
16 Lakini kwa ajili ya uovu wake, alikemewa na punda, mnyama asiyejua kusema, akaongea akitumia sauti ya mwanadamu na kuzuia wazimu wa huyo nabii.
but he was rebuked for his iniquity, ―the dumb beast, speaking with man’s voice, restrained the madness of the prophet.
17 Watu hawa ni chemchemi zisizo na maji, na ukungu upeperushwao na tufani. Giza nene limewekwa tayari kwa ajili yao.
These men are fountains without water, clouds driven by a tempest, for whom the gloom of darkness is reserved forever. (questioned)
18 Kwa maana wao hunena maneno makuu mno ya kiburi cha bure, na kwa kuvutia tamaa mbaya za asili ya mwili, huwashawishi watu ambao ndipo tu wamejiondoa miongoni mwa wale wanaoishi katika ufisadi.
For by speaking boastful words of folly, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, and through lasciviousness, those who had really escaped from those who live in error.
19 Huwaahidi uhuru hao waliowanasa, wakati wao wenyewe ni watumwa wa ufisadi: kwa maana mtu ni mtumwa wa kitu chochote kinachomtawala.
While they promise them freedom, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for by whatever any man is overcome, he is also enslaved.
20 Kama wameukimbia upotovu wa dunia kwa kumjua Bwana wetu na Mwokozi Yesu Kristo, kisha wakanaswa tena humo na kushindwa, hali yao ya mwisho ni mbaya zaidi kuliko ile ya kwanza.
For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in these, and overcome by them, the last state of such is worse than the first.
21 Ingelikuwa afadhali kwao kama wasingeliijua kamwe njia ya haki, kuliko kuijua kisha wakaiacha ile amri takatifu waliyokabidhiwa.
For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.
22 Imetukia kwao sawasawa na ile mithali ya kweli isemayo: “Mbwa huyarudia matapiko yake mwenyewe,” tena, “Nguruwe aliyeoshwa hurudi kugaagaa matopeni.”
But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: The dog has turned again to his own vomit; and, The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.
