2 Petro 2
1 Manabii wa uongo walijitokeza kwa Waisraeli, na walimu wa uongo watakuja pia kwenu. Kwa siri wataleta mafundisho ya uongo nao watamkana Bwana aliyewanunua. Wanajiletea uharibifu wa haraka juu yao wenyewe.
But false prophets also developed among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will sneak in pernicious denominations, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
2 Wengi watafuata njia zao za aibu na kupitia wao wataikufuru njia ya ukweli.
And many will follow their wantonness, because of whom the way of the truth will be blasphemed.
3 Kwa uchoyo watawanyonya watu wakitumia maneno ya uongo Hukumu yao haitachelewa, uharibifu utawafuata.
And they will exploit you in greed with fabricated words, whose judgment is not idle for long, and their destruction will not slumber.
4 Maana Mungu hakuwaacha malaika waliokengeuka. Bali aliwatupa kuzimu ili wafungwe minyororo mpaka hukumu itakapowajilia. (Tartaroō g5020)
For if God did not spare agents who sinned, but delivered them up to chains of darkness, having been cast into hell being reserved for judgment, (Tartaroō g5020)
5 Wala Mungu hakuuvumilia ulimwengu wa zamani. Bali, alimhifadhi Nuhu, mwenye wito wa haki, pamoja na wengine saba, wakati alipoachila gharika juu ya ulimwengu ulioasi.
and he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, the eighth, a herald of righteousness, when he brought on a flood upon the world of the irreverent,
6 Mungu aliihukumu miji ya Sodoma na Gomora kiasi cha kuwa majivu na uharibifu ili iwe mfano kwa ajili ya waovu katika siku za usoni
and he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, being reduced to ashes, having made an example of men who were going to be irreverent,
7 Lakini alipofanya hilo, alimwokoa Lutu mtu wa haki, aliyekuwa amehuzunishwa na tabia chafu za wasiofuata sheria za Mungu.
and he rescued righteous Lot, being distressed by the conduct of the lawless in their licentiousness
8 Kwa kuwa huyo mtu wa haki, aliyeishi nao siku kwa siku akiitesa nafsi yake kwa ajili ya yale aliyoyasikia na kuyaona.
(for that righteous man dwelling among them day after day, in the sight and hearing of their lawless deeds, it anguished his righteous soul),
9 Kwa hiyo Bwana anajua jinsi ya kuwaokoa watu wake wakati wa mateso na jinsi ya kuwavumilia waovu kwa ajili ya hukumu katika siku ya mwisho.
the Lord knows how to rescue the pious out of temptation, and to hold in reserve unrighteous men being cut off for a day of judgment.
10 Kwa hakika huu ndio ukweli kwa wale wanoendelea kuishi katika tamaa za mwili huu na kuyadharau mamlaka. Watu wa jinsi hii wana ujasiri katika dhamiri zao, Hawaogopi kuwakufuru watukufu.
And especially those going rear of flesh in a degenerate lust, and who despise lordship. Reckless, self-willed men, they do not tremble when speaking evil of dignities.
11 Ingawa malaika wana uwezo na nguvu kuliko wanadamu, lakini hawawezi kuleta hukumu dhidi yao kwa Bwana
Whereas agents, being greater in might and power, do not bring a railing judgment against them before the Lord.
12 Lakini hawa wanyama wasio na akili wametengenezwa kwa asili ya kukamatwa na kuangamizwa.
But these men, like irrational beasts of nature, having been born for capture and destruction, speaking evil at which things they do not understand, will be destroyed in their corruption,
13 Wanaumizwa kwa ujira wa maovu yao. Mchana kutwa huishi kwa anasa. Wamejaa uchafu na maovu. Hufurahia anasa za udanganyifu wanaposherehekea na wewe.
getting back a wage of unrighteousness. Men who consider soft living in the daytime to be pleasure, spots and blemishes reveling in their deceitfulness, feasting together with you,
14 Macho yao yamefunikwa na uzinzi; hawatosheki kutenda dhambi. Huwalaghai na kuwaangusha waumini wachanga katika dhambi. Wana mioyo iliyojaa tamaa, ni watoto waliolaaniwa.
having eyes full of adultery, and unceasing sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, children of a curse,
15 Wameiacha njia ya kweli. wamepotoka na wameifuata njia ya Balaam mwana wa Beori, aliyependa kupata malipo ya udhalimu.
having forsaken a straight path, they were led astray, men who followed the way of Balaam, son of Beor, who loved the wage of unrighteousness.
16 Lakini alikemewa kwa ajili ya ukosai wake. Punda aliyekuwa bubu akiongea katika sauti ya binadamu, alizuia wazimu wa nabii.
But he had a rebuke of his own lawbreaking. A mute donkey, uttering in a man's voice, restrained the madness of the prophet.
17 Watu hawa ni kama chemichemi zisizo na maji. Ni kama mawingu yanayotoweshwa na upepo. Wingu zito limehifadhiwa kwa ajili yao.
These men are waterless wells, and clouds driven by a fierce wind, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved into an age. (questioned)
18 Huongea kwa majivuno matupu. Huwaangusha watu kwa tamaa ya mwili. Huwalaghai watu wanaojaribu kuwakimbia wale waishio katika ukosaji.
For, uttering swollen things of vanity, they entice (to sensuality by lusts of flesh) those who actually escaped from those who live in error,
19 Huwaahidi watu uhuru wakati wao wenyewe ni watumwa wa dhambi ya ufisadi. Maana mwanadamu hufanywa kuwa mtumwa wa kile kinachomtawala.
promising them freedom, while they themselves are bondmen of corruption, for by what any man has been overcome, of this he has also been enslaved.
20 Yeye ajiepushaye na uchafu wa ulimwengu kwa kutumia maarifa ya Bwana na mwokozi Yesu Kristo, na kisha akarudia uchafu huo tena, hali yake huwa mbaya kuliko ile ya mwanzo.
For if, having escaped the defilements of the world by knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and, having been again entangled in these, they are overcome, the last things have become worse for them than the first.
21 Ingefaa watu hao kama wasingeifahamu njia ya haki kuliko kuifahamu na kisha tena kuziacha amri takatifu walizopewa.
For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
22 Mithali hii huwa na ukweli kwao. “mbwa huyarudia matapishi yake. Na nguruwe aliyeoshwa hurudi tena kwenye matope.”
But that of the true proverb has happened to them, The dog returning to his own vomit, and the sow that washed to wallowing in mire.
