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 there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction;
2 Wengi watafuata njia zao za aibu na kupitia wao wataikufuru njia ya ukweli.
and many shall follow their dissolute ways, through whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.
3 Kwa uchoyo watawanyonya watu wakitumia maneno ya uongo Hukumu yao haitachelewa, uharibifu utawafuata.
And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.
4 Maana Mungu hakuwaacha malaika waliokengeuka. Bali aliwatupa kuzimu ili wafungwe minyororo mpaka hukumu itakapowajilia. (Tartaroō g5020)
For if God spared not [the] angels who had sinned, but having cast them down to the deepest pit of gloom has delivered them to chains of darkness [to be] kept 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 spared not [the] old world, but preserved Noe, [the] eighth, a preacher of righteousness, having brought in [the] flood upon [the] world of [the] ungodly;
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 having reduced [the] cities of Sodom and Gomorrha to ashes, condemned [them] with an overthrow, setting [them as] an example to those that should [afterwards] live an ungodly life;
7 Lakini alipofanya hilo, alimwokoa Lutu mtu wa haki, aliyekuwa amehuzunishwa na tabia chafu za wasiofuata sheria za Mungu.
and saved righteous Lot, distressed with the abandoned conversation of the godless,
8 Kwa kuwa huyo mtu wa haki, aliyeishi nao siku kwa siku akiitesa nafsi yake kwa ajili ya yale aliyoyasikia na kuyaona.
(for the righteous man through seeing and hearing, dwelling among them, tormented [his] righteous soul day after day with [their] lawless works, )
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 deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep [the] unjust to [the] day of judgment [to be] punished;
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 specially those who walk after the flesh in [the] lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Bold [are they], self-willed; they do not fear speaking injuriously of dignities:
11 Ingawa malaika wana uwezo na nguvu kuliko wanadamu, lakini hawawezi kuleta hukumu dhidi yao kwa Bwana
when angels, who are greater in might and power, do not bring against them, before the Lord, an injurious charge.
12 Lakini hawa wanyama wasio na akili wametengenezwa kwa asili ya kukamatwa na kuangamizwa.
But these, as natural animals without reason, made to be caught and destroyed, speaking injuriously in things they are ignorant of, shall also perish in their own corruption,
13 Wanaumizwa kwa ujira wa maovu yao. Mchana kutwa huishi kwa anasa. Wamejaa uchafu na maovu. Hufurahia anasa za udanganyifu wanaposherehekea na wewe.
receiving [the] reward of unrighteousness; accounting ephemeral indulgence pleasure; spots and blemishes, rioting in their own deceits, feasting 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 that cease not from sin, alluring unestablished souls; having a heart practised in covetousness, children of curse;
15 Wameiacha njia ya kweli. wamepotoka na wameifuata njia ya Balaam mwana wa Beori, aliyependa kupata malipo ya udhalimu.
having left [the] straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved [the] reward of unrighteousness;
16 Lakini alikemewa kwa ajili ya ukosai wake. Punda aliyekuwa bubu akiongea katika sauti ya binadamu, alizuia wazimu wa nabii.
but had reproof of his own wickedness — [the] dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly 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 are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved [for ever]. (questioned)
18 Huongea kwa majivuno matupu. Huwaangusha watu kwa tamaa ya mwili. Huwalaghai watu wanaojaribu kuwakimbia wale waishio katika ukosaji.
For [while] speaking great highflown words of vanity, they allure with [the] lusts of [the] flesh, by dissoluteness, those who have just fled those who walk 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 liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is subdued, by him is he also brought into slavery.
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 after having escaped the pollutions of the world through [the] knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, again entangled, they are subdued by these, their last state is worse 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 [word] of the true proverb has happened to them: [The] dog [has] turned back to his own vomit; and, [The] washed sow to [her] rolling in mud.
