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 also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you; who will privately introduce destructive sects, denying even the Lord who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
2 Wengi watafuata njia zao za aibu na kupitia wao wataikufuru njia ya ukweli.
And many will follow their lewd practices, on account of whom, they way of truth will be evil spoken of.
3 Kwa uchoyo watawanyonya watu wakitumia maneno ya uongo Hukumu yao haitachelewa, uharibifu utawafuata.
And through covetousness, they will make merchandise of you, by fictitious tales: to whom the punishment threatened of old lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not.
4 Maana Mungu hakuwaacha malaika waliokengeuka. Bali aliwatupa kuzimu ili wafungwe minyororo mpaka hukumu itakapowajilia. (Tartaroō g5020)
For God, indeed, did not spare the angels who sinned, but with chains of darkness confining them in Tartarus, delivered them over 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 did not spare the old world, but saved Noah, the eighth, a proclaimer of righteousness, when he brought 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 to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, punished them with an overthrow, making them an example to those who should afterward live ungodly:
7 Lakini alipofanya hilo, alimwokoa Lutu mtu wa haki, aliyekuwa amehuzunishwa na tabia chafu za wasiofuata sheria za Mungu.
and rescued righteous Lot, exceedingly grieved by the lewd behavior of the lawless:
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, by the sight and report of their unlawful deeds, tormented his righteous soul from day to day; )
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 godly out of temptation, and to reserve the unrighteous to a 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.
but especially those who go after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and who despise government: being audacious, self-willed, who fear not to revile dignitaries;
11 Ingawa malaika wana uwezo na nguvu kuliko wanadamu, lakini hawawezi kuleta hukumu dhidi yao kwa Bwana
whereas, angels, who are greater in strength and power, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord.
12 Lakini hawa wanyama wasio na akili wametengenezwa kwa asili ya kukamatwa na kuangamizwa.
But these, as natural, irrational animals, made for capture and destruction, speaking evil of matters which they do not understand, shall be utterly destroyed by their own corruptions;
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 due reward of unrighteousness. These delight to spend the day in luxurious festivity: they are spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceits when they feast 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 the adulteress, incessantly sinning, alluring unstable souls; having a heart exercised with insatiable desires; an accursed progeny:
15 Wameiacha njia ya kweli. wamepotoka na wameifuata njia ya Balaam mwana wa Beori, aliyependa kupata malipo ya udhalimu.
having forsaken the right path, they have wandered, following in the way of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity,
16 Lakini alikemewa kwa ajili ya ukosai wake. Punda aliyekuwa bubu akiongea katika sauti ya binadamu, alizuia wazimu wa nabii.
and was convicted of his transgression; the dumb brute, speaking with man's voice, reprimanded 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 are wells without water, clouds driven by a tempest; for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever:
18 Huongea kwa majivuno matupu. Huwaangusha watu kwa tamaa ya mwili. Huwalaghai watu wanaojaribu kuwakimbia wale waishio katika ukosaji.
for, speaking great swelling words of falsehood, they allure by the lusts of the flesh, even by lasciviousness, those who have actually fled away from them who are living in error.
19 Huwaahidi watu uhuru wakati wao wenyewe ni watumwa wa dhambi ya ufisadi. Maana mwanadamu hufanywa kuwa mtumwa wa kile kinachomtawala.
They promise them liberty, whilst they themselves are slaves of corruption: for every one is enslaved by that which overcomes him.
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.
Now, if, having fled away from the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and being again entangled, they are overcome by them; their last condition is worse than the first.
21 Ingefaa watu hao kama wasingeifahamu njia ya haki kuliko kuifahamu na kisha tena kuziacha amri takatifu walizopewa.
Therefore, it has been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, turn away 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 the saying of the true proverb has happened to them: "The dog is returned to his own vomit; and the washed hog, to its wallowing in the mire."
