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 arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even 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 lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of.
3 Kwa uchoyo watawanyonya watu wakitumia maneno ya uongo Hukumu yao haitachelewa, uharibifu utawafuata.
And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.
4 Maana Mungu hakuwaacha malaika waliokengeuka. Bali aliwatupa kuzimu ili wafungwe minyororo mpaka hukumu itakapowajilia. (Tartaroō g5020)
For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto 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 ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a 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 turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly;
7 Lakini alipofanya hilo, alimwokoa Lutu mtu wa haki, aliyekuwa amehuzunishwa na tabia chafu za wasiofuata sheria za Mungu.
and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked
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, in seeing and hearing, vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] lawless deeds):
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 knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the 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.
but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, selfwilled, they tremble not to rail at dignities:
11 Ingawa malaika wana uwezo na nguvu kuliko wanadamu, lakini hawawezi kuleta hukumu dhidi yao kwa Bwana
whereas angels, though greater in might and power, bring not a railing judgment against them before the Lord.
12 Lakini hawa wanyama wasio na akili wametengenezwa kwa asili ya kukamatwa na kuangamizwa.
But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed,
13 Wanaumizwa kwa ujira wa maovu yao. Mchana kutwa huishi kwa anasa. Wamejaa uchafu na maovu. Hufurahia anasa za udanganyifu wanaposherehekea na wewe.
suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; [men] that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their love-feasts while 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 adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing;
15 Wameiacha njia ya kweli. wamepotoka na wameifuata njia ya Balaam mwana wa Beori, aliyependa kupata malipo ya udhalimu.
forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the [son] of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;
16 Lakini alikemewa kwa ajili ya ukosai wake. Punda aliyekuwa bubu akiongea katika sauti ya binadamu, alizuia wazimu wa nabii.
but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man’s voice and stayed 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 springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.
18 Huongea kwa majivuno matupu. Huwaangusha watu kwa tamaa ya mwili. Huwalaghai watu wanaojaribu kuwakimbia wale waishio katika ukosaji.
For, uttering great swelling [words] of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that 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 liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.
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 they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with 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, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
22 Mithali hii huwa na ukweli kwao. “mbwa huyarudia matapishi yake. Na nguruwe aliyeoshwa hurudi tena kwenye matope.”
It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.
