2 Pita 2
1 Ka naʻe ai foki ʻae kau palōfita loi ʻi he kakai, ʻo hangē ʻe ʻiate kimoutolu ʻae kau akonaki loi, ʻakinautolu ʻe ʻomi fakafufū ʻae ngaahi hē fakamalaʻia, ʻo fakafisiʻi ʻae ʻEiki naʻa ne fakatauʻakinautolu, ʻo ʻomi ai kiate kinautolu ʻae fakaʻauha fakatoʻotoʻo.
BUT there were false prophets in the world, as also among you there will be false teachers, they who introduce heresies of destruction, and, the Lord who bought them denying, bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 Pea ʻe muimui ʻae tokolahi ki honau hala fakamalaʻia; pea ko e meʻa ʻiate kinautolu ʻe lauʻikoviʻi ai ʻae hala ʻoe moʻoni.
And many will go after their wickedness; they, on account of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.
3 Pea ko e meʻa ʻi he manumanu tenau meʻa fakatauʻaki ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ngaahi lea kākā: ko honau tautea kuo tala fuoloa ʻoku ʻikai fakatuai, pea ko ʻenau malaʻia ʻoku ʻikai tulemohe.
And with fraudulency of deceptive words will they make merchandise of you; they, whose judgment (denounced) before tarrieth not, and whose destruction doth not sleep.
4 He kapau naʻe ʻikai mamae ʻae ʻOtua ki he kau ʻāngelo naʻe angahala, ka naʻe lī hifo ʻakinautolu ki heli, ʻo tuku ki he ngaahi haʻihaʻi ʻoe fakapoʻuli, ke tatali ki he fakamaau; (Tartaroō g5020)
For if Aloha upon the angels who sinned was not lenient, but in chains of darkness shut them in the deeps, and delivered them to be kept to the judgment of pain; (Tartaroō g5020)
5 Pea naʻe ʻikai te ne mamae ki he maama motuʻa, ka naʻe fakamoʻui ʻa Noa, ʻaia naʻa ne malangaʻaki ʻae māʻoniʻoni, mo e toko fitu, ʻo ne ʻomi ʻae lōmaki ki he maama ʻoe kakai angahala;
and on the former world was not lenient, but Nuch, who was the eighth preacher of righteousness, he preserved, when the deluge came upon the world of the wicked;
6 ʻO ne tuku ʻae ongo kolo ko Sotoma mo Komola ki he fakaʻauha, ʻo ne liliu ia ko e efuefu, pea ne ngaohi ia ko e fakaʻilonga kiate kinautolu ʻe moʻui fai angahala ki mui;
the cities of Sadum and of Omuro he burned, and with overthrow condemned them, while an example to the wicked who should be he set them;
7 ʻO ne fakamoʻui ʻa Lote angatonu, ʻaia naʻe mamahi ʻi he ʻulungāanga fakalielia ʻae kau angahala:
also Lut the righteous, who was bruised with the impure conversation of the lawless, he delivered;
8 (He naʻe nofo ʻae tangata māʻoniʻoni ko ia ʻiate kinautolu, pea ʻi heʻene mamata mo fanongo, naʻe fakamamahi ʻa hono laumālie māʻoniʻoni, ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē, ʻaki ʻenau ngaahi faianga taʻetotonu; )
-for in sight and in hearing, while (that) just (man) dwelt among them, from day to day, his righteous soul by their lawless works was tortured; -
9 ʻOku ʻilo ʻe he ʻEiki ke fakamoʻui ʻae kakai angafakaʻotua mei he ngaahi ʻahiʻahi, pea ke tuku ʻae taʻeangatonu ki he ʻaho ʻoe fakamaau ke tautea:
the Lord knoweth how to deliver from affliction them who fear him, but the evil unto the day of judgment to be tormented will he reserve.
10 Ka ʻe lahi kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻaʻeva ʻo fakatatau ki he kakano ʻi he holi fakalielia, pea nau manukiʻi ʻae pule. Ko e kau angamālohi, mo e kau angafefeka, ʻoku ʻikai te nau manavahē ke lauʻikovi ʻae kau pule.
But most those who after the flesh follow the concupiscence of impurity, and of authority are contemptuous; daring and arrogant, (and) who by greatness are not moved while they blaspheme:
11 Ka ko e kau ʻāngelo, ʻoku nau lahi hake ʻi he mālohi mo e mafai, ʻoku ʻikai te nau lauʻikovi ʻakinautolu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻEiki.
whereas angels, who in power and strength are (so much) greater than they, bring not against them a judgment of blasphemy.
12 Ka ko kinautolu ni ʻoku fakakakano, ʻo hangē ko e fanga manu taʻeloto, kuo ngaohi ke moʻua mo fakaʻauha, ʻoku nau lea kovi ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻiloʻi; pea ʻe ʻauha ʻaupito ʻakinautolu ʻi heʻenau kovi ʻanautolu;
But these, as the dumb animals, by nature (ordained) to the knife and to destruction, blaspheming what they know not, in their own destruction will be destroyed;
13 Pea te nau maʻu ʻae totongi ʻoe taʻemāʻoniʻoni; ʻakinautolu ʻoku pehē ko e meʻa mālie ke fai kovi ʻoku kei ʻaho. Ko e ngaahi ʻila mo e ngaahi mele [ʻakinautolu], ʻoku nau vaʻinga ʻaki ʻa honau kākaaʻi lolotonga ʻenau kātoanga pe mo kimoutolu;
while they in whom is iniquity the wages of iniquity shall receive. They repute as pleasure the luxury which is in the day. Blemishes (are they), full of spots, who delighting in their refreshments are luxurious:
14 Ko honau mata ʻoku fonu ʻi he tono fefine, pea ʻoku ʻikai faʻa tuku ʻae angahala; ʻoku nau tauhele ʻae kau laumālie taʻemaau: ʻoku ʻiate kinautolu ʻae loto kuo poto ʻi he ngaahi ngāue manumanu; ko e fānau malaʻia:
having eyes full of adultery, and sins which cease not, alluring souls that are not established. An heart have they which is disciplined in covetousness; sons of malediction,
15 Kuo nau siʻaki ʻae hala totonu, pea ʻalu hēhē, ʻo muimui ʻi he hala ʻo Pelami ko e foha ʻo Posoa, ʻaia naʻa ne manako ki he totongi ʻoe taʻemāʻoniʻoni:
who, forsaking the straight way, have erred, and gone in the way of Belam bar Beur, who the wages of iniquity loved. But he had reproof of his transgression;
16 Ka naʻe valoki ia ʻi heʻene angahala ʻi he lea ʻae ʻasi noa ʻaki ʻae leʻo ʻoe tangata, ʻo ne taʻofi ki he vale ʻae palōfita.
(for) the dumb ass which spake with the voice of man rebuked the madness of the prophet.
17 Ko e ngaahi luo taʻeaihavai ʻakinautolu ni, ko e ngaahi ʻao ʻoku vilingia ʻe he afā; ʻakinautolu kuo tuku tolonga ki ai ʻae ʻuliʻuli ʻoe fakapoʻuli taʻengata. (questioned)
These are wells without water, clouds driven from above, unto whom the blackness of darkness is reserved.
18 Koeʻuhi ʻoka nau ka lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea fakafuofuolahi ʻoe loi, ʻoku nau tauhele ʻi he ngaahi holi fakakakano, mo e anga fakalielia, ʻakinautolu naʻe hao moʻoni meiate kinautolu ʻoku moʻui hēhē pe.
For while they speak scoffing words of vanity, they allure with impure desires of the flesh those who almost escaped from them who have their conversation in error.
19 Lolotonga ʻenau fakaʻilo kiate kinautolu ʻae tauʻatāina, kae ta ʻoku nau pōpula ʻakinautolu ki he fakalielia: he ko ia kuo ikuna ai ʻae tangata ko ia kuo ne fakapōpula ai.
And liberty to them they promise, while they (themselves) are the servants of corruption; for the thing by which a man is overcome, to that he is subject.
20 He kapau ko eni, kuo hili ʻenau hao mei he ngaahi ʻuli ʻo māmani ʻi he ʻiloʻi ʻae ʻEiki mo e Fakamoʻui ko Sisu Kalaisi, ʻe toe fihituʻu ai, mo ikuna ʻakinautolu, pea ʻe kovi lahi ʻae ngataʻanga kiate kinautolu ʻi he kamataʻanga.
For if they have escaped from the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jeshu Meshiha, with those very things entangled they are again over-come, their end becomes worse than the beginning.
21 He ko e meʻa ʻe lelei kiate kinautolu ʻoka ne ʻikai te nau ʻilo ʻae hala ʻoe māʻoniʻoni, ka ʻi heʻenau ʻilo ia, pea toe tafoki mei he fekau māʻoniʻoni naʻe tuku kiate kinautolu.
For it had been more tolerable for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, when they knew, to turn backward from the holy commandment delivered to them.
22 Ka kuo hoko kiate kinautolu ʻo hangē ko e fakatātā moʻoni, “Kuo toe foki ʻae kulī ki heʻene lua ʻaʻana;” mo e “Sinamanu naʻe kaukau ki heʻene fetafokifokiaki ʻi he pelepela.”
But it hath happened to them according to the true proverb, that The dog hath turned unto his vomit; the sow which had washed into the wallow of the mire.
