2 Pita 3

1 ‌ʻE Kāinga, ʻoku ou tohi eni ʻa hono ua ʻoe tohi ni kiate kimoutolu, ʻaia ʻoku ou fai ʻi ai ke langaki hake homou loto maʻa ki he fakamanatu:

This second epistle, my beloved, I now write to you; in both of which I stir up your honest mind by admonition:

2 Koeʻuhi ke mou manatu ki he ngaahi lea naʻe lea ʻaki ʻi muʻa ʻe he kau palōfita māʻoniʻoni, pea mo e fekau ʻamautolu ko e kau ʻaposetolo ʻoe ʻEiki mo e Fakamoʻui:

that ye may be mindful of the words which were formerly spoken by the holy prophets, and of the injunction of our Lord and Redeemer by the hand of the legates:

3 ‌ʻO tomuʻa ʻilo eni, ʻe haʻu ʻae kau manuki ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ki mui, ʻo ʻaʻeva ʻi heʻenau ngaahi holi kovi ʻanautolu,

knowing this previously, that there will come in the last days scoffers, who will scoff, walking according to their own lusts;

4 ‌ʻO nau pehē, “Kofaʻā koā ʻae talaʻofa ki heʻene haʻu? He kuo talu ʻae mohe ʻae ngaahi tamai, mo e pehē ai pe ʻae meʻa kotoa pē ʻo hangē pe ʻi hono ʻuluaki fakatupu.”

and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, since our fathers fell asleep, every thing remaineth just as from the beginning of the creation.

5 He ko honau loto ke nau vale ʻi he meʻa ni, ko e meʻa ʻi he folofola ʻae ʻOtua, naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻae ngaahi langi, pea tuʻu mei he vai pea ʻi he vai ʻa māmani:

For this they willingly forget, that the heavens were of old; and the earth rose up from the waters, and by means of water, by the word of God.

6 ‌ʻAia naʻe lōfia ai ʻae maama ko ia ʻaki ʻae vai, pea ʻauha ia:

And, by means of these waters, the world which then was, being submerged again perished in the waters.

7 Ka ko e ngaahi langi mo e fonua ʻoku tuʻu ni, kuo fokotuʻu ia ʻaki ʻa [ʻene ]folofola pe ko ia, ʻo fakatolonga ki he afi ʻi he ʻaho fakamaau mo e fakaʻauha ʻoe kakai angahala.

And the heavens that now are, and the earth, are by his word stored up, being reserved for the fire at the day of judgment and the perdition of wicked men.

8 Ka ko eni, ʻe kāinga, ke ʻoua te mou taʻeʻilo ki he meʻa ni ʻe taha, koeʻuhi ko e ʻaho ʻe taha ʻoku tatau ki he ʻEiki mo e taʻu ʻe afe, pea ko e taʻu ʻe afe ʻoku tatau mo e ʻaho pe taha.

And of this one thing, my beloved, be not forgetful, That one day, to the Lord, is as a thousand years; and a thousand years, as one day.

9 ‌ʻOku ʻikai fakatuotuai ʻe he ʻEiki ki heʻene talaʻofa, ʻo hangē ko e lau ʻae niʻihi ko e tuotuai; ka ʻoku kātaki fuoloa kiate kitautolu, ʻo ʻikai finangalo ke ʻauha ha tokotaha, ka koeʻuhi ke hoko ʻo fakatomala kotoa pē.

The Lord doth not procrastinate his promises, as some estimate procrastination; but he is long suffering, for your sakes, being not willing that any should perish, but that every one should come to repentance.

10 Ka ʻe hoko ʻae ʻaho ʻoe ʻEiki ʻo hangē ha kaihaʻa ʻi he pō; ʻaia ʻe mole ai ʻae ngaahi langi ʻi he longoaʻa lahi, pea ʻe vela ʻo ʻauha ʻae ngaahi tefitoʻi meʻa, pea ko e fonua foki mo e ngaahi ngāue ʻoku ʻi ai ʻe vela ʻo ʻosi ia.

And the day of the Lord will come, like a thief; in which the heavens will suddenly pass away; and the elements, being ignited, will be dissolved; and the earth and the works in it, will not be found.

11 Ko ia [ʻi heʻene pau pe ]ke ʻauha ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pē, ko e hā ʻae anga ʻoku taau mo kimoutolu ʻi he ʻulungāanga māʻoniʻoni mo e angafakaʻotua;

As therefore all these things are to be dissolved, what persons ought ye to be, in holy conduct, and in the fear of God,

12 ‌ʻO ʻamanaki mo holi atu ki he hoko mai ʻoe ʻaho ʻoe ʻOtua, ʻaia ʻe vela ʻo ʻauha ai ʻae ngaahi langi, pea ʻe vai ʻi he vela lahi ʻae ngaahi tefitoʻi meʻa?

expecting and desiring the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being tried by fire will be dissolved, and the elements being ignited will melt?

13 Ka ʻoku tau ʻamanaki ki he ngaahi langi foʻou mo e fonua foʻou, ʻaia ʻoku nofo ai ʻae māʻoniʻoni, ʻo fakatatau ki heʻene talaʻofa.

But we, according to his promise, expect new heavens, and a new earth, in which righteousness dwelleth.

14 Ko ia, ʻe kāinga, ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻomou ʻamanaki ki he ngaahi meʻa pehē, mou hangahanga fai pe koeʻuhi ke ʻilo ʻe ia ʻakimoutolu ʻoku mou melino taʻehaʻila, mo taʻehalaia.

Therefore, my beloved, as ye expect these things, strive that ye may be found by him in peace, without spot and without blemish.

15 Pea lau ʻae kātaki fuoloa ʻa hotau ʻEiki ko e fakamoʻui; ʻo hangē ko e tohi kiate kimoutolu foki ʻe hotau kāinga ʻofeina ko Paula, ʻo fakatatau ki he poto kuo foaki kiate ia;

And account the long suffering of the Lord to be redemption; as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom conferred on him, wrote to you;

16 Pea ʻoku pehē foki ʻa ʻene lea ai ki he ngaahi meʻa ni ʻi heʻene tohi kotoa pē; ʻaia ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae meʻa niʻihi ʻoku ʻilongataʻa, ʻaia ʻoku fai ʻe he kau taʻepoto mo lotolotoua ke fakaʻuhinga kehe, ʻo hangē foki ko e ngaahi tohi kehe, ka nau malaʻia ai.

as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which there is something difficult to be understood; and which they who are ignorant and unstable, pervert, as they do also the rest of the scriptures, to their own destruction.

17 Ko ia, ʻe kāinga, ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻomou sinaki ʻilo, vakai telia naʻa takiekina foki ʻakimoutolu ʻe he hē ʻoe kakai fai kovi, pea mou hinga mei hoʻomou tuʻumaʻu ʻamoutolu.

Ye therefore, my beloved, as ye know these things beforehand, guard yourselves, lest, by going after the error of the lawless, ye fall from your steadfastness.

18 Kae tupulekina ʻi he ʻofa, pea mo e ʻilo ki hotau ʻEiki mo e Fakamoʻui ko Sisu Kalaisi. Ke ʻiate ia ni ʻae ongoongolelei pea taʻengata. ʻEmeni. (aiōn g165)

But be ye growing in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Redeemer Jesus the Messiah, and of God the Father: whose is the glory, now, and always, and to the days of eternity. Amen. (aiōn g165)

The World is Destroyed by Water