2 Petro 3
1 Adɔfonom, yei ne krataa a ɛtɔ so mmienu a matwerɛ abrɛ mo. Metwerɛɛ sɛ mede rebɛkae mo, de akanyane mo adwene.
My friends, this is my second letter to you. In both of them I've tried to stir you up and remind you to think clearly with pure minds.
2 Mepɛ sɛ mokae nsɛm a adiyifoɔ kronkron no kaa mmerɛ bi a atwam no ne mmara a ɛfiri Awurade ne Agyenkwa a wɔde faa mo asomafoɔ so maa mo no.
Remember the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets, and what the Lord and Savior commanded through your apostles.
3 Deɛ ɛdi ɛkan no, ɛsɛ sɛ mote aseɛ sɛ nna a ɛdi akyire no mu no, nnipa bi bɛba a wɔn ara wɔn honam akɔnnɔ na ɛbɛdi wɔn so. Wɔbɛdi mo ho fɛ
Above all you should know that derisive people will come in the last days, full of mockery and following their own evil desires.
4 aka sɛ, “Ɔhyɛɛ mo bɔ sɛ ɔbɛba. Wanka? Na ɔwɔ he? Yɛn agyanom awuwu dada, nanso biribiara te sɛ deɛ ɛte firi adebɔ mfitiaseɛ!”
“So what happened to this coming he promised?” they ask. “Right from the time our ancestors died, everything's continued as it always has, ever since creation began.”
5 Wɔhyɛ da ma wɔn werɛ firi nokorɛ no sɛ, ɛfiri tete no, Onyankopɔn kasaeɛ na wɔbɔɔ ɔsoro ne asase. Wɔbɔɔ asase firi nsuo mu na wɔde nsuo na ɛyɛeɛ.
But they deliberately ignore the fact that by God's command the heavens were created long ago. The earth came into existence from the water, and was surrounded by water.
6 Akyire no wɔde nsuyire bɛsɛee no.
It was through water that the world that then existed was destroyed—through being flooded by water.
7 Nanso, Onyankopɔn ahyɛ sɛ ɔsoro ne asase ntena hɔ nkɔsi Atemmuo da. Afei wɔbɛsɔ emu ogya na wɔbɛsɛe nnebɔneyɛfoɔ.
But by means of that same divine command the heavens and the earth that now exist are reserved for destruction by fire at the day of judgment when the wicked will be destroyed.
8 Nanso, anuanom, mommma mo werɛ mfiri adeɛ baako sɛ Awurade ani so deɛ, nsonsonoeɛ nni da koro ne mfeɛ apem ntam. Ne fam deɛ, ne mmienu nyinaa yɛ pɛ.
However, my friends, don't forget this one thing: that for the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like a day.
9 Awurade ntwentwɛn ne nan ase wɔ ne bɔ a wahyɛ ho sɛdeɛ ebinom dwene no. Mmom, ɔwɔ mo ho boasetɔ ɛfiri sɛ, ɔmpɛ sɛ wɔbɛsɛe obiara, na mmom, ɔpɛ sɛ obiara sakra firi ne bɔne ho.
The Lord is not delaying the fulfillment of his promise, as some define delay, but he is being very patient with you. He doesn't want anyone to be lost, but everyone to come and repent.
10 Na Awurade da no bɛba sɛ owifoɔ. Ɛda no, ɔsoro bɛbobom na ayera na ewiem nneɛma bɛhye na asɛe na asase ne so nneɛma nyinaa nso bɛda adi.
However, the day of the Lord will come, unexpectedly like a thief. The heavens will explode with a thunderous roar, and the elements will be destroyed as they are burned up. The earth and everything in it will vanish.
11 Sɛ saa ɛkwan yi so na wɔbɛfa asɛe adeɛ nyinaa a, na ɛdeɛn bra na ɛsɛ sɛ wobɔ? Ɛsɛ sɛ mo bra yɛ kronkron na mode mo ho ma Onyankopɔn.
Since everything is going to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people should you be? You should be living lives that are pure, dedicated to God,
12 Monhwɛ saa da no kwan na monyɛ mo nneɛma pɛpɛɛpɛ; saa da a Onyankopɔn bɛto ɔsoro mu ogya na ewiem nneɛma anane na ayera wɔ ogyaframa mu no.
waiting expectantly and being eager for the coming of the day of God. That day the heavens will catch fire and be destroyed, and the elements will melt in the heat.
13 Nanso, yɛtwɛn deɛ Onyankopɔn ahyɛ yɛn ho bɔ no, ɔsoro foforɔ ne asase foforɔ a ɛhɔ na tenenee bɛtena.
But as for us, we are looking for new heavens and a new earth that God has promised where everything is good and right.
14 Enti, anuanom, mogu so retwɛn da no yi, mommɔ mmɔden sɛ mobɛyɛ kronn a mfomsoɔ biara nni mo ho wɔ Onyankopɔn anim na mo ne no atena wɔ asomdwoeɛ mu.
So, my friends, since you're anticipating these things, make sure you'll be found pure and blameless, and at peace with God.
15 Monkae nhunu sɛ Awurade wɔ boasetɔ ɛfiri sɛ ɔpɛ sɛ obiara nya nkwagyeɛ. Ɛno na yɛn nua Paulo nam nyansa a Onyankopɔn de maa no no so twerɛɛ mo no.
Remember that it is our Lord's patience that gives the opportunity for salvation. That's what our dear brother Paul was explaining to you in all his letters with the wisdom given to him by God.
16 Saa ɛkwan korɔ no ara so na ɔfa twerɛɛ ne nkrataa no na saa nsɛm yi ara so nso na ɔgyina twerɛeɛ. Nsɛm bi a ɛyɛ den wɔ ne nkrataa no mu no, wɔn a wɔnnim na wɔnnyɛ den no ntumi nkyerɛ aseɛ yie. Saa ara na wɔyɛ Atwerɛsɛm a aka no de ɔsɛeɛ ba wɔn so.
He spoke about these things, though some of what he wrote is certainly hard to understand. Some ignorant and unbalanced people have twisted what he wrote to their own loss—just as they do other scriptures.
17 Nanso anuanom, mo deɛ monim yei dada. Monwɛn na wɔn a wɔnni mmara so annaadaa mo amfiri beaeɛ pa.
My friends, since you already know this, make sure that these errors of the wicked don't lead you astray, and you don't fall from your firm position.
The World is Destroyed by Water
