2 Peter 3
1 Bakundi bama, wawu nkanda wummuadi ndieka kulusonikina. Mu wowo wutheti ayi mu wawu ndintomba kotula diela dieno divedila mu kulutebula moyo mu mambu mama
This second epistle, my beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your sincere mind in remembrance,
2 muingi lutebukila moyo mambu momo matubu thama kuidi mimbikudi minlongo ayi lutebukila moyo lutumunu lu Pfumu ayi Mvulusi eto, lolo baluvana kuidi mimvuala mieno.
that ye may be mindful of the words formerly spoken by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: knowing this first,
3 Muaki lufueti zaba ti mu bilumbu bi tsuka minsekinini miela kuiza, miela diatila mu mvuezolo boso buididi zitsatu ziawu. Miela tuba
that there will come in the last days scoffers,
4 “A kuevi kuidi tsila yi ndizulu andi bila tona bakulu bafua bima bioso bidi vana vawu; vana thonono yi ntoto.”
walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the declaration of his coming? for except that the fathers are fallen asleep, all things remain as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 Bila batidi zimbakala mu luzolo diambu diadi: mu thama Nzambi wuvangila diyilu ayi ntoto mu Mambu mandi; ntoto beni wutotukila mu nlangu ayi wuvangulu mu nlangu.
For they are willingly ignorant of this, that by the Word of God the heavens were made of old, and the earth too from the water, and subsisting on the water.
6 Ntoto wu thangu yina wubungu mu thangu nlangu wudiamisa ntoto beni.
Whence the old world being drowned in water perished.
7 Vayi diyilu ayi ntoto bi thangu yayi bilembo lundu kuidi mambu mandi muingi biba yekolo ku mbazu. Bilembo lundu mu diambu di lumbu ki tsambusu ayi lumbu ki bunga batu bankambu kinzikanga Nzambi.
But the heavens and the earth, that now are, by the same Word are kept in store, reserved unto fire on the day of judgement and destruction of ungodly men.
8 Vayi baki luzolo bama, lubika zimbakana diambu diadi: kuidi Pfumu lumbu kimosi kidi banga mili di mimvu ayi mili di mivmu midi banga lumbu kimosi.
But, beloved; be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 Pfumu kalendi zingila ko mu dedikisa tsilulu andi banga bueta yindudila batu bankaka. Vayi wulembo kuluvibidila bila kakadi zola ti wumosi kabungana. Vayi wuntomba ti baboso babalula mavanga.
The Lord is not slow as to his promise (as some count it slowness) but is long-suffering towards us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 Muaki lumbu ki Pfumu kiela kuiza banga muivi ayi mu lumbu kina diyilu diela zimbala mu biyoko bingolo ayi bima bi diyilu biela siuta mu mbazu; ntoto ayi mavanga madi muawu mela tumbu zinisu.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements being set on fire shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works therein shall be burnt up.
11 Bu didi ti bima bioso bifueti suita, buna phila batu mbi lufueti ba e? Lufueti ba batu ba khadulu yinlongo ayi beti kinzikanga Nzambi
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness,
12 bu lulembo vingila lumbu ki Nzambi ayi bu lulembo tudi nsualu muingi kivika fuana. Mu lumbu kina diyilu diodi dilema mbazu diela suita ayi bima bi diyilu biela suita mu mbazu.
expecting and hastening on the coming of the day of God, whereby the heavens being set on fire shall be dissolved, and the burning elements shall be melted.
13 Vayi banga buididi tsilꞌandi, beto tulembo vingila diyilu dimona ayi ntoto wumona; kuna kuidi busonga.
But we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwelleth.
14 Diawu bakiluzolo bama, bu lumvingilanga mambu momo buna bika lunuana muingi kalubata mu ndembama batu bakambulu ditona ayi tsembolo va ntualꞌandi.
Wherefore, beloved, seeing ye expect these things, give diligence to be found of Him in peace, spotless and blameless;
15 Lufueti sudika bumbote ti mvibudulu yi Pfumu yawu luvulusu lu batu banga bu lusonikina Polo, khombꞌeto wu luzolo, boso buididi nzayilu yoyo bamvana.
and account the long-suffering of our Lord salvation, as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, hath written unto you;
16 Wuvanga buawu mu minkanda miandi mioso momo kayolukila mambu momo. Muaki, bukiedika, bitina binkaka phasi bidi mu sudika; biawu biobi bakambulu diela ayi bakambulu bakinda bumbote balembo balula tsundu banga bu beti vangila mu masonoko mankaka mu diambu di mbivusu yawu veka.
as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things: in which are some things hard to be understood, which the illiterate and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.
17 Diawu, beno bakiluzolo, lukizabidila mambu mama. Lukeba tala bu luvitumunu mu nzimbala yi batu bambimbi, luedi lebakana mu kinda kueno kuidi yeno.
Do ye therefore, beloved, as ye know these things before, take heed least being seduced together with them by the error of the wicked, ye should fall from your own stedfastness.
The Great Flood
