2 Peter 3
1 Olùfẹ́, èyí ni ìwé kejì tí mo ń kọ sí yín, nínú méjèèjì náà ni èmi ń ru èrò inú yín sókè nípa rírán yín létí;
This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you;
2 kí ẹ̀yin lè máa rántí ọ̀rọ̀ tí a ti ẹnu àwọn wòlíì mímọ́ sọ ṣáájú, àti òfin Olúwa àti Olùgbàlà wa láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn aposteli yín.
that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles:
3 Kí ẹ kọ́ mọ èyí pé, nígbà ọjọ́ ìkẹyìn, àwọn ẹlẹ́gàn yóò dé pẹ̀lú ẹ̀gàn wọn. Wọn ó máa rìn nípa ìfẹ́ ara wọn.
knowing this first, that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking and walking after their own lusts,
4 Wọn ó sì máa wí pé, “Níbo ni ìlérí wíwà rẹ̀ gbé wà? Láti ìgbà tí àwọn baba ti sùn, ohun gbogbo ń lọ bí wọ́n ti wà rí láti ìgbà ọjọ́ yìí wá.”
and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation."
5 Nítorí èyí ni wọ́n mọ̀ ọ́n mọ̀ ṣe àìfẹ́ ẹ́ mọ̀ pé nípa ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run ni àwọn ọ̀run ti wà láti ìgbà àtijọ́ àti tí ilẹ̀ yọrí jáde nínú omi, tí ó sì dúró nínú omi.
For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;
6 Nípa èyí tí omi bo ayé tí ó wà nígbà náà tí ó sì ṣègbé.
by which means the world that then was, being deluged with water, was destroyed.
7 Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ọ̀run àti ayé, tí ó ń bẹ nísinsin yìí, nípa ọ̀rọ̀ kan náà ni ó ti tò jọ bí ìṣúra fún iná, a pa wọ́n mọ́ de ọjọ́ ìdájọ́ àti ìparun àwọn aláìwà-bí-Ọlọ́run.
But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly people.
8 Ṣùgbọ́n, olùfẹ́, ẹ má ṣe gbàgbé ohun kan yìí, pé ọjọ́ kan lọ́dọ̀ Olúwa bí ẹgbẹ̀rún ọdún ni ó rí, àti ẹgbẹ̀rún ọdún bí ọjọ́ kan.
But do not forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 Olúwa kò fi ìlérí rẹ̀ jáfara, bí àwọn ẹlòmíràn ti ka ìjáfara sí; ṣùgbọ́n ó ń mú sùúrù fún yín nítorí kò fẹ́ kí ẹnikẹ́ni ṣègbé, bí kò ṣe kí gbogbo ènìyàn wá sí ìrònúpìwàdà.
The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 Ṣùgbọ́n ọjọ́ Olúwa ń bọ̀ wá bí olè ní òru; nínú èyí tí àwọn ọ̀run yóò kọjá lọ pẹ̀lú ariwo ńlá, àti àwọn ìmọ́lẹ̀ ojú ọ̀run yóò sì ti inú ooru gbígbóná gidigidi di yíyọ́, ayé àti àwọn iṣẹ́ tí ó wà nínú rẹ̀ yóò sì jóná túútúú.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works on it will not be found.
11 Ǹjẹ́ bí gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí yóò ti yọ́ bẹ́ẹ̀, irú ènìyàn wo ni ẹ̀yin ìbá jẹ́ nínú ìwà mímọ́ gbogbo àti ìwà-bí-Ọlọ́run.
Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,
12 Kí ẹ máa retí, kí ẹ sì máa múra gírí de dídé ọjọ́ Ọlọ́run, nítorí èyí tí àwọn ọ̀run yóò gbiná, tí wọn yóò di yíyọ́, tí àwọn ìmọ́lẹ̀ rẹ̀ yóò sì ti inú ooru gbígbóná gidigidi di yíyọ́.
looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
13 Ṣùgbọ́n gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìlérí rẹ̀, àwa ń retí àwọn ọ̀run tuntun àti ayé títún nínú èyí tí òdodo ń gbé.
But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
14 Nítorí náà, olùfẹ́, bí ẹ̀yin ti ń retí irú nǹkan wọ̀nyí, ẹ múra gírí, kí a lè bá yín ní àlàáfíà ní àìlábàwọ́n, àti ní àìlábùkù lójú rẹ̀.
Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without blemish and blameless in his sight.
15 Kí ẹ sì máa kà á sí pé, sùúrù Olúwa wa ìgbàlà ni; bí Paulu pẹ̀lú arákùnrin wa olùfẹ́, ti kọ̀wé sí yín gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọgbọ́n tí a fi fún un.
Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;
16 Bí ó tí ń sọ̀rọ̀ nǹkan wọ̀nyí pẹ̀lú nínú ìwé rẹ̀ gbogbo nínú èyí ti ohun mìíràn sọ̀rọ̀ láti yé ni gbé wà, èyí ti àwọn òpè àti àwọn aláìdúró níbìkan ń lo, bí wọ́n ti ń lo ìwé mímọ́ ìyókù, sí ìparun ara wọn.
as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
17 Nítorí náà ẹ̀yin olùfẹ́, bí ẹ̀yin ti mọ nǹkan wọ̀nyí tẹ́lẹ̀, ẹ máa kíyèsára, kí a má ba à fi ìṣìnà àwọn ènìyàn búburú fà yín lọ, kí ẹ sì ṣubú kúrò ní ìdúró ṣinṣin yín.
You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.
The Great Flood
