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| [1]Ταύτην ἤδη, ἀγαπητοί, δευτέραν ὑμῖν γράφω ἐπιστολήν, ἐν αἷς διεγείρω ὑμῶν ἐν ὑπομνήσει τὴν εἰλικρινῆ διάνοιαν, |
[1]Now this, my beloved, the second epistle I write to you; in both of which I awaken to remembrance your fairⓘ mind. |
| [2]μνησθῆναι τῶν προειρημένων ῥημάτων ὑπὸ τῶν ἁγίων προφητῶν καὶ τῆς τῶν ἀποστόλων ὑμῶν ἐντολῆς τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ σωτῆρος, |
[2]That you may remember the words which were before spoken by the holy prophets, and the commandments of our Lord and our Saviour [delivered] by the apostles. |
| [3]τοῦτο πρῶτον γινώσκοντες, ὅτι ἐλεύσονται ἐπ᾿ ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν ἐμπαῖκται, κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας ἐπιθυμίας αὐτῶν πορευόμενοι |
[3]This first know you, that there will come in the last of the days deriders who will deride, as after their own lusts they walk, |
| [4]καὶ λέγοντες· ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ; ἀφ᾿ ἧς γὰρ οἱ πατέρες ἐκοιμήθησαν, πάντα οὕτω διαμένει ἀπ᾿ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως. |
[4]And saying, Where is the promise of his advent? for, since our fathers have slept, every thing [abideth] as from the beginning of the creation. |
| [5]λανθάνει γὰρ αὐτοὺς τοῦτο θέλοντας ὅτι οὐρανοὶ ἦσαν ἔκπαλαι καὶ γῆ ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ δι᾿ ὕδατος συνεστῶσα τῷ τοῦ Θεοῦ λόγῳ, |
[5]Unknown to them is this while they are willing, that the heaven was from of old, and the earth from the waters and through the watersⓘ subsisted, by the word of Aloha: |
| [6]δι᾿ ὧν ὁ τότε κόσμος ὕδατι κατακλυσθεὶς ἀπώλετο· |
[6]Those [waters] by which the world that then was, again [was covered] with waters, and perished. |
| [7]οἱ δὲ νῦν οὐρανοὶ καὶ ἡ γῆ τῷ αὐτοῦ λόγῳ τεθησαυρισμένοι εἰσὶ πυρὶ τηρούμενοι εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως καὶ ἀπωλείας τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἀνθρώπων. |
[7]But the heaven which is now, and the earth, by his own word are set, being reserved unto fire, unto the day of judgment and the perdition of wicked men. |
| [8]῝Εν δὲ τοῦτο μὴ λανθανέτω ὑμᾶς, ἀγαπητοί, ὅτι μία ἡμέρα παρὰ Κυρίῳ ὡς χίλια ἔτη, καὶ χίλια ἔτη ὡς ἡμέρα μία. |
[8]But this one [truth] be not ignorant of, my beloved, That one day with the Lord [is] as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. |
| [9]οὐ βραδύνει ὁ Κύριος τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, ὥς τινες βραδυτῆτα ἡγοῦνται, ἀλλὰ μακροθυμεῖ εἰς ἡμᾶς, μὴ βουλόμενός τινας ἀπολέσθαι, ἀλλὰ πάντας εἰς μετάνοιαν χωρῆσαι. |
[9]Not dilatory is the Lord in his promises, as some consider delay; but is patient on your account, not willing that any man should perish, but [that] every man to repentance should come. |
| [10]῞Ηξει δὲ ἡ ἡμέρα Κυρίου ὡς κλέπτης ἐν νυκτί, ἐν ᾗ οὐρανοὶ ῥοιζηδὸν παρελεύσονται, στοιχεῖα δὲ καυσούμενα λυθήσονται, καὶ γῆ καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα κατακαήσεται. |
[10]But the day of the Lord cometh as a thief: that [day] in which the heavens suddenlyⓘ shall pass away, but the elements burning be dissolved, and the earth and the works that are in it be found not. |
| [11]Τούτων οὖν πάντων λυομένων ποταποὺς δεῖ ὑπάρχειν ὑμᾶς ἐν ἁγίαις ἀναστροφαῖς καὶ εὐσεβείαις, |
[11]As, therefore, all these are to be dissolved, how behoveth it you to be holy in your conversation, |
| [12]προσδοκῶντας καὶ σπεύδοντας τὴν παρουσίαν τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμέρας, δι᾿ ἣν οὐρανοὶ πυρούμενοι λυθήσονται καὶ στοιχεῖα καυσούμενα τήκεται! |
[12]And in the fear of Aloha; expecting and desiring the coming of the day of Aloha; that [day] in which the heavens, tried with fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements burning shall melt? |
| [13]καινοὺς δὲ οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν καινὴν κατὰ τὸ ἐπάγγελμα αὐτοῦ προσδοκῶμεν, ἐν οἷς δικαιοσύνη κατοικεῖ. |
[13]But new heavens and earth, according to his promise, we expect; those wherein righteousness dwelleth. |
| [14]Διό, ἀγαπητοί, ταῦτα προσδοκῶντες σπουδάσατε ἄσπιλοι καὶ ἀμώμητοι αὐτῷ εὑρεθῆναι ἐν εἰρήνῃ, |
[14]Wherefore, my beloved, while these you expect, be diligent, that, without blemish and without spot, of Him you may be found in peace. |
| [15]καὶ τὴν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν μακροθυμίαν σωτηρίαν ἡγεῖσθε, καθὼς καὶ ὁ ἀγαπητὸς ἡμῶν ἀδελφὸς Παῦλος κατὰ τὴν αὐτῷ δοθεῖσαν σοφίαν ἔγραψεν ὑμῖν, |
[15]And the long-suffering of the Lord consider [to be for] salvation; as also our beloved brother Paulos according to the wisdom which hath been given to him hath written to you. |
| [16]ὡς καὶ ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ἐπιστολαῖς λαλῶν ἐν αὐταῖς περὶ τούτων, ἐν οἷς ἐστι δυσνόητά τινα, ἃ οἱ ἀμαθεῖς καὶ ἀστήρικτοι στρεβλοῦσιν ὡς καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς γραφὰς πρὸς τὴν ἰδίαν αὐτῶν ἀπώλειαν. |
[16]As in all his epistles he speaks concerning these; in which there is somewhat difficult for intelligence. Those who are not knowing nor settled pervert them, as also the remaining scriptures, to their perdition. |
| [17]῾Υμεῖς οὖν, ἀγαπητοί, προγινώσκοντες φυλάσσεσθε, ἵνα μὴ τῇ τῶν ἀθέσμων πλάνῃ συναπαχθέντες ἐκπέσητε τοῦ ἰδίου στηριγμοῦ, |
[17]You therefore, my beloved, knowing this before, keep yourselves, lest, going after the error of those who are lawless, you fall from your support. |
| [18]αὐξάνετε δὲ ἐν χάριτι καὶ γνώσει τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν καὶ σωτῆρος ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ. αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα καὶ νῦν καὶ εἰς ἡμέραν αἰῶνος· ἀμήν. |
[18]But increase in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and our Saviour Jeshu Meshiha, and [of] Aloha the Father, Whose be glory both now, and in all time, and to the days eternal. Amen.
Finished is the Second Epistle of Petros the apostle |