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| [1]This second epistle, my beloved, I now write to you; in [both of] which I stir up your honest mind by admonition: |
[1]Now this, my beloved, the second epistle I write to you; in both of which I awaken to remembrance your fairⓘ mind. |
| [2]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: |
[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]knowing this previously, that there will come in the last days scoffers, who will scoff, walking according to their own lusts; |
[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]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. |
[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]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. |
[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][And], by means of these [waters], the world which then was, [being submerged] again perished in the waters. |
[6]Those [waters] by which the world that then was, again [was covered] with waters, and perished. |
| [7]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. |
[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]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. |
[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]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. |
[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]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. |
[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]As therefore all these things are to be dissolved, what persons ought ye to be, in holy conduct, and in the fear of God, |
[11]As, therefore, all these are to be dissolved, how behoveth it you to be holy in your conversation, |
| [12]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? |
[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]But we, according to his promise, expect new heavens, and a new earth, in which righteousness dwelleth. |
[13]But new heavens and earth, according to his promise, we expect; those wherein righteousness dwelleth. |
| [14]Therefore, my beloved, as ye expect these things, strive that ye may be found by him in peace, without spot and without blemish. |
[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]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; |
[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]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. |
[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]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. |
[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]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.End of the second Epistle of Peter the Legate. |
[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 |