٢ بطرس 3

١ 1 هَذِهِ أَكْتُبُهَا ٱلْآنَ إِلَيْكُمْ رِسَالَةً ثَانِيَةً أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَحِبَّاءُ، فِيهِمَا أُنْهِضُ بِٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ ذِهْنَكُمُ ٱلنَّقِيَّ،

This is now my second letter to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your pure minds by putting you in remembrance.

٢ 2 لِتَذْكُرُوا ٱلْأَقْوَالَ ٱلَّتِي قَالَهَا سَابِقًا ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ ٱلْقِدِّيسُونَ، وَوَصِيَّتَنَا نَحْنُ ٱلرُّسُلَ، وَصِيَّةَ ٱلرَّبِّ وَٱلْمُخَلِّصِ.

I want you to recollect the words that were foretold by the holy prophets, and the command of your Lord and Saviour, given you through your apostles.

٣ 3 عَالِمِينَ هَذَا أَوَّلًا: أَنَّهُ سَيَأْتِي فِي آخِرِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ قَوْمٌ مُسْتَهْزِئُونَ، سَالِكِينَ بِحَسَبِ شَهَوَاتِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ،

Know this first, that mockers will come in the last days, in their mockery, men who walk the way of their own lusts

٤ 4 وَقَائِلِينَ: «أَيْنَ هُوَ مَوْعِدُ مَجِيئِهِ؟ لِأَنَّهُ مِنْ حِينَ رَقَدَ ٱلْآبَاءُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ بَاقٍ هَكَذَا مِنْ بَدْءِ ٱلْخَلِيقَةِ».

and say, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the day that our fathers fell asleep everything continues as it was from the beginning of the creation."

٥ 5 لِأَنَّ هَذَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِمْ بِإِرَادَتِهِمْ: أَنَّ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ كَانَتْ مُنْذُ ٱلْقَدِيمِ، وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِكَلِمَةِ ٱللهِ قَائِمَةٌ مِنَ ٱلْمَاءِ وَبِٱلْمَاءِ،

For they willingly ignore the fact that there were heaven, from of old, and an earth formed out of water and through water, by the word of God;

٦ 6 ٱللَّوَاتِي بِهِنَّ ٱلْعَالَمُ ٱلْكَائِنُ حِينَئِذٍ فَاضَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْمَاءُ فَهَلَكَ.

and that by the same means the world which then existed was destroyed by a deluge of water.

٧ 7 وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ ٱلْكَائِنَةُ ٱلْآنَ، فَهِيَ مَخْزُونَةٌ بِتِلْكَ ٱلْكَلِمَةِ عَيْنِهَا، مَحْفُوظَةً لِلنَّارِ إِلَى يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ وَهَلَاكِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٱلْفُجَّارِ.

But the heavens and earth that now are, by the same word of God, have been reserved for fire, and are being kept for the Day of Judgment, and for the destruction of ungodly men.

٨ 8 وَلَكِنْ لَا يَخْفَ عَلَيْكُمْ هَذَا ٱلشَّيْءُ ٱلْوَاحِدُ أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَحِبَّاءُ: أَنَّ يَوْمًا وَاحِدًا عِنْدَ ٱلرَّبِّ كَأَلْفِ سَنَةٍ، وَأَلْفَ سَنَةٍ كَيَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ.

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.

٩ 9 لَا يَتَبَاطَأُ ٱلرَّبُّ عَنْ وَعْدِهِ كَمَا يَحْسِبُ قَوْمٌ ٱلتَّبَاطُؤَ، لَكِنَّهُ يَتَأَنَّى عَلَيْنَا، وَهُوَ لَا يَشَاءُ أَنْ يَهْلِكَ أُنَاسٌ، بَلْ أَنْ يُقْبِلَ ٱلْجَمِيعُ إِلَى ٱلتَّوْبَةِ.

The Lord does not loiter over his promise, as some men esteem loitering; but he is longsuffering toward you, not purposing that any should perish, but that all should pass on to repentance.

١٠ 10 وَلَكِنْ سَيَأْتِي كَلِصٍّ فِي ٱللَّيْلِ، يَوْمُ ٱلرَّبِّ، ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ تَزُولُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ بِضَجِيجٍ، وَتَنْحَلُّ ٱلْعَنَاصِرُ مُحْتَرِقَةً، وَتَحْتَرِقُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْمَصْنُوعَاتُ ٱلَّتِي فِيهَا.

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief; and on that Day the heavens will vanish with a crash, the heavenly bodies will melt with fervent heat, and the earth and all its works will be burned up.

١١ 11 فَبِمَا أَنَّ هَذِهِ كُلَّهَا تَنْحَلُّ، أَيَّ أُنَاسٍ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَكُونُوا أَنْتُمْ فِي سِيرَةٍ مُقَدَّسَةٍ وَتَقْوَى؟

Now since all things are in the process of dissolution, what kind of men ought you to be, in all holy living and piety;

١٢ 12 مُنْتَظِرِينَ وَطَالِبِينَ سُرْعَةَ مَجِيءِ يَوْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ، ٱلَّذِي بِهِ تَنْحَلُّ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ مُلْتَهِبَةً، وَٱلْعَنَاصِرُ مُحْتَرِقَةً تَذُوبُ.

while you look for and hasten the coming of the Day of God. At its coming the heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt with fervent heat.

١٣ 13 وَلَكِنَّنَا بِحَسَبِ وَعْدِهِ نَنْتَظِرُ سَمَاوَاتٍ جَدِيدَةً، وَأَرْضًا جَدِيدَةً، يَسْكُنُ فِيهَا ٱلْبِرُّ.

But according to his promise, we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness makes her dwelling.

١٤ 14 لِذَلِكَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَحِبَّاءُ، إِذْ أَنْتُمْ مُنْتَظِرُونَ هَذِهِ، ٱجْتَهِدُوا لِتُوجَدُوا عِنْدَهُ بِلَا دَنَسٍ وَلَا عَيْبٍ، فِي سَلَامٍ.

And so, beloved, since you are looking for these things, continually give diligence that you may be found in peace, unspotted and blameless in his sight.

١٥ 15 وَٱحْسِبُوا أَنَاةَ رَبِّنَا خَلَاصًا، كَمَا كَتَبَ إِلَيْكُمْ أَخُونَا ٱلْحَبِيبُ بُولُسُ أَيْضًا بِحَسَبِ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ ٱلْمُعْطَاةِ لَهُ،

Regard our Lord’s longsuffering as salvation; even as our dear brother Paul also wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him.

١٦ 16 كَمَا فِي ٱلرَّسَائِلِ كُلِّهَا أَيْضًا، مُتَكَلِّمًا فِيهَا عَنْ هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ، ٱلَّتِي فِيهَا أَشْيَاءُ عَسِرَةُ ٱلْفَهْمِ، يُحَرِّفُهَا غَيْرُ ٱلْعُلَمَاءِ وَغَيْرُ ٱلثَّابِتِينَ، كَبَاقِي ٱلْكُتُبِ أَيْضًا، لِهَلَاكِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ.

It is the same in all his letters when he speaks of these things. There are indeed some things in his letters hard to understand, which the ignorant and the shifty wrest, as also they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

١٧ 17 فَأَنْتُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَحِبَّاءُ، إِذْ قَدْ سَبَقْتُمْ فَعَرَفْتُمُ، ٱحْتَرِسُوا مِنْ أَنْ تَنْقَادُوا بِضَلَالِ ٱلْأَرْدِيَاءِ، فَتَسْقُطُوا مِنْ ثَبَاتِكُمْ.

Do you therefore, beloved, because you know these things beforehand, be on your guard lest you be led astray by the error of the wicked, and so fall from your own stedfastness.

١٨ 18 وَلَكِنِ ٱنْمُوا فِي ٱلنِّعْمَةِ وَفِي مَعْرِفَةِ رَبِّنَا وَمُخَلِّصِنَا يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ. لَهُ ٱلْمَجْدُ ٱلْآنَ وَإِلَى يَوْمِ ٱلدَّهْرِ. آمِينَ. (aiōn g165)

But grow continually in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and unto the Day of Eternity, Amen. (aiōn g165)

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