2 Peter 2
1 But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
Ka naʻe ai foki ʻae kau palōfita loi ʻi he kakai, ʻo hangē ʻe ʻiate kimoutolu ʻae kau akonaki loi, ʻakinautolu ʻe ʻomi fakafufū ʻae ngaahi hē fakamalaʻia, ʻo fakafisiʻi ʻae ʻEiki naʻa ne fakatauʻakinautolu, ʻo ʻomi ai kiate kinautolu ʻae fakaʻauha fakatoʻotoʻo.
2 Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.
Pea ʻe muimui ʻae tokolahi ki honau hala fakamalaʻia; pea ko e meʻa ʻiate kinautolu ʻe lauʻikoviʻi ai ʻae hala ʻoe moʻoni.
3 In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.
Pea ko e meʻa ʻi he manumanu tenau meʻa fakatauʻaki ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ngaahi lea kākā: ko honau tautea kuo tala fuoloa ʻoku ʻikai fakatuai, pea ko ʻenau malaʻia ʻoku ʻikai tulemohe.
4 For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness to be reserved for judgment; (Tartaroō g5020)
He kapau naʻe ʻikai mamae ʻae ʻOtua ki he kau ʻāngelo naʻe angahala, ka naʻe lī hifo ʻakinautolu ki heli, ʻo tuku ki he ngaahi haʻihaʻi ʻoe fakapoʻuli, ke tatali ki he fakamaau; (Tartaroō g5020)
5 and didn’t spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly,
Pea naʻe ʻikai te ne mamae ki he maama motuʻa, ka naʻe fakamoʻui ʻa Noa, ʻaia naʻa ne malangaʻaki ʻae māʻoniʻoni, mo e toko fitu, ʻo ne ʻomi ʻae lōmaki ki he maama ʻoe kakai angahala;
6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live in an ungodly way,
ʻO ne tuku ʻae ongo kolo ko Sotoma mo Komola ki he fakaʻauha, ʻo ne liliu ia ko e efuefu, pea ne ngaohi ia ko e fakaʻilonga kiate kinautolu ʻe moʻui fai angahala ki mui;
7 and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked
ʻO ne fakamoʻui ʻa Lote angatonu, ʻaia naʻe mamahi ʻi he ʻulungāanga fakalielia ʻae kau angahala:
8 (for that righteous man dwelling among them was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds),
(He naʻe nofo ʻae tangata māʻoniʻoni ko ia ʻiate kinautolu, pea ʻi heʻene mamata mo fanongo, naʻe fakamamahi ʻa hono laumālie māʻoniʻoni, ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē, ʻaki ʻenau ngaahi faianga taʻetotonu; )
9 then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,
ʻOku ʻilo ʻe he ʻEiki ke fakamoʻui ʻae kakai angafakaʻotua mei he ngaahi ʻahiʻahi, pea ke tuku ʻae taʻeangatonu ki he ʻaho ʻoe fakamaau ke tautea:
10 but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries,
Ka ʻe lahi kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻaʻeva ʻo fakatatau ki he kakano ʻi he holi fakalielia, pea nau manukiʻi ʻae pule. Ko e kau angamālohi, mo e kau angafefeka, ʻoku ʻikai te nau manavahē ke lauʻikovi ʻae kau pule.
11 whereas angels, though greater in might and power, don’t bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord.
Ka ko e kau ʻāngelo, ʻoku nau lahi hake ʻi he mālohi mo e mafai, ʻoku ʻikai te nau lauʻikovi ʻakinautolu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻEiki.
12 But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,
Ka ko kinautolu ni ʻoku fakakakano, ʻo hangē ko e fanga manu taʻeloto, kuo ngaohi ke moʻua mo fakaʻauha, ʻoku nau lea kovi ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻiloʻi; pea ʻe ʻauha ʻaupito ʻakinautolu ʻi heʻenau kovi ʻanautolu;
13 receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and defects, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;
Pea te nau maʻu ʻae totongi ʻoe taʻemāʻoniʻoni; ʻakinautolu ʻoku pehē ko e meʻa mālie ke fai kovi ʻoku kei ʻaho. Ko e ngaahi ʻila mo e ngaahi mele [ʻakinautolu], ʻoku nau vaʻinga ʻaki ʻa honau kākaaʻi lolotonga ʻenau kātoanga pe mo kimoutolu;
14 having eyes full of adultery, and who can’t cease from sin, enticing unsettled souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children!
Ko honau mata ʻoku fonu ʻi he tono fefine, pea ʻoku ʻikai faʻa tuku ʻae angahala; ʻoku nau tauhele ʻae kau laumālie taʻemaau: ʻoku ʻiate kinautolu ʻae loto kuo poto ʻi he ngaahi ngāue manumanu; ko e fānau malaʻia:
15 Forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;
Kuo nau siʻaki ʻae hala totonu, pea ʻalu hēhē, ʻo muimui ʻi he hala ʻo Pelami ko e foha ʻo Posoa, ʻaia naʻa ne manako ki he totongi ʻoe taʻemāʻoniʻoni:
16 but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A speechless donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.
Ka naʻe valoki ia ʻi heʻene angahala ʻi he lea ʻae ʻasi noa ʻaki ʻae leʻo ʻoe tangata, ʻo ne taʻofi ki he vale ʻae palōfita.
17 These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever. (questioned)
Ko e ngaahi luo taʻeaihavai ʻakinautolu ni, ko e ngaahi ʻao ʻoku vilingia ʻe he afā; ʻakinautolu kuo tuku tolonga ki ai ʻae ʻuliʻuli ʻoe fakapoʻuli taʻengata. (questioned)
18 For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;
Koeʻuhi ʻoka nau ka lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea fakafuofuolahi ʻoe loi, ʻoku nau tauhele ʻi he ngaahi holi fakakakano, mo e anga fakalielia, ʻakinautolu naʻe hao moʻoni meiate kinautolu ʻoku moʻui hēhē pe.
19 promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.
Lolotonga ʻenau fakaʻilo kiate kinautolu ʻae tauʻatāina, kae ta ʻoku nau pōpula ʻakinautolu ki he fakalielia: he ko ia kuo ikuna ai ʻae tangata ko ia kuo ne fakapōpula ai.
20 For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
He kapau ko eni, kuo hili ʻenau hao mei he ngaahi ʻuli ʻo māmani ʻi he ʻiloʻi ʻae ʻEiki mo e Fakamoʻui ko Sisu Kalaisi, ʻe toe fihituʻu ai, mo ikuna ʻakinautolu, pea ʻe kovi lahi ʻae ngataʻanga kiate kinautolu ʻi he kamataʻanga.
21 For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
He ko e meʻa ʻe lelei kiate kinautolu ʻoka ne ʻikai te nau ʻilo ʻae hala ʻoe māʻoniʻoni, ka ʻi heʻenau ʻilo ia, pea toe tafoki mei he fekau māʻoniʻoni naʻe tuku kiate kinautolu.
22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, “The dog turns to his own vomit again,” and “the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire.”
Ka kuo hoko kiate kinautolu ʻo hangē ko e fakatātā moʻoni, “Kuo toe foki ʻae kulī ki heʻene lua ʻaʻana;” mo e “Sinamanu naʻe kaukau ki heʻene fetafokifokiaki ʻi he pelepela.”
