2 Piè 2
1 Malgre sa, te gen kèk fo pwofèt nan mitan pèp Bondye a nan tan lontan. Konsa tou, va gen kèk direktè nan mitan nou k'ap bay manti. Yo pral vin ak yon bann bèl pawòl ki pa vre pou yo seye pèdi nou. Y'ap vire do bay Mèt la ki te delivre yo. Y'ap rale yon chatiman sou tèt yo k'ap detwi yo lapoula.
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will privately bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 Anpil moun pral swiv yo nan sa y'ap fè ki mal yo. Konsa, y'ap lakòz moun pale chemen laverite a mal.
And many will follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth will be evil spoken of.
3 Nan kouri dèyè lajan, yo pral esplwate nou ak yon bann manti. Men, depi lontan moun sa yo deja jije, nanpwen chape pou yo.
And through covetousness they will with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
4 Bondye pa t' fè pa zanj ki te fè peche yo. Li te voye yo jete nan lanfè, li lage yo nan gwo twou kote ki fènwa anpil la, l'ap kenbe yo la pou yo tann jou jijman an. (Tartaroō g5020)
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of darkness, to be reserved to judgment; (Tartaroō g5020)
5 Bondye pa t' fè pa moun nan tan lontan yo. Men, li te delivre Noe, yon nonm ki te mache dwat devan li, ansanm ak sèt lòt moun lè li te voye gwo inondasyon an sou mechan yo.
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth [person], a preacher of righteousness, bringing the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
6 Li te kondannen lavil Sodòm ak lavil Gomò pou yo te disparèt, li fè yo tounen sann, pou sa te sèvi yon egzanp pou tout mechan ki gen pou vini apre yo.
And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned [them] with an overthrow, making [them] an example to those that afterwards should live ungodly lives.
7 Men, li te delivre Lòt, yon nonm dwat ki te pran lapenn lè l' te wè move bagay mechan yo t'ap fè.
And delivered just Lot, grieved with the habitual lewdness of the wicked:
8 Paske, nonm dwat sa a ki t'ap viv nan mitan yo a, lè li te wè, lè li te tande tout bagay mal moun sa yo t'ap fè, se chak jou li santi kè l' t'ap fann, paske li t'ap viv dwat devan Bondye.
(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, grieved [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] unlawful deeds; )
9 Konsa, Bondye konnen ki jan pou l' delivre moun k'ap sèvi l' yo nan mitan eprèv. Men, li kite mechan yo pou l' ka peni yo jou jijman an,
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished:
10 sitou moun k'ap viv pou lachè ak tout egzijans li yo, moun k'ap meprize otorite Bondye a. Moun sa yo gen je chèch konsa, yo awogan. Yo pa menm pè pale pouvwa yo ki nan syèl la mal.
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous [are they], self-willed; they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
11 Menm zanj yo ki gen plis fòs ak plis pouvwa pase moun sa yo pa pote move akizasyon kont pouvwa ki nan syèl yo devan Bondye.
Whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
12 Mesye sa yo menm, yo tankou bèt ki san konprann, k'ap viv dapre ensten yo epi ki la sou latè pou moun kenbe touye. Yo pale mal sou bagay yo pa konnen, yo gen pou yo peri menm jan ak bèt.
But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption:
13 Yo gen pou yo soufri pou tou sa yo te fè moun soufri. Yo pran plezi fè debòch gwo lajounen. Se yon wont, se yon eskandal lè moun sa yo k'ap pran plezi yo nan fè sa ki mal chita sou menm tab ak nou lè n'ap fè fèt.
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, [as] they that count it pleasure to riot in the day-time. Spots [they are] and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
14 Je yo kale sou tout fanm. Se tout tan y'ap fè peche. Yo pran tèt moun ki fèb yo nan pèlen. Nanpwen moun renmen lajan tankou yo. Se moun ki anba madichon.
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: they have a heart exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
15 Yo kite chemen ki dwat la, yo pèdi wout yo nèt. Yo pran swiv chemen Balaram, pitit Bozò a, ki te fè sa ki mal poutèt lajan.
Who have forsaken the right way, and gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
16 Men, yo te kouri dèyè l' pou mechanste li a: yon bourik ki pa menm gen lapawòl te pale avè l' tankou yon moun. Se sa ki te fè pwofèt la sispann aji tankou moun fou.
But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice, forbad the madness of the prophet.
17 Moun sa yo tankou sous dlo ki cheche, tankou nway gwo van ap pote ale. Kote ki fènwa anpil la ap pare tann yo tou.
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. (questioned)
18 Y'ap pale ak awogans pawòl ki pa gen sans. Avèk lavi lib y'ap mennen pou satisfè lachè a, y'ap pran tèt moun ki fèk ap chape nan mitan moun k'ap viv nan manti yo.
For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness, those that had quite escaped from them who live in error.
19 Yo pwomèt y'ap ba yo libète. Men, yo menm se esklav movèz vi a yo ye. Paske, yon moun esklav tout bagay ki donminen sou li.
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for by whom a man is overcome, by the same is he brought into bondage.
20 Moun ki rive konnen Jezikri tankou Seyè ak Sovè li, li fin chape anba tout vye bagay mal ki nan lemonn. Si apre sa, li tounen mele ladan yo ankò, si l' kite bagay sa yo pran pye sou li ankò, l'ap pi mal pou li pase jan l' te ye anvan an.
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
21 Sa ta pi bon pou li si l' pa t' janm konnen chemen dwat la, pase pou, lè li fin konnen l' lan, li vire do bay kòmandman li te resevwa nan men Bondye a.
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known [it], to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.
22 Sa ki rive yo a moutre sa pwovèb la di a se vre: Chen an tounen vin manje sa li te vonmi an. Lave manman kochon, li al woule nan labou ankò.
But it hath happened to them according to the true proverb, The dog [is] turned to his own vomit again; and, The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.
