2 Piè 3
1 Frè m' yo, sa fè dezyèm lèt m'ap ekri nou. Nan tou de lèt yo mwen te vle fè nou chonje tout bagay sa yo, pou lespri moun ki dwat yo pa dòmi, pou n' te ka gen bon lide nan tèt nou.
This, dear friends, is my second letter to you. In both of them I have tried, by appealing to your remembrance, to arouse your better feelings.
2 Se pou n' toujou chonje sa pwofèt Bondye yo te di nou depi lontan. Toujou chonje kòmandman Seyè ki delivrans nou an. Se kòmandman sa yo apòt yo te moutre nou.
I want you to recall what was foretold by the holy prophets, as well as the command of our Lord and Saviour given to you through your apostles.
3 Anvan tout bagay se pou nou konprann sa byen: lè dènye jou yo va rive, gen moun ki pou parèt ka pral pase bagay Bondye yo anba rizib. Se moun k'ap viv dapre tout vye lanvi yo genyen.
First be assured of this, that, as the age draws to an end, scoffers, led by their own passions,
4 Y'a di: Kote pwomès li te fè nou an? Li pa t' di li t'ap vini? Depi sou tan zansèt nou yo ki mouri, tout bagay rete menm jan yo te ye a lè latè te fèk kreye.
will come and ask scoffingly – “Where is his promised coming? Ever since our ancestors passed to their rest, everything remains just as it was when the world was first created!”
5 Men, moun sa yo, lè y'ap pale konsa, yo fè espre bliye sa ki te rive nan tan lontan: Bondye te pale epi li fè syèl la. Se li ki te fè tè a soti nan dlo a, se li ki te fè dlo a fè tè a.
For they wilfully shut their eyes to the fact that long ago the heavens existed; and the earth, also – formed out of water and by the action of water, by the fiat of God;
6 Se li ki te fè dlo a moute kouvri latè nan tan lontan pou l' te detwi tout bagay.
and that by the same means the world which then existed was destroyed in a deluge of water.
7 Dapre menm pawòl Bondye a, syèl la ak tè a ki la koulye a ap tann dife a. Yo la ap tann jou jijman an, lè tout mechan yo va disparèt.
But the present heavens and earth, by the same fiat, have been reserved for fire, and are being kept for the day of the judgment and destruction of the godless.
8 Men nou menm, frè m' renmen anpil yo, gen yon bagay nou pa dwe janm bliye: Pou Bondye, yon jou se tankou mil (1.000) an, milan se tankou yon jou.
But you, dear friends, must never shut your eyes to the fact that, to the Lord, one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 Seyè a pa pran twòp reta pou kenbe pwomès li yo, jan kèk moun kwè a. Okontrè, se pasyans l'ap pran ak nou, paske li pa ta renmen pesonn peri, li ta vle pou tout moun tounen vin jwenn li.
The Lord is not slow to fulfil his promise, as some count slowness; but he is forbearing with you, as it is not his will that any of you should perish, but that all should be brought to repentance.
10 Men, jou Seyè a ap vini sou nou tankou yon vòlò nan mitan lannwit. Lè sa a, syèl la pral disparèt ak yon gwo gwo bri. Tout bagay pral pran dife, y'ap fonn nèt. Latè ak dènye bagay ki ladan l' va boule, y'ap tounen sann.
The day of the Lord will come like a thief; and on that day the heavens will pass away with a crash, the elements will be burnt up and dissolved, and the earth and all that is in it will be disclosed.
11 Si tout bagay gen pou disparèt konsa, nou pa bezwen mande ki kalite moun nou dwe ye: Se pou nou sèvi Bondye, se pou nou viv pou li ase.
Now, since all these things are in the process of dissolution, think what you yourselves ought to be – what holy and pious lives you ought to lead,
12 Konsa, pandan n'ap tann jou Bondye a, jou ki gen pou rive a, ann fè sa nou kapab pou nou fè l' rive pi vit toujou. Jou sa a, syèl la pral disparèt nan gwo flanm dife. Tout bagay pral fonn nan dife.
while you wait for the coming of the day of God and strive to make it come soon. At its coming the heavens will be dissolved in fire, and the elements melted by heat,
13 Men nou menm, n'ap tann lòt syèl ak lòt tè Bondye te pwomèt la, kote se bagay ki dwat devan Bondye ase k'ap fèt.
but we look for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness will have its home, in fulfilment of the promise of God.
14 Se poutèt sa, frè m' yo, pandan n'ap tann bagay sa yo, ann fè sa nou kapab pou Bondye ka jwenn nou ap viv ak kè poze, san okenn fòt, ni okenn defo.
Therefore, dear friends, in expectation of these things, make every effort to be found by him spotless, blameless, and at peace.
15 Konprann sa byen, se pou nou ka sove kifè Seyè a ap pran tout pasyans sa a ak nou. Se sa menm frè Pòl, bon zanmi nou an, te ekri nou dapre bon konprann Bondye te ba li a.
Regard our Lord’s forbearance as your one hope of salvation. This is what our dear friend Paul wrote to you, with the wisdom that God gave him.
16 Nan tout lèt li yo, li pale nou sou bagay sa yo. Gen kèk pwen ladan yo ki difisil pou konprann. Se konsa, moun iyoran yo ak moun ki fèb nan konfyans Bondye yo ap tòde sans pawòl yo, tankou yo fè l' pou lòt liv yo tou. Men, se sa menm k'ap fin pèdi yo.
It is the same in all his letters, when he speaks in them about these subjects. There are some things in them difficult to understand, which untaught and weak people distort, just as they do all other writings, to their own ruin.
17 Se poutèt sa, frè mwen renmen anpil yo, koulye a nou tou avèti. Pran prekosyon nou pou nou pa kite mechan sa yo trennen nou ale ak manti yo, pou nou pa pèdi pozisyon kote nou kanpe fèm lan.
You must, therefore, dear friends, now that you know this beforehand, be on your guard against being led away by the errors of reckless people, and so lapsing from your present steadfastness;
The Great Flood
