Petri Ii 2
1 Fuerunt vero et pseudoprophetæ in populo, sicut et in vobis erunt magistri mendaces, qui introducent sectas perditionis, et eum, qui emit eos, Dominum negant: superducentes sibi celerem perditionem.
But there arose false prophets also among the people, as there will be false teachers among you also, who will stealthily bring in destructive factions, even denying the Lord that bought them; bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
2 Et multi sequentur eorum luxurias, per quos via veritatis blasphemabitur:
And many will follow their dissolute ways, by reason of whom the way of truth will be evil spoken of;
3 et in avaritia fictis verbis de vobis negotiabuntur: quibus iudicium iam olim non cessat: et perditio eorum non dormitat.
and in covetousness will they with feigned words make merchandise of you; for whom the judgment long ago ordained lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.
4 Si enim Deus angelis peccantibus non pepercit, sed rudentibus inferni detractos in Tartarum tradidit cruciandos, in iudicium reservari. (Tartaroō g5020)
For if God spared not angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them over to chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; (Tartaroō g5020)
5 Et originali mundo non pepercit, sed octavum Noe iustitiæ præconem custodivit, diluvium mundo impiorum inducens.
and spared not the old world, but saved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
6 Et civitates Sodomorum, et Gomorrhæorum in cinerem redigens, eversione damnavit: exemplum eorum, qui impie acturi sunt, ponens:
and turning into ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, condemned them to overthrow, making them an example for those who in after time should live ungodly;
7 et iustum Lot oppressum a nefandorum iniuria, ac luxuriosa conversatione eripuit:
and delivered righteous Lot, distressed by the lewd conduct of the lawless men;
8 aspectu enim, et auditu iustus erat: habitans apud eos, qui de die in diem animam iustam iniquis operibus cruciabant.
(for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing tormented his righteous soul from day to day with their lawless deeds; )
9 Novit Dominus pios de tentatione eripere: iniquos vero in diem iudicii reservare cruciandos.
the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to reserve the unrighteous under punishment to the day of judgment;
10 magis autem eos, qui post carnem in concupiscentia immunditiæ ambulant, dominationemque contemnunt, audaces, sibi placentes, sectas non metuunt introducere blasphemantes:
but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise dominion. Presumptuous, self-willed, they are not afraid to rail at dignities;
11 ubi Angeli fortitudine, et virtute cum sint maiores, non portant adversum se execrabile iudicium.
whereas angels, who are greater in strength and power, bring not against them a railing accusation;
12 Hi vero velut irrationabilia pecora, naturaliter in captionem, et in perniciem in his quæ ignorant blasphemantes in corruptione sua peribunt,
but these, as brute beasts, by nature born to be taken and destroyed, railing at things which they understand not, shall even perish in their own corruption,
13 percipientes mercedem iniustitiæ, voluptatem existimantes diei delicias: coinquinationes, et maculæ deliciis affluentes, in conviviis suis luxuriantes vobiscum,
receiving the wages of unrighteousness. Counting it pleasure to riot in the day-time, spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceits while they feast with you,
14 oculos habentes plenos adulterii, et incessabilis delicti. Pellicientes animas instabiles, cor exercitatum avaritia habentes, maledictionis filii:
having eyes full of an adulteress, and that cannot cease from sin, alluring unstable souls, having a heart exercised in covetousness, children of a curse,
15 derelinquentes rectam viam erraverunt, secuti viam Balaam ex Bosor, qui mercedem iniquitatis amavit:
they have forsaken the right way, and have gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
16 correptionem vero habuit suæ vesaniæ: subiugale mutum animal, hominis voce loquens, prohibuit prophetæ insipientiam.
but was rebuked for his iniquity; the dumb ass, speaking with man's voice, restrained the madness of the prophet.
17 Hi sunt fontes sine aqua, et nebulæ turbinibus exagitatæ, quibus caligo tenebrarum reservatur.
These are wells without water, and mists driven by a tempest; for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved.
18 Superba enim vanitatis loquentes, pelliciunt in desideriis carnis luxuriæ eos, qui paululum effugiunt, qui in errore conversantur:
For speaking great swelling words of vanity, they allure in the lusts of the flesh, by dissolute ways, such as were in some measure escaping from those who live in error;
19 libertatem illis promittentes, cum ipsi servi sint corruptionem: a quo enim quis superatus est, huius et servus est.
promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what a man is overcome, by the same is he also brought into bondage.
20 Si enim refugientes coinquinationes mundi in cognitione Domini nostri, et Salvatoris Iesu Christi, his rursus implicati superantur: facta sunt eis posteriora deteriora prioribus.
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is worse with them than the first.
21 Melius enim erat illis non cognoscere viam iustitiæ, quam post agnitionem, retrorsum converti ab eo, quod illis traditum est sancto mandato.
For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.
22 Contigit enim eis illud veri proverbii: Canis reversus ad suum vomitum: et, Sus lota in volutabro luti.
It hath happened to them according to the true proverb, The dog returned to his own vomit; and, The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.
