2 Petulo 3

1 Achambusanga ŵangu, achichi chili chikalata chaaŵili chingunnembela mwanya. Mu ikalata iŵili yo liinjile kusijimusya nganisyo syenu syambone kwa kunkumbusya indu yi.

This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance;

2 Ngusaka nkumbuchile maloŵe gaŵagaŵechete kalakala ŵakulondola ŵaswela ŵa Akunnungu, ni lilajisyo lya Ambuje ni Nkulupusyo limpegwilwe ni achinduna ŵenu.

that ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles:

3 Chikanaŵe chachili chose mmanyilile kuti moŵa gambesi chaiche ŵandu ŵakulongoswa ni misese jao jangalumbana, nombewo chachimpanganyichisya ya chipongwe,

knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,

4 achitiji, “Ŵalanjile kuti chaiche! Ana sambano ali kwapi? Pakuŵa chitandile lyuŵa liŵawile achambuje ŵetu, indu yose ili ilaila chitandile kugumbikwa chilambo.”

and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

5 Pakuŵa ŵandu ŵa akuliŵalila melepe kuti kalakala Akunnungu paŵaŵechete liloŵe pe kwinani ni chilambo yagumbikwe. Ni ŵachigumbile chilambo kutyochela mmesi ni kwa meesi,

For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;

6 ni kwa malajisyo ga Akunnungu, chilambo cha ndanda chila chajonanjikwe kwa chikumbameesi.

by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

7 Nambo kwinani kwa sambano ni chilambo iŵichikwe kwa Liloŵe lya Akunnungu ligongo lya kujonanjikwa kwa mooto. Iŵichikwe mpaka lyuŵa lya kulamulikwa ni konanjikwa kwa ŵandu ŵangakwalamba Akunnungu.

but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

8 Nambo, ŵakunonyelwa ŵangu, ngasinliŵalila chindu chimo chati, kwa Ambuje, lyuŵa limo lili nti yaka elufu moja ni yaka elufu moja nti lyuŵa limo.

But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

9 Ambuje ngakukaŵa kuchitimisya chilanga chao mpela ŵane yakuti kuganisya kuti chakaŵe. Ŵelewo akwete upililiu kukwenu, pakuŵa ngakusaka hata mundu jumo ajonanjikwe nambo kuti wose aleche sambi.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

10 Nambo lyuŵa lya Ambuje chiliiche chisisimuchile mpela kwika kwa jwawii, pa lyuŵa lyo kwinani chikutyoche kwa chisindo chachikulungwa ni indu yose yaili kwinani mpela ila lyuŵa, ni ndondwa ni lilanguka lineline chiijonanjikwe kwa mooto. Chilambo chino ni indi yose yaili mwelemo chijonanjikwe.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

11 Pakuŵa indu yose chijonanjikwe kwanti yele, ana nkusachilwa ŵanyamwe kuŵa ŵandu ŵanti uli? Nkusachilwa ntameje mu uswela ni kwalamba Akunnungu,

Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in [all] holy living and godliness,

12 nchilindililaga Lyuŵa lya Akunnungu ni kulitenda liiche kwakwanguya, pa lyele lyuŵa lyo kwinani chikutiniswe kwa mooto ni konanjikwa ni indu yose yaili kwinani chiinyelenduche.

looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

13 Nambo malinga ni chilanga chao, tukulolela kwinani kwasambano ni chilambo chasambano mwati jwalijose akuipanganya yaili yambone paujo pa Akunnungu.

But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

14 Kwayele achambusanga ŵangu, nchilolelaga Lyuŵa lyo, nlilimbisye kuti mmoneche ŵaswela ni ŵangali chileŵo paujo pa Akunnungu ni kutama nawo kwa chitendewele.

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

15 Ni ŵanyamwe nkumbuchile kuti upililiu wa Ambuje ŵetu uli lipesa lyakumpa kuti nkulupuswe, mpela njetu che Paolo iŵatite pakunnembela kwa lunda lwapegwilwe ni Akunnungu.

And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you;

16 Gele ni gaŵaŵechete mu ikalata yao yose pakukunguluchila indu yo. Mu ikalata yao kwana indu impepe yakulimba kuimanyilila, indu yati ŵandu ŵakuloŵela ni ŵandu ŵakugalaukagalauka akuilyungasya mpela yakuti kugagalausya Malembelo ga Akunnungu gane. Kwayele akuliulaga achinsyene.

as also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

17 Nambo ŵanyamwe achambusanga ŵangu, mmasile kuimanyilila chile ayi. Nlilolechesye kuti nkalyungasikwa ni uwonasi wa majiganyo gangalumbana ga ŵandu ŵangakugajitichisya malajisyo kuti nkagwa kutyochela mu aila indu inkuikulupilila.

Ye therefore, beloved, knowing [these things] beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.

18 Nambo njendelechele kukula mu umbone wa Akunnungu, ni iyoyo mu nkwamanyilila Ambuje ni Nkulupusyo jwetu Che Yesu Kilisito. Kwa ŵelewo uŵe ukulu sambano namose moŵa gose pangali mbesi! Eloo. (aiōn g165)

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] the glory both now and for ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)

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