2 Peter 3
1 This, already, beloved, is the second letter I am writing unto you; and, in these letters, I am stirring up—by way of calling to remembrance—your uncorrupted mind,
hE priyatamAH, yUyaM yathA pavitrabhaviSyadvaktRbhiH pUrvvOktAni vAkyAni trAtrA prabhunA prEritAnAm asmAkam AdEzanjca sAratha tathA yuSmAn smArayitvA
2 To remember the fore-spoken declarations made by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Saviour, by your apostles.
yuSmAkaM saralabhAvaM prabOdhayitum ahaM dvitIyam idaM patraM likhAmi|
3 Of this, first, taking note—that there will come, in the last of the days, with scoffing, scoffers, after their own covetings, going on,
prathamaM yuSmAbhiridaM jnjAyatAM yat zESE kAlE svEcchAcAriNO nindakA upasthAya
4 and saying—Where is the promise of his presence? For, since the fathers fell asleep, all things, thus remain, from the beginning of creation.
vadiSyanti prabhOrAgamanasya pratijnjA kutra? yataH pitRlOkAnAM mahAnidrAgamanAt paraM sarvvANi sRSTErArambhakAlE yathA tathaivAvatiSThantE|
5 For this they, willfully, forget—that there were, heavens, from of old, and, an earth, on account of water and by means of water, compacted, by God’s word, —
pUrvvam Izvarasya vAkyEnAkAzamaNPalaM jalAd utpannA jalE santiSThamAnA ca pRthivyavidyataitad anicchukatAtastE na jAnAnti,
6 By which means, the world that then was, with water being flooded, perished;
tatastAtkAlikasaMsArO jalEnAplAvitO vinAzaM gataH|
7 While, the heavens and the earth that now are, by the same word, have been stored with fire, being kept unto the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly men.
kintvadhunA varttamAnE AkAzabhUmaNPalE tEnaiva vAkyEna vahnyarthaM guptE vicAradinaM duSTamAnavAnAM vinAzanjca yAvad rakSyatE|
8 But, this one thing, forget not, beloved, —that, one day, with the Lord, is as a thousand years, and, a thousand years, as one day.
hE priyatamAH, yUyam EtadEkaM vAkyam anavagatA mA bhavata yat prabhOH sAkSAd dinamEkaM varSasahasravad varSasahasranjca dinaikavat|
9 The Lord is, not slack, concerning his promise, as some count, slackness; but is long-suffering with regard to you, not being minded that any should perish, but that, all, unto repentance, should come.
kEcid yathA vilambaM manyantE tathA prabhuH svapratijnjAyAM vilambatE tannahi kintu kO'pi yanna vinazyEt sarvvaM Eva manaHparAvarttanaM gacchEyurityabhilaSan sO 'smAn prati dIrghasahiSNutAM vidadhAti|
10 Howbeit the day of the Lord will be here, as a thief, —in which, the heavens, with a rushing noise, will pass away, while, elements, becoming intensely hot, will be dissolved, and, earth, and the works therein, will be discovered.
kintu kSapAyAM caura iva prabhO rdinam AgamiSyati tasmin mahAzabdEna gaganamaNPalaM lOpsyatE mUlavastUni ca tApEna galiSyantE pRthivI tanmadhyasthitAni karmmANi ca dhakSyantE|
11 Seeing that all these things are thus to be dissolved, what manner of persons, ought [ye] all the while to be, in holy ways of behaviour and acts of godliness, —
ataH sarvvairEtai rvikArE gantavyE sati yasmin AkAzamaNPalaM dAhEna vikAriSyatE mUlavastUni ca tApEna galiSyantE
12 Expecting and hastening the presence of the day of God, by reason of which, heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved, and, elements, becoming intensely hot, are to be melted;
tasyEzvaradinasyAgamanaM pratIkSamANairAkAgkSamANaizca yUSmAbhi rdharmmAcArEzvarabhaktibhyAM kIdRzai rlOkai rbhavitavyaM?
13 But, new heavens, and a new earth, according to his promise, are we expecting, wherein, righteousness, is to dwell.
tathApi vayaM tasya pratijnjAnusArENa dharmmasya vAsasthAnaM nUtanam AkAzamaNPalaM nUtanaM bhUmaNPalanjca pratIkSAmahE|
14 Wherefore, beloved, these things, expecting—give diligence, unspotted and unblemished, by him, to be found, in peace;
ataEva hE priyatamAH, tAni pratIkSamANA yUyaM niSkalagkA aninditAzca bhUtvA yat zAntyAzritAstiSThathaitasmin yatadhvaM|
15 And account, our Lord’s long suffering, [to be] salvation: —even as, our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given unto him, hath written unto you;
asmAkaM prabhO rdIrghasahiSNutAnjca paritrANajanikAM manyadhvaM| asmAkaM priyabhrAtrE paulAya yat jnjAnam adAyi tadanusArENa sO'pi patrE yuSmAn prati tadEvAlikhat|
16 As also, in all letters, speaking in them concerning these things, —in which [letters] are some things, hard to be understood, which, the uninstructed and unstable, wrest, —as also the other scriptures, —unto their own destruction.
svakIyasarvvapatrESu caitAnyadhi prastutya tadEva gadati| tESu patrESu katipayAni durUhyANi vAkyAni vidyantE yE ca lOkA ajnjAnAzcanjcalAzca tE nijavinAzArtham anyazAstrIyavacanAnIva tAnyapi vikArayanti|
17 Ye, therefore, beloved, taking note beforehand, be on your guard, lest, with the error of the impious being led away, ye fall from your own steadfastness;
tasmAd hE priyatamAH, yUyaM pUrvvaM buddhvA sAvadhAnAstiSThata, adhArmmikANAM bhrAntisrOtasApahRtAH svakIyasusthiratvAt mA bhrazyata|
The Great Flood
