2 Peter 2
1 Just like there were false prophets among the [Israeli] people [long ago], so there will also be teachers who teach false [things] among you. They will enter [your congregations] without you realizing [what/who they are], and they will [spiritually] injure some people by what they teach. Specifically, these teachers will even deny [that] the Lord [Jesus died to] pay [for the guilt of our sins]. As a result, they will soon destroy themselves [spiritually, and God will also punish them].
Efa nisy mpaminany sandoka teo amin’ ny olona Isiraely, ary hisy koa mpampianatra sandoka tahaka izany eo aminareo, izay hahatonga mangingina sain-diso mahavery ary handà ny Tompo Izay nividy azy aza ka hahatonga fahaverezana tampoka ho amin’ ny tenany.
2 And many [people] will behave in an extremely immoral manner, imitating the extremely immoral way [these teachers who teach false things] behave. As a result, [unbelievers] will (discredit the true message/say the true message is false).
Ary maro no hanaraka ny fijejojejoany; ka ireny no hitenenan-dratsy ny lalan’ ny fahamarinana.
3 Because [the teachers of false teaching] want a lot of things that other people have, [they think that] by telling you stories that they themselves have (made up/invented), they will get money from you. [God decided] long ago [that he would] punish them, and he has not fallen asleep [LIT]! [He will certainly destroy them]!
Ary amin’ ny hafatratry ny fitiavany harena no hanaovany varotra anareo amin’ ny teny mamitaka; efa ela izay no tsy nijanonjanona ny fitsarana ireny, ary tsy rendremana ny fahaverezany.
4 God destroyed [LIT] the angels who sinned. He threw them into the worst place in hell and imprisoned them [there] in darkness in order to keep them there until he judges [and punishes them]. (Tartaroō g5020)
Fa raha tsy navelan’ Andriamanitra ny anjely fony nanota, fa noroahiny ho any amin’ ny helo ka natolony ho ao an-davaka maizina mba hotehirizina ho amin’ ny fitsarana, (Tartaroō g5020)
5 He also got rid of [LIT] [the people who lived in] [MTY] the world long ago. He saved [only] eight of them, including Noah, who was a righteous preacher. God saved them when he destroyed in a flood [all] (the ungodly people/the people whose lives were not pleasing to him) [who were living then].
ary raha tsy namela izao rehetra izao taloha Izy, fa namonjy an’ i Noa, mpitory ny fahamarinana, sy ireo fito, fony nahatonga ny safo-drano tamin’ ny ratsy fanahy teo amin’ izao tontolo izao, ―
6 He also condemned Sodom and Gomorrah [cities]; that is, he destroyed them by burning them completely to ashes. [By doing that] he gave a warning to those who afterwards would live in (an ungodly way/a way that is displeasing to him).
ary raha nataony nanjary lavenona ny tanàna Sodoma sy Gomora ka nohelohiny horavana ary nataony fananarana ho an’ izay ratsy fanahy ato aoriana, ―
7 But he rescued [Abraham’s nephew], Lot, who was a righteous [man. Lot] was (greatly distressed/very sad) because the people [in Sodom] were doing very immoral things.
fa Lota marina, izay ory dia ory noho ny fijejojejoan’ ny olona ratsy fanahy, no novonjeny ho afaka
8 That righteous [man’s] soul (was tormented/suffered great agony) day after day because he saw and heard those wicked people behave in a very lawless/wicked [manner when he was] living among them.
(fa izany lehilahy marina izany, raha nitoetra teo aminy, dia nahory loatra ny fanahiny marina isan’ andro isan’ andro noho ny nahitany sy ny nandrenesany ny fandikan’ ireo ny lalàna):
9 And since the Lord God [rescued Lot, you can be sure that] he knows how to rescue (other godly people/people whose lives please him) from their sufferings, and [he is able] to preserve (ungodly [people/people whose lives do not please him]), [whom he has started to] punish even now, until the time when he will [finish judging them and punish] them.
dia fantatry ny Tompo izay hamonjeny ny tsara fanahy amin’ ny fakam-panahy sy ny hitehirizany ny olona tsy marina amin’ ny fijaliana ho amin’ ny andro fitsarana, ―
10 [He will punish especially severely] those [ungodly teachers who teach false things] who do the things that their self-directed nature desires, things that (defile them/cause them to be completely impure). Those [teachers of false teachings] despise [all beings who] rule [over them]. 2 Peter 2:10d-16 Because [those teachers of false doctrines are] extremely arrogant/proud [DOU], they (are not afraid to insult/boldly speak evil about) glorious beings [in heaven] (OR, glorious/wonderful beings [who rule over people]).
indrindra fa izay mandeha araka ny fitarihan’ ny nofo hila zava-mahaloto ka manamavo ny manana fahalehibiazana. Ireo efa olona sahisahy, mitompo teny fantatra sady tsy matahotra hiteny ratsy ny manana voninahitra.
11 In contrast, angels do not insult [those teachers] when those teachers accuse the angels [of blasphemy] while the Lord God is watching, even though the angels are much more powerful [DOU] [than the teachers of false doctrines].
Fa ny anjely aza, izay mihoatra amin’ ny tanjaka sy ny hery, tsy mitondra fiampangana hitenenan-dratsy azy eo anatrehan’ ny Tompo.
12 Because those [teachers of false doctrines are] like animals that cannot think [as humans do] [DOU], they say evil things about [spiritual] things which they know nothing about. [As a result], God will destroy them like [people] destroy [animals], [animals] that are born only in order to be hunted and killed {in order that [people] should hunt and kill them}.
Fa ireo kosa izay miteny ratsy ny zavatra tsy fantany (tahaka ny biby tsy manan-tsaina, fa zava-manan’ aina fotsiny ihany, izay teraka ho fisambotra sy ho famono) dia haringana tokoa amin’ ny fahalotoany,
13 God will punish [those teachers] in return for the unrighteous actions/things that they have done. They even like (to carouse/to drink and revel noisily) in the daytime [as well as at night]. And as they indulge/enjoy themselves just like they want to while they are feasting with you, they cause you to become impure, [as] [MET] stains and blotches [DOU] [ruin a clean garment].
ary hiharan’ ny ratsy ho valin’ ny faharatsiany izy. Ataony ho zava-mahafinaritra ny velona vetivety amin’ ny fy, ka be pentimpentina sy tsiny izy sady velona amin’ ny fy eo amin’ ny fanasam-pifankatiavany, raha miara-mihinana aminareo.
14 They [want to commit] [MTY] adultery [with every woman] whom they look at. They never stop seeking opportunities to sin. They entice/persuade those who are [spiritually] unstable [to join them in doing the sinful things that they do]. [Because of] their ever-increasing (greed/desire to have more and more things), they are doomed [to eternal punishment].
manana maso feno fijangajangana, izay tsy mety mitsahatra amin’ ny fahotana: dia mamitaka ny tsy miorina tsara izy; ary mampaharatra ny fony amin’ ny hafatratry ny fitiavany harena, dia zanaky ny fanozonana izy;
15 They have (rejected good moral standards/quit doing what everyone knows is right). They have imitated [what the prophet] Balaam, the son of Bosor, [did long ago]. He, [acting very] unrighteously, wanted [the enemies of the Jews] to pay him if he [asked God] ([to curse/to do bad thing to]) [the Jews].
efa niala tamin’ ny lalana mahitsy izy ka nivily nanaraka ny lalan’ i Balama, zanak’ i Beora, izay tia ny tambin’ ny tsi-fahamarinana.
16 But God rebuked him for having done that which was wrong [and for] behaving very foolishly. And even though donkeys do not speak, [God used] a donkey to hinder Balaam [by enabling it to] speak to him with a human voice.
nefa voanatra izy noho ny fahotany: ny boriky moana efa nanao feon’ olona ka nisakana ny hadalan’ ilay mpaminany.
17 These [teachers who each false things mislead/deceive people by promising what they cannot do], as [MET] dried-up springs [mislead/deceive people by causing them to expect to get water from them]. They [mislead/deceive people] [MET] just like clouds that are blown along by strong winds [mislead/deceive people by causing them to expect rain, but no rain falls. Therefore], God has reserved the darkness of hell [for those teachers of false doctrines]. (questioned)
Ireo efa loharano ritra, zavona entin’ ny tafio-drivotra, ka efa tehirizina ho azy ny fahamaintisan’ ny maizina.
18 By boasting proudly as they make speeches that are worthless, they entice people who have recently [become believers and] have stopped doing the things that wicked people do. Urged on by their self-directed nature, they entice them [into sin] by encouraging them to [do] evil things.
Fa mandoka fatratra ny zava-poana ireo, ka ny filan’ ny nofo, dia ny fijejojejoana, no entiny mamitaka ny olona izay saiky afaka tsy ho naman’ ny velona eo amin’ ny fahadisoana intsony;
19 [The false teachers] tell people that they are free [to do whatever they want to do, even though] they themselves are [like] slaves [MET] [because their own self-directed nature forces them to do] sinful things. [Think about these well-known words: “Whenever a person is controlled by something] {[something controls a person]}, [it is as though] that person has become a slave of what controls him.”
fahafahana no ampanantenainy ireny, kanjo ny tenany aza dia andevon’ ny fahalotoana; efa izay maharesy ny olona dia mahandevo avy.
20 Those [who teach false truths] learned about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As a result, they stopped doing those things that (defile [people/cause people to become impure]) [spiritually]. Since they have begun to do [those evil things again], with the result that they are unable to stop doing them, they are in a worse condition than [they were in before they knew Jesus Christ].
Fa raha misy efa afaka amin’ ny fahalotoan’ izao tontolo izao noho ny fahalalana tsara an’ i Jesosy Kristy, Tompo sy Mpamonjy, nefa voasingotr’ izany indray ka resy, ny farany dia ratsy noho ny voalohany.
21 [Because God will severely punish them], it would have been better for them if they had never known what it means to live in a righteous way. It is too bad that although they knew [how to live in a righteous way], they stopped doing the things that God commanded people to do, the things that [were] taught to them ([by us apostles/by Christ]) {that ([we apostles/Christ]) taught to them}.
Fa tsara aminy raha tsy nahalala ny lalan’ ny fahamarinana toy izay hiala amin’ ny didy masìna natolotra azy, rehefa nahalala izany izy.
22 [The way they are behaving again] is just like (the proverbs/what people often say): [They are like] dogs that return to [eat] their vomit, and [they are like] pigs that have been washed and then roll [again] in the mud.
Efa mihatra aminy ny ohabolana marina hoe: “Ny amboa miverina indray amin’ ny loany”, ary: “Ny kisoavavy efa nisasa dia mihosim-potaka indray.”
