2 Peter 2
1 But there were false prophets also in the nation, just as there will be false teachers among you, men who will secretly introduce ruinous divisions, disowning even the Lord who bought them, and bringing speedy Ruin upon themselves.
E tambem houve entre o povo falsos prophetas, como entre vós haverá tambem falsos doutores, que introduzirão encobertamente heresias de perdição, e negarão o Senhor que os resgatou, trazendo sobre si mesmos repentina perdição.
2 There will be many, too, who will follow their licentious courses, and cause the Way of the Truth to be maligned.
E muitos seguirão as suas perdições, pelos quaes será blasphemado o caminho da verdade.
3 In their covetousness they will try to make you a source of profit by their fabrications; but for a long time past their Sentence has not been standing idle, nor their Ruin slumbering.
E por avareza farão de vós negocio com palavras fingidas: sobre os quaes já de largo tempo não está ociosa a condemnação, e a sua perdição não dormita.
4 Remember, God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them down to Tartarus, and committed them to caverns of darkness, to be kept under guard for judgment. (Tartaroō g5020)
Porque, se Deus não perdoou aos anjos que peccaram, mas, havendo-os lançado no inferno, os entregou ás cadeias da escuridão, ficando reservados para o juizo; (Tartaroō g5020)
5 Nor did he spare the world of old; though he preserved Noah, the Preacher of Righteousness, and seven others, when he brought a flood upon the godless world.
E não perdoou ao mundo antigo, mas guardou a Noé, oitavo pregoeiro da justiça, trazendo o diluvio sobre o mundo dos impios;
6 He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and reduced them to ashes, holding them up as a warning to the godless of what was in store for them;
E condemnou á subversão as cidades de Sodoma e Gomorrah, reduzindo-as a cinza, e pondo-as para exemplo aos que vivessem impiamente;
7 but he rescued righteous Lot, whose heart was vexed by the wanton licentiousness of his neighbours;
E livrou o justo Lot, enfadado da vida dissoluta dos homens abominaveis
8 for, seeing and hearing what he did, as he lived his righteous life among them, day after day, Lot’s righteous soul was tortured by their wicked doings.
(Porque este justo, habitando entre elles, affligia todos os dias a sua alma justa, vendo e ouvindo suas obras injustas);
9 The Lord, therefore, knows how to deliver the pious from temptation, and to keep the wicked, who are even now suffering punishment, in readiness for ‘the Day of Judgment’ —
Assim, sabe o Senhor livrar da tentação os piedosos, e reservar os injustos para o dia de juizo, para serem castigados;
10 especially those who, following the promptings of their lower nature, indulge their polluting passions and despise all control. Audacious and self-willed, they feel no awe of the Mighty, maligning them,
E principalmente aos que segundo a carne andam em concupiscencias de immundicia, e desprezam as dominações; atrevidos, agradando-se a si mesmos, não receiando blasphemar das dignidades;
11 even where angels, though excelling them in strength and power, do not bring against them a malignant charge before the Lord.
Ao passo que os anjos, sendo maiores em força e poder, não pronunciam contra elles juizo blasphemo diante do Senhor.
12 These men, however, like animals without reason, intended by nature to be caught and killed — these men, I say, malign those of whom they know nothing, and will assuredly perish through their own corruption,
Mas estes, como animaes irracionaes, que seguem a natureza, feitos para serem presos e mortos, blasphemando do que não entendem, perecerão na sua corrupção,
13 suffering themselves, as the penalty for the suffering that they have inflicted. They think that pleasure consists in the self-indulgence of the moment. They are a stain and a disgrace, indulging, as they do, in their wanton revelry, even while joining you at your feasts.
Recebendo o galardão da injustiça, tendo por prazer as delicias quotidianas, sendo nodoas e maculas, deleitando-se seus enganos, em ainda que se banqueteiem comvosco;
14 They have eyes only for adulteresses, eyes never tired of sin; they entice weak souls; their minds are trained to covet; they live under a curse.
Tendo os olhos cheios de adulterio, e não cessando de peccar, engodando as almas inconstantes, tendo o coração exercitado na avareza, filhos de maldição,
15 Leaving the straight road, they have gone astray and followed in the steps of Balaam, the son of Beor, who set his heart on the reward for wrong-doing,
Os quaes, deixando o caminho direito, erraram seguindo o caminho de Balaão, filho de Bosor, que amou o galardão da injustiça;
16 but was rebuked for his offence. A dumb animal spoke with the voice of a man, and checked the prophet’s madness.
Porém teve a reprehensão da sua transgressão; o mudo animal do jugo, fallando com voz humana, impediu a loucura do propheta.
17 These men are like springs without water, or mists driven before a gale; and for them the blackest darkness has been reserved.
Estes são fontes sem agua, nuvens levadas pelo redemoinho do vento: para os quaes a escuridão das trevas eternamente se reserva. (questioned)
18 With boastful and foolish talk, they appeal to the passions of man’s lower nature, and, by their profligacy, entice those who are just escaping from the men who live such misguided lives.
Porque, fallando coisas mui arro- gantes de vaidades, engodam com as concupiscencias da carne, e com dissoluções, aos que se estavam affastando d'aquelles que andam em erro:
19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to corrupt habits; for a man is the slave of anything to which he gives way.
Promettendo-lhes liberdade, sendo elles mesmos servos da corrupção. Porque de quem alguem é vencido, do tal faz-se tambem servo.
20 If, after having escaped the polluting influences of the world, through knowing our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, men are again entangled in them, and give way to them, their last state has become worse than their first.
Porque se, depois de terem escapado das corrupções do mundo, pelo conhecimento do Senhor e Salvador Jesus Christo, forem outra vez envolvidos n'ellas e vencidos, tornou-se-lhes o ultimo estado peior do que o primeiro.
21 It would, indeed, have been better for them not to have known the Way of Righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn away from the holy Command delivered to them.
Porque melhor lhes fôra não conhecerem o caminho da justiça, do que, conhecendo-o, desviarem-se do sancto mandamento que lhes fôra dado;
22 In their case is seen the truth of the proverb — ‘A dog returns to what he has vomited’ and ‘A sow after washing to her wallowing-place in the mud.’
Porém sobreveiu-lhes o que por um verdadeiro proverbio se diz: O cão voltou ao seu proprio vomito, e a porca lavada ao espojadouro da lama.
