< ۲ پِتَرَح 3 >

1 ہے پْرِیَتَماح، یُویَں یَتھا پَوِتْرَبھَوِشْیَدْوَکْترِبھِح پُورْوّوکْتانِ واکْیانِ تْراتْرا پْرَبھُنا پْریرِتانامْ اَسْماکَمْ آدیشَنْچَ سارَتھَ تَتھا یُشْمانْ سْمارَیِتْوا

My friends, this is my second letter to you. In both of them I've tried to stir you up and remind you to think clearly with pure minds.

2 یُشْماکَں سَرَلَبھاوَں پْرَبودھَیِتُمْ اَہَں دْوِتِییَمْ اِدَں پَتْرَں لِکھامِ۔

Remember the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets, and what the Lord and Savior commanded through your apostles.

3 پْرَتھَمَں یُشْمابھِرِدَں جْنایَتاں یَتْ شیشے کالے سْویچّھاچارِنو نِنْدَکا اُپَسْتھایَ

Above all you should know that derisive people will come in the last days, full of mockery and following their own evil desires.

4 وَدِشْیَنْتِ پْرَبھوراگَمَنَسْیَ پْرَتِجْنا کُتْرَ؟ یَتَح پِترِلوکاناں مَہانِدْراگَمَناتْ پَرَں سَرْوّانِ سرِشْٹیرارَمْبھَکالے یَتھا تَتھَیواوَتِشْٹھَنْتے۔

“So what happened to this coming he promised?” they ask. “Right from the time our ancestors died, everything's continued as it always has, ever since creation began.”

5 پُورْوَّمْ اِیشْوَرَسْیَ واکْییناکاشَمَنْڈَلَں جَلادْ اُتْپَنّا جَلے سَنْتِشْٹھَمانا چَ پرِتھِوْیَوِدْیَتَیتَدْ اَنِچّھُکَتاتَسْتے نَ جانانْتِ،

But they deliberately ignore the fact that by God's command the heavens were created long ago. The earth came into existence from the water, and was surrounded by water.

6 تَتَسْتاتْکالِکَسَںسارو جَلیناپْلاوِتو وِناشَں گَتَح۔

It was through water that the world that then existed was destroyed—through being flooded by water.

7 کِنْتْوَدھُنا وَرْتَّمانے آکاشَبھُومَنْڈَلے تینَیوَ واکْیینَ وَہْنْیَرْتھَں گُپْتے وِچارَدِنَں دُشْٹَمانَواناں وِناشَنْچَ یاوَدْ رَکْشْیَتے۔

But by means of that same divine command the heavens and the earth that now exist are reserved for destruction by fire at the day of judgment when the wicked will be destroyed.

8 ہے پْرِیَتَماح، یُویَمْ ایتَدیکَں واکْیَمْ اَنَوَگَتا ما بھَوَتَ یَتْ پْرَبھوح ساکْشادْ دِنَمیکَں وَرْشَسَہَسْرَوَدْ وَرْشَسَہَسْرَنْچَ دِنَیکَوَتْ۔

However, my friends, don't forget this one thing: that for the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like a day.

9 کیچِدْ یَتھا وِلَمْبَں مَنْیَنْتے تَتھا پْرَبھُح سْوَپْرَتِجْنایاں وِلَمْبَتے تَنَّہِ کِنْتُ کوپِ یَنَّ وِنَشْییتْ سَرْوَّں ایوَ مَنَحپَراوَرْتَّنَں گَچّھییُرِتْیَبھِلَشَنْ سو سْمانْ پْرَتِ دِیرْگھَسَہِشْنُتاں وِدَدھاتِ۔

The Lord is not delaying the fulfillment of his promise, as some define delay, but he is being very patient with you. He doesn't want anyone to be lost, but everyone to come and repent.

10 کِنْتُ کْشَپایاں چَورَ اِوَ پْرَبھو رْدِنَمْ آگَمِشْیَتِ تَسْمِنْ مَہاشَبْدینَ گَگَنَمَنْڈَلَں لوپْسْیَتے مُولَوَسْتُونِ چَ تاپینَ گَلِشْیَنْتے پرِتھِوِی تَنْمَدھْیَسْتھِتانِ کَرْمّانِ چَ دھَکْشْیَنْتے۔

However, the day of the Lord will come, unexpectedly like a thief. The heavens will explode with a thunderous roar, and the elements will be destroyed as they are burned up. The earth and everything in it will vanish.

11 اَتَح سَرْوَّیریتَے رْوِکارے گَنْتَوْیے سَتِ یَسْمِنْ آکاشَمَنْڈَلَں داہینَ وِکارِشْیَتے مُولَوَسْتُونِ چَ تاپینَ گَلِشْیَنْتی

Since everything is going to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people should you be? You should be living lives that are pure, dedicated to God,

12 تَسْییشْوَرَدِنَسْیاگَمَنَں پْرَتِیکْشَمانَیراکانْکْشَمانَیشْچَ یُوشْمابھِ رْدھَرْمّاچاریشْوَرَبھَکْتِبھْیاں کِیدرِشَے رْلوکَے رْبھَوِتَوْیَں؟

waiting expectantly and being eager for the coming of the day of God. That day the heavens will catch fire and be destroyed, and the elements will melt in the heat.

13 تَتھاپِ وَیَں تَسْیَ پْرَتِجْنانُسارینَ دھَرْمَّسْیَ واسَسْتھانَں نُوتَنَمْ آکاشَمَنْڈَلَں نُوتَنَں بھُومَنْڈَلَنْچَ پْرَتِیکْشامَہے۔

But as for us, we are looking for new heavens and a new earth that God has promised where everything is good and right.

14 اَتَایوَ ہے پْرِیَتَماح، تانِ پْرَتِیکْشَمانا یُویَں نِشْکَلَنْکا اَنِنْدِتاشْچَ بھُوتْوا یَتْ شانْتْیاشْرِتاسْتِشْٹھَتھَیتَسْمِنْ یَتَدھْوَں۔

So, my friends, since you're anticipating these things, make sure you'll be found pure and blameless, and at peace with God.

15 اَسْماکَں پْرَبھو رْدِیرْگھَسَہِشْنُتانْچَ پَرِتْرانَجَنِکاں مَنْیَدھْوَں۔ اَسْماکَں پْرِیَبھْراتْرے پَولایَ یَتْ جْنانَمْ اَدایِ تَدَنُسارینَ سوپِ پَتْرے یُشْمانْ پْرَتِ تَدیوالِکھَتْ۔

Remember that it is our Lord's patience that gives the opportunity for salvation. That's what our dear brother Paul was explaining to you in all his letters with the wisdom given to him by God.

16 سْوَکِییَسَرْوَّپَتْریشُ چَیتانْیَدھِ پْرَسْتُتْیَ تَدیوَ گَدَتِ۔ تیشُ پَتْریشُ کَتِپَیانِ دُرُوہْیانِ واکْیانِ وِدْیَنْتے یے چَ لوکا اَجْناناشْچَنْچَلاشْچَ تے نِجَوِناشارْتھَمْ اَنْیَشاسْتْرِییَوَچَنانِیوَ تانْیَپِ وِکارَیَنْتِ۔

He spoke about these things, though some of what he wrote is certainly hard to understand. Some ignorant and unbalanced people have twisted what he wrote to their own loss—just as they do other scriptures.

17 تَسْمادْ ہے پْرِیَتَماح، یُویَں پُورْوَّں بُدّھوا ساوَدھاناسْتِشْٹھَتَ، اَدھارْمِّکاناں بھْرانْتِسْروتَساپَہرِتاح سْوَکِییَسُسْتھِرَتْواتْ ما بھْرَشْیَتَ۔

My friends, since you already know this, make sure that these errors of the wicked don't lead you astray, and you don't fall from your firm position.

18 کِنْتْوَسْماکَں پْرَبھوسْتْراتُ رْیِیشُکھْرِیشْٹَسْیانُگْرَہے جْنانے چَ وَرْدّھَدھْوَں۔ تَسْیَ گَورَوَمْ اِدانِیں سَداکالَنْچَ بھُویاتْ۔ آمینْ۔ (aiōn g165)

May you grow in the grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May he have glory, both now and forever! Amen. (aiōn g165)

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