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Mga Huwad na Propeta

Ngunit noo'y may lumitaw ring mga huwad na propeta sa gitna ng sambayanan, kung paanong sa gitna ninyo'y lilitaw din ang mga bulaang guro. Palihim silang magpapasok ng mga maling aral na makapipinsala sa inyong pananampalataya. Itatakwil nila pati na ang Panginoong tumubos sa kanila, kaya't ito ang magdadala sa kanila ng mabilis na pagkapuksa. At marami ang susunod sa kanilang mga gawang mahahalay, at dahil sa mga ito ay hahamakin ang daan ng katotohanan. Sa kanilang kasakiman, pagsasamantalahan nila kayo sa pamamagitan ng mga pakunwaring salita. Matagal nang nakahanda ang hatol sa kanila at hindi natutulog ang kapahamakang darating sa kanila.

Maging ang mga anghel na nagkasala ay hindi pinaligtas ng Diyos; itinapon niya sila sa impiyerno,[a] kung saan sila'y iginapos sa kadiliman at doon paghihintayin hanggang paghuhukom. Maging (A) ang masasamang tao noong unang panahon ay hindi niya pinaligtas. Ginunaw niya ang unang daigdig sa pamamagitan ng baha at wala siyang iniligtas maliban kay Noe na tagapangaral ng katuwiran, at ang pito niyang kasama. Pinarusahan (B) din ng Diyos at tinupok ang mga lungsod ng Sodoma at Gomorra at ginawang halimbawa ng kasasapitan ng mga masama. Ngunit (C) iniligtas ng Diyos ang matuwid na si Lot, isang taong lubhang nabagabag dahil sa mahahalay na pamumuhay ng masasama noon. Naghirap ang kalooban ng taong ito dahil sa kasamaang araw-araw niyang nasaksihan at napakinggan habang siya'y nakatira doon. Halimbawa ang mga ito na alam ng Panginoon kung paano niya ililigtas mula sa mga pagsubok ang mga tapat sa kanya, at kung paano ilalaan ang masasama sa parusa hanggang araw ng paghuhukom, 10 lalung-lalo na ang mga sumusunod sa masasamang pagnanasa ng likas na pagkatao at humahamak sa maykapangyarihan.

Sila'y pangahas, matitigas ang ulo, at hindi natatakot na lapastanganin ang mga maluwalhating nilalang sa kalangitan. 11 Samantalang ang mga anghel na higit na malakas at makapangyarihan ay hindi nanlait sa kanilang paghaharap sa Panginoon ng sakdal laban sa kanila. 12 Subalit ang mga taong ito'y lumalait sa mga bagay na hindi naman nila nauunawaan. Para silang mga hayop na walang bait at nagpapadala lamang sa kanilang mabangis na simbuyo. Kaya kung paanong isinilang upang hulihin at patayin ang mga ganitong hayop, ang mga taong ito'y papatayin din. 13 Pagbabayaran nila ang ginawa nilang kasamaan sa iba. Hindi na sila nahihiyang magpakasawa sa kamunduhan araw-araw. Nakikisalo sila sa inyong mga handaan, ngunit puro kasiraan at kahihiyan ang kanilang ginagawa. Ikinatutuwa pa nila ang kanilang panlilinlang. 14 Ang mga mata nila'y punung-puno ng pangangalunya at walang kabusugan sa pagkakasala. Inaakit pa nila na magkasala ang mga mahihina. Sanay na sanay ang kanilang puso sa kasakiman. Mga anak na isinumpa! 15 Iniwan (D) nila ang daang matuwid at sila'y naligaw. Sinundan nila ang daan ng anak ni Beor[b] na si Balaam na umibig sa bayad ng masama. 16 Ngunit siya'y sinaway ng isang asno sa kanyang kamalian, isang hayop na hindi makapagsalita, ngunit nagsalita na parang tao upang siya'y pigilan sa kanyang kahibangan.

17 Ang katulad ng mga taong ito'y mga bukal na walang tubig at mga ulap na itinataboy ng malalakas na hangin. Matinding kadiliman ang naghihintay sa kanila. 18 Mga kayabangang walang kabuluhan ang lumalabas sa kanilang bibig, at pinupukaw nila ang masasamang pagnanasa upang akitin pabalik sa kahalayan ang mga taong bahagya pa lang lumalayo sa mga taong namumuhay sa pandaraya. 19 Nangangako sila ng kalayaan sa mga hinihikayat nila gayong sila mismo'y mga alipin ng kabulukan, sapagkat alipin ang sinuman ng anumang nananaig sa kanya. 20 Kung ang mga nakatakas na sa karumihan ng sanlibutan dahil sa kanilang pagkakilala sa Panginoon at Tagapagligtas na si Jesu-Cristo ay muling maakit at nagpadaig sa kasamaan, mas masahol pa sa dati ang magiging kalagayan nila. 21 Mas mabuti pang hindi nila nalaman ang daan ng katuwiran, kaysa matapos nila itong makilala ay talikdan nila ang banal na utos na ibinigay sa kanila. 22 Angkop (E) na angkop sa kanila ang kawikaang, “Bumabalik ang aso sa kanyang sariling suka,” at, “Mas nais ng baboy ang maglublob sa putik kahit nahugasan na.”

Footnotes

  1. 2 Pedro 2:4 Sa Griyego, Tartaro.
  2. 2 Pedro 2:15 Sa Griyego, Buzor.

False Teachers and Their Destruction

But there were also false prophets(A) among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.(B) They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord(C) who bought them(D)—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved conduct(E) and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed(F) these teachers will exploit you(G) with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned,(H) but sent them to hell,[a] putting them in chains of darkness[b] to be held for judgment;(I) if he did not spare the ancient world(J) when he brought the flood on its ungodly people,(K) but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;(L) if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes,(M) and made them an example(N) of what is going to happen to the ungodly;(O) and if he rescued Lot,(P) a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless(Q) (for that righteous man,(R) living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials(S) and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.(T) 10 This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire(U) of the flesh[c] and despise authority.

Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings;(V) 11 yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment on them from[d] the Lord.(W) 12 But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish.(X)

13 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight.(Y) They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.[e](Z) 14 With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce(AA) the unstable;(AB) they are experts in greed(AC)—an accursed brood!(AD) 15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam(AE) son of Bezer,[f] who loved the wages of wickedness. 16 But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—an animal without speech—who spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.(AF)

17 These people are springs without water(AG) and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.(AH) 18 For they mouth empty, boastful words(AI) and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping(AJ) from those who live in error. 19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”(AK) 20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing(AL) our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ(AM) and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.(AN) 21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.(AO) 22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,”[g](AP) and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”

Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:4 Greek Tartarus
  2. 2 Peter 2:4 Some manuscripts in gloomy dungeons
  3. 2 Peter 2:10 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 18.
  4. 2 Peter 2:11 Many manuscripts beings in the presence of
  5. 2 Peter 2:13 Some manuscripts in their love feasts
  6. 2 Peter 2:15 Greek Bosor
  7. 2 Peter 2:22 Prov. 26:11

False Prophets and Teachers

But (A)false prophets also arose among the people, (B)just as there will be false teachers among you, who will (C)secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master (D)who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth (E)will be blasphemed. And (F)in their greed they will exploit you (G)with false words. (H)Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

For if God did not spare (I)angels when they sinned, but (J)cast them into hell[a] and committed them to chains[b] of gloomy darkness (K)to be kept until the judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world, but (L)preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought (M)a flood upon the world of the ungodly; if by (N)turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, (O)making them an example of (P)what is going to happen to the ungodly;[c] and (Q)if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, (R)he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); then (S)the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials,[d] and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, 10 and especially (T)those who indulge[e] in the lust of defiling passion and (U)despise authority.

Bold and willful, they do not tremble (V)as they blaspheme the glorious ones, 11 (W)whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord. 12 (X)But these, like irrational animals, (Y)creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction, 13 suffering wrong as (Z)the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure (AA)to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions,[f] while (AB)they feast with you. 14 They have eyes full of adultery,[g] (AC)insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts (AD)trained in greed. (AE)Accursed children! 15 Forsaking the right way, (AF)they have gone astray. They have followed (AG)the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved (AH)gain from wrongdoing, 16 but was rebuked for his own transgression; (AI)a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness.

17 (AJ)These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. (AK)For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved. 18 For, (AL)speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely (AM)escaping from those who live in error. 19 They promise them (AN)freedom, (AO)but they themselves are slaves[h] of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. 20 For if, (AP)after they have escaped the defilements of the world (AQ)through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, (AR)the last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 For (AS)it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from (AT)the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The (AU)dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”

Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:4 Greek Tartarus
  2. 2 Peter 2:4 Some manuscripts pits
  3. 2 Peter 2:6 Some manuscripts an example to those who were to be ungodly
  4. 2 Peter 2:9 Or temptations
  5. 2 Peter 2:10 Greek who go after the flesh
  6. 2 Peter 2:13 Some manuscripts love feasts
  7. 2 Peter 2:14 Or eyes full of an adulteress
  8. 2 Peter 2:19 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface