אגרתו השנייה של פטרוס השליח 2
Habrit Hakhadasha/Haderekh
ב אך גם נביאי שקר היו בעם-ישראל, כשם שיהיו ביניכם מורי שקר. הם יתכחשו למשיח אשר קנה אותם בדמו, ובפיקחות ועורמה ילמדו אתכם תורות כזב. אנשים אלה יביאו על עצמם אסון פתאומי ונורא. 2 רבים יאמינו לתורות הכזב שלהם שמתירות זנות וניאוף, ובגללם יגדפו אנשים את אמת האלוהים.
3 באהבת הבצע שלהם ינצלו מורי השקר את תמימותכם, יספרו לכם שקרים ויגזלו את כספיכם במרמה. אולם דעו לכם כי אלוהים גזר את דינם עוד לפני זמן רב, וקיצם הנורא קרוב! 4 אלוהים משלם לרשעים כגמולם; הוא לא חס אף על המלאכים שחטאו, אלא השליכם לגיהינום וכבל אותם במערות אפלות עד יום-הדין. 5 אלוהים לא חס גם על הדורות הראשונים שחיו לפני המבול. הלא זוכרים אתם כיצד החריב את העולם כולו, בהביאו את המבול על דור הרשעים; הוא הציל רק את נוח ושבעת בני-משפחתו, משום שנוח האמין באלוהים והטיף למעשי צדקה. 6 אלוהים החריב גם את סדום ועמורה; הוא הפכן לאפר ומחה אותן מעל פני האדמה. גורלן של ערים אלה הוא לקח ואזהרה לכל העתידים לבחור בדרך השחיתות והאבדון.
10 אלוהים יחמיר במיוחד עם אלה שהולכים אחרי תאוות בשרם ובזים לכל שלטון וסמכות. אנשים אלה גאוותנים, אכזריים, אנוכיים, חצופים ומעזים לבוז גם לסמכות העליונה. 11 אף המלאכים בשמים, שעולים עליהם בחשיבותם ובכוחם, אינם מאשימים בבוז על אלה לפני אלוהים.
12 מורי שקר אלה עושים ככל העולה על רוחם, ולועגים לכל מה שאינם מבינים; הם דומים לבהמות טיפשות שנולדו רק כדי להילכד ולמות! אך אנשים אלה יאבדו בשחיתותם. 13 בגלל רשעותם ובגלל הסבל שגרמו לאנשים רבים, יענישם אלוהים במלוא החומרה! אנשים אלה מתענגים על חיי הפריצות וההוללות שהם מנהלים לאור היום; הם בושה וכלימה לכם. הם גם מרמים אתכם בחייהם הכפולים - מחד הם ממשיכים לחטוא, ומאידך משתתפים בחגיגותיכם ובאסיפותיכם כאילו היו ישרים והגונים. 14 עיניהם נואפות ולעולם אינם שבעים ממעשי ניאוף. הם מפתים נשים קלות דעת, והרגילו את לבם לרדוף בצע. ארורים הם! 15 אנשים אלה סטו מהדרך הישרה ותעו כבלעם בן-בעור, אשר אהב את השכר שקיבל תמורת מעשיו המושחתים. 16 אך אתם ודאי זוכרים כי אתונו של בלעם פתחה את פיה בקול אדם, נזפה בו על רשעותו, ומנעה את מעשה השטות שעמד לעשות.
17 אנשים אלה הם כבארות מים יבשות, שמבטיחים הרבה ואינם מקיימים דבר; הם נסחפים כעננים בסערה. דינם נגזר להישאר באפלה לעולם ועד. 18 הם מתפארים במעשי הרשע שלהם, ומנצלים חולשות בני-האדם ואת תאוות הבשר, כדי לצוד ולהחזיר לשורותיהם את האנשים שלא מזמן נמלטו מחיים מושחתים כאלה.
19 "הם מבטיחים חופש, אך הם בעצמם עבדים לחטא ושחיתות; שהרי אדם הוא עבד למה ששולט בו.
20 אדם שנמלט מהשחיתות בעולם באמצעות אמונתו במשיח, אך כעבור זמן מתפתה ושב לחיי חטא וטומאה, מצבו חמור מזה שהיה לפנים! 21 לאדם כזה מוטב שכלל לא ידע את דרך הצדקה, משיידע וייסוג מקיום המצוות הקדושות שנמסרו לו. 22 אדם כזה מאמת את דברי המשל: "הכלב שב על קיאו, והחזיר עולה מן הרחצה להתגולל ברפש."
ﺑﻄﺮﺱ ﺍﻟﺜﺎﻧﻴﺔ 2
Arabic Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
مُعَلِّمُونَ كَاذِبُون
2 غَيْرَ أنَّهُ كَانَ هُنَاكَ أنْبِيَاءٌ كَذَبَةٌ بَيْنَ شَعْبِ اللهِ! وَسَيَكُونُ بَيْنَكُمْ أيْضًا مُعَلِّمُونَ كَذَبَةٌ، يَدُسُّونَ بَيْنَكُمْ عَقَائِدَ هَدَّامَةً. سَيُنكِرُونَ الرَّبَّ الَّذِي اشتَرَاهُمْ، فَيَأتُوا عَلَى أنْفُسِهِمْ بِدَمَارٍ سَريعٍ. 2 سَيَتْبَعُهُمْ كَثِيرُونَ فِي طُرُقِهِمُ المُنحَلَّةِ. وَبِسَبَبِهِمْ سَيُسَاءُ إلَى طَرِيقِ الحَقِّ. 3 فَهُمْ سَيَسْتَغِلُّونَكُمْ بِتَعَاليمِهِمُ الخَادِعَةِ، وَسَيُتَاجِرُونَ بِكُمْ فِي جَشَعِهِمْ. أمَّا دَينونَتُهُمْ فَمُعَدَّةٌ مُنْذُ القَدِيمِ، وَدَمَارُهُمْ فِي انتِظَارِهِمْ.
4 فَاللهُ لَمْ يَعْفُ عَنِ المَلَائِكَةِ الَّذِينَ أخطَأُوا، بَلْ أرسَلَهُمْ إلَى كُهُوفِ الظُّلْمَةِ فِي العَالَمِ السُّفلِيِّ لِيُحجَزُوا حَتَّى مَوْعِدِ الدَّينُونَةِ. 5 لَمْ يَعْفُ اللهُ عَنِ العَالَمِ القَدِيمِ، لَكِنَّهُ أنقَذَ نُوحًا الَّذِي كَانَ يَعِظُ مَنَادِيًا بِحَيَاةِ البِرِّ، وَأنقَذَ سَبعَةً آخَرِينَ مَعَهُ، عِنْدَمَا أرْسَلَ الطُّوفَانَ عَلَى عَالَمِ الأشْرَارِ.
6 وَحَكَمَ عَلَى مَدِينَتَيْ سَدُّومَ وَعَمُّورَةَ بِالدَّمَارِ فَحَوَّلَهُمَا إلَى رَمَادٍ، وَجَعَلَ مِنْهُمَا عِبْرَةً لِلآثِمِينَ مُبَيِّنًا مَا سَيَحْدُثُ لَهُمْ. 7 وَأنقَذَ لُوطًا الرَّجُلَ البَارَّ، الَّذِي كَانَ يَتَألَّمُ مِنْ سُلُوكِ الفَاجِرِينَ المُنحَلِّ. 8 كَانَ ذَلِكَ البَارُّ يَتَعَذَّبُ فِي قَلْبِهِ البَارِّ مِنَ الأُمُورِ الَّتِي يَرَاهَا وَيَسْمَعُهَا، وَهُوَ يَعِيشُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَومًا بَعْدَ الآخَرِ.
9 وَهَكَذَا يَعْرِفُ الرَّبُّ كَيْفَ يُنقِذُ الَّذِينَ يَخْدِمُونَهُ مِنَ التَّجَارِبِ، وَكَيْفَ يُبقِي الأشرَارَ حَتَّى يَوْمِ الدَّينُونَةِ لِلعِقَابِ. 10 وَلَا سِيَّمَا الَّذِينَ يَتْبَعُونَ طَبيعَتَهُمُ الجَسَدِيَّةَ وَشَهَوَاتِهَا النَّجِسَةَ، وَيَحْتَقِرُونَ سُلطَانَ الرَّبِّ. وَهُمْ وَقِحُونَ، مَغْرُورُونَ، وَلَا يَتَهَيَّبُونَ مِنْ إهَانَةِ ذَوي الرُّتَبِ العَاليَةِ![a] 11 أمَّا المَلَائِكَةُ، فَهُمْ أكْثَرُ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَجَبَرُوتًا، إلَّا أنَّهُمْ لَا يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَدَى الرَّبِّ!
12 لَكِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ الأشخَاصَ أشبَهُ بِحَيَوَانَاتٍ غَيْرِ عَاقِلَةٍ، تَسُوقُهَا الغَرَائِزُ. وَهِيَ تُولَدُ لِلصَّيدِ وَالهَلَاكِ. إنَّهُمْ يَهْزَأُونَ بِأُمُورٍ يَجْهَلُونَهَا. وَكَمَا تَهْلِكُ الَحَيَوَانَاتُ، سَيَهْلِكُونَ أيْضًا. 13 وَسَيَنَالُونَ جَزَاءَ مَا ارتَكَبُوهُ مِنْ أذَىً. كَمَا أنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَ مُتعَتَهُمْ فِي الانْغِمَاسِ فِي اللَّذَّاتِ حَتَّى فِي وَضَحِ النَّهَارِ. وَهُمْ عَارٌ وَخِزيٌ بَيْنَكُمْ. يَتَلَذَّذُونَ بِطُرُقِهِمُ المُخَادِعَةِ بَيْنَمَا يَشْتَرِكُونَ فِي وَلَائِمِكُمْ! 14 شَهوَةُ الزِّنَا فِي عُيُونِهِمُ الَّتِي لَا تَتَوَقَّفُ عَنِ الخَطِيَّةِ، وَيُغوُونَ الأشْخَاصَ غَيْرَ الثَّابِتِينَ. لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ مُدَرَّبَةٌ عَلَى الفِسقِ، وَهُمْ أوْلَادُ اللعْنَةِ.
15 تَرَكُوا طَريقَ البِرِّ، فَتَاهُوا. تَبِعُوا طَرِيقَ بَلْعَامَ بْنِ بَصُورَ الَّذِي أحَبَّ الأُجرَةَ الَّتِي تَقَاضَاهَا مُقَابِلَ إثْمِهِ. 16 لَكِنَّهُ وُبِّخَ عَلَى إسَاءَتِهِ. فَقَدْ نَطَقَ حِمَارٌ أعجَمُ بِصَوْتٍ بَشَرِيٍّ، فَمَنَعَ النَّبِيَّ مِنِ ارتِكَابِ حَمَاقَتِهِ.
17 هَؤُلَاءِ المُعَلِّمُونَ الزَّائِفُونَ يَنَابِيعُ لَا مَاءَ فِيهَا، وَغُيُومٌ تَدْفَعُهَا العَاصِفَةُ. وَقَدْ حُفِظَ لَهُمْ مَكَانٌ فِي أعْمَاقِ الظُّلْمَةِ. 18 يَفْتَخِرُونَ افتِخَارًا أجوَفَ، وَيَجُرُّونَ الآخَرِينَ إلَىْ فَخِّ شَهَوَاتِ الطَّبيعَةِ الجَسَدِيَّةِ، لِيُغوُوا أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ بَدَأُوا لِلتَّوِّ بِالهَرَبِ مِنْ رِفَاقِ السُّوءِ. 19 يَعِدُونَهُمْ بِالحُرِّيَّةِ، بَيْنَمَا هُمْ بِكَامِلِهِمْ عَبِيدٌ لِلفَسَادِ. فَالإنْسَانُ مُسْتَعْبَدٌ لِمَا يَسُودُ عَلَيْهِ. 20 هَرَبَ هَؤُلَاءِ مِنْ أوسَاخِ العَالَمِ بِمَعْرِفَةِ رَبِّنَا وَمُخَلِّصِنَا يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ. لَكِنَّهُمْ إذْ عَلِقُوا فِي شِرَاكِهَا مَرَّةً أُخْرَى وَانغَلَبُوا، صَارَتْ حَالَتُهُمُ الأخِيرَةُ أسوَأَ مِنَ الأُولَى. 21 فَكَانَ أفْضَلَ لَهُمْ لَوْ أنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا طَرِيقَ البِرِّ، مِنْ أنْ يَرْتَدُّوا عَنِ التَعليمِ المُقَدَّسِ بَعْدَ أنْ عَرَفُوهُ وَقَبِلُوهُ. 22 وَهَكَذَا يَصْدُقُ عَلَيْهِمُ المَثَلُ القَائِلُ: «كَلْبٌ يَعُودُ إلَى قَيئِهِ.»[b] وَمَثَلٌ آخَرُ يَقُولُ: «خِنزِيرَةٌ مُغَسَّلَةٌ تَعُودُ إلَى التَّمَرُّغُ فِي الوَحلِ.»
2 Peter 2
King James Version
2 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
2 Peter 2
New King James Version
Destructive Doctrines
2 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be (A)false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3 By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction [a]does not slumber.
Doom of False Teachers
4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to [b]hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 5 and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; 6 and turning the cities of (B)Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; 7 and (C)delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked 8 (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, (D)tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)— 9 then (E)the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment, 10 and especially (F)those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. (G)They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of [c]dignitaries, 11 whereas (H)angels, who are greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord.
Depravity of False Teachers
12 But these, (I)like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption, 13 (J)and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure (K)to [d]carouse in the daytime. (L)They are spots and blemishes, [e]carousing in their own deceptions while (M)they feast with you, 14 having eyes full of [f]adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. (N)They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children. 15 They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of (O)Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man’s voice restrained the madness of the prophet.
17 (P)These are wells without water, [g]clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness [h]forever.
Deceptions of False Teachers
18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who [i]have actually escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of [j]corruption; (Q)for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into [k]bondage. 20 For if, after they (R)have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are (S)again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21 For (T)it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: (U)“A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”
Footnotes
- 2 Peter 2:3 M will not
- 2 Peter 2:4 Lit. Tartarus
- 2 Peter 2:10 glorious ones, lit. glories
- 2 Peter 2:13 revel
- 2 Peter 2:13 reveling
- 2 Peter 2:14 Lit. an adulteress
- 2 Peter 2:17 NU and mists
- 2 Peter 2:17 NU omits forever
- 2 Peter 2:18 NU are barely escaping
- 2 Peter 2:19 depravity
- 2 Peter 2:19 slavery
Habrit Hakhadasha/Haderekh “The Way” (Hebrew Living New Testament)
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