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Falsos maestros

En el pasado hubo falsos profetas entre el pueblo de Dios, así como también los habrá entre ustedes. Sin que ustedes se den cuenta, ellos les darán falsas enseñanzas que los llevarán a ustedes a la condenación. Se atreverán incluso a negar al mismo Señor, que fue quien pagó el precio de su libertad. Pero al hacerlo, ellos mismos atraerán su rápida destrucción. Muchos los seguirán en su conducta indecente, y por culpa de ellos habrá quienes hablen mal del camino de la verdad. Lo que en realidad quieren los falsos maestros es quitarles su dinero y explotarlos con engaños. Pero Dios les tiene preparada la condena desde hace tiempo, y no podrán escapar del que los destruirá.

Dios no dejó sin castigo a los ángeles que pecaron. Al contrario, los envió al infierno y los puso en cavernas oscuras, donde estarán hasta el día del juicio. Tampoco dejó sin castigo al perverso mundo antiguo, sino que le mandó el diluvio, del que sólo salvó a Noé, quien enseñaba vivir para agradar a Dios, y a siete personas más. Dios también castigó a las ciudades de Sodoma y Gomorra reduciéndolas a cenizas. Estas ciudades son ejemplo y advertencia de lo que les espera a quienes están en contra de Dios. Pero Dios salvó a Lot, un buen hombre que se angustiaba por la mala vida que llevaba esa gente perversa. Lot era bueno, pero su corazón se atormentaba por todo lo que tenía que ver y oír todos los días viviendo entre tantos perversos.[a]

Esto es una prueba de que Dios sabe rescatar de las dificultades a los que dedican su vida a él, pero también sabe cómo castigar a los perversos mientras esperan el día del juicio. 10 El Señor castigará sobre todo a aquellos que se dejan llevar por sus sucios deseos y no respetan su autoridad. Ellos son los falsos maestros, atrevidos y tercos, que no tienen miedo de insultar ni siquiera a los poderes superiores[b]. 11 Los ángeles son más fuertes y poderosos que los falsos maestros; sin embargo, ni siquiera los ángeles se atreven a acusar con insultos a estos poderes ante el Señor.

12 Estos maestros insultan lo que no entienden. Actúan sin pensar, como animales que nacen para ser atrapados y muertos, y terminarán como esos animales. 13 Ellos les hacen mal a otros y se les pagará con la misma moneda. Disfrutan haciendo a la vista de todos lo que les viene en gana; cuando cenan con ustedes, ellos son una mancha que causa vergüenza, pues con sus mañas lo echan todo a perder. 14 No pueden ver a una mujer sin desvestirla con la mirada. Ese es su pecado permanente. Hacen pecar a las personas inestables, son avaros y expertos en aprovecharse de los demás. Por eso están bajo maldición. 15 Se apartaron del buen camino y se desviaron por el mismo camino de Balán[c], el hijo de Bosor, a quien le encantaba que le pagaran por hacer maldades. 16 Balán fue reprendido por su pecado. A pesar de que los burros no hablan, una burra le habló como habla un ser humano y le dijo que estaba cometiendo un error. Así logró detener la locura del profeta Balán.

17 Esos falsos maestros, son como ríos sin agua y como nubes a las que se lleva el viento. Dios los ha destinado a un lugar en la más negra oscuridad. 18 Buscan impresionar a la gente con sus palabras, que en realidad no valen nada. Con sus malos deseos y consejos seducen a quienes a duras penas logran escapar de los que viven en el error. 19 Les prometen libertad, pero ellos mismos son esclavos de hábitos que los destruirán, pues uno es esclavo de aquello que lo domina. 20 Ellos escaparon del mal que hay en el mundo cuando conocieron a nuestro Señor Jesucristo, pero si son atrapados y dominados nuevamente por ese mal, terminarán peor que al principio. 21 Hubiera sido mejor para ellos no haber conocido nunca el camino correcto, que haberlo conocido y luego apartarse del camino de la justicia. 22 (A)Con esa gente se cumple lo que dice el dicho: «El perro que vomita, regresa a su mismo vómito»,[d] y: «Aunque laven al cerdo, irá de nuevo a revolcarse en el barro».

Footnotes

  1. 2:6-8 Este evento se narra en Gn 19:12-29.
  2. 2:10 poderes superiores Textualmente las glorias o los gloriosos.
  3. 2:15 Balán Un falso profeta de Madián. Ver Nm 22-24; 31:8.
  4. 2:22 Cita de Pr 26:11.

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 Teachers Condemned

But false prophets also arose among the people,[a] just as there will also be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies. They will even deny the Master who bought them[b]—bringing swift destruction upon themselves. Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result the way of the truth will be maligned. In their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.

For God did not spare angels when they sinned, but threw them into Sheol.[c] He put them in chains of gloomy darkness, to be held until the judgment. [d] He did not spare the ancient world. He preserved only Noah, a proclaimer of righteousness, along with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly. He devastated the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, reducing them to ashes[e]—making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly. He rescued Lot, a righteous man deeply troubled by the shameless immorality of the wicked. [f] (For that righteous man, while living among them, was tormented in his righteous soul day after day by lawless deeds he saw and heard.) Therefore the Lord certainly knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and how to keep the unrighteous being punished until the Day of Judgment— 10 especially those who follow after the flesh in its unclean desires and who despise the Lord’s authority.[g]

Brazen and arrogant, these people do not tremble while slandering glorious beings; 11 yet even angels, though stronger and more powerful, do not bring a slanderous charge against them before the Lord. [h] 12 But these people are like irrational animals—creatures of instinct born to be captured and killed. They malign what they don’t understand, and in their destruction they will be utterly destroyed. 13 They will be paid back for what they have done—evil for evil.[i] They consider carousing in broad daylight a pleasure. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceitful pleasures while feasting together with you. 14 They have eyes full of adultery that never stop sinning, enticing unstable souls. They have hearts trained in greed—a cursed brood! 15 They have abandoned the straight way. They have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor,[j] who loved the wages of wickedness. 16 But he received a rebuke for his own wrongdoing. A dumb donkey spoke with a man’s voice and put a stop to the prophet’s madness.[k]

17 These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. The gloom of utter darkness has been reserved for them. [l] 18 For by mouthing grandiosities that amount to nothing, they entice in sensual fleshly passions those who are barely escaping from those who live in error. 19 They promise them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption—for a person is a slave to whatever has overcome him. 20 For if—after escaping the world’s pollutions through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Yeshua the Messiah—they again become entangled in these things and are overcome, the end for them has become worse than the beginning. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after learning about it, to turn back from the holy commandment passed on to them. [m] 22 What has happened to them confirms the truth of the proverb, “A dog returns to its vomit,”[n] and “A scrubbed pig heads right back into the mud.”

Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:1 cf. Deut 13:1-2; Jer. 14:14; Lam. 2:14; Ezek. 13:9; 22:28.
  2. 2 Peter 2:1 cf. 1 Cor. 6:20; 7:23.
  3. 2 Peter 2:4 Lit. hold captive in Tartarus, the deepest place of Hades or hell.
  4. 2 Peter 2:5 cf. Ezek. 26:20; Judah 6.
  5. 2 Peter 2:6 cf. Gen. 19:24.
  6. 2 Peter 2:8 cf. Gen. 19:1-2, 16.
  7. 2 Peter 2:10 Or lordship; cf. Judah 8.
  8. 2 Peter 2:12 cf. Judah 9.
  9. 2 Peter 2:13 cf. Judah 12.
  10. 2 Peter 2:15 Lit. Bosor, perhaps a wordplay (Heb. basar meaning flesh); cf. Num. 22:5.
  11. 2 Peter 2:16 cf. Num. 22:21-35.
  12. 2 Peter 2:18 cf. Judah 13.
  13. 2 Peter 2:22 cf. Ezek. 18:24.
  14. 2 Peter 2:22 Prov. 26:11.