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Ang Pangakong Pagdating ng Panginoon

Mga minamahal, ito ang ikalawang sulat ko sa inyo. Sa dalawang sulat na ito ay sinikap kong gisingin ang malinis ninyong isipan sa pamamagitan ng pagpapaalala ng ilang mga bagay. Alalahanin ninyo ang mga sinabi noon ng mga banal na propeta at ang utos na ibinigay sa inyo ng Panginoon at Tagapagligtas sa pamamagitan ng mga apostol na isinugo sa inyo. Una(A) sa lahat, dapat ninyong malaman na sa mga huling araw ay pagtatawanan kayo ng mga taong namumuhay ayon sa sarili nilang pagnanasa. Sasabihin nila, “Nangako siyang darating, hindi ba? Nasaan na siya? Namatay na ang ating mga ninuno ngunit wala pa ring pagbabago buhat nang likhain ang mundong ito.” Sinasadya nilang hindi pahalagahan ang katotohanang ang langit at lupa ay nilikha ng Diyos sa pamamagitan ng kanyang salita. Nilikha ang lupa buhat sa tubig at sa pamamagitan ng tubig. Sa(B) pamamagitan din ng tubig—ng Malaking Baha—ginunaw ang daigdig nang panahong iyon. Sa pamamagitan din ng salitang iyon ay nananatili ang mga langit at ang lupa upang tupukin sa apoy pagdating ng Araw ng Paghuhukom at pagpaparusa sa masasama.

Mga(C) minamahal, huwag ninyong kalilimutan na sa Panginoon, ang isang araw ay tulad ng sanlibong taon, at ang sanlibong taon ay tulad ng isang araw lamang. Ang Panginoon ay hindi nagpapabaya sa kanyang pangako gaya ng inaakala ng ilan. Sa halip, nagbibigay siya ng pagkakataon sa lahat sapagkat hindi niya nais na may mapahamak, kundi ang lahat ay makapagsisi at tumalikod sa kasalanan.

10 Ngunit(D) ang Araw ng Panginoon ay darating tulad ng isang magnanakaw. Sa araw na iyon, ang kalangitan ay biglang mawawala kasabay ng isang malakas na ugong. Matutupok ang araw, buwan at mga bituin. Ang mundo at ang lahat ng mga bagay na naririto ay mawawala.[a] 11 At dahil ganito ang magiging wakas ng lahat ng bagay, mamuhay kayo nang may kabanalan at sikapin ninyong maging maka-Diyos 12 habang hinihintay ninyo ang Araw ng Diyos. Magsikap kayong mabuti upang dumating agad ang araw na ang kalangitan ay matutupok at ang mga bagay na naroroon ay matutunaw sa matinding init. 13 Subalit ayon sa pangako ng Diyos, naghihintay(E) tayo ng bagong langit at ng bagong lupa na paghaharian ng katuwiran.

14 Kaya nga, mga minamahal, habang naghihintay kayo, sikapin ninyong kayo'y madatnang namumuhay nang mapayapa, walang dungis at walang kapintasan. 15 Isipin ninyong kaya nagtitimpi ang Panginoon ay upang bigyan kayo ng pagkakataong maligtas. Iyan ang isinulat sa inyo ng kapatid nating si Pablo, taglay ang karunungang kaloob sa kanya ng Diyos. 16 Sa lahat ng sulat niya tungkol sa paksang ito, ganito ang lagi niyang paalala. May ilang bahagi sa kanyang mga sulat ay mahirap unawain, at binibigyan ng maling kahulugan ng mga mangmang at maguguló ang pag-iisip. Ganyan din ang kanilang ginagawa sa ibang mga Kasulatan, kaya nga't ipinapahamak nila ang kanilang sarili.

17 Ngayong ito'y alam na ninyo, mga kapatid, dapat kayong mag-ingat upang huwag kayong mailigaw ng mga taong walang sinusunod na batas. Sa gayon, hindi kayo matitinag sa inyong mabuting kalagayan. 18 Sa halip, patuloy kayong lumago sa kagandahang-loob ng ating Panginoon at Tagapagligtas na si Jesu-Cristo, at sa pagkakilala sa kanya. Sa kanya ang kaluwalhatian, ngayon at magpakailanman! Amen.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Pedro 3:10 mawawala: Sa ibang manuskrito'y matutupok. Sa iba nama'y malalantad.

The Day of the Lord

Dear friends,(A) this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders(B) to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets(C) and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.(D)

Above all, you must understand that in the last days(E) scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.(F) They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised?(G) Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”(H) But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word(I) the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.(J) By these waters also the world of that time(K) was deluged and destroyed.(L) By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,(M) being kept for the day of judgment(N) and destruction of the ungodly.

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.(O) The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise,(P) as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient(Q) with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.(R)

10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.(S) The heavens will disappear with a roar;(T) the elements will be destroyed by fire,(U) and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.[a](V)

11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward(W) to the day of God and speed its coming.[b](X) That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.(Y) 13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth,(Z) where righteousness dwells.

14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless(AA) and at peace with him. 15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience(AB) means salvation,(AC) just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.(AD) 16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable(AE) people distort,(AF) as they do the other Scriptures,(AG) to their own destruction.

17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard(AH) so that you may not be carried away by the error(AI) of the lawless(AJ) and fall from your secure position.(AK) 18 But grow in the grace(AL) and knowledge(AM) of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.(AN) To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.(AO)

Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 3:10 Some manuscripts be burned up
  2. 2 Peter 3:12 Or as you wait eagerly for the day of God to come

This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:

That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;

16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.