2 Peter 2
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
False Prophets and Their Punishment
2 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive opinions. They will even deny the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. 2 Even so, many will follow their licentious ways, and because of these teachers[a] the way of truth will be maligned. 3 And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced against them long ago, has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
4 For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell[b] and committed them to chains[c] of deepest darkness to be kept until the judgement; 5 and if he did not spare the ancient world, even though he saved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood on a world of the ungodly; 6 and if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction[d] and made them an example of what is coming to the ungodly;[e] 7 and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man greatly distressed by the licentiousness of the lawless 8 (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by their lawless deeds that he saw and heard), 9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgement 10 —especially those who indulge their flesh in depraved lust, and who despise authority.
Bold and wilful, they are not afraid to slander the glorious ones,[f] 11 whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not bring against them a slanderous judgement from the Lord.[g] 12 These people, however, are like irrational animals, mere creatures of instinct, born to be caught and killed. They slander what they do not understand, and when those creatures are destroyed,[h] they also will be destroyed, 13 suffering[i] the penalty for doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, revelling in their dissipation[j] while they feast with you. 14 They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children! 15 They have left the straight road and have gone astray, following the road of Balaam son of Bosor,[k] who loved the wages of doing wrong, 16 but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
17 These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm; for them the deepest darkness has been reserved. 18 For they speak bombastic nonsense, and with licentious desires of the flesh they entice people who have just[l] escaped from those who live in error. 19 They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption; for people are slaves to whatever masters them. 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overpowered, the last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment that was passed on to them. 22 It has happened to them according to the true proverb,
‘The dog turns back to its own vomit’,
and,
‘The sow is washed only to wallow in the mud.’
Footnotes
- 2 Peter 2:2 Gk because of them
- 2 Peter 2:4 Gk Tartaros
- 2 Peter 2:4 Other ancient authorities read pits
- 2 Peter 2:6 Other ancient authorities lack to extinction
- 2 Peter 2:6 Other ancient authorities read an example to those who were to be ungodly
- 2 Peter 2:10 Or angels; Gk glories
- 2 Peter 2:11 Other ancient authorities read before the Lord; others lack the phrase
- 2 Peter 2:12 Gk in their destruction
- 2 Peter 2:13 Other ancient authorities read receiving
- 2 Peter 2:13 Other ancient authorities read love-feasts
- 2 Peter 2:15 Other ancient authorities read Beor
- 2 Peter 2:18 Other ancient authorities read actually
2 Pedro 2
Reina-Valera Antigua
2 PERO hubo también falsos profetas en el pueblo, como habrá entre vosotros falsos doctores, que introducirán encubiertamente herejías de perdición, y negarán al Señor que los rescató, atrayendo sobre sí mismos perdición acelerada.
2 Y muchos seguirán sus disoluciones, por los cuales el camino de la verdad será blasfemado;
3 Y por avaricia harán mercadería de vosotros con palabras fingidas, sobre los cuales la condenación ya de largo tiempo no se tarda, y su perdición no se duerme.
4 Porque si Dios no perdonó á los ángeles que habían pecado, sino que habiéndolos despeñado en el infierno con cadenas de oscuridad, los entregó para ser reservados al juicio;
5 Y si no perdonó al mundo viejo, mas guardó á Noé, pregonero de justicia, con otras siete personas, trayendo el diluvio sobre el mundo de malvados;
6 Y si condenó por destrucción las ciudades de Sodoma y de Gomorra, tornándolas en ceniza, y poniéndolas por ejemplo á los que habían de vivir sin temor y reverencia de Dios,
7 Y libró al justo Lot, acosado por la nefanda conducta de los malvados;
8 (Porque este justo, con ver y oir, morando entre ellos, afligía cada día su alma justa con los hechos de aquellos injustos;)
9 Sabe el Señor librar de tentación á los píos, y reservar á los injustos para ser atormentados en el día del juicio;
10 Y principalmente á aquellos que, siguiendo la carne, andan en concupiscencia é inmundicia, y desprecian la potestad; atrevidos, contumaces, que no temen decir mal de las potestades superiores:
11 Como quiera que los mismos ángeles, que son mayores en fuerza y en potencia, no pronuncian juicio de maldición contra ellas delante del Señor.
12 Mas éstos, diciendo mal de las cosas que no entienden, como bestias brutas, que naturalmente son hechas para presa y destrucción, perecerán en su perdición,
13 Recibiendo el galardón de su injusticia, ya que reputan por delicia poder gozar de deleites cada día. Estos son suciedades y manchas, los cuales comiendo con vosotros, juntamente se recrean en sus errores;
14 Teniendo los ojos llenos de adulterio, y no saben cesar de pecar; cebando las almas inconstantes; teniendo el corazón ejercitado en codicias, siendo hijos de maldición;
15 Que han dejado el camino derecho, y se han extraviado, siguiendo el camino de Balaam, hijo de Bosor, el cual amó el premio de la maldad.
16 Y fué reprendido por su iniquidad: una muda bestia de carga, hablando en voz de hombre, refrenó la locura del profeta.
17 Estos son fuentes sin agua, y nubes traídas de torbellino de viento: para los cuales está guardada la oscuridad de las tinieblas para siempre.
18 Porque hablando arrogantes palabras de vanidad, ceban con las concupiscencias de la carne en disoluciones á los que verdaderamente habían huído de los que conversan en error;
19 Prometiéndoles libertad, siendo ellos mismos siervos de corrupción. Porque el que es de alguno vencido, es sujeto á la servidumbre del que lo venció.
20 Ciertamente, si habiéndose ellos apartado de las contaminaciones del mundo, por el conocimiento del Señor y Salvador Jesucristo, y otra vez envolviéndose en ellas, son vencidos, sus postrimerías les son hechas peores que los principios.
21 Porque mejor les hubiera sido no haber conocido el camino de la justicia, que después de haberlo conocido, tornarse atrás del santo mandamiento que les fué dado.
22 Pero les ha acontecido lo del verdadero proverbio: El perro se volvió á su vómito, y la puerca lavada á revolcarse en el cieno.
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
2 Петър 2
Библия, ревизирано издание
Опасността от лъжеучители
2 (A)Но е имало и лъжливи пророци между народа, както и между вас ще има лъжливи учители, които ще въведат тайно гибелни ереси, като се отричат даже от Господаря, Който ги е купил, и ще навлекат на себе си бърза погибел.
2 И мнозина ще последват техните похотливи дела, поради които човеци пътят на истината ще се похули.
3 (B)От користолюбие те ще ви мамят с престорени думи; но тяхната присъда, отдавна приготвена, не се забавя и тяхната погибел не дреме.
4 (C)Защото ако Бог не пощади и ангели, когато съгрешиха, а ги хвърли в мрака на най-дълбоките ровове и ги предаде да бъдат пазени за съд;
5 (D)и ако не пощади стария свят, а опази с още седем души Ной, проповедника на правдата, когато докара потоп върху нечестивия свят;
6 (E)така също ако Той осъди на разорение содомските и гоморските градове и ги обърна на пепел, и ги постави за пример на онези, които щяха да вършат нечестие,
7 (F)а избави праведния Лот, на когото беше дотегнал развратният живот на нечестивите човеци
8 (G)(защото този праведен човек, като живееше между тях, измъчваше ден след ден праведната си душа, като гледаше и слушаше беззаконните им дела);
9 (H)но Господ знае как да избави благочестивите от напаст, а неправедните да държи под наказание за съдния ден,
10 (I)а особено тези, които с нечисто пожелание следват плътските страсти и презират властта. Дръзки и упорити, те не се страхуват да хулят невидимите власти;
11 (J)докато ангелите, ако и да са по-големи в мощ и сила, не представят против тях хулителна присъда пред Господа.
12 (K)Тези обаче, като животни без разум създания, по естеството си родени да бъдат ловени и изтребвани, хулят за неща, които не знаят, и ще погинат в своя разврат,
13 (L)наближаващи да получат заплатата на неправдата – хора, които смятат за удоволствие всекидневния разкош. Те са петна и позор; наслаждават се с измамите си, когато са на угощение с вас;
14 (M)очите им са пълни с блудство и непрестанен грях; подмамват неутвърдени души; сърцето им е научено на користолюбие; те са предадени на проклятие;
15 (N)оставиха правия път и се заблудиха, като последваха пътя на Валаам, Веоровия син, който обикна заплатата на неправдата,
16 (O)но беше изобличен за своето беззаконие, когато ням осел проговори с човешки глас и възпря безумието на пророка.
17 (P)Те са безводни кладенци, мъгли, тласкани от буря, за които е запазена мрачна тъмнина довека.
18 (Q)Защото, като говорят с надуто празнословие, те с разпътството си подмамват в плътските похоти онези, които едва са се отдръпнали от живеещите в заблуда.
19 (R)Обещават им свобода, а те сами са роби на разврата; защото от каквото е победен някой, на това и става роб.
20 (S)Понеже, ако след като са избягали от светските мръсотии чрез познаването на Господа и Спасителя Исус Христос, те пак са се заплели в тях и остават победени, то последното им състояние е станало по-лошо от първото.
21 (T)Понеже по-добре би било за тях да не бяха познали пътя на правдата, отколкото след като са го познали, да се отвърнат от предадената им свята заповед.
22 (U)С тях се е случило това, което казва истинната пословица: Псето се върна на бълвоча си, и: Окъпаната свиня се върна да се валя в тинята.
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