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Aye xnaqˈtzil nya toj tumil(A)

Quˈn ikytaqtziˈn ojtxe, attaqxjal nyakuj yolil Tyol Dios kyxol aj Judiy, a nya twutzx; exsin ikyxjo jaˈlin kyxola. At xnaqˈtzil, a nya twutzx kyyol. Ex chebˈe nchi xnaqˈtzin noq kyximxjal, a aku qo naj tuˈn. Ex n‑el kyiˈn toklin qAjaw, a xkotpinkye toj il. Noq tuˈnjo lo, liwey kchi najil te jun majx. Nimxjal nxi lipe kyiˈj, noq tuˈn nxi kyqˈoˈn ambˈil tejo kyachbˈil. Ex noq tuˈnjo lo, nchi yolbˈinxjal nya bˈaˈn tiˈjjo qnimbˈil, a aku Tbˈanil Tqanil twutzxix. Noq kyaj tuˈn kykanbˈin pwaq kyiˈja; kyaj tuˈn kykubˈ sbˈuˈn kyuˈn, tuˈn jun xnaqˈtzbˈil kyeku. Me kchi najil te jun majx, quˈn atxix ojtxe bˈantnin tiˈj tuˈn kynaj.

Quˈn mipe xkubˈ tnajsin Dios kyil angel xkubˈ kybˈinchin, aye o chex lipe tiˈj tajaw il; qalaˈ ma chex t‑xoˈn toj najin, ex ma chi kyij ttzaqpiˈn toj qxopin, kˈlonqe tuˈn kxbˈil, tzmaxi aj tpon tqˈijil paˈbˈin. Ex mixpe kubˈ tnajsin Dios kyilxjal ojtxe, a nya wenqe; qalaˈ tzaj tsmaˈn nimku aˈ kyibˈaj, tuˈn kykyim. Me oˈkx Noé klet kyukˈa wuq tukˈa, quˈn wen te Noé, ex nyolintaq tiˈj jun chwinqil jikyin. Ex xi tqˈoˈn Dios qanbˈil tibˈaj xjal kyojjo tnam Sodoma ex Gomorra, noq tuˈn ttzˈeˈy te jun majx, tuˈn kyok te jun yekˈbˈil jaˈlin tiˈj tiˈ kbˈajil kyiˈjjo tkyaqil xjal, a nya wenqe. Me oˈkx Lot klet kyxol, a jun ichin wentaq, quˈn ma tzaj tbˈis, teˈ tok tkaˈyin kychwinqiljo xjal aj ilqe. Quˈn atzin ichin bˈaˈn, a najle kyxol, tzun nbˈisintaq toj tanmin junjun qˈij tiˈj tkyaqil il n‑ok tkaˈyintaq, ex n‑ok tbˈiˈntaq kyuˈnxjal, ayeˈ a nya tzyuˈn kyibˈ. Ikytziˈn, bˈiˈn quˈn qa nchi kletjo xjal tuˈn qAjaw, tojjo tkyaqil n‑ikyˈx kyiˈj, quˈn qˈoˈn kyibˈ te. Me meqetzin kye, a nchi bˈinchin nya wen, iteˈkx tjaqˈ tkawbˈil Dios jaˈlin, ex aj tul tqˈijil paˈbˈin, kchi xeˈl toj najin te jun majx. 10 Ex kkawil Dios kyibˈajjo a lipcheqex tiˈjjo kyachbˈil, a ojtxe kyten, ex n‑el kyiˈjlin alkyechaqku kyoklin kawil. Ma kuj kynabˈl, ex njaw kynimsin kyibˈ. Ntiˈ kyxobˈil tuˈn kyyasin kyiˈj angel ex jniˈ taqˈnil tajaw il. 11 Me meqetzin kyeˈ t‑angel Dios, exla qa nimxix kyoklin ex nimxix kyipin, ntiˈ n‑okx kyqˈoˈn kyibˈ tuˈn kypatin, ex tuˈn kyyasin kyiˈjjo tajaw il ex jniˈ nmaq tkawbˈil. 12 Me ayetzin xjal lo, nchi yasin kyiˈjjo a mi n‑el kynikyˈ te. Ntiˈ kynabˈl, qalaˈ ikytzin kyteˈn tzeˈnqeku txuk toj kˈul, a il tiˈj tuˈn kyok tzyet, ex tuˈn kykubˈ yuchˈit te jun majx. 13 Ok ktzajil nya wen kyibˈaj tuˈn Dios, tuˈn kybˈinchbˈin nya wen. Quˈn toj kywutz, jun tzaljbˈil tuˈn nxi kyqˈoˈn kyibˈ jun paqx tzeˈnku ntqanin tachbˈil kyxmilil. Ayejo xjal luˈn, jun txˈixwejil ex jun tzˈil kyxola, quˈn exla qa nchi waˈn kyukˈiy kyxol Ttanim Dios, me nchi jyoˈn tumil tuˈn kyok lipe tiˈj bˈinchj il. 14 Quˈn tkyaqil qya, aj tok kykaˈyin, n‑el kyanmin kyiˈj tuˈn kykyˈaˈjin kyukˈa, ex mi nchi sikyte tuˈn kybˈinchin aj pajil. Ex kukx nchi xmoxin kyiˈjjo a nya kujqe toj kynimbˈil. At‑xix kynabˈl tuˈn tpon kykˈuˈj tiˈj tiˈchaqku, me at tqanbˈil Dios kyibˈajjo xjal luˈn. 15 Quˈn ma chi naj noq tuˈn ma chi el txalpaj tiˈjjo bˈe jikyin. Ex ma chi ok lipe tiˈjjo tumil tuˈn Balaam ojtxe, a tkˈwal Beor, a tajtaq tuˈn tkanbˈin pwaq noq tuˈn jun tumil nyakuj tzajnin te Dios. 16 Me bˈeˈx ok miyoˈn tuˈn Dios tiˈjjo til, noq tuˈn tyoljo bur, a mibˈin yolin. Me tuˈn Dios, bˈant tyolin tzeˈnku jun xjal noq tuˈn tweˈ a kabˈe tkˈuˈj Balaam.

17 Me ayetzin xnaqˈtzil nya wen luˈn ikyqetziˈn tzeˈnku jun xoch ntiˈ aˈ toj, quˈn ntiˈ Tyol qMan kyukˈa; ex tzeˈnku jun muj iqin tuˈn kyqˈiqˈ, a jun paqx n‑ikyˈ. Me ma kubˈ tqanbˈil Dios kyibˈaj, a tuˈn kyten toj manyor qxopinx te jun majx. 18 Quˈn nchi yolin tukˈa jun yol tbˈanilx, noq tuˈn kynimsin kyibˈ, me ntiˈ tajbˈin kyxnaqˈtzbˈil. Quˈn noq kyuˈn kytzeq ex jniˈ achbˈil, a ntqanin kyxmilil, kyaj tuˈn kyxmoxin kyiˈjxjal, a nya kujqe toj kynimbˈil, ayeˈ tzmaqe n‑el kypaˈn kyibˈ kyiˈjjo bˈinchil il. 19 Aye xnaqˈtzil lo nchi suqin jun chwinqil te tzaqpibˈl nyakuj tbˈanilx wen, a nya il tiˈj tuˈn tkubˈ kynimin alkye nukˈbˈil. Me ayekupekye ma txi kyqˈoˈn kyibˈ toj tkyaqil kyachbˈil, me ntiˈ tumil tuˈn kytzaqpaj. Quˈn tuˈn ntiˈ kytzaqpibˈl, qa ma chi kubˈ tuˈnjo jun tiˈ, ex ayetzin kye xnaqˈtzil lo ma chi kubˈ tuˈnxjo kyil. 20 Me ayetzin kyeˈ, a o tzˈel kynikyˈ te qAjaw ex Klolqe Jesucrist, ma chi tzaqpaj kyeˈ te tkyaqiljo nya wen te twutz txˈotxˈ. Me qatzin qa ma txi kyqˈoˈn kyibˈ tuˈn kymeltzˈaj juntl majl toj il, ma chi kubˈ tuˈn, ex nimxixla tqanbˈil Dios kyibˈaj, a tzeˈnku tej naˈmtaq kynimin. 21 Wenxitla kye xjal luˈn, noqit mi s‑el kynikyˈ tiˈjjo Tbˈanil Tqanil, a twutzxix, tzeˈnku tuˈn tel kynikyˈ tejo a xjan Tyol Dios, ex tuˈn tel kypaˈn kyibˈ tiˈjjo a saj tqˈmaˈn kye. 22 Me noq tuˈn kymeltzˈaj juntl majl tojjo ojtxe kyten, ma japin teˈ kyyolxjal luˈn kyiˈj: Ma meltzˈaj tetxˈyan juntl majl waˈl teˈ t‑xabˈ; ex ikyxjo te kuch: Akxtaq tbˈaj txjet tiˈj, ma txiˈ juntl majl tolil tibˈ toj xoqˈlch.

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