2 Peters 2

1 Men det opstod også falske profeter blandt folket, likesom det og blandt eder skal komme falske lærere, som skal lure inn vrange lærdommer som leder til fortapelse, idet de endog nekter den Herre som kjøpte dem, og fører over sig selv en brå fortapelse.

2 Og mange skal følge dem efter i deres skamløshet, og for deres skyld skal sannhetens vei bli spottet,
3 og av havesyke skal de med opdiktede ord utnytte eder til sin vinning. Men dommen over dem er fra gammel tid ikke ørkesløs, og deres fortapelse sover ikke.4 For så sant Gud ikke sparte engler da de syndet, men styrtet dem ned i avgrunnen og overgav dem til mørkets huler i varetekt til dom,5 og ikke sparte den gamle verden, men opholdt rettferdighetens forkynner Noah selv åttende, dengang han førte vannflommen over en verden av ugudelige,

6 og la byene Sodoma og Gomorra i aske og fordømte dem til undergang, og dermed har satt dem til et forbillede på de ugudelige i fremtiden,
7 og fridde ut den rettferdige Lot, som plagedes ved de ugudeliges skamløse ferd8 (-)for den rettferdige som bodde blandt dem, led dag for dag pine i sin rettferdige sjel ved de lovløse gjerninger han så og hørte(-)

9 så sant vet Herren å utfri de gudfryktige av fristelser, men å holde de urettferdige i varetekt med straff til dommens dag,
10 aller mest dem som går efter kjød i uren lyst og forakter herredømme. De selvgode vågehalser! De skjelver ikke for å spotte de høie makter,11 mens dog engler, som er større i styrke og makt, ikke fremfører for Herren nogen spottende dom imot dem;12 men disse, likesom ufornuftige dyr, av naturen født til å fanges og forgå(-)de skal, fordi de spotter det de ikke kjenner, også forgå i sin vanart13 og få urettferdighets lønn. De setter sin lyst i å bruke dagen til vellevnet; disse styggelser og skamflekker, de fråtser i sin svik når de holder gilde med eder;14 de har øine som er fulle av skjøgen og umettelige i synd; de forlokker ubefestede sjeler; de har et hjerte som er opøvd i havesyke, de forbannelsens barn!15 De har forlatt den bene vei og faret vill, idet de har fulgt Bileams, Beors sønns vei, han som elsket urettferdighets lønn16 og blev refset for sin egen brøde: et umælende trældyr talte med et menneskes mæle og hindret profetens dårskap.17 Disse er vannløse brønner, skodde som drives av stormvind; mørkets natt er rede for dem.18 For idet de taler skrytende, tomme ord, forlokker de i kjødslyster ved usedelighet dem som just har flyktet bort fra dem som ferdes i forvillelse,19 idet de lover dem frihet, de som selv er vanartens træler; for det som en ligger under for, det er han og blitt træl av.20 For om de har flyktet bort fra verdens urenhet ved å ha lært vår Herre og frelser Jesus Kristus å kjenne, og så atter lar sig fange av den og ligger under for den, da er det siste blitt verre med dem enn det første.21 For det var bedre for dem at de ikke hadde kjent rettferdighetens vei, enn at de kjente den og så vendte sig bort fra det hellige bud som var overgitt dem.

22 Det er gått dem som det sanne ordsprog sier: Hunden vender sig om til sitt eget spy, og den vaskede so velter sig i søle.

2 PETER 2

False Prophets and Teachers

1 Sometimes false prophets spoke to the people of Israel. False teachers will also sneak in and speak harmful lies to you. But these teachers don't really belong to the Master who paid a great price for them, and they will quickly destroy themselves. 2 Many people will follow their evil ways and cause others to tell lies about the true way.

3 They will be greedy and cheat you with smooth talk. But long ago God decided to punish them, and God doesn't sleep.
4 God did not have pity on the angels that sinned. He had them tied up and thrown into the dark pits of hell until the time of judgment.

5 t And during Noah's time, God did not have pity on the ungodly people of the world. He destroyed them with a flood, though he did save eight people, including Noah, who preached the truth.

6  t God punished the cities of Sodom and Gomorraht by burning them to ashes, and this is a warning to anyone else who wants to sin.
7-8  t Lot lived right and was greatly troubled by the terrible way those wicked people were living. He was a good man, and day after day he suffered because of the evil things he saw and heard. So the Lord rescued him.

9 This shows that the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their sufferings and to punish evil people while they wait for the day of judgment.
10 The Lord is especially hard on people who disobey him and don't think of anything except their own filthy desires. They are reckless and proud and are not afraid of cursing the glorious beings in heaven.

11 Although angels are more powerful than these evil beings, t even the angels don't dare to accuse them to the Lord.
12 These people are no better than senseless animals that live by their feelings and are born to be caught and killed. They speak evil of things they don't know anything about. But their own corrupt deeds will destroy them.

13 They have done evil, and they will be rewarded with evil.
They think it is fun to have wild parties during the day. They are immoral, and the meals they eat with you are spoiled by the shameful and selfish way they carry on.t

14 All they think about is having sex with someone else's husband or wife. There is no end to their wicked deeds. They trick people who are easily fooled, and their minds are filled with greedy thoughts. But they are headed for trouble!
15  t They have left the true road and have gone down the wrong path by following the example of the prophet Balaam. He was the son of Beor and loved what he got from being a crook.

16 But a donkey corrected him for this evil deed. It spoke to him with a human voice and made him stop his foolishness.
17 These people are like dried up water holes and clouds blown by a windstorm. The darkest part of hell is waiting for them. 18 They brag out loud about their stupid nonsense. And by being vulgar and crude, they trap people who have barely escaped from living the wrong kind of life.

19 They promise freedom to everyone. But they are merely slaves of filthy living, because people are slaves of whatever controls them.
20 When they learned about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they escaped from the filthy things of this world. But they are again caught up and controlled by these filthy things, and now they are in worse shape than they were at first. 21 They would have been better off if they had never known about the right way. Even after they knew what was right, they turned their backs on the holy commandments they were given.

22 t What happened to them is just like the true saying,
“A dog will come back
to lick up its own vomit.
A pig that has been washed
will roll in the mud.”