2 Pedro 2
Los falsos maestros y su destrucción
1 En el pueblo judío hubo falsos profetas, y también entre ustedes habrá falsos maestros que encubiertamente introducirán herejías destructivas, al extremo de negar al mismo Señor que los rescató. Esto les traerá una pronta destrucción. 2 Muchos los seguirán en sus prácticas vergonzosas, y por causa de ellos se difamará el camino de la verdad. 3 Llevados por la avaricia, estos maestros los explotarán a ustedes con palabras engañosas. Desde hace mucho tiempo su condenación está preparada y su destrucción los acecha.
4 Dios no perdonó a los ángeles cuando pecaron, sino que los arrojó al *abismo, metiéndolos en tenebrosas cavernass y reservándolos para el juicio. 5 Tampoco perdonó al mundo antiguo cuando mandó un diluvio sobre los impíos, aunque protegió a ocho personas, incluyendo a Noé, predicador de la justicia. 6 Además, condenó a las ciudades de Sodoma y Gomorra, y las redujo a cenizas, poniéndolas como escarmiento para los impíos. 7 Por otra parte, libró al justo Lot, que se hallaba abrumado por la vida desenfrenada de esos perversos, 8 pues este justo, que convivía con ellos y amaba el bien, día tras día sentía que se le despedazaba el alma por las obras inicuas que veía y oía. 9 Todo esto demuestra que el Señor sabe librar de la *prueba a los que viven como Dios quiere, y reservar a los impíos para castigarlos en el día del juicio. 10 Esto les espera sobre todo a los que siguen los corrompidos deseos de la *naturaleza humana y desprecian la autoridad del Señor.
¡Atrevidos y arrogantes que son! No tienen reparo en insultar a los seres celestiales, 11 mientras que los ángeles, a pesar de superarlos en fuerza y en poder, no pronuncian contra tales seres ninguna acusación insultante en la presencia del Señor. 12 Pero aquéllos *blasfeman en asuntos que no entienden. Como animales irracionales, se guían únicamente por el instinto, y nacieron para ser atrapados y degollados. Lo mismo que esos animales, perecerán también en su corrupción 13 y recibirán el justo pago por sus injusticias. Su concepto de placer es entregarse a las pasiones desenfrenadas en pleno día. Son manchas y suciedad, que gozan de sus placeres mientras los acompañan a ustedes en sus comidas. 14 Tienen los ojos llenos de adulterio y son insaciables en el pecar; seducen a las personas inconstantes; son expertos en la avaricia, ¡hijos de maldición! 15 Han abandonado el camino recto, y se han extraviado para seguir la senda de Balán, hijo de Bosor,s a quien le encantaba el salario de la injusticia. 16 Pero fue reprendido por su maldad: su burra —una muda bestia de carga— habló con voz humana y refrenó la locura del profeta.
17 Estos individuos son fuentes sin agua, niebla empujada por la tormenta, para quienes está reservada la más densa oscuridad. 18 Pronunciando discursos arrogantes y sin sentido, seducen con los instintos *naturales desenfrenados a quienes apenas comienzan a apartarse de los que viven en el error. 19 Les prometen libertad, cuando ellos mismos son *esclavos de la corrupción, ya que cada uno es esclavo de aquello que lo ha dominado. 20 Si habiendo escapado de la contaminación del mundo por haber conocido a nuestro Señor y Salvador *Jesucristo, vuelven a enredarse en ella y son vencidos, terminan en peores condiciones que al principio. 21 Más les hubiera valido no conocer el camino de la justicia, que abandonarlo después de haber conocido el santo mandamiento que se les dio. 22 En su caso ha sucedido lo que acertadamente afirman estos proverbios: «El *perro vuelve a su vómito»,s y «la puerca lavada, a revolcarse en el lodo».
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.”