彼得后书 2

假先知和假教师

1 从前在民间有假先知起来；同样，将来在你们中间也会有假教师，偷偷地引进使人灭亡的异端。他们甚至不认买他们的主人，自取迅速灭亡。 2 许多人会随从他们淫荡的行为，以致真理之道因他们的缘故被毁谤。 3 他们因贪婪，要用捏造的言语在你们身上取得利益。他们的惩罚，自古以来并不迟延；他们的灭亡也必迅速来到。

4 既然上帝没有宽容犯了罪的天使，反而把他们丢在地狱里，囚禁在幽暗中等候审判； 5 既然上帝也没有宽容上古的世界，曾叫洪水临到那不敬虔的世界，只保护了报公义信息的挪亚一家八口； 6 既然上帝判决了所多玛和蛾摩拉，将二城倾覆t，焚烧成灰，作为后世不敬虔人的鉴戒， 7 只搭救了那常为恶人的淫荡忧伤的义人罗得— 8 因为那义人住在他们当中，他正义的心因天天看见和听见他们不法的事而伤痛； 9 那么，主知道搭救敬虔的人脱离试炼，把不义的人留在惩罚之下等候审判的日子， 10 尤其那些随从肉体、放纵污秽的情欲、藐视主的权威的人更是如此。 他们胆大任性，无惧地毁谤众尊荣者；

11 就是天使，虽然力量权能更大，在对他们宣告从主来的审判的时候还不用毁谤的话t。 12 但这些人好像没有理性的牲畜，生来就是要被捉拿宰杀的。他们毁谤自己所不知道的事，正在败坏人的时候，自己也遭遇败坏， 13 为所行的不义受不义的工钱。他们喜爱白昼狂欢，他们已被玷污，又有瑕疵，正与你们一同欢宴，以自己的诡诈为乐。 14 他们满眼是淫色，是止不住的罪，引诱心不坚定的人，心中习惯了贪婪，正是被诅咒的种类。 15 他们离弃了正路，走入歧途，随从比珥t的儿子巴兰的路；巴兰就是那贪爱不义的工钱的人， 16 他却为自己的过犯受了责备，而那不能说话的驴以人的声音阻止了先知的狂妄。

17 这些人是无水的泉源，是狂风催逼的雾气，有漆黑的幽暗为他们存留。 18 他们说虚妄夸大的话，用肉体的情欲和淫荡的事引诱那些刚脱离错谬生活的人。 19 他们应许人自由，自己却作了腐败的奴隶，因为人被谁制伏就是谁的奴隶。 20 倘若他们因认识我们的主和救主耶稣基督而得以脱离世上的污秽，后来又被污秽缠住，被制伏，他们末后的景况就比先前更不好了。 21 他们知道义路，竟背弃了传授给他们那神圣的诫命，倒不如不知道为妙。 22 俗语说得好，这话正印证在他们身上了： “狗转过来吃自己所吐的；” 又说： “猪洗净了，又回到烂泥里打滚。”

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.”