2. Petrov 2

1 V ľude však boli aj falošní proroci; tak budú medzi vami falošní učitelia, ktorí budú vnášať zhubné rozkoly; budú zapierať Pána, ktorý ich vykúpil, a tým privedú na seba náhlu záhubu.2 Mnohí budú nasledovať ich výstrednosti a pre nich budú potupovať cestu pravdy.3 Vo svojom lakomstve budú vás vykorisťovať falošnými rečami. Ich odsúdenie sa pripravuje už oddávna a ich záhuba nedrieme.4 Veď Boh neušetril ani anjelov, keď zhrešili, ale zvrhol ich do tmavých priepastí podsvetia a dal ich strážiť až do súdu.5 Ani starý svet neušetril, ale zachránil Noema, hlásateľa spravodlivosti, ako ôsmeho, keď priviedol potopu na svet bezbožných.6 Aj mestá Sodomu a Gomoru odsúdil na zánik a obrátil ich na popol, a tak dal príklad, čo čaká bezbožných.7 Vyslobodil však spravodlivého Lota, ktorého trápil výstredný život nemravníkov.8 Kým tento spravodlivý býval medzi nimi, trápilo jeho spravodlivú dušu, že musel deň čo deň počuť a vidieť ich nemravné skutky.9 Pán však vie vytrhnúť nábožných zo skúšky a nespravodlivých ponechať na deň súdu na potrestanie;10 a to predovšetkým tých, ktorí sa ženú za nečistými žiadosťami tela a pohŕdajú Pánom. Bezočiví opovážlivci, neboja sa rúhať duchovným bytostiam,11 kým ani anjeli, hoci sú väčší čo do sily a moci, nevynášajú proti nim rúhavý výrok pred Pánom.12 Títo však ako nerozumné zvieratá, od prírody určené na to, aby ich lovili a ničili, rúhajú sa tomu, čo nepoznajú. Zahynú vo svojej skazenosti13 a proti svojej vôli dostanú odplatu za svoju neprávosť tí, čo za rozkoš pokladajú denné hýrenie; sú samá špina a škvrna a hýria roztopašne, keď v rozkošiach s vami hodujú.14 Oči majú plné cudzoložstva a sú nenásytní po hriechu; zvádzajú nepevné duše a srdce majú vycvičené v lakomstve; sú to synovia kliatby.15 Opustili priamu cestu a zablúdili, nasledovali cestu Balaama z Bosoru, ktorý si obľúbil odplatu za neprávosť.16 Bol však pokarhaný za svoj priestupok. Nemé ťažné zviera sa ozvalo ľudským hlasom a zabránilo prorokovmu šialenstvu.17 Tí ľudia sú pramene bez vody a mračná hnané víchricou; je im pripravená pošmúrna temnota.18 Lebo reči majú pyšné a prázdne a zvádzajú žiadosťami tela a výstrednosťami tých, čo sotva unikli tým, čo žijú v blude.19 Sľubujú im slobodu, ale sami sú otrokmi skazy; veď každý je otrokom toho, kto sa ho zmocnil.20 Ak sa teda tí, čo poznaním nášho Pána a Spasiteľa Ježiša Krista unikli poškvrnám sveta, znova do nich zapletú a dajú sa premôcť, ich koniec je horší, ako bol začiatok.21 Bolo by pre nich lepšie, keby neboli vôbec poznali cestu spravodlivosti, ako ju poznať a odvrátiť sa od svätého prikázania, ktoré sa im zverilo.22 Prihodilo sa im to, čo hovorí pravdivé príslovie: „Pes sa k tomu vrátil, čo vyvrátil, a umyté prasa váľa sa v blate zasa.“

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.”