Второе послание Петра 2

1  t Были и лже-пророки в народе, как и у вас будут лжеучители, которые введут пагубные ереси и, отвергаясь искупившего их Господа, навлекут сами на себя скорую погибель. 2 t И многие последуют их разврату, и через них путь истины будет в поношении. 3 t И из любостяжания будут уловлять вас льстивыми словами; суд им давно готов, и погибель их не дремлет. 4 t Ибо, если Бог ангелов согрешивших не пощадил, но, связав узами адского мрака, предал блюсти на суд для наказания; 5 t и если не пощадил первого мира, но в восьми душах сохранил семейство Ноя, проповедника правды, когда навел потоп на мир нечестивых; 6 t и если города Содомские и Гоморрские, осудив на истребление, превратил в пепел, показав пример будущим нечестивцам, 7 t а праведного Лота, утомленного обращением между людьми неистово развратными, избавил 8 t (ибо сей праведник, живя между ними, ежедневно мучился в праведной душе, видя и слыша дела беззаконные) — 9 t то, конечно, знает Господь, как избавлять благочестивых от искушения, а беззаконников соблюдать ко дню суда, для наказания, 10 t а наипаче тех, которые идут вслед скверных похотей плоти, презирают начальства, дерзки, своевольны и не страшатся злословить высших, 11 t тогда как и Ангелы, превосходя их крепостью и силою, не произносят на них пред Господом укоризненного суда. 12 Они, как бессловесные животные, водимые природою, рожденные на уловление и истребление, злословя то, чего не понимают, в растлении своем истребятся. 13 t Они получат возмездие за беззаконие, ибо они полагают удовольствие во вседневной роскоши; срамники и осквернители, они наслаждаются обманами своими, пиршествуя с вами. 14 t Глаза у них исполнены любострастия и непрестанного греха; они прельщают неутвержденные души; сердце их приучено к любостяжанию: это сыны проклятия. 15 t Оставив прямой путь, они заблудились, идя по следам Валаама, сына Восорова, который возлюбил мзду неправедную, 16 t но был обличен в своем беззаконии: бессловесная ослица, проговорив человеческим голосом, остановила безумие пророка. 17 t Это безводные источники, облака и мглы, гонимые бурею: им приготовлен мрак вечной тьмы. 18 Ибо, произнося надутое пустословие, они уловляют в плотские похоти и разврат тех, которые едва отстали от находящихся в заблуждении. 19 t Обещают им свободу, будучи сами рабы тления; ибо, кто кем побежден, тот тому и раб. 20 t Ибо если, избегнув скверн мира чрез познание Господа и Спасителя нашего Иисуса Христа, опять запутываются в них и побеждаются ими, то последнее бывает для таковых хуже первого. 21 t Лучше бы им не познать пути правды, нежели, познав, возвратиться назад от преданной им святой заповеди. 22 t Но с ними случается по верной пословице: пес возвращается на свою блевотину, и: вымытая свинья идет валяться в грязи.

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.”