2 Peter 2

1 Men der vare og falske Propheter iblandt Folket, ligesom der og iblandt Eder skulle være falske Lærere, som skulle indføre fordærvelige Secter og negte den Herre, som dem kjøbte, hvilke skulle føre sig over sig selv en hastig Fordærvelse.2 Og mange skulle efterfølge deres Ryggesløshed, hvor hvis Skyld Sandhedens Vei skal bespottes.3 Og i Gjerrighed skulle de med kunstige ord søge Vinding af Eder; over dem er Dommen alt længe beredt, og deres Fordærvelse slumrer ikke,4 Thi dersom Gud ikke sparede de Engle, som syndede, men nedstyrtede dem til Helvede og overantvordede dem i Mørkets Lænker, at forvares til Dommen;5 Og ikke sparede den gamle Verden men bevarede Noah, den Retfærdighedens Prædiker, selv ottende, der han førte Syndfloden over de Ugudeliges Verden;6 og gjorde Sodomas og Gomoras Stæder til Aske og fordømte dem til Ødelæggelse, saa han satte dem til til Exempel for dem, som i Fremtiden leve ugudeligen;7 og udfriede den retfærdige Loth som plagedes ved de Ugudeliges uteerlige Omgængelse;8 (thi denne Retfærdige, imedens han boede iblandt dem, ængstede sig Dag fra Dag i sin retfærdige Sjæl over de skjændige Gjerninger, som han saae og hørte):9 da veed Herren og at udfrie de Gudfrygtige af Fristelse, men at bevare de uretfærdige til Dommens Dag at straffes;10 og meest dem, som vandre efter Kjødet, i Besmittelsens Lyster, og foragte Herskab. Dristige, frække, bæve de ikke ved at bespotte Værdigheder,11 da dog Englene, som ere større i Styrke og Magt, ikke fremføre bespottelig Dom imod dem for Herren.12 Men disse, som ufornuftige Dyr, sandselige, fødte til Rov og Ødelæggelse, bespotte, hvad de ikke kjende, og skulle ødelægges i deres egen Ødelæggelse,13 og erholde Uretfærdigheds Løn. Vellyst søge de i daglig Overdaadighed en Skamplet og Skjændsel ere de; de gjøre sig lystige i deresBedragerier, naar de holde Maaltid med Eder;14 deres Øine er fulde af Horeri og lade sig ikke styre fra Synden; de lokke de ubefæstede Sjæle; de have et Hjerte, øvet i Gjerrighed, Forbandelsens Børn;15 de have forladt den rette Vei og fare vild, følgende Bileams, Beors Søns, Vei, hvilken elskede Uretfærdigheds Løn,16 men fandt Straf for sin Overtrædelse; det umælende Lastdyr talede med menneskelig Røst og forhindrede Prophetens Daarlighed.17 Disse ere vandløse Kilder, Skyer som drives af Hvirvelvind, for hvilke Mørke og Mulm til evig Tid er bevaret.18 Thi idet de tale Forfængeligheds stolte ord, lokke de ved kjødets Lyster i Uteerligheder dem, som virkeligen vare undflyede fra dem, der vandre i Vildfarelse,19 idet de love dem Frihed, alligevel de selv ere Forkrænkelighedens Trælle; thi af hvem Nogen er overvunden, dens Træl er han og bleven.20 Thi dersom de, der have undflyet Verdens Besmittelser ved den Herres og Frelsers Jesu Christi Erkjendelse, igjen lade sig indvikle deri og overvindes, da er det Sidste med dem blevet værre end det Første.21 Thi det havde været dem bedre, at de ikke havde kjendt Retfærdighedens Vei, end at de, der de kjendte den, have vendt sig fra det hellige Bud, som var dem overantvordet.22 Men det er skeet dem efter det sande ordsprog: Hunden veder sig igen til sit eget Spy, og Soen, som var toet, til den sidste Søle.

2 Peter 2

The False Teachers’ Ungodly Lifestyle

1 But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.s These false teacherst wills infiltrate your midstt with destructive heresies,t even to the point oft denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bringt swift destruction on themselves.2 And many will follow their debauched lifestyles.t Because of these false teachers,t the way of truth will be slandered.t

3 And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Theirt condemnation pronounced long agot is not sitting idly by;t theirt destruction is not asleep.
4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned,t but threw them into hellt and locked them upt in chainss in utter darkness,t to be kept until the judgment,5 and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others,t when Godt brought a flood on an ungodly world,t6 and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction,sts having appointedt them to serve as an examplet to future generations of the ungodly,t7 and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawlesst men,t8 (for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soult by the lawless deeds he saw and heardt)9 – if so,t then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials,t and to reserve the unrighteous for punishmentt at the day of judgment,

10 especially those who indulge their fleshly desirest and who despise authority.
Brazen and insolent,t they are not afraid to insultt the glorious ones,t11 yet event angels, who are much more powerful,t do not bring a slanderoust judgment against them before the Lord.s12 Butt these men,t like irrational animals – creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyedt – do not understand whomt they are insulting, and consequentlyt in their destruction they will be destroyed,t13 suffering harm as the wages for their harmful ways.t By considering it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight,t they are stains and blemishes, indulgingt in their deceitful pleasures when they feast together with you.14 Their eyes,t full of adultery,t never stop sinning;t they enticet unstable people.t They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!t15 By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor,t who loved the wages of unrighteousness,t

16 yet was rebukedt for his own transgression (a dumb donkey,t speaking with a human voice,t restrained the prophet’s madness).s
17 These ment are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darknesst have been reserved.18 For by speaking high-sounding but empty wordst they are able to entice,t with fleshly desires and with debauchery,t peoplet who have just escapedt from those who reside in error.t19 Although these false teachers promiset such peoplet freedom, they themselves are enslaved tot immorality.t For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.t20 For if after they have escaped the filthy thingst of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,s theyt again get entangled in them and succumb to them,t their last state has become worse for them than their first.21 For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them.

22 They are illustrations of this true proverb:t “A dog returns to its own vomit,”t and “A sow, after washing herself,t wallows in the mire.”t