2 Petro 2

Waalimu wa uongo

1 Palitokea manabii wa uongo kati ya watu, na vivyo hivyo waalimu wa uongo watatokea kati yenu. Watu hao wataingiza mafundisho maharibifu na kumkana Bwana aliyewakomboa, na kwa njia hiyo watasababisha ghafla maangamizi yao wenyewe. 2 Tena watu wengi watazifuata hizo njia zao mbaya, na kwa sababu yao wengine wataipuuza njia ya ukweli. 3 Kwa tamaa yao mbaya watajipatia faida kwa kuwaambieni hadithi za uongo. Lakini kwa muda mrefu sasa Hakimu wao yuko tayari, na Mwangamizi wao yuko macho!

4 Malaika walipotenda dhambi, Mungu hakuwahurumia, bali aliwatupa katika moto wa Jehanamu ambako wamefungwa wakingojea siku ile ya hukumu. 5 Mungu hakuihurumia dunia ya hapo kale, bali alileta gharika kuu juu ya nchi ile ya watu wasiomcha Mungu; lakini Noa ambaye alihubiri uadilifu, Mungu alimwokoa pamoja na watu wengine saba. 6 Mungu aliiadhibu miji ya Sodoma na Gomora, akaiteketeza kwa moto, akaifanya iwe mfano wa mambo yatakayowapata watu wasiomcha Mungu. 7 Alimwokoa Loti, mtu mwema, ambaye alisikitishwa sana na mwenendo mbaya wa watu hao waasi. 8 Loti aliishi miongoni mwa watu hao, na kwa siku nyingi moyo wake ulikuwa katika wasiwasi mkuu aliposikia matendo yao maovu. 9 Kwa hiyo, basi, Bwana anajua jinsi ya kuwaokoa katika majaribu watu wanaomcha Mungu, na jinsi ya kuwaweka waovu katika adhabu hadi siku ile ya hukumu, 10 hasa wale wanaofuata tamaa mbaya za mwili na kupuuza mamlaka. Watu hao ni wakaidi na wenye majivuno, huvitukana na hawaviheshimu viumbe vitukufu vya juu.

11 Lakini malaika ambao wana uwezo na nguvu kuliko hao waalimu wa uongo, hawawashtaki na kuwatukana hao mbele ya Bwana. 12 Watu hao ambao hutukana chochote kile wasichoelewa, ni sawa na wanyama wasio na akili ambao huzaliwa na baadaye hukamatwa na kuchinjwa! Wataangamizwa kutokana na uharibifu wao wenyewe, 13 na watalipwa mateso kwa mateso ambayo wameyasababisha. Furaha yao ni kufanya, tena mchana kabisa, chochote kinachotosheleza anasa zao za mwili. Hao ni fedheha na aibu tupu kwa jumuiya yenu wakati wanapojiunga nanyi katika karamu zenu, hali wakifurahia njia zao za udanganyifu. 14 Macho yao yamejaa uzinzi na uwezo wao wa kutenda dhambi hauna kikomo. Huwaongoza watu walio dhaifu mpaka mitegoni. Mioyo yao imezoea kuwa na tamaa ya mali. Wapo chini ya laana ya Mungu! 15 Wameiacha njia iliyonyoka, wakapotoka na kuifuata njia aliyofuata Balaamu, mwana wa Beori ambaye alipendelea kupata faida kwa kufanya udanganyifu, 16 akakaripiwa kwa ajili ya uovu wake. Punda ambaye hasemi, alinena kwa sauti ya binadamu, akaukomesha wazimu wa huyo nabii.

17 Watu hao ni kama chemchemi zilizokauka, kama mawingu yanayopeperushwa na tufani; makao yao waliyowekewa ni mahali pa giza kuu. 18 Husema maneno ya majivuno na yasiyo na maana, na kutumia tamaa zao mbaya za kimwili kuwatega wale ambao wamejitenga hivi karibuni na watu waishio katika udanganyifu. 19 Huwaahidi watu wengine eti watakuwa huru, kumbe wao wenyewe ni watumwa wa upotovu – maana mtu ni mtumwa wa chochote kile kinachomtawala. 20 Watu waliokwisha ponyoka katika upotovu wa ulimwengu kwa kupata kumjua Bwana na Mwokozi wetu Yesu Kristo, kisha wakakubali kunaswa na kutawaliwa tena na upotovu huo, hali yao itakuwa mbaya zaidi kuliko awali. 21 Ingalikuwa afadhali kwao kama wasingalijua kamwe njia hiyo ya uadilifu kuliko kuijua na kisha kuiacha na kupoteza amri takatifu waliyopokea. 22 Ipo methali isemayo: “Mbwa huyarudia matapishi yake mwenyewe,” na nyingine isemayo: “Nguruwe aliyekwisha oshwa hugaagaa tena katika matope!” Ndivyo ilivyo kwao sasa.

2 Peter 2

1 But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.2 And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of.3 And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.4 For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;5 and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly;7 and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked8 (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their lawless deeds):9 the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;10 but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities:11 whereas angels, though greater in might and power, bring not a railing judgment against them before the Lord.12 But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed,13 suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; men that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their deceivings while they feast with you;14 having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing;15 forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;16 but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man’s voice and stayed the madness of the prophet.17 These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.18 For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error;19 promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first.21 For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them.22 It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.