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Waral cäkil wi chi e cˈo winak ri cäquicˈut ri man kas tzij taj

Xecˈoji cˈu banal tak tzij chquixol ri winak aj Israel ojer ri xquibij chi kas e kˈalajisal tak re ru Lokˈ Pixab ri Dios. Xukujeˈ quecˈoji na winak ri e banal tak tzij chixol ix ri cäquicˈut na ri man kas tzij taj. Ri e areˈ chcˈuyal quequitijoj na ri winak che ri xak qui chomanic ri e areˈ ri man kas tzij taj. Xa cˈu cäsachisax qui wäch ri winak rumal waˈ we tijonic riˈ. Je riˈ, rumal chi ri e areˈ man quecojon tä che ri Kajaw Jesús ri xcäm cho ri cruz che qui toˈic. Rumal waˈ xak teˈtalic cäpe na cˈäx pa qui wiˈ, cäsach cˈu na qui wäch. Pune ta ne je riˈ, e qˈuia ri cäquitakej u banic ri cäcaˈn ri e areˈ pa ri itzelalaj qui cˈaslemal ri sibalaj man utz tä u banic. Rumal cˈu quech ri e areˈ ri winak cäquibij na ri äwas u bixic chrij ri Utzalaj Tzij re ri Evangelio, ri kas be ri copan rucˈ ri Dios. Xa rumal ru rayixic qˈuia u wäch jastak, ri banal tak tzij riˈ quixquisub na rucˈ tijonic ri man kas tzij taj che resaxic ri cˈo iwucˈ. Kas yaˈtalic chi cäsach na qui wäch we winak riˈ ri ojer cˈut kˈatom lok tzij pa qui wiˈ chi cäcˈäjisax na qui wäch.

Ri Dios man xusach tä qui mac ri ángeles ri xemacunic, xane xeuqˈuiäk bi pa ri jul jawijeˈ cäcˈäjisax wi qui wäch. Chilaˈ cˈut e tzˈaptal wi cämic pa ri kˈekum. Sibalaj utz u banom che quichapic, cˈä copan na ri nimalaj kˈij aretak cäkˈat na tzij pa qui wiˈ. Ri Dios man xusach tä qui mac ri winak ri xecˈoji can ojer cho we uwächulew, xane xutak lok ri nimalaj kˈekal jäb pa qui wiˈ ri banal tak etzelal riˈ. Xuwi xutoˈ can ri ka mam Noé ri xutzijoj chi rajwaxic chi ri winak cäcaˈn jicom che ri qui cˈaslemal cho ri Dios. Xuwi ri areˈ rachiˈl wukub winak chic xetoˈ rumal ri Dios rech man quecäm taj. Ri Dios xukujeˈ xukˈat tzij chi cäcˈäjisax qui wäch ri winak ri e cˈo pa tak ri tinimit Sodoma, ri tinimit Gomorra. Xusach qui wäch we tinimit riˈ rucˈ ri kˈakˈ cˈä xechajir na. Waˈ we xbantajic riˈ are jun cˈutbal chquiwäch conojel ri itzel tak winak ri cˈä teˈ xepetic, xukujeˈ chquiwäch ri quecˈoji na chi kas tzij cäpe na ri kˈij aretak cäkˈat na tzij pa qui wiˈ. Xutoˈ cˈu can ri ka mam Lot, jun utzalaj tataˈ waˈ ri sibalaj xbisonic rumal ri tajin cäcaˈn ri itzel tak winak pa ri itzelalaj qui cˈaslemal. We utzalaj tataˈ riˈ ri xcˈoji chquixol ri itzelalaj tak winak sibalaj xbisonic. Ronojel kˈij cˈut xunaˈ cˈäx pa ri ranimaˈ rumal ri etzelal ri xuto, ri xukujeˈ xrilo chi tajin cäcaˈn ri winak. Ri Kajaw Dios retam jas cuban che qui toˈic ri winak ri qui jachom quib pu kˈab ri Areˈ. Queutoˈ cho ri cˈäx ri cäquirik na pa ri qui cˈaslemal, xukujeˈ aretak quetakchiˈx che mac. Are cˈu ri itzel tak winak xa e u cˈolom apanok, cucˈäjisaj cˈu na qui wäch pa ri kˈij ri cäpe na aretak cäkˈat tzij pa qui wiˈ.

10 Ri Dios sibalaj cucˈäjisaj cˈu na qui wäch ri winak ri xa cäquitakej u banic ri qui rayibal ri sibalaj man utz taj, ri xa cäquetzˈbej u wäch ri Areˈ, cäquetzelaj cˈu u wäch ru Pixab. We winak riˈ man cäquixej tä quib cho ri Dios. Man queniman taj, xane xa cäquinimarisaj quib. Man cäquixej tä cˈu quib chubixic ri äwas u bixic chquij ri kas nimak qui kˈij ri cˈo takanic pa qui kˈab. 11 Ri ángeles ri cˈo na qui chukˈab chquiwäch we itzel tak winak riˈ, ri xukujeˈ cˈo takanic pa qui kˈab, man cˈo tä ne jun chque ri e areˈ ri cäquicochˈo cäquibij cˈäx tak tzij cho ri Kajaw Dios chquij ri nimak qui kˈij chukˈatic tzij pa qui wiˈ chi cäcˈäjisax na qui wäch.

12 Are cˈu we achijab riˈ cäquibij tzij ri äwas u bixic chrij ri man cäquichˈob taj. E jeˈ ta ne awaj aj pa tak juyub, rumal chi man cˈo tä qui chomabal. Chapic quij we awaj riˈ, cämisaxic quij, are cˈu waˈ qui patän e cˈolic. Jeˈ cˈu u sachic na qui wäch we itzel tak winak riˈ junam jas ri awaj. 13 Cäquirik na cˈäx, tojbal re ri cˈäx ri qui banom chque niqˈuiaj winak chic. Quequicot ri e areˈ aretak quecowinic cäcaˈn ri itzelalaj tak qui rayibal chquiwäch conojel winak. We winak riˈ xak e esal tak qˈuixbal chixol pa tak ri i nimakˈij aretak quewiˈ iwucˈ rumal ri cäcaˈno ri cäkaj chquiwäch. Quequicot cˈu na chubanic ri itzel tak qui rayibal ri xa quesubtaj ri winak rumal.

14 Amakˈel aretak cäquil jun ixok, cäquirayij u wäch. Man quecos tä chubanic ri mac. Quequisub ri winak ri man kas tä qui jiquibam ri canimaˈ chrij ri Dios, xukujeˈ cˈamaninak chque ru rayixic qˈuia u wäch jastak. E winak waˈ ri kˈatom tzij pa qui wiˈ rumal ri Dios chi cäcˈäjisax na qui wäch. 15 E sachinak rumal chi qui yoˈm can ri kas be ri jicom. Xukujeˈ, xak rech cäquirik puak, cäcaˈn ri etzelal jeˈ jas ri xuban ri tat Balaam ru cˈojol ri tat Beor ojer. 16 Jun bur cˈut ri man cächˈaw taj xyajow ri tat Balaam rumal ri mac ri tajin cubano. Xchˈaw cˈu ri bur jas ri cächˈaw jun winak, xukˈatej u wäch ri conil ri craj cuban ri tat Balaam ri jeˈ ta ne chˈujarinak chic.

17 We achijab riˈ e junam rucˈ jun cˈuaˈ ri ya chakiˈj chic, man cˈo tä joron chupam, xukujeˈ e junam cucˈ ri sutzˈ ri quecˈam bi jawijeˈ chiˈ rumal ri quiäkikˈ. Kˈatom cˈu tzij pa qui wiˈ rumal ri Dios chi quebeˈ na pa ri kas kˈekum ri man coc tä wi jubikˈ ri sakil, jawijeˈ ri man cˈo tä chi quelic wi lok. 18 Je riˈ, rumal chi rucˈ nimal cäquibij tak tzij ri man cˈo tä qui patän. Rucˈ ru banic ri itzel tak qui rayinic, ri etzelal ri cäcaˈn pa ri qui cˈaslemal, cäquicoj qui cˈux ri winak. Quequisub na ri winak ri kas qui tasom chi quib chquij ri niqˈuiaj winak ri e sachinak. 19 Cäquibij chque ri winak chi cuyaˈ cäcaˈn xa jas ri cäcaj cäcaˈno, man rajwaxic tä cˈut queniman chic che ri Pixab. Jeˈ cäquibij pune ta ne ri e areˈ tajin queniman chque ri itzel tak qui rayinic ri cätakan pa canimaˈ. Ri e areˈ cˈut, jeˈ ta ne e cojom che patäninelab. Apachique ri chˈacaninak puwiˈ jun winak, waˈ we winak riˈ are patänil re ri chˈacaninak puwiˈ. 20 Ri winak ri xquitoˈ quib, ri ya e elinak chic chupam ri etzelal re ri uwächulew rumal ri retamaxic u wäch ri Kajaw Jesucristo ri Toˈl Ke, ri xquetamaj u wäch pa canimaˈ, te cˈu riˈ quetzelej chi chupam ri etzelal, quechˈactaj cˈu rumal, ri qˈuisbal re ri qui cˈaslemal we winak riˈ sibalaj cˈäx na chuwäch ri nabe. 21 Are cˈu utz na chque we ta mat xquetamaj jas ri kas u beyal ri cäjicomataj ri canimaˈ ri winak cho ri Dios chuwäch ri caˈnom ri e areˈ cämic. Are laˈ chi xquetamaj ri kas be, te cˈu riˈ xetzelej chi jumul chquij. Xquitas cˈu quib chrij ri Lokˈalaj Tzij, ru Lokˈ Pixab ri Dios ri yoˈm chque. 22 Jeˈ xbantaj pa ri qui cˈaslemal ri kas tzij ri cäbixic: “Ri tzˈiˈ cätzelej chutijic ri cuxabaj. Are cˈu ri ak ri chˈajtajinak chic, cuwolkotij rib jumul chic pa ri xokˈol,” ―cächa riˈ.

False Teachers and Their Destruction

But there were also false prophets(A) among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.(B) They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord(C) who bought them(D)—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved conduct(E) and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed(F) these teachers will exploit you(G) with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned,(H) but sent them to hell,[a] putting them in chains of darkness[b] to be held for judgment;(I) if he did not spare the ancient world(J) when he brought the flood on its ungodly people,(K) but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;(L) if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes,(M) and made them an example(N) of what is going to happen to the ungodly;(O) and if he rescued Lot,(P) a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless(Q) (for that righteous man,(R) living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials(S) and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.(T) 10 This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire(U) of the flesh[c] and despise authority.

Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings;(V) 11 yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment on them from[d] the Lord.(W) 12 But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish.(X)

13 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight.(Y) They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.[e](Z) 14 With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce(AA) the unstable;(AB) they are experts in greed(AC)—an accursed brood!(AD) 15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam(AE) son of Bezer,[f] who loved the wages of wickedness. 16 But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—an animal without speech—who spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.(AF)

17 These people are springs without water(AG) and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.(AH) 18 For they mouth empty, boastful words(AI) and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping(AJ) from those who live in error. 19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”(AK) 20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing(AL) our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ(AM) and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.(AN) 21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.(AO) 22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,”[g](AP) and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”

Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:4 Greek Tartarus
  2. 2 Peter 2:4 Some manuscripts in gloomy dungeons
  3. 2 Peter 2:10 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 18.
  4. 2 Peter 2:11 Many manuscripts beings in the presence of
  5. 2 Peter 2:13 Some manuscripts in their love feasts
  6. 2 Peter 2:15 Greek Bosor
  7. 2 Peter 2:22 Prov. 26:11