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¹And there did come also false prophets among the people, as also among you there shall be false teachers, who shall bring in besides destructive sects, and the Master who bought them denying, bringing to themselves quick destruction,

²许多人会随从他们的淫行，因此真理的道，就因他们的缘故被人毁谤。

²and many shall follow out their destructive ways, because of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of,

³他们因为有贪心，就用捏造的话，想在你们身上图利；惩罚他们的，自古以来就没有松懈；毁灭他们的，也不会打盹。

³and in covetousness, with moulded words, of you they shall make merchandise, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction doth not slumber.

⁴　神没有姑息犯罪的天使，反而把他们丢入地狱，囚禁在幽暗的坑里，等候审判。

⁴For if God messengers who sinned did not spare, but with chains of thick gloom, having cast [them] down to Tartarus, did deliver [them] to judgment, having been reserved,

⁵　神也没有姑息上古的世界，反而使洪水临到那不敬虔的世人，只保存了传义道的挪亚一家八口。

⁵and the old world did not spare, but the eighth person, Noah, of righteousness a preacher, did keep, a flood on the world of the impious having brought,

⁶　神判定了所多玛、蛾摩拉二城的罪，把它们倾覆，烧成灰烬，作为后世不敬虔的人的鉴戒；

⁶and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah having turned to ashes, with an overthrow did condemn, an example to those about to be impious having set [them];

⁷只救了那因恶人的淫行而常受委屈的义人罗得；

⁷and righteous Lot, worn down by the conduct in lasciviousness of the impious, He did rescue,

⁸（因为这义人住在他们中间，天天看见和听见他们不法的事，他正直的心就感到伤痛。）

⁸for in seeing and hearing, the righteous man, dwelling among them, day by day the righteous soul with unlawful works was harassing.

⁹主知道怎样搭救敬虔的人脱离试探，又把不义的人留下来，等候在审判的日子受刑罚，

⁹The Lord hath known to rescue pious ones out of temptation, and unrighteous ones to a day of judgment, being punished, to keep,

¹⁰尤其是那些随从肉体，生活在污秽的私欲中，和轻蔑当权的，更是这样。他们胆大任性，毫无畏惧地毁谤在尊位的。

¹⁰and chiefly those going behind the flesh in desire of uncleanness, and lordship despising; presumptuous, self-complacent, dignities they are not afraid to speak evil of,

¹¹就是天使，虽有更大的力量与权能，尚且不用毁谤的话在主面前控告他们。

¹¹whereas messengers, in strength and power being greater, do not bear against them before the Lord an evil speaking judgment;

¹²但这些人，好像没有理性的牲畜，生下来就是给人捉去宰杀的；他们毁谤自己所不知道的事，必在自己的败坏中灭亡。

¹²and these, as irrational natural beasts, made to be caught and destroyed — in what things they are ignorant of, speaking evil — in their destruction shall be destroyed,

¹³他们行不义，就得了不义的工价。他们在白昼纵情作乐，满了污点与瑕疵，和你们一同吃饭的时候，就因自己的诡诈而沾沾自喜。

¹³about to receive a reward of unrighteousness, pleasures counting the luxury in the day, spots and blemishes, luxuriating in their deceits, feasting with you,

¹⁴他们满眼淫色，而且不住地犯罪。他们引诱心志不坚固的人。他们的心习惯了贪婪，是应当受咒诅的族类。

¹⁴having eyes full of adultery, and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having an heart exercised in covetousnesses, children of a curse,

¹⁵他们离弃正路，走入歧途，跟从了比珥的儿子巴兰的道路。这巴兰贪爱不义的工价，

¹⁵having forsaken a right way, they did go astray, having followed in the way of Balaam the [son] of Bosor, who a reward of unrighteousness did love,

¹⁶他曾经因着自己的过犯受了责备：不能说话的驴，竟用人的声音说出话来，制止了这先知的狂妄。

¹⁶and had a rebuke of his own iniquity — a dumb ass, in man`s voice having spoken, did forbid the madness of the prophet.

¹⁷这些人是无水的泉源，是暴风催逼的雾气，有漆黑的幽暗为他们存留。

¹⁷These are wells without water, and clouds by a tempest driven, to whom the thick gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept;

¹⁸因为他们说虚妄夸大的话，用肉体的私欲和邪荡的事，引诱那些刚刚逃脱了错谬生活的人。

¹⁸for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh — lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error,

¹⁹他们应许给人自由，自己却作了败坏的奴仆；因为人给谁制伏了，就作谁的奴仆。

¹⁹liberty to them promising, themselves being servants of the corruption, for by whom any one hath been overcome, to this one also he hath been brought to servitude,

²⁰如果他们因为认识我们的主、救主耶稣基督，可以脱离世上的污秽，后来又在其中被缠住、受制伏，他们末了的景况，就比先前的更不好了。

²⁰for, if having escaped from the pollutions of the world, in the acknowledging of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and by these again being entangled, they have been overcome, become to them hath the last things worse than the first,

²¹既然认识了义路，竟又背弃传给他们的圣诫命，对他们来说，倒不如不认识好得多了。

²¹for it were better to them not to have acknowledged the way of the righteousness, than having acknowledged [it], to turn back from the holy command delivered to them,

²²他们的情形，正像俗语所说的：“狗转过来，又吃自己所吐的；猪洗净了，又到污泥中去打滚。”

²²and happened to them hath that of the true similitude; `A dog did turn back upon his own vomit,` and, `A sow having bathed herself — to rolling in mire.`