¹But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

¹ነገር ግን ሐሰተኞች ነቢያት ደግሞ በሕዝቡ መካከል ነበሩ እንዲሁም በመካከላችሁ ደግሞ ሐሰተኞች አስተማሪዎች ይሆናሉ፤ እነርሱም የዋጃቸውን ጌታ እንኳ ክደው የሚፈጥንን ጥፋት በራሳቸው ላይ እየሳቡ የሚያጠፋ ኑፋቄን አሹልከው ያገባሉ፤

²And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

²ብዙዎችም በመዳራታቸው ይከተሉአቸዋል በእነርሱም ጠንቅ የእውነት መንገድ ይሰደባል።

³And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

³ገንዘብንም በመመኘት በተፈጠረ ነገር ይረቡባችኋል፤ ፍርዳቸውም ከጥንት ጀምሮ አይዘገይም ጥፋታቸውም አያንቀላፋም።

⁴For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

⁴እግዚአብሔር ኃጢአትን ላደረጉ መላእክት ሳይራራላቸው ወደ ገሃነም ጥሎ በጨለማ ጉድጓድ ለፍርድ ሊጠበቁ አሳልፎ ከሰጣቸው፥

⁵And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

⁵ለቀደመውም ዓለም ሳይራራ ከሌሎች ሰባት ጋር ጽድቅን የሚሰብከውን ኖኅን አድኖ በኃጢአተኞች ዓለም ላይ የጥፋትን ውኃ ካወረደ፥

⁶And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

⁶ኃጢአትንም ያደርጉ ዘንድ ላሉት ምሳሌ አድርጎ ከተማዎችን ሰዶምንና ገሞራን አመድ እስኪሆኑ ድረስ አቃጥሎና ገልብጦ ከፈረደባቸው፥

⁷And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

⁷ጻድቅ ሎጥም በመካከላቸው ሲኖር እያየና እየሰማ ዕለት ዕለት በዓመፀኛ ሥራቸው ጻድቅ ነፍሱን አስጨንቆ ነበርና በዓመፀኞች ሴሰኛ ኑሮ የተገፋውን ያን ጻድቅ ካዳነ፥

⁸(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

⁹ጌታ እግዚአብሔርን የሚያመልኩትን ከፈተና እንዴት እንዲያድን፥ በደለኞችንም ይልቁንም በርኵስ ምኞት የሥጋን ፍትወት እየተከተሉ የሚመላለሱትን ጌትነትንም የሚንቁትን እየቀጣቸው ለፍርድ ቀን እንዴት እንዲጠብቅ ያውቃል። ደፋሮችና ኵሩዎች ሆነው ሥልጣን ያላቸውን ሲሳደቡ አይንቀጠቀጡም፤

⁹The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

¹¹ዳሩ ግን መላእክት በኃይልና በብርታት ከእነርሱ ይልቅ ምንም ቢበልጡ በጌታ ፊት በእነርሱ ላይ የስድብን ፍርድ አያመጡም።

¹⁰But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

¹²እነዚህ ግን ለመጠመድና ለመጥፋት በፍጥረታቸው እንደ ተወለዱ አእምሮ እንደ ሌላቸው እንስሶች ሆነው፥ በማያውቁት ነገር እየተሳደቡ በጥፋታቸው ይጠፋሉ፤

¹¹Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.

¹³የዓመፃቸውን ደመወዝ ይቀበላሉ። በቀን ሲዘፍኑ እንደ ተድላ ይቆጥሩታል፤ ነውረኞችና ርኵሳን ሆነው ከእናንተ ጋር ሲጋበዙ በፍቅር ግብዣ ይዘፍናሉ፤

¹²But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

¹⁴ምንዝር የሞላባቸው ኃጢአትንም የማይተዉ ዓይኖች አሉአቸው፤ የማይጸኑትን ነፍሳት ያታልላሉ፤ መመኘትን የለመደ ልብ አላቸው፤ የተረገሙ ናቸው።

¹³And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

¹⁵ቅንን መንገድ ትተው ተሳሳቱ፤ የባሶርን ልጅ የበለዓምን መንገድ ተከተሉ፤ እርሱ የዓመፃን ደመወዝ ወደደ፥

¹⁴Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

¹⁶ነገር ግን ስለ መተላለፉ ተዘለፈ፤ ቃል የሌለው አህያ በሰው ቃል ተናግሮ የነቢዩን እብድነት አገደ።

¹⁵Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

¹⁷ድቅድቅ ጨለማ ለዘላለም የተጠበቀላቸው እነዚህ ውኃ የሌለባቸው ምንጮች በዐውሎ ነፋስም የተነዱ ደመናዎች ናቸው።

¹⁶But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.

¹⁸ከንቱና ከመጠን ይልቅ ታላቅ የሆነውን ቃል ይናገራሉና፥ በስሕተትም ከሚኖሩት አሁን የሚያመልጡትን በሥጋ ሴሰኛ ምኞት ያታልላሉ።

¹⁷These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

¹⁹ራሳቸው የጥፋት ባሪያዎች ሆነው። አርነት ትወጣላችሁ እያሉ ተስፋ ይሰጡአቸዋል፤ ሰው ለተሸነፈበት ለእርሱ ተገዝቶ ባሪያ ነውና።

¹⁸For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

²⁰በጌታችንና በመድኃኒታችን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እውቀት ከዓለም ርኵሰት ካመለጡ በኋላ ዳግመኛ በእርስዋ ተጠላልፈው የተሸነፉ ቢሆኑ፥ ከፊተኛው ኑሮአቸው ይልቅ የኋለኛው የባሰ ሆኖባቸዋል።

¹⁹While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

²¹አውቀዋት ከተሰጣቸው ከቅድስት ትእዛዝ ከሚመለሱ የጽድቅን መንገድ ባላወቋት በተሻላቸው ነበርና።

²⁰For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

²²ውሻ ወደ ትፋቱ ይመለሳል፥ ደግሞ። የታጠበች እርያ በጭቃ ለመንከባለል ትመለሳለች እንደሚባል እውነተኞች ምሳሌዎች ሆኖባቸዋል።

²¹For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

²²But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.