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፤

¹But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction;

²ብዙዎችም በመዳራታቸው ይከተሉአቸዋል በእነርሱም ጠንቅ የእውነት መንገድ ይሰደባል።

²and many shall follow their dissolute ways, through whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.

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

³And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.

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

⁴For if God spared not [the] angels who had sinned, but having cast them down to the deepest pit of gloom has delivered them to chains of darkness [to be] kept for judgment;

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

⁵and spared not [the] old world, but preserved Noe, [the] eighth, a preacher of righteousness, having brought in [the] flood upon [the] world of [the] ungodly;

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

⁶and having reduced [the] cities of Sodom and Gomorrha to ashes, condemned [them] with an overthrow, setting [them as] an example to those that should [afterwards] live an ungodly life;

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

⁷and saved righteous Lot, distressed with the abandoned conversation of the godless,

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፤

⁸(for the righteous man through seeing and hearing, dwelling among them, tormented [his] righteous soul day after day with [their] lawless works,)

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

⁹[the] Lord knows [how] to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep [the] unjust to [the] day of judgment [to be] punished;

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

¹⁰and specially those who walk after the flesh in [the] lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Bold [are they], self-willed; they do not fear speaking injuriously of dignities:

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

¹¹when angels, who are greater in might and power, do not bring against them, before the Lord, an injurious charge.

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

¹²But these, as natural animals without reason, made to be caught and destroyed, speaking injuriously in things they are ignorant of, shall also perish in their own corruption,

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

¹³receiving [the] reward of unrighteousness; accounting ephemeral indulgence pleasure; spots and blemishes, rioting in their own deceits, feasting with you;

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

¹⁴having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin, alluring unestablished souls; having a heart practised in covetousness, children of curse;

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

¹⁵having left [the] straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved [the] reward of unrighteousness;

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

¹⁶but had reproof of his own wickedness -- [the] dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly of the prophet.

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

¹⁷These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved [for ever].

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

¹⁸For [while] speaking great highflown words of vanity, they allure with [the] lusts of [the] flesh, by dissoluteness, those who have just fled those who walk in error,

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

¹⁹promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is subdued, by him is he also brought into slavery.

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

²⁰For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through [the] knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, again entangled, they are subdued by these, their last state is worse than the first.

²¹For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known [it] to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

²²But that [word] of the true proverb has happened to them: [The] dog [has] turned back to his own vomit; and, [The] washed sow to [her] rolling in mud.