¹Wapenzi wangu, hii ni barua ya pili ninayowaandikia. Katika barua hizo mbili nimejaribu kufufua fikira safi akilini mwenu kwa kuwakumbusheni mambo haya.

¹This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you;

²Napenda mkumbuke maneno yaliyosemwa na manabii watakatifu, na ile amri ya Bwana na Mwokozi mliyopewa na mitume wenu.

²that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior:

³Awali ya yote jueni kwamba siku za mwisho watakuja watu ambao mienendo yao inatawaliwa na tamaa zao mbaya. Watawadhihaki ninyi

³knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts,

⁴na kusema: "Aliahidi kwamba atakuja! Je, sasa yuko wapi? Mambo ni yaleyale tangu babu zetu walipokufa; hali ya vitu ni ileile kama ilivyokuwa mwanzo wa ulimwengu!"

⁴and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”

⁵Watu hao, kwa makusudi, husahau kwamba zamani Mungu alinena, nazo mbingu na nchi zikaumbwa. Dunia iliumbwa kutoka katika maji na kwa maji;

⁵For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;

⁶na kwa maji hayo, yaani yale maji ya gharika kuu, dunia ya wakati ule iliangamizwa.

⁶by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.

⁷Lakini mbingu na nchi za sasa zahifadhiwa kwa neno la Mungu kwa ajili ya kuharibiwa kwa moto. Zimewekwa kwa ajili ya Siku ile ambapo watu wasiomcha Mungu watahukumiwa na kuangamizwa.

⁷But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

⁸Lakini, wapenzi wangu, msisahau kitu kimoja! Mbele ya Bwana, hakuna tofauti kati ya siku moja na miaka elfu; kwake yote ni mamoja.

⁸But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

⁹Bwana hakawii kutimiza yale aliyoahidi kama watu wengine wanavyofikiri kuwa atakawia. Yeye ana saburi kwa ajili yenu, maana hapendi hata mmoja wenu apotee, bali huwavuta wote wapate kutubu.

⁹The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

¹⁰Siku ya Bwana itakuja kama mwizi. Siku hiyo, mbingu zitatoweka kwa kishindo kikuu; vitu vyake vya asili vitateketezwa kwa moto, nayo dunia itatoweka pamoja na kila kitu kilichomo ndani yake.

¹⁰But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.

¹¹Maadamu kila kitu kitaharibiwa namna hiyo, je, ninyi mnapaswa kuwa watu wa namna gani? Mnapaswa kuishi kitakatifu na kumcha Mungu,

¹¹Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,

¹²mkiingojea Siku ile ya Mungu na kuifanya ije upesi--Siku ambayo mbingu zitateketezwa kwa moto na kuharibiwa, na vitu vyake vya asili vitayeyushwa kwa joto.

¹²looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?

¹³Lakini sisi, kufuatana na ahadi yake, twangojea mbingu mpya na dunia mpya ambayo imejaa uadilifu.

¹³But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

¹⁴Kwa hiyo wapenzi wangu, mkiwa mnangojea Siku ile, fanyeni bidii kuwa safi kabisa bila hatia mbele ya Mungu, na kuwa na amani naye.

¹⁴Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without blemish and blameless in his sight.

¹⁵Mnapaswa kuuona uvumilivu wa Bwana kuwa ni nafasi anayowapeni mpate kuokolewa, kama Paulo ndugu yetu mpenzi alivyowaandikia akitumia hekima aliyopewa na Mungu.

¹⁵Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;

¹⁶Hayo ndiyo asemayo katika barua zake zote anapozungumzia suala hilo. Yapo mambo kadhaa katika barua zake yaliyo magumu kuyaelewa, mambo ambayo watu wajinga, wasio na msimamo, huyapotosha kama wanavyopotosha sehemu nyingine za Maandiko Matakatifu. Hivyo wanasababisha maangamizi yao wenyewe.

¹⁶as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

¹⁷Lakini ninyi, wapenzi wangu, mmekwisha jua jambo hili. Basi, muwe na tahadhari msije mkapotoshwa na makosa ya waasi, mkaanguka kutoka katika msimamo wenu imara.

¹⁷You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.

¹⁸Lakini endeleeni kukua katika neema na katika kumjua Bwana wetu na Mwokozi Yesu Kristo. Utukufu uwe kwake, sasa na hata milele! Amina.

¹⁸But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.