¹But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on 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፤

²Many will follow their immoral TR reads “destructive” instead of “immoral” ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.

²ብዙዎችም በመዳራታቸው ይከተሉአቸዋል በእነርሱም ጠንቅ የእውነት መንገድ ይሰደባል።

³In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.

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

⁴For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus Tartarus is another name for Hell , and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;

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

⁵and didn’t spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on 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 Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly;

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

⁷and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life 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, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless 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 knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;

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

¹⁰but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

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

¹¹whereas angels, though greater in might and power, don’t bring a railing judgment 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 unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,

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

¹³receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;

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

¹⁴having eyes full of adultery, and who can’t cease from sin; enticing unsettled souls; having a heart trained in greed; children of cursing;

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

¹⁵forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;

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

¹⁶but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A mute donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped 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 driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.

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

¹⁸For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;

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

¹⁹promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.

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

²⁰For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

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

²¹For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

²²But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, “The dog turns to his own vomit again,” Proverbs 26:11 and “the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire.”