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.

¹Que'cuan ajcui' chak profeta aj balak' sa' xyânkeb laj Israel junxil. Jo'can ajcui' sa' êyânk lâex, te'cuânk aj tzolonel aj balak'. Chi timil ut sa' mukmu te'rocsi li balak' aj na'leb re xsachbal xpâbanquil li Dios toj retal te'xtz'ektâna li Kâcua' Jesucristo li quicam sa' xc'aba'eb. Ut riq'uin li neque'xbânu, neque'xsach ribeb chi junaj cua ut yôqueb chixbokbal raylal sa' xbêneb.

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

²Nabaleb telaje'xic sa' li mâusilal li yôqueb chixyebal eb a'an ut xmâqueb a'an tâmajecuâk li kapâbâl li tz'akal yâl.

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

³Eb a'an aj tic'ti'eb. Ca'aj cui' lê tumin neque'raj. Xban xrahinquil ru li tumin neque'balak'ic riq'uin tic'ti'. Lix rahobtesinquileb a'an ac tenebanbil chak sa' xbêneb najter xban li Dios. Inc'a' chic tâbâyk. Cuulac ban re xcutanquil nak te'sachek' ruheb.

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;

⁴Li Dios inc'a' quixcuy xmâqueb li ángel li que'mâcob chiru. Quixcuteb ban sa' xbalba sa' chamal jul k'ojyîn xsa'. Bac'bôqueb chi cadena quixcanabeb toj tâcuulak xk'ehil li rakba âtin. Jo'can ajcui' tixbânu reheb laj balak'. Inc'a' tixcuy xmâqueb.

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;

⁵Li Dios inc'a' quixcuy xmâqueb li que'cuan sa' ruchich'och' najter. Quixtakla ban chak li but'i ha' sa' xbên li ruchich'och' re nak te'osok' chixjunileb laj mâc. Ca'aj cui' laj Noé laj yehol resil li tîquilal quicole' rochbeneb li cuukub chic lix comoneb.

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;

⁶Jo'can ajcui' li Dios quixrak âtin sa' xbêneb laj Sodoma ut laj Gomorra. Quixsacheb nak quixc'at lix tenamiteb. Junes cha quicana. Li Dios quixbânu chi jo'can chok' retalil chiruheb chixjunileb li yôkeb chi mâcobc mokon re nak te'xucuak xban li c'a'ru tâchâlk sa' xbêneb.

⁷and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked

⁷Quixcol laj Lot li tîc xch'ôl. A'an c'ajo' nak naraho' sa' xch'ôl xban nak numtajenak li mâusilal li neque'xbânu li cuanqueb aran Sodoma.

⁸(for that righteous man dwelling among them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds):

⁸Laj Lot, a'an tîc xch'ôl. Ut nak cuan sa' xyânkeb laj Sodoma junelic ra sa' xch'ôl chirilbal, ut chirabinquil lix mâusilal lix na'lebeb.

⁹the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;

⁹Jo'can ajcui' anakcuan. Li Dios naxtenk'aheb li tîqueb xch'ôl re nak inc'a' te'xq'ue rib chi âlêc. Ut eb li inc'a' tîqueb xch'ôl tixcanabeb chixc'ulbal li tojba mâc nak tixtau xk'ehil li rakba âtin.

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;

¹⁰¿Ma toja' ta chic inc'a' tixq'ueheb sa' tojba mâc li neque'xrahi ru li tz'ajbêtal aj na'leb ut neque'xtz'ektâna lix cuanquilal li Cristo? Eb a'an josk'eb ut k'etk'eteb. Inc'a' neque'xucuac chixmajecuanquileb li ángel li cuanqueb sa' xnimajcual cuanquilal.

¹¹whereas angels, though greater in might and power, don’t bring a railing judgment against them before the Lord.

¹¹Eb li ángel cuanqueb xna'leb ut nim xcuanquil chiruheb laj tzolonel aj balak'. Abanan li ángel inc'a' neque'xmajecuaheb li cuînk a'in chiru li Kâcua'.

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,

¹²A'ut eb laj tzolonel aj balak' chanchaneb li xul. Mâc'a' neque'xpâb. Yal re chapec' ut re camsîc nak neque'yo'la. Yôqueb chixmajecuanquil li c'a'ak re ru inc'a' neque'xtau ru. Eb a'an jun oso'jiqueb nak te'osok'.

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;

¹³Chi jo'can te'xc'ul xk'ajcâmunquil lix mâusilaleb que'xbânu. Eb laj tzolonel aj balak' junelic saheb sa' xch'ôl chixbânunquil li inc'a' us, usta chi cutan. Xutânal chok' êre nak cuanqueb sa' êyânk xban nak neque'cuulac chi cua'ac sa' lê nink'e. Eb a'an junes mâcobc neque'xc'oxla.

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

¹⁴A'aneb aj muxul caxâr. Ca'aj cui' ixk neque'xc'oxla ut inc'a' neque'xcanab mâcobc. Neque'oc chixk'unbesinquileb li toj k'uneb xch'ôl. Eb li cuînk a'in c'aynakeb chixrahinquil ru li biomal. Eb a'an majecuanbileb chi junaj cua xban li Dios.

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

¹⁵Nak neque'xcanab li tîquilal, neque'xic chi jo' mâjo'. Neque'xbânu jo' quixbânu laj Balaam li ralal laj Beor. Laj Balaam quiraj xtaubal xtumin riq'uin xbânunquil li mâusilal.

¹⁶but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A mute donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.

¹⁶Jo'can nak quik'use' xban jun li bûr. Yal xul. Inc'a' naâtinac. Ut laj Balaam quirabi xyâb xcux li bûr jo' xyâb xcux li cuînk nak quiyehe' re xban li bûr nak tixcanab xbânunquil li mâusilal.

¹⁷These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.

¹⁷Eb laj tzolonel aj balak' chanchaneb lix julel ha' li mâc'a' ha' chi sa'. Mâc'a' na-oc cui'. Chanchaneb li chok li nac'ame' yalak bar xban li ik'. Eb li cuînk a'in te'xic sa' lix k'ojyînal ru li xbalba li ac yîbanbil chok' reheb.

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;

¹⁸Neque'oc chi yehoc xnînkal ru âtin sa' lix majelal xna'lebeb. Ut riq'uin li mâc naxrahi li tz'ejcualej yôqueb chixk'unbesinquileb li cristian li toj que'el chak sa' xyânkeb.

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

¹⁹Eb laj balak' neque'xye: Libre chic texcuânk, chanqueb. Lâex chic yal êre c'a'ru têbânu, chanqueb. Ut inc'a' neque'xq'ue retal nak a'an eb li c'ayinbileb chi c'anjelac chiru li mâc xban nak li ani toj nanumta li mâusilal sa' xbên, toj cuan rubel xcuanquil li mâc.

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.

²⁰Li ani neque'xpâb li Kâcua' Jesucristo, neque'xcanab ajcui' xmuxbal rib riq'uin li c'a'ru cuan sa' ruchich'och'. Abanan cui te'oc cui'chic chi mâcobc ut cui tânumtâk cui'chic li mâc sa' xbêneb, k'axal cui'chic yibak ru lix na'lebeb chiru nak que'cuan junxil nak toj mâji' neque'pâban chak.

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.

²¹K'axal us raj chok' reheb nak inc'a' ta que'xnau xbehil li tîquilal chiru nak ac neque'xnau ru, ut que'xcanab cui'chic xpâbanquil lix chak'rab li Dios li quik'axtesîc reheb.Cuan jun li âtin nayeman naxye: li tz'i' naxlou cui'chic lix xa'au xca' sut, ut nayeman ajcui' nak li âk li atesinbil, naxtolc'osi cui'chic rib sa' sulul. (Prov. 26:11) Eb li cuînk aj balak' chanchaneb li xul a'an xban nak que'oc cui'chic xbânunquil li mâusilal.

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.”

²²Cuan jun li âtin nayeman naxye: li tz'i' naxlou cui'chic lix xa'au xca' sut, ut nayeman ajcui' nak li âk li atesinbil, naxtolc'osi cui'chic rib sa' sulul. (Prov. 26:11) Eb li cuînk aj balak' chanchaneb li xul a'an xban nak que'oc cui'chic xbânunquil li mâusilal.