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.

¹Himahleh, mite lakah jawlnei takloute leng a hongpawt ua, huchibangin na lak uah leng heute takloute a hongom ding uh, amau tuh, amaute leipa Toupa hilhial tawpsanin mi hihsethei gintuamte a gukin a honlut pih ding ua, amau tungah thakhatin manthatna a tungsak ding uhi.

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

²Huan, mi tampiin a jautatna lam thil uh a honching teisam ding ua, amau jiakin lam dik tuh gensiat ahi ding hi.

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

³Huan, sum en jiakin juauthuin sumsinna ding nou a honzang ding uh; himahleh nidanglaia a tung ua thupuk tuh a khawl keia, a manthatna uh leng a ihmu kei hi.

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;

⁴Angelten thil a hihkhelh lai un Pathianin a hawi keia, gawtmun ah a paia, vaihawm dingin guamkhukthuk mial ah a khum zo ngala;

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;

⁵huan, amah limsakloute omna khovel ah tuichim tung sakin, nidanglai khovel tuh a hawi keia, himahleh, Noa diktatna thugenpa, mi dang sagih toh a hondamta hi;

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;

⁶Sodom leh Gomorra khuate tuh amah limsak lou hongom dingte etsakna dingin a zanga, vut suak sakin, hihmang thangin siamlouh a tangsakta a;

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

⁷huan, Lota mi diktat, mi giloute omdan huk tak jiaka lungkham mahmahpa tuh a hondamtaa;

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

⁸(Huai mi diktat tuh a lak ua a omin, a mitin a mu a, a bilin a jaa, dan lou banga a thilhihte un a lungsim diktat tuh ni tengin a hihna mahmah ngala).

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

⁹Toupan amah limsakmite tuh khemna apat hotkhiakdan leh, diktatloute tuh vaihawm ni adinga gawt kawma hawi dan a thei;

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;

¹⁰utna thanghuai lama sa banga om leh, vaihawm sakna musitmite ngial houh vaihawm nia dinga gawt kawma hawi dan a thei sem ahi. Haihan leh chihhak ahi ua a thupite a gensiat un leng a ling kei uhi;

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

¹¹angel hatna leh thilhihtheihna neiten bawn, amaute dema Toupa maa gense ngei lou hi ua.

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,

¹²Himahleh, hiaiten bel ganhing ngaihtuahna neilou, mata hihman dinga sa kiaa piangte bangin, thil a theih louhte uh a gensia ua,

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;

¹³amau siatnain a se ngei ding uh, thil hihkhel mana thil gilou thuakin. Sunlaia ankuanglui buai nuamsa mi ahi uhi. Na kiang ua ankuang a lui un, amau kikhemna ankuanglui a hih jiak un, thanghuaina gensiatna ahi uhi;

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

¹⁴mit angkawma dim, khelhna tawpsan theiloute a nei ua; mi kip loute a khem puk ua; enhat lungsim a pu ua; hamsiat thuak tate ahi ua;

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

¹⁵Boer tapa Balaam, thilhih khelhna loh deihpa lampi tuh a tot tak jiak un lam dik a pai san ua, a vak mangta uhi;

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

¹⁶himahleh amah tuh a tatlekna jiakin taihilhin a omtaa; sabengtung pau theilou mihing pauin a hongpaua, jawlnei haina tuh a kham hi.

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

¹⁷Hiaite tuh tuikhuk tui om lou leh, tuimei huihpi mut leng ahi ua; amaute adingin nuailam mial sah meuhmouh sit a hita hi.

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;

¹⁸Thu ginalou chiak jena genin giloua omte laka kipana tai khe laitakte tuh sa utna ah huknain a khempuk nak uhi.

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

¹⁹Amau tuh siatna sikha hi kawm piin mite tuh sikha suahtakna thu achiam nak uh; mi zoha a omna mahin, huai mahin sikhain a siam nak ngala,

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.

²⁰Toupa leh Hondampa Jesu Kris a theih jiak ua khovel thanghuainate a taikhiak san nung ua, huai maha a tan nawn ua, zoha a om nawn phing ua leh, a omdan nanung uh tuh amasa sangin a honghoihta kei jaw ahi ding hi.

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.

²¹Diktatna lampi pen theih nunga, thupiak siangthou a kiang ua kep sak thu nungngatsan sangin, diktatna lampi theilou hita le uh amau adingain a hoihzo ding ahi ngala.Ui amah luak lamah a kiknawna, vopi kisil siangsa leng buannawi ah kisil dingin a kik nawna, chih, paunak diktak bang thu tuh amau tungah a hongtungta ahi.

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.”

²²Ui amah luak lamah a kiknawna, vopi kisil siangsa leng buannawi ah kisil dingin a kik nawna, chih, paunak diktak bang thu tuh amau tungah a hongtungta ahi.