2 Pita 2

1But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

1KA naʻe ai foki ʻae kau palōfita loi ʻi he kakai, ʻo hangē ʻe ʻiate kimoutolu ʻae kau akonaki loi, ʻakinautolu ʻe ʻomi fakafufū ʻae ngaahi hē fakamalaʻia, ʻo fakafisiʻi ʻae ʻEiki naʻa ne fakatauʻakinautolu, ʻo ʻomi ai kiate kinautolu ʻae fakaʻauha fakatoʻotoʻo.

2And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed.

2Pea ʻe muimui ʻae tokolahi ki honau hala fakamalaʻia; pea ko e meʻa ʻiate kinautolu ʻe lauʻikoviʻi ai ʻae hala ʻoe moʻoni.

3And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

3Pea ko e meʻa ʻi he manumanu tenau meʻa fakatauʻaki ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ngaahi lea kākā: ko honau tautea kuo tala fuoloa ʻoku ʻikai fakatuai, pea ko ʻenau malaʻia ʻoku ʻikai tulemohe.

4For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;

4He kapau naʻe ʻikai mamae ʻae ʻOtua ki he kau ʻāngelo naʻe angahala, ka naʻe lī hifo ʻakinautolu ki heli, ʻo tuku ki he ngaahi haʻihaʻi ʻoe fakapoʻuli, ke tatali ki he fakamaau;

5if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

5Pea naʻe ʻikai te ne mamae ki he maama motuʻa, ka naʻe fakamoʻui ʻa Noa, ʻaia naʻa ne malangaʻaki ʻae māʻoniʻoni, mo e toko fitu, ʻo ne ʻomi ʻae lōmaki ki he maama ʻoe kakai angahala;

6if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;

6‌ʻO ne tuku ʻae ongo kolo ko Sotoma mo Komola ki he fakaʻauha, ʻo ne liliu ia ko e efuefu, pea ne ngaohi ia ko e fakaʻilonga kiate kinautolu ʻe moʻui fai angahala ki mui;

7and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked

7‌ʻO ne fakamoʻui ʻa Lote angatonu, ʻaia naʻe mamahi ʻi he ʻulungāanga fakalielia ʻae kau angahala:

8(for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard);

8(He naʻe nofo ʻae tangata māʻoniʻoni ko ia ʻiate kinautolu, pea ʻi heʻene mamata mo fanongo, naʻe fakamamahi ʻa hono laumālie māʻoniʻoni, ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē, ʻaki ʻenau ngaahi faianga taʻetotonu;)

9then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

9‌ʻOku ʻilo ʻe he ʻEiki ke fakamoʻui ʻae kakai angafakaʻotua mei he ngaahi ʻahiʻahi, pea ke tuku ʻae taʻeangatonu ki he ʻaho ʻoe fakamaau ke tautea:

10and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones,

10Ka ʻe lahi kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻaʻeva ʻo fakatatau ki he kakano ʻi he holi fakalielia, pea nau manukiʻi ʻae pule. Ko e kau angamālohi, mo e kau angafefeka, ʻoku ʻikai te nau manavahē ke lauʻikovi ʻae kau pule.

11whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord.

11Ka ko e kau ʻāngelo, ʻoku nau lahi hake ʻi he mālohi mo e mafai, ʻoku ʻikai te nau lauʻikovi ʻakinautolu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻEiki.

12But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction,

12Ka ko kinautolu ni ʻoku fakakakano, ʻo hangē ko e fanga manu taʻeloto, kuo ngaohi ke moʻua mo fakaʻauha, ʻoku nau lea kovi ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻiloʻi; pea ʻe ʻauha ʻaupito ʻakinautolu ʻi heʻenau kovi ʻanautolu;

13suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while they feast with you.

13Pea te nau maʻu ʻae totongi ʻoe taʻemāʻoniʻoni; ʻakinautolu ʻoku pehē ko e meʻa mālie ke fai kovi ʻoku kei ʻaho. Ko e ngaahi ʻila mo e ngaahi mele ʻakinautolu, ʻoku nau vaʻinga ʻaki ʻa honau kākaaʻi lolotonga ʻenau kātoanga pe mo kimoutolu;

14They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!

14Ko honau mata ʻoku fonu ʻi he tono fefine, pea ʻoku ʻikai faʻa tuku ʻae angahala; ʻoku nau tauhele ʻae kau laumālie taʻemaau: ʻoku ʻiate kinautolu ʻae loto kuo poto ʻi he ngaahi ngāue manumanu; ko e fānau malaʻia:

15Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing,

15Kuo nau siʻaki ʻae hala totonu, pea ʻalu hēhē, ʻo muimui ʻi he hala ʻo Pelami ko e foha ʻo Posoa, ʻaia naʻa ne manako ki he totongi ʻoe taʻemāʻoniʻoni:

16but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

16Ka naʻe valoki ia ʻi heʻene angahala ʻi he lea ʻae ʻasi noa ʻaki ʻae leʻo ʻoe tangata, ʻo ne taʻofi ki he vale ʻae palōfita.

17These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved.

17Ko e ngaahi luo taʻeaihavai ʻakinautolu ni, ko e ngaahi ʻao ʻoku vilingia ʻe he afā; ʻakinautolu kuo tuku tolonga ki ai ʻae ʻuliʻuli ʻoe fakapoʻuli taʻengata.

18For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.

18Koeʻuhi ʻoka nau ka lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea fakafuofuolahi ʻoe loi, ʻoku nau tauhele ʻi he ngaahi holi fakakakano, mo e anga fakalielia, ʻakinautolu naʻe hao moʻoni meiate kinautolu ʻoku moʻui hēhē pe.

19They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.

19Lolotonga ʻenau fakaʻilo kiate kinautolu ʻae tauʻatāina, kae ta ʻoku nau pōpula ʻakinautolu ki he fakalielia: he ko ia kuo ikuna ai ʻae tangata ko ia kuo ne fakapōpula ai.

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

20He kapau ko eni, kuo hili ʻenau hao mei he ngaahi ʻuli ʻo māmani ʻi he ʻiloʻi ʻae ʻEiki mo e Fakamoʻui ko Sisu Kalaisi, ʻe toe fihituʻu ai, mo ikuna ʻakinautolu, pea ʻe kovi lahi ʻae ngataʻanga kiate kinautolu ʻi he kamataʻanga.

21For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

21He ko e meʻa ʻe lelei kiate kinautolu ʻoka ne ʻikai te nau ʻilo ʻae hala ʻoe māʻoniʻoni, ka ʻi heʻenau ʻilo ia, pea toe tafoki mei he fekau māʻoniʻoni naʻe tuku kiate kinautolu.

22What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”

22Ka kuo hoko kiate kinautolu ʻo hangē ko e fakatātā moʻoni, “Kuo toe foki ʻae kulī ki heʻene lua ʻaʻana;” mo e “Sinamanu naʻe kaukau ki heʻene fetafokifokiaki ʻi he pelepela.”