2 Pita 3

1This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,

1‌ʻE Kāinga, ʻoku ou tohi eni ʻa hono ua ʻoe tohi ni kiate kimoutolu, ʻaia ʻoku ou fai ʻi ai ke langaki hake homou loto maʻa ki he fakamanatu:

2that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles,

2Koeʻuhi ke mou manatu ki he ngaahi lea naʻe lea ʻaki ʻi muʻa ʻe he kau palōfita māʻoniʻoni, pea mo e fekau ʻamautolu ko e kau ʻaposetolo ʻoe ʻEiki mo e Fakamoʻui:

3knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires.

3‌ʻO tomuʻa ʻilo eni, ʻe haʻu ʻae kau manuki ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ki mui, ʻo ʻaʻeva ʻi heʻenau ngaahi holi kovi ʻanautolu,

4They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.”

4‌ʻO nau pehē, “Kofaʻā koā ʻae talaʻofa ki heʻene haʻu? He kuo talu ʻae mohe ʻae ngaahi tamai, mo e pehē ai pe ʻae meʻa kotoa pē ʻo hangē pe ʻi hono ʻuluaki fakatupu.”

5For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God,

5He ko honau loto ke nau vale ʻi he meʻa ni, ko e meʻa ʻi he folofola ʻae ʻOtua, naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻae ngaahi langi, pea tuʻu mei he vai pea ʻi he vai ʻa māmani:

6and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.

6‌ʻAia naʻe lōfia ai ʻae maama ko ia ʻaki ʻae vai, pea ʻauha ia:

7But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

7Ka ko e ngaahi langi mo e fonua ʻoku tuʻu ni, kuo fokotuʻu ia ʻaki ʻa ʻene folofola pe ko ia, ʻo fakatolonga ki he afi ʻi he ʻaho fakamaau mo e fakaʻauha ʻoe kakai angahala.

8But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

8Ka ko eni, ʻe kāinga, ke ʻoua te mou taʻeʻilo ki he meʻa ni ʻe taha, koeʻuhi ko e ʻaho ʻe taha ʻoku tatau ki he ʻEiki mo e taʻu ʻe afe, pea ko e taʻu ʻe afe ʻoku tatau mo e ʻaho pe taha.

9The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

9‌ʻOku ʻikai fakatuotuai ʻe he ʻEiki ki heʻene talaʻofa, ʻo hangē ko e lau ʻae niʻihi ko e tuotuai; ka ʻoku kātaki fuoloa kiate kitautolu, ʻo ʻikai finangalo ke ʻauha ha tokotaha, ka koeʻuhi ke hoko ʻo fakatomala kotoa pē.

10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.

10Ka ʻe hoko ʻae ʻaho ʻoe ʻEiki ʻo hangē ha kaihaʻa ʻi he pō; ʻaia ʻe mole ai ʻae ngaahi langi ʻi he longoaʻa lahi, pea ʻe vela ʻo ʻauha ʻae ngaahi tefitoʻi meʻa, pea ko e fonua foki mo e ngaahi ngāue ʻoku ʻi ai ʻe vela ʻo ʻosi ia.

11Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,

11Ko ia ʻi heʻene pau pe ke ʻauha ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pē, ko e hā ʻae anga ʻoku taau mo kimoutolu ʻi he ʻulungāanga māʻoniʻoni mo e angafakaʻotua;

12waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!

12‌ʻO ʻamanaki mo holi atu ki he hoko mai ʻoe ʻaho ʻoe ʻOtua, ʻaia ʻe vela ʻo ʻauha ai ʻae ngaahi langi, pea ʻe vai ʻi he vela lahi ʻae ngaahi tefitoʻi meʻa?

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

13Ka ʻoku tau ʻamanaki ki he ngaahi langi foʻou mo e fonua foʻou, ʻaia ʻoku nofo ai ʻae māʻoniʻoni, ʻo fakatatau ki heʻene talaʻofa.

14Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.

14Ko ia, ʻe kāinga, ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻomou ʻamanaki ki he ngaahi meʻa pehē, mou hangahanga fai pe koeʻuhi ke ʻilo ʻe ia ʻakimoutolu ʻoku mou melino taʻehaʻila, mo taʻehalaia.

15And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,

15Pea lau ʻae kātaki fuoloa ʻa hotau ʻEiki ko e fakamoʻui; ʻo hangē ko e tohi kiate kimoutolu foki ʻe hotau kāinga ʻofeina ko Paula, ʻo fakatatau ki he poto kuo foaki kiate ia;

16as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.

16Pea ʻoku pehē foki ʻa ʻene lea ai ki he ngaahi meʻa ni ʻi heʻene tohi kotoa pē; ʻaia ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae meʻa niʻihi ʻoku ʻilongataʻa, ʻaia ʻoku fai ʻe he kau taʻepoto mo lotolotoua ke fakaʻuhinga kehe, ʻo hangē foki ko e ngaahi tohi kehe, ka nau malaʻia ai.

17You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.

17Ko ia, ʻe kāinga, ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻomou sinaki ʻilo, vakai telia naʻa takiekina foki ʻakimoutolu ʻe he hē ʻoe kakai fai kovi, pea mou hinga mei hoʻomou tuʻumaʻu ʻamoutolu.

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

18Kae tupulekina ʻi he ʻofa, pea mo e ʻilo ki hotau ʻEiki mo e Fakamoʻui ko Sisu Kalaisi. Ke ʻiate ia ni ʻae ongoongolelei pea taʻengata. ʻEmeni.