Mũthenya wa Mwathani
13:1 1Akor 10:14; 2Pet 1:13 Arata akwa nyendete mũno, maya nĩ marũa makwa ma keerĩ kũrĩ inyuĩ. Na thĩinĩ wamo meerĩ ndĩmaandĩkĩte marĩ ma kũmũririkania mwarahũke mũgĩe na meciiria marĩa magĩrĩru. 23:2 Luk 1:70; Atũm 3:21 Nĩngwenda mũririkane ciugo iria ciaririo tene nĩ anabii arĩa atheru na watho ũrĩa waheanirwo nĩ Mwathani na Mũhonokia witũ na mũgĩkinyĩrio nĩ atũmwo anyu.
33:3 1Tim 4:1; 2Pet 2:10 Mbere ya maũndũ mothe, no nginya mũmenye atĩ matukũ ma kũrigĩrĩria nĩgũgooka anyũrũrania, manyũrũranagie na marũmagĩrĩre merirĩria mao mooru. 43:4 Isa 5:19; Ezek 12:22 Nĩmakooranagia atĩrĩ, “Gũũka gwake kũrĩa eeranĩire gũgaakinya-rĩ? Kuuma rĩrĩa maithe maitũ maakuire, maũndũ mothe mathiiaga na mbere o ta ũrĩa maatariĩ kuuma rĩrĩa thĩ yombirwo.” 53:5 Kĩam 1:6, 9; Thab 24:2 No nĩmeriganĩirie o na makĩmenyaga atĩ o tene, nĩ ũndũ wa kiugo kĩa Ngai, kũũrĩa igũrũ nĩ kwagĩire, nayo thĩ ĩkĩũmbwo na maaĩ kuuma kũrĩ maaĩ. 63:6 2Pet 2:5Ningĩ maaĩ o macio no mo maarindanirie thĩ ya ihinda rĩu, na makĩmĩananga. 73:7 2Pet 3:10, 12; 2Athe 1:7 Ningĩ nĩ ũndũ wa kiugo o ro kĩu, igũrũ na thĩ iria irĩ ho rĩu nĩciigĩirwo mwaki, igetererio mũthenya wa ciira, o na wa kwanangwo kwa andũ arĩa matetĩkĩtie Ngai.
83:8 Thab 90:4No rĩrĩ, arata akwa nyendete mũno, mũtikariganĩrwo nĩ ũndũ ũyũ ũmwe, atĩ kũrĩ Mwathani mũthenya ũmwe no ta mĩaka ngiri, na mĩaka ngiri no ta mũthenya ũmwe. 93:9 1Tim 2:4; Ahib 10:37 Mwathani ndagondagĩrĩra kũhingia ciĩranĩro ciake, ta ũrĩa andũ amwe meciiragia atĩ nĩagondagĩrĩra. We nĩamũkiragĩrĩria, tondũ ndendaga mũndũ o na ũmwe oore, no endaga andũ othe merire.
103:10 Math 24:35; Luk 12:39 No rĩrĩ, mũthenya wa Mwathani ũgooka o ta mũici. Mũthenya ũcio-rĩ, igũrũ nĩrĩkabuĩria na mũrurumo mũnene; nacio ciũmbe iria itũire kũu igũrũ nĩikaahĩa nĩ mwaki ithire, nayo thĩ na kĩrĩa gĩothe kĩrĩ kuo nĩigacinwo ithire biũ.
11Kuona atĩ indo ciothe nĩikaanangwo na njĩra ĩyo-rĩ, inyuĩ mũkĩagĩrĩirwo gũkorwo mũrĩ andũ a mũthemba ũrĩkũ? Inyuĩ mwagĩrĩirwo nĩgũtũũraga mũtũũrĩre mũtheru na wa kwĩyamũrĩra Ngai, 123:12 1Akor 1:7; Thab 50:3 mũgĩtanyaga na mũkĩĩriragĩria mũthenya ũcio ũkinye narua. Mũthenya ũcio wakinya-rĩ, igũrũ nĩrĩkaanangwo na mwaki, na indo ciothe iria irĩ kuo ihĩe nĩ mwaki, itweke. 133:13 Isa 65:17; 66:22; Kũg 21:1 No kũringana na ũrĩa eeranĩire-rĩ, nĩtwĩrĩgĩrĩire igũrũ rĩerũ na thĩ njerũ, o kuo kũrĩa gũtũũraga ũthingu.
143:14 1Athe 3:13Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, inyuĩ arata akwa nyendete mũno, kuona atĩ nĩmwĩrĩgĩrĩire ũndũ ũyũ-rĩ, kĩĩrutanĩriei mũkoragwo mũtarĩ na kĩmeni, na mũtarĩ na ũcuuke, na mũrĩ na thayũ nake. 153:15 Arom 2:4; Aef 3:3 Menyai atĩ gũkirĩrĩria kwa Mwathani witũ nĩkuo gũtũmaga mũhonokio, o ta ũrĩa mũrũ wa Ithe witũ Paũlũ, ũrĩa twendete aamwandĩkĩire arĩ na ũũgĩ ũrĩa Ngai aamũhete. 163:16 Thab 56:5; Jer 23:36; 2Pet 2:14 Marũa-inĩ make mothe aandĩkĩte o ũhoro wa maũndũ macio. Marũa-inĩ make nĩ kũrĩ maũndũ mamwe maritũ mũno kũmenya, marĩa andũ arĩa matooĩ na arĩa matakindagĩria mogomagia, o ta ũrĩa mogomagia Maandĩko marĩa mangĩ, nao makereherere mwanangĩko.
173:17 1Akor 10:12; Kũg 2:5 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, arata akwa nyendete mũno, kuona nĩmũrĩkĩtie kũmenya maũndũ macio-rĩ, mwĩmenyererei nĩguo mũtikaheenererio mũgũe muume ũhoro-inĩ wanyu wa gwĩkindĩra wega nĩ kũhĩtithio nĩ mahĩtia ma andũ arĩa matamenyagĩrĩra watho. 183:18 Arom 3:24; 2Pet 1:2 No rĩrĩ, thiĩi na mbere gũkũra thĩinĩ wa wega na ũmenyo wa Mwathani na Mũhonokia witũ Jesũ Kristũ. Nake arotũũra arĩ na riiri rĩu na nginya tene! Ameni.
The day of the Lord
1Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. 2I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command given by our Lord and Saviour through your apostles.
3Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 4They will say, ‘Where is this “coming” he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.’ 5But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. 6By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. 7By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
8But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: with the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.3:10 Some manuscripts be burned up
11Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.3:12 Or as you wait eagerly for the day of God to come That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. 13But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
14So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. 15Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote to you with the wisdom that God gave him. 16He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
17Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure position. 18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
To him be glory both now and for ever! Amen.
