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 Savior 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 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 Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.
Ranar Ubangiji
1Abokaina ƙaunatattu, wannan ita ce wasiƙata ta biyu gare ku. Na rubuta su biyun su zama abin tuni don su faɗakar da ku ga tunani mai kyau. 2Ina so ku tuna da kalmomin da annabawa masu tsarki na dā suka faɗa da kuma umarnin da Ubangijinmu da Mai Cetonmu ya bayar ta wurin manzanninku.
3Da farko dai, dole ku fahimci wannan cewa a kwanakin ƙarshe masu ba’a za su zo suna ba’a, suna bin mugayen sha’awace-sha’awacensu. 4Za su ce, “Ina wannan ‘dawowar’ da ya yi alkawari ne? Tun mutuwar kakanninmu, kome yana tafiya kamar yadda yake tun farkon halitta.” 5Amma da gangan suke manta cewa tun dā can ta wurin maganar Allah sammai suka kasance aka kuma yi ƙasa daga ruwa ta wurin ruwa kuma. 6Ta wurin waɗannan ruwan ne aka nutsar, aka kuma hallakar da duniya ta wancan lokaci. 7Ta wurin wannan magana ce aka ajiye sammai da ƙasa na yanzu domin wuta, an ajiye su kuma don ranar hukunci da hallaka ta mutane marasa tsoron Allah.
8Amma kada ku manta da wannan abu guda ɗaya, abokaina ƙaunatattu. Ga Ubangiji kwana ɗaya kamar shekaru dubu ne, shekaru dubu kuma kamar kwana ɗaya ne. 9Ubangiji ba mai jinkiri ba ne wajen cika alkawarinsa, yadda waɗansunku suka fahimci jinkiri. Yana haƙuri da ku, ba ya so wani yă hallaka, sai dai kowa yă kai ga tuba.
10Amma ranar Ubangiji za tă zo kamar ɓarawo. Sammai za su ɓace da ruri, abubuwan da suke cikinsu za su ƙone, ƙasa kuma da dukan abin da yake cikinta za su tonu.
11Da yake za a hallaka dukan abubuwa ta haka, waɗanne irin mutane ne ya kamata ku zama? Ya kamata ku yi rayuwar tsarki da ta tsoron Allah, 12yayinda kuke zuba ido ga zuwan ranar Allah kuna gaggauta zuwanta. Wannan rana za tă kawo wa sammai hallaka ta ƙunan wuta, abubuwa kuma za su narke don zafi. 13Amma bisa ga alkawarinsa muna zuba ido ga sabuwar sama da kuma sabuwar ƙasa, inda adalci zai yi zama.
14Saboda haka, abokaina ƙaunatattu, da yake kuna zuba ido ga wannan, sai ku yi matuƙar ƙoƙari don a same ku ba tabo, sai dai zaman salama da shi. 15Ku yi zaman sanin cewa haƙurin Ubangijinmu yana nufin ceto ne, kamar yadda ƙaunataccen ɗan’uwanmu Bulus ma ya rubuta muku da hikimar da Allah ya ba shi. 16Haka yake rubutu cikin dukan wasiƙunsa, yana magana a cikinsu a kan waɗannan al’amura. Wasiƙunsa sun ƙunshi waɗansu abubuwa masu wuyar fahimta, waɗanda jahilai da kuma waɗanda ba tsayayyu ba ne suke murɗe ma’anarsu, kamar yadda suke yi da sauran Nassosi, ta haka suke jawo wa kansu hallaka.
17Saboda haka, abokaina ƙaunatattu, da yake kun riga kun san wannan, sai ku zauna a faɗake don kada a ɗauke hankalinku ta wurin kuskuren marasa bin dokan nan har ku fāɗi daga matsayinku. 18Sai dai ku yi girma cikin alheri da sanin Ubangijinmu da Mai Cetonmu Yesu Kiristi.
A gare shi ɗaukaka ta tabbata yanzu da har abada! Amin.
