Àwọn olùkọ́ni èké àti ìparun wọn
12.1-18: Jd 4-16.Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn wòlíì èké wà láàrín àwọn ènìyàn náà pẹ̀lú, gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn olùkọ́ni èké yóò ti wà láàrín yín. Wọn yóò yọ́ kẹ́lẹ́ mú ẹ̀kọ́ òdì àti ègbé tọ̀ yín wa, àní tí yóò sẹ́ Olúwa tí ó rà wọ́n padà, wọ́n ó sì mú ìparun ti o yára kánkán wá sórí ara wọn. 2Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ni yóò si máa tẹ̀lé ọ̀nà ìtìjú wọn, tí wọn yóò sì mú kí ọ̀nà òtítọ́ di ìsọ̀rọ̀-òdì sí. 3Nínú ìwà wọ̀bìà wọn, àwọn ẹlẹ́kọ̀ọ́ òdì wọ̀nyí yóò máa rẹ́ ẹ yín jẹ nípa ìtàn asán. Ìdájọ́ ẹni tí kò falẹ̀ láti ìgbà yìí wá àti ìparun wọn tí kò sí tòògbé.
4Nítorí pé bi Ọlọ́run kò bá dá àwọn angẹli si nígbà tí wọn ṣẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n ti ó sọ wọ́n sí ìsàlẹ̀ ọ̀run àpáàdì tí ó sì fi wọ́n sínú ọ̀gbun òkùnkùn biribiri nínú ìfipamọ́ títí dé ìdájọ́. 52.5: Gẹ 8.18; 6.6-8.Bí òun kò si dá ayé ìgbàanì sí, nígbà tí ó mú ìkún omi wá sórí ayé àwọn aláìwà-bí-Ọlọ́run, ṣùgbọ́n ó pa Noa mọ́, oníwàásù òdodo, pẹ̀lú àwọn ọmọ méje mìíràn. 62.6: Gẹ 19.24.Tí ó sọ àwọn ìlú Sodomu àti Gomorra di eérú, nígbà tí ó fi ìparun pátápátá dá wọn lẹ́bi, tí ó fi wọ́n ṣe àpẹẹrẹ fún àwọn tí yóò jẹ́ aláìwà-bí-Ọlọ́run. 72.7: Gẹ 19.16,29.Tí ó sì yọ Lọti olóòtítọ́ ènìyàn, ẹni tí ìwà ẹ̀gbin àwọn ènìyàn láìlófin bà nínú jẹ́; 8(nítorí ọkùnrin olóòtítọ́ náà bí ó ti ń gbé àárín wọn, tí ó ń rí, tí ó sì ń gbọ́, lójoojúmọ́ ni ìwà búburú wọn ń bá ọkàn òtítọ́ rẹ̀ jẹ́) 9Bí ó bá rí bẹ́ẹ̀, Olúwa mọ bí a tí ń yọ àwọn ẹni ìwà-bí-Ọlọ́run kúrò nínú ìdánwò àti bí a ti ń pa àwọn aláìṣòótọ́ mo fún ọjọ́ ìdájọ́ nígbà tí wọn yóò tẹ̀síwájú nínú ìjìyà ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn. 10Ṣùgbọ́n pàápàá àwọn tí ó ń tọ ẹran-ara lẹ́yìn nínú ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ ìwà èérí, tí wọ́n sì ń gan àwọn ìjòyè.
Àwọn ọ̀dájú àti agbéraga, wọn kò bẹ̀rù láti sọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀gàn sí àwọn ẹni ògo. 11Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn angẹli bí wọ́n ti pọ̀ ní agbára àti ipá tó o nì, wọn kò dá wọ́n lẹ́jọ́ ẹ̀gàn níwájú Olúwa. 12Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn wọ̀nyí, bí ẹranko igbó tí kò ní èrò, ẹranko sá á tí a dá láti máa mú pa, wọ́n ń sọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀gàn nínú ọ̀rọ̀ tí kò yé wọn, a ó pa wọn run pátápátá nínú ìbàjẹ́ ara wọn.
13Wọn yóò gba ibi padà bí ibi tí wọ́n ti ṣe. Òye ìgbafẹ́ tí wọ́n ní láti máa jẹ adùn ayé. Wọ́n jẹ́ àbàwọ́n àti àbùkù, wọ́n ń jayé nínú ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ wọn nígbà tí wọ́n bá ń jẹ àsè pẹ̀lú yín. 14Ojú wọn kún fún panṣágà, wọn kò sì dẹ́kun ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ dídá; wọ́n ń tan àwọn tí ọkàn kò fi ẹsẹ̀ múlẹ̀ jẹ; àwọn tí wọ́n ní ọkàn tí ó ti yege nínú wọ̀bìà, ọmọ ègún ni wọ́n. 152.15: Nu 22.5,7.Wọ́n kọ ọ̀nà tí ó tọ́ sílẹ̀, wọ́n sì ṣáko lọ, wọ́n tẹ̀lé ọ̀nà Balaamu ọmọ Beori, ẹni tó fẹ́ràn èrè àìṣòdodo. 162.16: Nu 22.21,23,28,30-31.Ṣùgbọ́n a bá a wí nítorí ìrékọjá rẹ̀, odi kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ fi ohùn ènìyàn sọ̀rọ̀, ó sì fi òpin sí ìṣiwèrè wòlíì náà.
17Àwọn wọ̀nyí ni kànga tí kò ní omi, ìkùùkuu tí ẹ̀fúùfù ń gbá kiri; àwọn ẹni tí a pa òkùnkùn biribiri mọ́ dè títí láé. 18Nítorí ìgbà tí wọ́n bá ń sọ̀rọ̀ ìhàlẹ̀ asán, nínú ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ ara, wọn a máa tan àwọn tí wọ́n fẹ́rẹ̀ má tí ì bọ́ tán kúrò lọ́wọ́ àwọn tí wọ́n wà nínú ìṣìnà. 19Wọn a máa ṣe ìlérí òmìnira fún wọn, nígbà tí àwọn pàápàá jẹ́ ẹrú ìdíbàjẹ́; nítorí ènìyàn tí di ẹrú ohunkóhun tí ó bá ṣe ọ̀gá rẹ̀. 20Lẹ́yìn tí wọ́n bá ti yọ tán kúrò nínú èérí ayé nípa mímọ́ Olúwa àti Olùgbàlà wá Jesu Kristi, bí wọn bá sì tún fi ara kó o, tí a sì ṣẹ́gun wọn, ìgbẹ̀yìn wọn a burú jú ti ìṣáájú lọ. 21Nítorí ìbá sàn fún wọn, kí wọn má mọ́ ọ̀nà òdodo, jù pé lẹ́yìn tí wọ́n mọ̀ ọ́n tán, kí wọn yípadà kúrò nínú òfin mímọ́ tí a fi fún wọn. 222.22: Òw 26.11.Òwe òtítọ́ náà ṣẹ sí wọn lára: “Ajá tún padà sí èébì ara rẹ̀; àti ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ tí a ti wẹ̀mọ́ tún padà ń yíràá nínú ẹrọ̀fọ̀.”
False teachers and their destruction
1But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them – bringing swift destruction on themselves. 2Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. 3In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
4For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell,2:4 Greek Tartarus putting them in chains of darkness2:4 Some manuscripts in gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment; 5if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; 6if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; 7and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless 8(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard) – 9if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. 10This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh2:10 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 18. and despise authority.
Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings; 11yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment on them from2:11 Many manuscripts beings in the presence of the Lord. 12But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish.
13They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, revelling in their pleasures while they feast with you.2:13 Some manuscripts in their love feasts 14With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed – an accursed brood! 15They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer,2:15 Greek Bosor who loved the wages of wickedness. 16But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey – an animal without speech – who spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
17These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. 18For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. 19They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity – for ‘people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.’ 20If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. 21It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. 22Of them the proverbs are true: ‘A dog returns to its vomit,’2:22 Prov. 26:11 and, ‘A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.’
