Ọjọ́ Olúwa
1Olùfẹ́, èyí ni ìwé kejì tí mo ń kọ sí yín, nínú méjèèjì náà ni èmi ń ru èrò inú yín sókè nípa rírán yín létí; 2kí ẹ̀yin lè máa rántí ọ̀rọ̀ tí a ti ẹnu àwọn wòlíì mímọ́ sọ ṣáájú, àti òfin Olúwa àti Olùgbàlà wa láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn aposteli yín.
3Kí ẹ kọ́ mọ èyí pé, nígbà ọjọ́ ìkẹyìn, àwọn ẹlẹ́gàn yóò dé pẹ̀lú ẹ̀gàn wọn. Wọn ó máa rìn nípa ìfẹ́ ara wọn. 4Wọn ó sì máa wí pé, “Níbo ni ìlérí wíwà rẹ̀ gbé wà? Láti ìgbà tí àwọn baba ti sùn, ohun gbogbo ń lọ bí wọ́n ti wà rí láti ìgbà ọjọ́ yìí wá.” 53.5-6: Gẹ 1.6-8; 7.11.Nítorí èyí ni wọ́n mọ̀ ọ́n mọ̀ ṣe àìfẹ́ ẹ́ mọ̀ pé nípa ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run ni àwọn ọ̀run ti wà láti ìgbà àtijọ́ àti tí ilẹ̀ yọrí jáde nínú omi, tí ó sì dúró nínú omi. 6Nípa èyí tí omi bo ayé tí ó wà nígbà náà tí ó sì ṣègbé. 7Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ọ̀run àti ayé, tí ó ń bẹ nísinsin yìí, nípa ọ̀rọ̀ kan náà ni ó ti tò jọ bí ìṣúra fún iná, a pa wọ́n mọ́ de ọjọ́ ìdájọ́ àti ìparun àwọn aláìwà-bí-Ọlọ́run.
83.8: Sm 90.4.Ṣùgbọ́n, olùfẹ́, ẹ má ṣe gbàgbé ohun kan yìí, pé ọjọ́ kan lọ́dọ̀ Olúwa bí ẹgbẹ̀rún ọdún ni ó rí, àti ẹgbẹ̀rún ọdún bí ọjọ́ kan. 9Olúwa kò fi ìlérí rẹ̀ jáfara, bí àwọn ẹlòmíràn ti ka ìjáfara sí; ṣùgbọ́n ó ń mú sùúrù fún yín nítorí kò fẹ́ kí ẹnikẹ́ni ṣègbé, bí kò ṣe kí gbogbo ènìyàn wá sí ìrònúpìwàdà.
10Ṣùgbọ́n ọjọ́ Olúwa ń bọ̀ wá bí olè ní òru; nínú èyí tí àwọn ọ̀run yóò kọjá lọ pẹ̀lú ariwo ńlá, àti àwọn ìmọ́lẹ̀ ojú ọ̀run yóò sì ti inú ooru gbígbóná gidigidi di yíyọ́, ayé àti àwọn iṣẹ́ tí ó wà nínú rẹ̀ yóò sì jóná túútúú.
11Ǹjẹ́ bí gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí yóò ti yọ́ bẹ́ẹ̀, irú ènìyàn wo ni ẹ̀yin ìbá jẹ́ nínú ìwà mímọ́ gbogbo àti ìwà-bí-Ọlọ́run. 123.12: Isa 34.4.Kí ẹ máa retí, kí ẹ sì máa múra gírí de dídé ọjọ́ Ọlọ́run, nítorí èyí tí àwọn ọ̀run yóò gbiná, tí wọn yóò di yíyọ́, tí àwọn ìmọ́lẹ̀ rẹ̀ yóò sì ti inú ooru gbígbóná gidigidi di yíyọ́. 133.13: Isa 65.17; 66.22.Ṣùgbọ́n gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìlérí rẹ̀, àwa ń retí àwọn ọ̀run tuntun àti ayé títún nínú èyí tí òdodo ń gbé.
14Nítorí náà, olùfẹ́, bí ẹ̀yin ti ń retí irú nǹkan wọ̀nyí, ẹ múra gírí, kí a lè bá yín ní àlàáfíà ní àìlábàwọ́n, àti ní àìlábùkù lójú rẹ̀. 15Kí ẹ sì máa kà á sí pé, sùúrù Olúwa wa ìgbàlà ni; bí Paulu pẹ̀lú arákùnrin wa olùfẹ́, ti kọ̀wé sí yín gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọgbọ́n tí a fi fún un. 16Bí ó tí ń sọ̀rọ̀ nǹkan wọ̀nyí pẹ̀lú nínú ìwé rẹ̀ gbogbo nínú èyí ti ohun mìíràn sọ̀rọ̀ láti yé ni gbé wà, èyí ti àwọn òpè àti àwọn aláìdúró níbìkan ń lo, bí wọ́n ti ń lo ìwé mímọ́ ìyókù, sí ìparun ara wọn.
17Nítorí náà ẹ̀yin olùfẹ́, bí ẹ̀yin ti mọ nǹkan wọ̀nyí tẹ́lẹ̀, ẹ máa kíyèsára, kí a má ba à fi ìṣìnà àwọn ènìyàn búburú fà yín lọ, kí ẹ sì ṣubú kúrò ní ìdúró ṣinṣin yín. 18Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ máa dàgbà nínú oore-ọ̀fẹ́ àti nínú ìmọ̀ Olúwa àti Olùgbàlà wa Jesu Kristi.
Ẹni tí ògo wà fún nísinsin yìí àti títí láé! Àmín.
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.
