False Teachers
1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Lakini kuliondokea manabii wa uongo katika wale watu, kama vile kwenu kutakavyokuwako waalimu wa uongo, watakaoingiza kwa werevu uzushi wa kupoteza, wakimkana hata Bwana aliyewanunua, wakijiletea uharibifu usiokawia.
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
Na wengi watafuata ufisadi wao; na kwa hao njia ya kweli itatukanwa.
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
Na katika kutamani watajipatia faida kwenu kwa maneno yaliyotungwa; ambao hukumu yao tangu zamani haikawii, wala uvunjifu wao hausinzii.
4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Kwa maana ikiwa Mungu hakuwaachilia malaika waliokosa, bali aliwatupa shimoni, akawatia katika vifungo vya giza, walindwe hata ije hukumu;
5 and spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person , a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
wala hakuuachilia ulimwengu wa kale, bali alimhifadhi Nuhu, mjumbe wa haki, na watu wengine saba, hapo alipoleta Gharika juu ya ulimwengu wa wasiomcha Mungu;
6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
tena akaihukumu miji ya Sodoma na Gomora, akiipindua na kuifanya majivu, akaifanya iwe ishara kwa watu watakaokuwa hawamchi Mungu baada ya haya;
7 and delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
akamwokoa Lutu, yule mwenye haki aliyehuzunishwa sana na mwenendo wa ufisadi wa hao wahalifu;
8 (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
maana mtu huyu mwenye haki akikaa kati yao, kwa kuona na kusikia, alijitesa roho yake yenye haki, siku baada ya siku, kwa matendo yao yasiyo na sheria;
9 the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
basi, Bwana ajua kuwaokoa watauwa na majaribu, na kuwaweka wasio haki katika hali ya adhabu hata siku ya hukumu;
10 but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they , selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
na hasa wale waufuatao mwili katika tamaa ya mambo machafu. na kudharau mamlaka.
11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
Wenye ushupavu, wenye kujikinai, hawatetemeki wakiyatukana matukufu; ijapokuwa malaika ambao ni wakuu zaidi kwa uwezo na nguvu, hawaleti mashitaka mabaya juu yao mbele za Bwana.
12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
Lakini hao kama wanyama wasio na akili, ambao walizaliwa kama wanyama tu wa kukamatwa na kupotezwa, wakikufuru katika mambo wasiyoyajua, wataangamizwa katika maangamizo yao;
13 and shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the daytime. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
Wakipatikana na madhara, ambayo ni ujira wa udhalimu wao, wakidhania kuwa ulevi wakati wa mchana ni anasa; wamekuwa ni mawaa na aibu wakifuata anasa zisizo kiasi katika karamu zao za upendo, wafanyapo karamu pamoja nanyi;
14 having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
wenye macho yajaayo uzinzi, watu wasiokoma kutenda dhambi, wenye kuhadaa roho zisizo imara, wenye mioyo iliyozoezwa kutamani, wana wa laana;
15 which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
wakiiacha njia iliyonyoka, wakapotea, wakiifuata njia ya Balaamu, mwana wa Beori, aliyependa ujira wa udhalimu;
16 but was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
lakini alikaripiwa kwa uhalifu wake mwenyewe; punda, asiyeweza kusema, akinena kwa sauti ya kibinadamu, aliuzuia wazimu wa nabii yule.
17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
Hawa ni visima visivyo na maji, na mawingu yachukuliwayo na tufani, ambao weusi wa giza ni akiba waliyowekewa.
18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
Maana wakinena maneno makuu mno ya kiburi, kwa tamaa za mwili na kwa ufisadi huwahadaa watu walioanza kuwakimbia wale wanaoenenda katika udanganyifu;
19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
wakiwaahidia uhuru, nao wenyewe ni watumwa wa uharibifu, maana mtu akishindwa na mtu huwa mtumwa wa mtu yule.
20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
Kwa maana wale waliokwisha kuyakimbia machafu ya dunia kwa kumjua Bwana na Mwokozi Yesu Kristo, kama wakinaswa tena na kushindwa, hali yao ya mwisho imekuwa mbaya kuliko ile ya kwanza.
21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it , to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
Maana ingekuwa heri kwao kama wasingaliijua njia ya haki, kuliko kuijua, kisha kuiacha ile amri takatifu waliyopewa.
22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Lakini imetukia kwao sawasawa na ile mithali ya kweli, Mbwa ameyarudia matapiko yake mwenyewe, na nguruwe aliyeoshwa amerudi kugaa-gaa matopeni.
