1 ¶ Beloved, I now write unto you this second epistle, in which I alert with exhortation your pure understanding,

هَذِهِ هِيَ رِسالَتِي الثّانِيَةُ إلَيْكُمْ أيُّها الأحِبّاءُ. وَقَدْ حاوَلْتُ فِيْها أنْ أُنَبِّهَ عُقُولِكُمُ النَّقِيَّةَ بِتَذكِيْرِكُمْ بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ.

2 t hat ye keep in memory the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets and of our commandment, that we are apostles of the Lord and Saviour,

أُرِيْدُكُمْ أنْ تَتَذَكَّرُوا كَلامَ أنبِياءِ اللهِ قَدِيْماً، وَوَصِيَّةَ رَبِّنا وَمُخَلِّصِنا الَّتِي وَصَلَتْكُمْ بِواسِطَةِ رُسُلِكُمْ.

3 ¶ knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts

أوَّلاً يَنْبَغي أنْ تَفهَمُوا أنَّهُ سَيَأْتِي فِي الأيّامِ الأخِيْرَةِ أُناسٌ مُستَهزِئُونَ تَقُودُهُمْ شَهَواتُهُمْ،

4 a nd saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the day in which the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

وَسَيَقُولُونَ: «ما الَّذِي حَدَثَ لِوَعْدِ مَجِيْءِ المَسِيْحِ ثانِيَةً؟ لِأنَّهُ مُنذُ أنْ ماتَ آباؤُنا وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ مُستَمِرٌّ عَلَى حالِهِ، كَما كانَ مُنْذُ بَدْءِ الخَلِيْقَةِ.»

5 O f course, they willingly ignore that the heavens were created of old and the earth standing out of the water and in the water, by the word of God;

وَهُمْ بِذَلِكَ يَتَناسُونَ أنَّ السَّماواتِ وَالأرْضَ وُجِدَتْ مُنذُ القَدِيْمِ، وَأنَّ الأرْضَ تَشَكَّلَتْ بِكَلِمَةِ اللهِ مِنَ الماءِ وَبِالماءِ.

6 b y which the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished;

ثُمَّ غُمِرَ العالَمُ عِندَئِذٍ وَدُمِّرَ بِالماءِ.

7 b ut the heavens, which are now, and the earth are conserved by the same word, kept unto the fire in the day of judgment and of perdition of the ungodly men.

لَكِنَّ السَّماواتِ وَالأرْضَ مَحفُوظَةٌ الآنَ أيضاً بِكَلِمَةِ اللهِ، إلَىْ أنْ يَحينَ وَقْتُ تَدْميرِها بِالنّارِ فِيْ يَوْمِ الدَّيْنُونَةِ، يَومِ هَلاكِ الأشرارِ.

8 ¶ But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day before the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years are as one day.

لَكِنْ لا يَغِبْ عَنْ بالِكُمْ هَذا الأمْرُ أيُّها الأحِبّاءُ: أنَّ يَوماً واحِداً عِندَ الرَّبِّ كَألفِ سَنَةٍ، وَأنَّ ألفَ سَنَةٍ كَيَوْمٍ.

9 ¶ The Lord is not late concerning his promise, as some count lateness, but is patient with us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

فَالرَّبٌّ لا يُؤَخِّرُ تَنفِيْذَ وَعدِهِ، كَما يَظُنُّ بَعضُهُمْ، لَكِنَّهُ يَتَأنَّى عَلَيْنا وَلا يُرِيْدُ لِأحَدٍ أنْ يَهلِكَ، بَلْ يُريدُ لِجَمِيعِ النّاسِ أنْ يَتوبوا.

10 B ut the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements, burning, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works that are in it shall be burned up.

لَكِنَّ يَوْمَ الرَّبِّ سَيَأْتِي كَلِصٍّ. وَسَتَنصَهِرُ الأجرامُ السَّماوِيَّةُ بِالنّارِ، ثُمَّ سَتَنكَشِفُ الأرْضُ وَكُلُّ ما عَلَيْها.

11 ¶ Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

فَما دامَتْ هَذِهِ الأشياءُ سَتُدَمَّرُ هَكَذا، أيُّ نَوْعٍ مِنَ النّاسِ يَنبَغي أنْ تَكُونُوا. يَنبَغي أنْ تَعِيْشُوا حَياةَ قَداسَةٍ وَخِدمَةٍ للهِ،

12 w aiting for and desiring earnestly for the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

بَينَما تَنتَظِرونَ وَتَطلُبونَ سُرعَةَ مَجِيْءِ يَوْمِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي تَنحَلُّ فِيْهِ السَّماواتُ، وَتَنصَهِرُ الأجرامُ السَّماوِيَّةُ.

13 N evertheless we, according to his promises, wait for new heavens and a new earth, in which dwells righteousness.

لَكِنَّنا حَسَبَ وَعْدِ اللهِ نَنتَظِرُ بِلَهفَةٍ سَماواتٍ جَدِيْدَةً وَأرْضاً جَدِيْدَةً يَسكُنُها البرُّ.

14 T herefore, beloved, seeing that ye hope for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless.

فَبِما أنَّكُمْ تَتَلَهَّفُونَ عَلَى هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ، ابْذُلُوا كُلَّ جَهْدٍ لِكَي تَكُونُوا طاهِرِيْنَ بِلا عَيْبٍ، وَفِي سَلامٍ أمامَهُ،

15 A nd have as saving health the patience of our Lord, even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him has written unto you

مُتَذَّكِّرينَ أنَّ تَمَهُلَّ اللهِ عَلَينا، هُوَ الَّذي قادَ إلَىْ خَلاصِنا. تَماماً كَما كَتَبَ إلَيْكُمْ أخُونا الحَبِيْبُ بُولُسُ حَسَبَ الحِكْمَةِ المُعطاةِ لَهُ مِنَ اللهِ.

16 i n almost all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, among which are some things that are hard to understand, which those that are ignorant and unstable twist, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

فَهُوَ يَتَحَدَّثُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ فِي كُلِّ رَسائِلِهِ الَّتي تَحوِي بَعْضَ التَّعاليمِ الَّتيْ يَصعُبُ فَهْمُها، وَيُشَوِّهُ غَيْرُ المُتَعَلِّمِيْنَ وَغَيْرُ الثّابِتِيْنَ مَعناها. وَهُمْ يَفعَلُونَ ذَلِكَ مَعَ بَقيَّةِ الكُتُبِ أيضاً جالبِينَ الدَّمارَ عَلَى أنفُسِهِمْ.

17 Y e, therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things in advance, be on guard lest by the error of the wicked ye be deceived with the others and fall from your own steadfastness.

فَبِما أنَّكُمْ تَعرِفُونَ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ أيُّها الأحِبّاءُ، احْذَروا مِنْ أنْ تَنقادُوا بِضَلالاتِ الفاجِرِيْنَ. وَانتَبِهُوا لِئَلّا تَتَزَحزَحُوا عَنْ مَوقِفِكُمُ الثّابِتِ،

18 B ut grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and until the day of eternity. Amen.

بَلِ انمُوا فِي نِعمَةِ رَبِّنا وَمُخَلِّصِنا يَسُوعَ المَسِيْحِ، وَفِي مَعْرِفَتِهِ. لَهُ المَجدُ الآنَ وَإلَىْ الأبَدِ! آمِيْن.