1 B ut there were false teachers among the people. And there will be false teachers among you also. These people will work in secret ways to bring false teaching to you. They will turn against Christ Who bought them with His blood. They bring fast death on themselves.

Pero se levantaron falsos profetas entre el pueblo, así como habrá también falsos maestros entre ustedes, los cuales encubiertamente introducirán herejías destructoras, negando incluso al Señor que los compró (los rescató), trayendo sobre sí una destrucción repentina.

2 M any people will follow their wrong ways. Because of what they do, people will speak bad things against the way of truth.

Muchos seguirán su sensualidad, y por causa de ellos, el camino de la verdad será blasfemado.

3 T hey will tell lies and false stories so they can use you to get things for themselves. But God judged them long ago and their death is on the way.

En su avaricia los explotarán con palabras falsas. El juicio de ellos, desde hace mucho tiempo no está ocioso, ni su perdición dormida.

4 G od did not hold back from punishing the angels who sinned, but sent them down to hell. They are to be kept there in the deep hole of darkness until they stand before Him Who judges them.

Porque Dios no perdonó a los ángeles cuando pecaron, sino que los arrojó al infierno y los entregó a fosos de tinieblas, reservados para juicio.

5 G od did not hold back from punishing the people of the world who sinned long ago. He brought the flood on the world of sinners. But Noah was a preacher of right living. He and his family of seven were the only ones God saved.

Tampoco perdonó al mundo antiguo, sino que guardó a Noé, un predicador (heraldo) de justicia, con otros siete, cuando trajo el diluvio sobre el mundo de los impíos.

6 G od said that the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were guilty, and He destroyed them with fire. This was to show people who did not worship God what would happen to them.

También condenó a la destrucción las ciudades de Sodoma y Gomorra, reduciéndo las a cenizas, poniéndo las de ejemplo para los que habrían de vivir impíamente después.

7 L ot was taken away from Sodom because he was right with God. He had been troubled by the sins that bad men did in wild living.

Además rescató al justo Lot, abrumado por la conducta sensual de hombres libertinos (sin principios morales)

8 H e saw and heard how the people around him broke the Law. Everyday his own soul which was right with God was troubled because of their sinful ways.

(porque ese justo, por lo que veía y oía mientras vivía entre ellos, diariamente sentía su alma justa atormentada por las iniquidades de ellos).

9 B ut the Lord knows how to help men who are right with God when they are tempted. He also knows how to keep the sinners suffering for their wrong-doing until the day they stand before God Who will judge them.

El Señor, pues, sabe rescatar de tentación (de prueba) a los piadosos, y reservar a los injustos bajo castigo para el día del juicio,

10 T his is true about those who keep on wanting to please their own bodies in sinful desires and those who will not obey laws. They want to please themselves and are not afraid when they laugh and say bad things about the powers in heaven.

especialmente a los que andan tras la carne en sus deseos corrompidos y desprecian la autoridad. Atrevidos y obstinados, no tiemblan cuando blasfeman de las majestades angélicas,

11 A ngels are greater in strength and power than they. But angels do not speak against these powers before the Lord.

cuando los ángeles, que son mayores en fuerza y en potencia, no pronuncian juicio injurioso contra ellos delante del Señor.

12 M en like this are like animals who are not able to think but are born to be caught and killed. They speak bad words against that which they do not understand. They will die in their own sinful ways.

Pero éstos, como animales irracionales, nacidos como criaturas de instinto para ser capturados y destruidos, blasfemando de lo que ignoran, serán también destruidos con la destrucción de esas criaturas,

13 T his is the pay they will suffer for their sinful lives. They are not ashamed when they sin in the daylight. They are sores and dirty spots among you while they eat and drink big meals with you.

sufriendo el mal como pago de su iniquidad. Cuentan por deleite andar en placeres disolutos durante el día. Son manchas e inmundicias, deleitándose en sus engaños mientras banquetean con ustedes.

14 T heir eyes are full of sex sins. They never have enough sin. They get weak people to go along with them. Their hearts are always wanting something. They are people who will end up in hell because

Tienen los ojos llenos de adulterio y nunca cesan de pecar. Seducen a las almas inestables. Tienen un corazón ejercitado en la avaricia; son hijos de maldición.

15 t hey have left the right way and have gone the wrong way. They have followed the way of Balaam, who was the son of Beor. He loved the money he got for his sin.

Abandonando el camino recto, se han extraviado, siguiendo el camino de Balaam, el hijo de Beor, quien amó el pago de la iniquidad,

16 B ut he was stopped in his sin. A donkey spoke to him with a man’s voice. It stopped this early preacher from going on in his crazy way.

pero fue reprendido por su transgresión, pues una muda bestia de carga, hablando con voz humana, reprimió la locura del profeta.

17 S uch people are like wells without water. They are like clouds before a storm. The darkest place below has been kept for them.

Estos son manantiales sin agua, bruma impulsada por una tormenta, para quienes está reservada la oscuridad de las tinieblas.

18 T hey speak big-sounding words which show they are proud. They get men who are trying to keep away from sinful men to give in to the sinful desires of the flesh.

Pues hablando con arrogancia y vanidad, seducen mediante deseos carnales, por sensualidad, a los que hace poco escaparon de los que viven en el error.

19 T hey promise that these men will be free. But they themselves are chained to sin. For a man is chained to anything that has power over him.

Les prometen libertad, mientras que ellos mismos son esclavos de la corrupción, pues uno es esclavo de aquello que lo ha vencido.

20 T here are men who have been made free from the sins of the world by learning to know the Lord Jesus Christ, the One Who saves. But if they do these sins again, and are not able to keep from doing them, they are worse than they were before.

Porque si después de haber escapado de las contaminaciones del mundo por el conocimiento de nuestro Señor y Salvador Jesucristo, de nuevo son enredados en ellas y vencidos, su condición postrera viene a ser peor que la primera.

21 A fter knowing the holy Law that was given to them, they turned from it. It would have been better for them if they had not known how to be right with God.

Pues hubiera sido mejor para ellos no haber conocido el camino de la justicia, que habiéndolo conocido, apartarse del santo mandamiento que les fue dado.

22 T hey are like the wise saying, “A dog turns back to what he has thrown up.” And, “A pig that has been washed goes back to roll in the mud.”

Les ha sucedido a ellos según el proverbio verdadero: “ El perro vuelve a su propio vomito,” y: “La puerca lavada, vuelve a revolcarse en el cieno.”