2 Peter 2

1 Now 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 Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

1 وَلَكِنْ، كَمَا كَانَ فِي الشَّعْبِ قَدِيماً أَنْبِيَاءُ دَجَّالُونَ، كَذَلِكَ سَيَكُونُ بَيْنَكُمْ أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً مُعَلِّمُونَ دَجَّالُونَ. هَؤُلاءِ سَيَدُسُّونَ بِدَعاً مُهْلِكَةً، وَيُنْكِرُونَ السَّيِّدَ الَّذِي اشْتَرَاهُمْ لِنَفْسِهِ. وَبِذَلِكَ يَجْلِبُونَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ دَمَاراً سَرِيعاً.

2 Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.

2 وَكَثِيرُونَ سَيَسِيرُونَ وَرَاءَهُمْ فِي طُرُقِ الإِبَاحِيَّةِ. وَبِسَبَبِهِمْ تُوَجَّهُ الإِهَانَةُ إِلَى طَرِيقِ الْحَقِّ.

3 In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.

3 وَبِدَافِعِ الطَّمَعِ، يُتَاجِرُونَ بِكُمْ بِالأَقْوَالِ الْمُحَرَّفَةِ الْمُصْطَنَعَةِ. إِلّا أَنَّ الدَّيْنُونَةَ تَتَعَقَّبُ هَؤُلاءِ مُنْذُ الْقَدِيمِ، وَهَلاكَهُمْ لَا يَتَوَانَى.

4 For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

4 فَإِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُشْفِقْ عَلَى الْمَلائِكَةِ الَّذِينَ أَخْطَأُوا، بَلْ طَرَحَهُمْ فِي أَعْمَاقِ هَاوِيَةِ الظَّلامِ مُقَيَّدِينَ بِالسَّلاسِلِ، حَيْثُ يَظَلُّونَ مَحْبُوسِينَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ.

5 if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;

5 كَذَلِكَ لَمْ يُشْفِقْ عَلَى الْعَالَمِ الْقَدِيمِ عِنْدَمَا أَحْدَثَ الطُّوفَانَ عَلَى عَالَمِ الْفَاجِرِينَ، إِلّا أَنَّهُ حَفِظَ نُوحاً الْمُنَادِيَ بِبِرِّ اللهِ وَعَدْلِهِ. وَكَانَ نُوحٌ وَاحِداً مِنْ ثَمَانِيَةِ أَشْخَاصٍ نَجَوْا مِنَ الطُّوفَانِ.

6 if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;

6 وَإِذْ حَكَمَ اللهُ عَلَى مَدِينَتَيْ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ بِالْخَرَابِ، حَوَّلَهُمَا إِلَى رَمَادٍ، جَاعِلاً مِنْهُمَا عِبْرَةً لِلَّذِينَ يَعِيشُونَ حَيَاةً فَاجِرَةً.

7 and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless

7 وَلَكِنَّهُ أَنْقَذَ لُوطاً الْبَارَّ، الَّذِي كَانَ مُتَضَايِقاً جِدّاً مِنْ سُلُوكِ أَشْرَارِ زَمَانِهِ فِي الدَّعَارَةِ.

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)—

8 فَإِذْ كَانَ سَاكِناً بَيْنَهُمْ، وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ بَارٌّ، كَانَتْ نَفْسُهُ الزَّكِيَّةُ تَتَأَلَّمُ يَوْمِيًّا مِنْ جَرَائِمِهِمِ الَّتِي كَانَ يَرَاهَا أَوْ يَسْمَعُ بِها.

9 if all 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.

9 وَهَكَذَا نَرَى أَنَّ الرَّبَّ يَعْرِفُ أَنْ يُنْقِذَ الأَتْقِيَاءَ مِنَ الْمِحْنَةِ، وَيَحْفَظَ الأَشْرَارَ مَحْبُوسِينَ لِيَحْكُمَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِالْعِقَابِ فِي يَوْمِ الدَّيْنُونَةِ.

10 Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.

10 وَمَا أَشَدَّ الْعِقَابَ، وَبِخَاصَّةٍ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَنْجَرِفُونَ وَرَاءَ الْمُيُولِ الجَسَدِيَّةِ، مُسْتَجِيبِينَ لِشَهْوَةِ النَّجَاسَةِ، وَمُحْتَقِرِينَ سِيَادَةَ اللهِ! ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ وَقِحُونَ، مُعْجِبُونَ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ، لَا يَخَافُونَ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمُوا بِالشَّتْمِ وَالإِهَانَةِ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ الأَمْجَادِ.

11 Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.

11 وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ، فَحَتَّى الْمَلائِكَةُ، وَهُمْ يَتَفَوَّقُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي الْقُوَّةِ وَالْقُدْرَةِ، لَا يُقَدِّمُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ أَيَّةَ تُهْمَةٍ مُهِينَةٍ.

12 These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.

12 حَقّاً إِنَّ هَؤُلاءِ الْمُعَلِّمِينَ الدَّجَّالِينَ الَّذِينَ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ كَلاماً مُهِيناً فِي أُمُورٍ يَجْهَلُونَهَا، يُشْبِهُونَ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ الْمُفْتَرِسَةَ غَيْرَ الْعَاقِلَةِ، الْمَوْلُودَةَ لِيَصْطَادَهَا النَّاسُ وَيَقْتُلُوهَا. فَلابُدَّ أَنْ يَهْلِكُوا مِثْلَهَا.

13 The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.

13 وَبِذَلِكَ يَنَالُونَ أُجْرَةَ إِثْمِهِمْ! إِنَّهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ الانْغِمَاسَ فِي اللَّذَّاتِ طُولَ النَّهَارِ بَهْجَةً عَظِيمَةً. فَهُمْ أَدْنَاسٌ وَعُيُوبٌ: يَتَلَذَّذُونَ بِالنَّجَاسَةِ وَيُحَاوِلُونَ خِدَاعَكُمْ، فَيَشْتَرِكُونَ مَعَكُمْ فِي الْوَلائِمِ.

14 Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

14 عُيُونُهُمْ لَا تَنْظُرُ إِلّا نَظَرَاتِ الزِّنَى، وَلا تَشْبَعُ مِنَ الْخَطِيئَةِ. وَكَمْ مِنْ نُفُوسٍ ضَعِيفَةٍ تَقَعُ فِي فِخَاخِهِمْ! أَمَّا قُلُوبُهُمْ، فَقَدْ تَدَرَّبَتْ عَلَى الشَّهْوَةِ وَالطَّمَعِ. إِنَّهُمْ حَقّاً أَبْنَاءُ اللَّعْنَةِ!

15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.

15 وَإِذْ خَرَجُوا عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ، ضَلُّوا. فَهُمْ سَائِرُونَ فِي طَرِيقِ بَلْعَامَ بْنِ بَعُورَ، الَّذِي أَحَبَّ الْحُصُولَ عَلَى الْمَالِ أُجْرَةً لإِثْمِهِ.

16 But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

16 وَلَكِنَّهُ تَوَبَّخَ عَلَى هذِهِ الْمُخَالَفَةِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَهَا. إِذْ إِنَّ الْحِمَارَ الأَبْكَمَ نَطَقَ بِصَوْتٍ بَشَرِيٍّ، فَوَضَعَ حَدّاً لِحَمَاقَةِ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيِّ!

17 These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

17 فَلَيْسَ هَؤُلاءِ إِلّا آبَاراً لَا مَاءَ فِيهَا، وَغُيُوماً تَسُوقُهَا الرِّيحُ الْعَاصِفَةُ. وَيَا لَهُ مِنْ مَصِيرٍ مُرْعِبٍ مَحْجُوزٍ لَهُمْ فِي الظَّلامِ الأَبَدِيِّ الْقَاتِمِ!

18 With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.

18 يَنْطِقُونَ بِأَقْوَالٍ طَنَّانَةٍ فَارِغَةٍ، مُشَجِّعِينَ عَلَى الانْغِمَاسِ فِي الشَّهَوَاتِ الْجَسَدِيَّةِ بِمُمَارَسَةِ الدَّعَارَةِ، فَيَصْطَادُونَ مَنْ كَانُوا قَدْ بَدَأُوا يَنْفَصِلُونَ عَنْ رِفَاقِ السُّوءِ الَّذِينَ يَسْلُكُونَ فِي الضَّلالِ.

19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

19 يَعِدُونَ هَؤُلاءِ بِالْحُرِّيَّةِ، وَهُمْ أَنْفُسُهُمْ عَبِيدٌ لِلْفَسَادِ! لأَنَّ الإِنْسَانَ يَصِيرُ عَبْداً لِكُلِّ مَا يَتَسَلَّطُ عَلَيْهِ وَيَغْلِبُهُ.

20 If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

20 فَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَبْتَعِدُونَ عَنْ نَجَاسَاتِ الْعَالَمِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَتَعَرَّفُوا بِالرَّبِّ وَالْمُخَلِّصِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، ثُمَّ يَعُودُونَ وَيَتَوَرَّطُونَ بِها، تَتَسَلَّطُ عَلَيْهِمْ تِلْكَ النَّجَاسَاتُ، فَتَصِيرُ نِهَايَتُهُمْ أَشَرَّ مِنْ بِدَايَتِهِمْ.

21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

21 وَبِالْحَقِيقَةِ، كَانَ أَفْضَلَ لَهُمْ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَتَعَرَّفُوا بِطَرِيقِ الْبِرِّ، مِنْ أَنْ يَتَعَرَّفُوا بِهِ ثُمَّ يَرْتَدُّوا عَنِ الْوَصِيَّةِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ الَّتِي تَسَلَّمُوهَا.

22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”

22 وَيَنْطَبِقُ عَلَى هَؤُلاءِ مَا يَقُولُهُ الْمَثَلُ الصَّادِقُ: «عَادَ الْكَلْبُ إِلَى تَنَاوُلِ مَا تَقَيَّأَهُ، وَالْخِنْزِيرَةُ الْمُغْتَسِلَةُ إِلَى التَّمَرُّغِ فِي الْوَحْلِ!»