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2 Petro 3
Neno: Bibilia Takatifu
2 Petro 3
Neno: Bibilia Takatifu
Siku Ya Bwana
3 Rafiki wapendwa, hii ni barua ya pili ninayowaandikia. Katika barua zote mbili nimejaribu kuziamsha nia zenu safi kwa kuwakumbusha mambo haya. 2 Napenda mkumbuke maneno yaliyosemwa zamani na manabii watakatifu na ile amri ya Bwana na Mwokozi mli yopewa na mitume wenu. 3 Kwanza kabisa ni lazima muelewe hili: kwamba siku za mwisho watu wenye dhihaka watakuja kuwadhihaki wakiwa wametawaliwa na tamaa zao wenyewe. 4 Watawaambia, “Ali yeahidi atakuja yuko wapi? Tangu baba zetu walipokufa mambo yam eendelea kuwa kama yalivyokuwa tangu kuumbwa kwa dunia.” 5 Wao wameamua kusahau kwamba ni kwa neno la Mungu mbingu zilikuwepo tangu zamani, na kwamba ulimwengu uliumbwa kutokana na maji kwa njia ya maji, 6 na kuwa kwa maji hayo hayo ulimwengu ule uliokuwepo uliangamizwa wakati ule wa gharika. 7 Lakini kwa neno hilo hilo mbingu na dunia, ambazo zipo hivi sasa, zimewekwa akiba kuchomwa moto, zimewekwa mpaka siku ile ya hukumu na ya kuangami zwa kwa watu wasiomcha Mungu.
8 Lakini wapendwa msisahau neno hili, kwamba kwa Bwana, siku moja ni kama miaka elfu, na miaka elfu ni kama siku moja. 9 Bwana hakawii kuitimiza ahadi yake kama watu wengine wanavyochukulia kukawia, bali yeye anawavumilia, maana hapendi mtu ye yote aan gamie, bali wote waifikie toba.
10 Lakini siku ya Bwana itakuja kama mwizi. Ndipo mbingu zitatoweka kwa kishindo kikuu; na vitu vya asili vitateketezwa kwa moto na dunia na vitu vyote vilivyomo humo vitateketezwa.
11 Kwa kuwa kila kitu kitateketezwa hivyo, ninyi je, mna paswa kuwa watu wa namna gani? Mnapaswa kuishi maisha ya utaka tifu na utauwa, 12 mkingojea na mkiharakisha kuja kwa siku ya Mungu, siku ambayo mbingu zitateketezwa kwa moto na kutoweka, na vitu vyote vilivyomo ndani yake vitayeyushwa kwa moto! 13 Lakini kufuatana na ahadi yake, sisi tunangojea mbingu mpya na dunia mpya ambamo haki huishi.
14 Kwa hiyo wapendwa, kwa kuwa mnatazamia mambo haya, jita hidini ili mkutwe hamna doa wala lawama, mkiwa na amani naye. 15 Hesabuni uvumilivu wa Bwana kuwa ni wokovu, kama ndugu yetu mpendwa Paulo alivyokwisha kuwaandikieni kwa hekima aliyopewa na Mungu. 16 Ameandika hivyo hivyo katika barua zake zote akizun gumzia mambo haya. Barua zake zina mambo mengine ambayo ni magumu kuelewa, ambayo watu wajinga na wasio na msimamo huyapotosha, kama wanavyopotosha sehemu nyingine za Maandiko; na hivyo wana jiletea kuangamia.
17 Basi, ninyi wapendwa mkijua haya, jihadharini msije mka potoshwa na makosa ya hao waasi na kupoteza uthabiti wenu.
2 Peter 3
New International Version
2 Peter 3
New International Version
The Day of the Lord
3 Dear friends,(A) this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders(B) to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. 2 I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets(C) and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.(D)
3 Above all, you must understand that in the last days(E) scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.(F) 4 They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised?(G) Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”(H) 5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word(I) the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.(J) 6 By these waters also the world of that time(K) was deluged and destroyed.(L) 7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,(M) being kept for the day of judgment(N) and destruction of the ungodly.
8 But 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.(O) 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise,(P) as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient(Q) with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.(R)
10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.(S) The heavens will disappear with a roar;(T) the elements will be destroyed by fire,(U) and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.[a](V)
11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward(W) to the day of God and speed its coming.[b](X) That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.(Y) 13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth,(Z) where righteousness dwells.
14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless(AA) and at peace with him. 15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience(AB) means salvation,(AC) just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.(AD) 16 He 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(AE) people distort,(AF) as they do the other Scriptures,(AG) to their own destruction.
17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard(AH) so that you may not be carried away by the error(AI) of the lawless(AJ) and fall from your secure position.(AK) 18 But grow in the grace(AL) and knowledge(AM) of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.(AN) To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.(AO)
Footnotes
- 2 Peter 3:10 Some manuscripts be burned up
- 2 Peter 3:12 Or as you wait eagerly for the day of God to come
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