The Promise of the Lord's Coming
1 My dear friends, this is now the second letter I have written you. In both letters I have tried to arouse pure thoughts in your minds by reminding you of these things. 2 I want you to remember the words that were spoken long ago by the holy prophets, and the command from the Lord and Savior which was given you by your apostles. 3 First of all, you must understand that in the last days some people will appear whose lives are controlled by their own lusts. They will make fun of you 4 and will ask, “He promised to come, didn't he? Where is he? Our ancestors have already died, but everything is still the same as it was since the creation of the world!” 5 They purposely ignore the fact that long ago God gave a command, and the heavens and earth were created. The earth was formed out of water and by water, 6 and it was also by water, the water of the flood, that the old world was destroyed. 7 But the heavens and the earth that now exist are being preserved by the same command of God, in order to be destroyed by fire. They are being kept for the day when godless people will be judged and destroyed.
8 But do not forget one thing, my dear friends! There is no difference in the Lord's sight between one day and a thousand years; to him the two are the same. 9 The Lord is not slow to do what he has promised, as some think. Instead, he is patient with you, because he does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants all to turn away from their sins.
10 But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that Day the heavens will disappear with a shrill noise, the heavenly bodies will burn up and be destroyed, and the earth with everything in it will vanish. 11 Since all these things will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people should you be? Your lives should be holy and dedicated to God, 12 as you wait for the Day of God and do your best to make it come soon—the Day when the heavens will burn up and be destroyed, and the heavenly bodies will be melted by the heat. 13 But we wait for what God has promised: new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness will be at home.
14 And so, my friends, as you wait for that Day, do your best to be pure and faultless in God's sight and to be at peace with him. 15 Look on our Lord's patience as the opportunity he is giving you to be saved, just as our dear friend Paul wrote to you, using the wisdom that God gave him. 16 This is what he says in all his letters when he writes on the subject. There are some difficult things in his letters which ignorant and unstable people explain falsely, as they do with other passages of the Scriptures. So they bring on their own destruction.
17 But you, my friends, already know this. Be on your guard, then, so that you will not be led away by the errors of lawless people and fall from your safe position. 18 But continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, now and forever! Amen.
Kiristu la murunaŋo te baayi la
1 N kanuntewolu, ñiŋ mu n na leetari fulanjaŋo le ti ali ye, aduŋ ì fuloo bee daliiloo mu ka ke hakilibulandiraŋo ti. N lafita le, ì si ali sondome senuŋolu maa, 2 fo ali kana ñina ñaatokumoolu la, annabiyomu senuŋolu ye mennu fo nuŋ, aniŋ m̀ Maarii niŋ ǹ na Kiisandirilaa ye yaamaroo meŋ dii ka bo niŋ ali la kiilaalu* la.
3 A kummaayaata ali ye le ka ñiŋ fahaamu ko, luŋ labaŋolu kono, ñaawalilaalu be naa la le, mennu be ñiŋ tooñaa siloo ke la jelefeŋo ti, aduŋ ì be ì fansuŋ hame kuu jawoolu nooma la le. 4 Ì be a fo la ko, “A la murunaŋo meŋ laahidita, a lee? Kabiriŋ m̀ mumuñolu faa tumoo la, kuwolu bee be ì ñaama le, feŋ maŋ faliŋ biriŋ daaroo foloodulaa to.” 5 Ì ye ì ñaa laa ñiŋ tooñaa kaŋ tawunteeyaa kono ko, jamaani jaŋ koomanto, saŋ fatoolu sotota ka bo niŋ Alla la kumoo le la, aniŋ duniyaa daata jiyo le la, bankoo bota jiyo le kono. 6 Aduŋ duniyaa meŋ sotota nuŋ, wo kasaarata le ka bo niŋ waamoo la. 7 Bari saŋ fatoolu niŋ ñiŋ duniyaa, mennu be sotoriŋ saayiŋ, ì be sotoriŋ Alla la wo yaamari kiliŋo le kaŋ, fo ì si kasaara dimbaa la. Ì be tara la keriŋ ne fo kiitiiluŋo la, aniŋ allantaŋolu la kasaara luŋo.
8 N kanuntewolu, ali kana ali ñaa laa ñiŋ tooñaa kaŋ ko, Maariyo fee, tili kiliŋo be le ko sanji wuli kiliŋ, aduŋ sanji wuli kiliŋo be le ko tili kiliŋ. 9 A maŋ ke ko, Maariyo naafata a la laahidoo timmandoo la le, ko moo doolu ka a miira ñaameŋ. Wo noo to, a ka muña alitolu ye le, kaatu a maŋ lafi, moo-wo-moo le ye kasaara, bari moolu bee ye tuubi ka ì koo dii ì la junuboolu la. 10 Bari Maariyo la Luŋo be naa la le ko suŋo. Bituŋ saŋ fatoolu ye yeemaŋ, ì niŋ maakaŋ baa. Feŋolu mennu bee be alihawaa kono, ì be kasaara la niŋ dimbaa le la, aduŋ duniyaa fanaa aniŋ feŋolu bee mennu be a kono, be jani la le.
11 Baawo ñiŋ feŋolu bee be labaŋ na kasaara la teŋ ne, wo to, alitolu ñanta ke la muŋ moo siifaalu le ti? Ali ñanta baluu la seneyaa niŋ Alla ñaasilaŋo le kono, 12 alitolu mennu be Alla la luŋ baa batu kaŋ, aduŋ ali la wakiiloo le ka a tariyandi naa la. Wo luŋo le, dimbaa be saŋ fatoolu kasaara la le, a be alihawaa feŋolu yelundi la. 13 Bari ntolu mennu ye Alla la laahidoo soto, m̀ be saŋ kutoo niŋ banku kutoo le batu kaŋ, tiliŋo be sabati la daameŋ.
14 Wo kamma la, n kanuntewolu, baawo ali ka wolu le batu, ali hame, a ye ali tara seneyaariŋ. Ali kana sootaari soto Alla ñaatiliŋo la, bari ali niŋ a ye tara kayiroo kono.
15 Ali hakiloo si bula ko, m̀ Maariyo mu muñalaa le ti ǹ na kiisoo ye. M̀ baadiŋ kanuntewo Pawulu fanaa ye ñiŋ kuwolu safee ali ye le ka bo niŋ ñaameŋo la, Alla ye meŋ dii a la. 16 A diyaamuta ñiŋ kuwolu la, a la leetaroolu bee le kono. Kuu doolu be a la wo leetaroolu kono le, mennu fahaamoo maŋ sooneeyaa, aduŋ kalamutabaloolu niŋ hakilifulatiyolu ye wolu yelemandi. Wo mu kuwo le ti, ì ka meŋ ke hani Kitaabu Senuŋo dulaa doolu to, aduŋ a labaŋo be ke la ì la kasaaroo le ti.
Kuma labaŋolu
17 N kanuntewolu, baawo ali ye ñiŋ kuwolu loŋ ne fokabaŋ, wo to ali si ali hakiloo tu, fo wo luwaantaŋolu la filoo kana alitolu fanaa fatandi tooñaa ma. Ali kana soŋ, ali ye foo wo dulaa bambandiŋo la, ali be looriŋ meŋ kaŋ. 18 Wo noo to, ali si yiriwaa m̀ Maarii niŋ ǹ na Kiisandirilaa Yeesu Kiristu* la hiinoo niŋ a loŋo kono. Tenturoo niŋ jayiroo be ate le ye, saayiŋ aniŋ fo abadaa. Amiin.
