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.
Exulilo lounyuni
1 Onhumwafo ei oyo onhivali nokuli nde i mu shangela, ovaholike, nomwaadishe edi handi pendula omadiladilo eni a yela noku mu dimbulukifa, 2 opo mu dimbulukwe eendjovo edi da popiwa nale kovaxunganeki ovayapuki, noshipango shOmwene noshOmukulili mwe shi pewa kovayapostoli veni. 3 Ndele kaleni mu shi shii tetetete nokutya, momafiku axuuninwa otamu ka holoka ovasheki tava shekaula, vo otava endifwa kouhalu wavo vene, 4 ndele tava ti: “Eudaneko lealuko laye oli li peni? Osheshi nghee tuu ootatekulu va fya, oinima aishe oi li ngaashi ya kala pehovelo leshito.” 5 Osheshi otave lipwililike owina va fa inava shiiva nokutya, eulu nedu ola dja momeva nola tungwa nomeva, kwa li a kala nonalenale taa kwatelelwa keenghono dondjovo yaKalunga, 6 ndele muo ounyuni winya wonale owa nyonaukila meyelu lao. 7 Ndelenee eulu lopaife nedu eli ola tuvikililwa omundilo okeendjovo tuu odo fiyo okefiku letokolo nolekano lovanhu vehe na Kalunga.
8 Ndele ovaholike nye, eshi shimwe shiha kale she mu holekwa nokutya, efiku limwe alike pOmwene li li ngaashi omido eyovi, nomido eyovi ongaashi efiku limwe alike. 9 Omwene ina fya ounye okuwanifa eudaneko laye, ngaashi vamwe hava diladila nokutya, okwa fya ounye, vati, ndelenee ohe mu tale onheni, osheshi ina hala pa kane nande umwe, ndelenee aveshe ve lialulukile melidilululo. 10 Ndelenee efiku lOmwene otali ke uya ngaashi omulunga, opo tuu eulu tali nyonauka po nomipwalakato dinene noihovelitungifo otai dilukifwa komundjene, nedu noilongwanima otai lungwinine mo.
Elilongekido
11 Hano oinima ei aishe ngeenge tai hanauka ngaha, omu nokuhangika mwa tya ngahelipi moweenda uyapuki nometilokalunga 12 mokuteelela nokweendelelifa euyo lefiku laKalunga, efiku tuu olo tali lungwinifa po eulu ndele tali hengumukifa oihovelitungifo komundjene woupyu. 13 Ndelenee paudaneko laye fye ohatu teelele eulu lipe nedu lipe omo tamu ka kala ouyuki.
14 Onghee hano, ovaholike, mokuteelela oinima ei kendabaleni shili, mu monike puye muhe nonyata nomuhe noshipo mombili; 15 nonhalanheni yOmwene wetu i taleni oyo exupifo leni, ongaashi omumwatate omuholike, Paulus, e mu shangela yo mounongondunge e u pewa, 16 nongaashi meenhumwafo daye adishe, eshi ha tongo oinima ei, nande mu na dimwe da hala okunyenga eendunge hadi pilikwa kovashima nokwaava inava pama nongaashi omishangwa dimwe yo have di pilikile enyonauko lavo vene. 17 Hano nye ovaholike, eshi mwe shi shiiva fimbo inashi uya, kaleni mwa londoka, muha twalwatwalwe komapukifo eembwada, nye muha we mo mekanghameno leni la pama. 18 Kaleni nokukula mefilonghenda nomokushiiva Omwene Omukulili wetu Jesus Kristus. Efimano olaye nonena nofiyo okefiku loukwaalushe. Amen.
