2:1 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἐγένοντο δὲ καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐν τῷ λαῷ , ὡς καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν ἔσονται ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι , οἵτινες παρεισάξουσιν αἱρέσεις ἀπωλείας , καὶ τὸν ἀγοράσαντα αὐτοὺς δεσπότην ἀρνούμενοι , ἐπάγοντες ἑαυτοῖς ταχινὴν ἀπώλειαν .
Fuerunt vero et pseudoprophetae in populo , sicut et in vobis erunt magistri mendaces , qui introducent sectas perditionis : et eum qui emit eos , Dominum negant , superducentes sibi celerem perditionem .
ወቦ ባሕቱ ሐሳውያነ ነቢያት ማእከለ ሕዝብ ከመ እለ ሀለዉ ማእከሌክሙ ወውስቴትክሙ እለ ሐሰተ ይሜህሩ ወእለ ካሕደ ያበውኡ ለሕርትምና ወይክሕድዎ ለእግዚኦሙ ዘተሣየጦሙ በደሙ ወያመጽእዎ ላዕሌሆሙ ፍጡነ ለሙስና ወለተሠርዎ ።
But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
2:2 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ πολλοὶ ἐξακολουθήσουσιν αὐτῶν ταῖς ἀσελγείαις , δι’ οὓς ἡ ὁδὸς τῆς ἀληθείας βλασφημηθήσεται ·
Et multi sequentur eorum luxurias , per quos via veritatis blasphemabitur :
ወብዙኃን ሰብእ ይተልውዎሙ ለእሉ በእንተ ፍትወተ ዝሙቶሙ ወይፀርፉ ላዕለ ፍኖተ ጽድቅ ።
Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.
2:3 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ ἐν πλεονεξίᾳ πλαστοῖς λόγοις ὑμᾶς ἐμπορεύσονται · οἷς τὸ κρίμα ἔκπαλαι οὐκ ἀργεῖ , καὶ ἡ ἀπώλεια αὐτῶν οὐ νυστάζει .
et in avaritia fictis verbis de vobis negotiabuntur : quibus judicium jam olim non cessat : et perditio eorum non dormitat .
ወይትካሐዱ በቃል ዘለሊሆሙ ፈጠሩ ወቦቱ የሐውሩ ወደይኖሙሰ እምፍጥረተ ዓለም ዘኢተዐርፍ ወሕርምትናሆሙ እንተ ኢትዴቅስ ።
In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.
2:4 ⧉ ⤴︎ εἰ γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ἀγγέλων ἁμαρτησάντων οὐκ ἐφείσατο , ἀλλὰ σιροῖς ζόφου ταρταρώσας παρέδωκεν εἰς κρίσιν τηρουμένους ,
Si enim Deus angelis peccantibus non pepercit , sed rudentibus inferni detractos in tartarum tradidit cruciandos , in judicium reservari .
ወእግዚአብሔርሰ ለመላእክቲሁ ጥቀ አቢሶሙ ኢመሐኮሙ አላ ወደዮሙ ውስተ ጻዕረ ደይን ዘርሱን ወመጠዎሙ ይትኰነኑ ወይንበሩ ውስተ ጻዕረ ደይን ።
For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness to be reserved for judgment;
2:5 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ ἀρχαίου κόσμου οὐκ ἐφείσατο , ἀλλὰ ὄγδοον Νῶε δικαιοσύνης κήρυκα ἐφύλαξεν , κατακλυσμὸν κόσμῳ ἀσεβῶν ἐπάξας ,
Et originali mundo non pepercit , sed octavum Noë justitiae praeconem custodivit , diluvium mundo impiorum inducens .
ወለዓለምሰ ቀደምት ኢመሐኮሙ አላ አትረፈ ሰማኒተ ነፍሰ ምስለ ኖኅ ዘዐቀባ ለጽድቅ ከመ ይኩን ዜናዌ በጽድቅ ወለባዕዳንሰ ሰብእ ረሲዓን ፈነወ አይኀ ላዕሌሆሙ ።
and didn’t spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly,
2:6 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ πόλεις Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρας τεφρώσας καταστροφῇ κατέκρινεν , ὑπόδειγμα μελλόντων ἀσεβεῖν τεθεικώς ,
Et civitates Sodomorum et Gomorrhaeorum in cinerem redigens , eversione damnavit : exemplum eorum , qui impie acturi sunt , ponens :
ወለአህጉረ ሰዶምኒ ወገሞራ አውዐዮን ወገፍትዖን ወከመዝ ኰነኖሙ ወአርኣያ ረሰዮሙ ለእለ በደኃሪ መዋዕል ለኃጥኣን ።
and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live in an ungodly way,
2:7 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ δίκαιον Λὼτ καταπονούμενον ὑπὸ τῆς τῶν ἀθέσμων ἐν ἀσελγείᾳ ἀναστροφῆς ἐρρύσατο ·
et justum Lot oppressum a nefandorum injuria , ac luxuriosa conversatione eripuit :
ወለጻድቅሰ ሎጥ ዘይትገፋዕ እምእለ ይኤብሱ በምግባረ ዝሙቶሙ አድኀኖ ።
and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked
2:8 ⧉ ⤴︎ βλέμματι γὰρ καὶ ἀκοῇ ὁ δίκαιος ἐνκατοικῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας ψυχὴν δικαίαν ἀνόμοις ἔργοις ἐβασάνιζεν ·
aspectu enim , et auditu justus erat : habitans apud eos , qui de die in diem animam justam iniquis operibus cruciabant .
ወእንዘ ይሬኢ ወይሰምዕ ጻድቅ ወኅዱር ምስሌሆሙ ወዕለተ እምዕለት ያጼዕርዋ ለነፍሱ ጻድቅት በእከየ ምግባሮሙ ።
(for that righteous man dwelling among them was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds),
2:9 ⧉ ⤴︎ οἶδεν κύριος εὐσεβεῖς ἐκ πειρασμῶν ῥύεσθαι , ἀδίκους δὲ εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως κολαζομένους τηρεῖν ,
Novit Dominus pios de tentatione eripere : iniquos vero in diem judicii reservare cruciandos .
ናሁኬ አእመርነ ከመ እግዚአብሔር ይክል አድኅኖቶሙ እምነ መንሱት ለጻድቃን ወለኃጥኣንሰ ዕለተ ደይን ትጸንሖሙ ለተጽዕሮ ።
then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,
2:10 ⧉ ⤴︎ μάλιστα δὲ τοὺς ὀπίσω σαρκὸς ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ μιασμοῦ πορευομένους καὶ κυριότητος καταφρονοῦντας . τολμηταί , αὐθάδεις , δόξας οὐ τρέμουσιν βλασφημοῦντες ,
Magis autem eos , qui post carnem in concupiscentia immunditiae ambulant , dominationemque contemnunt , audaces , sibi placentes , sectas non metuunt introducere blasphemantes :
ወፈድፋደሰ ለእለ ይተልውዋ ድኅሬሃ ለፍትወቶሙ ወያጌምንዎ ለሥጋሆሙ ወያስተሐቅርዎ ለፈጣሪሆሙ ኅቡላን ወዝሉፋን እለ ኢይደነግፁ ከመ ይፅርፉ ላዕለ ስብሐቲሁ ።
but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries,
2:11 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὅπου ἄγγελοι ἰσχύϊ καὶ δυνάμει μείζονες ὄντες οὐ φέρουσιν κατ’ αὐτῶν παρὰ κυρίῳ βλάσφημον κρίσιν .
ubi angeli fortitudine , et virtute cum sint majores , non portant adversum se execrabile judicium .
ዘውእቱ ኀበ መላእክት እለ ልዑላን እሙንቱ እምኔሆሙ በኀይል ወበጽንዕ ወኢይክሉ ተዐግሦ ከመ ያብጽሑ ላዕሌሆሙ ደይነ ፅርፈቶሙ ።
whereas angels, though greater in might and power, don’t bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord.
2:12 ⧉ ⤴︎ οὗτοι δέ , ὡς ἄλογα ζῷα γεγεννημένα φυσικὰ εἰς ἅλωσιν καὶ φθοράν , ἐν οἷς ἀγνοοῦσιν βλασφημοῦντες , ἐν τῇ φθορᾷ αὐτῶν καὶ φθαρήσονται ,
Hi vero velut irrationabilia pecora , naturaliter in captionem , et in perniciem in his quae ignorant blasphemantes in corruptione sua peribunt ,
ውእቶሙኬ ከመ እንስሳ ዘአልቦ ቃል ዘይትወለድ ለሙስና ወለተሠርዎ እስመ ይፀርፉ ላዕለ ዘኢየአምሩ ለሕርትምናሆሙ ወሎሙ በሙስናሆሙ ዐስበ ዐመፃ ።
But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,
2:13 ⧉ ⤴︎ κομιούμενοι μισθὸν ἀδικίας · ἡδονὴν ἡγούμενοι τὴν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τρυφήν , σπίλοι καὶ μῶμοι ἐντρυφῶντες ἐν ταῖς ἀπάταις αὐτῶν συνευωχούμενοι ὑμῖν ,
percipientes mercedem injustitiae , voluptatem existimantes diei delicias : coinquinationes , et maculae deliciis affluentes , in conviviis suis luxuriantes vobiscum ,
ወአስተሐወዝዋ ለተደልዎ ስታየ ዕለቶሙ ወይበልዑ እንዘ ሕብቁቃን ወርኩሳን እለ ኢይጸግቡ ወይትጓሐለዉ በፍቅሮሙ ወይትሜክሑ ለቢጾሙ ከመ ዘሠናይ ምግባሮሙ ።
receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and defects, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;
2:14 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντες μεστοὺς μοιχαλίδος καὶ ἀκαταπαύστους ἁμαρτίας , δελεάζοντες ψυχὰς ἀστηρίκτους , καρδίαν γεγυμνασμένην πλεονεξίας ἔχοντες , κατάρας τέκνα ,
oculos habentes plenos adulterii , et incessabilis delicti . Pellicientes animas instabiles , cor exercitatum avaritia habentes , maledictionis filii :
ወምሉእ ውስተ አዕይንቲሆሙ ዝሙት ወኀጢአት እንተ አልባቲ ዘይገሀግሃ ወያደነግፁ ነፍሰ ሰብእ እለ ስጡሕ ልቦሙ ወትዕግልት ምግባሮሙ ወየኀድጉ መርገመ ለውሉዶሙ ።
having eyes full of adultery, and who can’t cease from sin, enticing unsettled souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children!
2:15 ⧉ ⤴︎ καταλείποντες εὐθεῖαν ὁδὸν ἐπλανήθησαν , ἐξακολουθήσαντες τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ Βαλαὰμ τοῦ Βοσόρ , ὃς μισθὸν ἀδικίας ἠγάπησεν
derelinquentes rectam viam erraverunt , secuti viam Balaam ex Bosor , qui mercedem iniquitatis amavit :
ወስሕትዋ ለፍኖተ ጽድቅ ወተለውዋ ለፍኖተ በለዓም ወልደ ባሶር ዘአፍቀራ ለዐስበ ዐመፃ ።
Forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;
2:16 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἔλεγξιν δὲ ἔσχεν ἰδίας παρανομίας · ὑποζύγιον ἄφωνον ἐν ἀνθρώπου φωνῇ φθεγξάμενον ἐκώλυσεν τὴν τοῦ προφήτου παραφρονίαν .
correptionem vero habuit suae vesaniae : subjugale mutum animal , hominis voce loquens , prohibuit prophetae insipientiam .
ወተዛለፎ ለበለዓም በኀጢአቱ ዘኢይነብብ አድግ በቃለ ዕጓለ እመሕያው ተናገረ ወከልኦ ለነቢይ እበዲሁ ።
but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A speechless donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.
2:17 ⧉ ⤴︎ οὗτοί εἰσιν πηγαὶ ἄνυδροι καὶ ὁμίχλαι ὑπὸ λαίλαπος ἐλαυνόμεναι , οἷς ὁ ζόφος τοῦ σκότους τετήρηται .
Hi sunt fontes sine aqua , et nebulae turbinibus exagitatae , quibus caligo tenebrarum reservatur .
እሉ እሙንቱ ዐዘቅት ንጽፍት ወጊሜ ዘነፋስ ይዘርዎ እለ ለደይነ ጽልመት ዘለዓለም የዐቅብዎሙ ።
These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
2:18 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὑπέρογκα γὰρ ματαιότητος φθεγγόμενοι δελεάζουσιν ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις σαρκὸς ἀσελγείαις τοὺς ὀλίγως ἀποφεύγοντας τοὺς ἐν πλάνῃ ἀναστρεφομένους ,
Superba enim vanitatis loquentes , pelliciunt in desideriis carnis luxuriae eos , qui paululum effugiunt , qui in errore conversantur :
እስመ ዐበይተ ጌጋይ ነበቡ ወያደነግፁ ነፍሰ ሰብእ በእንተ ፍትወተ ዝሙቶሙ ዘሥጋሆሙ ሰብእ እለ ኅዳጠ አምሰጡ ወገብኡ ውስተ ጌጋይ ።
For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;
2:19 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐλευθερίαν αὐτοῖς ἐπαγγελλόμενοι , αὐτοὶ δοῦλοι ὑπάρχοντες τῆς φθορᾶς · ᾧ γάρ τις ἥττηται , τούτῳ δεδούλωται .
libertatem illis promittentes , cum ipsi servi sint corruptionem : a quo enim quis superatus est , hujus et servus est .
እለ ሕገ ግዕዛን ተምህሩ ወለሊሆሙኒ ቅኑያን ለሕርትምና እስመ ኵሉ ለዘተአዘዘ ውእቱ ይትቀነይ ።
promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.
2:20 ⧉ ⤴︎ εἰ γὰρ ἀποφυγόντες τὰ μιάσματα τοῦ κόσμου ἐν ἐπιγνώσει τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν καὶ σωτῆρος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τούτοις δὲ πάλιν ἐμπλακέντες ἡττῶνται , γέγονεν αὐτοῖς τὰ ἔσχατα χείρονα τῶν πρώτων .
Si enim refugientes coinquinationes mundi in cognitione Domini nostri , et Salvatoris Jesu Christi , his rursus implicati superantur : facta sunt eis posteriora deteriora prioribus .
እስመ ጐዩ እምኀጢአቱ ለዝንቱ ዓለም በአእምሮቱ ለእግዚእነ ወመድኀኒነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ወገብኡ ዳግመ ወተፀፍሩ ወተቀንዩ ሎቱ ወይከውኖሙ ደኃሪ ጌጋዮሙ እምነ ቀዲሙ ዘየአክዮሙ ።
For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
2:21 ⧉ ⤴︎ κρεῖσσον γὰρ ἦν αὐτοῖς μὴ ἐπεγνωκέναι τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἢ ἐπιγνοῦσιν ὑποστρέψαι ἐκ τῆς παραδοθείσης αὐτοῖς ἁγίας ἐντολῆς .
Melius enim erat illis non cognoscere viam justitiae , quam post agnitionem , retrorsum converti ab eo , quod illis traditum est , sancto mandato .
እምኀየሶሙ ሶበ ኢያእመርዋ ለፍኖተ ጽድቅ እምያእምርዋ ወይግብኡ ድኅሬሆሙ እምእንተ ተውህበት ሎሙ ትእዛዝ ቅድስት ።
For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
2:22 ⧉ ⤴︎ συμβέβηκεν αὐτοῖς τὸ τῆς ἀληθοῦς παροιμίας , κύων ἐπιστρέψας ἐπὶ τὸ ἴδιον ἐξέραμα , καί , ὗς λουσαμένη εἰς κυλισμὸν βορβόρου .
Contigit enim eis illud veri proverbii : Canis reversus ad suum vomitum : et , Sus lota in volutabro luti .
ወበጽሐቶሙ አምሳል እንተ መሰሉ በጽድቅ እንተ ይቤ ከልብ ገብአ ዲበ ቅያኡ ወሐራውያኒ ተኀፂባ ገብአት ዲበ ጸብር ።
But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, “The dog turns to his own vomit again,” and “the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire.”