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.
III.
1 Nūmīļōtī, šitei ir ūtrō vēstule, kuru es jums rokstu. Caur pamūdynōjumu es grybu nūmūdā paturēt jyusu nalīkuļōtū pōrlīceibu, 2 ka jyus pīmynātu tūs vōrdus, kurus svātī pravīši īprīkš ir pasacejuši, kai arī Kunga un Pesteitōja bausleibas, kuras apostoli jums ir pasludynōjuši.
3 Bet vyspyrms jums jōzyna sekūšais: Dīnu beigōs uzastōs saimojūšom runom saimōtōji. Tī byus cylvāki, kuri īs pēc sovom īgrybom un saceis: 4 Kur tad palyka Jō apsūleitō atnōkšona? Nu tō laika kai tāvi ir īmyguši, vyss jūprūjom pastōv kai (ir bejis) nu radeibas sōkuma. 5 Ar nūdūmu jī slēps tū, ka ar Dīva vōrda spāku dabasi un nu yudiņa un caur yudini veidōtō zeme jau nu seņōk laikim beja 6 un ka tūreizejais pasauļs yudiņa plyudūs izzuda. 7 Bet tagadejō zeme un tagadejais debess ar tū pošu vōrdu ir pasorgōts un paturāts dēļ guņs tīsas dīnai un bezdīveigūs cylvāku iznikšonas (dīnai).
8 Bet, nūmīļōtī, naaizmērstit sekūšō: Vīna dīna Kungam ir kai tyukstūša godu un tyukstūša godu ir kai vīna dīna. 9 Kungs ar sovu sūlejumu izpiļdeišonu nasavylcynoj, lai gon daži tū īskaita par vylcynōšonūs. Jys ir pret jums lānprōteigs. Jys nagrib, ka kas pazustu, bet gon lai visi atsagrīstu.
10 Un kunga dīna atnōks kai zaglis; dabasi pōrīs vīsyula ōtrumā, elementi lelajā korstumā izkuss, un zeme sadegs leidz ar vysu, kas vērs jōs ir.
11 Tai kai šytys vyss izjuks, tad jums vajaga ryupētīs par svēteigu dzeivi un padīveibu un sovu uzmaneibu grīst 12 uz Dīva tīsas atnōkšonu un jōs gaideit. Tōs dēļ dabasi izniks gunī un korstumā izkuss pamatelementi. 13 Bet saskaņā ar Jō apsūleišonu mes gaidom jaunus dabasus un jaunu zemi, kur mit taisneiba.
14 Nūmīļōtī, tai kai jums tō jōgaida, pyulejitēs Jō prīškā byut mīrā, teirim un bez traipa, 15 un myusu Kunga lānprōteibu izmontojit sovai pesteišonai. Tai jums raksteja arī myusu mīlais brōļs Pōvuls pēc jam īpatnejōs gudreibas, 16 kai tys nūteik vysōs jō vēstulēs, kad jys par šom lītom runoj. Bez šaubom tur dažas lītas ir gryuši saprūtamas. Tū namōceitī un nanūbrīduši cylvāki sagrūza sovai pazusšonai. Tū pošu jī dora arī ar citim rokstim.
17 Bet jyus, nūmīļōtī, kas tū zynot, esit uzmaneigi, lai bezdīveigūs mūrgi jyusu naaizrautu, un lai jyus napazaudātu sova stypruma. 18 Pīsajemit žēlesteibā un myusu Kunga un Pesteitōja Jezus Kristus pazeišonā. Jam lai ir slava tagad un myužeibas dīnā. Amen.
