(HebDelitzsch)
וְגַם־נְבִיאֵי שֶׁקֶר הָיוּ בָעָם כַּאֲשֶׁר יִהְיוּ גַם־בָּכֶם מוֹרֵי שֶׁקֶר אֲשֶׁר יַכְנִיסוּ כִּתּוֹת מַשְׁחִיתוֹת וּבְכַחֲשָׁם בַּמּשֵׁל אֲשֶׁר קָנָם יָבִיאוּ עַל־נַפְשָׁם כִּלָּיוֹן פִּתְאֹם׃
But
afalse prophets also appeared among the
people,
just as there will
also be
bfalse teachers camong you,
who will
dsecretly introduce edestructive heresies,
even fdenying the
gMaster who
hbought them,
bringing swift destruction upon themselves.
(HebDelitzsch)
וְרַבִּים יֵלְכוּ אַחֲרֵי תוֹעֲבוֹתָם וּבַעֲבוּרָם יֻתַּן דֶּרֶךְ הָאֱמֶת לְגִדּוּפִים׃
Many will
follow their
iindecent behavior, and
because of them
jthe
way of the
truth will be
kmaligned;
(HebDelitzsch)
וּבְדִבְרֵי בִדּוּי יַעֲשֹוּ אֶתְכֶם לְמִסְחָר לָהֶם לְמַעַן בְּצֹעַ בָּצַע אֲשֶׁר מִשְׁפָּטָם מֵעוֹלָם לֹא יִתְמַהְמַהּ וְשִׁבְרָם לֹא יָנוּם׃
and in
their lgreed they will
mexploit you with
nfalse words;
otheir
judgment from
long ago is not
idle, and their
destruction is not
asleep.
(HebDelitzsch)
כִּי לֹא־חָס אֱלֹהִים עַל־הַמַּלְאָכִים אֲשֶׁר חָטְאוּ כִּי אִם־הוֹרִידָם לְקִצְבֵי הָרִים וַיַּסְגִּירֵם בְּכַבְלֵי אֹפֶל לְשָׁמְרָם לַמִּשְׁפָּט׃
For
pif God did not
spare angels when they
sinned, but
cast them
into ▼▼Gr
Tartarus, a name used as a reference to the netherworld (hell)
hell and
rcommitted them to
▼▼One early ms
chains of darkness pits of
darkness,
held for
judgment;
(HebDelitzsch)
וְגַם־עַל־דּוֹרוֹת קֶדֶם לֹא חָס וַיִּשְׁמֹר רַק אֶת־נֹחַ הַשְּׁמִינִי קֹרֵא הַצֶּדֶק בַּהֲבִיאוֹ אֶת־הַמַּבּוּל עַל־דּוֹר הָרְשָׁעִים׃
and did not
spare tthe
ancient world, but
protected uNoah, a
▼preacher of
righteousness, with
seven others, when He
brought a
wflood upon the
world of the
ungodly;
(HebDelitzsch)
וְאֶת־עָרֵי סְדוֹם וַעֲמֹרָה הָפַךְ לָאֵפֶר וְהֶאֱשִׁימָם בְּמַהְפֵּכָה וַיְשִׂימֵם לְמָשָׁל לַאֲשֶׁר עֲתִידִים לַעֲשׂוֹת זִמָּה׃
and
if He
xcondemned the
cities of
Sodom and
Gomorrah to
destruction by
reducing them to ashes, having
made them an
yexample ▼▼One early ms
to those who were going to live ungodly lives of
what is coming for the
aaungodly;
(HebDelitzsch)
וַיַּצֵּל אֶת־לוֹט הַצַּדִּיק אֲשֶׁר הֶלְאוּהוּ אַנְשֵׁי בְלִיַּעַל הָהֵם בְּדֶרֶךְ זִמָּתָם׃
and
if He
abrescued righteous Lot,
who was oppressed by the
acperverted conduct of
▼ aeunscrupulous people
(HebDelitzsch)
כִּי הַצַּדִּיק הַזֶּה בְּשִׁבְתּוֹ בְתוֹכָם הֶאֱדִיב אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ הַיְשָׁרָה יוֹם יוֹם בִּרְאוֹתוֹ וּבְשָׁמְעוֹ מַעֲשֵׂי רִשְׁעָם׃
(for by
what he
saw and
heard that afrighteous man, while
living among them,
felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by
their lawless deeds),
(HebDelitzsch)
כִּי יוֹדֵעַ יְהוָֹה לְהַצִּיל אֶת־חֲסִידָיו מִנִּסָּיוֹן וְלַחֲשׂךְ אֶת־הָרְשָׁעִים לְיוֹם הַמִּשְׁפָּט לְהָשִׁיב גְּמוּלָם לָהֶם׃
agthen the
Lord knows how to
rescue the
godly from
▼▼Or
temptation; one early ms
trials (
temptations)
a
trial, and to
keep the
unrighteous under punishment for the
aiday of
judgment,
(HebDelitzsch)
וּבְיוֹתֵר אֶת־הַהֹלְכִים אַחֲרֵי הַבָּשָׂר בְּתַאֲוֺת תֶּבֶל וּבֹזִים אֶת־הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה עַזֵּי פָנִים הֹלְכִים בִּשְׁרִירוּת לִבָּם וְלֹא יֶחֶרְדוּ מֵחָרֵף אֶת־הַשְּׂרָרוֹת׃
and
especially those who
▼ akindulge the
flesh in
its corrupt passion, and
aldespise ▼authority.
▼Reckless,
aoself-centered, they
apspeak abusively of
angelic ▼majesties without trembling,
(HebDelitzsch)
אֲשֶׁר אַף־הַמַּלְאָכִים הַגְּדוֹלִים מֵהֶם בְּעֹז וָכֹחַ לֹא יְגַדְּפוּם לִפְנֵי יְהוָֹה בְּמִשְׁפָּטָם׃
arwhereas angels who are
greater in
might and
power do not
bring a
demeaning judgment against them
before the
Lord.
(HebDelitzsch)
וְהֵמָּה כַּבְּהֵמוֹת הַסְּכָלוֹת הַנּוֹלָדוֹת כְּחָק־טִבְעָם לַלֶּכֶד וְלַשַּׁחַת יֹאבְדוּ בְּאִבּוּד נַפְשָׁם יַעַן חֵרְפוּ אֶת־אֲשֶׁר לֹא הֵבִינוּ וְיִשְׂאוּ גְּמוּל עַוְלָתָם׃
But
asthese,
like unreasoning animals,
atborn as
creatures of instinct to be
captured and
killed,
using abusive speech where they
have no knowledge, will in
▼▼Lit
their destruction also the
destruction of
those creatures
also be
destroyed,
(HebDelitzsch)
אֲשֶׁר עֶדְנַת יוֹמָם לְעֹנֶג יַחְשֹׁבוּ מְטֻנָּפִים וּמוּם בָּם הַמִּתְפַּנְּקִים בְּמַדּוּחֵי נַפְשָׁם וְאֹכְלִים וְשֹׁתִים עִמָּכֶם׃
suffering
wrong as
avthe
wages of
doing wrong. They
count it a
pleasure to
awrevel in the
axdaytime. They are
stains and
blemishes,
ayreveling in their
▼▼One early ms
love feasts deceptions as they
bafeast with you,
(HebDelitzsch)
עֵינַיִם לָהֶם מְלֵאוֹת נִאֻפִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא תֶחְדַּלְנָה מֵחֲטוֹא וְאֶת־נַפְשׁוֹת הַפְּתָאִים יְצוֹדֵדוּ וְלֵב מְלֻמַּד־בֶּצַע לָהֶם בְּנֵי הַמְּאֵרָה׃
having eyes full of
adultery ▼▼Lit
and unceasing from sin that
never cease from
sin,
bcenticing bdunstable souls,
having hearts trained in
begreed,
bfaccursed children;
(HebDelitzsch)
אֶת־הַדֶּרֶךְ הַיָּשָׁר עָזְבוּ וַיִּתְעוּ וַיֵּלְכוּ בְּדֶרֶךְ בִּלְעָם בֶּן־בְּעוֹר אֲשֶׁר אָהֵב שְׂכַר הָעַוְלָה׃
abandoning bgthe
right way, they have
gone astray, having
followed bhthe
way of
Balaam, the
son of
Beor,
who loved bithe
▼reward of
unrighteousness;
(HebDelitzsch)
וַתְּהִי־לוֹ תוֹכַחַת עַל־חַטָּאתוֹ כִּי הַבְּהֵמָה הָאִלֶּמֶת דִּבְּרָה בְקוֹל־אָדָם וַתַּעְצֹר בְּאִוֶּלֶת הַקֹּסֵם׃
but he
received a
rebuke for his
own offense,
bkfor a
mute donkey,
speaking with a
human voice,
restrained the
insanity of the
prophet.
(HebDelitzsch)
בְּאֵרוֹת בְּלִי־מַיִם הֵמָּה עָבִים נִדָּפִים בִּסְעָרָה אֲשֶׁר שָׁמוּר לָהֶם חשֶׁךְ־אֲפֵלָה לְעוֹלָם׃
These are
blsprings without water and
mists driven by a
storm,
bmfor
whom the
▼▼Lit
blackness of darkness black darkness has been
reserved.
(HebDelitzsch)
כִּי בְּדַבְּרָם בְּגֵאוּת דִּבְרֵי שָׁוְא יָצוּדוּ בְּתַאֲוֺת הַבָּשָׂר עַל־יְדֵי זִמָּתָם אֵת אֲשֶׁר אַךְ־נִמְלְטוּ מִידֵי הַהֹלְכִים בְּדֶרֶךְ תּוֹעָה׃
For, while
speaking out boarrogant words of
no bpvalue they
bqentice by
fleshly desires, by
brindecent behavior,
those who
barely bsescape from the ones who
live in
error,
(HebDelitzsch)
חֵרוּת יַבְטִיחוּ לָהֶם וְהֵם בְּעַצְמָם עֲבָדִים לַשָּׁחַת כִּי הָאִישׁ עֶבֶד לַאֲשֶׁר נִכְבַּשׁ מִמֶּנּוּ׃
promising them
freedom while they
themselves are
slaves of
corruption; for
btby
what anyone is overcome, by
this he is
enslaved.
(HebDelitzsch)
כִּי אַחֲרֵי הִמָּלְטָם מִטֻּמְאֹת הָעוֹלָם בְּדַעַת אֲדֹנֵינוּ וּמוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ אִם־שָׁבוּ וְהָטְבְּעוּ בְתוֹכָן וְנִכְבָּשׁוּ אַחֲרִיתָם תִּהְיֶה רָעָה מֵרֵאשִׁיתָם׃
For
if, after they have
buescaped the
defilements of the
world by
bvthe
knowledge of the
bwLord and
Savior Jesus Christ, they are
again bxentangled in them and
are overcome,
bythe
last state has
become worse for them than the
first.
(HebDelitzsch)
טוֹב הָיָה לָהֶם לֹא לָדַעַת אֶת־דֶּרֶךְ הַצְּדָקָה מֵאֲשֶׁר יְדָעֻהוּ וְנָסֹגוּ אָחוֹר מִן־הַמִּצְוָה הַקְּדוֹשָׁה הַמְּסוּרָה לָהֶם׃
bzFor it would be
better for them not to have
known the
way of
righteousness,
than having
known it, to
turn away from
cathe
holy commandment cbhanded on to them.
(HebDelitzsch)
וַיִּקֶר לָהֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר יֹאמַר מְשַׁל הָאֱמֶת הַכֶּלֶב שָׁב עַל־קֵאוֹ וְהַחֲזִיר עֹלֶה מִן־הָרַחְצָה לְהִתְגֹּלֵל בָּרָפֶשׁ׃
▼▼Lit
The thing of the true proverb has happened to them It has
happened to them according to the
true proverb, “
cdA
dog returns to its own vomit,” and, “A
sow, after
washing,
returns to
wallowing in the
mire.”
