2Pe 2 | NdeIBE | STEP | Kodwa phakathi kwabantu kwakulabaphrofethi bamanga futhi, njengoba kuzakuba labafundisi bamanga phakathi kwenu. Ngasese bazangenisa ukholo lwamanga oluchithayo, baze bayiphike leNkosi yobukhosi eyabathengayo

2 Peter 2

Abafundisi bamanga lokubhujiswa kwabo

1 Kodwa phakathi kwabantu kwakulabaphrofethi bamanga futhi, njengoba kuzakuba labafundisi bamanga phakathi kwenu. Ngasese bazangenisa ukholo lwamanga oluchithayo, baze bayiphike leNkosi yobukhosi eyabathengayo – bazilethele ukubhujiswa ngokuphangisa. 2 Abanengi bazalandela izindlela zabo ezilihlazo benze lendlela yeqiniso idumazeke. 3 Ngobugovu babo abafundisi laba bazakwenza inzuzo ngani ngezinganekwane zokuzibumbela. Ukulahlwa kwabo kubengamile, lokubhujiswa kwabo akuzange kukhohlakale.

4 Ngoba uma uNkulunkulu engaziyekelanga izingilosi ekwenzeni kwazo isono, kodwa wazisa egehena, wazifaka emigodini emnyama ukuba zigcinelwe ukwahlulelwa; 5 uma engayekelanga umhlaba wasendulo lapho aletha uzamcolo ebantwini bawo ababengamesabi uNkulunkulu, kodwa wamvikela uNowa, umtshumayeli wokulunga, labanye abayisikhombisa; 6 uma watshabalalisa amadolobho aseSodoma leGomora ngokuwatshisa abe ngumlotha, wawenza aba yisibonelo salokho okuzakwenzakala kwabangamesabiyo uNkulunkulu; 7 njalo uma wahlenga uLothi, umuntu olungileyo, owayekhathazekile ngokuphila okungcolileyo kwabantu ababengelamthetho 8 (ngoba lowomuntu olungileyo, owayehlala phakathi kwabo izinsuku zonke, wayehlutshwa yizenzo zabo ezimbi ayezibona layezizwa) – 9 uma lokhu kunjalo, uNkulunkulu uyakwazi ukuhlenga abantu abamesabayo ekulingweni kanye lokugcinela abangalunganga usuku lokwahlulela, eqhubeka ngokujeziswa kwabo.

10 Lokhu kuliqiniso ikakhulu kulabo abalandela izinkanuko zokonakala ezemvelo yabo yesono njalo beseyisa umthetho. Ngesibindi lokuzikhukhumeza, abantu laba kabakwesabi ukuhlambaza izidalwa zasezulwini; 11 ikanti lezingilosi, lanxa ziqinile njalo zilamandla amakhulu, kazizethesi macala ngokuhlambaza izidalwa ezinjalo phambi kweNkosi.

12 Kodwa abantu laba bahlambaza ngezindaba abangaziqedisisiyo. Banjengezilo ezilolunya, izidalwa ezibuswa yimvelo, ezazalelwa ukubanjwa lokubulawa kuphela, labo njalo njengezilo bazabhubha.

13 Bazaphindiselwa ngokubi ngenxa yokubi abakwenzileyo. Umcabango wabo ngenjabulo yikuminza emini libalele. Bayizixhwali lezoni, bezitika enjabulweni yabo besidla lani edilini.

14 Ngamehlo agcwele ubufebe kabayekeli ukwenza isono; baxhwalisa abangaqinanga; bazingcitshi zobugovu – inzalo eqalekisiweyo!

15 Bayitshiyile indlela eqondileyo, baduka belandela indlela kaBhalamu indodana kaBheyori owayethanda inzuzo yobubi.

16 Kodwa wakhuzwa ngezenzo zakhe ezimbi ngubabhemi – inyamazana eyisimungulu – eyakhuluma ngelizwi lomuntu yanqanda ubuhlanya bomphrofethi.

17 Abantu laba bayimithombo engelamanzi lezinkungu eziqhutshwa yisiphepho. Umnyama omkhulu ugcinelwe bona. 18 Ngoba bakhuluma amazwi okuzikhukhumeza ayize, njalo ngokufuna izinkanuko zomzimba ezemvelo yabantu elesono, bahuga abantu asebebalekela labo abahlala ekoneni.

19 Babathembisa inkululeko, bona beyizigqili zobuxhwali – ngoba umuntu uyisigqili salokho okumbusayo. 20 Uma bebalekele ukonakala komhlaba ngokwazi iNkosi yethu loMsindisi uJesu Khristu baphinde bahileleke kukho behlulwe, kubi kakhulu kubo ekucineni kulasekuqaliseni. 21 Kwakuzakuba ngcono kubo ukungayazi indlela yokulunga, kulokuthi sebeyazi bafulathele imilayo engcwele ababeyiphiwe. 22 Izaga ziqinisile ngabo ukuthi: “Inja iyabuyela emahlanzweni ayo,” njalo ukuthi, “Ingulube egezisiweyo iyabuyela iyozibhixa edakeni.”