Di Papa Expose and Judge False Teachers
E describe false teachers without sweet mouth: dem get greed, dem dey follow body desire, dem dey promise freedom but dem self na slave. Peter use history take argue — di angels, di flood, Sodom, Lot — say our Papa sabi how to rescue di godly people and keep di wicked for judgment.
2 1False prophet dem bin rise among di people, just as false teacher dem go rise among una. Dem go secretly bring in bad-bad teaching wey dey destroy, dem go even deny di Master wey buy dem, and dem go bring quick destruction on demsef. a a v1 Di "Master wey buy dem" na Jesus, wey pay for dia freedom wit im own blood — wey make as dem deny am come be big-big tragedy. 2Plenty people go follow dia bad desire, and because of dem, people go talk bad about di way of truth. 3For dia greedy heart dem go use made-up words take chop una. Dia judgment, wey God don decree since long time, no dey idle; dia ruin no dey sleep.
4For if our Papa no spare di angel dem wey sin, but throw dem inside di deepest pit of darkness, chain dem for darkness, keep dem for judgment; b b v4 Tartarus na place wey dem lock up di angel dem wey fall — e different from di usual word for hell, e dey name di prison wey di rebel spirit dem dey wait for judgment. 5if e no spare di ancient world, but e protect Noah, wey be announcer of correct-and-holy way, wit seven other people, wen e bring flood come di wicked world; 6and if e condemn Sodom and Gomorrah, turn dia cities to ashes, as example of wetin dey wait di wicked people; 7and if e rescue Lot wey be correct-and-holy man, wey tire finish because of di shameless behaviour of lawless people. 8Dat correct-and-holy man, wey dey live among dem, im correct-and-holy soul dey suffer torment day after day because of di lawless things wey e dey see and hear, 9then our Papa sabi how to rescue di godly people from trials, and keep di wicked people under punishment till judgment day. 10Especially dem wey dey chase di corrupt desire of di flesh and dey despise authority—dem bold, dem proud, dem no dey fear to talk bad about celestial beings. 11But even angel dem, wey get more strength and power, no dey bring slander judgment against dem before our Papa. 12But dis people, like animal wey no get sense, wey dem born by instinct just to catch and destroy, dey insult wetin dem no understand, and dem go perish for dia own destruction, 13dem go suffer wrong as pay for di wrong wey dem do. Dem count am as enjoyment to dey revel for broad daylight. Dem be stain and blemish, dey enjoy demsef for dia deceptions while dem dey chop wit una. 14Dia eye full of adultery, dem no dey stop from sin, dem dey lure soul wey no stand well, dia heart don train for greed—una accursed pikin dem! 15Dem abandon di straight path, dem waka go astray, dem follow di way of Balaam, di son of Beor, wey love di wages wey come from doing wrong. c c v15 Balaam na prophet wey people fit hire, wey pursue money pass faithfulness, and na im own donkey correct am — im full story dey for Numbers 22–24. 16But dem correct am for im own wrongdoing: donkey wey no dey talk open mouth wit human voice and stop di prophet madness.
17Dis people be spring wey dry, mist wey storm dey drive—thick darkness dey kept for dem. 18Wit big-big empty words dem dey lure through di sensual desire of di flesh dem wey just dey barely escape from people wey dey live for error. 19Dem promise dem freedom, while demsef be slave to corruption—for wetin overcome person go turn am to slave.
20For if, after dem don escape di corruption of di world through knowing our Oga and Savior Jesus Christ, dem come tangle inside am again and e overcome dem, dia end don worse pass dia start. 21E for better for dem say dem no know di correct-and-holy way at all, than to know am and come turn back from di holy commandment wey dem give dem. 22Di true proverb don happen to dem: "Dog dey return go im own vomit," and "Pig wey dem wash dey return go roll for mud."
