Eyesibili KaPetru
2 Nokho, kwaba khona nabaprofethi bamanga phakathi kwesizwe, njengoba beyoba khona abafundisi bamanga naphakathi kwenu. + Laba bayongenisa ngesinyenyela amahlelo ayoqeda ukholo lwenu futhi bayophika ngisho nomnikazi owabathenga, + ngenxa yalokho bayobhujiswa ngokushesha. 2 Ngaphezu kwalokho, abaningi bayolandela izenzo zabo zokuziphatha kabi okuhambisana nendelelo, *+ futhi ngenxa yabo indlela yeqiniso iyohlanjalazwa. + 3 Ngobugovu bayonixhaphaza ngamazwi enkohliso. Kodwa isahlulelo sabo, esanqunywa kudala, + asibahambeli kancane futhi ukubhujiswa kwabo akozeli. +
4 Ngokuqinisekile uNkulunkulu akayekanga ukujezisa izingelosi ezona, + kodwa waziphonsa eThartharusi, *+ ezibopha ngamaketanga* obumnyama obukhulu ukuze zigcinelwe ukwahlulelwa. + 5 Akayekanga nokujezisa izwe lasendulo, + kodwa wagcina uNowa, umshumayeli wokulunga, + ephephile nabanye abayisikhombisa + lapho eletha uzamcolo ezweni labantu abangamhloniphi uNkulunkulu. + 6 Futhi washisa amadolobha aseSodoma naseGomora aba umlotha, wawalahla, + ebekela abantu abangamhloniphi uNkulunkulu isibonelo sezinto ezizayo. + 7 Wakhulula uLoti olungile, + owayecindezeleke kakhulu ngenxa yokuziphatha kabi okuhambisana nendelelo* kwabantu abangenamthetho— 8 ngoba usuku nosuku lowo muntu olungile wayehlupha umphefumulo* wakhe olungile ngenxa yezenzo zokungabi namthetho azibona nazizwa ngesikhathi esahlala phakathi kwabo. 9 Ngakho uJehova* uyayazi indlela yokubakhulula ekulingweni abantu abazinikele kuye, + kodwa agcine abantu abangalungile ukuze babhujiswe* ngosuku lokwahlulelwa, + 10 ikakhulukazi labo abazitika ngocansi nabanye ukuze babangcolise + kanye nalabo abangalihloniphi igunya. *+
Njengoba benamagangangozi futhi benenkani, abesabi ukuhlambalaza abakhazimulayo, 11 kanti izingelosi, nakuba zinezikhwepha namandla amakhulu kunabo, aziziletheli icala ngamazwi ahlambalazayo, ngenxa yokuhlonipha* uJehova. *+ 12 Kodwa laba bantu, njengezilwane ezingenangqondo ezilandela umuzwa wemvelo* futhi ezizalelwa ukuba zibanjwe zibulawe, bakhuluma amazwi okuhlambalaza ngezinto abangenalwazi ngazo. + Bayobhujiswa ngenxa yenkambo yabo embi, 13 bajeziswe njengomphumela wezenzo zabo ezimbi.
Bakubheka njengenjabulo ukuphila ngokunethezeka + ngisho nasemini. Bangamabala nezisihla, bajabula* ezimfundisweni zabo zokukhohlisa kuyilapho bedla emadilini kanye nani. + 14 Banamehlo agcwele ukuphinga + futhi abakwazi ukuyeka isono, bayenga abangagxilile. Banezinhliziyo eziqeqeshelwe ukuhaha. Bangabantwana abaqalekisiwe. 15 Bashiye indlela eqondile, badukiswa. Baye balandela indlela kaBhalami, + indodana kaBheyori, owathanda umvuzo ayezowuthola ngokwenza okubi, + 16 kodwa wasolwa ngokwaphula kwakhe lokho okwakulungile. + Isilwane esithwalayo esingenazwi, sikhuluma ngezwi lomuntu, sanqanda inkambo yobuhlanya yalowo mprofethi. +
17 Laba bayimithombo engenamanzi, nenkungu eqhutshwa isivunguvungu esinamandla, futhi babekelwe ubumnyama obukhulu. + 18 Bakhuluma amazwi okuzikhukhumeza angasizi ngalutho. Ngezifiso zenyama + nangezenzo zokuziphatha kabi okuhambisana nendelelo,* bayenga abantu abasanda kuphunyuka kulabo abaphila esonweni. + 19 Nakuba bebathembisa inkululeko, bona ngokwabo bayizigqila zokonakala; + ngoba noma ubani onqotshwa omunye, uyisigqila sakhe. *+ 20 Ngokuqinisekile uma ngemva kokuphunyuka ekungcoleni kwezwe + ngolwazi olunembile ngeNkosi noMsindisi uJesu Kristu, bephinda behileleka kuzo kanye lezi zinto futhi benqotshwa, izimo zabo zokugcina sezizimbi kakhulu kunezokuqala. + 21 Bekuyoba ngcono ukuba babengayazanga ngokunembile indlela yokulunga kunokuthi ngemva kokuyazi, bafulathele umyalo ongcwele abawuthola. + 22 Kwenzeke kubo isaga esiyiqiniso esithi: “Inja ibuyele emhlanzweni wayo,* nengulube yensikazi ebigeziwe ibuyele ekuzigingqeni odakeni.” +