knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts
3:4
ናሁእመሰአበዊነቀደምትሞቱእስመኵሉግብርሀለወበከመሀሎእምፍጥረተዓለም።
「主要降臨的應許在哪裏呢?因為從列祖睡了以來,萬物與起初創造的時候仍是一樣。」
and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”
But the heavens that exist now and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat; and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
3:11
ወዝንቱኵሉተመሲዎጐጕኡከመተሀልዉበምግባርቅዱስዘጽድቅ።
這一切既然都要如此銷化,你們為人該當怎樣聖潔,怎樣敬虔,
Therefore, since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,
looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
3:13
ሐዳሳተሰማያተወሐዳሰምድረንሴፎዘውስቴቶንየኀድርጽድቅ።
但我們照他的應許,盼望新天新地,有義居在其中。
But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.