1 PBS Anane tebapuha ohe-ete lopafu teketopu Tata bapake, anaiara ebafaira koru-koru ohe-ete te-etete. Tejapa neba takukuto pa nehahatewea tenarue, pa tera Kebatete te-kelofeira tepapate pa tetenaiau notetewo tetakikite. BSB BSB: Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2 PBS Teba nawo jafefe tete-ei tela, pa Loma Bamua tenaji. BSB BSB: Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.
3 PBS Pa kei pulefeko kuru-koru omohei huhu owea tefa jana e-e tererete. Pa janofefei jawafua jatewefakotu pa jatakukutui tejarurukate. BSB BSB: In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
4 PBS Kei Tata tebafapa nole tetei pipate Kelekapa tekelojatete rapale pa anai tekelojate wa lupa kelofumoiko ba-pe ma-terete; BSB BSB: For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
5 PBS pa anara Tata fito toto pipate keleka, pa Nuh-fa kekefu, keba huhu bamua kelei-i, teba napaheto kau, pu wafo bapale kekeleheto fito teba nole nawo te-e; BSB BSB: if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
7 PBS pa Lot-fa kekefu, keba bamua, teba ma fijakai fepapapa janofefe tete-e pa kelaku hupala fefe tete,- BSB BSB: and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
8 PBS pa keba bamuwe kelei tehou pa jafefe tete-ei kelui, ko hupala keke hevei taku- BSB BSB: (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
9 PBS kaipa uape, kei Tata lo teba bamuai kelofefe wa teterie pa kelo teba fefe kelofumoko bape te-ralolole, BSB BSB: if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
10 PBS lopana teba hupala fefetelako notetewo tenajijite pa Tata fujeke tenajijie. Teferaka pa notere-ete, ko tefeka Tata fefeke tenajie, BSB BSB: Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
11 PBS pa teba-fapa tewoi, teba navewo pa teme te-tukolo, piti tenaji teteka, ana teba-fapa ma-tewa te-te Tata hoke. BSB BSB: Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.
12 PBS Koru-koru oui te-anara jako hupalaka, ahaali ana jako te-te-eko nerorote pa ne-takukute. Jai-terikapa pea tenajie, ko jano fefe tete-ei terawo takuku anara jako fupake-e, BSB BSB: These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
13 PBS pa jafe keloko tewewe kei jafefe tete-e jakopepe. Fea jafefe tete-e, teni kei janohae. Tei jahelo pa nole, kei pa-tejuko hupala-heve to pu elupa mopa jajo pa pa-ehue. BSB BSB: The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.
14 PBS Luto tetei uta hupala ekopipamo pa nole tetepolojae. Teba navekai teteriko telate. Hopala tetei jatenaruko jenanamote. Tei teba jatefa! BSB BSB: Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
15 PBS Kei loma hevei tekeriti, kaipa te-ha, pa tela Bileam lomake, Beor oke, jafefe kelapa taimbe keloi. BSB BSB: They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
16 PBS Pa Bileam pinave kewe jafefei kelei, jako lopoi neba pinane petu pa Tata-bapuke pilmaheka kelei-i epewu. BSB BSB: But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
17 PBS Kuru-koru omofai anara pa-ru epe, anara tupa fe-topeku; tebafai je-tete tupipamotui lopato wawautu. BSB BSB: These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
18 PBS Pi afiatafa tete-e pa pinaraka pa hupalafe tereko teba uawea noteretujanapote kei teba japahae atete. BSB BSB: With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
19 PBS Jaura-faweka teniko teba kau, para tewoi jatakuku bapote, kei ba-teba keleko fetewe, kei bapu kelele kebai. BSB BSB: They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
21 PBS Peanya teba anai heve pepei, Loma Bamua tefujajaka pa-ana tefuja, kaipa tepupina-tu tenite-te. BSB BSB: It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.
22 PBS Ana tei hevepepei jala bamuawea tenini: "Nakei keja pa keraputi-ka, pale pakeheko-tu pa kerati fi-kehe." BSB BSB: Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
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