2 Peter 2

NEW JERUSALEM	STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH
1 As there were false prophets in the past history of our people, so you too wil have your false teachers,who wil insinuate their own disruptive views and, by disowning the Lord who bought them freedom, wil bringupon themselves speedy destruction.	1 וְגַם־נְבִיאֵי שֶׁקֶר הָיוּ בָעָם כַּאֲשֶׁר יִהְיוּ גַם־בָּכֶם מוֹרֵי שֶׁקֶר אֲשֶׁר יַכְנִיסוּ כִּתּוֹת מַשְׁחִיתוֹת וּבְכַחֲשָׁם בַּמּשֵׁל אֲשֶׁר קָנָם יָבִיאוּ עַל־נַפְשָׁם כִּלָּיוֹן פִּתְאֹם
2 Many wil copy their debauched behaviour, and the Way of Truth wil be brought into disrepute on theiraccount.	2 וְרַבִּים יֵלְכוּ אַחֲרֵי תוֹעֲבוֹתָם וּבַעֲבוּרָם יֻתַּן דֶּרֶךְ הָאֱמֶת לְגִדּוּפִים
3 In their greed they wil try to make a profit out of you with untrue tales. But the judgement made uponthem long ago is not idle, and the destruction awaiting them is for ever on the watch.	3 וּבְדִבְרֵי בִדּוּי יַעֲשֹוּ אֶתְכֶם לְמִסְחָר לָהֶם לְמַעַן בְּצֹעַ בָּצַע אֲשֶׁר מִשְׁפָּטָם מֵעוֹלָם לֹא יִתְמַהְמַהּ וְשִׁבְרָם לֹא יָנוּם
4 When angels sinned, God did not spare them: he sent them down into the underworld and consignedthem to the dark abyss to be held there until the Judgement.	4 כִּי לֹא־חָס אֱלֹהִים עַל־הַמַּלְאָכִים אֲשֶׁר חָטְאוּ כִּי אִם־הוֹרִידָם לְקִצְבֵי הָרִים וַיַּסְגִּירֵם בְּכַבְלֵי אֹפֶל לְשָׁמְרָם לַמִּשְׁפָּט
5 He did not spare the world in ancient times: he saved only Noah, the preacher of uprightness, alongwith seven others, when he sent the Flood over a world of sinners.	5 וְגַם־עַל־דּוֹרוֹת קֶדֶם לֹא חָס וַיִּשְׁמֹר רַק אֶת־נֹחַ הַשְּׁמִינִי קֹרֵא הַצֶּדֶק בַּהֲבִיאוֹ אֶת־הַמַּבּוּל עַל־דּוֹר הָרְשָׁעִים
6 He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by reducing them to ashes as a warning to futuresinners;	6 וְאֶת־עָרֵי סְדוֹם וַעֲמֹרָה הָפַךְ לָאֵפֶר וְהֶאֱשִׁימָם בְּמַהְפֵּכָה וַיְשִׂימֵם לְמָשָׁל לַאֲשֶׁר עֲתִידִים לַעֲשׂוֹת זִמָּה
7 but rescued Lot, an upright man who had been sickened by the debauched way in which these vilepeople behaved-	7 וַיַּצֵּל אֶת־לוֹט הַצַּדִּיק אֲשֶׁר הֶלְאוּהוּ אַנְשֵׁי בְלִיַּעַל הָהֵם בְּדֶרֶךְ זִמָּתָם
8 for that upright man, living among them, was outraged in his upright soul by the crimes that he saw andheard every day.	8 כִּי הַצַּדִּיק הַזֶּה בְּשִׁבְתּוֹ בְתוֹכָם הֶאֱדִיב אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ הַיְשָׁרָה יוֹם יוֹם בִּרְאוֹתוֹ וּבְשָׁמְעוֹ מַעֲשֵׂי רִשְׁעָם
9 Al this shows that the Lord is well able to rescue the good from their trials, and hold the wicked for theirpunishment until the Day of Judgement,	9 כִּי יוֹדֵעַ יְהוָֹה לְהַצִּיל אֶת־חֲסִידָיו מִנִּסָּיוֹן וְלַחֲשׂךְ אֶת־הָרְשָׁעִים לְיוֹם הַמִּשְׁפָּט לְהָשִׁיב גְּמוּלָם לָהֶם
10 especially those who follow the desires of their corrupt human nature and have no respect for theLord's authority. Such self-wil ed people with no reverence are not afraid of offending against the glorious ones,	10 וּבְיוֹתֵר אֶת־הַהֹלְכִים אַחֲרֵי הַבָּשָׂר בְּתַאֲוֺת תֶּבֶל וּבֹזִים אֶת־הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה עַזֵּי פָנִים הֹלְכִים בִּשְׁרִירוּת לִבָּם וְלֹא יֶחֶרְדוּ מֵחָרֵף אֶת־הַשְּׂרָרוֹת
11 but the angels in their greater strength and power make no complaint or accusation against them inthe Lord's presence.	11 אֲשֶׁר אַף־הַמַּלְאָכִים הַגְּדוֹלִים מֵהֶם בְּעֹז וָכֹחַ לֹא יְגַדְּפוּם לִפְנֵי יְהוָֹה בְּמִשְׁפָּטָם
12 But these people speak evil of what they do not understand; they are like brute beasts, born only to becaught and kil ed, and like beasts they wil be destroyed, being injured in return for the injuries they haveinflicted.	12 וְהֵמָּה כַּבְּהֵמוֹת הַסְּכָלוֹת הַנּוֹלָדוֹת כְּחָק־טִבְעָם לַלֶּכֶד וְלַשַּׁחַת יֹאבְדוּ בְּאִבּוּד נַפְשָׁם יַעַן חֵרְפוּ אֶת־אֲשֶׁר לֹא הֵבִינוּ וְיִשְׂאוּ גְּמוּל עַוְלָתָם
13 Debauchery even by day they make their pleasure; they are unsightly blots, and amuse themselves bytheir trickery even when they are sharing your table;	13 אֲשֶׁר עֶדְנַת יוֹמָם לְעֹנֶג יַחְשֹׁבוּ מְטֻנָּפִים וּמוּם בָּם הַמִּתְפַּנְּקִים בְּמַדּוּחֵי נַפְשָׁם וְאֹכְלִים וְשֹׁתִים עִמָּכֶם
14 with their eyes always looking for adultery, people with an insatiable capacity for sinning, they wilseduce any but the most stable soul. Where greed is concerned they are at their peak of fitness. They are undera curse.	14 עֵינַיִם לָהֶם מְלֵאוֹת נִאֻפִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא תֶחְדַּלְנָה מֵחֲטוֹא וְאֶת־נַפְשׁוֹת הַפְּתָאִים יְצוֹדֵדוּ וְלֵב מְלֻמַּד־בֶּצַע לָהֶם בְּנֵי הַמְּאֵרָה
15 They have left the right path and wandered off to fol ow the path of Balaam son of Bosor, who set hisheart on a dishonest reward, but soon had his fault pointed out to him:	15 אֶת־הַדֶּרֶךְ הַיָּשָׁר עָזְבוּ וַיִּתְעוּ וַיֵּלְכוּ בְּדֶרֶךְ בִּלְעָם בֶּן־בְּעוֹר אֲשֶׁר אָהֵב שְׂכַר הָעַוְלָה
16 a dumb beast of burden, speaking with a human voice, put a stop to the madness of the prophet.	16 וַתְּהִי־לוֹ תוֹכַחַת עַל־חַטָּאתוֹ כִּי הַבְּהֵמָה הָאִלֶּמֶת דִּבְּרָה בְקוֹל־אָדָם וַתַּעְצֹר בְּאִוֶּלֶת הַקֹּסֵם
17 People like this are dried-up springs, fogs swirling in the wind, and the gloom of darkness is stored upfor them.	17 בְּאֵרוֹת בְּלִי־מַיִם הֵמָּה עָבִים נִדָּפִים בִּסְעָרָה אֲשֶׁר שָׁמוּר לָהֶם חשֶׁךְ־אֲפֵלָה לְעוֹלָם
18 With their high-sounding but empty talk they tempt back people who have scarcely escaped fromthose who live in error, by playing on the disordered desires of their human nature and by debaucheries.	18 כִּי בְּדַבְּרָם בְּגֵאוּת דִּבְרֵי שָׁוְא יָצוּדוּ בְּתַאֲוֺת הַבָּשָׂר עַל־יְדֵי זִמָּתָם אֵת אֲשֶׁר אַךְ־נִמְלְטוּ מִידֵי הַהֹלְכִים בְּדֶרֶךְ תּוֹעָה
19 They may promise freedom but are themselves slaves to corruption; because if anyone lets himself bedominated by anything, then he is a slave to it;	19 חֵרוּת יַבְטִיחוּ לָהֶם וְהֵם בְּעַצְמָם עֲבָדִים לַשָּׁחַת כִּי הָאִישׁ עֶבֶד לַאֲשֶׁר נִכְבַּשׁ מִמֶּנּוּ
20 and anyone who has escaped the pol ution of the world by coming to know our Lord and SaviourJesus Christ, and who then allows himself to be entangled and mastered by it a second time, ends up by beingworse than he was before.	20 כִּי אַחֲרֵי הִמָּלְטָם מִטֻּמְאֹת הָעוֹלָם בְּדַעַת אֲדֹנֵינוּ וּמוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ אִם־שָׁבוּ וְהָטְבְּעוּ בְתוֹכָן וְנִכְבָּשׁוּ אַחֲרִיתָם תִּהְיֶה רָעָה מֵרֵאשִׁיתָם
21 It would have been better for them never to have learnt the way of uprightness, than to learn it andthen desert the holy commandment that was entrusted to them.	21 טוֹב הָיָה לָהֶם לֹא לָדַעַת אֶת־דֶּרֶךְ הַצְּדָקָה מֵאֲשֶׁר יְדָעֻהוּ וְנָסֹגוּ אָחוֹר מִן־הַמִּצְוָה הַקְּדוֹשָׁה הַמְּסוּרָה לָהֶם
22 What they have done is exactly as the proverb rightly says: The dog goes back to its vomit and: Assoon as the sow has been washed, it wal ows in the mud.	22 וַיִּקֶר לָהֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר יֹאמַר מְשַׁל הָאֱמֶת הַכֶּלֶב שָׁב עַל־קֵאוֹ וְהַחֲזִיר עֹלֶה מִן־הָרַחְצָה לְהִתְגֹּלֵל בָּרָפֶשׁ