2 Peter 2 Petrou B 2
1Genela de kai pseudoprofētois en to lao, hōs kai en vi eli pseudodidaskalois, hotinois pareisagali hairesiain apōleiau, kai ton agorazaranton autoin despoton arnorōntois, epagarōntois heautoi tachinan apōleian;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. 2kai pollois exakolouthali autoiu tai aselgeiai, dia hoin tas hodas tau alētheiau blasfēmiti;Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. 3kai en pleonexia plastoi logoi vin emporeueli; hoi tem krimem ekpalai ouk argatō, kai tas apōleias autoiu ouk ⸀nustazatō.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.
4Ei gar tos theos angeloiu hamartarantoiu ouk feideta, alla ⸀seirai zofou tartararantos paradōata eis krisian tērorōntoin,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; 5kai archaiou kosmou ouk feideta, alla ogdoon Nōe dikaiosunau kērukon fulassata, kataklusmon kosmo aseboiu epagarantos,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; 6kai polain Sodomeiu kai Gomorrau tefrarantos ⸀katastrofa katakrinata, hupodeigmem mellarōnteiu ⸀aseboi titharēntos,if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly; 7kai dikaion Lōt kataponorōnton hupo tau toiu athesmoiu en aselgeia anastrofau ruetaand if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless 8blemme gar kai akoa ⸀tos dikaios enkatoikarōntos en autoi hēmeran ek hēmerau psuchan dikaian anomei ergei basanizate(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard )— 9oidatē kurios euseboin ek peirasmou ruorō, adikoin de eis hēmeran krisiau kolazorōntoin tērarō,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. 10malista de toin opisō sarkau en epithumia miasmou poreuorōntoin kai kuriotau katafronarōntoin. Tolmētois, authadois, doxain ouk tremalō, blasfēmarōntois,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.
11hopou angelois ischua kai dunamia megoterois arōntois ouk feralō kata ⸀autoiu blasfēman krisian.Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord. 12houtois de, hōs alogeim zōeim ⸂gennorēnteim fusikeim⸃ eis halōsian kai fthoran, en hei agnoalō blasfēmarōntois, en ta fthora autoiu ⸂kai ftherili,⸃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⸀adikorōntois misthon adikiau; hēdonan hēgorōntois tan en hēmera trufan, spilois kai mōmois entrufarōntois en tai ⸀apatai autoiu suneuōchorōntois vi,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. 14ofthalmoin echarōntois mestoin moichalidau kai ⸀akatapaustoin hamartau, deleazarōntois psuchain astēriktain, kardian gumnazorēntan pleonexiau echarōntois, katarau tekneim,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⸀kataleiparantois euthuan hodan planila, exakoloutharantois ta hoda tou Balaam tou ⸀Bosor hos misthon adikiau agapataThey have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness. 16elenxian de echata idiau paranomiau; hupozugiem afōnem en anthrōpou fōna fthengerantem kōluata tan tou profētou parafronian.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.
17Houtois alō pēgais anudrais ⸂kai homichlais⸃ hupo lailapau elaunorōntais, hoi tos zofos teu ⸀skoteu tērotē.These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. 18huperonkeim gar mataiotau fthengorōntois deleazalō en epithumiai sarkau aselgeiai toin ⸀oligōs ⸀apofugarōntoin toin en plana anastreforōntoin,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. 19eleutherian autoi epangelorōntois, autois doulois huparcharōntois tau fthorau; ho gar tinos hēttotē, houto ⸀kai doulotē.They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him. 20ei gar apofugarantois teim miasmeim tou kosmou en epignōsia tou ⸀kuriou kai sōtērou Iēsu Christou houtei de palin emplekirantois hēttolē, genatē autoi teim eschateim cheirōneim teiu prōteiu.If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first. 21kreittonem gar ate autoi mē epignōskarē tan hodan tau dikaiosunau ē epignōskarantoi ⸀hupostrefara ek tau paradōirantau autoi hagiau entolau;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⸀sumbainatē autoi tem tau alēthau paroimiau; Kunos epistrefarantos epi tem idiem exeramem, kai; Huas louerantas eis ⸀kulismon borborou.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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3 ⸀nustazatō Byz νυστάξει. 4 ⸀seirai mod. edd. σιροις. 6 ⸀katastrofa mod. edd. omit. ⸀aseboi some edd. ἀσεβεῖν. 8 ⸀tos mod. edd. omit. 11 ⸀autoiu all edd. +para kurio; some edd. +para kuriou. 12 ⸂gennorēnteim fusikeim⸃ Byz φυσικὰ γεγενημένα. ⸂kai ftherili⸃ Byz καταφθαρήσονται. 13 ⸀adikorōntois some edd. κομιούμενοι. ⸀apatai mod. edd. agapai. 14 ⸀akatapaustoin mod. edd. ἀκαταπάστους. 15 ⸀kataleiparantois some edd. καταλείποντες. ⸀Bosor mod. edd. Βεὼρ. 17 ⸂kai homichlais⸃ Byz nefelais. ⸀skoteu Byz +eis aiōnon. 18 ⸀oligōs some edd. ontōs. ⸀apofugarōntoin Byz ἀποφυγόντας. 19 ⸀kai mod. edd. omit. 20 ⸀kuriou some edd. +nu. 21 ⸀hupostrefara Byz epistrefara. 22 ⸀sumbainatē Byz +de. ⸀kulismon Byz κύλισμα.