GNT

1 ἐγένοντο δὲ καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐν τῶ λαῶ, ὡς καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν ἔσονται ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι, οἵτινες παρεισάξουσιν αἱρέσεις ἀπωλείας, καὶ τὸν ἀγοράσαντα αὐτοὺς δεσπότην ἀρνούμενοι, ἐπάγοντες ἑαυτοῖς ταχινὴν ἀπώλειαν.

2 καὶ πολλοὶ ἐξακολουθήσουσιν αὐτῶν ταῖς ἀσελγείαις, δι᾽ οὓς ἡ ὁδὸς τῆς ἀληθείας βλασφημηθήσεται·

3 καὶ ἐν πλεονεξίᾳ πλαστοῖς λόγοις ὑμᾶς ἐμπορεύσονται· οἷς τὸ κρίμα ἔκπαλαι οὐκ ἀργεῖ, καὶ ἡ ἀπώλεια αὐτῶν οὐ νυστάζει.

4 εἰ γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ἀγγέλων ἁμαρτησάντων οὐκ ἐφείσατο, ἀλλὰ σειραῖς ζόφου ταρταρώσας παρέδωκεν εἰς κρίσιν τηρουμένους,

5 καὶ ἀρχαίου κόσμου οὐκ ἐφείσατο, ἀλλὰ ὄγδοον νῶε δικαιοσύνης κήρυκα ἐφύλαξεν, κατακλυσμὸν κόσμῳ ἀσεβῶν ἐπάξας,

6 καὶ πόλεις σοδόμων καὶ γομόρρας τεφρώσας [καταστροφῇ] κατέκρινεν, ὑπόδειγμα μελλόντων ἀσεβέ[ς]ιν τεθεικώς,

7 καὶ δίκαιον λὼτ καταπονούμενον ὑπὸ τῆς τῶν ἀθέσμων ἐν ἀσελγείᾳ ἀναστροφῆς ἐρρύσατο·

8 βλέμματι γὰρ καὶ ἀκοῇ ὁ δίκαιος ἐγκατοικῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας ψυχὴν δικαίαν ἀνόμοις ἔργοις ἐβασάνιζεν·

9 οἶδεν κύριος εὐσεβεῖς ἐκ πειρασμοῦ ῥύεσθαι, ἀδίκους δὲ εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως κολαζομένους τηρεῖν,

10 μάλιστα δὲ τοὺς ὀπίσω σαρκὸς ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ μιασμοῦ πορευομένους καὶ κυριότητος καταφρονοῦντας. τολμηταί, αὐθάδεις, δόξας οὐ τρέμουσιν βλασφημοῦντες,

11 ὅπου ἄγγελοι ἰσχύϊ καὶ δυνάμει μείζονες ὄντες οὐ φέρουσιν κατ᾽ αὐτῶν παρὰ κυρίου βλάσφημον κρίσιν.

12 οὖτοι δέ, ὡς ἄλογα ζῶα γεγεννημένα φυσικὰ εἰς ἅλωσιν καὶ φθοράν, ἐν οἷς ἀγνοοῦσιν βλασφημοῦντες, ἐν τῇ φθορᾷ αὐτῶν καὶ φθαρήσονται,

13 ἀδικούμενοι μισθὸν ἀδικίας· ἡδονὴν ἡγούμενοι τὴν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τρυφήν, σπίλοι καὶ μῶμοι ἐντρυφῶντες ἐν ταῖς ἀπάταις αὐτῶν συνευωχούμενοι ὑμῖν,

14 ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντες μεστοὺς μοιχαλίδος καὶ ἀκαταπαύστους ἁμαρτίας, δελεάζοντες ψυχὰς ἀστηρίκτους, καρδίαν γεγυμνασμένην πλεονεξίας ἔχοντες, κατάρας τέκνα,

15 καταλείποντες εὐθεῖαν ὁδὸν ἐπλανήθησαν, ἐξακολουθήσαντες τῇ ὁδῶ τοῦ βαλαὰμ τοῦ βοσόρ, ὃς μισθὸν ἀδικίας ἠγάπησεν

16 ἔλεγξιν δὲ ἔσχεν ἰδίας παρανομίας· ὑποζύγιον ἄφωνον ἐν ἀνθρώπου φωνῇ φθεγξάμενον ἐκώλυσεν τὴν τοῦ προφήτου παραφρονίαν.

17 οὖτοί εἰσιν πηγαὶ ἄνυδροι καὶ ὁμίχλαι ὑπὸ λαίλαπος ἐλαυνόμεναι, οἷς ὁ ζόφος τοῦ σκότους τετήρηται.

18 ὑπέρογκα γὰρ ματαιότητος φθεγγόμενοι δελεάζουσιν ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις σαρκὸς ἀσελγείαις τοὺς ὀλίγως ἀποφεύγοντας τοὺς ἐν πλάνῃ ἀναστρεφομένους,

19 ἐλευθερίαν αὐτοῖς ἐπαγγελλόμενοι, αὐτοὶ δοῦλοι ὑπάρχοντες τῆς φθορᾶς· ᾧ γάρ τις ἥττηται, τούτῳ δεδούλωται.

20 εἰ γὰρ ἀποφυγόντες τὰ μιάσματα τοῦ κόσμου ἐν ἐπιγνώσει τοῦ κυρίου [ἡμῶν] καὶ σωτῆρος ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ τούτοις δὲ πάλιν ἐμπλακέντες ἡττῶνται, γέγονεν αὐτοῖς τὰ ἔσχατα χείρονα τῶν πρώτων.

21 κρεῖττον γὰρ ἦν αὐτοῖς μὴ ἐπεγνωκέναι τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἢ ἐπιγνοῦσιν ὑποστρέψαι ἐκ τῆς παραδοθείσης αὐτοῖς ἁγίας ἐντολῆς.

22 συμβέβηκεν αὐτοῖς τὸ τῆς ἀληθοῦς παροιμίας, κύων ἐπιστρέψας ἐπὶ τὸ ἴδιον ἐξέραμα, καί, ὖς λουσαμένη εἰς κυλισμὸν βορβόρου.

KJV

1  But¹¹⁶¹ there were¹⁰⁹⁶ false prophets⁵⁵⁷⁸ also²⁵³² among¹⁷²² the³⁵⁸⁸ people,²⁹⁹² even²⁵³² as⁵⁶¹³ there shall be²⁰⁷¹ false teachers⁵⁵⁷² among¹⁷²² you,⁵²¹³ who³⁷⁴⁸ privily shall bring in³⁹¹⁹ damnable⁶⁸⁴ heresies,¹³⁹ even²⁵³² denying⁷²⁰ the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord¹²⁰³ that bought⁵⁹ them,⁸⁴⁶ and bring upon¹⁸⁶³ themselves¹⁴³⁸ swift⁵⁰³¹ destruction.⁶⁸⁴

2  And²⁵³² many⁴¹⁸³ shall follow¹⁸¹¹ their⁸⁴⁶ pernicious ways;⁶⁸⁴ by reason of¹²²³ whom³⁷³⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ way³⁵⁹⁸ of truth²²⁵ shall be evil spoken of.⁹⁸⁷

3  And²⁵³² through¹⁷²² covetousness⁴¹²⁴ shall they with feigned⁴¹¹² words³⁰⁵⁶ make merchandise¹⁷¹⁰ of you:⁵²⁰⁹ whose³⁷³⁹ judgment²⁹¹⁷ now of a long time¹⁵⁹⁷ lingereth⁶⁹¹ not,³⁷⁵⁶ and²⁵³² their⁸⁴⁶ damnation⁶⁸⁴ slumbereth³⁵⁷³ not.³⁷⁵⁶

4  For¹⁰⁶³ if¹⁴⁸⁷ God²³¹⁶ spared⁵³³⁹ not³⁷⁵⁶ the angels³² that sinned,²⁶⁴ but²³⁵ cast them down to hell,⁵⁰²⁰ and delivered³⁸⁶⁰ them into chains⁴⁵⁷⁷ of darkness,²²¹⁷ to be reserved⁵⁰⁸³ unto¹⁵¹⁹ judgment;²⁹²⁰

5  And²⁵³² spared⁵³³⁹ not³⁷⁵⁶ the old⁷⁴⁴ world,²⁸⁸⁹ but²³⁵ saved⁵⁴⁴² Noah³⁵⁷⁵ the eighth³⁵⁹⁰ person, a preacher²⁷⁸³ of righteousness,¹³⁴³ bringing in¹⁸⁶³ the flood²⁶²⁷ upon the world²⁸⁸⁹ of the ungodly;⁷⁶⁵

6  And²⁵³² turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes^{5077 4172 4670 2532 1116} condemned²⁶³² them with an overthrow,²⁶⁹² making⁵⁰⁸⁷ them an example⁵²⁶² unto those that after should³¹⁹⁵ live ungodly;⁷⁶⁴

7  And²⁵³² delivered⁴⁵⁰⁶ just¹³⁴² Lot,³⁰⁹¹ vexed²⁶⁶⁹ with⁵²⁵⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ filthy conversation^{1722 766 391} of the³⁵⁸⁸ wicked:¹¹³

8  (For¹⁰⁶³ that righteous man¹³⁴² dwelling¹⁴⁶⁰ among¹⁷²² them,⁸⁴⁶ in seeing⁹⁹⁰ and²⁵³² hearing,¹⁸⁹ vexed⁹²⁸ his righteous¹³⁴² soul⁵⁵⁹⁰ from day²²⁵⁰ to¹⁵³⁷ day²²⁵⁰ with their unlawful⁴⁵⁹ deeds);²⁰⁴¹

9  The Lord²⁹⁶² knoweth¹⁴⁹² how to deliver⁴⁵⁰⁶ the godly²¹⁵² out of¹⁵³⁷ temptations,³⁹⁸⁶ and¹¹⁶¹ to reserve⁵⁰⁸³ the unjust⁹⁴ unto¹⁵¹⁹ the day²²⁵⁰ of judgment²⁹²⁰ to be punished:²⁸⁴⁹

10  But¹¹⁶¹ chiefly³¹²² them that walk⁴¹⁹⁸ after³⁶⁹⁴ the flesh⁴⁵⁶¹ in¹⁷²² the lust¹⁹³⁹ of uncleanness,³³⁹⁴ and²⁵³² despise²⁷⁰⁶ government.²⁹⁶³ Presumptuous⁵¹¹³ are they, self-willed,⁸²⁹ they are not³⁷⁵⁶ afraid⁵¹⁴¹ to speak evil⁹⁸⁷ of dignities.¹³⁹¹

11  Whereas³⁶⁹⁹ angels,³² which are⁵⁶⁰⁷ greater³¹⁸⁷ in power²⁴⁷⁹ and²⁵³² might,¹⁴¹¹ bring⁵³⁴² not³⁷⁵⁶ railing⁹⁸⁹ accusation²⁹²⁰ against²⁵⁹⁶ them⁸⁴⁶ before³⁸⁴⁴ the Lord.²⁹⁶²

12  But¹¹⁶¹ these,³⁷⁷⁸ as⁵⁶¹³ natural⁵⁴⁴⁶ brute²⁴⁹ beasts,²²²⁶ made¹⁰⁸⁰ to be taken^{1519 259} and²⁵³² destroyed,⁵³⁵⁶ speak evil⁹⁸⁷ of¹⁷²² the things that³⁷³⁹ they understand not;⁵⁰ and shall utterly perish²⁷⁰⁴ in¹⁷²² their own⁸⁴⁸ corruption;⁵³⁵⁶

13  And shall receive²⁸⁶⁵ the reward³⁴⁰⁸ of unrighteousness,⁹³ as they that count²²³³ it pleasure²²³⁷ to riot⁵¹⁷² in¹⁷²² the day time.²²⁵⁰ Spots⁴⁶⁹⁵ they are and²⁵³² blemishes,³⁴⁷⁰ sporting themselves¹⁷⁹² with¹⁷²² their own⁸⁴⁸ deceivings⁵³⁹ while they feast⁴⁹¹⁰ with you;⁵²¹³

14  Having²¹⁹² eyes³⁷⁸⁸ full³³²⁴ of adultery,³⁴²⁸ and²⁵³² that cannot cease¹⁸⁰ from sin;²⁶⁶ beguiling¹¹⁸⁵ unstable⁷⁹³ souls:⁵⁵⁹⁰ a heart²⁵⁸⁸ they have²¹⁹² exercised¹¹²⁸ with covetous practices;⁴¹²⁴ cursed²⁶⁷¹ children:⁵⁰⁴³

15  Which have forsaken²⁶⁴¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ right²¹¹⁷ way,³⁵⁹⁸ and are gone astray,⁴¹⁰⁵ following¹⁸¹¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ way³⁵⁹⁸ of Balaam⁹⁰³ the son of Bosor,¹⁰⁰⁷ who³⁷³⁹ loved²⁵ the wages³⁴⁰⁸ of unrighteousness;⁹³

16  But¹¹⁶¹ was rebuked^{2192 1649} for his²³⁹⁸ iniquity:³⁸⁹² the dumb⁸⁸⁰ ass⁵²⁶⁸ speaking⁵³⁵⁰ with¹⁷²² man's⁴⁴⁴ voice⁵⁴⁵⁶ forbade²⁹⁶⁷ the³⁵⁸⁸ madness³⁹¹³ of the³⁵⁸⁸ prophet.⁴³⁹⁶

17  These³⁷⁷⁸ are¹⁵²⁶ wells⁴⁰⁷⁷ without water,⁵⁰⁴ clouds³⁵⁰⁷ that are carried¹⁶⁴³ with⁵²⁵⁹ a tempest:²⁹⁷⁸ to whom³⁷³⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ mist²²¹⁷ of darkness⁴⁶⁵⁵ is reserved⁵⁰⁸³ forever.^{1519 165}

18  For¹⁰⁶³ when they speak⁵³⁵⁰ great swelling⁵²⁴⁶ words of vanity,³¹⁵³ they allure¹¹⁸⁵ through¹⁷²² the lusts¹⁹³⁹ of the flesh,⁴⁵⁶¹ through much wantonness,⁷⁶⁶ those that were clean escaped^{668 3689} from them who live³⁹⁰ in¹⁷²² error.⁴¹⁰⁶

19  While they promise¹⁸⁶¹ them⁸⁴⁶ liberty,¹⁶⁵⁷ they⁸⁴⁶ themselves are⁵²²⁵ the servants¹⁴⁰¹ of corruption:⁵³⁵⁶ for¹⁰⁶³ of whom³⁷³⁹ a man⁵¹⁰⁰ is overcome,²²⁷⁴ of the same⁵¹²⁹ is he²⁵³² brought in bondage.¹⁴⁰²

20  For¹⁰⁶³ if¹⁴⁸⁷ after they have escaped⁶⁶⁸ the³⁵⁸⁸ pollutions³³⁹³ of the³⁵⁸⁸ world²⁸⁸⁹ through¹⁷²² the knowledge¹⁹²² of the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord²⁹⁶² and²⁵³² Savior⁴⁹⁹⁰ Jesus²⁴²⁴ Christ,⁵⁵⁴⁷ they are¹¹⁶¹ again³⁸²⁵ entangled¹⁷⁰⁷ therein,⁵¹²⁵ and²⁵³² overcome,²²⁷⁴ the³⁵⁸⁸ latter end²⁰⁷⁸ is¹⁰⁹⁶ worse⁵⁵⁰¹ with them⁸⁴⁶ than the³⁵⁸⁸ beginning.⁴⁴¹³

21  For¹⁰⁶³ it had been²²⁵⁸ better²⁹⁰⁹ for them⁸⁴⁶ not³³⁶¹ to have known¹⁹²¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ way³⁵⁹⁸ of righteousness,¹³⁴³ than,²²²⁸ after they have known¹⁹²¹ it, to turn¹⁹⁹⁴ from¹⁵³⁷ the³⁵⁸⁸ holy⁴⁰ commandment¹⁷⁸⁵ delivered³⁸⁶⁰ unto them.⁸⁴⁶

22  But¹¹⁶¹ it is happened⁴⁸¹⁹ unto them⁸⁴⁶ according³⁵⁸⁸ to the³⁵⁸⁸ true²²⁷ proverb,³⁹⁴² The dog²⁹⁶⁵ is turned to his own vomit again;^{1994 1909 2398 1829} and²⁵³² the sow⁵³⁰⁰ that was washed³⁰⁶⁸ to¹⁵¹⁹ her wallowing²⁹⁴⁶ in the mire.¹⁰⁰⁴

Vul

1 Fuerunt vero et pseudoprophetæ in populo, sicut et in vobis erunt magistri mendaces, qui introducent sectas perditionis: et eum qui emit eos, Dominum negant, superducentes sibi celerem perditionem.

2 Et multi sequentur eorum luxurias, per quos via veritatis blasphemabitur:

3 et in avaritia fictis verbis de vobis negotiabuntur: quibus judicium jam olim non cessat: et perditio eorum non dormitat.

4 Si enim Deus angelis peccantibus non pepercit, sed rudentibus inferni detractos in tartarum tradidit cruciandos, in judicium reservari.

5 Et originali mundo non pepercit, sed octavum Noë justitiæ præconem custodivit, diluvium mundo impiorum inducens.

6 Et civitates Sodomorum et Gomorrhæorum in cinerem redigens, eversione damnavit: exemplum eorum, qui impie acturi sunt, ponens:

7 et justum Lot oppressum a nefandorum injuria, ac luxuriosa conversatione eripuit:

8 aspectu enim, et auditu justus erat: habitans apud eos, qui de die in diem animam justam iniquis operibus cruciabant.

9 Novit Dominus pios de tentatione eripere: iniquos vero in diem judicii reservare cruciandos.

10 Magis autem eos, qui post carnem in concupiscentia immunditiæ ambulant, dominationemque contemnunt, audaces, sibi placentes, sectas non metuunt introducere blasphemantes:

11 ubi angeli fortitudine, et virtute cum sint majores, non portant adversum se execrabile judicium.

12 Hi vero velut irrationabilia pecora, naturaliter in captionem, et in perniciem in his quæ ignorant blasphemantes in corruptione sua peribunt,

13 percipientes mercedem injustitiæ, voluptatem existimantes diei delicias: coinquinationes, et maculæ deliciis affluentes, in conviviis suis luxuriantes vobiscum,

14 oculos habentes plenos adulterii, et incessabilis delicti. Pellicientes animas instabiles, cor exercitatum avaritia habentes, maledictionis filii:

15 derelinquentes rectam viam erraverunt, secuti viam Balaam ex Bosor, qui mercedem iniquitatis amavit:

16 correptionem vero habuit suæ vesaniæ: subjugale mutum animal, hominis voce loquens, prohibuit prophetæ insipientiam.

17 Hi sunt fontes sine aqua, et nebulæ turbinibus exagitatæ, quibus caligo tenebrarum reservatur.

18 Superba enim vanitatis loquentes, pelliciunt in desideriis carnis luxuriæ eos, qui paululum effugiunt, qui in errore conversantur:

19 libertatem illis promittentes, cum ipsi servi sint corruptionem: a quo enim quis superatus est, hujus et servus est.

20 Si enim refugientes coinquinationes mundi in cognitione Domini nostri, et Salvatoris Jesu Christi, his rursus implicatis superantur: facta sunt eis posteriora deteriora prioribus.

21 Melius enim erat illis non cognoscere viam justitiæ, quam post agnitionem, retrorsum converti ab eo, quod illis traditum est, sancto mandato.

22 Contigit enim eis illud veri proverbii: Canis reversus ad suum vomitum: et, Sus lota in volutabro luti.