المعلِّمون الكذابون وما يتسببون به من تدمير وخراب
المعلمون الكذابون
من رسالة القديس بطرس الثانية/الفصل الثاني
1 – وكما كانَ في الشَّعْبِ أَنبِياءُ كَذَّابون، فكَذلِكَ يَكونُ فيكُم مُعَلِّمونَ كَذَّابونَ يُحْدِثونَ بدَعًا مُهْلِكة وُينكِرونَ السَّيِّدَ الَّذي افتَداهم فيَجلُبونَ لأَنفُسِهم هَلاكًا سَريعًا.
2 – وسيَتبَعُ كَثيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَواحِشَهم ويَكونونَ سَببًا لِلتَّجديفِ على طَريقِ الحَقّ .
3 – ويَستَغِلُّونَكم بكَلامٍ مُلَفَّقٍ لِما فِيهم مِن طَمعَ. غَيرَ أَنَّ الحُكْمَ علَيهِمُ منذُ القِدَمِ لا يَبطُل وهَلاكَهم لا يَلَحَقُه فُتور.
4 – فإذا كانَ اللهُ لَم يَعْفُ عنِ المَلائِكةِ الخاطِئين، بل أَهبَطَهم أَسفَلَ الجَحيم وأُسلَمَهم إِلى أُحابيلِ الظُّلُمات حَيثُ يُحفَظونَ لِيَوم الدَّينونَة
5 – وإذا كانَ لَم يَعْفُ عنِ العالَمِ الـقَديم فجَلَبَ الطُّوفانَ على عالَمِ الكُفَّار، ولكنَّه حَفِظَ نُوحًا ثَامِنَ الَّذينَ نَجَوا وكانَ يَدْعو إِلى البِرّ،
6 – وإِذا كانَ قد جَعَلَ مَدينَتَي سَدومَ و عَمورةَ رَمادًا فحَكَمَ علَيهما بالخَراب عِبْرَةً لِمَن يَأتي بَعدَهما مِنَ الكُفَّار،
7 – وأَنقَذَ لوطًا البارَّ وقَد شَقَّت علَيه سِيرةُ الفُجورِ الَّتي يَسيرُها أُولئِكَ الفاسِقون،
8 – وكانَ هذا البارُّ ساكِنًا بَينَهم وكانَت نَفْسُه الزَّكِيَّةُ تُعَذَّبُ يَومًا بَعدَ يَوم لِما يَرى ويَسمَعُ عن أَعْمالِهمِ الأَثيمَة،
9 – فذلِكَ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ يَعلَمُ كَيفَ يُنقِذُ الأَتْقِياءَ مِنَ المِحنَة وُيبْقي الفُجَّارَ لِلعِقابِ يَومَ الدَّينونَة،
10 – ولا سِيَّما الَّذينَ يَتبَعونَ الجَسَدَ بِشَهَواتِه الدَّنِسَة وَيزدَرونَ العِزَّةَ الإِلهِيَّة.
11 – مع أَنَّ المَلائِكَة، وهُم أَعظَمُ مِنهُم بِالقُوَّةِ والقُدرَة، لا يحكُمونَ علَيهم عِندَ الرَّبّ بِالتَّجْديف.
12 – أَمَّا أولئِكَ فهُم كالحَيَواناتِ العُجْمِ الَّتي جُعِلَت مِن طَبيعَتِها عُرْضةً لأَن تُصادَ وتَهلِك، يُجَدِّفونَ على ما يَجهَلون. فسَيَهلِكونَ هَلاكَها
13 – ويَلقَونَ الظُّلْمَ أَجْرًا لِلظُّلْم. يَلَتذُّونَ بِالتَّرَفِ في رائِعَةِ النَّهار. أَدْناسٌ خُلَعاءُ يَلتَذُّونَ بِخَدائِعِهم إِذا قصَفوا معَكم.
14 – لَهم عُيونٌ مَملوءةٌ فِسْقًا مَنْهومَةٌ بِالخَطيئَة ، يَفتِنونَ النُّفوسَ الَّتي لا ثَباتَ لَها، ولَهم قُلوبٌ تَعوَّدَتِ الطَّمعَ. وهم بَنو اللَّعْنة
15 – تَركوا الطَّريقَ المُستَقيم وضَلُّوا في سلُوكِهم طَريقَ بِلْعامَ بْنِ باصَرَ الَّذي أَحَبَّ أَجْرَ الإِثْم
16 – فنالَه التَّوبيخُ بِمَعصيِتَه، إِذ نَطَقَ حِمارٌ أَعْجَمُ بِصوتٍ بَشرِيّ فرَدَّ النَّبِيَّ عن هَوَسِه.
17 – هؤلاَء َيَنابيعُ جَفَّ ماؤُها وغُيومٌ تَدفَعُها الزَّوبَعة، أُعِدُّوا لِلظُّلماتِ الحالِكة .
18 – يَتَكلَمونَ بِعِباراتٍ طَنَّانةٍ فارِغَة فيَفتِنونَ بِشَهَواتِ الجَسَدِ والفُجورِ أُناسًا كادوا يَتخلَّصونَ مِنَ الَّذينَ يَعيشونَ في الضَّلال.
19 – يَعِدونَهم بِالحُرِّيَّة وهم عَبيدٌ لِلمَفاسِد، لأَنَّ الإِنسانَ عَبْدٌ لِما استَولى علَيه .
20 – فإِنَّهمُ إِذا ابتَعَدوا عن أَدْناسِ الدُّنْيا لِمَعرفتِهم رَبَّنا ومُخَلِّصَنا يسوعَ المسيح، ثُمَّ عادوا إِلَيها يَتَقلَّبونَ فيها فَغُلِبوا على أَمْرِهم، صارت حالتُهمُ الأَخيرةُ أَسوَأَ مِن حالتِهمِ الأُولى
21 – فَقَد كانَ خيرًا ألاَّ يَعرِفوا طَريقَ البِرّ مِن أَن يَعرِفوه ثُمَّ يُعرِضوا عنِ الوَصِيَّةِ المُقدَّسَةِ الَّتي سُلِّمَت إٍلَيهم.
22 – لقَد صَدَقَ فيهِمِ المثَلُ القائِل: ((عادَ الكَلْبُ إِلى قَيْئِه يَلحَسُه )) و(( ما اغتَسَلَتِ الخِنزيرةُ حتَّى تَمَرَّغَت في الطِّين )).
False Teachers and Their Destruction
The Bible: 2 Peter 2/But 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 sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— if 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. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings; yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment on them from the Lord. 12 But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish. They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you. With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed—an accursed brood! They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer, who loved the wages of wickedness. But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—an animal without speech—who spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness. These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.” 0 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”
