¹Fuerunt vero et pseudoprophetæ in populo,But there were also false prophets among the people,sicut et in vobis erunt magistri mendaces,just as there will be among you lying teachers,qui introducent sectas perditionis:who will introduce divisions of perdition,et eum qui emit eos,and they will deny him who bought them,Dominum negant,the Lord,superducentes sibi celerem perditionem.bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

¹Fuerunt vero et pseudoprophetæ in populo,But there were also false prophets among the people,sicut et in vobis erunt magistri mendaces,just as there will be among you lying teachers,qui introducent sectas perditionis:who will introduce divisions of perdition,et eum qui emit eos,and they will deny him who bought them,Dominum negant,the Lord,superducentes sibi celerem perditionem.bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

²Et multi sequentur eorum luxurias,And many persons will follow their indulgences;per quos via veritatis blasphemabitur:through such persons, the way of truth will be blasphemed.

²Et multi sequentur eorum luxurias,And many persons will follow their indulgences;per quos via veritatis blasphemabitur:through such persons, the way of truth will be blasphemed.

³et in avaritia fictis verbis de vobis negotiabuntur:And in avarice, they will negotiate about you with false words.quibus judicium jam olim non cessat:Their judgment, in the near future, is not delayed,et perditio eorum non dormitat.and their perdition does not sleep.

³et in avaritia fictis verbis de vobis negotiabuntur:And in avarice, they will negotiate about you with false words.quibus judicium jam olim non cessat:Their judgment, in the near future, is not delayed,et perditio eorum non dormitat.and their perdition does not sleep.

⁴Si enim Deus angelis peccantibus non pepercit,For God did not spare those Angels who sinned, but instead delivered them,sed rudentibus inferni detractos in tartarum tradidit cruciandos,as if dragged down by infernal ropes, into the torments of the underworld,in judicium reservari.to be reserved unto judgment.

⁴Si enim Deus angelis peccantibus non pepercit,For God did not spare those Angels who sinned, but instead delivered them,sed rudentibus inferni detractos in tartarum tradidit cruciandos,as if dragged down by infernal ropes, into the torments of the underworld,in judicium reservari.to be reserved unto judgment.

⁵Et originali mundo non pepercit,And he did not spare the original world,sed octavum Noë justitiæ præconem custodivit,but he preserved the eighth one, Noah, the herald of justice,diluvium mundo impiorum inducens.bringing the flood upon the world of the impious.

⁵Et originali mundo non pepercit,And he did not spare the original world,sed octavum Noë justitiæ præconem custodivit,but he preserved the eighth one, Noah, the herald of justice,diluvium mundo impiorum inducens.bringing the flood upon the world of the impious.

⁶Et civitates Sodomorum et Gomorrhæorum in cinerem redigens, eversione damnavit:And he reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes, condemning them to be overthrown,exemplum eorum, qui impie acturi sunt, ponens:setting them as an example to anyone who might act impiously.

⁶Et civitates Sodomorum et Gomorrhæorum in cinerem redigens, eversione damnavit:And he reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes, condemning them to be overthrown,exemplum eorum, qui impie acturi sunt, ponens:setting them as an example to anyone who might act impiously.

⁷et justum Lot oppressum a nefandorum injuria,And he rescued a just man, Lot,ac luxuriosa conversatione eripuit:who was oppressed by the unjust and lewd behavior of the wicked.

⁷et justum Lot oppressum a nefandorum injuria,And he rescued a just man, Lot,ac luxuriosa conversatione eripuit:who was oppressed by the unjust and lewd behavior of the wicked.

⁸aspectu enim, et auditu justus erat:For in seeing and in hearing, he was just,habitans apud eos,though he lived with those who,qui de die in diem animam justam iniquis operibus cruciabant.from day to day, crucified the just soul with works of iniquity.

⁸aspectu enim, et auditu justus erat:For in seeing and in hearing, he was just,habitans apud eos,though he lived with those who,qui de die in diem animam justam iniquis operibus cruciabant.from day to day, crucified the just soul with works of iniquity.

⁹Novit Dominus pios de tentatione eripere:Thus, the Lord knows how to rescue the pious from trials,iniquos vero in diem judicii reservare cruciandos.and how to reserve the iniquitous for torments on the day of judgment;

⁹Novit Dominus pios de tentatione eripere:Thus, the Lord knows how to rescue the pious from trials,iniquos vero in diem judicii reservare cruciandos.and how to reserve the iniquitous for torments on the day of judgment;

¹⁰Magis autem eos,even more so,qui post carnem in concupiscentia immunditiæ ambulant,those who walk after the flesh in unclean desires,dominationemque contemnunt,and who despise proper authority.audaces, sibi placentes,Boldly pleasing themselves,sectas non metuunt introducere blasphemantes:they do not dread to introduce divisions by blaspheming;

¹⁰Magis autem eos,even more so,qui post carnem in concupiscentia immunditiæ ambulant,those who walk after the flesh in unclean desires,dominationemque contemnunt,and who despise proper authority.audaces, sibi placentes,Boldly pleasing themselves,sectas non metuunt introducere blasphemantes:they do not dread to introduce divisions by blaspheming;

¹¹ubi angeli fortitudine,whereas the Angels,et virtute cum sint majores,who are greater in strength and virtue,non portant adversum se execrabile judicium.did not bring against themselves such a deplorable judgment.

¹¹ubi angeli fortitudine,whereas the Angels,et virtute cum sint majores,who are greater in strength and virtue,non portant adversum se execrabile judicium.did not bring against themselves such a deplorable judgment.

¹²Hi vero velut irrationabilia pecora,Yet truly, these others, like irrational beasts,naturaliter in captionem, et in perniciem in his quæ ignorant blasphemantes in corruptione sua peribunt,naturally fall into traps and into ruin by blaspheming whatever they do not understand, and so they shall perish in their corruption,

¹²Hi vero velut irrationabilia pecora,Yet truly, these others, like irrational beasts,naturaliter in captionem, et in perniciem in his quæ ignorant blasphemantes in corruptione sua peribunt,naturally fall into traps and into ruin by blaspheming whatever they do not understand, and so they shall perish in their corruption,

¹³percipientes mercedem injustitiæ,receiving the reward of injustice,voluptatem existimantes diei delicias:the fruition of valuing the delights of the day:coinquinationes,defilements and stains,et maculæ deliciis affluentes,overflowing with self-indulgences,in conviviis suis luxuriantes vobiscum,taking pleasure in their feasts with you,

¹³percipientes mercedem injustitiæ,receiving the reward of injustice,voluptatem existimantes diei delicias:the fruition of valuing the delights of the day:coinquinationes,defilements and stains,et maculæ deliciis affluentes,overflowing with self-indulgences,in conviviis suis luxuriantes vobiscum,taking pleasure in their feasts with you,

¹⁴oculos habentes plenos adulterii,having eyes full of adulteryet incessabilis delicti.and of incessant offenses,Pellicientes animas instabiles,luring unstable souls,cor exercitatum avaritia habentes,having a heart well-trained in avarice,maledictionis filii:sons of curses!

¹⁴oculos habentes plenos adulterii,having eyes full of adulteryet incessabilis delicti.and of incessant offenses,Pellicientes animas instabiles,luring unstable souls,cor exercitatum avaritia habentes,having a heart well-trained in avarice,maledictionis filii:sons of curses!

¹⁵derelinquentes rectam viam erraverunt,Abandoning the straight path, they wandered astray,secuti viam Balaam ex Bosor,having followed the way of Balaam,qui mercedem iniquitatis amavit:the son of Beor, who loved the wages of iniquity.

¹⁵derelinquentes rectam viam erraverunt,Abandoning the straight path, they wandered astray,secuti viam Balaam ex Bosor,having followed the way of Balaam,qui mercedem iniquitatis amavit:the son of Beor, who loved the wages of iniquity.

¹⁶correptionem vero habuit suæ vesaniæ:Yet truly, he had a correction of his madness:subjugale mutum animal,the mute animal under the yoke,hominis voce loquens,which, by speaking with a human voice,prohibuit prophetæ insipientiam.forbid the folly of the prophet.

¹⁶correptionem vero habuit suæ vesaniæ:Yet truly, he had a correction of his madness:subjugale mutum animal,the mute animal under the yoke,hominis voce loquens,which, by speaking with a human voice,prohibuit prophetæ insipientiam.forbid the folly of the prophet.

¹⁷Hi sunt fontes sine aqua,These ones are like fountains without water,et nebulæ turbinibus exagitatæ,and like clouds stirred up by whirlwinds.quibus caligo tenebrarum reservatur.For them, the mist of darkness is reserved.

¹⁷Hi sunt fontes sine aqua,These ones are like fountains without water,et nebulæ turbinibus exagitatæ,and like clouds stirred up by whirlwinds.quibus caligo tenebrarum reservatur.For them, the mist of darkness is reserved.

¹⁸Superba enim vanitatis loquentes,For, speaking with the arrogance of vanity,pelliciunt in desideriis carnis luxuriæ eos,they lure, by the desires of fleshly pleasures,qui paululum effugiunt,those who are fleeing to some extent,qui in errore conversantur:who are being turned from error,

¹⁸Superba enim vanitatis loquentes,For, speaking with the arrogance of vanity,pelliciunt in desideriis carnis luxuriæ eos,they lure, by the desires of fleshly pleasures,qui paululum effugiunt,those who are fleeing to some extent,qui in errore conversantur:who are being turned from error,

¹⁹libertatem illis promittentes,promising them freedoms,cum ipsi servi sint corruptionem:while they themselves are the servants of corruption.a quo enim quis superatus est,For by whatever a man is overcome,hujus et servus est.of this also is he the servant.

¹⁹libertatem illis promittentes,promising them freedoms,cum ipsi servi sint corruptionem:while they themselves are the servants of corruption.a quo enim quis superatus est,For by whatever a man is overcome,hujus et servus est.of this also is he the servant.

²⁰Si enim refugientes coinquinationes mundi in cognitione Domini nostri,For if,et Salvatoris Jesu Christi,after taking refuge from the defilements of the world in the understanding of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,his rursus implicati superantur:they again become entangled and overcome by these things,facta sunt eis posteriora deteriora prioribus.then the latter state becomes worse than the former.

²⁰Si enim refugientes coinquinationes mundi in cognitione Domini nostri,For if,et Salvatoris Jesu Christi,after taking refuge from the defilements of the world in the understanding of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,his rursus implicati superantur:they again become entangled and overcome by these things,facta sunt eis posteriora deteriora prioribus.then the latter state becomes worse than the former.

²¹Melius enim erat illis non cognoscere viam justitiæ,For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of justice than,quam post agnitionem,after acknowledging it,retrorsum converti ab eo, quod illis traditum est, sancto mandato.to turn away from that holy commandment which was handed on to them.

²¹Melius enim erat illis non cognoscere viam justitiæ,For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of justice than,quam post agnitionem,after acknowledging it,retrorsum converti ab eo, quod illis traditum est, sancto mandato.to turn away from that holy commandment which was handed on to them.

²²Contigit enim eis illud veri proverbii:For the truth of the proverb has happened to them:Canis reversus ad suum vomitum:The dog has returned to his own vomit,et, Sus lota in volutabro luti.and the washed sow has returned to her wallowing in the mud.

²²Contigit enim eis illud veri proverbii:For the truth of the proverb has happened to them:Canis reversus ad suum vomitum:The dog has returned to his own vomit,et, Sus lota in volutabro luti.and the washed sow has returned to her wallowing in the mud.