JMNT(i)
5 And further, He did not spare [
the]
original ordered arrangement (a beginning or ruling world of society and culture; or: [the] secular realm),
but rather spared Noah, an eighth (idiom: = with seven others),
a proclaimer (herald)
of justice (righteousness; fair and equitable dealings that accord with the Way pointed out; or: = covenant participation),
when bringing a deluge (an inundation)
upon a world (System and society; secular order)
of folks devoid of awe (or: in bringing down a washing upon a system of irreverent and impious ones),
6 and later He correspondingly evaluated and commensurately decided about (or: condemns) [
the]
cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, reducing [
them]
to ashes for twisting down ([= distorting the path of life]; or: by and in an overthrow; to a turning down [of activities or of life]),
having placed (or: set)
an example (exhibition; a result of a specimen pointed out and set under view)
of folks habitually being about to be irreverent (or: to commit sacrilege without awe) [other MSS: an example of things about to happen to (or: in; among) ones without reverential awe];
7 and yet, He drew to Himself right-living Lot (or: He Himself rescues Lot, a just one; or: He, for Himself, rescues Lot, an equitable person),
a person being constantly worn down under the unrestrained and unprincipled folks (or: acts)
in the midst of [
their]
outrageous (extravagant; licentious; indulgent)
conduct (mode of living).
8 For you see, by seeing and by hearing (or: with a look and in listening to) [
this]
from day to day, this fair and just person continuously dwelling in their midst kept on testing and distressing – as on the touchstone – [
his]
just and equitable soul (or: inner being)
by [
their]
lawless works (or: actions and deeds which are apart from custom).
9 [
The]
Lord [=Yahweh],
having seen, thus knows to (or: knows how to)
continuously drag out of danger (or: rescue)
a reverent person (one standing in devout goodness, in awe and in virtuous conduct with ease and well-being from relationship with God)
from out of the midst of a trial (or: ordeal; [other MSS: trials]),
yet to constantly keep in custody, guard, watch over and maintain unjust folks (people who live contrary to the Way pointed out; unrightwised folks) [
who are]
being repeatedly pruned (or: being progressively corrected), [
which is leading]
unto a day of evaluating for making a decision [
about their progress]
(or: of judging [condition]),