¹Judas, of Jesus Christ a servant, and brother of James, to those sanctified in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ kept — called,

¹¶ Na Hura, he pononga na Ihu Karaiti, he teina no Hemi, ki te hunga kua oti te whakatapu e te Atua Matua, he mea tiaki i roto i a Ihu Karaiti, he hunga karanga:

²kindness to you, and peace, and love, be multiplied!

²Kia whakanuia ki a koutou te mahi tohu, te rangimarie me te aroha.

³Beloved, all diligence using to write to you concerning the common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting to agonize for the faith once delivered to the saints,

³¶ E nga hoa aroha, i ahau e takare tonu ana ki te tuhituhi ki a koutou mo to tatou whakaoranga tahi, i mea ahau me tuhituhi ki a koutou, me whakahauhau kia kaha te tohe ki te whakapono kua oti nei te tuku mai ki te hunga tapu.

⁴for there did come in unobserved certain men, long ago having been written beforehand to this judgment, impious, the grace of our God perverting to lasciviousness, and our only Master, God, and Lord — Jesus Christ — denying,

⁴Kua tomo puku mai hoki etahi tangata, ko era ano i tuhituhia i mua mo tenei whakataunga he, he hunga karakiakore, e whakaputa ke ana ratou i te aroha noa o to tatou Atua hei mea mo nga hiahia taikaha, a whakakahore ana ratou ki to tatou Ariki, ki a Ihu Karaiti, ko ia anake to tatou Ariki.

⁵and to remind you I intend, you knowing once this, that the Lord, a people out of the land of Egypt having saved, again those who did not believe did destroy;

⁵Na, e mea ana ahau kia whakamaharatia koutou, kua matau noa ake ano ia koutou ki tenei, i whakaorangia mai e te Ariki te iwi i te whenua o Ihipa, muri iho whakangaromia ana e ia te hunga kihai nei i whakapono.

⁶messengers also, those who did not keep their own principality, but did leave their proper dwelling, to a judgment of a great day, in bonds everlasting, under darkness He hath kept,

⁶Na, ko nga anahera, kihai nei i mau ki to ratou ake rohe, heoi whakarerea ana to ratou nohoanga ake, kua waiho e ia i raro i te pouri, mau tonu te here ki nga mekameka, mo te whakawa o te ra nui.

⁷as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before — an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.

⁷Ka rite ki Horoma, ki Komora, ki nga pa hoki i tata ki reira, i pera me enei, te moepuku, te whai i nga kikokiko ke; kua waiho ratou hei tohu, pangia ana ratou e te whiu, ara e te ahi ka tonu.

⁸In like manner, nevertheless, those dreaming also the flesh indeed do defile, and lordship they put away, and dignities they speak evil of,

⁸¶ Ko ta tenei hunga moemoea ano hoki tena; e whakapoke ana i te kikokiko, e whakahawea ana ki te kawanatanga, e korero kino ana ki nga rangatira.

⁹yet Michael, the chief messenger, when, with the devil contending, he was disputing about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring up an evil-speaking judgment, but said, `The Lord rebuke thee!`

⁹Ko Mikaera ia, ko te tino anahera, i ta raua ngangautanga ko te rewera, i a ia e tohe ana ki te tinana o Mohi, kihai i tae tona aro ki te kupu kanga i te whakawakanga; i mea kau ia, Ma te Ariki koe e riri.

¹⁰and these, as many things indeed as they have not known, they speak evil of; and as many things as naturally (as the irrational beasts) they understand, in these they are corrupted;

¹⁰Ko enei ia, e korerotia kinotia ana e ratou nga mea kahore nei ratou i matau; na, ko nga mea e matauria noatia ake nei e ratou pera i nga kararehe whakaarokore, he iho ratou i aua mea.

¹¹wo to them! because in the way of Cain they did go on, and to the deceit of Balaam for reward they did rush, and in the gainsaying of Korah they did perish.

¹¹Aue te mate mo ratou! kua haere nei hoki ratou i te ara o Kaina, kua torere rawa hoki ki te he, ara ki to Paraama utu, na ko to Koraha totohe hei whakangaromanga mo ratou.

¹²These are in your love-feasts craggy rocks; feasting together with you, without fear shepherding themselves; clouds without water, by winds carried about; trees autumnal, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;

¹²He toka moana ratou i roto i a koutou hakari aroha, i a ratou e hakari tahi ana me koutou, he hepara e whangai ana i a ratou ano, kahore hoki e mataku; he kapua waikore e akina ana e nga hau; he rakau kua ngahoro nei nga rau, he mea huakore, ka rua nei nga matenga, he mea kua unuhia ake i nga pakiaka;

¹³wild waves of a sea, foaming out their own shames; stars going astray, to whom the gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept.

¹³He ngaru pua no te moana, e whakatutu ana i te huka o to ratou whakama; he whetu atiutiu noa, pouri kerekere te wahi kua rite mo ratou mo ake tonu atu.

¹⁴And prophesy also to these did the seventh from Adam — Enoch — saying, `Lo, the Lord did come in His saintly myriads,

¹⁴I poropititia ano hoki enei e Enoka, e te tuawhitu i muri i a Arama, i a ia i mea, Na, kei te haere mai te Ariki me nga mano tini o tana hunga tapu,

¹⁵to do judgment against all, and to convict all their impious ones, concerning all their works of impiety that they did impiously, and concerning all the stiff things that speak against Him did impious sinners.`

¹⁵¶ Kia whakaritea he whakawa mo nga tangata katoa, kia riria hoki te hunga karakiakore o ratou mo a ratou mahi takahi i te karakia katoa, i he ai ratou ki te karakia, mo nga kupu pakeke katoa i korerotia e te hunga hara, e te hunga karakiakore, mon a.

¹⁶These are murmurers, repiners; according to their desires walking, and their mouth doth speak great swellings, giving admiration to persons for the sake of profit;

¹⁶He hunga amuamu ratou, he kowhetewhete, e haere ana i runga i o ratou hiahia ake, tetere rawa ano hoki nga kupu e korero nei o ratou mangai, he hunga whakapai kanohi ratou, he mea kia riro ai he mea ma ratou.

¹⁷and ye, beloved, remember ye the sayings spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:

¹⁷E nga hoa aroha, kia mahara koutou ki nga kupu i korerotia i mua e nga apotoro a to tatou Ariki, a Ihu Karaiti;

¹⁸that they said to you, that in the last time there shall be scoffers, after their own desires of impieties going on,

¹⁸I mea hoki ratou ki a koutou, Tera e puta mai te hunga whakamanumanu a te wa whakamutunga, e haere ana i runga i o ratou hiahia karakiakore.

¹⁹these are those setting themselves apart, natural men, the Spirit not having.

¹⁹Na enei nga titorehanga, he hunga hiahia hoki ki te kikokiko kahore nei i a ratou te Wairua.

²⁰And ye, beloved, on your most holy faith building yourselves up, in the Holy Spirit praying,

²⁰Ko koutou ia, e nga hoa aroha, hanga ake koutou hei whare ki runga ki to koutou whakapono tapu rawa, me te inoi ano i roto i te Wairua Tapu,

²¹yourselves in the love of God keep ye, waiting for the kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ — to life age-during;

²¹Me te tiaki ano i a koutou i runga i te aroha o te Atua, me te tatari ano ki te mahi tohu a to tatou Ariki, a Ihu Karaiti, a te ora tonu ra ano.

²²and to some be kind, judging thoroughly,

²²Ko etahi ano tohungia, e ruarua tonu nei nga whakaaro.

²³and some in fear save ye, out of the fire snatching, hating even the coat from the flesh spotted.

²³Ko etahi me whakaora, ka to mai i roto i te kapura; a ko etahi tohungia i runga i te mataku; me te weriweri rawa ki te kakahu i poke i te kikokiko.

²⁴And to Him who is able to guard you not stumbling, and to set [you] in the presence of His glory unblemished, in gladness,

²⁴Na, ki te mea kaha ki te tiaki i a koutou kei hinga, ki te whakatu hoki i a koutou ki te aroaro o tona kororia, he mea kohakore i runga i te hari whakaharahara,

²⁵to the only wise God our Saviour, [is] glory and greatness, power and authority, both now and to all the ages! Amen.

²⁵Ki a ia, ko ia anake nei te Atua, ki to tatou Kaiwhakaora, i roto i a ihu Karaiti, i to tatou Ariki, waiho atu i a ia te kororia, te nui, te kaha, te mana, i mua atu o nga wa katoa, aianei, a ake ake. Amine.