¹Jude, bondman of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called ones beloved in God [the] Father and preserved in Jesus Christ:

¹Mimi Yuda, mtumishi wa Yesu Kristo, ndugu yake Yakobo, nawaandikia ninyi mlioitwa na Mungu na ambao mnaishi katika upendo wa Mungu Baba, na katika ulinzi wa Yesu Kristo.

²Mercy to you, and peace, and love be multiplied.

²Nawatakieni huruma, amani na upendo kwa wingi.

³Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I have been obliged to write to you exhorting [you] to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.

³Ndugu wapenzi, wakati nimo katika jitihada ya kuwaandikieni juu ya ule wokovu tunaoshiriki sote, nimeona lazima ya kuwaandikieni na kuwahimizeni mwendelee kupigana kwa ajili ya imani ambayo Mungu amewajalia watu wake mara moja tu kwa wakati wote.

⁴For certain men have got in unnoticed, they who of old were marked out beforehand to this sentence, ungodly [persons], turning the grace of our God into dissoluteness, and denying our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴Maana watu wasiomcha Mungu wamepata kujiingiza kwa siri miongoni mwetu, watu ambao, kwa faida ya maisha yao mabaya, wanaupotosha ujumbe wa neema ya Mungu wetu na kumkana Yesu Kristo aliye peke yake kiongozi na Bwana wetu. Maandiko Matakatifu yalikwisha bashiri tangu awali hukumu inayowangojea watu hao.

⁵But I would put you in remembrance, you who once knew all things, that the Lord, having saved a people out of [the] land of Egypt, in the second place destroyed those who had not believed.

⁵Nataka kuwakumbusheni mambo fulani ambayo mmekwisha yajua: kumbukeni jinsi Bwana alivyowaokoa watu wa Israeli na kuwatoa katika nchi ya Misri, lakini baadaye aliwaangamiza wale ambao hawakuamini.

⁶And angels who had not kept their own original state, but had abandoned their own dwelling, he keeps in eternal chains under gloomy darkness, to [the] judgment of [the] great day;

⁶Na, malaika ambao hawakuridhika na cheo chao, wakayaacha makao yao ya asili, Mungu amewafunga gizani kwa minyororo ya milele wahukumiwe Siku ile kuu.

⁷as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities around them, committing greedily fornication, in like manner with them, and going after other flesh, lie there as an example, undergoing the judgment of eternal fire.

⁷Kumbukeni pia Sodoma na Gomora, na miji ya kandokando yake; wenyeji wake walifanya kama wale malaika; walifanya uzinzi na mambo yaliyo kinyume cha maumbile, wakapewa hukumu ya moto wa milele, iwe onyo kwa watu wote.

⁸Yet in like manner these dreamers also defile [the] flesh, and despise lordship, and speak railingly against dignities.

⁸Hivyo ndivyo pia walivyo watu hawa. ndoto zao huwaongoza katika kuichafua miili yao wenyewe, kuyadharau mamlaka ya Mungu na kuvitukana viumbe vitukufu vya huko juu.

⁹But Michael the archangel, when disputing with the devil he reasoned about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a railing judgment against [him], but said, [The] Lord rebuke thee.

⁹Hata Mikaeli, malaika mkuu, hakufanya hivyo. Katika ule ubishi kati yake na Ibilisi waliobishana juu ya mwili wa Mose, Mikaeli hakuthubutu kumhukumu Ibilisi kwa matusi; ila alisema: "Bwana mwenyewe na akukaripie."

¹⁰But these, whatever things they know not, they speak railingly against; but what even, as the irrational animals, they understand by mere nature, in these things they corrupt themselves.

¹⁰Lakini watu hawa hutukana chochote wasichokielewa; mambo yaleyale wanayoyajua kwa silika kama vile wanyama wanayoyajua ndiyo yanayowaangamiza.

¹¹Woe to them! because they have gone in the way of Cain, and given themselves up to the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

¹¹Ole wao! Watu hao wamefuata mwenendo uleule wa Kaini. Kwa ajili ya fedha, wamejiingiza katika mkosi uleule wa Baalamu. Wameasi kama Kora alivyoasi na wameangamizwa kama yeye alivyoangamizwa.

¹²These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together [with you] without fear, pasturing themselves; clouds without water, carried along by [the] winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;

¹²Kwa makelele yao yasiyo na adabu, watu hao ni kama madoa machafu katika mikutano yenu ya karamu ya Bwana. Hujipendelea wao wenyewe tu, na wako kama mawingu yanayopeperushwa huko na huko na upepo bila ya kuleta mvua. Wao ni kama miti isiyozaa matunda hata wakati wa majira yake, wamekufa kabisa.

¹³raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom has been reserved the gloom of darkness for eternity.

¹³Watu hao ni kama mawimbi makali ya bahari, na matendo yao ya aibu yanaonekana dhahiri kama vile mapovu ya mawimbi. Wao ni kama nyota zinazotangatanga, ambao Mungu amewawekea mahali pao milele katika giza kuu.

¹⁴And Enoch, [the] seventh from Adam, prophesied also as to these, saying, Behold, [the] Lord has come amidst his holy myriads,

¹⁴Henoki, ambaye ni babu wa saba tangu Adamu, alibashiri hivi juu ya watu hawa: "Sikilizeni! Bwana atakuja pamoja na maelfu ya malaika wake watakatifu

¹⁵to execute judgment against all; and to convict all the ungodly of them of all their works of ungodliness, which they have wrought ungodlily, and of all the hard [things] which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

¹⁵kutoa hukumu juu ya binadamu wote, kuwahukumu wote kwa ajili ya matendo yao yote maovu waliyotenda na kwa ajili ya maneno yote mabaya ambayo watu waovu walimkashifu nayo."

¹⁶These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts; and their mouth speaks swelling words, admiring persons for the sake of profit.

¹⁶Watu hawa wananung'unika daima na kuwalaumu watu wengine. Hufuata tamaa zao mbaya, hujigamba na kuwasifu watu wengine mno kusudi wafaulu katika mipango yao.

¹⁷But *ye*, beloved, remember the words spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁷Lakini ninyi wapenzi wangu, kumbukeni yale mliyoambiwa hapo awali ni mitume wa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.

¹⁸that they said to you, that at [the] end of the time there should be mockers, walking after their own lusts of ungodlinesses.

¹⁸Waliwaambieni: "Siku za mwisho zitakapofika, watatokea watu watakaowadhihaki ninyi, watu wafuatao tamaa zao mbaya."

¹⁹These are they who set [themselves] apart, natural [men], not having [the] Spirit.

¹⁹Hao ndio watu wanaosababisha mafarakano, watu wanaotawaliwa na tamaa zao za kidunia, watu wasio na Roho wa Mungu.

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

²⁰Lakini ninyi, wapenzi wangu, endeleeni kujijenga kikamilifu katika imani yenu takatifu. Salini kwa nguvu ya Roho Mtakatifu,

²¹keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

²¹na kubaki katika upendo wa Mungu, mkiwa mnamngojea Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo awapeni uzima wa milele kwa huruma yake.

²²And of some have compassion, making a difference,

²²Muwe na huruma kwa watu walio na mashaka;

²³but others save with fear, snatching [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

²³waokoeni kwa kuwanyakua kutoka motoni; na kwa wengine muwe na huruma pamoja na hofu, lakini chukieni hata mavazi yao ambayo yamechafuliwa na tamaa zao mbaya.

²⁴But to him that is able to keep you without stumbling, and to set [you] with exultation blameless before his glory,

²⁴Kwake yeye awezaye kuwalinda msije mkaanguka, na kuwaleta ninyi bila hatia mpaka mbele ya utukufu wake,

²⁵to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, [be] glory, majesty, might, and authority, from before the whole age, and now, and to all the ages. Amen.

²⁵kwake yeye aliye peke yake Mungu, Mkombozi wetu, uwe utukufu, ukuu, nguvu na mamlaka kwa njia ya Kristo Bwana wetu, tangu zama zote, sasa na hata milele! Amina.