¹Judha, muranda waJesu Kristu, munin'ina waJakobho, kuna vakaitwa vatsvene naMwari Baba, vakachengetedzwa muna Jesu Kristu, vakadamwa:

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

²Tsitsi kwamuri, nerugare, nerudo, ngazvipamhidzirwe.

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

³Vadiwa, ndakati ndichipa kushingaira kose pakunyorerai zvekuponeswa kwedu kumwe chete, zvakanga zvakandifanira chose kukunyorerai, ndichikurudzira kuti murwire nemoyo wose rutendo rwakambopiwa vatsvene kamwe.

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,

⁴Nekuti kuna vamwe varume vakapinda nokunyangira, vakagara vagadzirwa kare kutongwa uku, vanhu vasingadi Mwari vanoshandura nyasha dzaMwari wedu kuita unzenza, vachiramba Tenzi uyu mumwe woga Mwari, naIshe wedu Jesu Kristu.

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,

⁵Zvino ndinoda kukuyeuchidzai, kunyange maimboziva izvi, kuti Ishe amborwira vanhu munyika yeEgipita, pashure akazoparadza avo vakanga vasingatendi.

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;

⁶Navatumwa vasina kuchengeta ukuru hwokutanga, asi vakasiya ugaro hwavo hwomene, wakavachengeta muzvisungo zvekusingaperi pasi perima kusvikira pakutongwa kwezuva guru;

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,

⁷seSodhoma neGomora, namaguta akaapoteredza, akazvikumikidza kuupombwe nenzira yakafanana nawo nokutevera imwe nyama, akaitwa mufananidzo, akatambudzika pakurangwa nomoto usingaperi.

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.

⁸Nenzira imwe chete iyoyo ava vachirota vanosvibisa nyama yavo, vachiramba vukuru, nokutuka ukuru.

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

⁹Asi Mikaeri mutumwa mukuru nguva yaakarwa nadhiabhorosi, akakakavara pamusoro pomuviri waMozisi, wakatya kumupa mhosva namashoko okutuka, asi wakati: Ishe ngaakutsiure.

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!`

¹⁰Asi ava vanotuka zvose zvavasingazivi; asi izvo zvavanoziva pachizvarigo vakaita semhuka dzisingazivi, vanozviparadza muzvimhu izvozvo.

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;

¹¹Vachaona nhamo! Nekuti vakafamba nenzira yaKaini, vakazviwisira mukutsauka kwaBharami nekuda kwemubairo, vakaparadzwa nenharo dzaKora.

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.

¹²Ava mabwe akavanzika pamafundo enyu erudo, kana vachipemberera nemwi, vachizvifunda vasina kutya; makore asina mvura, anotinhwa nemhepo; miti yechando isina zvibereko, yakafa kaviri, yakadzurwa nemidzi;

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;

¹³mafungu egungwa anopengereka, anopupuma nyadzi dzawo; nyeredzi dzinongombeya, vakachengeterwa kusviba kwerima nokusingaperi.

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.

¹⁴NaEnokiwo wechinomwe kubva kuna Adhamu, wakaporofita zvaivava, achiti: Tarira, Ishe wakauya navatsvene vake zvuru zvamazana,

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

¹⁵kuti atonge pamusoro pavose, nokupa mhosva vose vasingadi Mwari pamusoro pamabasa avo ose okusada Mwari, avakaita nokusada Mwari, nepamusoro pemashoko avo ose makukutu aakataurirwa nevatadzi vasingadi Mwari.

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.`

¹⁶Ava van'un'uni, vagunun'uni, vanofamba nokuchiva kwavo; uye miromo yavo inotaura zvekuzvikudza, vachichiva vanhu nekuda kwemubairo.

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;

¹⁷Asi imwi vadiwa, rangarirai mashoko akagara ataurwa navaapositori vaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu;

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

¹⁸kuti vakakuvudzai kuti nenguva yekupedzisira vaseki vachavako, vachafamba nokuchiva kwavo kwekusada Mwari.

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

¹⁹Ndivo vanozviparadzanisa, ndevenyama, vasina Mweya.

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

²⁰Asi imwi vadiwa, muchizvivaka parutendo rwenyu rwutsvene tsvene, muchinyengetera muMweya Mutsvene,

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

²¹muzvichengete murudo rwaMwari, muchitarisira tsitsi dzaIshe wedu, Jesu Kristu, kusvikira kuupenyu hwusingaperi.

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

²²Ivai netsitsi navamwe muchipa mutsauko,

²²and to some be kind, judging thoroughly,

²³asi vamwe muvaponese nokutya, muchivabvuta pamoto; muchivenga kunyange nenguvo yakasvibiswa nenyama.

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

²⁴Zvino kuna iye unogona kukuchengetai pakugumburwa, nokukuteyai musina chamungapomerwa pamberi pokubwinya kwake nomufaro mukuru,

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

²⁵kuna Mwari Muponesi wedu mumwe chete wakachenjera, ngakuve nokubwinya, neumambo, nesimba, neushe, zvose ikozvino nokusingaperi. Ameni.

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