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

¹ Jude, or, Judah a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

²Tsitsi kwamuri, nerugare, nerudo, ngazvipamhidzirwe.

²Mercy 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, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all 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 are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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

⁵Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn’t believe.

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

⁶Angels who didn’t keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.

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

⁷Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

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

⁸Yet in the same way, these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander celestial beings.

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

⁹But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”

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

¹⁰But these speak evil of whatever things they don’t know. What they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, they are destroyed in these things.

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

¹¹Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in Korah’s rebellion.

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 hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

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

¹³wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.

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

¹⁴About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,

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 execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

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

¹⁶These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaks proud things), showing respect of persons to gain advantage.

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

¹⁷But you, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

¹⁸They said to you that “In the last time there will be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.”

¹⁹Ndivo vanozviparadzanisa, ndevenyama, vasina Mweya.

¹⁹These are they who cause divisions, and are sensual, not having the Spirit.

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

²⁰But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.

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

²¹Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

²²Ivai netsitsi navamwe muchipa mutsauko,

²²On some have compassion, making a distinction,

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

²³and some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

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

²⁴Now to him who is able to keep them TR and NU read “you” from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

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

²⁵to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.