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.

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:

²Nawatakieni huruma, amani na upendo kwa wingi.

²Mercy to you and peace and love be multiplied.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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."

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!”

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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;

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.

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

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

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

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."

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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²²Muwe na huruma kwa watu walio na mashaka;

²²On some have compassion, making a distinction,

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.

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

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

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,

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.

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