Judha 1

¹Judhasi, muranda waJesu Kristu, munun’una waJakobho, kuna vakaitwa vatsvene vakadanwa, vakadikanwa munaMwari Baba, vakachengetwa munaJesu Kristu:Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:

²Ngoni, norugare, norudo ngazviwanzwe kwamuri.Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.

³Vadikanwa, ndakati ndichishingaira zvikuru kukunyorerai pamusoro pokuponeswa kwedu tose, ndakavona kuti ndinofanira kukunyorerai, ndichikurairai kuti murwire kwazvo kutenda kwakadeya kupiwa vatsvene kamwe.Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

⁴Nokuti kuna vamwe varume vakapinda pakavanda, vakagara vaisirwa kare kutongwa uku, vanhu vasingadi Mwari vanoshandura nyasha dzaMwari wedu vachidziita vutere, vachiramba tenzi uyu mumwe chete, Ishe wedu Jesu Kristu.For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵Zvino ndinoda kukuyevudzai, kunyange maizviziva henyu kamwe kare zvose, kuti Ishe, wakati amborwira vanhu munyika yeIjipiti, akazoparadza avo vakanga vasingatendi.I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

⁶Navatumwa, vasinakuchengeta vukuru bwavo, asi vakasiya pavaifanira kugara, wakavachengeta muzvisungo zvisingaperi pasi perima guru kusvikira pakutongwa kwezuva guru;And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

⁷seSodhoma neGomora, namaguta akapoteredza, akazvipa kwazvo saivo kuvupombwe nokutevera imwe nyama, akaitwa chiratidzo, akarobwa nomoto usingaperi.Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

⁸Kunyange zvakadaro, vanhu ava pakurota kwavo vanosvibisa nyama yavo saizvozvo, vachiramba vukuru, nokutuka avo vanokubwinya.Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

⁹Asi Mikaeri, mutumwa mukuru, nguva yaakarwa naDhiabhorosi, akaita nharo naye pamusoro pomuviri waMosesi, wakatya kumupa mhosva namashoko okutuka, asi wakati: Ishe ngaakuraire.Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

¹⁰Asi vanhu ava vanotuka zvavasingazivi; napazvinhu izvo, zvavanonzwisisa kubva pakuberekwa kwavo, semhuka dzisingazivi, vanoparadzwa pazviri.But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

¹¹Vanenhamo, nokuti vakafamba nenzira yaKaini, vakapengera kukutsauka kwaBharami nokuda kwomubairo, vakaparadzwa nokukakavara kwaKora.Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

¹²Vanhu ava mabwe akavanzika pamitambo yenyu yorudo, kana vodya nemi vasingatyi, vafudzi vanongozvifudza ivo; makore asinamvura, anotinhwa nemhepo; miti yechando isinezvibereko, yakafa kaviri, yakadzurwa nemidzi;These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

¹³mafungu egungwa anopenga, anopupuma nyadzi dzawo; nyeredzi dzinofamba-famba, vakachengeterwa kusviba kwerima nokusingaperi.Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

¹⁴Enoki, wechinomwe kubva kunaAdhama, wakaprofitera ivava, achiti: Tarira, Ishe wakavuya navatsvene vake vanezvuru zvamazana,And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

¹⁵kuti atonge vose, nokurova vose vasingadi Mwari pamusoro pamabasa avo ose okusada Mwari, avakaita nokusada kwavo Mwari, napamusoro pamashoko ose makukutu akataurwa navatadzi vasingadi Mwari.To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

¹⁶Ivo van’un’uni navasingatendi nezvavanazvo, vanofamba nokuchiva kwavo; (miromo yavo inotaura mashoko okuzvikudza), vachikudza vanhu nokuda kwokufumiswa.These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.

¹⁷Asi imi vadikanwa, rangarirai mashoko akadeya kutaurwa navaapostora vaShe wedu, Jesu Kristu;But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

¹⁸kuti vakakuvudzai kuti nenguva yokupedzisira vaseki vachava’ko, vanofamba nokuchiva kwavo vasingadi Mwari.How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

¹⁹Ndivo vanoparadzanisa, ndovenyama, vasinoMweya.These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

²⁰Asi imi vadikanwa, muzvivake pakutenda kwenyu kutsvene tsvene, munyengetere muMweya Mutsvene,But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

²¹Muzvichengete murudo rwaMwari, muchitarira ngoni dzaShe wedu, Jesu Kristu, muve novupenyu bwusingaperi.Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

²²Ivai nengoni navamwe vanenyunyuto,And of some have compassion, making a difference:

²³muvaponese muchivabvuta pamoto; vamwe muvaponese nokutya. muchivenga kunyange nenguvo yakasvibiswa nenyama.And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

²⁴Zvino kunaiye unogona kukuchengetai, kuti murege kugumburwa, nokukuisai pamberi pokubwinya kwake musina chamungapomerwa, muchifara kwazvo,Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

²⁵kunaMwari mumwe chete wakachenjera, Muponesi wedu, naJesu Kristu, Ishe wedu, ngakuve kubwinya, novumambo, nesimba, novushe, zvino, nokusingaperi. Ameni.To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.