Jide 1
1 Ngai Jide, mowumbu ya Yesu-Klisto mpe ndeko ya Jake; Epai ya bato oyo Nzambe abenga, ba-oyo Nzambe Tata alingaka, mpe ba-oyo babatelami mpo na Yesu-Klisto:
Jude, slave of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called, those who have been sanctified by God the Father and preserved through Jesus Christ:
2 Tika ete mawa, kimia mpe bolingo efuluka kati na bino!
May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.
3 Balingami na ngai, nazalaki na posa makasi ya kokomela bino na tina na lobiko oyo tozali na yango na lisanga. Nazwaki mokumba ya kokomela bino mpo na kolendisa bino ete bobunda mpo na kondima oyo Nzambe apesaki, mbala moko mpo na libela, epai ya basantu.
Dear ones, while I was really intent on writing to you about the salvation we share, I had a compulsion to write exhorting you to contend earnestly for the Faith once for all committed to the saints.
4 Pamba te ezali na bato mosusu oyo basili kokota kati na bino na mayele mabe, ba-oyo etumbu na bango ekomama wuta kala: batosaka makambo ya Nzambe te, bakomisaka ngolu ya Nzambe na biso lokola nzela ya kosala makambo na bango ya soni, mpe bawanganaka Yesu-Klisto, Mokonzi kaka moko mpe Nkolo na biso.
Because certain men, who were marked out for this condemnation long ago, have sneaked in; they are godless, perverting the grace of our God into licentiousness and denying the only Sovereign God, even our Lord Jesus Christ.
5 Atako boyebi malamu makambo oyo nyonso, kasi nalingi kaka koyebisa bino lisusu ete Nkolo akangolaki bato na Ye na bowumbu kati na Ejipito, kasi, sima na yango, abomaki ba-oyo bazalaki na kondima te.
So I want to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord delivered a people out of the land of Egypt yet later destroyed those who did not believe.
6 Nzambe akangaki mpe na minyololo ya seko, kati na molili mpo na kosambisama ya mokolo monene, ba-anjelu oyo basepelaki te na evandelo oyo Nzambe apesaki bango mpe batikaki yango. (aïdios g126)
And the angels who did not keep their proper domain but deserted their own dwelling He has kept bound in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day. (aïdios g126)
7 Ndenge moko mpe mpo na bato ya Sodome, ya Gomore mpe ya bingumba ya pembeni: basalaki ndenge moko na ba-anjelu, bamipesaki na pite mpe bazalaki kosangisa nzoto na ndenge oyo esengeli te. Bazali ndakisa mpo na bato oyo bazali komona pasi ya etumbu ya moto ya seko na seko. (aiōnios g166)
So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns—who gave themselves up to fornication and went after a different kind of flesh in a manner similar to those angels—stand as an example, undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. (aiōnios g166)
8 Ezali mpe ndenge moko mpo na bato wana: makanisi na bango etindikaka bango na kobebisa banzoto na bango, na kotiola bokonzi ya Nkolo, mpe na kofinga bikelamu ya nkembo ya Likolo.
Likewise these dreamers in their turn both defile flesh and reject authority and slander celestial beings.
9 Nzokande, ezala Misheli, mokonzi ya ba-anjelu, tango abendanaki na Satana na tina na nzoto ya Moyize, amekaki ata moke te kopesa Satana etumbu ya soni; kasi alobaki kaka: « Tika ete Nkolo apesa yo etumbu! »
Yet even Michael the archangel, when taking issue with the devil—he was arguing about Moses' corpse—did not dare to pronounce a reviling judgment, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”
10 Kasi bato wana bafingaka oyo bango basosolaka te, mpe makambo oyo bango basosolaka na lolenge na bango ya bomoto mpe ya bonyama ekobebisa bango.
But these speak abusively against whatever they do not understand, while whatever they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals—by these things they are ruined.
11 Mawa na bango, pamba te balandaki nzela ya Kayina, bapengwaki lokola Balami mpo na lokoso ya mbongo, mpe bakufaki lokola Kore mpo na botomboki.
Woe to them, because they have taken the way of Cain, have rushed into Balaam's error for profit, and have destroyed themselves in Korah's rebellion!
12 Ezali mpe kaka bango nde babetisaka baninga mabaku na tango ya kolia na lisanga: baliaka na lokoso mpe na soni te, balukaka kaka bolamu na bango; bazali lokola mapata oyo ezangi mayi, oyo mopepe ezali komema; bazali lokola banzete oyo ebotaka bambuma te, ata na eleko ya kobuka bambuma; ekufaka mbala mibale soki bapikoli yango.
These men are hidden reefs at your love feasts, joining the feast without fear, caring only for themselves; they are clouds without rain, carried along by winds; they are late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead (having been uprooted);
13 Babimisaka misala na bango ya soni ndenge ebale monene ebimisaka mbonge mpe fulufulu soki etomboki makasi; bazali lokola minzoto oyo eyengaka-yengaka. Nzambe abombeli bango etumbu ya molili makasi mpo na libela. (aiōn g165)
they are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shameful acts; they are wandering stars, for whom the black of the darkness has been reserved forever. (aiōn g165)
14 Ezala Enoki, mokitani ya sambo wuta Adamu, asakolaki na tina na bango: « Tala, Nkolo azali koya elongo na basantu na Ye, bankoto na bankoto,
Now even Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men saying: “Look, the Lord is coming with ten thousands of His holy ones
15 mpo na kosambisa bato nyonso mpe kopesa etumbu na bato nyonso oyo batosaka Ye te mpo na misala na bango nyonso ya botomboki mpe mpo na mafinga nyonso oyo basumuki yango babimisaki mpo na kofinga Nzambe. »
to execute judgment on everyone and to convict all the godless among them of all their godless deeds that they have godlessly perpetrated, also of all the harsh things they have spoken against Him—the godless sinners!”
16 Bato yango bayimaka-yimaka mpe bamilelaka-lelaka tango nyonso, batambolaka kolanda baposa mabe ya banzoto na bango, bamikumisaka mpe bakumisaka bato mosusu na lokuta mpo na kobenda litomba kowuta na bango.
These men are grumblers and complainers, living according to their own evil desires; they talk big, flattering people to gain advantage.
17 Kasi bino, balingami na ngai, bokanisa maloba oyo bantoma ya Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na biso, balobaki liboso.
But you, dear ones, remember the words that were spoken before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:
18 Balobaki na bino: « Na tango ya suka, ekozala na batioli oyo bakotambola kolanda baposa na bango, oyo ekotindika bango na koboya kotosa makambo ya Nzambe. »
how they told you that in the last time there will be scoffers who live according to their own godless desires.
19 Bazali bato oyo bakotisaka bokabwani kati na bato, bazali lokola banyama mpo ete bazangi Molimo ya Nzambe.
These are the ones who cause division; they are ‘soulish’, not having a spirit.
20 Kasi bino, balingami na ngai, botonga bomoi na bino na likolo ya kondima na bino, oyo eleki bule. Bobondelaka na nguya ya Molimo Mosantu.
But you, dear ones, building yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
21 Bomibomba kati na bolingo ya Nzambe, wana bozali kozela ete Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na biso, na mawa na Ye, apesa bino bomoi ya seko. (aiōnios g166)
keep yourselves in God's love, looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ into eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
22 Boyokela bato oyo bazali nanu na tembe mawa;
Now be merciful to some, making a distinction;
23 mpo na bato mosusu, bobikisa bango na kobimisa bango na moto; mpe mpo na bato mosusu lisusu, boyokela bango mpe mawa oyo esangana na bobangi, na koyina ezala ata bilamba na bango, oyo baposa na bango ya nzoto ekomisa mbindo.
but others save with fear, snatching them out of the fire, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.
24 Epai na Ye oyo azali na makoki ya kobatela bino mpo ete bokweya te, mpe ya kotelemisa bino liboso ya nkembo na Ye lokola bato oyo bazangi mbeba mpe bato ya esengo monene;
Now to Him who is able to keep them from stumbling and to present them before His glorious presence without fault and with exultation—
25 epai ya Nzambe moko kaka, Mobikisi na biso, na nzela ya Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na biso, tika ete nkembo, lokumu, nguya mpe bokonzi ezala ya Ye, wuta liboso ya tango, sik’oyo mpe mpo na libela na libela! Amen! (aiōn g165)
to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, power and authority, both now and throughout all the ages! Amen. (aiōn g165)
