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, a slave of Jesus Christ, and a brother of James. To those who are in God, the Father beloved, kept for Jesus Christ, and called.
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.
Beloved, although I was making all haste to write to you in regard to our common salvation, I am compelled to write you an appeal to defend 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.
For certain men have crept in stealthily - men predestined in ancient prophecies for this condemnation - impious ones! They pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness, and deny Jesus Christ, our sole Master and Lord.
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.
I wish to remind you of what you already know right well, that although the Lord once saved a people out of the land of Egypt, he afterward 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)
while the angels who did not keep their first domain but left their proper abode, are held by him in blank darkness, in everlasting chains, in preparation 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 near-by cities which in like manner glutted themselves in sensuality and unnatural vice, are exhibited as a warning of the eternal fire, in the punishment they undergo. (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.
Yet in just the same way these dreamers also defile the flesh, while they set at naught dominion and scoff at dignities.
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! »
But Michael, the Archangel, when in contending with the devil, he was disputing about the body of Moses, did not dare to pronounce sentence for blasphemy, but said, "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.
Yet these men blaspheme about matters of which they know nothing, while they use such things as they do understand by instinct (like the animals who have no reason) for their own destruction.
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.
Alas for them! They have walked in the path of Cain; for the sake of gain they have rushed headlong into Balaam’s error, and have perished 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 are they who are stains upon your love-feasts; when they feast sumptuously without scruple, looking after none but themselves. They are clouds without water, driven along by the winds; trees of autumn, fruitless, doubly dead, torn up by the roots,
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)
wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness 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,
It was to these, too, that Enoch, the "seventh in descent from Adam," prophesied, saying, "Lo! the Lord is come with myriads of his saints,
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 upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly deeds which in their ungodliness they have committed; and of all the hard things which they have spoken against Him, ungodly sinners that they are!"
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.
For these are murmurers, always complaining. They always go where their passions lead, and their mouth speaks great swelling words, while they pay court to men for the sake of the advantage they can get.
17 Kasi bino, balingami na ngai, bokanisa maloba oyo bantoma ya Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na biso, balobaki liboso.
But as for you, dearly beloved, remember the words 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 used to say to you, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will be led only by their godless passions."
19 Bazali bato oyo bakotisaka bokabwani kati na bato, bazali lokola banyama mpo ete bazangi Molimo ya Nzambe.
These are the men, sensual and unspiritual, who cause divisions.
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, beloved, continually building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and ever 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)
must keep yourselves in the love of God, while waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, which ends in life eternal. (aiōnios g166)
22 Boyokela bato oyo bazali nanu na tembe mawa;
Pity some who are wavering, and save by dragging them out of the fire;
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.
others pity, but with caution, hating even the garment spotted 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 unto Him who has power to guard you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of his glory, faultless and exultant,
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 the only God, our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be ascribed glory, majesty, might, and authority, as it was before time began, is now, and ever shall be to all the ages. Amen. (aiōn g165)
