Hura 1
1 Na Hura, he pononga na Ihu Karaiti, he teina no Hemi, ki te hunga kua oti te whakatapu e te Atua Matua, he mea tiaki i roto i a Ihu Karaiti, he hunga karanga:
To those who, having received the Call, have been loved by God the Father and protected by Jesus Christ, From Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and the brother of James.
2 Kia whakanuia ki a koutou te mahi tohu, te rangimarie me te aroha.
May mercy, peace, and love be yours in ever-increasing measure.
3 E nga hoa aroha, i ahau e takare tonu ana ki te tuhituhi ki a koutou mo to tatou whakaoranga tahi, i mea ahau me tuhituhi ki a koutou, me whakahauhau kia kaha te tohe ki te whakapono kua oti nei te tuku mai ki te hunga tapu.
Dear friends, while I was making every effort to write to you about our common Salvation, I felt that I must write to you at once to urge you to fight in defence of the Faith that has once for all been entrusted to the keeping of Christ’s People.
4 Kua tomo puku mai hoki etahi tangata, ko era ano i tuhituhia i mua mo tenei whakataunga he, he hunga karakiakore, e whakaputa ke ana ratou i te aroha noa o to tatou Atua hei mea mo nga hiahia taikaha, a whakakahore ana ratou ki to tatou Ariki, ki a Ihu Karaiti, ko ia anake to tatou Ariki.
For there have crept in among you certain godless people, whose sentence has long since been pronounced, and who make the mercy of God an excuse for profligacy, and disown our only lord and master, Jesus Christ.
5 Na, e mea ana ahau kia whakamaharatia koutou, kua matau noa ake ano ia koutou ki tenei, i whakaorangia mai e te Ariki te iwi i te whenua o Ihipa, muri iho whakangaromia ana e ia te hunga kihai nei i whakapono.
Now I want to remind you — but you already know it all — that, though the Lord delivered the People from Egypt, yet he afterwards destroyed those who refused to believe in him;
6 Na, ko nga anahera, kihai nei i mau ki to ratou ake rohe, heoi whakarerea ana to ratou nohoanga ake, kua waiho e ia i raro i te pouri, mau tonu te here ki nga mekameka, mo te whakawa o te ra nui. (aïdios g126)
and that even those angels, who did not keep to their appointed spheres, but left their proper homes, have been kept by him for the judgment of the Great Day in everlasting chains and black darkness. (aïdios g126)
7 Ka rite ki Horoma, ki Komora, ki nga pa hoki i tata ki reira, i pera me enei, te moepuku, te whai i nga kikokiko ke; kua waiho ratou hei tohu, pangia ana ratou e te whiu, ara e te ahi ka tonu. (aiōnios g166)
Like Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns near them, which gave themselves up to fornication, and fell into unnatural vice, these angels now stand out as a warning, undergoing, as they are, the punishment of aeonian fire. (aiōnios g166)
8 Ko ta tenei hunga moemoea ano hoki tena; e whakapoke ana i te kikokiko, e whakahawea ana ki te kawanatanga, e korero kino ana ki nga rangatira.
Yet in the very same way these men, too, cherishing vain dreams, pollute our human nature, reject control, and malign the Mighty.
9 Ko Mikaera ia, ko te tino anahera, i ta raua ngangautanga ko te rewera, i a ia e tohe ana ki te tinana o Mohi, kihai i tae tona aro ki te kupu kanga i te whakawakanga; i mea kau ia, Ma te Ariki koe e riri.
Yet even Michael, the Archangel, when, in his dispute with the Devil, he was arguing about the body of Moses, did not venture to charge him with maligning, but said merely ‘The Lord rebuke you!’
10 Ko enei ia, e korerotia kinotia ana e ratou nga mea kahore nei ratou i matau; na, ko nga mea e matauria noatia ake nei e ratou pera i nga kararehe whakaarokore, he iho ratou i aua mea.
But these men malign whatever they do not understand; while they use such things as they know by instinct (like the animals that have no reason) for their own corruption.
11 Aue te mate mo ratou! kua haere nei hoki ratou i te ara o Kaina, kua torere rawa hoki ki te he, ara ki to Paraama utu, na ko to Koraha totohe hei whakangaromanga mo ratou.
Alas for them! They walk in the steps of Cain; led astray by Balaam’s love of gain, they plunge into sin, and meet their ruin through rebellion like that of Korah.
12 He toka moana ratou i roto i a koutou hakari aroha, i a ratou e hakari tahi ana me koutou, he hepara e whangai ana i a ratou ano, kahore hoki e mataku; he kapua waikore e akina ana e nga hau; he rakau kua ngahoro nei nga rau, he mea huakore, ka rua nei nga matenga, he mea kua unuhia ake i nga pakiaka;
These are the men who are blots upon your ‘Love-feasts,’ when they feast together and provide without scruple for themselves alone. They are clouds without rain, driven before the winds; they are leafless trees without a vestige of fruit, dead through and through, torn up by the roots;
13 He ngaru pua no te moana, e whakatutu ana i te huka o to ratou whakama; he whetu atiutiu noa, pouri kerekere te wahi kua rite mo ratou mo ake tonu atu. (aiōn g165)
they are wild sea waves, foaming with their own shame; they are ‘wandering stars,’ for which the blackest darkness has been reserved for ever. (aiōn g165)
14 I poropititia ano hoki enei e Enoka, e te tuawhitu i muri i a Arama, i a ia i mea, Na, kei te haere mai te Ariki me nga mano tini o tana hunga tapu,
To these men, as to others, Enoch, the seventh in descent from Adam, declared — ‘See! the Lord has come with his hosts of holy ones around him,
15 Kia whakaritea he whakawa mo nga tangata katoa, kia riria hoki te hunga karakiakore o ratou mo a ratou mahi takahi i te karakia katoa, i he ai ratou ki te karakia, mo nga kupu pakeke katoa i korerotia e te hunga hara, e te hunga karakiakore, mon a.
to execute judgment upon all men, and to convict all godless people of all their godless acts, which in their ungodliness they have committed, and of all the harsh words which they have spoken against him, godless sinners that they are!’
16 He hunga amuamu ratou, he kowhetewhete, e haere ana i runga i o ratou hiahia ake, tetere rawa ano hoki nga kupu e korero nei o ratou mangai, he hunga whakapai kanohi ratou, he mea kia riro ai he mea ma ratou.
These men are always murmuring, and complaining of their lot; they follow where their passions lead them; they have arrogant words upon their lips; and they flatter men for the sake of what they can get from them.
17 E nga hoa aroha, kia mahara koutou ki nga kupu i korerotia i mua e nga apotoro a to tatou Ariki, a Ihu Karaiti;
But do you, dear friends, recall what was foretold by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
18 I mea hoki ratou ki a koutou, Tera e puta mai te hunga whakamanumanu a te wa whakamutunga, e haere ana i runga i o ratou hiahia karakiakore.
how they used to say to you — ‘As time draws to an end, there will be scoffers, who will be led by their godless passions.’
19 Na enei nga titorehanga, he hunga hiahia hoki ki te kikokiko kahore nei i a ratou te Wairua.
These are the people — animal and unspiritual — who cause divisions.
20 Ko koutou ia, e nga hoa aroha, hanga ake koutou hei whare ki runga ki to koutou whakapono tapu rawa, me te inoi ano i roto i te Wairua Tapu,
But do you, dear friends, build up your characters on the foundation of your most holy Faith, pray under the guidance of the Holy Spirit,
21 Me te tiaki ano i a koutou i runga i te aroha o te Atua, me te tatari ano ki te mahi tohu a to tatou Ariki, a Ihu Karaiti, a te ora tonu ra ano. (aiōnios g166)
and keep within the love of God, while waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, to bring you to Immortal Life. (aiōnios g166)
22 Ko etahi ano tohungia, e ruarua tonu nei nga whakaaro.
To some show pity, because they are in doubt. ‘Drag them out of the fire,’ and save them.
23 Ko etahi me whakaora, ka to mai i roto i te kapura; a ko etahi tohungia i runga i te mataku; me te weriweri rawa ki te kakahu i poke i te kikokiko.
To others show pity, but with caution, hating the very clothing polluted by their touch.
24 Na, ki te mea kaha ki te tiaki i a koutou kei hinga, ki te whakatu hoki i a koutou ki te aroaro o tona kororia, he mea kohakore i runga i te hari whakaharahara,
To him who is able to guard you from falling, and to bring you into his glorious presence, blameless and rejoicing —
25 Ki a ia, ko ia anake nei te Atua, ki to tatou Kaiwhakaora, i roto i a ihu Karaiti, i to tatou Ariki, waiho atu i a ia te kororia, te nui, te kaha, te mana, i mua atu o nga wa katoa, aianei, a ake ake. Amine. (aiōn g165)
to the one God, our Saviour, be ascribed, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, glory, majesty, power, and dominion, as it was before time began, is now, and shall be for all time to come. Amen. (aiōn g165)
