Yuda 1
1 Yuda, mtumwa wa Yesu Kristo, na ndugu yake Yakobo, kwa wale ambao wameitwa, wapendwao katika Mungu Baba, na waliotunzwa kwa ajili ya Yesu Kristo:
Jude, bondman of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called ones beloved in God [the] Father and preserved in Jesus Christ:
2 rehema na amani na upendo viongezwe kwenu.
Mercy to you, and peace, and love be multiplied.
3 Wapenzi, wakati nilipokuwa nikifanya kila juhudi kuwaandikia ninyi kuhusu wokovu wetu sote, ilinilazimu kuwaandikia kwa ajili ya kuwashauri ili mshindanie kwa uaminifu imani ambayo ilikuwa imekabidhiwa mara moja tu kwa waamini.
Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I have been obliged to write to you exhorting [you] to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.
4 Kwa sababu watu fulani wamejiingiza kwa siri kati yenu - watu ambao walitiwa alama kwa ajili ya hukumu - watu wasio wataua ambao hubadili neema ya Mungu wetu kuwa ufisadi, na kumkana Bwana wetu pekee na Bwana Yesu Kristo.
For certain men have got in unnoticed, they who of old were marked out beforehand to this sentence, ungodly [persons], turning the grace of our God into dissoluteness, and denying our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.
5 Sasa napenda kuwakumbusha ninyi ingawa kuna wakati mlijua kwa ukamilifu kwamba Bwana aliwaokoa watu kutoka nchi ya Misri, lakini baadaye kuwaangamiza wale ambao hawakuamini.
But I would put you in remembrance, you who once knew all things, that the Lord, having saved a people out of [the] land of Egypt, in the second place destroyed those who had not believed.
6 Na malaika ambao hawakuilinda enzi yao wenyewe lakini wakaacha makao yao maalum Mungu amewaweka katika minyororo ya milele, ndani ya giza, kwa ajili ya hukumu ya siku ile kuu. (aïdios g126)
And angels who had not kept their own original state, but had abandoned their own dwelling, he keeps in eternal chains under gloomy darkness, to [the] judgment of [the] great day; (aïdios g126)
7 Kama vile Sodoma na Gomora na miji iliyoizunguka, ambayo pia ilijiingiza yenyewe katika uasherati na wakafuata tamaa isiyo ya asili. Walioneshwa kama mifano ya wale ambao huteseka katika hukumu ya moto wa milele. (aiōnios g166)
as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities around them, committing greedily fornication, in like manner with them, and going after other flesh, lie there as an example, undergoing the judgment of eternal fire. (aiōnios g166)
8 Hali kadhalika, kwa njia ile ile waota ndoto hawa pia huchafua miili yao, na hukataa mamlaka, na wananena uongo dhidi ya mtukufu.
Yet in like manner these dreamers also defile [the] flesh, and despise lordship, and speak railingly against dignities.
9 Lakini hata Mikaeli malaika mkuu, wakati alipokuwa akishindana na ibilisi na kuhojiana naye kwa ajili ya mwili wa Musa, hakuthubutu kuleta hukumu ya uongo dhidi yake, lakini badala yake alisema, “Bwana akukemee!”
But Michael the archangel, when disputing with the devil he reasoned about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a railing judgment against [him], but said, [The] Lord rebuke thee.
10 Lakini watu hawa huleta uongo dhidi ya chochote wasicho kifahamu. Na kile wasicho kifahamu- kile ambacho wanyama wasio na akili hujua kwa silika- haya ndiyo yaliyo waharibu.
But these, whatever things they know not, they speak railingly against; but what even, as the irrational animals, they understand by mere nature, in these things they corrupt themselves.
11 Ole wao! Kwa kuwa wametembea katika njia ya Kaini, na kulifuata kosa la Balaamu. Wameangamia katika uasi wa Kora.
Woe to them! because they have gone in the way of Cain, and given themselves up to the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 Hawa ni miamba katika sherehe zenu za upendo, wakisherehekea bila aibu, wakijilisha tu wenyewe. Ni mawingu yasiyo na maji, yanayobebwa na upepo, ni miti iliyopukutika isiyo na matunda iliyo kufa mara mbili, iliyong'olewa mizizi
These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together [with you] without fear, pasturing themselves; clouds without water, carried along by [the] winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;
13 Ni mawimbi ya bahari yenye kelele yakitoa aibu yao wenyewe, Ni nyota zinazorandaranda ambazo weusi wa giza umetunzwa kwa ajili yao milele. (aiōn g165)
raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom has been reserved the gloom of darkness for eternity. (aiōn g165)
14 Enoko, wa saba katika orodha ya Adamu, alitabiri kuhusu wao, akisema, “Tazama! Bwana anakuja na maelfu kwa maelfu ya watakatifu wake,
And Enoch, [the] seventh from Adam, prophesied also as to these, saying, Behold, [the] Lord has come amidst his holy myriads,
15 ili afanye hukumu juu ya kila mtu, na kutia hatia wote wasiomcha Mungu juu ya matendo yao yote waliyokwishafanya katika njia zisizo za kitauwa, na kwa maneno yote ya ukali ambayo wasio watauwa wameyanena dhidi yake.”
to execute judgment against all; and to convict all the ungodly of them of all their works of ungodliness, which they have wrought ungodlily, and of all the hard [things] which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
16 Hawa ni wale wanung'unikao, walalamikao ambao hufuata tamaa zao za uovu, wajivunao mno, ambao kwa faida yao hudanganya wengine.
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts; and their mouth speaks swelling words, admiring persons for the sake of profit.
17 Lakini ninyi, wapenzi, kumbukeni maneno ambayo yalinenwa zamani na mitume wa Bwana Yesu Kristo.
But ye, beloved, remember the words spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,
18 Walisema kwenu, “Katika wakati wa mwisho kutakuwa na watu wanaodhihaki ambao hufuata tamaa zao zisizo za kitauwa.”
that they said to you, that at [the] end of the time there should be mockers, walking after their own lusts of ungodlinesses.
19 Watu hawa ni watenganishaji, wanatawaliwa na tamaa za asili, na hawana Roho.
These are they who set [themselves] apart, natural [men], not having [the] Spirit.
20 Lakini ninyi, wapenzi, kama mjijengavyo katika imani yenu takatifu sana, na kama muombavyo katika Roho Mtakatifu,
But ye, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
21 jitunzeni katika upendo wa Mungu, na msubiri rehema ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo ambayo huwapatia uzima wa milele. (aiōnios g166)
keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
22 Onesheni rehema kwa wale walio na shaka.
And of some have compassion, making a difference,
23 Waokoeni wengine kwa kuwanyakua kutoka katika moto. Kwa wengine onesheni huruma kwa hofu, mkichukia hata vazi lililotiwa doa na mwili.
but others save with fear, snatching [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
24 Sasa kwake awezaye kuwalinda msijikwae, na kuwasababisha msimame mbele ya utukufu wake, bila mawaa na kuwa na furaha kuu,
But to him that is able to keep you without stumbling, and to set [you] with exultation blameless before his glory,
25 kwake Mungu pekee mwokozi kupitia Yesu Kristo Bwana wetu, utukufu uwe kwake, ukuu, uwezo na nguvu kabla ya nyakati zote, na sasa na hata milele. Amina. (aiōn g165)
to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, [be] glory, majesty, might, and authority, from before the whole age, and now, and to all the ages. Amen. (aiōn g165)
