1 Okuza ku Judas, omukarere wa Jesus Kristus, nomuangu wa Jakobus. Me tjanga ku imba mba isanewa i Ndjambi, mbe ri morusuvero rwa Ndjambi Ihe nu mbe tjeverwa i Jesus Kristus:
2 Otjari nohange norusuvero ngavi rire ovyeṋu okuura.
Ovahonge woposyo
3 Vakwetu ovasuverwa, ami mba kondja tjinene okumutjangera ondjamo eṱe atuhe mu tu norupa. Nungwari ami me munu kutja mbi sokumutjangera tjimanga okumuyanḓiparisa kutja mu rwire ongamburiro indji Ndjambi hapo ndja yandja kotjiwaṋa tje. 4 Orondu ovandu tjiva mbe ha tjiwa Ndjambi ve ya mokati ketu mongumumu. Owo va zunḓa otjari tja Ndjambi wetu kokutja ve riise mo mongarero yawo ombi, nu va imbirahi Omunauvara erike noMuhona wetu Jesus Kristus. Omatjangwa ya ukire rukuru hapo indji omberero ndji va muna.
5 Nandarire kutja mamu tjiwa oviṋa avihe mbi, ami me vanga okumuzemburukisa omuhingo Muhona otjikando tjimwe mbwa yamene na wo otjiwaṋa tja Israel kOvaengipte, nu tjazumba kombunda a kanyona imba mbe ha kamburire. 6 Wina zemburukeye imbi mbya tjitirwe kovaengeri mba mbe ha karere pu pa yandera ouvara wawo, nungwari mba isa omaturiro wawo. Ndjambi we ve pandekere nomapando nge ha timbauka, nu u ve ṱizira mourekoto womuzororema mu mave undjire ombanguriro yawo mEyuva ndi enene. 7 Zemburukeye Sodom na Gomora novirongo mbya ri popezu na vyo. Ovature vavyo aave tjiti otja ovaengeri mbo, notji ve ritwa mozondjito ozohakohoke nave tjiti oviṋa oviyaukise. Notja omaronga kovandu avehe owo ve ri momuriro waaruhe otja omberero yawo.
8 Nu momuhingo tjingewo owo movirimunikise vyawo vyomoturoto ve katuka notutu twawo oveni, nowo ve nyengura ouvara wa Ndjambi nave yamburura oviutwa oviingona vyeyuru. 9 Nandarire ingwi omuengeri otjiuru Mikael ka tjitire otjiṋa hi. Eye tja patasana na Satan kutja owaṋi ngu ma pewa orutu rwa Moses, Mikael ka rorere okuyambururire Satan nu ke mu pangurire, nungwari wa tjere ku ye: “Muhona nge ku vere!” 10 Nungwari ovandu mba ve yamburura oviṋa avihe, mbi ve hi nokutjiwa; nu imbi mbi ve tjiwa nokuhinouripura, tjimuna ovipuka vyokuti, ombi ri oviṋa mbi ve nyona. 11 Owee ku wo, tjinga ava twara ondjira ndji Kain ndja twarere. Nu motjimbe tjotjimariva owo va tjita ovineya mbi Balaam mbya tjitire. Owo va tjita ezunganeno otja Kora tjinga a tjitire, narire tji va yandekwa. 12 Owo ve mu yaukisa pomariro weṋu worusuvero mokurya neraru nokuhinohoṋi, nu ve na ko na tja na wo oveni porwe. Owo ve ri otja ovikamba mbi ha roko nu mbi mavi hingwa i ombepo. Ve ri otja omiti mbi ha ruku ovihape nandarire moruteṋi, mbya zukurwa nomize avihe, nu mbya koka okuyanda. 13 Owo ve ri otja ozongazona ovindandi zokuvare nḓe eta esuzu rozondjito zazo zohoṋi. Ve ri otja ozonyose nḓa pita momirari vyazo. Ndjambi we ve ṱunina oruveze mourekoto womuzororema mu mave karerere nga aruhe.
14 Nu Enok, indji ondekurona oitjahambombari ya Adam, we ve profeta rukuru a tja: “Muhona meya novaengeri ve ovayapuke omayovi omengi, 15 okuyekupangura ovandu avehe. Eye avehe meve verere ozondjito zourunde ndu va tjita, nu imba ovarunde meve verere omambo omayaukise ngu va hungirira ye!”
16 Ovandu mba aruhe ve unaunina ovakwao nokuvekuminina; ve hupa otja kozonḓero zawo zouvi. Owo ve rihiva oveni nu ve popa ovakwao kokutja ve ritumbise oveni.
Omaronga nomayanḓiparisiro
17 Nungwari eṋe, vakwetu, zemburukeye imbi mbi mwa raerwa i ovaapostele va Muhona wetu Jesus Kristus moruveze ndwa kapita. 18 Owo va tjere ku eṋe: “Omayuva omasenina tji ye ya, mape kara ovandu mbu mave mu nyekerere, nu mbu mave hupu otja kozonḓero zawo zouvi.” 19 Ovandu mba ve eta ohaṋi; owo ve hingwa i ozonḓuma zawo, nu mu wo kamu nOmbepo ya Ndjambi. 20 Nungwari eṋe vakwetu, panḓereye pongamburiro yeṋu ondjapuke tjinene nu mu zikame mu yo! Kumbeye aruhe momasa wOmbepo Ondjapuke. 21 Kareye morusuvero rwa Ndjambi amamu undju ku Muhona wetu Jesus Kristus kutja e mu pe omuinyo waaruhe motjari tje.
22 Tjariparereye imba mbe ripura pevari. 23 Yameye ovakweṋu varwe nokuvehakana momuriro. Nu varwe ve ṱireye otjari, nungwari tondeye nangarire inḓa ozombanda zawo nḓa ṱundwa i ozonḓuma zawo zouvi.
Ongumbiro yondangero
24 Ku ye ngu nomasa okumuyama kombutarero nokumueta nokuhinatjipo nondjorokero komurungu wongeṋangeṋeno ye, 25 ku ingwi Ndjambi porwe Omuyame wetu mu Muhona wetu Jesus Kristus, eye ongu nongeṋangeṋeno nounene nomasa nouvara okuza korukuru nga konambano nga ko nga aruhe! Amen.
1 From Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and the brother of James.
To all who are chosen and loved by God the Father and are kept safe by Jesus Christ.
2 I pray that God will greatly bless you with mercy, peace, and love!
False Teachers
3 My dear friends, I really wanted to write you about God's saving power at work in our lives. But instead, I must write and ask you to defend the faith that God has once for all given to his people. 4 Some godless people have sneaked in among us and are saying, “God treats us much better than we deserve, and so it is all right to be immoral.” They even deny we must obey Jesus Christ as our only Master and Lord. But long ago the Scriptures warned that these godless people were doomed.
5 Don't forget what happened to those people the Lord rescued from Egypt. Some of them did not have faith, and he later destroyed them. 6 You also know about the angels who didn't do their work and left their proper places. God chained them with everlasting chains and is now keeping them in dark pits until the great day of judgment. 7 We should also be warned by what happened to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and the nearby towns. Their people became immoral and committed all sorts of sexual sins. Then God made an example of them and punished them with eternal fire.
8 The people I am talking about are behaving just like those dreamers who destroyed their own bodies. They reject all authority and insult angels. 9 Even Michael, the chief angel, didn't dare to insult the devil, when the two of them were arguing about the body of Moses. All Michael said was, “The Lord will punish you!”
10 But these people insult powers they don't know anything about. They are like senseless animals that end up getting destroyed, because they live only by their feelings. 11 Now they are in for real trouble. They have followed Cain's example and have made the same mistake that Balaam did by caring only for money. They have also rebelled against God, just as Korah did. Because of all this, they will be destroyed.
12 These people are filthy minded, and by their shameful and selfish actions they spoil the meals you eat together. They are like clouds blown along by the wind, but never bringing any rain. They are like leafless trees, uprooted and dead, and unable to produce fruit. 13 Their shameful deeds show up like foam on wild ocean waves. They are like wandering stars forever doomed to the darkest pits of hell.
14 Enoch was the seventh person after Adam, and he was talking about these people when he said:
Look! The Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of holy angels 15 to judge everyone. He will punish all those ungodly people for all the evil things they have done. The Lord will surely punish those ungodly sinners for every evil thing they have ever said about him.
16 These people grumble and complain and live by their own selfish desires. They brag about themselves and flatter others to get what they want.
More Warnings
17 My dear friends, remember the warning you were given by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18 They told you that near the end of time, selfish and godless people would start making fun of God. 19 And now these people are already making you turn against each other. They think only about this life, and they don't have God's Spirit.
20 Dear friends, keep building on the foundation of your most holy faith, as the Holy Spirit helps you to pray. 21 And keep in step with God's love, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to show how kind he is by giving you eternal life. 22 Be helpful to all who may have doubts. 23 Rescue any who need to be saved, as you would rescue someone from a fire. Then with fear in your own hearts, have mercy on everyone who needs it. But hate even the clothes of those who have been made dirty by their filthy deeds.
Final Prayer
24-25 Offer praise to God our Savior because of our Lord Jesus Christ! Only God can keep you from falling and make you pure and joyful in his glorious presence. Before time began and now and forever, God is worthy of glory, honor, power, and authority. Amen.
