1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James,
To those who have been called, who are loved in God the Father and kept for1:1 Or by; or in Jesus Christ:
2Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.
The Sin and Doom of Ungodly People
3Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people. 4For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about1:4 Or individuals who were marked out for condemnation long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.
5Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord1:5 Some early manuscripts Jesus at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe. 6And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day. 7In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.
8In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings. 9But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”1:9 Jude is alluding to the Jewish Testament of Moses (approximately the first century a.d.). 10Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.
11Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error; they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.
12These people are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted—twice dead. 13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
14Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”1:15 From the Jewish First Book of Enoch (approximately the first century b.c.) 16These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
A Call to Persevere
17But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
20But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
22Be merciful to those who doubt; 23save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.1:23 The Greek manuscripts of these verses vary at several points.
Doxology
24To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— 25to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.
1An Juda ma misumba Yesu Kristo, kendo ma owadgi Jakobo,
Andiko ni joma oseluongi, ma Nyasaye Wuoro ohero, kendo ma Yesu Kristo orito:
2Mad ngʼwono gi kwe kod hera mogundho obed kodu.
Richo gi kum mar joma kia Nyasaye
3Osiepena mageno, kata obedo ni ne aikora ahinya mondo andiknu kuom wach warruok ma wan duto wan-go, naneno ni ber koro andiknu mondo ajiwu uked matek kuom wach yie mane ochiwne jomaler dichiel kendo mogik. 4Nikech jomoko mane osendik kuomgi chon ni bura oloyo osedonjo e dieru lingʼ-lingʼ. Gin joma kia Nyasaye, maloko ngʼwono mar Nyasachwa dokonegi thuolo mar timo richo, kendo gidagi Ruodhwa achiel kende ma en Yesu Kristo.
5Kata obedo ni usengʼeyo wechegi duto to pod nyaka aparnu ni Ruoth noreso joge mogologi e piny Misri, to bangʼe achien nokumo joma ne ok oyie. 6Kata mana malaike mane ok obedo kuondegi mag loch mane omigi, mago mane owuok oweyo keregi mane oketgie, gin bende osekanogi e mudho mandiwa, kotwegi gi nyoroche ma ok chodi nyaka chiengʼ, ka girito kum e odiechiengʼ maduongʼ. 7Kamano bende Sodom gi Gomora, kaachiel gi mier molworogi ne jochiwore ne chode gi anjawo. Gin gibedo kaka ranyisi mar joma ikumo kiwangʼo e mach manyaka chiengʼ.
8Mano e kaka jogi bende chalo. Lek ma gileko dwanyo ringregi kendo jogi odagi teko ma Ruoth nigo kendo giwuoyo marach kuom joma nigi duongʼ e polo. 9To kata mana Mikael malaika maduongʼ kane gilaro gi Satan ringre Musa, ne ok ohedhore wuoyo kuome marach kohangone wach, to nowachone mana niya, “Ruoth mondo okweri!” 10Jogi to yanyo gimoro amora ma ok gingʼeyo to gik ma giketore ni gingʼeyo mana kaka le maonge rieko nyalo timo, mago e gik mabiro tiekogi.
11Ginine malit! Giseluwo tim Kain, kendo gisemwomore e ketho mar Balaam nikech gihero pesa, omiyo osetiekgi kaachiel gi Kora nikech gisengʼanyo kaka Kora nongʼanyo.
12Jogi gin mbelni e sewni magu mag hera, kendo gichiemo kodu ka wengegi tek, gin jokwath mapidhore kendgi! Gichalo rumbi ma yamo tero to ok kel koth kendo gichalo olemo mopidhi kinde opon bende gichalo gi yien ma ok nyag olemo kendo mopudh gi tiendegi, gionge tich. 13Jogi onge gi wichkuot mana ka apaka mager mar nam, madhwolo buoyo kendo gibagni mana ka sulwe mabayo, gin joma osekan-negi kum mar mudho mandiwa manyaka chiengʼ.
14Enoka, mane odak e tiengʼ mar abiriyo bangʼ Adam, nokoro wach kuom jogi kowacho niya, “Neuru Ruoth biro gi oganda mangʼongo mar jomaler tara gi gana kuom tara gi gana 15mondo oyal ji duto kendo mondo okum joma richo duto kuom timbegi maricho magisetimo e yo ma ok mi Nyasaye duongʼ kendo kuom weche maricho duto ma joricho mochayo Nyasaye oseyanyego.” 16Jogi gin joma keko akeka kendo gin jomany ketho kuom ji; giluwo dwachgi giwegi maricho, bende giwuoyo gi sunga mathoth kuomgi giwegi. Kendo giwuondo ji gi weche mamit mondo giyud gik magidwaro.
Siem kod chike
17To osiepena mageno, paruru gik mane joote mag Ruodhwa Yesu Kristo okoro chon. 18Ne giwachonu niya, “E ndalo giko joma jaro ji nobedie ma noluw gombogi giwegi maricho.” 19Magi e joma kelo pogruok e kindu, kendo gombogi mag ringruok ema chikogi, gionge Roho.
20To un, osiepena mageno, gerreuru e yie maru maler, kendo lemuru ka un ei Roho Maler. 21Sikuru ei hera Nyasaye ka urito ngʼwono mar Ruodhwa Yesu Kristo mondo okelu e ngima mochwere.
22Kechuru joma riwo gi kiawa, 23resgiuru ka ugologi e mach mondo ures ngimagi, to moko kuomgi to kechuru kutangʼ kendo kuluor, ka umon kata mana gi lepgi ma gombogi mag richo osechido.
Pak
24Ne en manyalo ritou mondo kik upodhi e richo, kendo manyalo kelou e nyim duongʼne ka uonge ketho kendo ka un gimor maduongʼ 25mad duongʼ makende, gi loch gi teko, kod nyalo odogne Nyasaye Jawarwa kuom Yesu Kristo Ruodhwa, e tienge duto, sani kendo nyaka chiengʼ! Amin.
