Juda 1
1 An Juda ma misumba Yesu Kristo, kendo ma owadgi Jakobo, Andiko ni joma oseluongi, ma Nyasaye Wuoro ohero, kendo ma Yesu Kristo orito:
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 Mad ngʼwono gi kwe kod hera mogundho obed kodu.
May mercy, peace, and love be yours in ever-increasing measure.
3 Osiepena 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.
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 Nikech 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.
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 Kata 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.
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 Kata 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. (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 Kamano 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. (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 Mano 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.
Yet in the very same way these men, too, cherishing vain dreams, pollute our human nature, reject control, and malign the Mighty.
9 To 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!”
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 Jogi 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.
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 Ginine malit! Giseluwo tim Kain, kendo gisemwomore e ketho mar Balaam nikech gihero pesa, omiyo osetiekgi kaachiel gi Kora nikech gisengʼanyo kaka Kora nongʼanyo.
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 Jogi 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.
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 Jogi 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. (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 Enoka, 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
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 mondo 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.”
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 Jogi 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.
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 To osiepena mageno, paruru gik mane joote mag Ruodhwa Yesu Kristo okoro chon.
But do you, dear friends, recall what was foretold by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
18 Ne giwachonu niya, “E ndalo giko joma jaro ji nobedie ma noluw gombogi giwegi maricho.”
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 Magi e joma kelo pogruok e kindu, kendo gombogi mag ringruok ema chikogi, gionge Roho.
These are the people — animal and unspiritual — who cause divisions.
20 To un, osiepena mageno, gerreuru e yie maru maler, kendo lemuru ka un ei Roho Maler.
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 Sikuru ei hera Nyasaye ka urito ngʼwono mar Ruodhwa Yesu Kristo mondo okelu e ngima mochwere. (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 Kechuru joma riwo gi kiawa,
To some show pity, because they are in doubt. ‘Drag them out of the fire,’ and save them.
23 resgiuru 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.
To others show pity, but with caution, hating the very clothing polluted by their touch.
24 Ne en manyalo ritou mondo kik upodhi e richo, kendo manyalo kelou e nyim duongʼne ka uonge ketho kendo ka un gimor maduongʼ
To him who is able to guard you from falling, and to bring you into his glorious presence, blameless and rejoicing —
25 mad duongʼ makende, gi loch gi teko, kod nyalo odogne Nyasaye Jawarwa kuom Yesu Kristo Ruodhwa, e tienge duto, sani kendo nyaka chiengʼ! Amin. (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)
