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:
Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James: To those who are in God the Father, enfolded in His love, and kept for Jesus Christ, and called.
2 Mad ngʼwono gi kwe kod hera mogundho obed kodu.
May mercy, peace and love be abundantly granted to you.
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, since I am eager to begin a letter to you on the subject of our common salvation, I find myself constrained to write and cheer you on to the vigorous defense of the faith delivered once for all to God'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 certain persons have crept in unnoticed--men spoken of in ancient writings as pre-destined to this condemnation--ungodly men, who pervert the grace of our God into an excuse for immorality, and disown Jesus Christ, our only Sovereign and Lord.
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.
I desire to remind you--although the whole matter is already familiar to you--that the Lord saved a people out of the land of Egypt, but afterwards destroyed those who had no faith.
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 angels--those who did not keep the position originally assigned to them, but deserted their own proper abode--He reserves in everlasting bonds, in darkness, in preparation for the judgement of the great day. (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)
So also Sodom and Gomorrah--and the neighboring towns in the same manner--having been guilty of gross fornication and having gone astray in pursuit of unnatural vice, are now before us as a specimen of the fire of the Ages in the punishment which they are undergoing. (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 just the same way these dreamers also pollute the body, while they set authority at naught and speak evil of dignities.
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!”
But Michael the Archangel, when contending with the Devil and arguing with him about the body of Moses, did not dare to pronounce judgement on him in abusive terms, but simply said, "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.
Yet these men are abusive in matters of which they know nothing, and in things which, like the brutes, they understand instinctively--in all these they corrupt themselves.
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; for they have followed in the steps of Cain; for the sake of gain they have rushed on headlong in the evil ways of Balaam; and have perished in 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 men--sunken rocks! --are those who share the pleasure of your love-feasts, unrestrained by fear while caring only for themselves; clouds without water, driven away by the winds; trees that cast their fruit, barren, doubly dead, uprooted;
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)
wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom is reserved dense darkness of age-long duration. (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
It was also about these that Enoch, who belonged to the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, "The Lord has come, attended by myriads of His people, to execute judgement upon all,
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.”
and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly deeds which in their ungodliness they have committed, and of all the hard words which they, ungodly sinners as they are, have spoken against Him."
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 murmurers, ever bemoaning their lot. Their lives are guided by their evil passions, and their mouths are full of big, boastful words, while they treat individual men with admiring reverence for the sake of the advantage they can gain.
17 To osiepena mageno, paruru gik mane joote mag Ruodhwa Yesu Kristo okoro chon.
But as for you, my dearly-loved friends, remember the words that before now were spoken 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 declared to you, "In the last times there shall be scoffers, obeying only their own ungodly passions."
19 Magi e joma kelo pogruok e kindu, kendo gombogi mag ringruok ema chikogi, gionge Roho.
These are those who cause divisions. They are men of the world, wholly unspiritual.
20 To un, osiepena mageno, gerreuru e yie maru maler, kendo lemuru ka un ei Roho Maler.
But you, my dearly-loved friends, building yourselves up on the basis of your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
21 Sikuru ei hera Nyasaye ka urito ngʼwono mar Ruodhwa Yesu Kristo mondo okelu e ngima mochwere. (aiōnios g166)
must keep yourselves safe in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ which will result in the Life of the Ages. (aiōnios g166)
22 Kechuru joma riwo gi kiawa,
Some, when they argue with you, you must endeavor to convince;
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.
others you must try to save, as brands plucked from the flames; and on others look with pity mingled with fear, while you hate every trace of their sin.
24 Ne en manyalo ritou mondo kik upodhi e richo, kendo manyalo kelou e nyim duongʼne ka uonge ketho kendo ka un gimor maduongʼ
But to Him who is able to keep you safe from stumbling, and cause you to stand in the presence of His glory free from blemish and full of exultant joy--
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 only God our Saviour--through Jesus Christ our Lord, be ascribed glory, majesty, might, and authority, as it was before all time, is now, and shall be to all the Ages! Amen. (aiōn g165)
