< Jude 1 >
1 Jude of Jesus Christ servant, brother then of James, To those in God [the] Father (loved *N(K)O*) and in Jesus Christ kept called;
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, to those who are called and sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
2 Mercy to you and peace and love would be multiplied.
Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
3 Beloved, all diligence using to write to you concerning shared (of us *NO*) salvation, necessity I had to write to you exhorting [you] to contend earnestly for the once for all having been delivered to the saints faith.
Beloved, although I was quite eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.
4 Came in stealthily for certain men, those long ago designated unto this condemnation, ungodly [ones], the of the God of us grace changing into sensuality and the only master (God *K*) and Lord of us Jesus Christ denying.
For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have crept in unnoticed. They are ungodly men who pervert the grace of our God, turning it into a license for sensuality. By doing so, they deny God, who is our only Master, and also the Lord Jesus Christ.
5 To remind now you I want, knowing you (everything, *N(K)O*) that (*NK*) (Lord *NK(O)*) once a people out of [the] land of Egypt having saved afterward those not having believed He destroyed.
Now I want to remind you, although you already know this, that after the Lord saved a people out of the land of Egypt, he subsequently destroyed those who did not believe.
6 [The] angels both not having kept their own domain but having left [their] own dwelling, unto [the] judgment of [the] great day in chains eternal under darkness He has kept; (aïdios )
And the angels who did not keep within their proper domain, but left their own dwelling, he has kept under darkness in everlasting chains for the judgment of the great day. (aïdios )
7 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the around them cities in like manner with them having indulged in sexual immorality and having gone after flesh strange, are set forth as an example of fire eternal [the] penalty undergoing. (aiōnios )
Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in fornication and went after strange flesh in a manner similar to those angels, serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. (aiōnios )
8 Likewise yet also these dreaming [ones] [the] flesh indeed defile, authority however they set aside, glorious [ones] however they blaspheme.
In the same way these ungodly men, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile glorious beings.
9 But Michael the archangel, when with the devil disputing he was reasoning about Moses’ body, not did dare a judgment to bring against [him] blasphemy but said; Would [that] he rebuke you [the] Lord.
But when Michael the archangel was contending with the devil and disputing about the body of Moses, he did not dare to bring a reviling judgment against him, but said, “May the Lord rebuke yoʋ!”
10 These however as much as indeed not they understood they denigrate; as much as however naturally as the irrational animals they understand, in these things they corrupt themselves.
Yet these men slander whatever they do not understand, and they are corrupted by what they, like irrational beasts, instinctively comprehend.
11 Woe to them, because in the way of Cain they went and to the error of Balaam for reward they rushed and in the rebellion of Korah they perished.
Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, they rushed for reward to the error of Balaam, and they perished in the rebellion of Korah.
12 These are (the ones *no*) in the love feasts of you hidden reefs, feasting together [with you] fearlessly themselves shepherding; clouds without water, by winds (being carried away, *N(k)O*) trees autumnal without fruit, twice having died, having been uprooted;
These men are hidden reefs at your love feasts, feeding themselves as they feast among you without fear. They are clouds without water, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, pulled up by the roots.
13 waves wild of [the] sea foaming out their own shame, stars wandering to whom the gloom of darkness to (the *k*) age has been reserved. (aiōn )
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shameful deeds; wayward stars, for whom the thick gloom of darkness has been reserved forever. (aiōn )
14 He prophesied then also to these [the] seventh from Adam Enoch saying: Behold has come [the] Lord amidst holy [ones] myriads of His
Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied about these men, saying, “Behold, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones
15 to carry out judgment against all and (to convict *N(K)O*) (every *N(k)O*) (*ko*) (soul *N(K)O*) (of them *K*) concerning all the works of ungodliness of them in which they have been ungodly, and concerning all the harsh [things] that spoke against Him sinners ungodly.
to execute judgment against all and to convict all the ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds that they have done in an ungodly way, and to convict ungodly sinners of all the harsh words they have spoken against him.”
16 These are grumblers discontented, after the lusts (of themselves *N(k)O*) following, and the mouth of them speaks great swelling [words], flattering faces of profit because.
These men are grumblers and complainers, walking according to their own lusts. They speak bombastic words with their mouths, admiring people for their own advantage.
17 You yourselves however beloved, do remember the declarations which spoken beforehand by the apostles of the Lord of us Jesus Christ,
But you, beloved, must remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold,
18 for they were saying to you that (on [this] last *N(k)O*) (*n*) (time *N(k)O*) there will be scoffers after their own passions following of ungodlinesses.
how they said to you, “In the end times there will be scoffers who walk according to their own ungodly lusts.”
19 These are those causing divisions, worldly-minded, [the] Spirit not having.
These people cause divisions; they are worldly and do not have the Spirit.
20 you yourselves however, beloved, building up yourselves in the most holy of you faith in [the] Spirit Holy praying,
But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
21 yourselves in [the] love of God do keep, awaiting the mercy of the Lord of us Jesus Christ unto life eternal. (aiōnios )
must keep yourselves in the love of God as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. (aiōnios )
22 And those who indeed (do have mercy on *NK(O)*) (are doubting, *N(k)O*)
Have mercy on some, using discernment;
23 others however do save from (the *k*) fire snatching, (to others then do show mercy *NO*) with fear, hating even the by the flesh stained clothing.
and others save with fear by snatching them out of the fire, hating even the garment that is stained by the flesh.
24 To Him now being able to keep (you *NK(O)*) from stumbling and to present [you] in the presence of the glory of Him blameless with exultation —
Now to him who is able to keep them from falling and to make them stand unblemished in the presence of his glory with great joy,
25 to [the] only (wise *K*) God Savior of us, (through Jesus Christ the Lord of us, *NO*) [be] glory (and *k*) majesty dominion and authority (before all the age *NO*) and now and to all the ages, Amen. (aiōn )
to the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, power and authority, both now and forevermore. Amen. (aiōn )