< Jude 1 >
1 Jude Jesus Christ slave brother then James the/this/who in/on/among God father (to love *N(K)O*) and Jesus Christ to keep: protect called
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 mercy you and peace and love to multiply
May mercy, peace, and love be yours in ever increasing measure.
3 beloved all diligence to do/make: do to write you about the/this/who common: shared (me *NO*) salvation necessity to have/be to write you to plead/comfort to contend the/this/who once to deliver the/this/who holy: saint faith
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 encourage you to fight in defence of the faith that has once for all been entrusted to the keeping of Christ’s people.
4 to infiltrate for one a human the/this/who of old to write/designate toward this/he/she/it the/this/who judgment ungodly the/this/who the/this/who God me grace to transport toward debauchery and the/this/who alone master (God *K*) and lord: God me Jesus Christ to deny
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 to remind then you to plan to know you (all *N(K)O*) that/since: that (the/this/who *NK*) (lord: God *NK(O)*) once a people out from earth: country Egypt to save the/this/who secondly the/this/who not to trust (in) to destroy
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 angel and/both the/this/who not to keep: observe the/this/who themself beginning but to leave the/this/who one's own/private dwelling toward judgment great day chain eternal by/under: under darkness to keep: guard (aïdios )
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 )
7 as/when Sodom and Gomorrah and the/this/who about it/s/he city the/this/who like way this/he/she/it to fornicate and to go away after flesh other to set before example fire eternal condemnation to undergo (aiōnios )
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, punishment in eternal fire. (aiōnios )
8 similarly yet and this/he/she/it to dream flesh on the other hand to stain lordship then to reject glory then to blaspheme
Yet in the same way these people, too, cherishing vain dreams, pollute our human nature, reject control, and malign the celestial beings.
9 the/this/who then Michael the/this/who archangel when the/this/who devilish/the Devil to judge/doubt to dispute about the/this/who Moses body no be bold judgment to inflict blasphemy but to say to rebuke you lord: God
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 this/he/she/it then just as/how much on the other hand no to know to blaspheme just as/how much then physically as/when the/this/who unreasonable living thing to know/understand in/on/among this/he/she/it to destroy
But these people 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 woe! it/s/he that/since: since the/this/who road the/this/who Cain to travel and the/this/who error the/this/who Balaam wage to pour out and the/this/who dispute the/this/who Korah to destroy
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 Korah.
12 this/he/she/it to be (the/this/who *no*) in/on/among the/this/who love you reef to feast with fearlessly themself to shepherd cloud waterless by/under: by wind (to take away *N(k)O*) tree autumnal unfruitful twice to die to uproot
These are the people who are blots on 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 a wave wild sea to foam up the/this/who themself shame star wandering which the/this/who darkness the/this/who darkness toward (the/this/who *k*) an age: eternity to keep: guard (aiōn )
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 )
14 to prophesy then and this/he/she/it seventh away from Adam Enoch to say look! to come/go lord: God in/on/among holy: saint myriad it/s/he
To these people, 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 to do/make: do judgment according to all and (to rebuke *N(K)O*) (all *N(k)O*) (the/this/who *ko*) (soul *N(K)O*) (it/s/he *K*) about all the/this/who work ungodlinessness it/s/he which be ungodly and about all the/this/who hard which to speak according to it/s/he sinful ungodly
to execute judgment on all people, 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 this/he/she/it to be a murmurer malcontent according to the/this/who desire (themself *N(k)O*) to travel and the/this/who mouth it/s/he to speak boastful to marvel face advantage because of
These people are always murmuring, and complaining of their lot; they follow where their passions lead them; they have arrogant words on their lips; and they flatter others for the sake of what they can get from them.
17 you then beloved to remember the/this/who declaration the/this/who to predict by/under: by the/this/who apostle the/this/who lord: God me Jesus Christ
But you should, dear friends, recall what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
18 that/since: since to say you that/since: that (upon/to/against last/least *N(k)O*) (the/this/who *n*) (time *N(k)O*) to be a mocker according to the/this/who themself desire to travel the/this/who ungodlinessness
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 this/he/she/it to be the/this/who to divide natural spirit/breath: spirit not to have/be
These are the people – animal and unspiritual – who cause divisions.
20 you then beloved to build up/upon themself the/this/who holy you faith in/on/among spirit/breath: spirit holy to pray
But you must, dear friends, build up your characters on the foundation of your most holy faith, pray under the guidance of the Holy Spirit,
21 themself in/on/among love God to keep: observe to wait for/welcome the/this/who mercy the/this/who lord: God me Jesus Christ toward life eternal (aiōnios )
and keep within the love of God, while waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, to bring you to eternal life. (aiōnios )
22 and which on the other hand (to have mercy *NK(O)*) (to judge/doubt *N(k)O*)
To some show pity, because they are in doubt. “Drag them out of the fire,” and save them.
23 which then to save out from (the/this/who *k*) fire to seize (which then to have mercy *NO*) in/on/among fear to hate and the/this/who away from the/this/who flesh to stain tunic
To others show pity, but with caution, hating the clothing polluted by their touch.
24 the/this/who then be able to keep/guard: protect (you *NK(O)*) without falling and to stand before the/this/who glory it/s/he blameless in/on/among joy
To him who is able to guard you from falling, and to bring you into his glorious presence, blameless and rejoicing –
25 alone (wise *K*) God savior me (through/because of Jesus Christ the/this/who lord: God me *NO*) glory (and *k*) majesty power and authority (before all the/this/who an age: eternity *NO*) and now and toward all the/this/who an age: eternity amen (aiōn )
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 will be for all time to come. Amen. (aiōn )