1 Jude, bondman of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called ones beloved in God {the} Father and preserved in Jesus Christ:
2 Mercy to you, and peace, and love be multiplied.
3 Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I have been obliged to write to you exhorting {you} to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.
4 For certain men have got in unnoticed, they who of old were marked out beforehand to this sentence, ungodly {persons}, turning the grace of our God into dissoluteness, and denying our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.
5 But I would put you in remembrance, you who once knew all things, that the Lord, having saved a people out of {the} land of Egypt, in the second place destroyed those who had not believed.
6 And angels who had not kept their own original state, but had abandoned their own dwelling, he keeps in eternal chains under gloomy darkness, to {the} judgment of {the} great day;
7 as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities around them, committing greedily fornication, in like manner with them, and going after other flesh, lie there as an example, undergoing the judgment of eternal fire.
8 Yet in like manner these dreamers also defile {the} flesh, and despise lordship, and speak railingly against dignities.
9 But Michael the archangel, when disputing with the devil he reasoned about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a railing judgment against {him}, but said, {The} Lord rebuke thee.
10 But these, whatever things they know not, they speak railingly against; but what even, as the irrational animals, they understand by mere nature, in these things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe to them! because they have gone in the way of Cain, and given themselves up to the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together {with you} without fear, pasturing themselves; clouds without water, carried along by {the} winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;
13 raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom has been reserved the gloom of darkness for eternity.
14 And Enoch, {the} seventh from Adam, prophesied also as to these, saying, Behold, {the} Lord has come amidst his holy myriads,
15 to execute judgment against all; and to convict all the ungodly of them of all their works of ungodliness, which they have wrought ungodlily, and of all the hard {things} which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts; and their mouth speaks swelling words, admiring persons for the sake of profit.
17 But *ye*, beloved, remember the words spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,
18 that they said to you, that at {the} end of the time there should be mockers, walking after their own lusts of ungodlinesses.
19 These are they who set {themselves} apart, natural {men}, not having {the} Spirit.
20 But *ye*, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
21 keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And of some have compassion, making a difference,
23 but others save with fear, snatching {them} out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
24 But to him that is able to keep you without stumbling, and to set {you} with exultation blameless before his glory,
25 to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, {be} glory, majesty, might, and authority, from before the whole age, and now, and to all the ages. Amen.
1 Juudas, Jeesuse Kristuse sulane, Jakoobuse vend, Jumalas Isas armastatud ja Jeesuses Kristuses hoitud kutsutuile.
2 Halastust ja rahu ja armastust lisatagu teile rohkesti!
3 Armsad, et mul oli kange hool kirjutada teile meie ühisest õndsusest, siis oli mul tungiv vajadus manitseda teid võitlemisele pühadele kord antud usu poolest.
4 Sest teie sekka on poetunud mõningaid inimesi, kes juba ammu on pandud kirja tulevase hukatuse jaoks, jumalatuid, kes meie Jumala armu tarvitavad, et lodevalt elada, ning salgavad meie ainsa valitseja ja meie Issanda Jeesuse Kristuse.
5 Aga ma tahan meelde tuletada teile, kes kõike juba olete korra teada saanud, et Issand, kui Ta rahva oli päästnud Egiptusest, teisel korral hukkas ära need, kes ei uskunud,
6 ja et Tema Inglid, kes oma seisust ei hoidnud, vaid jätsid maha oma eluaseme, pani kinni igaveste ahelatega pilkase pimeduse alla suure päeva kohtuks;
7 nagu Soodoma ja Gomorra ja nende ümberkaudsed linnad, kes samal kombel kui needki elasid porduelu ja ajasid taga teist liha, on hoiatavaks näiteks, kannatades igavese tule nuhtlust.
8 Nõndasamuti rüvetavad needki unenägijad oma liha, põlgavad Issanda valitsust, pilkavad aukandjaid vaime.
9 Aga ei Peaingel Miikaelgi, kui ta riidles ning vaidles kuradiga Moosese keha pärast, ei julgenud lausuda pilkavat otsust, vaid ütles: „Issand sõidelgu sind!"
10 Kuid need pilkavad seda, millest nad midagi ei tea; aga millest nad loomu poolest kui mõistmatud elajad aru saavad, selles nad saadavad endid hukka.
11 Häda neile, et nad on läinud Kaini teed ja on andunud Bileami pettusele tasu eest, ja Korahi kombel vastuhakkamisega on läinud hukka!
12 Nemad on teie armastussöömaaegadel mustuselaigud, kes kartmatult ühes pidutsevad iseendid nuumates; nad on tuulte aetavad veeta pilved, sügisesed viljata puud, kahekordselt surnud, juurtega välja kistud,
13 metsikud merelained, mis vahutavad välja oma häbi, eksijad tähed, kellele pilkane pimedus on varutud igaveseks ajaks.
14 Ent nende kohta on ka Eenok, seitsmes Aadamast, ennustanud, öeldes: „Vaata, Issand tuleb Oma pühade kümnetuhandetega
15 pidama kohut kõigile ja nuhtlema kõiki jumalatuid kõigi nende jumalakartmatute tegude eest, mis nad jumalatuses on teinud, ja kõigi kõvade sõnade eest, mis jumalatud patused Tema vastu on rääkinud!"
16 Need on nurisejad, saatusega rahulolematud, kes käivad oma himude järgi ja kelle suu räägib ülbeid sõnu, meelitades inimesi kasu pärast.
17 Aga teie, armsad, tuletage endile meelde need sõnad, mis meie Issanda Jeesuse Kristuse apostlid on ette kuulutanud,
18 kui nad teile ütlesid, et viimsel ajal tuleb pilkajaid, kes käivad oma õelate himude järgi.
19 Need on need, kes tekitavad lõhenemisi, maised, kellel ei ole Vaimu.
20 Aga teie, armsad, rajage endid oma pühimale usule ja palvetage Pühas Vaimus,
21 ja hoidke endid Jumala armastuses ja oodake meie Issanda Jeesuse Kristuse halastust igaveseks eluks.
22 Ja halastage teiste peale, kes kahtlevad,
23 päästke nad, kiskuge nad tulest välja; aga teiste peale halastage kartuses, võigastades kuubegi, mis liha läbi on pilastatud.
24 Aga Temale, Kes teid võib hoida komistamast ja teid veatuina seada Oma auhiilguse palge ette hõiskamisega,
25 ainule Jumalale, meie Õnnistegijale, Jeesuse Kristuse, meie Issanda läbi olgu au, auhiilgus, võimus ja valitsus enne kõike maailmaajastut ja nüüd ja kõigi ajastuteni! Aamen.