1 Juudaselt, Jeesuse Kristuse sulaselt ja Jaakobuse vennalt,

Neile kutsutuile, kes on Jumalas Isas armastatud ja Jeesuses Kristuses hoitud:

2 Halastust ja rahu ja armastust olgu teil rohkesti!

3 Armsad, olles täis indu kirjutada teile meie ühisest päästest, leidsin vajalikuna kirjutada ja teid üles kutsuda võitlema usu eest, mis oli kord usaldatud Jumala pühale rahvale. 4 Sest teie sekka on imbunud mõningad inimesed, kes juba ammu on kirja pandud kohtu jaoks. Need on jumalakartmatud inimesed, kes meie Jumala armu kõlvatuseks moonutades salgavad ära meie ainsa valitseja ja meie Issanda Jeesuse Kristuse.

5 Ja kuigi te seda kõike teate, tahan tuletada teile meelde, et Issand, kes rahva ühel korral päästis Egiptusest, hävitas teisel korral need, kes ei uskunud. 6 Ja ingleid, kes ei hoidnud kinni oma kõrgest seisusest, vaid hülgasid oma eluaseme, on ta hoidnud pimeduses, seotuna igaveste ahelatega suure päeva kohtuks 7 Nii nagu Soodom, Gomorra ja nende ümberkaudsed linnad, kes samal kombel hoorasid nagu need inglid ning ebaloomulikule ihale andusid, on hoiatavaks näiteks igavese tule karistusest.

8 Aga samuti rüvetavad ka need unenägijad oma ihu, lükkavad tagasi taevase autoriteedi ja teotavad aukandjaid vaime. 9 Ometi peaingel Miikaelgi, kui ta vaidles sõnasõjas kuradiga Moosese surnukeha pärast, ei julgenud lausuda teotavat otsust, vaid ütles: „Issand sõidelgu sind!" 10 Need aga teotavad kõike, millest nad midagi ei taipa, aga millest nad oma ihu tungide kaudu kui arutud loomad aru saavad, selles nad hävitavad end.

11 Häda neile, sest nad on läinud Kaini teed ja tormanud tasu eest Bileami eksitusse, ja Korahi kombel vastu hakates on toonud endale hukatuse!

12 Nemad on teie armastussöömaaegadel häbiplekid, kes kartmatult teiega koos pidutsedes iseennast nuumavad. Nad on veeta pilved, mida tuul ringi kannab, viljatud sügispuud, kahekordselt surnud, juurtega üles kistud, 13 metsikud merelained, mis vahutavad välja oma häbi, ekslevad tähed, kelle jaoks on määratud pilkane pimedus igaveseks ajaks.

14 Nendest on prohvetlikult kõnelenud Eenok, Aadama järglane seitsmendas sugupõlves: „Vaata, Issand tuleb mitmekümne tuhande pühaga 15 pidama kohut kõigi üle ja karistama igaüht kõikide nende jumalakartmatute tegude eest, mida nad on teinud, ja kõikide ränkade sõnade eest, mida jumalakartmatud patused on tema vastu rääkinud." 16 Need on rahulolematud saatuse üle nurisejad, kes elavad oma himude järgi ja kelle suu räägib kiitlevaid sõnu, ja nad meelitavad inimesi omakasu pärast.

17 Teie aga, armsad, pidage meeles, mida meie Issanda Jeesuse Kristuse apostlid ennustasid; 18 kui nad teile ütlesid: „Viimsel ajal tuleb pilkajaid, kes elavad oma jumalakartmatute himude järgi." 19 Need on inimesed, kes tekitavad lõhenemisi, maised hinged, kellel ei ole Vaimu.

20 Teie aga, armsad, rajage endid oma kõige pühamale usule ja palvetage Pühas Vaimus, 21 ja hoidke endid nõnda Jumala armastuses ja oodake meie Issanda Jeesuse Kristuse halastust igaveseks eluks.

22 Halastage nende peale, kes kahtlevad; 23 päästke nad, tõmmake nad tulest välja; teiste peale halastage kartuses, vihates lihaliku loomuse poolt rüvetatud riideidki.

24 Ent temale, kes suudab teid takistada komistamast ja asetada laitmatuna oma kirkuse palge ette ülevoolavas rõõmus, 25 ainsale Jumalale, meie Päästjale, Jeesuse Kristuse, meie Issanda läbi, olgu au, auhiilgus, võimus ja meelevald enne ajastuid, nüüd ja igavesti! Aamen.

1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: 2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.

3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. 8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. 9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. 11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. 12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.

17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. 20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And of some have compassion, making a difference: 23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, 25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.