Jude

Greeting

ΙΟΥΔΑ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ 1 Ἰούδας Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δοῦλος, ἀδελφὸς δὲ Ἰακώβου, τοῖς ἐν θεῷ πατρὶ ἠγαπημένοις καὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ τετηρημένοις κλητοῖς·

JUDE 1 Jude, a servant [1] of Jesus Christ and brother of James,

 a To those who are called,  b beloved in God the Father and  c kept for [2] Jesus Christ:

2ἔλεος ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη καὶ ἀγάπη πληθυνθείη.

2May  d mercy,  e peace, and love be multiplied to you.

Judgment on False Teachers

3Ἀγαπητοί, πᾶσαν σπουδὴν ποιούμενος γράφειν ὑμῖν περὶ τῆς κοινῆς ἡμῶν σωτηρίας ἀνάγκην ἔσχον γράψαι ὑμῖν παρακαλῶν ἐπαγωνίζεσθαι τῇ ἅπαξ παραδοθείσῃ τοῖς ἁγίοις πίστει.

3Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our  f common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you  g to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.

4παρεισέδυσαν γάρ τινες ἄνθρωποι, οἱ πάλαι προγεγραμμένοι εἰς τοῦτο τὸ κρίμα, ἀσεβεῖς, τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν χάριτα μετατιθέντες εἰς ἀσέλγειαν καὶ τὸν μόνον δεσπότην καὶ κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἀρνούμενοι.

4For  h certain people  i have crept in unnoticed  j who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert  k the grace of our God into sensuality and  l deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

5Ὑπομνῆσαι δὲ ὑμᾶς βούλομαι, εἰδότας ὑμᾶς ἅπαξ πάντα ὅτι Ἰησοῦς λαὸν ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου σώσας τὸ δεύτερον τοὺς μὴ πιστεύσαντας ἀπώλεσεν,

5Now I want  m to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that  n Jesus, who saved [3] a people out of the land of Egypt,  o afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

6ἀγγέλους τε τοὺς μὴ τηρήσαντας τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀρχὴν ἀλλ’ ἀπολιπόντας τὸ ἴδιον οἰκητήριον εἰς κρίσιν μεγάλης ἡμέρας δεσμοῖς ἀϊδίοις ὑπὸ ζόφον τετήρηκεν,

6And  p the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day—

7ὡς Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα καὶ αἱ περὶ αὐτὰς πόλεις τὸν ὅμοιον τρόπον τούτοις ἐκπορνεύσασαι καὶ ἀπελθοῦσαι ὀπίσω σαρκὸς ἑτέρας, πρόκεινται δεῖγμα πυρὸς αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχουσαι.

7just as  q Sodom and Gomorrah and  r the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and  s pursued unnatural desire, [4] serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

8Ὁμοίως μέντοι καὶ οὗτοι ἐνυπνιαζόμενοι σάρκα μὲν μιαίνουσιν κυριότητα δὲ ἀθετοῦσιν δόξας δὲ βλασφημοῦσιν

8Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and  t blaspheme the glorious ones.

9Ὁ δὲ Μιχαὴλ ὁ ἀρχάγγελος, ὅτε τῷ διαβόλῳ διακρινόμενος διελέγετο περὶ τοῦ Μωϋσέως σώματος, οὐκ ἐτόλμησεν κρίσιν ἐπενεγκεῖν βλασφημίας ἀλλ’ εἶπεν, ἐπιτιμήσαι σοι κύριος.

9But when  u the archangel  v Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing  w about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said,  x “The Lord rebuke you.”

10οὗτοι δὲ ὅσα μὲν οὐκ οἴδασιν βλασφημοῦσιν, ὅσα δὲ φυσικῶς ὡς τὰ ἄλογα ζῷα ἐπίστανται, ἐν τούτοις φθείρονται.

10 y But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.

11οὐαὶ αὐτοῖς, ὅτι τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ Κάϊν ἐπορεύθησαν καὶ τῇ πλάνῃ τοῦ Βαλαὰμ μισθοῦ ἐξεχύθησαν καὶ τῇ ἀντιλογίᾳ τοῦ Κόρε ἀπώλοντο.

11Woe to them! For they walked in  z the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain  a to Balaam’s error and  b perished in Korah’s rebellion.

12οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ἐν ταῖς ἀγάπαις ὑμῶν σπιλάδες συνευωχούμενοι ἀφόβως, ἑαυτοὺς ποιμαίνοντες, νεφέλαι ἄνυδροι ὑπὸ ἀνέμων παραφερόμεναι, δένδρα φθινοπωρινὰ ἄκαρπα δὶς ἀποθανόντα ἐκριζωθέντα,

12These are hidden reefs [5]  c at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear,  d shepherds feeding themselves;  e waterless clouds,  f swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead,  g uprooted;

13κύματα ἄγρια θαλάσσης ἐπαφρίζοντα τὰς ἑαυτῶν αἰσχύνας, ἀστέρες πλανῆται οἷς ὁ ζόφος τοῦ σκότους εἰς αἰῶνα τετήρηται.

13 h wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of  i their own shame;  j wandering stars,  k for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.

14Προεφήτευσεν δὲ καὶ τούτοις ἕβδομος ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ Ἑνὼχ λέγων, ἰδοὺ ἦλθεν κύριος ἐν ἁγίαις μυριάσιν αὐτοῦ

14It was also about these that Enoch,  l the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying,  m “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones,

15ποιῆσαι κρίσιν κατὰ πάντων καὶ ἐλέγξαι πᾶσαν ψυχὴν περὶ πάντων τῶν ἔργων ἀσεβείας αὐτῶν ὧν ἠσέβησαν καὶ περὶ πάντων τῶν σκληρῶν ὧν ἐλάλησαν κατ’ αὐτοῦ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀσεβεῖς.

15 n to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have  o committed in such an ungodly way, and of all  p the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

16οὗτοί εἰσιν γογγυσταὶ μεμψίμοιροι κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας ἑαυτῶν πορευόμενοι, καὶ τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν λαλεῖ ὑπέρογκα, θαυμάζοντες πρόσωπα ὠφελείας χάριν.

16These are grumblers, malcontents,  q following their own sinful desires;  r they are loud-mouthed boasters,  s showing favoritism to gain advantage.

A Call to Persevere

17Ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀγαπητοί, μνήσθητε τῶν ῥημάτων τῶν προειρημένων ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ

17But you must  t remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

18ὅτι ἔλεγον ὑμῖν ἐπ’ ἐσχάτου χρόνου ἔσονται ἐμπαῖκται κατὰ τὰς ἑαυτῶν ἐπιθυμίας πορευόμενοι τῶν ἀσεβειῶν.

18They [6] said to you,  u “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”

19Οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ἀποδιορίζοντες, ψυχικοί, πνεῦμα μὴ ἔχοντες.

19It is these who cause divisions, worldly people,  v devoid of the Spirit.

20Ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀγαπητοί, ἐποικοδομοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ ὑμῶν πίστει, ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ προσευχόμενοι,

20But you, beloved,  w building yourselves up in your most holy faith and  x praying in the Holy Spirit,

21ἑαυτοὺς ἐν ἀγάπῃ θεοῦ τηρήσατε προσδεχόμενοι τὸ ἔλεος τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

21 y keep yourselves in the love of God,  z waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.

22καὶ οὓς μὲν ἐλεᾶτε διακρινομένους,

22And have mercy on those who doubt;

23οὓς δὲ σῴζετε ἐκ πυρὸς ἁρπάζοντες, οὓς δὲ ἐλεᾶτε ἐν φόβῳ μισοῦντες καὶ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς σαρκὸς ἐσπιλωμένον χιτῶνα.

23save others by  a snatching them out of  b the fire; to others show mercy  c with fear, hating even  d the garment [7] stained by the flesh.

Doxology

24Τῷ δὲ δυναμένῳ φυλάξαι ὑμᾶς ἀπταίστους καὶ στῆσαι κατενώπιον τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ ἀμώμους ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει,

24 e Now to him who is able  f to keep you from stumbling and  g to present you  h blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy,

25μόνῳ θεῷ σωτῆρι ἡμῶν διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν δόξα μεγαλωσύνη κράτος καὶ ἐξουσία πρὸ παντὸς τοῦ αἰῶνος καὶ νῦν καὶ εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας, ἀμήν.

25to  i the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord,  j be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.