犹大书
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
1 耶稣基督的仆人、雅各的弟兄犹大，写信给那被召、在父神里蒙爱、为耶稣基督保守的人。 2 愿怜恤、平安、慈爱多多地加给你们！
当为真道竭力争辩
3 亲爱的弟兄啊，我想尽心写信给你们，论我们同得救恩的时候，就不得不写信劝你们，要为从前一次交付圣徒的真道竭力地争辩。 4 因为有些人偷着进来，就是自古被定受刑罚的，是不虔诚的，将我们神的恩变做放纵情欲的机会，并且不认独一的主宰——我们[a]主耶稣基督。
以古时不虔诚的为鉴戒
5 从前主救了他的百姓出埃及地，后来就把那些不信的灭绝了。这一切的事你们虽然都知道，我却仍要提醒你们。 6 又有不守本位、离开自己住处的天使，主用锁链把他们永远拘留在黑暗里，等候大日的审判。 7 又如所多玛、蛾摩拉和周围城邑的人，也照他们一味地行淫，随从逆性的情欲，就受永火的刑罚，作为鉴戒。 8 这些做梦的人也像他们污秽身体，轻慢主治的，毁谤在尊位的。 9 天使长米迦勒为摩西的尸首与魔鬼争辩的时候，尚且不敢用毁谤的话罪责他，只说：“主责备你吧！” 10 但这些人毁谤他们所不知道的。他们本性所知道的事与那没有灵性的畜类一样，在这事上竟败坏了自己。 11 他们有祸了！因为走了该隐的道路，又为利往巴兰的错谬里直奔，并在可拉的背叛中灭亡了。 12 这样的人在你们的爱席上与你们同吃的时候，正是礁石[b]；他们做牧人，只知喂养自己，无所惧怕；是没有雨的云彩，被风飘荡；是秋天没有果子的树，死而又死，连根被拔出来； 13 是海里的狂浪，涌出自己可耻的沫子来；是流荡的星，有墨黑的幽暗为他们永远存留。 14 亚当的七世孙以诺曾预言这些人说：“看哪，主带着他的千万圣者降临， 15 要在众人身上行审判，证实那一切不敬虔的人所妄行一切不敬虔的事，又证实不敬虔之罪人所说顶撞他的刚愎话。” 16 这些人是私下议论，常发怨言的，随从自己的情欲而行，口中说夸大的话，为得便宜谄媚人。
要常在神的爱中
17 亲爱的弟兄啊，你们要记念我们主耶稣基督之使徒从前所说的话。 18 他们曾对你们说过：末世必有好讥诮的人随从自己不敬虔的私欲而行。 19 这就是那些引人结党、属乎血气、没有圣灵的人。 20 亲爱的弟兄啊，你们却要在至圣的真道上造就自己，在圣灵里祷告， 21 保守自己常在神的爱中，仰望我们主耶稣基督的怜悯，直到永生。 22 有些人存疑心，你们要怜悯他们； 23 有些人你们要从火中抢出来，搭救他们；有些人你们要存惧怕的心怜悯他们，连那被情欲沾染的衣服也当厌恶。
祝福
24 那能保守你们不失脚，叫你们无瑕无疵、欢欢喜喜站在他荣耀之前的我们的救主独一的神， 25 愿荣耀、威严、能力、权柄因我们的主耶稣基督归于他，从万古以前并现今，直到永永远远！阿门。
Giuda
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Indirizzo e occasione
1 Giuda, servo di Gesù Cristo, fratello di Giacomo, agli eletti che vivono nell'amore di Dio Padre e sono stati preservati per Gesù Cristo: 2 misericordia a voi e pace e carità in abbondanza.
3 Carissimi, avevo un gran desiderio di scrivervi riguardo alla nostra salvezza, ma sono stato costretto a farlo per esortarvi a combattere per la fede, che fu trasmessa ai credenti una volta per tutte. 4 Si sono infiltrati infatti tra voi alcuni individui - i quali sono gia stati segnati da tempo per questa condanna - empi che trovano pretesto alla loro dissolutezza nella grazia del nostro Dio, rinnegando il nostro unico padrone e signore Gesù Cristo.
I falsi dottori. Il castigo che li minaccia
5 Ora io voglio ricordare a voi, che gia conoscete tutte queste cose, che il Signore dopo aver salvato il popolo dalla terra d'Egitto, fece perire in seguito quelli che non vollero credere, 6 e che gli angeli che non conservarono la loro dignità ma lasciarono la propria dimora, egli li tiene in catene eterne, nelle tenebre, per il giudizio del gran giorno. 7 Così Sòdoma e Gomorra e le città vicine, che si sono abbandonate all'impudicizia allo stesso modo e sono andate dietro a vizi contro natura, stanno come esempio subendo le pene di un fuoco eterno.
Le loro bestemmie. La loro perversità
8 Ugualmente, anche costoro, come sotto la spinta dei loro sogni, contaminano il proprio corpo, disprezzano il Signore e insultano gli esseri gloriosi. 9 L'arcangelo Michele quando, in contesa con il diavolo, disputava per il corpo di Mosè, non osò accusarlo con parole offensive, ma disse: Ti condanni il Signore! 10 Costoro invece bestemmiano tutto ciò che ignorano; tutto ciò che essi conoscono per mezzo dei sensi, come animali senza ragione, questo serve a loro rovina. 11 Guai a loro! Perché si sono incamminati per la strada di Caino e, per sete di lucro, si sono impegolati nei traviamenti di Balaàm e sono periti nella ribellione di Kore. 12 Sono la sozzura dei vostri banchetti sedendo insieme a mensa senza ritegno, pascendo se stessi; come nuvole senza pioggia portate via dai venti, o alberi di fine stagione senza frutto, due volte morti, sradicati; 13 come onde selvagge del mare, che schiumano le loro brutture; come astri erranti, ai quali è riservata la caligine della tenebra in eterno.
14 Profetò anche per loro Enoch, settimo dopo Adamo, dicendo: «Ecco, il Signore è venuto con le sue miriadi di angeli per far il giudizio contro tutti, 15 e per convincere tutti gli empi di tutte le opere di empietà che hanno commesso e di tutti gli insulti che peccatori empi hanno pronunziato contro di lui». 16 Sono sobillatori pieni di acredine, che agiscono secondo le loro passioni; la loro bocca proferisce parole orgogliose e adùlano le persone per motivi interessati.
Esortazioni ai fedeli. L'insegnamento degli apostoli
17 Ma voi, o carissimi, ricordatevi delle cose che furono predette dagli apostoli del Signore nostro Gesù Cristo. 18 Essi vi dicevano: «Alla fine dei tempi vi saranno impostori, che si comporteranno secondo le loro empie passioni». 19 Tali sono quelli che provocano divisioni, gente materiale, privi dello Spirito.
I doveri della carità
20 Ma voi, carissimi, costruite il vostro edificio spirituale sopra la vostra santissima fede, pregate mediante lo Spirito Santo, 21 conservatevi nell'amore di Dio, attendendo la misericordia del Signore nostro Gesù Cristo per la vita eterna. 22 Convincete quelli che sono vacillanti, 23 altri salvateli strappandoli dal fuoco, di altri infine abbiate compassione con timore, guardandovi perfino dalla veste contaminata dalla loro carne.
Dossologia
24 A colui che può preservarvi da ogni caduta e farvi comparire davanti alla sua gloria senza difetti e nella letizia, 25 all'unico Dio, nostro salvatore, per mezzo di Gesù Cristo nostro Signore, gloria, maestà, forza e potenza prima di ogni tempo, ora e sempre. Amen!
Jude
Easy-to-Read Version
1 Greetings from Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James.
To those who have been chosen and are loved by God the Father and have been kept safe in Jesus Christ.
2 Mercy, peace, and love be yours more and more.
God Will Punish Those Who Do Wrong
3 Dear friends, I wanted very much to write to you about the salvation we all share together. But I felt the need to write to you about something else: I want to encourage you to fight hard for the faith that God gave his holy people. God gave this faith once, and it is good for all time. 4 Some people have secretly entered your group. These people have already been judged guilty for what they are doing. Long ago the prophets wrote about them. They are against God. They have used the grace of our God in the wrong way—to do sinful things. They refuse to follow Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.
5 I want to help you remember some things you already know: Remember that the Lord[a] saved his people by bringing them out of the land of Egypt. But later he destroyed all those who did not believe. 6 And remember the angels who lost their authority to rule. They left their proper home. So the Lord has kept them in darkness, bound with everlasting chains, to be judged on the great day. 7 Also, remember the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and the other towns around them. Like those angels they were full of sexual sin and involved themselves in sexual relations that are wrong. And they suffer the punishment of eternal fire, an example for us to see.
8 It is the same way with these people who have entered your group. They are guided by dreams. They make themselves dirty with sin. They reject God’s authority and say bad things against the glorious ones.[b] 9 Not even the archangel Michael did this. Michael argued with the devil about who would have the body of Moses. But Michael did not dare to condemn even the devil for his false accusations. Instead, Michael said, “The Lord punish you!”
10 But these people criticize things they don’t understand. They do understand some things. But they understand these things not by thinking, but by feeling, the way dumb animals understand things. And these are the things that destroy them. 11 It will be bad for them. They have followed the way that Cain went. To make money, they have given themselves to following the wrong way that Balaam went. They have fought against God like Korah[c] did. And like Korah, they will be destroyed.
12 These people are like dirty spots among you—they bring shame to you in the special meals you share together. They eat with you and have no fear. They take care of only themselves. They are like clouds without rain. The wind blows them around. They are like trees that have no fruit at harvest time and are pulled out of the ground. So they are twice dead. 13 Like the dirty foam on the wild waves in the sea, everyone can see the shameful things they do. They are like stars that wander in the sky. A place in the blackest darkness has been kept for them forever.
14 Enoch, the seventh descendant from Adam, said this about these people: “Look, the Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of his holy angels 15 to judge everyone. He will punish all those who are against him for all the evil they have done in their lack of respect for him. Yes, the Lord will punish all these sinners who don’t honor him. He will punish them for all the evil things they have said against him.”
16 These people always complain and find wrong in others. They always do the evil things they want to do. They boast about themselves. The only reason they say good things about others is to get what they want.
A Warning and Things to Do
17 Dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ said would happen. 18 They told you, “In the last times there will be people who laugh at God and do only what they want to do—things that are against God.” 19 These are the people who divide you. They are not spiritual, because they don’t have the Spirit.
20 But you, dear friends, use your most holy faith to build yourselves up even stronger. Pray with the help of the Holy Spirit. 21 Keep yourselves safe in God’s love, as you wait for the Lord Jesus Christ in his mercy to give you eternal life.
22 Help those who have doubts. 23 Rescue those who are living in danger of hell’s fire. There are others you should treat with mercy, but be very careful that their filthy lives don’t rub off on you.[d]
Praise God
24 God is strong and can keep you from falling. He can bring you before his glory without any wrong in you and give you great joy. 25 He is the only God, the one who saves us. To him be glory, greatness, power, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord for all time past, now, and forever. Amen.
Footnotes
- Jude 1:5 the Lord Some of the oldest and best Greek manuscripts of Jude have “Jesus” here. If “Jesus” is accepted as the original reading, it should replace “the Lord” in verse 6 as well.
- Jude 1:8 the glorious ones Literally, “the glories.” These seem to be some kind of angelic beings.
- Jude 1:11 Korah He turned against Moses. See Num. 16:1-40.
- Jude 1:23 that … on you Literally, “hating even their undershirt that is defiled from the flesh.”
Jude
King James Version
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.
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