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.
Jude
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
1 Jude[a], a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to the called ones having been loved by[b] God the Father and kept[c] by[d] Jesus Christ: 2 May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.
Beloved, Fight For The Faith Against Those Seeking To Change Grace Into License
3 Beloved, while making every effort to be writing to you concerning our common salvation, I had the necessity to write to you exhorting you to be contending[e] for the faith having been delivered once-for-all to the saints. 4 For certain persons sneaked-in[f]— the ones formerly[g] having been portrayed[h] for this judgment, ungodly ones— changing[i] the grace of our God into sensuality and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Remember: The Lord Punished The Unbelieving And The Immoral
5 Now I want to remind you— you knowing[j] all things— that the Lord[k], having once[l] saved[m] the people out of the land of Egypt, afterwards destroyed the ones not having believed. 6 And He has kept[n] angels— the ones not having kept their own domain[o], but having left-behind[p] their own dwelling[q]— in eternal bonds[r] under gloom for the judgment of the great day. 7 Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them in like manner to these[s]— having indulged-in-sexual-immorality and gone after other flesh— are set-forth as an example, undergoing the penalty[t] of eternal fire.
Yet These People Defile The Flesh And Reject God’s Authority. Woe To Them
8 Yet in the same way also these dreaming ones are defiling the flesh and rejecting authority[u] and blaspheming[v] glories[w]! 9 Now Michael the archangel[x], when he was speaking concerning the body of Moses while disputing with the devil, did not dare to bring[y] a judgment of blasphemy, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you”. 10 But these ones— whatever things they do not understand, they blaspheme; and whatever things they know instinctually like unreasoning animals, by these they are being destroyed. 11 Woe to them, because they went in the way of Cain, and they poured-forth[z] in the error of Balaam for wages, and they perished[aa] in the rebellion of Korah.
Enoch Prophesied God Would Execute Judgment Against These Ungodly Stains
12 These ones are the ones who are spots[ab] in your love-feasts, feasting-with[ac] you fearlessly, tending[ad] themselves; waterless clouds being carried-along by winds; fruitless autumn trees having died twice, having been uprooted; 13 wild waves of the sea foaming-up their shames; wandering stars for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved forever. 14 But indeed Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied with regard to these ones, saying, “Behold— the Lord came with His holy myriads 15 to execute judgment against all, and to convict every soul concerning all their works of [ae] ungodliness which they did-godlessly, and concerning all the harsh things which ungodly sinners spoke against Him”.
Remember That The Apostles Prophesied of These Mockers Pursuing Their Ungodly Desires
16 These ones are grumblers[af], faultfinders, proceeding in accordance with their own desires. And their mouth speaks pompous words, marveling-at[ag] faces for the sake of advantage. 17 But you, beloved, remember the words having been spoken-beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ— 18 that they were saying to you that “In the last time there will be mockers proceeding in accordance with their own desires of [ah] ungodliness”.
But You, Beloved, Keep Yourselves In The Love of God
19 These ones are the ones causing-divisions[ai]— natural ones, not having the Spirit. 20 But you, beloved, while building-up yourselves on[aj] your most holy faith, while praying in[ak] the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God while waiting-for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life. 22 And be having-mercy-on[al] some doubting[am] ones. 23 And be saving[an] others, snatching them out of the fire. And be having-mercy-on others with fear while hating even the tunic[ao] having been stained by the flesh.
24 Now to the One being able to keep[ap] you from-stumbling[aq] and to make you stand in the presence of His glory without-blemish with gladness[ar], 25 to the only God our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority before[as] every age, and now, and for[at] all ages, amen.
Footnotes
- Jude 1:1 Or, Judas, Judah.
- Jude 1:1 Or, in.
- Jude 1:1 Or, protected, guarded.
- Jude 1:1 Or, for, in.
- Jude 1:3 Or, fighting, struggling.
- Jude 1:4 Or, crept-in.
- Jude 1:4 Or, already, long-ago, all-this-time. The word can refer to hours or centuries in the past.
- Jude 1:4 Or, written-of.
- Jude 1:4 Or, more negatively, perverting.
- Jude 1:5 Jude may mean although you are knowing; or, since you are knowing.
- Jude 1:5 that the Lord. Some manuscripts say ‘that Jesus’.
- Jude 1:5 Or, once-for-all, as in v 3. Some manuscripts instead have this word earlier, ‘knowing all things once-for-all’.
- Jude 1:5 Or, delivered.
- Jude 1:6 Or, reserved.
- Jude 1:6 Or, rule. That is, their sphere or position or place of rule and authority.
- Jude 1:6 Or, more negatively, abandoned.
- Jude 1:6 Or, home, abode, habitation, dwelling-place.
- Jude 1:6 Or, bindings.
- Jude 1:7 That is, in like manner to these [previous two examples]... are set forth. The similarity is in their judgment by God, as in 2 Pet 2:6. Or, in like manner to these [angels] having indulged in sexual immorality and gone after other flesh. The similarity is in their sin.
- Jude 1:7 Or, punishment.
- Jude 1:8 Or, lordship, dominion.
- Jude 1:8 Or, speaking-against.
- Jude 1:8 Or, dignities, majesties.
- Jude 1:9 That is, ruler of angels, chief angel.
- Jude 1:9 Or, pronounce.
- Jude 1:11 Or, poured-themselves into, rushed into.
- Jude 1:11 Or, lost-themselves, were destroyed.
- Jude 1:12 Or, stains. Or, reefs, hidden-rocks.
- Jude 1:12 love-feasts, feasting with you fearlessly, tending themselves. Or, love-feasts while feasting-with you, tending themselves without-fear.
- Jude 1:12 Or, feeding, pasturing.
- Jude 1:15 That is, characterized by; ungodly works.
- Jude 1:16 Or, complainers.
- Jude 1:16 Or, admiring; and thus, flattering.
- Jude 1:18 That is, characterized by, proceeding from, for.
- Jude 1:19 Or, making separations.
- Jude 1:20 Or, in, by.
- Jude 1:20 Or, by, in-the-sphere-of, in-connection-with.
- Jude 1:22 Or, showing-mercy-to.
- Jude 1:22 Or, wavering. Some manuscripts say, Be having mercy on some, making a distinction; that is, separating them out for special attention, as this word is used in Jam 2:4.
- Jude 1:23 Some manuscripts say as v 23, And be saving others with fear, snatching them out of the fire, while hating...flesh.
- Jude 1:23 That is, undershirt.
- Jude 1:24 Or, guard, protect.
- Jude 1:24 Or, not-stumbling.
- Jude 1:24 Or, great-joy.
- Jude 1:25 before every age. Or, before all time.
- Jude 1:25 and for all ages. Or, and forever.
Judas
La Biblia de las Américas
Saludo
1 Judas (A), siervo de Jesucristo(B) y hermano de Jacobo[a], a los llamados(C), amados[b] en Dios Padre y guardados para Jesucristo(D): 2 Misericordia, paz y amor(E) os sean multiplicados(F).
Motivo de la carta
3 Amados(G), por el gran empeño que tenía en escribiros acerca de nuestra común salvación(H), he sentido la necesidad de escribiros exhortándoos a contender ardientemente(I) por la fe(J) que de una vez para siempre fue entregada(K) a los santos(L). 4 Pues algunos hombres se han infiltrado encubiertamente(M), los cuales desde mucho antes estaban marcados[c](N) para esta condenación, impíos que convierten la gracia de nuestro Dios(O) en libertinaje(P), y niegan a nuestro único Soberano y Señor, Jesucristo(Q).
Advertencias de la historia para los impíos
5 Ahora quiero recordaros(R), aunque ya definitivamente[d] lo sepáis todo(S), que el Señor[e], habiendo salvado al[f] pueblo de la tierra de Egipto(T), destruyó después[g] a los que no creyeron. 6 Y a los ángeles que no conservaron su señorío original(U), sino que abandonaron su morada legítima, los ha guardado en prisiones[h] eternas(V), bajo tinieblas para el juicio del gran día. 7 Así también Sodoma y Gomorra(W) y las ciudades circunvecinas(X), a semejanza de aquellos, puesto que ellas[i] se corrompieron[j] y siguieron carne extraña(Y), son exhibidas como ejemplo(Z) al sufrir el castigo del fuego eterno[k](AA). 8 No obstante, de la misma manera también estos hombres, soñando, mancillan la carne, rechazan la autoridad y blasfeman de las majestades angélicas[l](AB). 9 Pero cuando el arcángel(AC) Miguel(AD) contendía con el diablo y disputaba acerca del cuerpo de Moisés(AE), no se atrevió a proferir juicio de maldición contra él, sino que dijo: El Señor te reprenda(AF). 10 Mas estos blasfeman las cosas que no entienden(AG), y las cosas que como animales irracionales(AH) conocen por instinto(AI), por estas cosas son ellos destruidos[m]. 11 ¡Ay de ellos! Porque han seguido el camino de Caín(AJ), y por lucro se lanzaron al[n] error de Balaam(AK), y perecieron en la rebelión de Coré(AL). 12 Estos son escollos ocultos[o] en vuestros ágapes(AM), cuando banquetean con vosotros sin temor(AN), apacentándose a sí mismos; son nubes sin agua(AO) llevadas por los vientos(AP), árboles de otoño sin fruto, dos veces muertos y desarraigados(AQ); 13 son olas furiosas del mar(AR), que arrojan como espuma su propia vergüenza[p](AS); estrellas errantes para quienes la oscuridad de las tinieblas ha sido reservada para siempre(AT). 14 De estos también profetizó Enoc(AU), en la séptima generación desde Adán, diciendo: He aquí, el Señor vino con muchos millares de sus santos[q](AV), 15 para ejecutar juicio sobre todos(AW), y para condenar a todos los impíos[r] de todas sus obras de impiedad, que han hecho impíamente, y de todas las cosas ofensivas[s] que pecadores impíos dijeron contra Él(AX). 16 Estos son murmuradores(AY), quejumbrosos, que andan tras sus propias pasiones(AZ); hablan[t] con arrogancia(BA), adulando a la gente para obtener beneficio(BB).
Exhortaciones apostólicas a los fieles
17 Pero vosotros, amados(BC), acordaos de las palabras que antes fueron dichas(BD) por los apóstoles de nuestro Señor Jesucristo(BE), 18 quienes os decían[u]: En los últimos tiempos habrá burladores(BF) que irán tras sus propias pasiones impías(BG). 19 Estos son los que causan divisiones; individuos mundanos[v] que no tienen el Espíritu(BH). 20 Pero vosotros, amados(BI), edificándoos(BJ) en vuestra santísima fe, orando en el Espíritu Santo(BK), 21 conservaos en el amor de Dios, esperando ansiosamente la misericordia de nuestro Señor Jesucristo para vida eterna(BL). 22 Y tened misericordia de[w] algunos que dudan; 23 a otros, salvad, arrebatándolos del fuego(BM); y de otros tened misericordia con temor, aborreciendo aun la ropa contaminada por la carne(BN).
Bendición
24 Y a aquel que es poderoso(BO) para guardaros sin caída[x] y para presentaros sin mancha en presencia de su gloria(BP) con gran alegría(BQ), 25 al único(BR) Dios nuestro Salvador(BS), por medio de Jesucristo nuestro Señor, sea gloria, majestad, dominio y autoridad(BT), antes de todo tiempo, y ahora y por todos los siglos(BU). Amén.
Footnotes
- Judas 1:1 O, Santiago
- Judas 1:1 Algunos mss. posteriores dicen: santificados
- Judas 1:4 O, de los cuales...se había escrito
- Judas 1:5 Lit., de una vez para siempre
- Judas 1:5 Algunos mss. antiguos dicen: Jesús
- Judas 1:5 Lit., a un
- Judas 1:5 Lit., la segunda vez
- Judas 1:6 Lit., cadenas
- Judas 1:7 O, puesto que ellas, a semejanza de aquéllos
- Judas 1:7 O, se entregaron a gran inmoralidad
- Judas 1:7 O, son exhibidas como ejemplo del fuego eterno, al sufrir el castigo
- Judas 1:8 Lit., de las glorias
- Judas 1:10 Lit., corrompidos
- Judas 1:11 Lit., se han derramado en el
- Judas 1:12 O, manchas ocultas
- Judas 1:13 O, sus actos vergonzosos
- Judas 1:14 Lit., sus santas decenas de millares
- Judas 1:15 Dos mss. antiguos dicen: a toda alma
- Judas 1:15 Lit., duras
- Judas 1:16 Lit., sus bocas hablan
- Judas 1:18 Lit., que ellos decían
- Judas 1:19 O, naturales, o, sensuales
- Judas 1:22 Algunos mss. antiguos dicen: convenced a
- Judas 1:24 O, sin tropiezo
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
