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Saludo

Judas, siervo de Jesucristo y hermano de Santiago, saluda a los que Dios el Padre ama y ha llamado, los cuales son protegidos por Jesucristo. Reciban ustedes abundancia de misericordia, paz y amor.

Denuncia de la conducta de algunos

Queridos hermanos, he sentido grandes deseos de escribirles acerca de la salvación que tanto ustedes como yo tenemos; pero ahora me veo en la necesidad de hacerlo para rogarles que luchen por la fe que una vez fue entregada al pueblo santo. Porque por medio de engaños se han infiltrado ciertas personas a quienes las Escrituras ya habían señalado desde hace mucho tiempo para la condenación. Son hombres malvados, que toman la bondad de nuestro Dios como pretexto para una vida desenfrenada, y niegan a nuestro único Dueño y Señor, Jesucristo.

Anuncio del castigo divino

Aunque ustedes ya lo saben, quiero recordarles que el Señor, después que sacó de Egipto al pueblo de Israel, destruyó a los que no creyeron. Y a los ángeles que no conservaron su debido puesto, sino que dejaron su propio hogar, Dios los retiene en prisiones oscuras y eternas para el gran día del juicio. Lo mismo que esos ángeles, también Sodoma y Gomorra y las ciudades vecinas se entregaron a la prostitución, y se dejaron llevar por vicios contra la naturaleza. Por eso sufrieron el castigo del fuego eterno y quedaron como advertencia para todos.

A pesar de ello, también esos hombres, viviendo en sueños, contaminan su cuerpo, rechazan la autoridad del Señor e insultan a los poderes superiores. El mismo arcángel Miguel, cuando luchaba contra el diablo disputándole el cuerpo de Moisés, no se atrevió a condenarlo con insultos, sino que solamente le dijo: «¡Que el Señor te reprenda!» 10 Pero esos hombres hablan mal de las cosas que no conocen; y en cuanto a las que conocen por instinto, como las conocen los animales sin entendimiento, las usan para su propia condenación.

11 ¡Ay de ellos!, porque han seguido el ejemplo de Caín. Por ganar dinero se han desviado, como Balaam, y como Coré, mueren por su rebeldía. 12 Son una vergüenza en las fiestas de amor fraternal que ustedes celebran, en las que ellos comen y beben alegremente, sin mostrar ningún respeto. Son pastores que cuidan solamente de sí mismos. Son nubes sin agua, llevadas por el viento. Son árboles que no dan fruto a su tiempo, dos veces muertos y arrancados de raíz. 13 Son violentas olas del mar, que arrojan como espuma sus acciones vergonzosas. Son estrellas que han perdido su rumbo y están condenadas a pasar la eternidad en la más negra oscuridad.

14 También Henoc, que fue el séptimo después de Adán, habló proféticamente cuando dijo acerca de esa gente: «Vi al Señor, que venía con miles y miles de sus ángeles 15 a juzgar a todos los hombres y a condenarlos por todo el mal que cometieron en su maldad y por todas las palabras insolentes que como malvados pecadores dijeron contra él.» 16 De todo se quejan, todo lo critican y sólo buscan satisfacer sus propios deseos. Hablan con jactancia, y adulan a los demás para aprovecharse de ellos.

Exhortación a la fidelidad

17 Pero ustedes, queridos hermanos, acuérdense de que los apóstoles de nuestro Señor Jesucristo 18 les habían dicho: «En los últimos tiempos habrá gente burlona, que vivirá de acuerdo con sus malos deseos.» 19 Ésos son los que causan divisiones; siguen sus deseos naturales y no tienen el Espíritu de Dios.

20 Pero ustedes, queridos hermanos, manténganse firmes en su santísima fe. Oren guiados por el Espíritu Santo. 21 Consérvense en el amor de Dios y esperen el día en que nuestro Señor Jesucristo, en su misericordia, nos dará la vida eterna.

22 Tengan compasión de los que dudan. 23 A unos sálvenlos sacándolos del fuego, y tengan compasión de otros, aunque cuídense de ellos y aborrezcan hasta la ropa que llevan contaminada por su mala vida.

Alabanza final a Dios

24-25 El Dios único, Salvador nuestro, tiene poder para cuidar de que ustedes no caigan, y para presentarlos sin mancha y llenos de alegría ante su gloriosa presencia. A él sea la gloria, la grandeza, el poder y la autoridad, por nuestro Señor Jesucristo, antes, ahora y siempre. Amén.

Jude,(A) a servant of Jesus Christ(B) and a brother of James,

To those who have been called,(C) who are loved in God the Father and kept for[a] Jesus Christ:(D)

Mercy, peace(E) and love be yours in abundance.(F)

The Sin and Doom of Ungodly People

Dear friends,(G) although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share,(H) I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend(I) for the faith(J) that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.(K) For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about[b] long ago have secretly slipped in among you.(L) They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.(M)

Though you already know all this,(N) I want to remind you(O) that the Lord[c] at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.(P) And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.(Q) In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah(R) and the surrounding towns(S) gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.(T)

In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings.(U) But even the archangel(V) Michael,(W) when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses,(X) did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”[d](Y) 10 Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.(Z)

11 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain;(AA) they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error;(AB) they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.(AC)

12 These people are blemishes at your love feasts,(AD) eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves.(AE) They are clouds without rain,(AF) blown along by the wind;(AG) autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted(AH)—twice dead. 13 They are wild waves of the sea,(AI) foaming up their shame;(AJ) wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.(AK)

14 Enoch,(AL) the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming(AM) with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones(AN) 15 to judge(AO) everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”[e](AP) 16 These people are grumblers(AQ) and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires;(AR) they boast(AS) about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

A Call to Persevere

17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles(AT) of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.(AU) 18 They said to you, “In the last times(AV) there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”(AW) 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.(AX)

20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up(AY) in your most holy faith(AZ) and praying in the Holy Spirit,(BA) 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait(BB) for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.(BC)

22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them from the fire;(BD) to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.[f](BE)

Doxology

24 To him who is able(BF) to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence(BG) without fault(BH) and with great joy— 25 to the only God(BI) our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore!(BJ) Amen.(BK)

Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:1 Or by; or in
  2. Jude 1:4 Or individuals who were marked out for condemnation
  3. Jude 1:5 Some early manuscripts Jesus
  4. Jude 1:9 Jude is alluding to the Jewish Testament of Moses (approximately the first century a.d.).
  5. Jude 1:15 From the Jewish First Book of Enoch (approximately the first century b.c.)
  6. Jude 1:23 The Greek manuscripts of these verses vary at several points.

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:

Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

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.

Pagbati

Mula (A) kay Judas, lingkod[a] ni Jesu-Cristo at kapatid ni Santiago. Para sa mga tinawag, iniibig ng Diyos Ama at iniingatan para kay Jesu-Cristo:[b] Nawa'y saganang sumainyo ang habag, kapayapaan, at pag-ibig.

Ang Hatol sa mga Huwad na Tagapagturo

Mga minamahal, nais ko sanang isulat sa inyo ang tungkol sa iisang kaligtasang tinanggap nating lahat, ngunit natagpuan kong kailangang isulat sa inyo ang panawagan na ipaglaban ang pananampalatayang minsanan at magpakailanman na ipinagkatiwala sa mga banal. Sapagkat lihim na nakapasok sa inyong samahan ang ilang taong ayaw kumilala sa Diyos. Binabaluktot nila ang aral ukol sa kagandahang-loob ng Diyos at kinakasangkapan ito upang pagbigyan ang kanilang kahalayan. Ayaw rin nilang kilalanin si Jesu-Cristo, ang ating kaisa-isang Pinuno at Panginoon. Noon pa mang una'y nakasulat na ang parusa sa kanila.

Kahit (B) alam na ninyo ang lahat ng ito, nais ko pa ring ipaalala na matapos iligtas ng Panginoon ang isang bayan mula sa lupain ng Ehipto, pinuksa niya ang mga hindi sumampalataya. Alalahanin din ninyo ang mga anghel na hindi nag-ingat sa kanilang makapangyarihang katungkulan at sa halip ay iniwan nila ang kanilang tahanan. Kaya't ginapos sila ng di-mapapatid na tanikala at ikinulong sa malalim na kadiliman. Mananatili sila doon hanggang hatulan sila sa dakilang Araw ng Panginoon. Ganoon din (C) ang sinapit ng Sodoma at Gomorra at ng mga karatig-lungsod. Nalulong din sila sa imoralidad at nahumaling sa kakaibang uri ng pakikipagtalik. Sila'y naging halimbawa nang sila'y parusahan sa apoy na walang hanggan.

Sa gayunding paraan, ang mga mapanaginiping taong ito ay dumudungis sa kanilang katawan, hindi kumikilala sa mga maykapangyarihan at lumalait sa mga maluwalhating nilalang. Kahit (D) si Miguel na arkanghel ay hindi humatol nang may paglapastangan. Nang makipaglaban siya sa diyablo at nakipagtalo tungkol sa katawan ni Moises, ang tanging sinabi niya'y “Sawayin ka ng Panginoon!” 10 Ngunit ang mga taong ito ay lumalapastangan sa anumang hindi nila nauunawaan. Para silang mga hayop na walang pag-iisip na napapahamak dahil sumusunod lamang sila sa kanilang mga nararamdaman. 11 Kaysaklap ng sasapitin nila! (E) Sapagkat tinahak nila ang daan ni Cain. Isinuko ang sarili sa pagkakamali ni Balaam dahil sa pagkakakitaan; at tulad ni Kora ay napahamak dahil sa paghihimagsik. 12 Ang mga taong ito'y kasiraan sa inyong mga piging ng pagmamahalan. Hindi sila nahihiyang nakikisalo sa inyo at sarili lamang ang pinakakain. Tulad sila ng mga ulap na walang dalang tubig at tinatangay lamang ng hangin. Kagaya sila ng mga punongkahoy sa pagtatapos ng taglagas, hindi na aasahang magbunga dahil binunot na at patay na. 13 Tulad nila'y mga alon sa dagat, itinataas nilang gaya ng bula ang kanilang nakahihiyang mga gawa; tulad nila'y mga talang ligaw na nakalaan na sa malalim na kadiliman magpakailanman.

14 Tungkol (F) din sa mga taong ito ang ipinahayag ni Enoc, ang ikapitong salinlahi mula kay Adan. Sabi niya, “Tingnan ninyo! Dumarating ang Panginoon kasama ang kanyang libu-libong mga anghel, 15 upang hatulan ang lahat, at parusahan ang lahat ng hindi maka-Diyos dahil sa kanilang masasamang gawa, at sa lahat ng paglapastangan sa kanya ng mga makasalanan.” 16 Ang mga taong ito ay mareklamo at mahilig mamintas. Sinusunod nila ang kanilang pagnanasa, at mayayabang magsalita at sanay pumuri nang pakunwari makuha lang ang sariling kagustuhan.

Mga Babala at mga Paalala

17 Ngunit kayo, mga minamahal, alalahanin ninyo ang mga babalang ibinigay noon ng mga apostol ng ating Panginoong Jesu-Cristo. 18 Sinabi (G) nila sa inyo, “Sa huling panahon ay darating ang mga manlilibak na namumuhay sa sarili nilang makamundong pagnanasa.” 19 Ang mga ito ang lumilikha ng pagkakabaha-bahagi, mga taong makamundo, at walang Espiritu ng Diyos. 20 Ngunit kayo, mga minamahal, patatagin ninyo ang inyong sarili sa pinakabanal na pananampalataya. Manalangin sa tulong ng Banal na Espiritu. 21 Manatili kayo sa pag-ibig ng Diyos; asahan ninyo ang habag ng ating Panginoong Jesu-Cristo na naghahatid sa buhay na walang hanggan. 22 Kahabagan ninyo ang mga nag-aalinlangan. 23 Agawin ninyo ang mga nasa apoy upang masagip sila. Mahabag kayo sa iba na taglay ang takot; kamuhian ninyo pati ang mga damit nilang nabahiran ng kahalayan.

Basbas

24 Sa kanya na may kapangyarihang mag-ingat sa inyo upang hindi kayo mapahamak at may kapangyarihang magharap sa inyo nang walang kapintasan at may lubos na kagalakan sa harap ng kanyang kaluwalhatian, 25 sa iisang Diyos na ating Tagapagligtas, sa pamamagitan ni Jesu-Cristong ating Panginoon, sa kanya ang kaluwalhatian, karangalan, kapangyarihan at kapamahalaan, bago pa nagsimula ang panahon, ngayon, at kailanman. Amen.

Footnotes

  1. Judas 1:1 o alipin.
  2. Judas 1:1 o ni Jesu-Cristo.