1 From Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and the brother of James.
To all who are chosen and loved by God the Father and are kept safe by Jesus Christ.
2 I pray that God will greatly bless you with mercy, peace, and love!
False Teachers
3 My dear friends, I really wanted to write you about God's saving power at work in our lives. But instead, I must write and ask you to defend the faith that God has once for all given to his people. 4 Some godless people have sneaked in among us and are saying, “God treats us much better than we deserve, and so it is all right to be immoral.” They even deny we must obey Jesus Christ as our only Master and Lord. But long ago the Scriptures warned that these godless people were doomed.
5 Don't forget what happened to those people the Lord rescued from Egypt. Some of them did not have faith, and he later destroyed them. 6 You also know about the angels who didn't do their work and left their proper places. God chained them with everlasting chains and is now keeping them in dark pits until the great day of judgment. 7 We should also be warned by what happened to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and the nearby towns. Their people became immoral and committed all sorts of sexual sins. Then God made an example of them and punished them with eternal fire.
8 The people I am talking about are behaving just like those dreamers who destroyed their own bodies. They reject all authority and insult angels. 9 Even Michael, the chief angel, didn't dare to insult the devil, when the two of them were arguing about the body of Moses. All Michael said was, “The Lord will punish you!”
10 But these people insult powers they don't know anything about. They are like senseless animals that end up getting destroyed, because they live only by their feelings. 11 Now they are in for real trouble. They have followed Cain's example and have made the same mistake that Balaam did by caring only for money. They have also rebelled against God, just as Korah did. Because of all this, they will be destroyed.
12 These people are filthy minded, and by their shameful and selfish actions they spoil the meals you eat together. They are like clouds blown along by the wind, but never bringing any rain. They are like leafless trees, uprooted and dead, and unable to produce fruit. 13 Their shameful deeds show up like foam on wild ocean waves. They are like wandering stars forever doomed to the darkest pits of hell.
14 Enoch was the seventh person after Adam, and he was talking about these people when he said:
Look! The Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of holy angels 15 to judge everyone. He will punish all those ungodly people for all the evil things they have done. The Lord will surely punish those ungodly sinners for every evil thing they have ever said about him.
16 These people grumble and complain and live by their own selfish desires. They brag about themselves and flatter others to get what they want.
More Warnings
17 My dear friends, remember the warning you were given by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18 They told you that near the end of time, selfish and godless people would start making fun of God. 19 And now these people are already making you turn against each other. They think only about this life, and they don't have God's Spirit.
20 Dear friends, keep building on the foundation of your most holy faith, as the Holy Spirit helps you to pray. 21 And keep in step with God's love, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to show how kind he is by giving you eternal life. 22 Be helpful to all who may have doubts. 23 Rescue any who need to be saved, as you would rescue someone from a fire. Then with fear in your own hearts, have mercy on everyone who needs it. But hate even the clothes of those who have been made dirty by their filthy deeds.
Final Prayer
24-25 Offer praise to God our Savior because of our Lord Jesus Christ! Only God can keep you from falling and make you pure and joyful in his glorious presence. Before time began and now and forever, God is worthy of glory, honor, power, and authority. Amen.
1 Judas, omupiya waJesus Kristus, omumwaina waJakob, kwaava va ifanwa ndele va yapulwa muKalunga Tate ndele va amenenwa Jesus Kristus. 2 Onghenda nombili nohole nai mu hapupalele.
Eitavelo nali kondjelwe
3 Ovaholike, eshi nda li nda hala nokuhalelela oku mu shangela molwexupifo letweni atusheni, ame onda li ndi udite ndi noku mu shangela noku mu kumaida, nye mu kondjele eitavelo eli la pewa ovayapuki polumwe aluke. 4 Osheshi oku novanhu vamwe ve livakela mo meongalo leni, ava va shangelwa nale etokolo eli, ovahenakalunga, efilonghenda laKalunga ketu otave li pilike pailonga yavo youhalu ndele tave likale Jesus Kristus, ou Omupangeli nOmwene wetu umwe aeke.
Ovalunde tava handukilwa
5 Nande aishe omwe i shiivifilwa nale, onda hala oku mu dimbulukifa vali nokutya, Omwene ou a xupifa tete oshiwana medu laEgipiti, konima okwa nyona po aveshe venya va anya oku mu itavela. 6 Novaengeli venya, ava va li inava diinina oulenga wavo, ndele va fiya po omitumba davo vene, okwe va idilila nomulaulu, omomapando alushe, va diininwe ngaha fiyo okefiku olo linene letokolo. 7 Ngaashi Sodom naGomorra nomikunda domoushiinda wayo, eshi va li moluhaelo panghedi yavo nova puka nokushikula ouhalu wombelela, paenghedi dihe fi dopaushitwe, ova ninga edidiliko eshi va hepekwa nehepeko lomundilo waalushe.
8 Osho yo ovatwi veendjodi ava otava nyateke ombelela ndele tava dini ouhamba notava sheke ovo vomoshinge. 9 Omweengeli omukulunhu Mikael nande a twa eemhata naSatana omolwoshimhu shaMoses okwa tila oku mu ula ondjovo yetokolo noku mu sheka. Okwa tya ashike: “Omwene ne ku handukile!” 10 Ndelenee ovanhu ava hava sheke osho kave shi shii. Ndele otave linyonaunine mwaayo ve i shii konghedi youshitwe ngaashi oinamwenyo ihe neendunge. 11 Woo kuvo, osheshi va enda nondjila yaKain, nomokulikongela ondjabi ve liundulila mepuko laBileam ndele tava ka nyonaukila mokulundakana kwavo ongaashi kwinya kwaKora.
Ovalundakani ava vomeongalo
12 Moivilo yeni yohole ovo omalopyolopyo ohoni vehe na ouxwenge mokulya nanye nokuxwaka. Ovo va fa oilemo ihe nomeva tai tewatewa komhepo, ovo va fa omiti dopokufu da yaumuka, dihe noiimati, ya fya luvali, va dudwa mo nomidi. 13 Ovo omakufikufi omefuta tava tutumike onhutu yohoni yavo vene. Ovo eenyofi da pukilila, ovo va teelelifwa omulaulu womilaulu fokofoko fiyo alushe.
14 Naave yo Henok, omutiheyali kokudja kuAdam okwe va xunganeka, a tya: “Tala, Omwene ote uya novayapuki vaye omayovi omilongo, 15 okutokola aveshe nokuhandukila ovahenakalunga aveshe omolwoilonga yavo aishe youhenakalunga, ve i longa mouhenakalunga wavo, neendjovo davo adishe dikukutu, ovalunde ovo vehe na Kalunga ve di popya va twa ondubo naye.” 16 Ovo tuu ava ovanaenyamukudi alushe nohava ngongotele oipewa yavo ei ve i na, ndele tava kala nokushikula omauhalu avo, nomakanya avo taa popi eendjovo dounhwa ndele tava heke ovanhu nokukonga shavo vene.
Omakumaido nepandulo
17 Ndelenee nye ovaholike, dimbulukweni eendjovo mwe di lombwelwa nale kovayapostoli vOmwene wetu Jesus Kristus, 18 eshi va tile kunye: “Momafiku ahauxuuninwa otape uya ovasheki, hava endifwa komauhalu avo ouhenakalunga.” 19 Ovo tuu ovo tava eta omatukauko, ovo ovanhu vopashitwe, ndele kave nOmhepo. 20 Ndelenee nye, ovaholike, litungileni kekanghameno leitavelo leni liyapuki, nye mu ilikane mOmhepo Iyapuki, 21 opo mu likaleke mohole yaKalunga nokuteelela onghenda yOmwene wetu Jesus Kristus komwenyo waalushe. 22 Fileni onghenda ovo ve na omalimbililo. 23 Va xupifeni noku va vakula momundilo. Vamwe va fileni onghenda nokutila nokutonda oshikutu shavo sha nyatekwa kombelela.
24 Ndelenee Oye ou ta dulu oku mu amena, muha punduke note mu kaleke mehafo koshipala shoshinge shaye, muhe noshipo, 25 Oye aeke Kalunga nOmuxupifi wetu omolwOmwene wetu Jesus Kristus, Oye na pewe efimano nounene neenghono nepangelo manga omafimbo a li ehe ko nena nofiyo alushe! Amen.
