유다서 1장 [NIV]

유다서 1장 [RSV]

1. 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ:

   1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:

2. 2 Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.

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

3. 3 Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.

   3 Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

4. 4 For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.

   4 For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

5. 5 Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.

   5 Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

6. 6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home--these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.

   6 And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;

7. 7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.

   7 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

8. 8 In the very same way, these dreamers pollute their own bodies, reject authority and slander celestial beings.

   8 Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.

9. 9 But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"

   9 But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, "The Lord rebuke you."

10. 10 Yet these men speak abusively against whatever they do not understand; and what things they do understand by instinct, like unreasoning animals--these are the very things that destroy them.

    10 But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.

11. 11 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaams error; they have been destroyed in Korahs rebellion.

    11 Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaams error, and perish in Korahs rebellion.

12. 12 These men are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm--shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted--twice dead.

    12 These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;

13. 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

    13 wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.

14. 14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones

    14 It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,

15. 15 to judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and of all the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him."

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

16. 16 These men are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

    16 These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.

17. 17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.

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

18. 18 They said to you, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires."

    18 they said to you, "In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions."

19. 19 These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.

    19 It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.

20. 20 But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit.

    20 But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;

21. 21 Keep yourselves in Gods love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

    21 keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

22. 22 Be merciful to those who doubt;

    22 And convince some, who doubt;

23. 23 snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear--hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.

    23 save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

24. 24 To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--

    24 Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,

25. 25 to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.

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