¹Jude, 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:

¹Juda, Jezusa Kristusa hlapec, a brat Jakobov, poklicanim, v Bogu Očetu ljubljenim in za Jezusa Kristusa hranjenim:

²Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.

²Usmiljenje vam in mir in ljubezen naj se pomnoži!

³Beloved, 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.

³Ljubljeni, ko sem si mnogo prizadeval, pisati vam v skupnem nam zveličanju, se mi je potrebno videlo, pisati vam opominjaje, da se vrlo borite za vero, ki je enkrat za vselej izročena svetim.

⁴For 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.

⁴Kajti priplazili so se neki ljudje, zdavnaj naprej zapisani za to sodbo, brezbožni, ki milost Boga našega krivo rabijo v razuzdanost in taje edinega Vladarja in Gospoda našega, Jezusa Kristusa.

⁵I 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.

⁵Spomniti pa vas hočem, čeprav zdaj vse to že veste, da je Gospod, ko je rešil ljudstvo iz dežele Egiptovske, pozneje pogubil tiste, ki niso verovali.

⁶And 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.

⁶In angele, ki niso hranili poglavarstva svojega, temuč so zapustili lastno domovje, je shranil za sodbo velikega dneva z večnimi vezmi pod temo.

⁷Even 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.

⁷Kakor Sodoma in Gomora in mesta okoli njiju, ki so enako kakor oni nečistovala in hodila za drugim mesom, so postavljena za zgled, ker trpe kazen večnega ognja.

⁸Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

⁸Enako torej tudi ti, praznim sanjam se vdajajoč, oskrunjajo meso, zaničujejo gospostvo, preklinjajo veličanstva.

⁹Yet 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.

⁹Mihael pa, nadangel, ko se je s hudičem prepiral in prerekal o truplu Mojzesovem, si ni upal izreči sodbe preklinjevanja, marveč je rekel: Kaznuj te Gospod!

¹⁰But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

¹⁰Ti pa preklinjajo, česarkoli ne vedo; kar pa po naravi znajo, kakor nespametne živali, v tem se pogubljajo.

¹¹Woe 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.

¹¹Gorje jim! ker so hodili po potu Kajnovem in so zabredli v zmoto Balaamovo zaradi plačila in so poginili v Korejevem uporu.

¹²These 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;

¹²Ti so pri bratovskih pojedinah vaših zapreke, ko se goste z vami in brez strahu sami sebe paso; so oblaki brez vode, ki jih gonijo vetrovi, drevesa poznojesenska, brez sadu, dvakrat mrtva, izkoreninjena;

¹³Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

¹³divji morski valovi, ki izpenjavajo lastno sramoto; zvezde tavajoče, katerim je mrak teme shranjen vekomaj.

¹⁴And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

¹⁴Prorokoval je pa tudi tem sedmi od Adama, Enoh, govoreč: Glej, prišel je Gospod z miriadami svetih svojih,

¹⁵To 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.

¹⁵izvršit sodbo nad vsemi in kaznovat vse brezbožne za vsa dela brezbožnosti, ki so jih brezbožno storili, in za vse trde besede, ki so jih govorili zoper njega grešniki brezbožni.

¹⁶These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

¹⁶Ti so godrnjači, pritoževalci, ki hodijo po svojih poželenjih, in usta njih govore šopirno, občudujoč osebe zaradi koristi.

¹⁷But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

¹⁷Vi pa, ljubljeni, spominjajte se besed, ki so jih naprej govorili apostoli Gospoda našega Jezusa Kristusa, da so vam rekli:

¹⁸How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

¹⁸V zadnjem času bodo posmehovalci, živeči po svojih poželenjih brezbožnosti.

¹⁹These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

¹⁹Ti so, ki napravljajo razkole, živinski, ne imajoč duha.

²⁰But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

²⁰Vi pa, ljubljeni, sezidavajte se na presveti veri svoji in molite v svetem Duhu,

²¹Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

²¹ohranite se v ljubezni Božji, pričakujte usmiljenja Gospoda našega Jezusa Kristusa, za večno življenje!

²²And of some have compassion, making a difference:

²²In nekatere prepričujte, ki so v dvomih;

²³And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

²³nekatere pa rešite, potegnivši jih iz ognja, nekatere pa s strahom milujte, sovražeč tudi obleko, oskrunjeno po mesu.

²⁴Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

²⁴Njemu pa, ki vas more obvarovati brez spotike in postaviti pred obličje slave svoje brez madeža v radovanju,edinemu Bogu, Rešitelju našemu, po Jezusu Kristusu Gospodu našem slava, veličastvo, moč in oblast pred vsem časom in zdaj in na vse veke! Amen.

²⁵To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

²⁵edinemu Bogu, Rešitelju našemu, po Jezusu Kristusu Gospodu našem slava, veličastvo, moč in oblast pred vsem časom in zdaj in na vse veke! Amen.