¹Judas, of Jesus Christ a servant, and brother of James, to those sanctified in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ kept — called,

¹የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ባሪያ የያዕቆብም ወንድም የሆነ ይሁዳ፥ በእግዚአብሔር አብ ተወደው ለኢየሱስ ክርስቶስም ተጠብቀው ለተጠሩ፤

²kindness to you, and peace, and love, be multiplied!

²ምሕረትና ሰላም ፍቅርም ይብዛላችሁ።

³Beloved, all diligence using to write to you concerning the common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting to agonize for the faith once delivered to the saints,

³ወዳጆች ሆይ፥ ስለምንካፈለው ስለ መዳናችን ልጽፍላችሁ እጅግ ተግቼ ሳለሁ፥ ለቅዱሳን አንድ ጊዜ ፈጽሞ ስለ ተሰጠ ሃይማኖት እንድትጋደሉ እየመከርኋችሁ እጽፍላችሁ ዘንድ ግድ ሆነብኝ።

⁴for there did come in unobserved certain men, long ago having been written beforehand to this judgment, impious, the grace of our God perverting to lasciviousness, and our only Master, God, and Lord — Jesus Christ — denying,

⁴ከብዙ ጊዜ በፊት ለዚህ ፍርድ የተጻፉ አንዳንዶች ሰዎች ሾልከው ገብተዋልና፤ ኃጢአተኞች ሆነው የአምላካችንን ጸጋ በሴሰኝነት ይለውጣሉ ንጉሣችንንና ጌታችንንም ብቻውን ያለውን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ይክዳሉ።

⁵and to remind you I intend, you knowing once this, that the Lord, a people out of the land of Egypt having saved, again those who did not believe did destroy;

⁵ዳሩ ግን ሁሉን አንድ ጊዜ ፈጽሞ ምንም የተማራችሁ ብትሆኑ ጌታ ከግብፅ አገር ሕዝቡን አድኖ የማያምኑትን በኋላ እንዳጠፋቸው ላሳስባችሁ እወዳለሁ።

⁶messengers also, those who did not keep their own principality, but did leave their proper dwelling, to a judgment of a great day, in bonds everlasting, under darkness He hath kept,

⁶መኖሪያቸውንም የተዉትን እንጂ የራሳቸውን አለቅነት ያልጠበቁትን መላእክት በዘላለም እስራት ከጨለማ በታች እስከ ታላቁ ቀን ፍርድ ድረስ ጠብቆአቸዋል።

⁷as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before — an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.

⁷እንዲሁም እንደ እነርሱ ዝሙትን ያደረጉና ሌላን ሥጋ የተከተሉ ሰዶምና ገሞራ በዙሪያቸውም የነበሩ ከተማዎች በዘላለም እሳት እየተቀጡ ምሳሌ ሆነዋል።

⁸In like manner, nevertheless, those dreaming also the flesh indeed do defile, and lordship they put away, and dignities they speak evil of,

⁸እንዲሁም እነዚህ ሰዎች ደግሞ እያለሙ ሥጋቸውን ያረክሳሉ ጌትነትንም ይጥላሉ ሥልጣን ያላቸውንም ይሳደባሉ።

⁹yet Michael, the chief messenger, when, with the devil contending, he was disputing about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring up an evil-speaking judgment, but said, `The Lord rebuke thee!`

⁹የመላእክት አለቃ ሚካኤል ግን ከዲያብሎስ ጋር በተከራከረ ጊዜ ስለ ሙሴ ሥጋ ሲነጋገር። ጌታ ይገሥጽህ አለው እንጂ የስድብን ፍርድ ሊናገረው አልደፈረም።

¹⁰and these, as many things indeed as they have not known, they speak evil of; and as many things as naturally (as the irrational beasts) they understand, in these they are corrupted;

¹⁰እነዚህ ግን የማያውቁትን ሁሉ ይሳደባሉ፥ አእምሮም እንደሌላቸው እንስሶች በፍጥረታቸው በሚያውቁት ሁሉ በእርሱ ይጠፋሉ።

¹¹wo to them! because in the way of Cain they did go on, and to the deceit of Balaam for reward they did rush, and in the gainsaying of Korah they did perish.

¹¹ወዮላቸው፥ በቃየል መንገድ ሄደዋልና ስለ ደመወዝም ለበለዓም ስሕተት ራሳቸውን አሳልፈው ሰጥተዋል በቆሬም መቃወም ጠፍተዋል።

¹²These are in your love-feasts craggy rocks; feasting together with you, without fear shepherding themselves; clouds without water, by winds carried about; trees autumnal, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;

¹²እነዚህ ከእናንተ ጋር ሲጋበዙ በፍቅር ግብዣችሁ እንደ እድፍ ናቸው፤ እንደ እረኞች ያለ ፍርሃት ራሳቸውን ይጠብቃሉ፤ በነፋስ የተወሰዱ ውኃ የሌለባቸው ደመናዎች፥ ፍሬ የማያፈሩ ሁለት ጊዜ የሞቱ ከነሥራቸው የተነቀሉ በበጋ የደረቁ ዛፎች፥

¹³wild waves of a sea, foaming out their own shames; stars going astray, to whom the gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept.

¹³የገዛ ነውራቸውን አረፋ እየደፈቁ ጨካኝ የባሕር ማዕበል፥ ድቅድቅ ጨለማ ለዘላለም የተጠበቀላቸው የሚንከራተቱ ከዋክብት ናቸው።

¹⁴And prophesy also to these did the seventh from Adam — Enoch — saying, `Lo, the Lord did come in His saintly myriads,

¹⁴ከአዳም ጀምሮ ሰባተኛ የሆነ ሄኖክ። እነሆ፥ ጌታ በሁሉ ላይ እንዲፈርድ፥ በኃጢአተኝነትም ስላደረጉት ስለ ኃጢአተኛ ሥራቸው ሁሉ ዓመፀኞችም ኃጢአተኞች በእርሱ ላይ ስለ ተናገሩ ስለ ጭከና ነገር ሁሉ ኃጢአተኞችን ሁሉ እንዲወቅስ ከአእላፋት ቅዱሳኑ ጋር መጥቶአል ብሎ ለእነዚህ ደግሞ ትንቢት ተናገረ።

¹⁵to do judgment against all, and to convict all their impious ones, concerning all their works of impiety that they did impiously, and concerning all the stiff things that speak against Him did impious sinners.`

¹⁶እነዚህ እንደ ምኞታቸው እየሄዱ የሚያንጎራጉሩና ስለ ዕድላቸው የሚያጕረመርሙ ናቸው፥ እንዲረባቸውም ለሰው ፊት እያደሉ አፋቸው ከመጠን ይልቅ ታላቅ ቃል ይናገራል።

¹⁶These are murmurers, repiners; according to their desires walking, and their mouth doth speak great swellings, giving admiration to persons for the sake of profit;

¹⁷እናንተ ግን፥ ወዳጆች ሆይ፥ በጌታችን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሐዋርያት ቀድሞ የተነገረውን ቃል አስቡ፤

¹⁷and ye, beloved, remember ye the sayings spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:

¹⁸እነርሱ። በመጨረሻው ዘመን በኃጢአተኝነት እንደ ገዛ ምኞታቸው እየሄዱ ዘባቾች ይሆናሉ ብለዋችኋልና።

¹⁸that they said to you, that in the last time there shall be scoffers, after their own desires of impieties going on,

¹⁹እነዚህ የሚያለያዩ ሥጋውያንም የሆኑ መንፈስም የሌላቸው ሰዎች ናቸው።

¹⁹these are those setting themselves apart, natural men, the Spirit not having.

²⁰እናንተ ግን፥ ወዳጆች ሆይ፥ ከሁሉ ይልቅ በተቀደሰ ሃይማኖታችሁ ራሳችሁን ለማነጽ እየተጋችሁ በመንፈስ ቅዱስም እየጸለያችሁ፥

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

²¹ወደ ዘላለም ሕይወት የሚወስደውን የጌታችንን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ምሕረት ስትጠባበቁ በእግዚአብሔር ፍቅር ራሳችሁን ጠብቁ።

²¹yourselves in the love of God keep ye, waiting for the kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ — to life age-during;

²²አንዳንዶች ተከራካሪዎችንም ውቀሱ፥ አንዳንዶችንም ከእሳት ነጥቃችሁ አድኑ፥

²²and to some be kind, judging thoroughly,

²³አንዳንዶችንም በሥጋ የረከሰውን ልብስ እንኳ እየጠላችሁ በፍርሃት ማሩ።

²³and some in fear save ye, out of the fire snatching, hating even the coat from the flesh spotted.

²⁴ሳትሰናከሉም እንዲጠብቃችሁ፥ በክብሩም ፊት በደስታ ነውር የሌላችሁ አድርጎ እንዲያቆማችሁ ለሚችለው

²⁴And to Him who is able to guard you not stumbling, and to set [you] in the presence of His glory unblemished, in gladness,

²⁵ብቻውን ለሆነ አምላክና መድኃኒታችን ከዘመን ሁሉ በፊት አሁንም እስከ ዘላለምም ድረስ በጌታችን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ክብርና ግርማ ኃይልም ሥልጣንም ይሁን፤ አሜን።

²⁵to the only wise God our Saviour, [is] glory and greatness, power and authority, both now and to all the ages! Amen.