¹ Man Yudd, jaamu Yeesu Kirist, mi bokk ak Saag ndey ak baay, maa leen di bind, yéen ñi Yàlla Baay bi woo te bëgg leen, te Yeesu Kirist aar leen.

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

² Na leen Yàlla may yërmande, jàmm ak mbëggeel.

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

³ Samay bokk, bëggoon naa leen a bind lool ci mbirum mucc gi nu bokk, waaye lii moo gën a jamp: ma xiir leen, ngeen taxaw ci aar mboolem dëgg, yi Yàlla xas a dénk gaayam yu sell yi ba fàww.

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,

⁴ Ndaxte am na ay nit ñu ñeme Yàlla, ñu yoxoosu ci seen biir; dañuy mbubboo yiwu Yàlla, ngir topp seen bakkan, di ci weddi Buur Yàlla miy kenn ak sunu Boroom Yeesu Kirist. Fekk Mbind mi tëral na seen àtte bu yàgg.

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,

⁵ Xam ngeen loolu lépp ba noppi sax, waaye dama leen koy fàttali rekk. Xam ngeen ne Boroom bi musal na xeetam, ba génne leen réewu Misra, waaye gannaaw ba raafal na ñi gëmul woon.

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;

⁶ Te it malaaka ya jàppul woon ca daraja ja ñu amoon, xanaa toxoo fa ñu leen dëëloon, Yàlla yeew na leen buum yu sax, tëj leen ci biir lëndëm, di leen nége àtteb bés bu mag ba.

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,

⁷ Noonu itam dëkki Sodom ak Gomor ak dëkk ya leen wëroon, dañoo sóobu ci njaaloo ak di def ay góor-jigéen, waaye àtte bi dal na ci seen kaw, ba ñuy ay tegtal ci ñiy yelloo safara ba fàww.

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.

⁸ Naka noonu itam gentkat yooyu may wax ñu ngi sobeel seen yaram, di weddi gépp kilifteef, di xas doole yi ci asamaan.

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

⁹ Waaye bi Mikayel, miy kilifa ci malaaka yi, di xëccook Seytaane néewu Musaa, bay xuloo ak moom, ñemewu koo àtte, boole ciy xas; mu yem ci wax ko ne: «Na la Boroom bi mbugal!»

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!`

¹⁰ Waaye nit ñii may wax, dañuy saaga li ñu xamul. Te li ñu xam ci tañaxu sax, ni bàyyima yu amul xel, dañu ci yàq seen bopp.

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;

¹¹ Ñoo kay torox! Dañoo jaar ci yoonu Kayin, sóobu ci réerug Balaam ngir xaalis, di bañ kilifteef ni Kore, te dinañu dee ni moom.

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.

¹² Su ñu bokkee ak yéen reeru mbooloo mi, dañu ciy indi ay, niy xeer yu nëbbu ci biir géej; amuñu genn gàcce, waaye dañuy giiroo te fonk seen biir rekk. Ñu ngi mel ni xiin yu amul ndox, yuy naaxsaay ci ngelaw; ni garab yu meññul ci jamonoy meññeef, te buddeeku, dee ba wow koŋŋ;

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;

¹³ mel ni duusi géej gu mer, yuy gëq jëf yu ruslu; niy biddiiw yuy faq, te Yàlla dencal na leen lëndëm ya gën a tar ba fàww.

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.

¹⁴ Enog, di juróom-ñaareelu maam gannaaw Aadama, waxoon na ci kàddug Yàlla, ba weer leen ne: «Boroom bi wàcce na ca asamaan, ànd ak ay junniy junniy malaakaam,

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

¹⁵ ngir àtte ñépp, te mbugal ñi weddi ñépp ndax ñaawteef, yi ñu jëf ci ñeme Yàlla; di leen fàttali it kàddu yu ñaaw, yi ñu ko tifaar ci seeni bàkkaar ak seen weddi.»

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.`

¹⁶ Duñu noppee xultu, di jàmbat seen nekkin, tey topp seen nafsu; ay wax yu réy a ngi ball ci seen làmmiñ, waaye dañuy jey ñi ñuy yaakaare njariñ.

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;

¹⁷ Waaye yéen samay xarit, fàttalikuleen la leen ndawi sunu Boroom Yeesu Kirist waxoon lu jiitu,

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

¹⁸ ne leen: «Muju jamono ay tiiñalkat dinañu feeñ, ñuy weddi Yàlla, ngir topp seen bakkan.»

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

¹⁹ Ñooy féewale, te Xelum Yàlla nekkul ci ñoom, waaye niti kese lañu.

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

²⁰ Waaye yéen samay xarit, doolewuleen ci seen yoonu ngëm wu sell, tey ñaan ci dooley Xel mu Sell mi,

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

²¹ ba saxoo mbëggeelu Yàlla, tey séentu yërmandey sunu Boroom Yeesu Kirist, mu tàbbal leen ci dund gu dul jeex.

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

²² Jubbantileen ñi am werantey xel,

²²and to some be kind, judging thoroughly,

²³ ngeen musal ñale, jële leen ci safara, te yërëm ñeneen ñi, waaye boole ci moytu, ba sib sax seen yére yi taq sobe.

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

²⁴ Yàlla mi leen man a aar ci gépp jeng, te teewal leen fa kanam ndamam, ngeen ñàkk sikk te fees dell ak mbég;

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

²⁵ Yàlla miy kenn, di sunu Musalkat, na yelloo ndam ak màgg, kàttan ak nguur, jaar ci Yeesu Kirist sunu Boroom, démb, tey, ëllëg ba fàww. Amiin.

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