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.

¹ Jude, or, Judah a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

² Na leen Yàlla may yërmande, jàmm ak mbëggeel.

²Mercy 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, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all 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 are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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.

⁵Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn’t believe.

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.

⁶Angels who didn’t keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.

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.

⁷Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

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

⁸Yet in the same way, these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander celestial beings.

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!»

⁹But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”

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.

¹⁰But these speak evil of whatever things they don’t know. What they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, they are destroyed in these things.

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.

¹¹Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in Korah’s rebellion.

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 hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

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 the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.

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,

¹⁴About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,

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 execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

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 and complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaks proud things), showing respect of persons to gain advantage.

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

¹⁷But you, beloved, remember the words which have been 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.»

¹⁸They said to you that “In the last time there will be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.”

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

¹⁹These are they who cause divisions, and are sensual, not having the Spirit.

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

²⁰But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.

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

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

²² Jubbantileen ñi am werantey xel,

²²On some have compassion, making a distinction,

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 save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

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

²⁴Now to him who is able to keep them TR and NU read “you” from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

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 God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.