1 J ude, a servant of Jesus Christ (the Messiah), and brother of James, to those who are called (chosen), dearly loved by God the Father and separated (set apart) and kept for Jesus Christ:

مِنْ يَهُوذا، عَبْدِ يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ، وَأخي يَعقُوبَ، إلَيكُمْ أنتُمُ الَّذِينَ دَعاكُمُ اللهُ الآبُ وَأحَبَّكَمْ وَحَفِظَكُمْ فِي يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ.

2 M ay mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

لَيتَكُمْ تَنعَمُونَ بِرَحمَةِ اللهِ وَسَلامِهِ وَمَحَبَّتِهِ أكثَرَ فَأكثَرَ. دَينونةُ غيرِ المؤمنين

3 B eloved, my whole concern was to write to you in regard to our common salvation. I found it necessary and was impelled to write you and urgently appeal to and exhort to contend for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints '> verbally to the holy people of God].

أيُّها الأحِبّاءُ، كَمْ كُنتُ مُشتاقاً لِلكِتابَةِ إلَيكُمْ عَنِ الخَلاصِ الَّذِي نَشتَرِكُ فِيهِ جَمِيعاً. غَيرَ أنِّي أشعُرُ بِالحاجَةِ إلَى الكِتابَةِ إلَيكُمْ لِتَشجِيعِكُمْ عَلَى الكِفاحِ مِنْ أجلِ الإيمانِ الَّذِي أعطاهُ اللهُ لِشَعبِهِ المُقَدَّسِ مَرَّةً واحِدَةً وَأخيرَةً.

4 F or certain men have crept in stealthily '> gaining entrance secretly by a side door]. Their doom was predicted long ago, ungodly (impious, profane) persons who pervert the grace (the spiritual blessing and favor) of our God into lawlessness and wantonness and immorality, and disown and deny our sole Master and Lord, Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

هَذا لأنَّهُ قَدِ اندَسَّ بَينَكُمْ أشخاصٌ كانَ الكِتابُ قَدْ تَنَبَّأ عَنْ دَينُونَتِهِمْ مُنذُ زَمَنٍ بَعِيدٍ. وَهُمْ أشخاصٌ لا يَتَّقُونَ اللهَ، وَيَتَّخِذونَ مِنْ نِعمَةِ اللهِ مُبَرِّراً لِلِانحِلالِ الخُلُقِيِّ. وَهُمْ يُنكِرُونَ يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ، رَبَّنا وَسَيِّدَنا الوَحِيدَ.

5 N ow I want to remind you, though you were fully informed once for all, that though the Lord delivered a people out of the land of Egypt, He subsequently destroyed those who did not believe.

لِذَلِكَ أوَدُّ أنْ أُذَكِّرَكُمْ بِبَعضِ الأُمُورِ رُغمَ أنَّكُمْ جَمِيعاً تَعرِفُونَها: تَعرِفُونَ أنَّ الرَّبَّ خَلَّصَ شَعبَهُ أوَّلاً مِنْ أرْضِ مِصْرَ، لَكِنَّهُ عادَ بَعدَ ذَلِكَ فَأهلَكَ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُؤمِنُوا.

6 A nd angels who did not keep (care for, guard, and hold to) their own first place of power but abandoned their proper dwelling place—these He has reserved in custody in eternal chains (bonds) under the thick gloom of utter darkness until the judgment and doom of the great day.

وَتَعرِفُونَ أنَّ المَلائِكَةَ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُحافِظُوا عَلَى ما كانَ لَهُمْ مِنْ سُلطانٍ، فَتَرَكُوا مَسكَنَهُمْ، قَدْ سَجَنَهُمُ اللهُ فِي الظُّلمَةِ، مُقَيَّدِينَ بِقُيُودٍ أبَدِيَّةٍ، فِي انتِظارِ الدَّينُونَةِ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ العَظِيمِ.

7 j ust as Sodom and Gomorrah and the adjacent towns—which likewise gave themselves over to impurity and indulged in unnatural vice and sensual perversity—are laid out as an exhibit of perpetual punishment of everlasting fire.

وَتَعرِفُونَ ما حَدَثَ لِسَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ وَالقُرَى الَّتِي حَولَهُما. فَقَدْ كانَ أهلُ هَذِهِ المُدُنِ يَعِيشُونَ فِي الزِّنَى وَالِانحِرافِ. وَما عانَتْهُ تِلكَ المُدُنُ مِنْ نارٍ أبَدِيَّةٍ، هُوَ تَحذِيرٌ لَنا نَحْنُ.

8 N evertheless in like manner, these dreamers also corrupt the body, scorn and reject authority and government, and revile and libel and scoff at glories (the glorious ones).

وَهَكَذا الحالُ مَعَ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَتبَعُونَ أحلامَهُمْ! فَهُمْ يُنَجِّسُونَ أجسادَهُمْ وَيَرفُضُونَ سُلطانَ الرَّبِّ، وَيَشتِمُونَ المَلائِكَةَ المَجِيدِينَ.

9 B ut when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, judicially argued (disputed) about the body of Moses, he dared not bring an abusive condemnation against him, but said, The Lord rebuke you!

حَتَّى مِيخائِيلُ نَفسُهُ، وَهُوَ رَئِيسُ المَلائِكَةِ، لَمْ يَجرُؤْ عَلَى شَتمِ إبلِيسَ عِندَما كانَ يُجادِلُهُ حَولَ جُثَّةِ مُوسَى، لَكِنَّهُ اكتَفَى بِأنْ يَقُولُ لَهُ: «لِيَنتَهِرْكَ الرَّبُّ.»

10 B ut these men revile (scoff and sneer at) anything they do not happen to be acquainted with and do not understand; and whatever they do understand physically, like irrational beasts—by these they corrupt themselves and are destroyed (perish).

أمّا هَؤُلاءِ فَيَشتِمُونَ ما لا يَفهَمُونَ. أمّا القَلِيلُ الَّذِي يَعرِفُونَهُ، فَإنَّهُمْ يَستَخدِمُونَهُ لِهَلاكِ أنفُسِهِمْ، تَماماً كَالحَيواناتِ غيرِ العاقِلَةِ الَّتي تَتبَعُ غَرائِزَها.

11 W oe to them! For they have run riotously in the way of Cain, and have abandoned themselves for the sake of gain the error of Balaam, and have perished in rebellion of Korah!

فَيا لِمَصِيرِهِمُ القاسِي! لَقَدْ سَلَكُوا طَرِيقَ قايِينَ. وَمِنْ أجلِ مَكاسِبَ رَخِيصَةٍ، كَرَّسُوا أنفُسَهُمْ لِخِداعِ شَعبِ اللهِ تابِعِينَ بِذَلِكَ ضَلالَةَ بَلعامَ. لِهَذا سَيَهلِكُونَ كَما هَلَكَ قُورَحُ، لأنَّهُمْ عُصاةٌ مِثلَهُ.

12 T hese are hidden reefs (elements of danger) in your love feasts, where they boldly feast sumptuously, without scruples providing for themselves. They are clouds without water, swept along by the winds; trees, without fruit at the late autumn gathering time—twice (doubly) dead, plucked up by the roots;

إنَّهُمْ يُلَوِّثُونَ وَلائِمَ المَحَبَّةِ الأخَوِيَّةِ الَّتِي تُقِيمُونَها. وَبِلا خَوفٍ يَأكُلُونَ مَعَكُمْ، وَهُمْ لا يَهتَمُّونَ إلّا بِأنفُسِهِمْ! هُمْ غُيُومٌ بِلا ماءٍ، تَسُوقُها الرِّياحُ. هُمْ أشجارٌ يُفتَرَضُ أنْ تُثمِرَ فِي الخَرِيفِ، لَكِنَّها بِلا ثَمَرٍ. فَها هيَ قَدِ اقتُلِعَتْ، فَماتَتْ بِذَلِكَ مَوتاً مُضاعَفاً.

13 W ild waves of the sea, flinging up the foam of their own shame and disgrace; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of eternal darkness has been reserved forever.

هُمْ أمواجُ بَحرٍ هائِجَةٌ مُزبِدَةٌ. وَزَبَدُها هُوَ أعمالُهُمُ المُخجِلَةُ. هُمْ نُجُومٌ تائِهَةٌ، مَصِيرُها الأبَدِيُّ المَحفُوظُ هُوَ أظلَمُ الظُّلُماتِ.

14 I t was of these people, moreover, that Enoch in the seventh from Adam prophesied when he said, Behold, the Lord comes with His myriads of holy ones (ten thousands of His saints)

كَما تَنَبَّأ أيضاً أخنُوخُ، وَهُوَ الرَّجُلُ السّابِعُ مِنْ آدَمَ، عَنْ هَؤُلاءِ فَقالَ: «ها هُوَ الرَّبُّ قادِمٌ مَعَ عَشَراتِ الأُلوفِ مِنْ مَلائِكَتِهِ المُقَدَّسِينَ،

15 T o execute judgment upon all and to convict all the impious (unholy ones) of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed ungodly, and of all the severe (abusive, jarring) things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.

لِيُدينَ جَمِيعَ الأشرارِ، وَيَحكُمَ عَلَيهِمْ بِسَبَبِ أعمالِ الفُجُورِ الَّتِي عَمِلُوها، وَالكَلامِ القاسِي الَّذِي وَصَفَهُ بِهِ هَؤُلاءِ الخُطاةُ الفاجِرُونَ.»

16 T hese are inveterate murmurers (grumblers) who complain, going after their own desires; their talk is boastful and arrogant, admire men’s persons and pay people flattering compliments to gain advantage.

إنَّهُمْ يَتبَعُونَ شَهَواتِ قُلُوبِهِمْ. أمّا شَكواهُمْ وَتَذَمُّرُهُمْ مِنْ أحوالِهِمْ فَهُوَ كِبْرِياءٌ فِي حَقِيقَتِهِ. وَإنْ مَدَحوا أحَداً، فَلِمَنفَعَتِهِمُ الشَّخصيَّةِ. تَحذِيراتٌ وَتَوجِيهات

17 B ut you must remember, beloved, the predictions which were made by the apostles (the special messengers) of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

أمّا أنتُمْ أيُّها الأحِبّاءُ، فاذكُرُوا الكَلامَ الَّذِي سَبَقَ أنْ قالَهُ رُسُلُ رَبِّنا يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ.

18 T hey told you beforehand, In the last days (in the end time) there will be scoffers, following after their own ungodly passions.

فَقَدْ قالُوا: «سَيَظهَرُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمانِ أشخاصٌ مُستَهزِئُونَ بِأمَورِ اللهِ، يَتبَعُونَ شَهَواتِهِمُ الفاجِرَةَ.»

19 I t is these who are setting up distinctions and causing divisions—merely sensual, devoid of the Spirit and destitute of any higher spiritual life.

فَهَؤُلاءِ هُمُ الَّذِينَ يُسَبِّبُونَ الانقِسامَ. تَتَحَكَّمُ بِهِمْ غَرائِزَهُمْ لأنَّهُمْ أرْضِيُّونَ لا رُوحَ لَهُمْ.

20 B ut you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith '> make progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], praying in the Holy Spirit;

أمّا أنتُمْ أيُّها الأحِبّاءُ، فَيَنبَغِي أنْ تَبنُوا بَعضُكُمْ بَعضاً وَفْقاً لإيمانِكُمُ الأقدَسِ. صَلُّوا في الرُّوحِ القُدُسِ،

21 G uard and keep yourselves in the love of God; expect and patiently wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)— unto life eternal.

وَاحفَظُوا أنفُسَكُمْ فِي مَحَبَّةِ اللهِ مُنْتَظِرينَ رَحْمَةَ رَبِّنا يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ الَّتِي تَقُودُ إلَى الحَياةِ الأبَدِيَّةِ.

22 A nd refute convict some who dispute with you, and on some have mercy who waver and doubt.

أظهِرُوا رَحمَةً لِلمُتَشَكِّكِينَ،

23 s ave others, snatching out of fire; on others take pity with fear, loathing even the garment spotted by the flesh and polluted by their sensuality.

وَخَلِّصُوا آخَرِينَ مُختَطِفِينَ إيّاهُمْ مِنَ النّارِ، وَكارِهينَ حَتَّى ثِيابَهُمُ الَّتِي تَلَوَّثَتْ بِسَبَبِ طَبِيعَتِهِمُ الجَسَدِيَّةِ. تَسبِيحُ الله

24 N ow to Him Who is able to keep you without stumbling or slipping or falling, and to present unblemished (blameless and faultless) before the presence of His glory in triumphant joy and exultation —

مُبارَكٌ هُوَ اللهُ القادِرُ أنْ يَحفَظَكُمْ مِنَ الزَّلَلِ، وَأنْ يُحضِرَكُمْ أمامَ حُضُورِهِ المَجِيدِ دُونَ عَيبٍ وَبِفَرَحٍ عَظِيمٍ.

25 T o the one only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory (splendor), majesty, might and dominion, and power and authority, before all time and now and forever (unto all the ages of eternity). Amen (so be it).

إنَّهُ الإلَهُ الوَحِيدُ، وَمُخَلِّصُنا. يَظْهَرُ مَجدُهُ وَجَلالُهُ وَقُوَّتُهُ وَسُلطانُهُ فِي رَبِّنا يَسوعَ المَسيحِ، مِنَ الأزَلِ، وَالآنَ، وَإلَى الأبَدِ. آمِين.