The Letter from Yehudah, Chapter 1
{1:1} Yehudah, a servant of Yeshua the Messiah, and brother of
Ya`akov, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and
kept for Yeshua the Messiah: {1:2} Mercy to you and shalom and love be
multiplied.
{1:3} Beloved, 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 holy ones. {1:4} For there are certain men who crept in secretly,
even they who were of old written of beforehand to this condemnation:
ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and
denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.
{1:5} Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that
the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Mitzrayim,
afterward destroyed those who didn't believe. {1:6} Messengers 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. {1:7} Even as Sedom and `Amorah, 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. {1:8} Yet in like
manner these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise
authority, and slander celestial beings. {1:9} But Mikha'el, the chief
angel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of
Moshe, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said,
"May the Lord rebuke you!" {1:10} But these speak evil of whatever
things they don't know. What they understand naturally, like the
creatures without reason, in these things are they destroyed. {1:11}
Woe to them! For they went in the way of Kayin, and ran riotously in
the error of Bil`am for hire, and perished in Korach's rebellion.
{1:12} These 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; {1:13} wild waves of the sea,
foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness
of darkness has been reserved forever. {1:14} To these also Hanokh,
the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with
ten thousands of his holy ones, {1:15} to 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." {1:16} These are murmurers
and complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaks
proud things), showing respect of persons for the sake of advantage.
{1:17} But you, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken
before by the apostles of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah. {1:18} They
said to you that "In the last time there will be mockers, walking
after their own ungodly lusts." {1:19} These are they who cause
divisions, and are sensual, not having the Spirit. {1:20} But you,
beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying
in the [1>]Ruach HaKodesh[<1]. {1:21} Keep yourselves in the love of
God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah to eternal
life. {1:22} On some have compassion, making a distinction, {1:23} and
some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the
clothing stained by the flesh.
{1:24} Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to
present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,
{1:25} to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty,
dominion and power, both now and forever. Amein.
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Footnotes:
[1] {1:20} Holy Spirit
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