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¹Kuv yog Yexus Khetos tus tubtxib thiab yog Yakaunpaus tus kwv.
Kuv sau tsab ntawv no tuaj rau nej txhua tus uas Vajtswv xaiv cia lawm, nej yog cov uas Vajtswv tus uas yog Leej Txiv hlub, thiab yog cov uas Yexus Khetos tsomkwm.
²Thov Vajtswv niaj hnub foom koob hmoov rau nej, hlub nej thiab pab kom nej tau zoo nyob kaj siab lug.

Cov Xibhwb Cuav

³Cov kwvtij uas kuv hlub, thaum kuv yuav sau tsav ntawv no kuv xav hais tias kuv yuav hais txog zaj uas Vajtswv twb pab peb dim peb lub txim lawm, tiamsis kuv ho xav hais tias kuv yuav tsum sau tuaj ntuas nej kom nej tawmtsam tsis txhob pub leejtwg rhuav txojkev ntseeg uas Vajtswv twb pub rau nws haivneeg lawm, rau qhov nws tsuas pub tib zaug xwb, nws tsis pub ntxiv lawm. ⁴Cov neeg uas tsis ntseeg Vajtswv muaj qee leej twb nyiag kev tuaj rau hauv peb cov lawm, lawv cov ntawd hloov tej lus uas hais tias Vajtswv hlub peb, kom lawv tau kev ua phem ua qias. Lawv tsis ntseeg Yexus Khetos tus uas yog peb tus Tswv uas kav peb. Vajtswv txojlus twb xub qhia tseg thaum ub los lawm hais tias lawv yuav raug txim.
⁵Nej yeej paub tej no huv tibsi lawm, tiamsis kuv xav kom nej nco ntsoov zaj uas tus Tswv coj cov Yixalayees khiav nram tebchaws Iziv los, thiab tom qab ntawd Vajtswv ua rau cov uas tsis ntseeg raug kev puastsuaj. ⁶Nej yuav tsum nco ntsoov cov timtswv ceebtsheej uas tsis txaus siab rau tej uas Vajtswv tu rau lawv kav; lawv tso lawv qhov chaw nyob tseg thiab khiav lawm. Vajtswv muab tej saw hlau uas tsis txawj xeb tsis txawj tu khi lawv cia rau hauv qhov uas tsaus ntuj nti mus txog Hnub uas Vajtswv txiav txim rau lawv. ⁷Nej yuav tsum nco ntsoov lub nroog Xaudoos thiab lub nroog Kaumaulas, thiab tej nroog uas nyob ib ncig ob lub nroog ntawd. Cov neeg uas nyob hauv tej nroog ntawd lawv ua txhaum kev nkauj kev nraug thiab ua phem ua qias, lawv thiaj poob rau hauv cov nplaim taws uas cig tsis paub tuag mus ibtxhis li. Qhov uas lawv raug txim li ntawd, twb yog ntuas peb txhua tus kom peb paub ceevfaj.
⁸Cov neeg no lawv puavleej ua txhaum ib yam nkaus li ntawd, tej uas lawv ua yogtoog pom tej ntawd ua rau lawv ua txhaum rau lawv lub cev. Lawv saib tsis taus Vajtswv tus uas muaj hwjchim, thiab thuam cov uas muaj tshwjchim nyob saum ntuj. ⁹Txawm yog Mikhayees yog cov timtswv ceebtsheej tus thawj los nws twb tsis ua li ntawd. Thaum Mikhayees nrog dab Ntxwgnyoog sib cav txog Mauxes lub cev, Mikhayees twb tsis tau hais tej lus uas saib tsis taus dab Ntxwgnyoog. Nws tsuas hais tias, “Tus Tswv yog tus uas yuav cem koj!” ¹⁰Tiamsis cov neeg no lawv thuam tej uas lawv tsis totaub; lawv xav ib yam li tej tsiaj xav, tej uas lawv xav ntawd yeej yuav ua rau lawv raug kev puastsuaj. ¹¹Lawv yuav raug kev txomnyem lauj! Lawv ua txhaum ib yam li Ka-ees ua. Lawv ua txhaum rau qhov lawv ntshaw nyiaj ib yam li Npala-as ntshaw. Lawv ntxeev siab rau Vajtswv ib yam li Kaulas, lawv yuav raug kev puastsuaj ib yam li Kaulas raug. ¹²Thaum cov neeg ntawd tuaj nrog nej noj mov ua ke lawv ua phem ua qias, qw ua nqaj ua nqug rhuav nej ntsejmuag kawg li. Lawv yog cov yug yaj uas lawv rov yug lawv xwb. Lawv zoo li tauv huab uas yuav los nag, tiamsis cua muab ntsawj mus lawm los tsis taus nag. Lawv zoo li tsob ntoo uas tsis txi txiv, txawm yog lub caij txi los tsis txi li, thiab zoo li tsob ntoo uas luag muab tej cag rho tawm huv tibsi qhuav tas lawm. ¹³Lawv zoo ib yam li tej dej hiavtxwv uas ntas rau ub rau no, sawvdaws yuav pom tej kev phem kev qias uas lawv ua tsis paub txajmuag ib yam li pom tej npuas dej ntxhee dawb vog saum nplaim dej. Lawv zoo li cov hnubqub uas nyob tsis tsheej ib qho chaw, Vajtswv twb tu ib qho chaw rau hauv lub qhov tob tob uas tsaus ntuj nti cia rau cov neeg ntawd nyob mus ibtxhis lawm.
¹⁴Suav txij thaum Adas los txog rau Enauj muaj xya tiam neeg, Enauj yog tus uas hais txog cov neeg ntawd puag ntxov los lawm hais tias, “Cia li saib tus Tswv cov timtswv uas dawbhuv muaj ntau txhiab leej yuav nrog nws los ¹⁵txiav txim rau sawvdaws, thiab rau txim rau txhua tus neeg txhaum uas tsis ntseeg Vajtswv raws li tej uas lawv tau ua los lawm, thiab tej lus uas lawv thuam Vajtswv!” ¹⁶Cov neeg ntawd lawv nyiam yws thiab nyiam iab liam lwm tus; lawv ua phem raws li lawv lub siab nyiam; lawv khavtheeb thiab qhuas lwm tus kom lawv tau zoo.

Tej Lus Qhuab Ntuas

¹⁷Cov phoojywg, nej yuav tsum nco ntsoov tej lus uas yav tas los peb tus Tswv Yexus Khetos cov timthawj twb qhia rau nej lawm. ¹⁸Lawv qhia rau nej hais tias, “Thaum txog lub sijhawm kawg yuav muaj neeg ua saib tsis taus nej, lawv cov ntawd nyiam ua phem raws li lawv lub siab nyiam.” ¹⁹Cov neeg ntawd yog cov uas ua rau sawvdaws tsis sib haum, lawv lub siab phem kav lawv, tsis yog Vaj Ntsujplig kav lawv. ²⁰Tiamsis cov phoojywg, nej yuav tsum muab siab rau ntseeg heev zuj zus ntxiv. Thaum nej thov Vajtswv nej yuav tsum cia siab hais tias Vaj Ntsujplig tus Dawbhuv uas muaj hwjchim yuav pab nej thov, ²¹thiab Vajtswv hlub nej kawg li, yog li ntawd nej cov uas tabtom tos txojsia ntev dhawv mus ibtxhis uas peb tus Tswv Yexus Khetos yuav muab pub dawb dawb rau nej, nej yuav tsum niaj hnub muab siab npuab Vajtswv.
²²Nej yuav tsum ua siab ntev rau cov neeg uas tsis tshua paub Vajtswv pestsawg; ²³Nej yuav tsum rub lawv kom lawv tawm tau hauv lub cub tawg los, nej yuav tsum hlub lwm tus thiab, tiamsis ntxub lawv tej ris tsho uas lawv hnav ua kev phem kev qias.

Qhuas Vajtswv

²⁴Vajtswv tus uas muaj hwjchim yog tus uas saib xyuas nej kom nej tsis txhob yuam kev, thiab thaum ntawd nej yuav tsis muaj ib qhov txhaum thiab nej yuav zoo siab kawg nkaus li. ²⁵Vajtswv tib leeg thiaj yog peb tus Cawmseej, rau qhov peb tus Tswv Yexus Khetos yog tus uas muaj tshwjchim ci ntsa iab, muaj koob meej, muaj zog loj zog nchav thiab muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus, txij thaum tsim ntuj tsim teb, niaj hnub nimno thiab mus ibtxhis tsis kawg. Amees.

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¹Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James,
To those who have been called, who are loved in God the Father and kept for⚓ Jesus Christ:
²Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.

The Sin and Doom of Ungodly People

³Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people. ⁴For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about⚓ long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.
⁵Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord⚓ at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe. ⁶And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day. ⁷In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.
⁸In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings. ⁹But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”⚓ ¹⁰Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.
¹¹Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error; they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.
¹²These people are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted—twice dead. ¹³They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
¹⁴Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones ¹⁵to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”⚓ ¹⁶These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

A Call to Persevere

¹⁷But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. ¹⁸They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” ¹⁹These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
²⁰But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, ²¹keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
²²Be merciful to those who doubt; ²³save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.⚓

Doxology

²⁴To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— ²⁵to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.