Jude 1
1 [I am] Jude. I [serve] Jesus Christ [like] a voluntary slave [MET]. I am a [younger] brother of James, [the leader of all the congregations. I am writing] to you whom [God] has chosen [to belong to him. You are] loved by God [our] Father and protected by Jesus Christ (OR, whom [God] has protected [to present] to Jesus Christ).
Jesu Khrih a tyihzawih pynoet na ak awm Jakob a naa, Juda ing, Khy na awm nawh, Pa Khawsa ing a lungnaak Jesu Khrih ak caming khoem na ak awmkhqi venawh:
2 [I pray that] you will continue to [experience] very much [God acting] mercifully toward you, [causing you to have inner] peace, and loving [you].
Am qeennaak, ngaihding naak ingkaw lungnaak ce nangmih aham khawzah awm seh.
3 You whom I love, I (was very eager/very much wanted) to write to you about that which we all (share/have in common), which is how ([God/Jesus Christ]) [has] saved [us]. But now I realize that it is necessary [for me] to write to you in order to exhort you to defend the [truth about Christ] that we believe. [Jesus and his apostles] gave that truth once and for all to us who belong to God, [and we must not let it be changed] {[anyone revise/change it]}.
Ka lungnaak ka pyikhqi, kaimih ing ka mik kqawn thaawngnaak akawng ce qee aham ngaih soeih hlai nyng, thlakciimkhqi boeih a venawh hypboet peek na ak awm cangnaak awh ngaih tlypnaak nami taak aham ca qee aham poek nyng.
4 Some people falsely [teach that because] God kindly does for us what we do not deserve, it (does not matter/is all right) if we continue to sin. [Those people show by the way that they conduct their lives] that they do not want to admit/accept that Jesus Christ [is] our only Master and Lord. [It was written] long ago {[Someone] long ago wrote} that [God] would condemn (such ungodly people/people like that whose lives are displeasing to him). But some [of those] people have entered [MET] [like crawling snakes] into your congregations [and oppose the truth about Christ, so you must resist/oppose them].
Ikawtih maa na nangmih ak khuiawh ang hyp na ak kun thlakche na ak awm thlang pynoet akawng ce qee na awm hawh hy. Cemyih ak thlangkhqi cetaw Khawsa amak sim, Khawsa qeennaak nu ingkaw pa thawlhnaak benna ak hawi lat ingkaw ningnih a sawsang soeih ingkaw Bawipa Jesu Khrih ak oelhkhqi na awm uhy.
5 Although you previously knew all these things, [there are certain things about] which I desire to remind you. [Do not forget that although] the Lord rescued [his people] from Egypt, he later destroyed most of those same people, ones who did not believe [in him].
Vemyihkhqi ve sim boeih hawh hlai uhyk ti, Bawipaing ak thlangkhqi ce Izip qam awhkawng sawi hy, cehlai a hu nataw amak cangnaak thlangkhqi ce him hy.
6 And there were [many] angels to [whom God assigned/gave positions of authority in heaven]. But many did not continue to rule with authority [in those positions]. Instead, they abandoned the place that [God] gave them to live [in heaven]. So God has put those angels in chains forever in the darkness [in hell. They will stay there] until the great day when [God] will judge [and punish] them. (aïdios g126, questioned)
A mimah a saithainaak dyih hun awh a awm poe kaana a mimah a im a mik cehtaak khan ceityihkhqi – ce thannaak ak khuiawh tahy, awidengnaak khawnyn bau awh awi deng aham kumqui thiqui ing khit hy. (aïdios g126)
7 Similarly, the people who lived [MTY] in Sodom and Gomorrah [cities] and the nearby cities committed sexual immorality. They sought all kinds of sexual relations that differ [from what God permits. So God destroyed their cities. What happened to those people and those angels] shows that [God will] punish [people, such as the ones who teach false doctrine], in the eternal fire [of hell]. (aiōnios g166, questioned)
Cemyih lawtna, Sodom ingkaw Gomorrah ingkaw a kengsam awhkaw khawkhqi ing nu ingkaw pa thawlh sainaak awh a mimah ingkaw a mimah ce pe qu uhy. Kumqui mai awh ak khuikha thlangkhqi aham dan kawina a mingmih ce awm uhy. (aiōnios g166)
8 Similarly, these [ungodly people in your midst] also defile their own bodies [by living immorally], because [they claim/say that God revealed] in visions [that they should act that way]. They refuse to [allow] anyone to have authority over them, and they (revile/speak evil about) [God’s] glorious/wonderful [angels].
Cemyih bai lawtna, vemyihna mang ak hankhqi ing a mimah a pum ce tyih ak cu na sai uhy, saithainaak ak takhqi ce qoeng unawh, khawnghi na ak awmkhqi ce ak che na kqawn uhy.
9 When (the devil/Satan) argued with the chief angel, Michael, about [who would take away] the body of [the prophet] Moses [to bury it], Michael did not [do as these teachers of false doctrine do. Even though Michael has much more authority than they do], he did not disrespectfully (revile/say evil things to) Satan and accuse/condemn him. Instead, he [only] said, “[I desire that] the Lord [God] will rebuke you!”
Cehlai khan ceityih hqam Mikal ing zani Mosi a pum ce setan ing a ning qawt qu awh, ak che na anih ak khanawh thawlh puk aham kqih nawh, “Bawipa ing ni zyi seh!” tina hy.
10 But the [ones in your midst] who teach false doctrine (revile/speak evil against) the [spiritual] beings that they do not understand. They also [do the evil things that they desire], things that they know about (naturally/without needing to think), things that they just do without considering [the consequences/results], like animals. So they destroy themselves. [But they will also be punished by God] {[God will also] punish them}.
Cehlai ve ak thlangkhqi ingtaw ama ming zaksim ik-oeih ingkaw cyihnaak ing a sim ik-oeih ak khanawh awm qamsa amyihna poeknaak a taak kaana amak thym na ak che na kqawn uhy – vemyihkhqi ing a mingmih ce plawci sak khqi hy.
11 [God will do] terrible things to those who teach false doctrine! They conduct their lives [wickedly] like Cain, [who murdered his brother because he was] ([jealous/angry because God accepted his brother’s sacrifice and did not accept his]). These false teachers (devote themselves to [MET] [doing] wrong things [like] Balaam, who [tried to induce God’s people to sin in order to get the money that was offered to him]. They will perish like Korah, who rebelled [against the authority that God gave to Moses].
Khaw na map uhy! Kain a lam ce hquut uhy; hawihkhangnaak ami ngaih aih awh Balam a sai thawlhnaak khuiawh cawn uhy; Korah a qaal thawhnaak awh plawci kang hawh uhy.
12 Those teachers of false doctrine are [as dangerous to you as] [MET] (hidden rocks on a reef/rocks underneath the surface of the ocean) [are to a boat]. When you gather together [to eat the meals that] help you believers to love each other more and have a closer relationship with each other, they [join you and] carouse shamelessly, caring [only] for themselves [and not for others. Because they do not do anything to help others] [MET], they are [as useless as] clouds that are blown along by the wind {that the wind blows along} but that do not [produce/give] any rain. [They are as disappointing as] [MET] trees that do not produce fruit in the autumn [as we expect them to]. They are not only [spiritually] [MET] dead themselves, [but they are] not [able to cause others to be] alive [spiritually, just like] [MET] trees that have been {that [someone] has} uprooted and [as a result] are unable to produce any fruit.
Vemih ak thlangkhqi ve nangmih lungnaak buhveel kung awh coet ak kap na awm uhy, ngaihseetnaak tehca awm a taak kaana nangmih anglakawh buh ai uhy – amah ingkaw amah doeng ak cah qu tuukhaikhqi na awm uhy. Zilh ing a zawn mailai khawtlan tui amak awm cingmaikhqi ni; ak kqa nakawng phu qu nawh ak thaih amak awm, lo mai awhkaw thing – hih voei na ak thikhqi ni.
13 They are [restless] [MET], [like] the pounding waves of the ocean. [Just like] waves [produce foul-smelling] foam on the shore, [those teachers of false doctrine do] shameful [MTY] [deeds. We cannot depend/rely on them to show us how to conduct our lives] [MET], [just like we cannot depend/rely on] (meteors/falling stars) [to show us the way when we travel]. [God] has reserved intense darkness for them forever [in hell]. (aiōn g165, questioned)
Tuicunli awhkaw tuibak ak tho, chahnaak ak awm ik-oeih ak cunkhqi ingkaw ak cet hyhy aihchikhqi ni, a mingmih aham kumqui na ak hyp thannaak ce taak peek ce na awm hawh hy. (aiōn g165)
14 Enoch, the sixth [person in the line of people who descended] from Adam, prophesied this about those [teachers of false doctrine]: “Listen carefully to this: The Lord will certainly come with a countless number of his holy [angels] in order
Adam awhkawng ak khqih naak Enok ing ve ak thlangkhqi akawng ve anak kqawn oepchoeh hy: “Toek lah, Bawipa taw amah ak thlangciim thong sang ingkaw
15 to judge everyone, and to punish all wicked and (ungodly people/people whose lives are displeasing to God) for all the (ungodly things/things that displease God) that they did in (an ungodly way/a way that displeases God), and for all the harsh things that ungodly sinful people have spoken against him.”
Khawsa amak sim thlangkhqi boeih ing Khawsa ak kawngaih am na Khawsa ak kawngaih am lam awh amah ak kawngaih doeng ak hquut, thlang ak theetkhqi ce law kaw,” tinawh kqawn law uhy.
16 Those [teachers] of [false doctrine] grumble [about] the [things that God does]. They complain [about what happens to them]. They do the sinful things that their [bodies] desire. They talk boastfully. They (flatter/say nice things to) people, only in order to get [those people to give them the] things that they want.
Vemih ak thlangkhqi ve nangmih anik pek thlangkhqi ni, khawmdek simnaak mai mai ak hquut thlangkhqi na awm unawh myihla am ta uhy.
17 But you people whom I love need to remember the things that were predicted by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ {that the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ said would happen}.
Cehlai ka pyikhqi, ningnih a Bawipa Jesu Khrih a ceityihkhqi ing ami nak kqawn ce ce poek lah uh.
18 They told you, “In the final period of time [in which we are now living] there will be people who will laugh at [the truths that God has revealed]. They will do the (ungodly things/things that are displeasing to God) that their [bodies] desire.”
Cekkhqi ing nangmih a venawh, “A tym a hukhit na taw Khawsa ak kawngaih am a mimah a hy ngaihnaak a hu awh amik cet thlang ak kqawn chekhqi awm law kaw,” tinawh a mik kqawn law ce.
19 [That describes] the teachers of false doctrine [well, because] they are the ones who cause divisions among believers. They do what their own minds tell them to do. The Spirit [of God] does not live within them.
Cekkhqi ing nangmih ce ni pek khqi kaw, cekkhqi taw khawmdek simnaak ak hquut zapkhqi ingkaw Myihla amak ta ak thlangkhqi ni.
20 But you people whom I love, (hold/continue to trust) firmly to the very sacred truths that you believe. Pray by [letting] the Holy Spirit enable/empower you.
Cehlai ka lungnaak ka pyikhqi, nangmih taw cangnaak ak ciim ing dyi unawh taw Ciim Myihla awh cykcah lah uh.
21 Keep conducting your lives in [a way that is appropriate for those whom] God loves. Keep constantly expecting that our Lord Jesus Christ will [act] mercifully toward you. Keep expecting that until [the time when we begin] living eternally [with him]. (aiōnios g166)
Nangmih a venawh kumqui hqingnaak ak haw law hly kawi ningnih a Bawipa Jesu Khrih ce nami qeh amyihna Khawsa a lungnaak ing awm lah uh. (aiōnios g166)
22 Mercifully [help] those who are not certain [what teaching they should believe].
Upvoetnaak kawlung ak ta thlangkhqi venawh qeennaak ta law uh;
23 [Rescue] others from [the influence of those who teach what is false] [MET], [as you would rescue things by] snatching [them from] a fire. Pity those [whom the teachers of false doctrine have completely convinced], but beware that [you yourselves are not influenced by them] {that they do not influence you}. Detest [doing or even thinking about the sins that those people commit, just like you would detest] [MET] touching not only filthy things but the clothes that were stained by those things {that those things stained}.
mai ak khuiawh kawng thlang ce qawt law unawh taw hul law lah uh; thlang a venawh qeennaak dang law sak uh, kqihnaak ing pumsa thawlhnaak ing ak sui a bai ce sawh law na uh.
24 God is able to keep you from ceasing to trust in him (OR, from sinning), and he is able to bring you into his glorious presence. [As you stand before him], there will be nothing [for which] you [will] be condemned {[he can] condemn you}, and you will be rejoicing greatly.
Nangmih anik thawh khqi thaikung ingkaw amah a boeimangnaak a haiawh thawlhnaak a awm kaana zeelnaak ak bau soeih nangmih anik pekung –
25 He is the only true God. He has saved us as a result of what Jesus Christ our Lord [did for us]. God was glorious and great and mighty and he [ruled] with great authority before time began. [He is still like that], and [he will remain like that] forever! (Amen!/That is true!) (aiōn g165)
Khawsa ningnih a Hulkung doeng a venawh thangleeknaak, boeimang naak, thaawm naak ingkaw saithainaak, Jesu Khrih ningnih a Bawipa ak caming ak cykca ingkaw tuh awhkawng kumqui dyna awm seh! Amen. (aiōn g165)
