መልእክተ፡ ይሁዳ፡ እኁሁ፡ ለያዕቆብ፡

Concerning the Faith of the Saints From Judas, servant of the Lord and of Jesus Christ, brother of James, to those who love the Lord God the Father, called and summoned in Jesus Christ. Peace to you, and may love and mercy increase among you. Our brothers, I have hastened in every way to write to you concerning the life of all of us, for I write to you a letter, and I have exhorted you that you should receive the faith which was given to the Saints. For wicked men have gathered among you, who previously wrote concerning this judgment, those who pervert the grace of God in their conduct, and who deny the one and only King, our Lord Jesus Christ, concerning the remembrance of the first. And they were amazed at the miracle, how Jesus saved his people from the land of Egypt, and again, for those who believed, he destroyed them. And also his angels, who guarded their creation and abandoned their ordinance in judgment, he placed them, and they were bound for the great day, because of their pride they bowed their heads.

And like Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities that were with them, and in their appearance, they were changed and transformed by the desire of fornication; their names were placed in eternal judgment, and their punishment was completed. And like these are those who, in their dreams, defile their bodies and deny their Lord and blaspheme against His glory, concerning the rebuke and counsel for sinners. And Michael, the chief of the angels, when he was disputing with Satan concerning the body of Moses, did he not utter a word of blasphemy? Rather, he said to him, "God will heal you." And these who blaspheme, they themselves are ashamed of what they do not know; and the thoughts of the flesh they know like beasts, and they are cut off. Woe to them, for they have gone in the path of Cain, and have entered into the error of Balaam, and have denied Korah and those who were with him. These are they who have loved you with a love that will cause you to err, like beasts, for their sins; and they walk according to the desire of their heart, and without fear they see themselves; and they are like a cloud that has no rain, which is driven by the wind; and like trees that are dry, which have no fruit, which are already dead and cut down.

and like the waves of the sea, they are the wicked who increase their deficiency; and like the stars of darkness, which for the end of their darkness, judgment will pursue them forever and ever. As Enoch, who is the seventh from Adam, prophesied concerning them, and said: Behold, the Lord will come with his thousands of holy angels to execute judgment. And he will judge everyone according to his deed; and he will cast down all sinners for all the deeds of their sin which they have done; and for all that they have spoken against him, which cannot be the word of sinners and transgressors. These are they who murmur, for their hope is cut off, who walk according to the desire of their heart; and their mouth speaks pride, and they boast and mock the face; and all that they do is to cause them to tremble. And you, our brothers, remember the word which the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ told you before, and which they will tell you. That in the last days, deceivers will come who teach according to the desire of their heart and lead astray by their sin.

These are they who err in their errors and cause error in the desire of their souls, and the Holy Spirit is not with them. And you, our brothers, build your head upon holy faith and pray with the Holy Spirit. And abide in the love of the Lord, and hope for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is the life of the eternal world. For there is one who will forgive him for his sin, and there is one who will have mercy on him. And there is one who will save him from the fire and make him pass through; and there is one who will be saved, having feared and repented; and there are those who, having prayed, have abandoned their former errors, the path of the depth of their wickedness. And the Lord, our Savior, can accept your repentance without error, and set your standing before His praise, your purity in joy. In the hands of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, to whom belong praise, greatness, power, and authority before all creation of the world, now and forever. And for all the worlds that are to come, Amen.