Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Jude — English → Punjabi
Curriculum: Jude
Destination language: Punjabi (Gurmukhi script)
Status: Extends the baseline Romans translation_memory.json. Terms marked [REUSE] are copied exactly from the baseline and MUST NOT be altered. Terms marked [NEW] are proposed additions for this curriculum, pending the same theologian/native-speaker review routing used for the baseline, and should be written into translation_memory.json (incrementing its version) before Phase 2 translation begins.
Risk tiers follow the baseline’s exact definitions (doctrine_risk_registry.json): Critical = human theologian review, every occurrence; High = human theologian review; Medium = native speaker review recommended; Low = automated review sufficient.
A. Terms Reused Exactly From the Baseline (No Change)
| English Term | Punjabi | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Jude Occurrences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| God | ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ | Parmeshar | Critical | God | 1:1, 4, 21, 25 |
| Jesus | ਯਿਸੂ | Yisu | Critical | Lordship of Christ | 1:1, 4, 17, 21, 25 |
| Christ | ਮਸੀਹ | Masih | Critical | Messianic Promise | 1:1, 4, 17, 21, 25 |
| Lord | ਪ੍ਰਭੂ | Prabhu | Critical | Lordship of Christ | 1:4, 5, 9, 14, 17, 21, 25 |
| Father | ਪਿਤਾ | Pita | Critical | Adoption/God as Father | 1:1 |
| Holy Spirit | ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਆਤਮਾ | Pavittar Atma | Critical | Sanctification | 1:19, 20 |
| Faith | ਨਿਹਚਾ | Nihcha | High | Faith | 1:3, 20 |
| Grace | ਕਿਰਪਾ | Kirpa | High | Grace | 1:4 |
| Salvation | ਮੁਕਤੀ | Mukti | Critical | Salvation | 1:3 (as “common salvation”), and root of new term “Saviour” (1:25) |
| Saints / holy ones | ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਲੋਕ | Pavittar lok | High | Sainthood | 1:3, 14 |
| Called | ਸੱਦਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ | Saddiya hoya | High | Divine Calling | 1:1 |
| Apostle | ਰਸੂਲ | Rasul | High (Medium per registry) | Apostleship | 1:17 |
| Peace | ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ | Shanti | Medium | Peace with God | 1:2 |
| Glory | ਮਹਿਮਾ | Mahima | High | Deity of Christ | 1:8, 24, 25 |
| Sin / sinner | ਪਾਪ / ਪਾਪੀ | Pap / Paapi | High | Universal Human Accountability | 1:15 |
| Power of God | ਸਮਰੱਥਾ | Samratha | High | Power of God for Salvation | 1:24, 25 (as “might”) |
| Prophesied | ਭਵਿੱਖਬਾਣੀ ਕੀਤੀ | Bhavikhbani kiti | Low | Fulfillment of Prophecy | 1:14 |
| David, Israel, Egypt, Moses, Adam (proper names) | ਦਾਊਦ, ਇਸਰਾਏਲ, ਮਿਸਰ, ਮੂਸਾ, ਆਦਮ | — | Low-Medium | Covenant/OT Background | 1:5, 9, 14 |
| Amen | ਆਮੀਨ | Aamin | Low | Liturgical closing | 1:25 |
B. New Terms Proposed for the Jude Curriculum
| English Term | Punjabi | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine Category | Alternatives Rejected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Servant (of Christ) | ਦਾਸ | Das | Low-Medium | Apostleship/Identity | — | Positive-fit humble self-designation; ensure it is not read as merit-earning ਸੇਵਾ but as belonging to Christ |
| Beloved | ਪਿਆਰੇ | Piare | Low | Fellowship | — | Address term; warm register per baseline tone guidance |
| Sanctified (textual variant of “beloved,” v.1) | ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਕੀਤੇ ਹੋਏ | Pavittar kite hoe | Medium | Sanctification | — | Flag for source-text (manuscript tradition) decision; reuses ਪਵਿੱਤਰ root |
| Kept / preserved (τηρέω, theological sense) | ਸੁਰੱਖਿਅਤ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ / ਰੱਖਣਾ | Surakhit rakhiya hoya / Rakhna | Critical | Kept by God and Presented Blameless | ਬਚਾਇਆ (too close to ਬਚਾਉਣਾ/save, loses “preserve” nuance) | Central recurring verb (1:1, 6[x2], 13, 21, 24); must render consistently across all occurrences to preserve the epistle’s inclusio structure |
| Mercy | ਦਯਾ | Daya | High | Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering | ਕਿਰਪਾ (already reserved for “grace,” a distinct term) | Sikh Panj Gun virtue-tradition overlap; must anchor mercy’s source in God/Christ, not present as an independently cultivated human virtue |
| Common salvation | ਸਾਂਝੀ ਮੁਕਤੀ | Saanjhi mukti | Critical | Salvation | — | Inherits baseline’s mandatory Sikh/Christian mukti-distinction gloss |
| Contend earnestly (for the faith) | ਨਿਹਚਾ ਦੀ ਰਾਖੀ ਲਈ ਜਤਨ ਕਰਨਾ | Nihcha di rakhi lai jatan karna | High | Contending for the Faith Once Delivered | ਲੜਨਾ / ਜੂਝਣਾ (martial-verb collision with ਧਰਮ ਯੁੱਧ/Khalsa struggle theology) | Never render with an overtly martial verb; emphasize steadfast doctrinal defense, not combative struggle |
| Delivered / entrusted (the faith) | ਸੌਂਪੀ ਗਈ | Saumpi gayi | Medium | Contending for the Faith Once Delivered | — | Closed, once-for-all deposit; note structural (not theological) parallel to GGS finality is a teaching opportunity, not an equivalence |
| Ungodly / ungodliness | ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ-ਹੀਣ / ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ-ਹੀਣਤਾ | Parmeshar-hin / Parmeshar-hinta | High | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | ਅਧਰਮੀ (rejected — reactivates the ਧਰਮ-root Khalsa martial-dharmic collision the baseline explicitly avoids for “righteousness”) | Dominant negative term of the whole epistle; five-fold repetition in vv.14-15 must be retained, not varied |
| Master / Sovereign (δεσπότης, distinct from κύριος) | ਮਾਲਕ | Malak | Medium | Lordship of Christ | — | Distinct Greek term from κύριος/ਪ੍ਰਭੂ; baseline’s rejection of ਮਾਲਕ applies only to the κύριος slot, not this separate term |
| Save (verb) | ਬਚਾਉਣਾ | Bachauna | High | Salvation | — | Verb form; distinguish from noun ਮੁਕਤੀ |
| Believe (verb) | ਨਿਹਚਾ ਕਰਨਾ | Nihcha karna | High | Faith | — | Verb form of ਨਿਹਚਾ |
| Angel | ਦੂਤ | Doot | Low-Medium | OT Warnings as Types (Angels) | ਫ਼ਰਿਸ਼ਤਾ (Islamic/Urdu-idiom loanword, avoid) | No collision with ਰਸੂਲ (apostle); distinct slot |
| Judgment | ਨਿਆਂ | Niaan | High | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | — | Recurring structural term (1:6, 9, 15); render consistently |
| Eternal / eternal fire / eternal life | ਸਦੀਪਕ / ਸਦੀਪਕ ਅੱਗ / ਸਦੀਪਕ ਜੀਵਨ | Sadipak / Sadipak agg / Sadipak jivan | High-Critical (context-dependent) | Judgment; Mercy and Rescue; Kept and Presented Blameless | — | Linear terminus, never cyclical; “eternal life” (1:21) directly parallels ਮੁਕਤੀ’s Critical mandatory gloss |
| Dominion / authority (κυριότης) | ਪ੍ਰਭੁਤਾ | Prabhuta | High | Lordship of Christ (adjacent) | — | Shares root with ਪ੍ਰਭੂ; handle with Lordship-level care |
| Devil | ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ | Shaitan | Medium-High | OT Warnings as Types | — | Must be framed as a real personal being, distinct from Sikh internal-vice (Panj Vikar/Haumai) framework |
| Blaspheme / revile | ਨਿੰਦਿਆ ਕਰਨਾ | Nindiya karna | Medium | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | ਕੁਫ਼ਰ ਬੋਲਣਾ (Islamic-idiom loanword, avoid) | — |
| Way of Cain / error of Balaam / rebellion of Korah | ਕਇਨ ਦਾ ਰਾਹ / ਬਿਲਆਮ ਦੀ ਭੁੱਲ / ਕੋਰਹ ਦਾ ਵਿਰੋਧ | Kain da raah / Bilaam di bhull / Korah da virodh | Low (proper nouns) | OT Warnings as Types | — | Each requires a brief OT background gloss given low-OT-literacy target audience |
| Love feasts | ਪ੍ਰੇਮ-ਭੋਜ | Prem-bhoj | Medium | Christian Fellowship (adjacent) | — | OPPORTUNITY: genuine positive resonance with Sikh ਲੰਗਰ (langar) communal-meal tradition; use carefully, do not collapse into langar’s seva-theology |
| Twice dead / uprooted | ਦੋ ਵਾਰ ਮਰੇ ਹੋਏ / ਜੜ੍ਹੋਂ ਪੁੱਟੇ ਹੋਏ | Do vaar mare hoe / Jarhon putte hoe | Medium | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | — | Must not be misread through any reincarnation-adjacent lens; emphatic single-event finality |
| Wandering stars / blackness of darkness forever | ਭਟਕਦੇ ਤਾਰੇ / ਸਦਾ ਲਈ ਗਹਿਰਾ ਹਨੇਰਾ | Bhatakde taare / Sada lai gehra hanera | Low-Medium | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | — | Avoid collision with folk-astrological fate concepts |
| Enoch prophesied / seventh from Adam | ਹਨੋਕ…ਭਵਿੱਖਬਾਣੀ ਕੀਤੀ / ਆਦਮ ਤੋਂ ਸੱਤਵੀਂ ਪੀੜ੍ਹੀ | Hanok…bhavikhbani kiti / Adam ton sattvi peerhi | Low proper-noun; High framing | Inspiration of Scripture (adjacent) | — | Jude’s citation of extrabiblical Enoch tradition must be framed as authoritative testimony without implying that whole text is canonical |
| Ungodly sinners (repeated ἀσεβ- root, vv.14-15) | ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ-ਹੀਣ ਪਾਪੀ | Parmeshar-hin paapi | High | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | — | Retain the deliberate rhetorical repetition; do not vary vocabulary for elegance |
| Grumblers / malcontents | ਬੁੜਬੁੜਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ / ਨੁਕਸ ਕੱਢਣ ਵਾਲੇ | Burh-burhaun vaale / Nukas kadhan vaale | Low | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | — | Echoes wilderness-generation typology of 1:5 |
| Mocker / scoffer | ਮਖੌਲ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ | Makhaul karan vaale | Medium | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | — | — |
| Last time / last days | ਅੰਤ ਦਾ ਸਮਾਂ | Ant da samaan | Medium | Fulfillment of Prophecy (adjacent) | — | Linear eschatological framing, not cyclical |
| Cause divisions | ਵੰਡੀਆਂ ਪਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ | Vandiyaan paun vaale | Medium | Church unity (adjacent) | — | Threat to ਸੰਗਤ/fellowship |
| Worldly / without the Spirit (ψυχικός) | ਆਤਮਾ ਤੋਂ ਬਿਨਾਂ ਸੰਸਾਰਕ ਸੁਭਾਅ ਵਾਲੇ | Aatma ton binaan sansaarak subhaav vaale | High | Sanctification (contrast term) | — | Must be distinguished carefully from ਆਤਮਿਕ (baseline’s “spiritual/Spirit-given”) |
| Build up (on most holy faith) | ਉਸਾਰਨਾ | Usaarna | Low-Medium | Mutual Edification (adjacent) | — | — |
| Most holy faith | ਅੱਤ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਨਿਹਚਾ | Att pavittar nihcha | High | Contending for the Faith | — | Combines two established baseline High-risk terms |
| Keep yourselves (in the love of God) | ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਦੇ ਪਿਆਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਰੱਖੋ | Apne aap nu Parmeshar de pyaar vich rakho | Critical | Kept by God and Presented Blameless | — | Human-responsibility half of the epistle’s central “keeping” theme; pairs with v.24’s divine-keeping half |
| Wavering / doubting | ਡੋਲਦੇ ਹੋਏ | Dolde hoe | Medium | Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering | ਸ਼ੱਕ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ (acceptable secondary option) | Distinguish pastoral triage from settled apostasy |
| Snatch out of the fire | ਅੱਗ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਖਿੱਚ ਕੇ ਬਚਾਉਣਾ | Agg vichon khichch ke bachauna | High | Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering | — | Echoes 1:7’s eternal-fire judgment imagery; preserve urgency |
| Garment stained by the flesh | ਸਰੀਰ ਨਾਲ ਦਾਗੀ ਕੱਪੜਾ | Sarir naal daagi kapda | Medium | Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering | — | Avoiding contamination by sin’s influence, not license to withhold rescue |
| Keep from stumbling | ਡਿੱਗਣ ਤੋਂ ਬਚਾਉਣ ਦੇ ਯੋਗ | Diggan ton bachaun de yog | Critical | Kept by God and Presented Blameless / Assurance of Salvation | — | Divine-keeping half of the epistle’s central theme, paired with 1:21 |
| Present blameless (before his glory) | ਨਿਰਦੋਸ਼ ਕਰਕੇ ਖੜ੍ਹਾ ਕਰਨਾ | Nirdosh karke khadha karna | Critical | Kept by God and Presented Blameless | ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਕਰਕੇ (loses the forensic “blameless” nuance) | Eschatological completion of justification; not earned by the believer’s own moral perfection |
| Saviour (Σωτήρ) | ਮੁਕਤੀਦਾਤਾ | Mukti-daata | Critical | Doxology and God’s Preserving Power | ਬਚਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ (acceptable descriptive gloss, not primary term) | Built directly on ਮੁਕਤੀ; inherits its mandatory Sikh/Christian mukti-distinction gloss |
| Majesty | ਮਹਾਨਤਾ | Mahaanta | Low-Medium | Doxology and God’s Preserving Power | — | — |
| Authority / dominion (ἐξουσία, in doxology) | ਅਧਿਕਾਰ | Adhikaar | Medium | Doxology and God’s Preserving Power | — | — |
| Before all time, now, and forever | ਸਦਾ ਤੋਂ, ਹੁਣ, ਅਤੇ ਸਦਾ ਲਈ | Sada ton, hun, ate sada lai | Medium | Doxology and God’s Preserving Power | — | Linear eternity framing, not cyclical cosmology |
C. Proper Nouns (Low Risk, Established or Newly Established Forms)
| English | Punjabi | Transliteration | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jude (author/book) | ਯਹੂਦਾਹ | Yahudah | Distinguish from Judas Iscariot in teaching materials |
| James | ਯਾਕੂਬ | Yaakub | Established NT form |
| Michael (archangel) | ਮੀਕਾਏਲ | Mikael | — |
| Enoch | ਹਨੋਕ | Hanok | — |
| Adam | ਆਦਮ | Aadam | — |
| Cain | ਕਇਨ | Kain | Requires OT background gloss |
| Balaam | ਬਿਲਆਮ | Bilaam | Requires OT background gloss |
| Korah | ਕੋਰਹ | Korah | Requires OT background gloss |
| Sodom and Gomorrah | ਸਦੂਮ ਅਤੇ ਅਮੂਰਾਹ | Sadum ate Amurah | Requires OT background gloss |
| Moses | ਮੂਸਾ | Musa | REUSE from baseline AI requirements doc |
| Egypt | ਮਿਸਰ | Misar | — |
D. Doctrine-to-Term Cross-Reference (Curriculum Doctrines)
| Curriculum Doctrine | Primary Terms | Highest Risk Tier |
|---|---|---|
| Contending for the Faith Once Delivered | ਨਿਹਚਾ [REUSE], ਨਿਹਚਾ ਦੀ ਰਾਖੀ ਲਈ ਜਤਨ ਕਰਨਾ [NEW], ਸੌਂਪੀ ਗਈ [NEW], ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਲੋਕ [REUSE] | High |
| Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ-ਹੀਣ [NEW], ਨਿਆਂ [NEW], ਸਦੀਪਕ ਅੱਗ [NEW], ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ [NEW], ਪ੍ਰਭੁਤਾ [NEW] | High/Critical |
| Old Testament Warnings as Types (Israel, Angels, Sodom) | ਮਿਸਰ, ਦੂਤ [NEW], ਸਦੂਮ ਅਤੇ ਅਮੂਰਾਹ [proper noun], ਨਿਹਚਾ ਕਰਨਾ [NEW] | High |
| Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering | ਦਯਾ [NEW], ਡੋਲਦੇ ਹੋਏ [NEW], ਅੱਗ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਖਿੱਚ ਕੇ ਬਚਾਉਣਾ [NEW] | High |
| Kept by God and Presented Blameless | ਸੁਰੱਖਿਅਤ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ [NEW], ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ…ਰੱਖੋ [NEW], ਨਿਰਦੋਸ਼ ਕਰਕੇ ਖੜ੍ਹਾ ਕਰਨਾ [NEW], ਡਿੱਗਣ ਤੋਂ ਬਚਾਉਣ ਦੇ ਯੋਗ [NEW] | Critical |
| Doxology and God’s Preserving Power | ਮਹਿਮਾ [REUSE], ਸਮਰੱਥਾ [REUSE], ਮੁਕਤੀਦਾਤਾ [NEW], ਮਹਾਨਤਾ [NEW], ਅਧਿਕਾਰ [NEW] | Critical |
This glossary must be merged into translation_memory.json (version increment required) before any Phase 2 segment translation of Jude begins, per the baseline’s Translation Memory Load and Enforcement Instructions.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ
Transliteration: Parmeshar
Doctrine: God
Rejected alternatives: ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ, ਭਗਵਾਨ
Original: Θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ (ties identity to Sikh Guru-mediated revelation structure) or ਭਗਵਾਨ (Hindu-devotional). Occurs Jude 1:1, 4, 21, 25.
Jesus
Approved rendering: ਯਿਸੂ
Transliteration: Yisu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ਈਸਾ
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER ਈਸਾ (Islamic/Shahmukhi Christology). Occurs Jude 1:1, 4, 17, 21, 25.
Christ
Approved rendering: ਮਸੀਹ
Transliteration: Masih
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs Jude 1:1, 4, 17, 21, 25.
Lord
Approved rendering: ਪ੍ਰਭੂ
Transliteration: Prabhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ਮਾਲਕ (as substitute for κύριος only), ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ. NOTE: Jude 1:4 also contains a genuinely distinct Greek term, δεσπότης, which IS rendered ਮਾਲਕ (see master_sovereign entry) — this is a controlled exception for a different Greek word, not a relaxation of the ban on ਮਾਲਕ as a substitute for κύριος/ਪ੍ਰਭੂ itself. Occurs Jude 1:4, 5, 9, 14, 17, 21, 25.
Father
Approved rendering: ਪਿਤਾ
Transliteration: Pita
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Original: Πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs Jude 1:1 (‘beloved in God the Father’).
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਆਤਮਾ
Transliteration: Pavittar Atma
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ਬ੍ਰਹਮ, ਜੋਤ
Original: Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER ਜੋਤ (Sikh Guru-lineage divine light doctrine). Occurs Jude 1:19-20; directly contrasted with the false teachers being ‘devoid of the Spirit.‘
Salvation
Approved rendering: ਮੁਕਤੀ
Transliteration: Mukti
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: ਨਿਰਵਾਣ, ਮੋਖ, ਛੁਟਕਾਰਾ
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Root sense underlying Jude’s ਸਾਂਝੀ ਮੁਕਤੀ (1:3) and ਮੁਕਤੀਦਾਤਾ (1:25). Mandatory Sikh/Christian mukti-distinction gloss required on every doctrinally load-bearing occurrence and derivative compound.
Kept Preserved
Approved rendering: ਸੁਰੱਖਿਅਤ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ / ਰੱਖਣਾ
Transliteration: Surakhit rakhiya hoya / Rakhna
Doctrine: Kept by God and Presented Blameless
Rejected alternatives: ਬਚਾਇਆ (too close to save/rescue, loses distinct preserve/guard nuance)
Original: τηρέω
Category: Assurance/Preservation
The single most theologically load-bearing recurring verb in Jude (τηρέω: 1:1, 6 [×2], 13, 21, 24). MUST be rendered with this exact fixed compound at every occurrence with no stylistic variation, to preserve the epistle’s inclusio between gracious keeping (1:1, 21, 24) and judicial confinement (1:6, 13).
Common Salvation
Approved rendering: ਸਾਂਝੀ ਮੁਕਤੀ
Transliteration: Saanjhi mukti
Doctrine: Common Salvation
Original: κοινῆς σωτηρίας
Category: Salvation
Jude 1:3. Built directly on ਮੁਕਤੀ; inherits its mandatory Sikh/Christian mukti-distinction gloss. ‘ਸਾਂਝੀ’ (shared/common) must not imply communal achievement or gradually accumulated group merit rather than God’s once-for-all gift secured in Christ.
Eternal Fire
Approved rendering: ਸਦੀਪਕ ਅੱਗ
Transliteration: Sadipak agg
Doctrine: Eschatological Judgment and Eternal Fire
Original: πυρὸς αἰωνίου
Category: Eschatology
Jude 1:7 (judgment on Sodom), echoed 1:23 (‘snatching…out of the fire’). A terminus of final judgment, never a purifying or cyclical fire; must never be conflated with ਆਵਾਗਵਣ cyclical cosmology — the same vigilance the baseline requires for ਪੁਨਰ-ਉਥਾਨ.
Praying In The Spirit
Approved rendering: ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਆਤਮਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਾਰਥਨਾ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋਏ
Transliteration: Pavittar Atma vich prarthana karde hoe
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: ἐν Πνεύματι Ἁγίῳ προσευχόμενοι
Category: Sanctification
Jude 1:20. Reuses ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਆਤਮਾ exactly; direct positive counterpart to v.19’s ‘devoid of the Spirit’ — believers’ prayer life evidences the Spirit’s real, personal presence.
Keep Yourselves
Approved rendering: ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਦੇ ਪਿਆਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਰੱਖੋ
Transliteration: Apne aap nu Parmeshar de pyaar vich rakho
Doctrine: Kept by God and Presented Blameless
Original: ἑαυτοὺς…τηρήσατε ἐν ἀγάπῃ Θεοῦ
Category: Assurance/Preservation
Jude 1:21 (ἑαυτοὺς…τηρήσατε ἐν ἀγάπῃ Θεοῦ). The epistle’s central pastoral imperative — human-responsibility half of the keeping theme, paired with v.24’s divine-keeping half. Must render consistently with the τηρέω verb family (see kept_preserved) and retain an active imperative sense.
Eternal Life
Approved rendering: ਸਦੀਪਕ ਜੀਵਨ
Transliteration: Sadipak jivan
Doctrine: Common Salvation
Original: ζωὴν αἰώνιον
Category: Eschatology
Jude 1:21. Directly parallels the baseline’s Critical-risk ਮੁਕਤੀ doctrine; requires the same mandatory mukti-distinction gloss. The settled future certainty of those already kept by God (vv.1, 24), not a state earned through accumulated merit.
Keep From Stumbling
Approved rendering: ਡਿੱਗਣ ਤੋਂ ਬਚਾਉਣ ਦੇ ਯੋਗ
Transliteration: Diggan ton bachaun de yog
Doctrine: Kept by God and Presented Blameless
Original: φυλάξαι…ἀπταίστους
Category: Assurance/Preservation
Jude 1:24 (φυλάξαι…ἀπταίστους). The divine-keeping answer to v.21’s human ‘keep yourselves.’ Assurance rests in God’s unchanging, personal ability, not gradual self-attained spiritual progress.
Present Blameless
Approved rendering: ਨਿਰਦੋਸ਼ ਕਰਕੇ ਖੜ੍ਹਾ ਕਰਨਾ
Transliteration: Nirdosh karke khadha karna
Doctrine: Kept by God and Presented Blameless
Rejected alternatives: ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਕਰਕੇ (loses forensic blameless nuance)
Original: στῆσαι κατενώπιον τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ ἀμώμους
Category: Salvation
Jude 1:24 (στῆσαι κατενώπιον τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ ἀμώμους). Eschatological completion of justification/sanctification; not earned through the believer’s own moral perfection, but received as completion of God’s keeping work.
Saviour
Approved rendering: ਮੁਕਤੀਦਾਤਾ
Transliteration: Mukti-daata
Doctrine: Doxology and God’s Preserving Power
Rejected alternatives: ਬਚਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ (acceptable descriptive gloss, not primary term)
Original: μόνῳ Θεῷ Σωτῆρι ἡμῶν
Category: Salvation
Jude 1:25 (‘the only God, our Savior’). Built directly on ਮੁਕਤੀ; inherits its mandatory Sikh/Christian mukti-distinction gloss. The exclusivist claim must not be softened toward any framework admitting other mediating sources of liberation.
The Lord Rebuke You
Approved rendering: ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਤਾੜੇ
Transliteration: Prabhu tainu taare
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: Ἐπιτιμήσαι σοι Κύριος
Category: Christology
Jude 1:9. Reuses ਪ੍ਰਭੂ exactly. Models Michael’s restraint — deferring final judgment entirely to God’s own authority, a direct rebuke of the false teachers’ presumption (v.8).
High Risk Terms
Faith
Approved rendering: ਨਿਹਚਾ
Transliteration: Nihcha
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: ਸ਼ਰਧਾ, ਸਿਦਕ
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Jude 1:3 uses this same term for the objective apostolic-doctrine deposit (‘the faith once for all delivered’), a sense distinct from but not contradicting Romans’ personal-trust emphasis; Jude 1:20’s ‘most holy faith’ also reuses this term. See most_holy_faith entry.
Grace
Approved rendering: ਕਿਰਪਾ
Transliteration: Kirpa
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: ਮੇਹਰ, ਕਰਮ ਦਾ ਫਲ
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Jude 1:4 is a grace-into-licentiousness passage triggering the baseline’s mandatory grace-vs-works/merit escalation rule; ਕਿਰਪਾ must not be heard as endorsing the false teachers’ antinomian license, nor as flowing through Guru-mediation or Naam-simran.
Saints
Approved rendering: ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਲੋਕ
Transliteration: Pavittar lok
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: ਸੰਤ
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER ਸੰਤ — the Sant tradition is a living, institutionally active category in Punjab today. Occurs Jude 1:3 (faith delivered to the saints) and 1:14 (‘his holy myriads’).
Called
Approved rendering: ਸੱਦਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ
Transliteration: Saddiya hoya
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Original: κλητοί
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs Jude 1:1: addressees are ‘those who are called.‘
Apostle
Approved rendering: ਰਸੂਲ
Transliteration: Rasul
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: ਗੁਰੂ, ਦੂਤ
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER ਗੁਰੂ. Jude 1:17 grounds legitimate teaching authority in ‘the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ’ as opposed to the false teachers’ private ‘dreams’ (v.8) — the ਗੁਰੂ/ਰਸੂਲ distinction is especially load-bearing here.
Glory
Approved rendering: ਮਹਿਮਾ
Transliteration: Mahima
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ਜੋਤ
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER ਜੋਤ. Occurs Jude 1:8 (‘glorious ones’), 1:24 (‘before the presence of his glory’), 1:25 (doxology).
Sin
Approved rendering: ਪਾਪ
Transliteration: Pap
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: ਅਧਰਮ
Original: ἁμαρτωλός (Jude 1:15, “ungodly sinners”)
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. Root of ਪਾਪੀ (‘sinners’), Jude 1:15 (‘ungodly sinners’).
Power Of God
Approved rendering: ਸਮਰੱਥਾ
Transliteration: Samratha
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: ਸ਼ਕਤੀ
Original: δύναμις (conceptually underlying τῷ δυναμένῳ, “him who is able,” and κράτος, “might,” Jude 1:24-25)
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER ਸ਼ਕਤੀ (Hindu goddess-power association). Occurs Jude 1:24 (‘him who is able’) and 1:25 (‘might’, κράτος) — render κράτος consistently as ਸਮਰੱਥਾ.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: ਪਵਿੱਤਰੀਕਰਨ
Transliteration: pavittarikaran
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ਸ਼ੁੱਧੀਕਰਨ
Original: ἁγιασμός (conceptually underlying Jude’s Spirit-vs-worldly contrast, 1:19-20)
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Conceptually underlies Jude’s Spirit-vs-worldly contrast (1:19-20); no single Greek noun ἁγιασμός occurs in Jude, but the doctrine is directly present.
Mercy
Approved rendering: ਦਯਾ
Transliteration: Daya
Doctrine: Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering
Rejected alternatives: ਕਿਰਪਾ (already reserved for grace, a distinct term)
Original: ἔλεος
Category: Salvation
Structural inclusio across Jude 1:2, 21, 22, 23. Sikh Panj Gun tradition treats ਦਇਆ as a cultivated personal virtue; every occurrence here must anchor mercy’s source explicitly in God/Christ’s initiative (v.21), with believers’ mercy to one another (vv.22-23) as a derivative response, never an independently cultivated virtue.
Contend Earnestly
Approved rendering: ਨਿਹਚਾ ਦੀ ਰਾਖੀ ਲਈ ਜਤਨ ਕਰਨਾ
Transliteration: Nihcha di rakhi lai jatan karna
Doctrine: Contending for the Faith Once Delivered
Rejected alternatives: ਲੜਨਾ, ਜੂਝਣਾ
Original: ἐπαγωνίζεσθαι
Category: Faith
Jude 1:3 (ἐπαγωνίζεσθαι). NEVER an overtly martial verb (ਲੜਨਾ/ਜੂਝਣਾ), which would collide with Punjab’s developed martial-righteousness idiom (ਧਰਮ ਯੁੱਧ, the Ardas petition ‘ਰਾਜ ਕਰੇਗਾ ਖਾਲਸਾ’). This mandated compound foregrounds guarding/defending, not offensive struggle.
Marked Out Beforehand
Approved rendering: ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਹੀ ਇਸ ਸਜ਼ਾ ਲਈ ਲਿਖੇ ਗਏ
Transliteration: Pehlan ton hi is saza lai likhe gae
Doctrine: Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers
Original: προγεγραμμένοι…εἰς…κρίμα
Category: Salvation
Jude 1:4. Touches election/predestination language; per baseline escalation rule requires theologian review. Must not be read as impersonal ਕਿਸਮਤ (fate) — this is God’s settled justice, not blind destiny.
Ungodly
Approved rendering: ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ-ਹੀਣ
Transliteration: Parmeshar-hin
Doctrine: Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers
Rejected alternatives: ਅਧਰਮੀ
Original: ἀσεβεῖς / ἀσέβεια
Category: Sin
Jude’s dominant negative category (1:4, 14-16 [×5], 18). ਅਧਰਮੀ is explicitly forbidden: it is built on the ਧਰਮ root the baseline already bans for ‘righteousness’ due to Khalsa martial-dharmic associations (ਧਰਮ ਯੁੱਧ), and would reactivate that exact collision as the antonym. The fivefold rhetorical repetition in vv.14-15 must be retained, not smoothed into varied synonyms.
Deny
Approved rendering: ਇਨਕਾਰ ਕਰਨਾ
Transliteration: Inkaar karna
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: ἀρνούμενοι
Category: Christology
Jude 1:4, denying Christ as only Master and Lord. Must preserve the gravity of denial — a doctrinal rejection, not mere ethical neglect.
Save Verb
Approved rendering: ਬਚਾਉਣਾ
Transliteration: Bachauna
Doctrine: Salvation
Original: σῴζω
Category: Salvation
Verb form of σῴζω (Jude 1:5, Exodus rescue; 1:23, rescuing the wavering ‘out of the fire’). Distinguish from the noun ਮੁਕਤੀ and from ਸੁਰੱਖਿਅਤ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ (τηρέω, ‘preserve’); v.5’s warning must not be read as loss of Christian ਮੁਕਤੀ.
Believe Verb
Approved rendering: ਨਿਹਚਾ ਕਰਨਾ
Transliteration: Nihcha karna
Doctrine: Faith
Original: πιστεύω
Category: Faith
Verb form of πιστεύω (Jude 1:5: judgment on ‘those who did not believe’ after physical rescue). Preserve the force of this warning against presumptuous unbelief.
Judgment
Approved rendering: ਨਿਆਂ
Transliteration: Niaan
Doctrine: Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers
Original: κρίσις / κρίμα
Category: Eschatology
Recurring structural term (κρίσις/κρίμα: Jude 1:4, 6, 9, 15). Render consistently. Not impersonal ਕਿਸਮਤ, but God’s personal, righteous verdict.
Eternal Chains Darkness
Approved rendering: ਸਦੀਪਕ ਬੰਧਨ / ਗਹਿਰਾ ਹਨੇਰਾ
Transliteration: Sadipak bandhan / Gehra hanera
Doctrine: Eschatological Judgment and Eternal Fire
Original: δεσμοῖς ἀϊδίοις…ζόφον / ζόφος τοῦ σκότους
Category: Eschatology
Jude 1:6, 13. Everlasting chains and gloomy/black darkness. Uses ਸੁਰੱਖਿਅਤ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ (τηρέω) for the judicial-keeping half of the epistle’s ironic keeping-inclusio; must not be softened.
Worldly Without Spirit
Approved rendering: ਆਤਮਾ ਤੋਂ ਬਿਨਾਂ ਸੰਸਾਰਕ ਸੁਭਾਅ ਵਾਲੇ
Transliteration: Aatma ton binaan sansaarak subhaav vaale
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: ψυχικοί…Πνεῦμα μὴ ἔχοντες
Category: Sanctification
Jude 1:19 (ψυχικοί…Πνεῦμα μὴ ἔχοντες). Must be kept clearly distinct from the baseline’s positive ਆਤਮਿਕ (Spirit-given, e.g. ਆਤਮਿਕ ਦਾਤਾਂ) so the ψυχικός/πνευματικός contrast is not flattened.
Enoch Prophesied
Approved rendering: ਹਨੋਕ…ਭਵਿੱਖਬਾਣੀ ਕੀਤੀ
Transliteration: Hanok…bhavikhbani kiti
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture and the Status of Extrabiblical Testimony
Original: Ἑνὼχ…προεφήτευσεν
Category: Inspiration of Scripture
Jude 1:14-15 cites the non-canonical Enoch tradition (1 Enoch) as authoritative prophetic testimony. Must be framed as Jude’s citation, not as elevating the whole Enoch text to canonical status — doctrinally urgent given the Sikh doctrine of the Guru Granth Sahib as a single, closed, living-Guru authority.
Most Holy Faith
Approved rendering: ਅੱਤ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਨਿਹਚਾ
Transliteration: Att pavittar nihcha
Doctrine: Contending for the Faith Once Delivered
Original: τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ ὑμῶν πίστει
Category: Faith
Jude 1:20 (τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ ὑμῶν πίστει). Combines two established baseline High-risk terms (ਨਿਹਚਾ, ਪਵਿੱਤਰ); render consistently, tying to ‘the faith once for all delivered’ of v.3.
Snatch From Fire
Approved rendering: ਅੱਗ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਖਿੱਚ ਕੇ ਬਚਾਉਣਾ
Transliteration: Agg vichon khichch ke bachauna
Doctrine: Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering
Original: σῴζετε ἐκ πυρὸς ἁρπάζοντες
Category: Mercy
Jude 1:23. Deliberately echoes 1:7’s eternal-fire judgment imagery; the urgency of the rescue image must be preserved, not softened into a gentler ‘helping’ verb.
Dominion Authority
Approved rendering: ਪ੍ਰਭੁਤਾ
Transliteration: Prabhuta
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: κυριότης
Category: Christology
Jude 1:8 (κυριότης), rejected/despised by the false teachers. Shares its root with ਪ੍ਰਭੂ (Lord); handle with the same doctrinal care as Lordship-of-Christ vocabulary, since rejecting dominion is continuous with denying Christ’s own exclusive Lordship (v.4).
Devil
Approved rendering: ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ
Transliteration: Shaitan
Doctrine: The Reality of the Devil and Proper Spiritual Authority
Original: ὁ διάβολος
Category: Angelology
Jude 1:9. A real, personal, malevolent spiritual adversary. Sikh theology’s dominant evil-framework centers on internal vices (Haumai, Panj Vikar); this passage requires explicit framing of ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ as a real external being, not a symbol for inner moral struggle.
Medium Risk Terms
Peace
Approved rendering: ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ
Transliteration: Shanti
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: ਸਹਿਜ
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs Jude 1:2, part of the greeting-triad (mercy, peace, love).
Holy
Approved rendering: ਪਵਿੱਤਰ
Transliteration: pavittar
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ਸ਼ੁੱਧ
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Root of ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਲੋਕ and of ਅੱਤ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਨਿਹਚਾ (Jude 1:20, ‘most holy faith’) — combined use raises the compound’s own risk to High; see most_holy_faith entry.
Church
Approved rendering: ਮੰਡਲੀ
Transliteration: mandli
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ, ਮੰਦਰ
Original: ἐκκλησία (conceptually underlying the congregation Jude addresses)
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. The assembly the false teachers have infiltrated (Jude 1:4, 12, 19).
Israel
Approved rendering: ਇਸਰਾਏਲ
Transliteration: Israel
Doctrine: Old Testament Warnings as Types
Inherited from Romans package. Implicit referent of Jude 1:5’s ‘a people’ saved out of Egypt; the curriculum doctrine names Israel explicitly as one of the three OT warning-types.
Sanctified Variant
Approved rendering: ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਕੀਤੇ ਹੋਏ
Transliteration: Pavittar kite hoe
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Being Kept for Christ
Original: ἡγιασμένοις (textual variant of ἠγαπημένοις)
Category: Sanctification
A well-attested manuscript variant of Jude 1:1 (ἡγιασμένοις ‘sanctified’ vs. ἠγαπημένοις ‘beloved’). Flag for native speaker/theologian review of source-text selection; both readings must be documented, not silently chosen.
Delivered Entrusted
Approved rendering: ਸੌਂਪੀ ਗਈ
Transliteration: Saumpi gayi
Doctrine: Contending for the Faith Once Delivered
Original: παραδοθείσῃ
Category: Faith
Jude 1:3, ‘the faith once for all delivered.’ Has a structural (not theological) parallel to Sikh reverence for the closed, complete Guru Granth Sahib revelation, useful as a comprehension bridge but must never imply the Bible occupies the same living-Guru revelation-structure role.
Once For All
Approved rendering: ਇੱਕੋ ਵਾਰ
Transliteration: Ikko vaar
Doctrine: Contending for the Faith Once Delivered
Original: ἅπαξ
Category: Faith
Jude 1:3 (ἅπαξ). Reinforces the closed, complete, unrepeatable nature of the apostolic deposit against any implication of continuing or evolving revelation.
Master Sovereign
Approved rendering: ਮਾਲਕ
Transliteration: Malak
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: δεσπότης
Category: Christology
Jude 1:4 (δεσπότης), a distinct Greek term from κύριος/ਪ੍ਰਭੂ. The baseline’s rejection of ਮਾਲਕ applies ONLY as a substitute for κύριος; here it renders a genuinely different Greek term and may be used without collision, provided it is never substituted where κύριος itself occurs.
Angel
Approved rendering: ਦੂਤ
Transliteration: Doot
Doctrine: Old Testament Warnings as Types
Rejected alternatives: ਫ਼ਰਿਸ਼ਤਾ
Original: ἄγγελος / ἀρχάγγελος
Category: Angelology
Jude 1:6, 9. Distinct Punjabi slot from ਰਸੂਲ (apostle); the baseline’s rejection of ਦੂਤ was only as an apostle-alternative, so no collision occurs for actual angels.
Hidden Reefs
Approved rendering: ਲੁਕੀਆਂ ਹੋਈਆਂ ਖ਼ਤਰਨਾਕ ਚਟਾਨਾਂ / ਦਾਗ
Transliteration: Lukiyan hoiyan khatarnaak chataana / Daag
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship and the Love Feasts
Original: σπιλάδες
Category: Church
Jude 1:12 (σπιλάδες). Genuinely ambiguous Greek term (‘hidden reefs’ or ‘blemishes’); retain the ambiguity via translator note rather than forcing a single reading; flag for native speaker review.
Love Feasts
Approved rendering: ਪ੍ਰੇਮ-ਭੋਜ
Transliteration: Prem-bhoj
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship and the Love Feasts
Original: ἀγάπαι
Category: Church
Jude 1:12. OPPORTUNITY: genuine positive resonance with ਲੰਗਰ (Sikh communal-kitchen tradition); use to aid comprehension of shared table-fellowship, but must not collapse into langar’s seva-merit theology — the ਪ੍ਰੇਮ-ਭੋਜ’s purpose is Christ-centered fellowship.
Twice Dead Uprooted
Approved rendering: ਦੋ ਵਾਰ ਮਰੇ ਹੋਏ, ਜੜ੍ਹੋਂ ਪੁੱਟੇ ਹੋਏ
Transliteration: Do vaar mare hoe, jarhon putte hoe
Doctrine: Eschatological Judgment and Eternal Fire
Original: δὶς ἀποθανόντα ἐκριζωθέντα
Category: Eschatology
Jude 1:12. Must not be misread through any reincarnation-adjacent lens; emphatic finality of a single death/judgment, the opposite of any cyclical framework.
Wandering Stars
Approved rendering: ਭਟਕਦੇ ਤਾਰੇ
Transliteration: Bhatakde taare
Doctrine: Eschatological Judgment and Eternal Fire
Original: ἀστέρες πλανῆται
Category: Eschatology
Jude 1:13. Avoid collision with unrelated astrological-fate concepts common in Punjabi folk religion; depicts doctrinal instability by contrast with a fixed reliable order.
Convict
Approved rendering: ਦੋਸ਼ੀ ਸਾਬਤ ਕਰਨਾ
Transliteration: Doshi saabat karna
Doctrine: Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers
Original: ἐλέγξαι
Category: Eschatology
Jude 1:15 (ἐλέγξαι). Forensic conviction of guilt, part of the universal, no-exceptions final judgment.
Mocker Scoffer
Approved rendering: ਮਖੌਲ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ
Transliteration: Makhaul karan vaale
Doctrine: Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers
Original: ἐμπαῖκται
Category: Eschatology
Jude 1:18 (ἐμπαῖκται). A specific mode of unbelief — ridicule of religious truth, distinct from grumbling (v.16).
Last Time
Approved rendering: ਅੰਤ ਦੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਵਿੱਚ
Transliteration: Ant de samein vich
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Original: ἐπ’ ἐσχάτου [τοῦ] χρόνου
Category: Eschatology
Jude 1:18. Must retain linear eschatological framing, not cyclical yuga/ਆਵਾਗਵਣ cosmology.
Cause Divisions
Approved rendering: ਵੰਡੀਆਂ ਪਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ
Transliteration: Vandiyaan paun vaale
Doctrine: Church Unity and Avoiding Division
Original: ἀποδιορίζοντες
Category: Church
Jude 1:19 (ἀποδιορίζοντες). Direct threat to the church’s ਸੰਗਤ/fellowship unity.
Wavering Doubting
Approved rendering: ਡੋਲਦੇ ਹੋਏ
Transliteration: Dolde hoe
Doctrine: Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering
Rejected alternatives: ਸ਼ੱਕ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ
Original: διακρινομένους
Category: Mercy
Jude 1:22 (διακρινομένους). Must be distinguished from settled apostasy — pastoral triage distinguishing degrees of spiritual danger, not indiscriminate rescue.
Garment Stained By Flesh
Approved rendering: ਸਰੀਰ ਨਾਲ ਦਾਗੀ ਕੱਪੜਾ
Transliteration: Sarir naal daagi kapda
Doctrine: Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering
Original: τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς σαρκὸς ἐσπιλωμένον χιτῶνα
Category: Mercy
Jude 1:23. Must not be read as license to withhold rescue; concerns avoiding contamination by sin’s influence while still actively extending mercy to the person.
Authority Doxology
Approved rendering: ਅਧਿਕਾਰ
Transliteration: Adhikaar
Doctrine: Doxology and God’s Preserving Power
Original: ἐξουσία
Category: God
Jude 1:25 (ἐξουσία), the fourth doxological ascription. Distinct from κυριότης (ਪ੍ਰਭੁਤਾ, v.8, dominion_authority entry) — do not conflate the two despite conceptual overlap.
Glorious Ones
Approved rendering: ਮਹਿਮਾਵਾਨ ਹਸਤੀਆਂ
Transliteration: Mahimavan hastiyan
Doctrine: Glory and Majesty of God
Original: δόξας βλασφημοῦσιν
Category: Angelology
Jude 1:8 (δόξας βλασφημοῦσιν, likely angelic powers). Built on ਮਹਿਮਾ; avoid ਜੋਤ for any ‘glorious/radiant beings’ imagery.
Low Risk Terms
Prophecy Verb
Approved rendering: ਭਵਿੱਖਬਾਣੀ ਕੀਤੀ
Transliteration: bhavikhbani kiti
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Original: προεφήτευσεν
Category: Inspiration of Scripture
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs Jude 1:14, introducing Enoch’s citation.
Fellowship
Approved rendering: ਸੰਗਤ
Transliteration: sangat
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: ਦੋਸਤੀ
Original: κοινωνία (conceptually underlying Jude’s love feasts, 1:12)
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. OPPORTUNITY term; conceptually underlies the ਪ੍ਰੇਮ-ਭੋਜ (love feasts) context of Jude 1:12.
Egypt
Approved rendering: ਮਿਸਰ
Transliteration: Misar
Doctrine: Old Testament Warnings as Types
Original: γῆ Αἰγύπτου
Category: Covenant/OT Types
Inherited from Romans package AI requirements document. Occurs Jude 1:5.
Moses
Approved rendering: ਮੂਸਾ
Transliteration: Musa
Doctrine: Old Testament Warnings as Types
Original: Μωϋσῆς
Category: Covenant/OT Types
Inherited from Romans package AI requirements document. Occurs Jude 1:9 (Michael’s dispute over Moses’ body).
Adam
Approved rendering: ਆਦਮ
Transliteration: Aadam
Doctrine: Old Testament Warnings as Types
Original: Ἀδάμ
Category: Covenant/OT Types
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs Jude 1:14 (‘Enoch, the seventh from Adam’).
Amen
Approved rendering: ਆਮੀਨ
Transliteration: Aamin
Doctrine: Doxology and God’s Preserving Power
Original: Ἀμήν
Category: Doxology
Inherited from Romans package AI requirements document. Closes the doxology, Jude 1:25.
Exhort
Approved rendering: ਉਤਸ਼ਾਹਿਤ ਕਰਨਾ
Transliteration: utshahit karna
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: παρακαλῶν
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Context-sensitive family; Jude 1:3’s παρακαλῶν activates the entreaty sense (ਬੇਨਤੀ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋਏ), not the encouragement sense, per the baseline’s own context rule.
Servant
Approved rendering: ਦਾਸ
Transliteration: Das
Doctrine: Apostleship / Identity
Original: δοῦλος
Category: Church
Jude’s self-designation (1:1) as ‘servant/slave of Jesus Christ’ rather than by apostolic title or family status (he is Jesus’ half-brother). Positive-fit humble self-reference; ensure it is not read as merit-earning ਸੇਵਾ but as belonging to Christ.
Beloved
Approved rendering: ਪਿਆਰੇ
Transliteration: Piare
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Original: ἀγαπητοί
Category: Church
Affectionate address (Jude 1:1, 3, 17, 20) establishing pastoral warmth before Jude’s warnings.
Sodom And Gomorrah
Approved rendering: ਸਦੂਮ ਅਤੇ ਅਮੂਰਾਹ
Transliteration: Sadum ate Amurah
Doctrine: Old Testament Warnings as Types
Original: Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα
Category: Covenant/OT Types
Jude 1:7. Established OT proper names; requires explanatory OT background note given the curriculum’s low-OT-literacy target audience.
Grumblers Malcontents
Approved rendering: ਬੁੜਬੁੜਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ / ਨੁਕਸ ਕੱਢਣ ਵਾਲੇ
Transliteration: Burh-burhaun vaale / Nukas kadhan vaale
Doctrine: Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers
Original: γογγυσταί / μεμψίμοιροι
Category: Sin
Jude 1:16. Echoes the wilderness-generation grumbling typology of 1:5.
Build Up
Approved rendering: ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ਉਸਾਰਨਾ
Transliteration: Apne aap nu usaarna
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: ἐποικοδομοῦντες ἑαυτούς
Category: Mutual Edification
Jude 1:20. Positive counter-pattern to the false teachers’ destructiveness; communal, faith-grounded growth.
Majesty
Approved rendering: ਮਹਾਨਤਾ
Transliteration: Mahaanta
Doctrine: Doxology and God’s Preserving Power
Original: μεγαλωσύνη
Category: God
Jude 1:25 (μεγαλωσύνη). One of the fourfold doxological ascriptions; paired with the higher-risk ਮਹਿਮਾ, ਸਮਰੱਥਾ, ਅਧਿਕਾਰ — render all distinctly, do not merge.
Michael Archangel
Approved rendering: ਮੀਕਾਏਲ ਮਹਾਂ ਦੂਤ
Transliteration: Mikael mahaan doot
Doctrine: The Reality of the Devil and Proper Spiritual Authority
Original: ὁ ἀρχάγγελος Μιχαήλ
Category: Angelology
Jude 1:9. Transliterate name + paraphrase title (ਮਹਾਂ ਦੂਤ); no existing single-word Punjabi Christian precedent for ‘archangel.‘
Way Of Cain
Approved rendering: ਕਇਨ ਦਾ ਰਾਹ
Transliteration: Kain da raah
Doctrine: Old Testament Warnings as Types
Original: τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ Κάϊν
Category: Covenant/OT Types
Jude 1:11. Requires OT (Genesis) background note given low OT literacy in the target audience.
Error Of Balaam
Approved rendering: ਬਿਲਆਮ ਦੀ ਭੁੱਲ
Transliteration: Bilaam di bhull
Doctrine: Old Testament Warnings as Types
Original: τῇ πλάνῃ τοῦ Βαλαάμ
Category: Covenant/OT Types
Jude 1:11. Requires OT (Numbers) background note.
Rebellion Of Korah
Approved rendering: ਕੋਰਹ ਦਾ ਵਿਰੋਧ
Transliteration: Korah da virodh
Doctrine: Old Testament Warnings as Types
Original: τῇ ἀντιλογίᾳ τοῦ Κόρε
Category: Covenant/OT Types
Jude 1:11. Requires OT (Numbers 16) background note.
Jude Author
Approved rendering: ਯਹੂਦਾਹ
Transliteration: Yahudah
Doctrine: Apostleship / Identity
The author’s name, Jude 1:1. Established Punjabi Bible book/author form. Must be clearly distinguished in teaching materials from Judas Iscariot given the shared underlying Hebrew name.
James
Approved rendering: ਯਾਕੂਬ
Transliteration: Yaakub
Doctrine: Apostleship / Identity
Jude 1:1, ‘brother of James.’ Established NT proper-name form.
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