Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Jude
This glossary extends the baseline Romans translation_memory.json for the Jude curriculum. It does not duplicate the baseline entries in full detail (see baseline for full notes); it confirms reuse of baseline terms that recur in Jude, and adds new entries for terms Jude introduces that have no baseline precedent. All risk tiers follow the baseline’s Critical/High/Medium/Low framework and doctrine_risk_registry.json conventions.
Part 1 — Baseline Terms Reused Exactly in Jude
| Term | Somali Rendering | Risk (Baseline) | Jude References | Reuse Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace | Nimco | High | 1:4 | Perverted-grace warning; grace-vs-license contrast requires theologian review per baseline rule. |
| Faith | Iimaan | High | 1:3, 1:20 | Sense-shift flag: functions as “the [apostolic] faith,” an objective deposit of doctrine, more than personal trust alone. Note for teaching. |
| Salvation | Badbaado | Critical | 1:3, 1:23, 1:25 (Sōtēr) | Present, secured reality; v.23 “save” describes human participation in pointing to Christ’s rescue, not human salvific power. |
| Apostle(s) | Diray | Medium/High | 1:17 | Never Rasuul. |
| Called | Loo yeedhay | High | 1:1 | Sovereign summons, not casual invitation. |
| Holy | Quduus | High | 1:14 (“holy myriads”), 1:20 (“most holy faith”) | |
| Saints | Quduusiinta | High | 1:3 | Corporate designation for all believers, not an ascetic elite. |
| Lord | Rabbiga | Critical | 1:4 (despotēs context), 1:5, 1:9, 1:14, 1:17, 1:21, 1:25 | Exclusive, supreme lordship in every occurrence. |
| Jesus (paired with Masiixa) | Ciise Masiixa | Critical | throughout | Never bare “Ciise.” |
| God | Ilaah | Critical | 1:1, 1:4, 1:21, 1:25 | |
| Holy Spirit | Ruuxa Quduuska ah | Critical | 1:19, 1:20 | Never Jibriil; must be sharply distinguished from “soulish” (psychikoi, v.19) language. |
| Father | Aabbe | Critical | 1:1 | |
| Glory | Ammaan | High | 1:8, 1:24, 1:25 | Never nuur. |
| Peace | Nabadda | Medium | 1:2 | Greeting-formula use; same doctrinal family as Romans 5:1. |
| Exhort | Dhiirigelin (context: lean toward baryid/entreat) | Low (context-sensitive) | 1:3 | Jude’s use is urgent entreaty, not gentle encouragement — apply baseline’s context rule. |
| Messiah/Christ | Masiixa | Critical | throughout (“Jesus Christ”) | Full Davidic/atoning-savior content required. |
| Prophet/Prophecy | Nabi / Wax sii sheegidda | High/Medium | 1:14 | Distinguished from faal (divination). |
| Amen | Aamiin | Low | 1:25 |
Part 2 — New Terms Introduced by Jude (Extended Glossary)
| Term (English) | Original Greek | Transliteration | Somali Rendering | Risk | Doctrine Category | Primary Verse(s) | Rationale / Rejected Alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contend (for the faith) | ἐπαγωνίζεσθαι | epagōnizesthai | U halgamid | High | Contending for the Faith | 1:3 | REJECTED: “jihaad” (loaded Islamic religious-struggle term, including armed connotation). “Halgan” preferred as a secular/nationalist-struggle word (cf. halganka xorriyadda) that avoids the collision. |
| Faith once for all delivered | ἅπαξ παραδοθείσῃ | hapax paradotheisē | Hal mar oo dhan loo dhiibay | Critical | Contending for the Faith / Inspiration of Scripture | 1:3 | Collides with the Islamic pattern of successive, restated revelation through a chain of prophets; Christian claim is a single, closed, non-repeatable deposit. |
| Ungodly | ἀσεβής / ἀσέβεια | asebēs / asebeia | Cibaadalaawe(-yaal) / Cibaadalaawnimo | High | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | 1:4, 1:15 (x4), 1:18 | REJECTED: generic “dembilayaal” (sinners) — too weak; loses the active-defiance-of-worship sense. Fourfold repetition in v.15 should be preserved with one consistent root. |
| Crept in unnoticed | παρεισέδυσαν | pareisedysan | Si qarsoodi ah ku soo dhex galay | Medium | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | 1:4 | Descriptive; names covert infiltration mode of false teachers. |
| Marked out beforehand | προγεγραμμένοι | progegrammenoi | Hore loo go’aamiyay | High | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | 1:4 | REJECTED: qaddar, nasiib (fatalistic decree/luck) per baseline forbidden-substitution rule for providence/election. |
| Judgment/condemnation | κρίμα / κρίσις | krima / krisis | Xukun | High | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | 1:4, 1:9, 1:15 | Two related Greek nouns rendered with one consistent Somali term for coherence; flag for theologian confirmation. |
| Licentiousness | ἀσέλγεια | aselgeia | Xaaraannimo / Sino iyo dhillanimo | Medium | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | 1:4 | Must convey shameless moral abandon, not a single lapse. |
| Master/Sovereign | δεσπότης | despotēs | Taliyaha Sare (oo Kaliya ah) | Critical | Deity/Lordship of Christ (extension of baseline) | 1:4 | REJECTED: “sayidka” — baseline explicitly rejects this for kyrios as a mere human-master term; same caution applies here. Ambiguous whether verse names one Person (Christ) or two (Father + Son) — flag for theologian review. |
| Destroyed / perished | ἀπώλεσεν / ἀπώλοντο | apōlesen / apōlonto | Baabi’iyay / baabba’ay | High | OT Warnings as Types | 1:5, 1:11 | Must be taught as real historical judgment, not diminished favor. |
| Unbelieving | ἀπιστήσαντας | apistēsantas | Kuwii aan rumaysanayn | High | OT Warnings as Types / Faith | 1:5 | Related root to Iimaan (faith); names unbelief specifically as the ground of judgment. |
| Angels (fallen) | ἄγγελοι | angeloi | Malaa’igta | High | OT Warnings as Types | 1:6 | Direct collision with mainstream Islamic angelology (angels generally held incapable of sin/rebellion); must be taught explicitly. |
| Eternal chains / darkness | δεσμοῖς ἀιδίοις / ζόφος | desmois aïdiois / zophos | Silsilado weligood ah / gudcur qarow ah | Medium | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | 1:6, 1:13 | Zophos recurs (v.6, v.13); render consistently. |
| Kept/preserved (recurring motif) | τηρέω (various forms) | tēreō | Dhawrid / Ilaalin | High | Kept by God and Preserving Power | 1:1, 1:6, 1:13, 1:21, 1:24 | Bracketing motif of the whole letter (ironic contrast: fallen ones kept for judgment vs. believers kept for glory). Consistency across all five occurrences is essential; distinct from but doctrinally parallel to phylaxai (v.24). |
| Sodom and Gomorrah | Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα | Sodoma kai Gomorra | Sodom iyo Gomora | Medium | OT Warnings as Types | 1:7 | Genuine bridge to Qur’anic Lut narrative; note the covenantal OT framing Jude assumes is additional content. |
| Strange flesh | σαρκὸς ἑτέρας | sarkos heteras | Jidh kale oo aan caadi ahayn | High | OT Warnings as Types | 1:7 | Contested exegetical referent; sensitive sexual-sin category; theologian review required. |
| Eternal fire | πῦρ αἰώνιον | pyr aiōnion | Dab weligiis ah | Medium | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | 1:7, 1:23 (echo) | Eschatological judgment imagery; consistent across v.7 and v.23. |
| Devil | διάβολος | diabolos | Ibliiska | High | OT Warnings as Types | 1:9 | Shared vocabulary with Islamic Ibliis narrative (broadly compatible concept; differing origin story) — clarify, do not silently equate. |
| Michael the archangel | Μιχαὴλ, ἀρχάγγελος | Michaēl, archangelos | Mikaa’iil, malag sare | Medium | OT Warnings as Types | 1:9 | Recognizable from Islamic tradition (one of four archangels); clarify role differs from Islamic accounts. |
| Blaspheme / speak evil | βλασφημέω | blasphēmeō | Caytamid / af-xumeyn | Medium | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | 1:8, 1:9, 1:10 | Render consistently across all three occurrences. |
| Woe | οὐαί | ouai | Hoogay! | Medium | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | 1:11 | Solemn prophetic denunciation, not casual complaint. |
| Way of Cain | ὁδῷ τοῦ Κάϊν | hodō tou Kain | Jidkii Qaabiil | Low-Medium | OT Warnings as Types | 1:11 | Recognizable from Islamic tradition (Qabil/Habil). |
| Error of Balaam | πλάνῃ τοῦ Βαλαάμ | planē tou Balaam | Qaladkii Balcaam | Medium | OT Warnings as Types | 1:11 | Less familiar OT figure; requires background teaching. |
| Rebellion of Korah | ἀντιλογίᾳ τοῦ Κόρε | antilogia tou Kore | Caasinimadii Qorax | Medium | OT Warnings as Types | 1:11 | Rejecting God-appointed authority; relevant to church leadership teaching. |
| Spots / hidden reefs | σπιλάδες | spilades | (flagged, two candidates) Dhagxaan qarsoon oo khatar ah / Iin(no) | High | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | 1:12 | Genuine lexical ambiguity in the Greek itself; theologian decision required before Phase 2. |
| Love feasts | ἀγάπαι | agapai | Cuntooyinka jacaylka | Medium | Christian Fellowship (extension of baseline Wadaaga) | 1:12 | Requires brief cultural/historical explanatory note. |
| Wandering stars | ἀστέρες πλανῆται | asteres planētai | Xiddigaha warwareega | Medium | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | 1:13 | Cultural resonance with Somali navigational/pastoral star-reliance; sharpens contrast with instability. |
| Enoch | Ἑνώχ | Henōch | Enokh | High | Inspiration of Scripture | 1:14 | Risk of conflation with the Qur’anic Nabi Idriis; must clarify this citation’s distinct source tradition (Book of Enoch, extra-canonical). |
| Grumblers / complainers | γογγυσταί / μεμψίμοιροι | goggystai / mempsimoiroi | Kuwa gunuunaca / kuwa cabashada badan | Medium | OT Warnings as Types | 1:16 | Echoes Israel’s wilderness grumbling; intertextual link to Exodus. |
| Lust/desire | ἐπιθυμία | epithymia | Damac/xamac xun | Medium | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | 1:16, 1:18 | Must distinguish sinful lust from neutral desire. |
| Flattering for advantage | θαυμάζοντες πρόσωπα…ὠφελείας χάριν | thaumazontes prosōpa…ōpheleias charin | Dadka u faaniya faa’iido darteed | High | Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers | 1:16 | Strong resonance with clan-patronage dynamics; careful framing required to target the sin, not clan structure itself. |
| Last time | ἔσχατος χρόνος | eschatos chronos | Wakhtiga ugu dambeeya | High | Eschatology (general) | 1:18 | Bridges to but must be distinguished from the Islamic Qiyaamah framework; Christian content must not be silently absorbed into it. |
| Causing divisions | ἀποδιορίζοντες | apodiorizontes | Kala qaybiya / kala goynaya | High | Unity across the Church (extension of baseline unity doctrines) | 1:19 | Lands directly on the sensitive qabiil (clan)-division social category; must be framed as division from the true faith community. |
| Soulish/sensual (without the Spirit) | ψυχικός | psychikos | Dadka naftooda/dabeecaddooda dabiiciga ah ku noolaanaya (descriptive phrase) | High | Sanctification / Holy Spirit (extension) | 1:19 | No single Somali word suffices; must be clearly distinguished from “the Spirit” (Ruuxa) in the same verse to avoid Trinitarian confusion. |
| Building up (in the faith) | ἐποικοδομοῦντες | epoikodomountes | Isku dhisid | Low-Medium | Mutual Edification (extension of baseline) | 1:20 | Construction metaphor; low risk. |
| Waiting for (mercy/eternal life) | προσδεχόμενοι | prosdechomenoi | Sugaya | High | Assurance of Salvation (extension of baseline) | 1:21 | Confident, settled anticipation — not probabilistic hope. |
| Mercy | ἔλεος | eleos | Naxariis | High | Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering | 1:2, 1:21, 1:22, 1:23 | Baseline’s own notes on charis flag “naxariis” as operating within a deeds-and-mercy Islamic judgment framework; every occurrence must be taught as mercy secured by Christ’s finished work, received now, not weighed against a deeds-ledger at Qiyaamah. Mandatory theologian review on every occurrence. |
| Eternal life | ζωὴ αἰώνιος | zōē aiōnios | Nolol weligeed ah | Critical | Salvation / Assurance of Salvation | 1:21 | Must not be diluted into vague afterlife hope; present-tense assurance required. |
| Wavering / doubting | διακρινόμενοι | diakrinomenoi | Kuwa laba-diriqsan / kuwa shakiga ku jira | High | Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering | 1:22 | Physical/social risk of expressed religious doubt in Somali context sharpens pastoral stakes beyond linguistics; theologian review mandatory. |
| Have mercy / convict (textual variant) | ἐλεᾶτε / ἐλέγχετε | eleate / elegchete | (flagged — pending decision) Naxariis u yeel / canaan | Critical | Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering | 1:22 | Consequential manuscript variant affecting pastoral instruction (compassion vs. confrontation); mandatory theologian review before Phase 2. |
| Snatching (from the fire) | ἁρπάζοντες | harpazontes | Ka dhufsanaya | Medium-High | Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering | 1:23 | Vivid rescue-urgency imagery tied to judgment-fire motif (v.7). |
| Garment (defiled) | χιτών | chitōn | Dharka | Medium | Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering | 1:23 | Symbolic of contamination; cultural-metaphor category requiring explanatory note. |
| Bondservant | δοῦλος | doulos | Addoon | Medium | Apostleship / Authorial Humility | 1:1 | Legitimate human self-designation; must be distinguished from the baseline’s rejection of “addoonka jecel” as a diminishing euphemism for Christ’s Sonship. |
| Guard/keep (doxology) | φυλάξαι | phylaxai | Ilaalinta / dhawrid | High | Kept by God and Preserving Power | 1:24 | Render consistently alongside tēreō occurrences for a coherent whole-letter “kept” motif. |
| Without stumbling | ἀπταίστους | aptaistous | Aan turunturoon | High | Kept by God and Presented Blameless / Assurance of Salvation | 1:24 | Present, confident security — not probabilistic hope. |
| Present blameless | στῆσαι…ἀμώμους | stēsai…amōmous | Hor keenid iin la’aan / ceeb la’aan | High | Kept by God and Presented Blameless | 1:24 | Sacrificial/cultic background (unblemished offering); requires brief OT background note. |
| Exceeding joy | ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει | en agalliasei | Farxad aad u weyn | Low | Doxology | 1:24 | |
| Savior | Σωτήρ | Sōtēr | Badbaadiyaha | Critical | Doxology and God’s Preserving Power / Salvation | 1:25 | Ties doxological praise to salvation as accomplished, present reality. |
| Majesty | μεγαλωσύνη | megalōsynē | Weynaan | Low | Doxology | 1:25 | |
| Dominion/might | κράτος | kratos | Xoog / amar | Medium | Doxology | 1:25 | Distinct Greek word from dynamis (baseline’s Awoodda Ilaah); flag to avoid confusing near-synonyms. |
| Authority | ἐξουσία | exousia | Awood sharci ah / amar | Medium | Doxology | 1:25 | Rightful rule, distinct nuance from raw might (kratos). |
| Before all ages, forever | πρὸ παντὸς τοῦ αἰῶνος…εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας | pro pantos tou aiōnos…eis pantas tous aiōnas | Ka hor wakhtiga oo dhan…iyo weligiisba | High | Doxology / Deity of Christ (if variant applies to Christ) | 1:25 | If read of Christ (per textual variant), bears directly on Christ’s eternal pre-existence — Critical deity-of-Christ implications; theologian review pending textual decision. |
Risk Summary for Jude Extended Glossary
| Risk Tier | Count (New Terms) | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 5 | Human theologian (mandatory, every occurrence) |
| High | 20 | Human theologian (mandatory) |
| Medium | 20 | Native speaker review |
| Low | 8 | Automated review sufficient |
Note on proper-name disambiguation: The author’s own name, “Jude” (Ἰούδας), carries a Critical-tier risk not captured in the term table above because it is a proper name rather than a theological term — see 07_semantic_analysis.md, Jude 1:1, for the required disambiguation from Judas Iscariot, Judas son of James, and the patriarch Judah.
Cross-reference: All Critical and High risk terms in this glossary must be added to an updated translation_memory.json and doctrine_risk_registry.json for Jude in a subsequent Phase 1 step, following the same schema as the baseline Romans package.
Critical Risk Terms
Salvation
Approved rendering: Badbaado
Transliteration: bahd-BAH-doh
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: jannada gelid (entering paradise, as the whole content)
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Jude 1:3 names ‘our common salvation’ — must not be read as unqualified clan-solidarity language (‘common/shared’, koinēs) in a qabiil-structured society; the commonality is salvation-in-Christ shared equally by every believer, cutting against any two-tier spiritual status.
Lord
Approved rendering: Rabbiga
Transliteration: RAHB-bee-gah
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: sayidka (master/boss, non-divine)
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Occurs in Jude 1:4 (paired with despotēs, see master_sovereign), 1:5, 1:9, 1:14, 1:17, 1:21, 1:25. Must convey exclusive, supreme lordship in every occurrence, including where the Father/Son referent is textually debated (v.4-5).
Jesus
Approved rendering: Ciise
Transliteration: SEE-say
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: bare ‘Nabi Ciise’ (Prophet Jesus, without Masiixa)
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Always paired as ‘Ciise Masiixa’ throughout Jude; never used bare in doctrinally significant contexts.
God
Approved rendering: Ilaah
Transliteration: ee-LAHH
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Eebe (colloquial invocational term), Alle (direct Arabic loan)
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Named as Father (1:1), the only Sovereign in view of despotēs (1:4), and ‘our Savior’ in the doxology (1:25).
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: Ruuxa Quduuska ah
Transliteration: ROO-khah koo-DOOS-kah ah
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: Jibriil (the archangel Gabriel)
Original: Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Jude 1:19-20: must be sharply, unmistakably distinguished from ‘soulish’ (psychikoi, see soulish_sensual) in the very same breath, so a Trinitarian statement about God’s Spirit is not blurred into a merely anthropological statement about human nature (naf).
Father
Approved rendering: Aabbe
Transliteration: AH-beh
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: Abuure (Creator, as a substitute to avoid relational language)
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Jude 1:1: believers are ‘sanctified by God the Father.’ Teach the relational, adoptive sense directly, given Somali abtirsiimo lineage-consciousness.
Messiah
Approved rendering: Masiixa
Transliteration: mah-SEE-khah
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: nabi kaliya (merely a prophet)
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Occurs throughout Jude paired with Ciise as ‘Ciise Masiixa’ (1:1, 1:4, 1:17, 1:21, 1:25). Every use must carry the full Davidic-covenant, atoning-savior content; never a merely honored prophet.
Faith Once Delivered
Approved rendering: Hal mar oo dhan loo dhiibay
Transliteration: hahl mahr oh dhahn loh dhee-BYE
Doctrine: Contending for the Faith Once Delivered
Rejected alternatives: a message given long ago (softened, repeatable-sounding paraphrase)
Original: τῇ ἅπαξ παραδοθείσῃ
Category: Contending for the Faith
Jude 1:3 (tē hapax paradotheisē). CRITICAL: names a closed, complete, non-repeatable deposit of apostolic doctrine, directly opposed to the successive-prophets, restated-revelation structure of mainstream Somali Islamic theology. Must never be abbreviated to a phrase implying an old message awaiting later restatement. Mandatory theologian review.
Master Sovereign
Approved rendering: Taliyaha Sare oo Kaliya ah
Transliteration: tah-LEE-yah-hah SAH-reh oh kah-LEE-yah ah
Doctrine: Deity and Lordship of Christ (despotēs/kyrios ambiguity)
Rejected alternatives: sayidka (boss/human master, non-divine)
Original: δεσπότης
Category: Christology
Jude 1:4 (despotēs). CRITICAL: never render as ‘sayidka’, which the baseline already rejects for kyrios because it strips out the divine claim — the same caution applies here. Whether v.4 names one Person (Christ as both Master and Lord) or two (Father as Master, Christ as Lord) is grammatically debated and requires a theologian ruling before Phase 2 commits to a final phrasing. Mandatory theologian review, pending decision.
Soulish Sensual
Approved rendering: Dadka naftooda/dabeecaddooda dabiiciga ah ku noolaanaya
Transliteration: dah-DAH nahf-TOH-dah/dah-beh-cahd-DOH-dah dah-bee-CHEE-gah ah koo noh-lah-NAH-yah
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit Distinguished from Merely Natural (‘Soulish’) Life
Rejected alternatives: a single-word rendering (rejected as no Somali word captures the concept cleanly)
Original: ψυχικοί
Category: Sanctification
Jude 1:19 (psychikoi). No single Somali word suffices; descriptive phrase required. CRITICAL: must be kept unmistakably distinct from Ruuxa Quduuska ah in the same verse, so a statement about human nature is never confused with a Trinitarian statement about God’s Spirit. Mandatory theologian review.
Eternal Life
Approved rendering: Nolol weligeed ah
Transliteration: noh-LOHL weh-lee-GEHD ah
Doctrine: Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering
Rejected alternatives: a vague ‘hope for the afterlife’ paraphrase
Original: ζωὴν αἰώνιον
Category: Salvation
Jude 1:21 (zōēn aiōnion). Must not be diluted into vague afterlife hope; ties directly to the present-tense assurance already flagged Critical in the baseline salvation and assurance_of_salvation doctrines.
Mercy Or Convict Variant
Approved rendering: [PENDING THEOLOGIAN DECISION] Naxariis u yeel / Canaan
Transliteration: nah-khah-REES oo yehl / kah-NAHN
Doctrine: Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering
Rejected alternatives: silently blending both readings into one averaged rendering (rejected — obscures a genuine textual-critical fork)
Original: ἐλεᾶτε / ἐλέγχετε
Category: Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering
Jude 1:22 (eleate ‘have mercy’ vs. elegchete ‘convict/dispute with’). A genuine, consequential manuscript variant with opposite pastoral instructions (compassion vs. confrontation) toward the wavering. Must be resolved by explicit theologian decision (or deliberate dual footnoting) before Phase 2 committing to a single Somali rendering. Mandatory theologian review — do not default silently.
Savior
Approved rendering: Badbaadiyaha
Transliteration: bahd-bah-dee-YAH-hah
Doctrine: Doxology and God’s Preserving Power
Rejected alternatives: a generic ‘helper/protector’ term
Original: Σωτῆρι
Category: Salvation
Jude 1:25 (Sōtēri hēmōn). Ties the doxology’s praise directly to Badbaado (salvation) as an accomplished present reality, not a hoped-for future outcome.
Jude Author Name
Approved rendering: Yuudas (walaalka Yakoob, ee aan ahayn Yuudas Iskariyoti)
Transliteration: YOO-dahs (wah-LAHL-kah yah-KOHB, eh ahn ah-HYN yoo-dahs is-kah-ree-YOH-tee)
Doctrine: Proper Names
Rejected alternatives: bare ‘Yuudas’ with no disambiguation (rejected — risks confusion with Judas Iscariot)
Original: Ἰούδας
Category: Proper Names
Jude 1:1 (Ioudas). CRITICAL disambiguation requirement: the Somali rendering must clearly identify this specific author and explicitly distinguish him from Yuudas Iskariyoti (Judas Iscariot) on first use in every lesson, to prevent readers wrongly associating the epistle’s author with Christ’s betrayer. Mandatory theologian review of the disambiguating note.
High Risk Terms
Grace
Approved rendering: Nimco
Transliteration: NIM-koh
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: naxariis (mercy/compassion), barako (blessing, Sufi lineage/tomb potency)
Original: χάρις
Category: Grace
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Jude 1:4 use: the false teachers ‘turn the grace of our God into licentiousness’ (aselgeia). This grace-versus-license contrast triggers the baseline’s mandatory theologian-review rule for any grace/works-merit contrast. Nimco must be protected from two directions simultaneously in Jude: not licensing sin, and not collapsing into barako.
Faith
Approved rendering: Iimaan
Transliteration: ee-MAHN
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: rumaysad (generic belief/conviction)
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. SENSE-SHIFT FLAG for Jude 1:3, 1:20: ‘the faith’ functions here as a defined body of apostolic doctrine (‘the faith once for all delivered’, ‘your most holy faith’), not primarily an act of personal trust as in Romans. This objective, doctrine-content sense must be surfaced in teaching notes on first use so Iimaan is not misheard as referring only to interior conviction.
Apostle
Approved rendering: Diray
Transliteration: dee-RYE
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: Rasuul (the specific Islamic title for Muhammad)
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Jude 1:17 appeals to ‘the words spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.’ Never Rasuul.
Called
Approved rendering: Loo yeedhay
Transliteration: loh yeh-DHAI
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: la casuumay (invited, as to a social event)
Original: κλητοῖς
Category: Divine Calling
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Jude 1:1: believers are ‘called’ (klētois), sanctified by the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ. Sovereign summons, not casual invitation.
Holy
Approved rendering: Quduus
Transliteration: koo-DOOS
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: nadiif (ritually/physically clean)
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Used in Jude 1:14 (‘holy myriads’) and 1:20 (‘your most holy faith’, superlative hagiōtatē). Must render consistently with the v.3 sense of ‘the faith’ as an objective deposit.
Saints
Approved rendering: Quduusiinta
Transliteration: koo-doo-SEEN-tah
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: awliyada / wadaaddada (Sufi saints/sheekhs venerated at tombs)
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Jude 1:3: the faith was delivered ‘to the saints’ — all believers corporately, not an ascetic elite.
Glory
Approved rendering: Ammaan
Transliteration: ah-MAHN
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: nuur (divine light, Sufi Nuurka Muxammed association)
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Occurs at Jude 1:8 (‘glories’ the false teachers blaspheme), 1:24 (presented before ‘the presence of His glory’), and 1:25 (doxology). In v.25, keep visibly distinct from megalōsynē/kratos/exousia (see majesty, dominion_might, authority) rather than collapsing all into one near-synonym.
Prophet
Approved rendering: Nabi
Transliteration: NAH-bee
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: faaliye (fortune-teller/diviner)
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Relevant background term for Jude 1:14’s description of Enoch prophesying; distinguish Enoch’s prophetic role from any implication that the Book of Enoch is being canonized (see enoch entry).
Contend For The Faith
Approved rendering: U halgamid
Transliteration: oo hahl-gah-MEED
Doctrine: Contending for the Faith Once Delivered
Rejected alternatives: jihaad (entrenched Islamic religious/armed-struggle term)
Original: ἐπαγωνίζεσθαι
Category: Contending for the Faith
Jude 1:3 (epagōnizesthai, NT hapax). Rendered with ‘halgan’ vocabulary, drawn from secular/nationalist Somali struggle register (e.g. halganka xorriyadda, ‘the independence struggle’), specifically to avoid importing jihaad’s entrenched, sometimes armed, religious-warfare connotation. Human theologian review required.
Ungodly
Approved rendering: Cibaadalaawe / Cibaadalaawnimo
Transliteration: kee-bah-dah-lah-WEH / kee-bah-dah-lah-WNEE-moh
Doctrine: Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers
Rejected alternatives: dembilayaal (generic ‘sinners’, too weak)
Original: ἀσεβής / ἀσέβεια
Category: Judgment
Jude 1:4, 1:15 (fourfold repetition), 1:18 (asebēs/asebeia). Constructed compound meaning ‘without/lacking [right] worship’; must retain the sense of active, defiant irreverence toward God’s rightful worship, distinct from generic wrongdoing. The fourfold repetition in v.15 must use one consistent root, not varied synonyms, to preserve Jude’s rhetorical hammer-blow. Mandatory theologian review.
Marked Out Beforehand
Approved rendering: Hore loo go’aamiyay
Transliteration: HOH-reh loh goh-ah-mee-YAY
Doctrine: Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers
Rejected alternatives: qaddar (fate/decree), nasiib (luck/fortune)
Original: πάλαι προγεγραμμένοι
Category: Judgment
Jude 1:4 (palai progegrammenoi). A prior, settled, personal divine verdict, never rendered with fatalistic decree/luck vocabulary per the baseline’s forbidden-substitution rule for providence/election. Must preserve personal, just divine reckoning. Mandatory theologian review.
Judgment
Approved rendering: Xukun
Transliteration: khoo-KOON
Doctrine: Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers
Original: κρίμα / κρίσις
Category: Judgment
Jude 1:4, 1:9, 1:15 (krima/krisis). Two related Greek nouns rendered with one consistent Somali term for coherence; flag for theologian confirmation this does not obscure the settled-verdict (krima) vs. judging-process (krisis) nuance.
Destroyed Perished
Approved rendering: Baabi’iyay / baabba’ay
Transliteration: bah-bee-EE-yay / bah-bah-AY
Doctrine: Old Testament Warnings as Types: Israel in the Wilderness
Rejected alternatives: a softer ‘lost favor with God’ paraphrase
Original: ἀπώλεσεν / ἀπώλοντο
Category: OT Types
Jude 1:5, 1:11 (apōlesen/apōlonto). Must be taught as real, decisive, historical judgment (Israel’s unbelieving wilderness generation; Cain/Balaam/Korah’s company), never diminished favor. Consistent rendering across both occurrences preserves the letter’s cumulative warning pattern.
Unbelieving
Approved rendering: Kuwii aan rumaysanayn
Transliteration: koo-WEE ahn roo-may-sah-NAYN
Doctrine: Old Testament Warnings as Types: Israel in the Wilderness
Original: ἀπιστήσαντας
Category: Faith
Jude 1:5 (apistēsantas). Shares its root family with Iimaan (faith); names unbelief specifically, not disobedience-in-general, as the cause of the wilderness generation’s judgment, reinforcing saving trust in Christ as the letter’s dividing line.
Angels Fallen
Approved rendering: Malaa’igta
Transliteration: mah-LAH-eeg-tah
Doctrine: Old Testament Warnings as Types: The Fallen Angels
Original: ἄγγελοι
Category: OT Types
Jude 1:6 (angeloi). The shared Somali/Islamic loanword is doctrinally unproblematic, but the doctrine attached is a direct collision: mainstream Islamic angelology generally holds angels incapable of disobedience (rebellion attributed instead to jinn/Ibliis). Must be taught explicitly as a point of difference, never smoothed over. Mandatory theologian review.
Kept Preserved
Approved rendering: Dhawrid / Ilaalin
Transliteration: DHAH-wreed / ee-LAH-leen
Doctrine: Kept by God and His Preserving Power
Rejected alternatives: varied stylistic synonyms at each occurrence (rejected for consistency reasons, not lexical error)
Original: τηρέω (various forms)
Category: Kept by God
Jude 1:1, 1:6, 1:13, 1:21, 1:24 (tēreō, all forms). The letter’s key bracketing verb: God’s judicial ‘keeping’ of fallen angels for judgment vs. God’s gracious keeping of believers for glory. MUST be rendered with this same root family at all five occurrences — explicitly overriding ordinary stylistic-variety preference — so the ironic contrast remains visible. Also render consistently alongside phylaxai (see guard_doxology, v.24). Mandatory theologian review.
Strange Flesh
Approved rendering: Jidh kale oo aan caadi ahayn
Transliteration: JID kah-leh oh ahn kah-AH-dee ah-HYN
Doctrine: Old Testament Warnings as Types: Sodom and Gomorrah
Original: σαρκὸς ἑτέρας
Category: OT Types
Jude 1:7 (sarkos heteras). Contested exegetical referent (same-sex relations and/or illicit angel-human relations echoing Genesis 6); intersects with strong honor/shame sensitivities in Somali culture. Requires careful, non-graphic, theologically precise handling. Mandatory theologian review.
Devil
Approved rendering: Ibliiska
Transliteration: ib-LEES-kah
Doctrine: Angelic Conflict and Disputation (Michael and the Devil)
Original: διάβολος
Category: Angelology
Jude 1:9 (diabolos). Shares vocabulary with the Islamic Ibliis narrative (a broadly compatible adversary-concept) but the origin story differs (fallen angel in Jude’s Jewish tradition vs. defiant jinn in Islamic tradition). Clarify, do not silently equate. Mandatory theologian review.
Spots Or Reefs
Approved rendering: Dhagxaan qarsoon oo khatar ah / Iin(no)
Transliteration: dhahg-KHAHN qahr-SOON oh khah-TAHR ah / EEN(noh)
Doctrine: Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers
Original: σπιλάδες
Category: Judgment
Jude 1:12 (spilades). PENDING THEOLOGIAN DECISION: genuine lexical ambiguity in the Greek itself (hidden nautical reefs vs. visible spots/blemishes); the two candidate Somali images are not interchangeable. Both flagged; one must be selected (or dual-footnoted) before Phase 2 locks a rendering. Mandatory theologian review.
Enoch
Approved rendering: Enokh
Transliteration: eh-NOHKH
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture and the Closed Apostolic Deposit
Rejected alternatives: Nabi Idriis (Qur’anic name, rejected as a substitute since it implies source-text identity with a different tradition)
Original: Ἑνώχ
Category: Inspiration of Scripture
Jude 1:14. Islamic tradition commonly identifies/associates Enoch with Nabi Idriis; readers will default to that framework. Must clarify this citation draws on a distinct, extra-canonical Jewish prophetic tradition (the Book of Enoch), engaging tahriif-related scriptural-reliability concerns directly. Mandatory theologian review.
Flattering For Advantage
Approved rendering: Dadka u faaniya faa’iido darteed
Transliteration: dah-DAH oo fah-nee-YAH fah-EE-doh dahr-TEHD
Doctrine: Marks and Conduct of False Teachers
Original: θαυμάζοντες πρόσωπα…ὠφελείας χάριν
Category: Judgment
Jude 1:16 (thaumazontes prosōpa…ōpheleias charin). Strong resonance with patron-client and clan-patronage (qabiil) dynamics in Somali social life; must be framed to target the specific sin of self-serving flattery, not clan structure or patronage custom itself. Native speaker and theologian review recommended.
Last Time
Approved rendering: Wakhtiga ugu dambeeya
Transliteration: wahkh-TEE-gah oo-goo dahm-BEH-yah
Doctrine: Eschatological Judgment and the Lord’s Coming
Original: ἐσχάτῳ χρόνῳ
Category: Eschatology
Jude 1:18 (en eschatō chronō). Somali Islamic eschatology (Qiyaamah) is both a bridge and a risk: must not let readers silently absorb Jude’s specifically Christian content (Christ’s return in judgment with his holy ones) into the existing Islamic framework. Mandatory theologian review.
Causing Divisions
Approved rendering: Kala qaybiya / kala goynaya
Transliteration: kah-LAH qay-BEE-yah / kah-LAH goy-NAH-yah
Doctrine: Unity Within the Church Versus Division Caused by False Teachers
Original: ἀποδιορίζοντες
Category: Church
Jude 1:19 (apodiorizontes). Division language lands directly on the sensitive social category of qabiil (clan) division. Must be explicitly framed as division from the true faith community caused by false teaching, never as commentary on clan structure generally. Mandatory theologian review.
Waiting For
Approved rendering: Sugaya
Transliteration: soo-GAH-yah
Doctrine: Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering
Original: προσδεχόμενοι
Category: Assurance of Salvation
Jude 1:21 (prosdechomenoi). Must convey confident, settled anticipation, not probabilistic hope; connects to the baseline’s Critical assurance_of_salvation doctrine.
Mercy
Approved rendering: Naxariis
Transliteration: nah-khah-REES
Doctrine: Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering
Original: ἔλεος
Category: Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering
Jude 1:2, 1:21, 1:22, 1:23 (eleos). No viable substitute exists (nimco would wrongly collapse mercy into grace), but the baseline’s own charis notes flag naxariis as operating within a deeds-and-mercy Islamic judgment framework. Every occurrence must be explicitly taught as mercy flowing from Christ’s finished work, received now, not weighed against a deeds-ledger at Qiyaamah. Mandatory theologian review on every occurrence.
Wavering Doubting
Approved rendering: Kuwa laba-diriqsan / kuwa shakiga ku jira
Transliteration: koo-WAH lah-bah-dee-RIQ-sahn / koo-WAH shah-KEE-gah koo jee-RAH
Doctrine: Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering
Original: διακρινόμενοι
Category: Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering
Jude 1:22 (diakrinomenoi). Given the acute physical and social risk of expressed religious doubt or wavering from Islam in much of Somalia, pastoral framing carries stakes beyond linguistics; connects to the baseline’s evangelism/physical-safety escalation rules. Mandatory theologian review.
Guard Doxology
Approved rendering: Ilaalinta / Dhawrid
Transliteration: ee-LAH-leen-tah / DHAH-wreed
Doctrine: Kept by God and His Preserving Power
Original: φυλάξαι
Category: Kept by God
Jude 1:24 (phylaxai). Distinct Greek verb from tēreō but the same semantic/doctrinal domain; must render consistently alongside kept_preserved’s occurrences (vv.1, 6, 13, 21) so the letter’s bracketing ‘kept/guarded’ theme reads as one coherent doctrine. Mandatory theologian review.
Without Stumbling
Approved rendering: Aan turunturoon
Transliteration: ahn too-roon-too-ROHN
Doctrine: Presented Blameless Before God’s Glory
Original: ἀπταίστους
Category: Assurance of Salvation
Jude 1:24 (aptaistous). Present, confident security guaranteed by God’s power — directly supports the baseline’s Critical assurance_of_salvation doctrine, not probabilistic hope pending an undisclosed future verdict.
Present Blameless
Approved rendering: Hor keenid iin la’aan / ceeb la’aan
Transliteration: HOHR keh-NEED een lah-AHN / cehb lah-AHN
Doctrine: Presented Blameless Before God’s Glory
Original: στῆσαι κατενώπιον τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ…ἀμώμους
Category: Kept by God and Presented Blameless
Jude 1:24 (stēsai katenōpion tēs doxēs autou…amōmous). Sacrificial/cultic background (unblemished offering language); requires a brief OT explanatory note so it is not read as merely ‘morally decent’. Must be grounded explicitly in Christ’s work, not human effort, to avoid appearing as presumptuous human boasting to Somali Muslim readers.
Eternal Ages Formula
Approved rendering: Ka hor wakhtiga oo dhan…iyo weligiisba
Transliteration: kah HOHR wahkh-TEE-gah oh dhahn…ee-yoh weh-lee-GEES-bah
Doctrine: Deity and Lordship of Christ (despotēs/kyrios ambiguity)
Original: πρὸ παντὸς τοῦ αἰῶνος καὶ νῦν καὶ εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας
Category: Doxology
Jude 1:25 (pro pantos tou aiōnos kai nyn kai eis pantas tous aiōnas). If read as applying to Christ per a well-attested manuscript variant naming ‘Jesus Christ our Lord’ as mediator, this bears directly on Christ’s eternal pre-existence and the Critical deity_of_christ doctrine. Flag for theologian review pending the underlying textual decision; do not resolve silently.
Sinners
Approved rendering: Dembilayaal
Transliteration: dehm-bee-lah-YAHL
Doctrine: Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers
Original: ἁμαρτωλοί
Category: Sin
Jude 1:15 (hamartōloi), paired with asebeis (‘ungodly’). Reuses the baseline root Dembi (sin), but must be taught alongside the stronger, more specific Cibaadalaawe so the compound charge (impious AND sinful) is not flattened into generic wrongdoing.
Medium Risk Terms
Peace
Approved rendering: Nabadda
Transliteration: nah-BAHD-dah
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: xeer (a clan truce or customary-law peace pact)
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Jude 1:2 greeting-formula use (‘Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you’); contextually lighter than Romans 5:1 but from the same doctrinal family. Not the inter-clan xeer sense.
Prophecy
Approved rendering: Wax sii sheegidda
Transliteration: wahkh see sheh-eh-GID-dah
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: faal (divination/fortune-telling)
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Jude 1:14 (proephēteusen, ‘Enoch…prophesied’). Distinguished from faal; here applied to material outside the Old Testament canon, requiring explicit teaching on inspired-citation-vs-canonization.
Crept In Unnoticed
Approved rendering: Si qarsoodi ah ku soo dhex galay
Transliteration: see qar-soh-DEE ah koo soh dhekh gah-LYE
Doctrine: Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers
Original: παρεισέδυσαν
Category: Judgment
Jude 1:4 (pareisedysan). Names the false teachers’ covert mode of infiltration into the community. Descriptive, not itself doctrinally loaded.
Licentiousness
Approved rendering: Xaaraannimo (Sino iyo dhillanimo aan ceeb lahayn)
Transliteration: khah-rahn-NEE-moh
Doctrine: Grace Perverted into License
Original: ἀσέλγεια
Category: Judgment
Jude 1:4 (aselgeia). Shameless, unrestrained sensual indulgence — stronger than a single moral lapse; the grace being perverted ‘into’ this must be taught as corruption of a genuine gift, not proof grace itself is dangerous.
Eternal Darkness Chains
Approved rendering: Silsilado weligood ah / gudcur qarow ah
Transliteration: sil-see-LAH-doh weh-lee-GOOD ah / good-COOR qah-ROW ah
Doctrine: Old Testament Warnings as Types: The Fallen Angels
Original: δεσμοῖς ἀιδίοις / ζόφος
Category: Judgment
Jude 1:6, 1:13 (desmois aïdiois / zophos). Zophos recurs intensified at v.13 (zophos tou skotous); render consistently across both occurrences so the reader recognizes the recurring judgment-imagery motif.
Sodom And Gomorrah
Approved rendering: Sodom iyo Gomora
Transliteration: SOH-dohm ee-yoh goh-MOH-rah
Doctrine: Old Testament Warnings as Types: Sodom and Gomorrah
Rejected alternatives: ‘the people of Lut’ (borrowed Qur’anic framing, rejected as a substitute for the Genesis proper names)
Original: Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα
Category: OT Types
Jude 1:7. Genuine cultural bridge to the Qur’anic Lut narrative (Q7:80-84; 11:77-83); retain the Genesis proper names themselves and draw the Lut-narrative bridge in teaching notes, not by substituting terminology.
Eternal Fire
Approved rendering: Dab weligiis ah
Transliteration: DAHB weh-lee-GEES ah
Doctrine: Old Testament Warnings as Types: Sodom and Gomorrah
Original: πυρὸς αἰωνίου
Category: Judgment
Jude 1:7, echoed conceptually in 1:23 (pyros aiōniou). Eschatological judgment imagery; render consistently across both occurrences to preserve the warning/rescue linkage.
Michael Archangel
Approved rendering: Mikaa’iil, malag sare
Transliteration: mee-KAH-eel, mah-LAHG SAH-reh
Doctrine: Angelic Conflict and Disputation (Michael and the Devil)
Original: Μιχαὴλ, ἀρχάγγελος
Category: Angelology
Jude 1:9. Genuine recognition bridge: Mikaa’iil is one of four archangels named in Islamic tradition. Requires a brief clarifying note that the dispute-over-Moses’-body narrative here differs from Islamic tradition about him.
Blaspheme Speak Evil
Approved rendering: Caytamid / af-xumeyn
Transliteration: kai-tah-MEED / ahf-khoo-MAYN
Doctrine: Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers
Original: βλασφημέω / βλασφημία
Category: Judgment
Jude 1:8, 1:9, 1:10 (blasphēmeō/blasphēmia). Render consistently across all three occurrences so the reader recognizes one recurring condemned behavior pattern.
Woe
Approved rendering: Hoogay!
Transliteration: HOH-oh-guy
Doctrine: Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers
Original: οὐαί
Category: Judgment
Jude 1:11 (ouai). Must carry the weight of solemn prophetic denunciation, not a casual complaint or exclamation.
Error Of Balaam
Approved rendering: Qaladkii Balcaam
Transliteration: qah-lahd-KEE bahl-CAHM
Doctrine: Marks and Conduct of False Teachers
Original: πλάνῃ τοῦ Βαλαάμ
Category: OT Types
Jude 1:11 (planē tou Balaam). Balaam is a less widely recognized OT figure in Somali Islamic tradition than Cain; flag as requiring background teaching.
Rebellion Of Korah
Approved rendering: Caasinimadii Qorax
Transliteration: cah-see-nee-mah-DEE koh-RAHKH
Doctrine: Marks and Conduct of False Teachers
Original: ἀντιλογίᾳ τοῦ Κόρε
Category: OT Types
Jude 1:11 (antilogia tou Kore). Rejecting God-appointed authority; relevant to teaching on discerning legitimate spiritual leadership.
Love Feasts
Approved rendering: Cuntooyinka jacaylka
Transliteration: koon-toh-YEEN-kah jah-CAYL-kah
Doctrine: Marks and Conduct of False Teachers
Original: ἀγάπαι
Category: Christian Fellowship
Jude 1:12 (agapai). No existing Somali term for this specific early-church communal-meal custom; requires a brief cultural/historical explanatory footnote.
Wandering Stars
Approved rendering: Xiddigaha warwareega
Transliteration: khee-dee-GAH-hah wahr-wah-REH-gah
Doctrine: Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers
Original: ἀστέρες πλανῆται
Category: Judgment
Jude 1:13 (asteres planētai). Genuine cultural resonance: fixed stars for navigation hold real significance in Somali pastoral/seafaring tradition, sharpening the image’s contrast with instability and false direction.
Grumblers Complainers
Approved rendering: Kuwa gunuunaca / kuwa cabashada badan
Transliteration: koo-WAH goo-noo-NAH-cah / koo-WAH cah-bah-SHAH-dah bah-DAHN
Doctrine: Marks and Conduct of False Teachers
Original: γογγυσταί / μεμψίμοιροι
Category: Judgment
Jude 1:16 (goggystai/mempsimoiroi). Echoes LXX vocabulary for Israel’s wilderness grumbling; teach with an intertextual link back to Jude 1:5.
Lust Desire
Approved rendering: Damac/xamac xun
Transliteration: dah-MAHC/khah-MAHC khoon
Doctrine: Judgment on Ungodly False Teachers
Original: ἐπιθυμία
Category: Judgment
Jude 1:16, 1:18 (epithymia). Must distinguish sinful, disordered craving from ordinary, morally neutral desire.
Snatching From Fire
Approved rendering: Ka dhufsanaya
Transliteration: kah dhoof-sah-NAH-yah
Doctrine: Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering
Original: ἁρπάζοντες
Category: Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering
Jude 1:23 (harpazontes). Vivid urgent-rescue imagery; connects to the eternal-fire judgment imagery of 1:7. Render with forceful urgency, not a calm or gradual action.
Garment Defiled
Approved rendering: Dharka
Transliteration: DHAHR-kah
Doctrine: Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering
Original: τὸν χιτῶνα
Category: Mercy and Rescue of the Wavering
Jude 1:23 (ton chitōna). Symbolic of moral contamination; requires a brief explanatory note on the symbolism rather than a purely literal clothing reading.
Bondservant
Approved rendering: Addoon
Transliteration: ah-DOHN
Doctrine: Kept by God and His Preserving Power
Original: δοῦλος
Category: Apostleship / Authorial Humility
Jude 1:1 (doulos). Jude’s own humble self-designation as author. The baseline rejects ‘addoonka jecel ee Ilaah’ as a diminishing euphemism ONLY when applied to Christ’s Sonship; that rejection does not extend to this legitimate human self-designation. Distinguish clearly in teaching notes.
Dominion Might
Approved rendering: Xoog / Amar
Transliteration: khohg / ah-MAHR
Doctrine: Doxology and God’s Preserving Power
Rejected alternatives: Awoodda Ilaah (baseline’s dynamis term, explicitly reserved for Romans 1:16 and not to be substituted here)
Original: κράτος
Category: Doxology
Jude 1:25 (kratos). Distinct Greek word from the baseline’s Awoodda Ilaah (dynamis); flag for Phase 2 to keep this near-synonym cluster (doxa/megalōsynē/kratos/exousia) distinguishable rather than collapsing into one repeated word.
Authority
Approved rendering: Awood sharci ah / Amar
Transliteration: ah-WOHD shahr-CHEE ah / ah-MAHR
Doctrine: Doxology and God’s Preserving Power
Original: ἐξουσία
Category: Doxology
Jude 1:25 (exousia). Rightful, not merely forceful, rule — distinct nuance from kratos (dominion_might); render so this distinction is not lost.
James Brother
Approved rendering: Yakoob
Transliteration: yah-KOHB
Doctrine: Proper Names
Rejected alternatives: Yacquub (reserved for the OT patriarch Jacob/Israel; rejected here to avoid confusion)
Original: Ἰακώβου
Category: Proper Names
Jude 1:1 (Iakōbou). Must be kept visually and phonetically distinct from Yacquub (Jacob, OT patriarch) to avoid reader confusion between two different biblical figures.
Low Risk Terms
Exhort
Approved rendering: Dhiirigelin
Transliteration: dhee-ree-geh-LEEN
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: παρακαλῶν
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Jude 1:3 (parakalōn): per the baseline’s own context-sensitivity rule, Jude’s usage is urgent, confrontational entreaty accompanying a change of subject, and should lean toward the ‘baryid’ (entreat/plead) sense rather than the gentler encouragement sense.
Amen
Approved rendering: Aamiin
Transliteration: ah-MEEN
Doctrine: Doxology and God’s Preserving Power
Original: Ἀμήν
Category: Doxology
Established per the baseline’s Transliteration Standards (12_ai_translation_requirements.md) but given its own dedicated TM entry for the first time in this Jude package, since ‘Aamiin’ closes Jude’s doxology (1:25). Standard, low-risk transliterated affirmation.
Way Of Cain
Approved rendering: Jidkii Qaabiil
Transliteration: jid-KEE qah-BEEL
Doctrine: Marks and Conduct of False Teachers
Original: ὁδῷ τοῦ Κάϊν
Category: OT Types
Jude 1:11. Genuine cultural bridge: Qaabiil is recognizable from Islamic tradition (brother of Habil/Abel).
Building Up
Approved rendering: Isku dhisid
Transliteration: ees-KOO dhee-SEED
Doctrine: Building Up in the Faith and Praying in the Spirit
Original: ἐποικοδομοῦντες
Category: Mutual Edification
Jude 1:20 (epoikodomountes). Construction metaphor for spiritual growth; conceptually continuous with the baseline’s mutual_edification doctrine.
Exceeding Joy
Approved rendering: Farxad aad u weyn
Transliteration: fahr-KHAHD ahd oo WAYN
Doctrine: Doxology and God’s Preserving Power
Original: ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει
Category: Doxology
Jude 1:24 (en agalliasei). Standard exultation vocabulary appropriate to the doxological climax; low doctrinal risk.
Majesty
Approved rendering: Weynaan
Transliteration: way-NAHN
Doctrine: Doxology and God’s Preserving Power
Original: μεγαλωσύνη
Category: Doxology
Jude 1:25 (megalōsynē). Standard majesty/greatness vocabulary; must remain a distinct word from Ammaan (doxa), Xoog/Amar (kratos), and Awood sharci ah/Amar (exousia) in the same verse.
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