OET interlinear YUD (JUD) 1:23

uW Translation Notes:

ἐκ πυρὸς ἁρπάζοντες

out_of /the/_fire snatching

This clause indicates the means by which Jude wants his audience to save a certain group of people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this connection explicitly. Alternate translation: “by means of snatching from fire”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐκ πυρὸς ἁρπάζοντες

out_of /the/_fire snatching

Here Jude speaks of urgently rescuing some people from going to hell as though it was like pulling people from a fire before they start to burn. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this metaphor plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “doing whatever must be done to keep them from going to hell” or “doing whatever must be done to save them, as if pulling them from fire”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐλεᾶτε

/be/_showing_mercy

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun mercy with an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: “act mercifully toward”

ἐν φόβῳ

with fear

This phrase indicates the manner by which Jude wanted his readers to have mercy on a certain group of people. Alternate translation: “by being cautious”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

μισοῦντες καὶ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς σαρκὸς ἐσπιλωμένον χιτῶνα

hating even the by the flesh /having_been/_stained clothes

Jude exaggerates to warn his readers that they can become like those sinners. Alternate translation: “treating them as though you could become guilty of sin just by touching their clothes”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τῆς σαρκὸς

the flesh

Here, flesh is used to refer to a person’s sinful nature. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this metaphor literally. Alternate translation: “their sinful nature”