OET interlinear YUD (JUD) 1:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα, καὶ αἱ περὶ αὐτὰς πόλεις

Sodom (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὡς Σόδομα καί Γόμορρα καί αἱ περί αὐτάς πόλεις τόν ὅμοιον τρόπον τούτοις ἐκπορνεύσασαι καί ἀπελθοῦσαι ὀπίσω σαρκός ἑτέρας πρόκεινται δεῖγμα πυρός αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχουσαι)

Here, Sodom, Gomorrah, and cities all refer to the people who lived in those cities. Alternate translation: [the people in the region of Sodom and Gomorrah]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

τὸν ὅμοιον τρόπον τούτοις

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὡς Σόδομα καί Γόμορρα καί αἱ περί αὐτάς πόλεις τόν ὅμοιον τρόπον τούτοις ἐκπορνεύσασαι καί ἀπελθοῦσαι ὀπίσω σαρκός ἑτέρας πρόκεινται δεῖγμα πυρός αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχουσαι)

Here, these refers to the angels mentioned in the previous verse. The sexual sins of Sodom and Gomorrah were the result of the same kind of rebellion as the angels’ evil ways. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this phrase explicitly. Alternate translation: [in the same manner as these wicked angels]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐκπορνεύσασαι

˓having˒_fornicated

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun sexual immortality with an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: [having committed sexually immoral acts]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

καὶ ἀπελθοῦσαι ὀπίσω σαρκὸς ἑτέρας

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὡς Σόδομα καί Γόμορρα καί αἱ περί αὐτάς πόλεις τόν ὅμοιον τρόπον τούτοις ἐκπορνεύσασαι καί ἀπελθοῦσαι ὀπίσω σαρκός ἑτέρας πρόκεινται δεῖγμα πυρός αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχουσαι)

Here Jude uses the phrase having gone after to refer to actively engaging in an improper activity instead of a proper one. This expression is frequently used in the Bible to describe people worshiping false gods or engaging in sexual immorality. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this phrase literally. Alternate translation: [and habitually engaging in sexual immorality with other flesh]

σαρκὸς ἑτέρας

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὡς Σόδομα καί Γόμορρα καί αἱ περί αὐτάς πόλεις τόν ὅμοιον τρόπον τούτοις ἐκπορνεύσασαι καί ἀπελθοῦσαι ὀπίσω σαρκός ἑτέρας πρόκεινται δεῖγμα πυρός αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχουσαι)

Here, other flesh could refer to: (1) the sexual immorality mentioned in the previous clause. Alternate translation: [improper sexual relations] (2) flesh of a different species, in this case referring to the angels with whom the people of Sodom and Gomorrah want to have sexual relations. Alternate translation: [flesh of a different type]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πρόκεινται δεῖγμα

˱they˲_˓are˒_lying_before ˓an˒_example

The destruction of the people of Sodom and Gomorrah is an example of what happens to people who reject God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this phrase explicitly. Alternate translation: [are being displayed as an example of those who reject God]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

πυρὸς αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχουσαι

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὡς Σόδομα καί Γόμορρα καί αἱ περί αὐτάς πόλεις τόν ὅμοιον τρόπον τούτοις ἐκπορνεύσασαι καί ἀπελθοῦσαι ὀπίσω σαρκός ἑτέρας πρόκεινται δεῖγμα πυρός αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχουσαι)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun punishment with a verbal phrase. Alternate translation: [suffering when God punished them with eternal fire]