٣ يوحنَّا 1

١ 1 اَلشَّيْخُ، إِلَى غَايُسَ ٱلْحَبِيبِ ٱلَّذِي أَنَا أُحِبُّهُ بِٱلْحَقِّ.

The Elder to his dear friend Gaius. Truly I love you.

٢ 2 أَيُّهَا ٱلْحَبِيبُ، فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَرُومُ أَنْ تَكُونَ نَاجِحًا وَصَحِيحًا، كَمَا أَنَّ نَفْسَكَ نَاجِحَةٌ.

My dear friend, I pray that you may in all respects prosper and enjoy good health, just as your soul already prospers.

٣ 3 لِأَنِّي فَرِحْتُ جِدًّا إِذْ حَضَرَ إِخْوَةٌ وَشَهِدُوا بِٱلْحَقِّ ٱلَّذِي فِيكَ، كَمَا أَنَّكَ تَسْلُكُ بِٱلْحَقِّ.

For it is an intense joy to me when brethren come and bear witness to your fidelity to the truth--that you live in obedience to the truth.

٤ 4 لَيْسَ لِي فَرَحٌ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ هَذَا: أَنْ أَسْمَعَ عَنْ أَوْلَادِي أَنَّهُمْ يَسْلُكُونَ بِٱلْحَقِّ.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living in obedience to the truth.

٥ 5 أَيُّهَا ٱلْحَبِيبُ، أَنْتَ تَفْعَلُ بِٱلْأَمَانَةِ كُلَّ مَا تَصْنَعُهُ إِلَى ٱلْإِخْوَةِ وَإِلَى ٱلْغُرَبَاءِ،

My dear friend, you are acting faithfully in all your behaviour towards the brethren, even when they are strangers to you.

٦ 6 ٱلَّذِينَ شَهِدُوا بِمَحَبَّتِكَ أَمَامَ ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ. ٱلَّذِينَ تَفْعَلُ حَسَنًا إِذَا شَيَّعْتَهُمْ كَمَا يَحِقُّ لِلهِ،

They have testified, in the presence of the Church, to your love; and you will do well to help them on their journey in a manner worthy of your fellowship with God.

٧ 7 لِأَنَّهُمْ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱسْمِهِ خَرَجُوا، وَهُمْ لَا يَأْخُذُونَ شَيْئًا مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ.

For it is for Christ that they have gone forth, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.

٨ 8 فَنَحْنُ يَنْبَغِي لَنَا أَنْ نَقْبَلَ أَمْثَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ، لِكَيْ نَكُونَ عَامِلِينَ مَعَهُمْ بِٱلْحَقِّ.

It is therefore our duty to show hospitality to such men, so that we may be fellow workers in promoting the truth.

٩ 9 كَتَبْتُ إِلَى ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ، وَلَكِنَّ دِيُوتْرِيفِسَ - ٱلَّذِي يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَكُونَ ٱلْأَوَّلَ بَيْنَهُمْ - لَا يَقْبَلُنَا.

I wrote to the Church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the first place among them, refuses to listen to us.

١٠ 10 مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ، إِذَا جِئْتُ فَسَأُذَكِّرُهُ بِأَعْمَالِهِ ٱلَّتِي يَعْمَلُهَا، هَاذِرًا عَلَيْنَا بِأَقْوَالٍ خَبِيثَةٍ. وَإِذْ هُوَ غَيْرُ مُكْتَفٍ بِهَذِهِ، لَا يَقْبَلُ ٱلْإِخْوَةَ، وَيَمْنَعُ أَيْضًا ٱلَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ، وَيَطْرُدُهُمْ مِنَ ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ.

For this reason, if I come, I shall not forget his conduct, nor his idle and mischievous talk against us. And he does not stop there: he not only will not receive the brethren, but those who desire to do this he hinders, and excludes them from the Church.

١١ 11 أَيُّهَا ٱلْحَبِيبُ، لَا تَتَمَثَّلْ بِٱلشَّرِّ بَلْ بِٱلْخَيْرِ، لِأَنَّ مَنْ يَصْنَعُ ٱلْخَيْرَ هُوَ مِنَ ٱللهِ، وَمَنْ يَصْنَعُ ٱلشَّرَّ، فَلَمْ يُبْصِرِ ٱللهَ.

My dear friend, do not follow wrong examples, but right ones. He who habitually does what is right is a child of God: he who habitually does what is wrong has not seen God.

١٢ 12 دِيمِتْرِيُوسُ مَشْهُودٌ لَهُ مِنَ ٱلْجَمِيعِ وَمِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ نَفْسِهِ، وَنَحْنُ أَيْضًا نَشْهَدُ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ شَهَادَتَنَا هِيَ صَادِقَةٌ.

The character of Demetrius has the approval of all men, and of the truth itself. We also express our approval of it, and you know that we only give our approval to that which is true.

١٣ 13 وَكَانَ لِي كَثِيرٌ لِأَكْتُبَهُ، لَكِنَّنِي لَسْتُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَكْتُبَ إِلَيْكَ بِحِبْرٍ وَقَلَمٍ.

I have a great deal to say to you, but I do not wish to go on writing it with ink and pen.

١٤ 14 وَلَكِنَّنِي أَرْجُو أَنْ أَرَاكَ عَنْ قَرِيبٍ فَنَتَكَلَّمَ فَمًا لِفَمٍ. سَلَامٌ لَكَ. يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْكَ ٱلْأَحِبَّاءُ. سَلِّمْ عَلَى ٱلْأَحِبَّاءِ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ.

But I hope to see you very soon, and then we will speak face to face. Peace be with you. Our friends send greetings to you. Greet our friends individually.