3 John 1
1 The Elder vnto the beloued Gaius, whom I loue in the trueth.
prācīno 'haṁ satyamatād yasmin prīye taṁ priyatamaṁ gāyaṁ prati patraṁ likhāmi|
2 Beloued, I wish chiefly that thou prosperedst and faredst well as thy soule prospereth.
he priya, tavātmā yādṛk śubhānvitastādṛk sarvvaviṣaye tava śubhaṁ svāsthyañca bhūyāt|
3 For I reioyced greatly when the brethren came, and testified of the trueth that is in thee, how thou walkest in the trueth.
bhrātṛbhirāgatya tava satyamatasyārthatastvaṁ kīdṛk satyamatamācarasyetasya sākṣye datte mama mahānando jātaḥ|
4 I haue no greater ioy then these, that is, to heare that my sonnes walke in veritie.
mama santānāḥ satyamatamācarantītivārttāto mama ya ānando jāyate tato mahattaro nāsti|
5 Beloued, thou doest faithfully, whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers,
he priya, bhrātṛn prati viśeṣatastān videśino bhṛtṛn prati tvayā yadyat kṛtaṁ tat sarvvaṁ viśvāsino yogyaṁ|
6 Which bare witnesse of thy loue before the Churches. Whom if thou bringest on their iourney as it beseemeth according to God, thou shalt doe well,
te ca samiteḥ sākṣāt tava pramnaḥ pramāṇaṁ dattavantaḥ, aparam īśvarayogyarūpeṇa tān prasthāpayatā tvayā satkarmma kāriṣyate|
7 Because that for his Names sake they went forth, and tooke nothing of the Gentiles.
yataste tasya nāmnā yātrāṁ vidhāya bhinnajātīyebhyaḥ kimapi na gṛhītavantaḥ|
8 We therefore ought to receiue such, that we might be helpers to the trueth.
tasmād vayaṁ yat satyamatasya sahāyā bhavema tadarthametādṛśā lokā asmābhiranugrahītavyāḥ|
9 I wrote vnto the Church: but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence among them, receiueth vs not.
samitiṁ pratyahaṁ patraṁ likhitavān kintu teṣāṁ madhye yo diyatriphiḥ pradhānāyate so 'smān na gṛhlāti|
10 Wherefore if I come, I will call to your remembrance his deedes which he doeth, pratling against vs with malicious wordes, and not therewith content, neither he himselfe receiueth the brethren, but forbiddeth them that woulde, and thrusteth them out of the Church.
ato 'haṁ yadopasthāsyāmi tadā tena yadyat kriyate tat sarvvaṁ taṁ smārayiṣyāmi, yataḥ sa durvvākyairasmān apavadati, tenāpi tṛptiṁ na gatvā svayamapi bhrātṛn nānugṛhlāti ye cānugrahītumicchanti tān samitito 'pi bahiṣkaroti|
11 Beloued, follow not that which is euill, but that which is good: he that doeth well, is of God: but he that doeth euill, hath not seene God.
he priya, tvayā duṣkarmma nānukriyatāṁ kintu satkarmmaiva| yaḥ satkarmmācārī sa īśvarāt jātaḥ, yo duṣkarmmācārī sa īśvaraṁ na dṛṣṭavān|
12 Demetrius hath good report of al men, and of the trueth it selfe: yea, and wee our selues beare recorde, and ye know that our record is true.
dīmītriyasya pakṣe sarvvaiḥ sākṣyam adāyi viśeṣataḥ satyamatenāpi, vayamapi tatpakṣe sākṣyaṁ dadmaḥ, asmākañca sākṣyaṁ satyameveti yūyaṁ jānītha|
13 I haue many things to write: but I will not with yncke and pen write vnto thee:
tvāṁ prati mayā bahūni lekhitavyāni kintu masīlekhanībhyāṁ lekhituṁ necchāmi|
14 For I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speake mouth to mouth. Peace be with thee. The friends salute thee. Greete the friends by name.
acireṇa tvāṁ drakṣyāmīti mama pratyāśāste tadāvāṁ sammukhībhūya parasparaṁ sambhāṣiṣyāvahe| tava śānti rbhūyāt| asmākaṁ mitrāṇi tvāṁ namaskāraṁ jñāpayanti tvamapyekaikasya nāma procya mitrebhyo namaskuru| iti|
