3 John 1
1 The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I truly love with divine love.
prācīno 'haṁ satyamatād yasmin prīye taṁ priyatamaṁ gāyaṁ prati patraṁ likhāmi|
2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper concerning all things and be well, as your soul prospers.
he priya, tavātmā yādṛk śubhānvitastādṛk sarvvaviṣaye tava śubhaṁ svāsthyañca bhūyāt|
3 I rejoice exceedingly, the brethren coming and witnessing to thy truth, as thou art walking about in truth.
bhrātṛbhirāgatya tava satyamatasyārthatastvaṁ kīdṛk satyamatamācarasyetasya sākṣye datte mama mahānando jātaḥ|
4 I have no greater joy than this, that I may hear of my children walking about in truth.
mama santānāḥ satyamatamācarantītivārttāto mama ya ānando jāyate tato mahattaro nāsti|
5 Beloved, whatsoever faithful deed thou mayest do to the brethren, thou art also dispensing to the strangers,
he priya, bhrātṛn prati viśeṣatastān videśino bhṛtṛn prati tvayā yadyat kṛtaṁ tat sarvvaṁ viśvāsino yogyaṁ|
6 who have witnessed to thy divine love before the church: whom you will do well, having sent forth worthily of God.
te ca samiteḥ sākṣāt tava pramnaḥ pramāṇaṁ dattavantaḥ, aparam īśvarayogyarūpeṇa tān prasthāpayatā tvayā satkarmma kāriṣyate|
7 For the sake of his name they went out, receiving nothing from the Gentiles.
yataste tasya nāmnā yātrāṁ vidhāya bhinnajātīyebhyaḥ kimapi na gṛhītavantaḥ|
8 Therefore we ought to receive such, in order that we may be fellow-workers with the truth.
tasmād vayaṁ yat satyamatasya sahāyā bhavema tadarthametādṛśā lokā asmābhiranugrahītavyāḥ|
9 I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, loving the preeminence over them, does not receive us.
samitiṁ pratyahaṁ patraṁ likhitavān kintu teṣāṁ madhye yo diyatriphiḥ pradhānāyate so 'smān na gṛhlāti|
10 On account of this, if I may come, I will remember his works which he is doing, berating us with wicked speeches: and not content with these, he does not receive the brethren, and he prohibits them wishing to receive them, and casts 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 Beloved, imitate not the evil, but the good. The one doing good is of God: the one doing evil has not seen God.
he priya, tvayā duṣkarmma nānukriyatāṁ kintu satkarmmaiva| yaḥ satkarmmācārī sa īśvarāt jātaḥ, yo duṣkarmmācārī sa īśvaraṁ na dṛṣṭavān|
12 To Demetrius it has been testified by all, and by the truth itself: and we also testify: and you know that our testimony is true.
dīmītriyasya pakṣe sarvvaiḥ sākṣyam adāyi viśeṣataḥ satyamatenāpi, vayamapi tatpakṣe sākṣyaṁ dadmaḥ, asmākañca sākṣyaṁ satyameveti yūyaṁ jānītha|
13 Having many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write them to you with ink and paper:
tvāṁ prati mayā bahūni lekhitavyāni kintu masīlekhanībhyāṁ lekhituṁ necchāmi|
14 but I hope to see you immediately, and mouth to mouth we will speak. Peace be unto you. The friends salute you; salute 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|
