3 John 1
1 The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth!
Dattijon nan, Zuwa ga ƙaunataccen abokina Gayus, wanda nake ƙauna ƙwarai da gaske.
2 Beloved, I desire you to prosper concerning all things, and to be in health, even as your soul prospers,
Abokina ƙaunatacce, ina addu’a ka sami zaman lafiya don kome yă yi maka daidai, kamar yadda ruhunka yake zaune lafiya.
3 for I rejoiced exceedingly, brothers coming and testifying of the truth in you, even as you walk in truth;
Na yi farin ciki ƙwarai sa’ad da waɗansu’yan’uwa suka zo suka yi zance game da yadda kake da aminci ga gaskiyan nan da kuma yadda kake cin gaba cikin gaskiyan nan.
4 I have no joy greater than these things, that I may hear of my children walking in truth.
Ba abin da ya fi sa ni farin ciki fiye da in ji cewa’ya’yana suna cikin gaskiyan nan.
5 Beloved, you act faithfully in whatever you may do toward the brothers and the one [among] strangers,
Abokina ƙaunatacce, kana da aminci cikin abin da kake yi wa’yan’uwa, ko da yake su baƙi ne a gare ka.
6 who testified of your love before an assembly, whom you will do well, having sent forward worthily of God,
Sun faɗa wa ikkilisiya game da ƙaunarka. Za ka kyauta in ka sallame su a hanyar da ta cancanci Allah.
7 because they went forth for [His] Name, receiving nothing from the nations;
Saboda Sunan nan ne suka fito, ba sa karɓan wani taimako daga waɗanda ba masu bi ba.
8 we, then, ought to receive such, that we may become fellow-workers to the truth.
Saboda haka ya kamata mu nuna halin karɓan baƙi ga irin mutanen nan domin mu yi aiki tare saboda gaskiyan nan.
9 I wrote to the assembly, but he who is loving to be first among them—Diotrephes—does not receive us;
Na rubuta wa ikkilisiya, amma Diyotirefes, wanda yake son zama na farko, ya ƙi yă yi hulɗa da mu.
10 because of this, if I may come, I will cause him to remember his works that he does, talking nonsense against us with evil words; and not content with these, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and he forbids those intending [to receive them], and he casts [them] out of the assembly.
Saboda haka in na zo, zan tone abin da yake yi, yana surutu game da mu, yana ɓaɓɓata mu. Wannan ma bai ishe shi ba, har yana ƙin marabtar’yan’uwa. Yana hana waɗanda suke so yin haka, yana ma korinsu daga ikkilisiya.
11 Beloved, do not be following that which is evil, but that which is good; he who is doing good, he is of God, [but] he who is doing evil has not seen God;
Abokina ƙaunatacce, kada ka yi koyi da abin da yake mugu sai dai abin da yake nagari. Duk mai yin abin da yake nagari daga Allah yake. Duk mai yin abin da yake mugu bai taɓa sanin Allah ba.
12 testimony has been given to Demetrius by all, and by the truth itself, and we also—we testify, and you have known that our testimony is true.
Demetiriyus yana da shaida mai kyau daga wurin kowa, har gaskiya kanta ma ta shaide shi. Mu ma muna ba da shaida mai kyau a kansa, ka kuma san cewa shaidarmu gaskiya ce.
13 Many things I had to write, but I do not wish to write to you through ink and pen,
Ina da abubuwa da dama da zan rubuta maka, sai dai ba na so in yi amfani da alƙalami da inki in rubuta su.
14 and I hope to see you soon, and we will speak mouth to mouth. Peace to you! The friends greet you. Be greeting the friends by name.
Ina fata in gan ka nan ba da daɗewa ba, za mu kuwa yi magana fuska da fuska. Salama gare ka. Abokai a nan suna gaishe ka. Ka gai da abokai a can da sunansu.
