3 John 1
1 The Elder to his dear friend Gaius. Truly I love you.
prācīno 'haṁ satyamatād yasmin prīye taṁ priyatamaṁ gāyaṁ prati patraṁ likhāmi|
2 My dear friend, I pray that you may in all respects prosper and enjoy good health, just as your soul already prospers.
he priya, tavātmā yādṛk śubhānvitastādṛk sarvvaviṣaye tava śubhaṁ svāsthyañca bhūyāt|
3 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.
bhrātṛbhirāgatya tava satyamatasyārthatastvaṁ kīdṛk satyamatamācarasyetasya sākṣye datte mama mahānando jātaḥ|
4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living in obedience to the truth.
mama santānāḥ satyamatamācarantītivārttāto mama ya ānando jāyate tato mahattaro nāsti|
5 My dear friend, you are acting faithfully in all your behaviour towards the brethren, even when they are strangers to you.
he priya, bhrātṛn prati viśeṣatastān videśino bhṛtṛn prati tvayā yadyat kṛtaṁ tat sarvvaṁ viśvāsino yogyaṁ|
6 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.
te ca samiteḥ sākṣāt tava pramnaḥ pramāṇaṁ dattavantaḥ, aparam īśvarayogyarūpeṇa tān prasthāpayatā tvayā satkarmma kāriṣyate|
7 For it is for Christ that they have gone forth, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.
yataste tasya nāmnā yātrāṁ vidhāya bhinnajātīyebhyaḥ kimapi na gṛhītavantaḥ|
8 It is therefore our duty to show hospitality to such men, so that we may be fellow workers in promoting the truth.
tasmād vayaṁ yat satyamatasya sahāyā bhavema tadarthametādṛśā lokā asmābhiranugrahītavyāḥ|
9 I wrote to the Church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the first place among them, refuses to listen to us.
samitiṁ pratyahaṁ patraṁ likhitavān kintu teṣāṁ madhye yo diyatriphiḥ pradhānāyate so 'smān na gṛhlāti|
10 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.
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 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.
he priya, tvayā duṣkarmma nānukriyatāṁ kintu satkarmmaiva| yaḥ satkarmmācārī sa īśvarāt jātaḥ, yo duṣkarmmācārī sa īśvaraṁ na dṛṣṭavān|
12 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.
dīmītriyasya pakṣe sarvvaiḥ sākṣyam adāyi viśeṣataḥ satyamatenāpi, vayamapi tatpakṣe sākṣyaṁ dadmaḥ, asmākañca sākṣyaṁ satyameveti yūyaṁ jānītha|
13 I have a great deal to say to you, but I do not wish to go on writing it with ink and pen.
tvāṁ prati mayā bahūni lekhitavyāni kintu masīlekhanībhyāṁ lekhituṁ necchāmi|
14 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.
acireṇa tvāṁ drakṣyāmīti mama pratyāśāste tadāvāṁ sammukhībhūya parasparaṁ sambhāṣiṣyāvahe| tava śānti rbhūyāt| asmākaṁ mitrāṇi tvāṁ namaskāraṁ jñāpayanti tvamapyekaikasya nāma procya mitrebhyo namaskuru| iti|
