3 Yohanna 1
1 Dattijon nan, Zuwa ga ƙaunataccen abokina Gayus, wanda nake ƙauna ƙwarai da gaske.
The elder, to Gaius, the beloved, whom I love in the truth.
2 Abokina ƙaunatacce, ina addu’a ka sami zaman lafiya don kome yă yi maka daidai, kamar yadda ruhunka yake zaune lafiya.
Beloved, I pray, that with respect to all things, you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
3 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.
For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came, and bore witness to your truth, even as you walk in truth.
4 Ba abin da ya fi sa ni farin ciki fiye da in ji cewa’ya’yana suna cikin gaskiyan nan.
I have no greater joy than that which I have when I hear my children are walking in truth.
5 Abokina ƙaunatacce, kana da aminci cikin abin da kake yi wa’yan’uwa, ko da yake su baƙi ne a gare ka.
Beloved, you do faithfully what you perform for the brethren, and for the strangers.
6 Sun faɗa wa ikkilisiya game da ƙaunarka. Za ka kyauta in ka sallame su a hanyar da ta cancanci Allah.
These have borne testimony to your love, in the presence of the congregation; whom, if you help forward on their journey, in a manner worthy of God, you will do well.
7 Saboda Sunan nan ne suka fito, ba sa karɓan wani taimako daga waɗanda ba masu bi ba.
Because for his name's sake, they went forth, receiving nothing from the Gentiles.
8 Saboda haka ya kamata mu nuna halin karɓan baƙi ga irin mutanen nan domin mu yi aiki tare saboda gaskiyan nan.
We, therefore, ought to entertain such, that we may be joint laborers in the truth.
9 Na rubuta wa ikkilisiya, amma Diyotirefes, wanda yake son zama na farko, ya ƙi yă yi hulɗa da mu.
I wrote to the congregation: but Diotrephes, who affects a pre-eminence among them, does not receive us.
10 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.
For this cause, when I come, I will bring his deeds to remembrance, which he practices--prating against us with malicious words; and, not content with this, he does not himself receive the brethren, and forbids them who would, and casts them out of the congregation.
11 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.
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good, is of God; but he who does evil, has not seen God.
12 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.
Testimony is borne to Demetrius, by all, and by the truth itself; and we also bear testimony; and you know that our testimony is true.
13 Ina da abubuwa da dama da zan rubuta maka, sai dai ba na so in yi amfani da alƙalami da inki in rubuta su.
I have many things to write; but I do not incline to write them to you with pen and ink:
14 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.
for I hope immediately to see you, and so we shall speak face to face. Salute the friends by name.
