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1 Kulawa kwa neni mzewi mlongoziya, nukulembera gwenga Gayu, ganja gwangu yanukufira muwunakaka.
The Elder to his dear friend Gaius. Truly I love you.
2 Ganja gwangu, nukuluwira kwa Mlungu gupananwi vitwatira viheri, viraa nukuluwira kwa Mlungu guweri mkomu munshimba ntambu yaguwera mkomu murohu.
My dear friend, I pray that you may in all respects prosper and enjoy good health, just as your soul already prospers.
3 Nemeleriti nentu walongu wamu pawasokiti panu, wang'ambira kuusu ujimirika waku muwunakaka, na ntambu yagwendereya kulikala muwunakaka.
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.
4 Kwa hera shintu shashinemeleziya nentu kuliku kupikinira kuwera wana wangu walikala munakaka.
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living in obedience to the truth.
5 Ganja gwangu, gwenga gujimirika kwa galii gaguwatendera walongu, tembera weni wawera wahenga kwa gwenga.
My dear friend, you are acting faithfully in all your behaviour towards the brethren, even when they are strangers to you.
6 Walongu washigambira shipinga sha wantu yawamjimira Yesu kuusu ufiru wakuwi. Shondi guwatangi kwa ntambu yayimfiriziya Mlungu, wendereyi na mwanja gwawu.
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.
7 Toziya wankwanja mwanja gwawu muwuntumini wa Kristu pota kwanka utanga woseri kulawa kwa wantu yawamumana ndiri Mlungu.
For it is for Christ that they have gone forth, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.
8 Su twenga tufiruwa kuwatanga wantu gambira awa, na twenga tupati kutenda lihengu pamuhera nawomberi kwajili ya unakaka.
It is therefore our duty to show hospitality to such men, so that we may be fellow workers in promoting the truth.
9 Nembiti luhamba kwa shipinga sha wantu yawamjimira Yesu, kumbiti Diwutirifi, yakafiraga kuwera mlongoziya gwawu, kalema nakaka kutenda pamuhera na twenga.
I wrote to the Church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the first place among them, refuses to listen to us.
10 Su pansoka hananguziyi paweru vitwatira vyoseri vyakatenda, visoweru vidoda na upayira vyakatakula kuusu twenga. Viraa mweni kalema kuwashemera walongu yawawera mumwanja. Na kawalewelera wamonga yawafira kuwashemera, kawalewelera na kawawinga kunja kwa shipinga sha wantu yawamjimira Yesu.
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.
11 Ganja gwangu, nagufata mfanu gwa ukondola kumbiti gufati mfanu gwagumfiriziya Mlungu. Kila yakatenda gaherepa kawera gwa Mlungu, kumbiti yakatenda ukondola, yomberi kamumana ndiri Mlungu.
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.
12 Kila muntu kamkapitawulira Demetiriu, na unakaka weni umkapitawulira. Na twenga viraa twankumkapitawulira na gwenga guvimana kuwera ukapitawu wa twenga ndo wa nakaka.
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.
13 Nweriti na gavuwa ganfiriti kukulembera, kumbiti hapeni nugalembi.
I have a great deal to say to you, but I do not wish to go on writing it with ink and pen.
14 Ntumbira kukuwona mashaka galaa aga na hatuyoweri. Ponga iweri pamuhera na gwenga. Waganja waku wa panu wakulamusiya. Guwalamusiyi waganja wetu woseri yawawera aku, kila muntu.
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.
