3 Yohana 1
1 Ugogolo hwa Gayo uyegene, ulugano lwa lyoli.
The Elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth!
2 Wamwetu, elabha huje utabhale humambo gonti neshi umwoyo gwaho shagutabhala.
beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,
3 Nasungilwe tee panahumvwizye huje uhwendelela shinza bhambulile bhaala bhabhafumule huliwe.
for I rejoiced exceedingly, brethren coming and testifying of the truth in thee, even as thou in truth dost walk;
4 Nalumo uluseshelo lwalushilile olu ahumvwe aje abhaana bhane bhahwendelela mulweteho.
greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.
5 Wamwetu ubhomba shinza nubhaavwa aholo na jenyu ajenyi,
Beloved, faithfully dost thou do whatever thou mayest work to the brethren and to the strangers,
6 ebho bhafumizye uluguno lwaho hwi kanisa. Aje ubhomba shinza abhashulezye abhasafirizye shila shasungwa Ungulubhi.
who did testify of thy love before an assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God,
7 Hunongwa yitawa, bhahendeleye nkahweje nkahamo hwa pagani(hwa Mataifa).
because for [His] name they went forth, nothing receiving from the nations;
8 Tihwanziwa huje tibhakaribisyaje abhantu neshi ebha nkatibhe bhabhomba mbombo nabho.
we, then, ought to receive such, that fellow-workers we may become to the truth.
9 Nalisimbiye ikusanyiko(ubhungano) gwenyu ijambo limo lelo uDiotrefe, yasungwa abhe wahwandesiga hwitihananate.
I did write to the assembly, but he who is loving the first place among them — Diotrephes — doth not receive us;
10 Nkanayenza naibhabhuula zyonti zyabhomba, sigahobhoha nembombo zyetu nantele abhakhana bhaala bhabhahwanza abhakaribisye aholo bhabhabhenga
because of this, if I may come, I will cause him to remember his works that he doth, with evil words prating against us; and not content with these, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and those intending he doth forbid, and out of the assembly he doth cast.
11 Awe usafwatizye embibhi ufwatizyaje enyinza, uyabhomba enyinza uyo muntu wa Ngulubhi; yabhomba embibhi sigaalolile Ungulubhi.
Beloved, be not thou following that which is evil, but that which is good; he who is doing good, of God he is, and he who is doing evil hath not seen God;
12 U Demetrio bhalolile bhinji, natebhayo tilolile ezi zyatizilolile zyelyoli.
to Demetrius testimony hath been given by all, and by the truth itself, and we also — we do testify, and ye have known that our testimony is true.
13 Endinazyo nyinji ezyasimbe lelo siga ehwanza husimbile ne kalamu nuwino.
Many things I had to write, but I do not wish through ink and pen to write to thee,
14 Ehwanza aje enenze tilolane nkatiyanje nkatalolana humaso. Ulutengano lubhe nawe. Akundanu bhahulamuha. Shila muntu hwitawa lyakwe.
and I hope straightway to see thee, and mouth to mouth we shall speak. Peace to thee! salute thee do the friends; be saluting the friends by name.
