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1 Od starješine Gaju ljubaznome, kojega ja ljubim vaistinu.
The elder, unto Gaius the beloved, whom, I, love in truth.
2 Ljubazni! molim se Bogu da ti u svemu bude dobro, i da budeš zdrav, kao što je tvojoj duši dobro.
Beloved! concerning all things, I pray thou mayest be prospering, and be in health, even as, thy soul, is prospering,
3 Obradovah se vrlo kad doðoše braæa i posvjedoèiše tvoju istinu, kako ti u istini živiš.
For I rejoiced exceedingly, at brethren coming and bearing witness unto thy truth, —even as, thou, in truth, art walking.
4 Nemam veæe radosti od ove da èujem moja djeca u istini da hode.
I have no, greater, favour than these things, that I should be hearing that, my own children, in the truth, are walking.
5 Ljubazni! vjerno radiš što èiniš braæi i gostima,
Beloved! a faithful thing, art thou doing, whatsoever thou shalt accomplish for them that are brethren, and withal strangers, —
6 Koji posvjedoèiše tvoju ljubav pred crkvom; i dobro æeš uèiniti ako ih spremiš kao što treba pred Bogom.
Who have borne witness to thy love before the assembly: whom thou wilt do, nobly, to set forward worthily of God.
7 Jer imena njegova radi iziðoše ne primivši ništa od neznabožaca.
For, in behalf of The Name, have they gone forth, taking, nothing, from them of the nations.
8 Mi smo dakle dužni primati takove, da budemo pomagaèi istini.
We, therefore ought to be sustaining such as these, that we may become, fellowworkers, with the truth.
9 Ja pisah crkvi; ali Diotref, koji želi da bude najstariji meðu njima, ne prima nas.
I wrote something unto the assembly; but, he who is fond of taking the first place among them—Diotrephes, doth not make us welcome.
10 Zato, ako doðem, spomenuæu njegova djela koja tvori ružeæi nas zlijem rijeèima; i nije mu to dosta, nego sam braæe ne prima, i zabranjuje onima koji bi htjeli da ih primaju, i izgoni ih iz crkve.
For this cause, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he is doing, —with wicked words, prating against us; and, not content with these, he neither, himself, maketh the brethren welcome, but, them who are minded [to do it], he forbiddeth, and, out of the assembly, doth cast [them].
11 Ljubazni! ne ugledaj se na zlo, nego na dobro: koji dobro èini od Boga je, a koji zlo èini ne vidje Boga.
Beloved! be not thou imitating what is bad, but what is good. He that doeth good, is, of God: he that doeth what is bad, hath not seen God.
12 Dimitriju svjedoèiše svi, i sama istina; a i mi svjedoèimo; i znate da je svjedoèanstvo naše istinito.
Unto Demetrius, hath witness been borne by all and by the truth itself; howbeit, we also, bear witness, and thou knowest that, our witness, is, true.
13 Mnogo imadoh da pišem; ali neæu mastilom i perom da ti pišem;
Many things, had I to write unto thee, —but I am unwilling, with ink and pen, to be writing;
14 Nego se nadam da æu te skoro vidjeti, i iz usta govoriti. Mir ti! pozdravljaju te prijatelji. Pozdravi prijatelje po imenu. Amin.
I hope, however, straightway, to see thee, and, mouth to mouth, will we talk. Peace be unto thee. The friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name.
