3 Johani 1
1 Mukuru, kuna Gayo anodikanwa, wandinoda ini pachokwadi.
I, a ruler in the church, send word to the well loved Gaius, for whom I have true love.
2 Mudikanwi, ndinonyengetera pazvinhu zvese kuti ubudirire, uye ugwinye, semweya wako uchibudirira.
My loved one, it is my prayer that you may do well in all things, and be healthy in body, even as your soul does well.
3 Nokuti ndakafara zvikuru, hama padzakasvika ndokupupurira chokwadi chako, sezvaunofamba iwe muchokwadi.
For it gave me great joy when some of the brothers came and gave witness that you had the true faith and were walking in the true way.
4 Handina mufaro unopfuura izvi, kuti ndinzwe vana vangu vachifamba muchokwadi.
I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.
5 Mudikanwi, unoita nekutendeka zvese zvaunobata kuhama nekuvaeni,
My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;
6 vakapupurira rudo rwako pamberi pekereke; uchaita zvakanaka kana ukavaperekedza zvakafanira Mwari.
Who have given witness to the church of your love for them: and you will do well to send them on their way well cared for, as is right for servants of God:
7 Nokuti nekuda kwezita rake vakabuda vasingagamuchiri chinhu kuvahedheni.
For they went out for love of the Name, taking nothing from the Gentiles.
8 Naizvozvo isu tinofanira kugamuchira vakadaro, kuti tigova vanobatsirana pachokwadi.
So it is right for us to take in such men as guests, so that we may take our part in the work of the true faith.
9 Ndakanyorera kereke; asi Dhiotirefesi, anoda kuva wekutanga pakati pavo asingatigamuchiri.
I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, whose desire is ever to have the first place among them, will not have us there.
10 Naizvozvo, kana ndichiuya, ndicharangarira mabasa ake aanoita, achitiitira makuhwa nemashoko akaipa; uye asingagutsikani neizvozvo, kunyange iye amene haagamuchiri hama, uye anovadzivisa vanoda, nekudzinga mukereke.
So if I come, I will keep in mind the things he does, talking against us with evil words: and as if this was not enough, he does not take the brothers into his house, and those who are ready to take them in, he keeps from doing so, putting them out of the church if they do.
11 Mudikanwi, usatevera chakaipa, asi chakanaka. Anoita chakanaka ndeanobva kuna Mwari; asi anoita zvakaipa, haana kuona Mwari.
My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.
12 Dhemetrio anopupurirwa zvakanaka nevese, uye nechokwadi pachacho; nesuwo tinopupura, nemwi munoziva kuti kupupura kwedu ndekwechokwadi.
Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.
13 Ndakange ndine zvizhinji zvekunyora, asi handidi kukunyorera neingi nepeni;
I had much to say to you, but it is not my purpose to put it all down with ink and pen:
14 asi ndinovimba kukurumidza kukuona, titauriranewo muromo nemuromo. Rugare kwauri. Vadikanwi vanokukwazisa. Kwazisa vadikanwi nezita.
But I am hoping to see you in a short time, and to have talk with you face to face. May you have peace. Your friends here send you their love. Give my love to our friends by name.
