Третье послание Иоанна 1
1 Старец Гаиеви возлюбленному, егоже аз люблю воистинну.
The Elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth!
2 Возлюбленне, во всех молюся (о тебе) благоспеятися тебе и здравствовати, якоже благоспеется тебе душа.
beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,
3 Возрадовахся зело, пришедшым братиям и свидетельствующым твою истину, якоже ты во истине ходиши.
for I rejoiced exceedingly, brethren coming and testifying of the truth in thee, even as thou in truth dost walk;
4 Болши сея не имам радости, да слышу моя чада во истине ходяща.
greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.
5 Возлюбленне, верно твориши, еже аще делаеши в братию и в странныя,
Beloved, faithfully dost thou do whatever thou mayest work to the brethren and to the strangers,
6 иже свидетельствоваша о твоей любви пред церковию. Ихже предпослав достойно Богу, добре твориши.
who did testify of thy love before an assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God,
7 О имени бо Его изыдоша, ничтоже приемлюще от язык.
because for [His] name they went forth, nothing receiving from the nations;
8 Мы убо должни есмы приимати таковых, да поспешницы будем истине.
we, then, ought to receive such, that fellow-workers we may become to the truth.
9 Писах церкви: но первенстволюбец их Диотреф не приемлет нас.
I did write to the assembly, but he who is loving the first place among them — Diotrephes — doth not receive us;
10 Сего ради, аще прииду, воспомяну его дела, яже творит, словесы лукавыми укоряя нас: и недоволен бывая о сих, ни сам приемлет братию, и хотящым возбраняет, и от церкве изгонит.
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 Возлюбленне, не уподобляися злому, но благому. Благотворяй от Бога есть: а злотворяй не виде Бога.
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 Димитриеви свидетельствовася от всех и от самыя истины: и мы же свидетельствуем, и весте, яко свидетельство наше истинно есть.
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 Многа имех писати, но не хощу чернилом и тростию писати тебе,
Many things I had to write, but I do not wish through ink and pen to write to thee,
14 уповаю же абие видети тя и усты ко устом глаголати. Мир тебе. Целуют тя друзи: целуй други по имени. Аминь.
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.
