¹The Elder to the choice Kyria, and to her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all those having known the truth,

¹በእኛ ስለሚኖርና ከእኛ ጋር ለዘላለም ስለሚሆን እውነት፥ እኔ ሽማግሌው በእውነት ለምወዳቸውና እኔ ብቻ ሳልሆን እውነትን የሚያውቁ ሁሉ ደግሞ ለሚወዱአቸው ለተመረጠች እመቤትና ለልጆችዋ፤

²because of the truth that is remaining in us, and with us shall be to the age,

³ከእግዚአብሔር አብና ከአብ ልጅ ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋና ምሕረት ሰላምም በእውነትና በፍቅር ከእኛ ጋር ይሆናሉ።

³there shall be with you grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

⁴ትእዛዝን ከአብ እንደ ተቀበልን ከልጆችሽ በእውነት የሚሄዱ አንዳንዶችን ስለ አገኘኋቸው እጅግ ደስ ብሎኛል።

⁴I rejoiced exceedingly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, even as a command we did receive from the Father;

⁵አሁንም፥ እመቤት ሆይ፥ እርስ በርሳችን እንድንዋደድ እለምንሻለሁ፤ ይህች ከመጀመሪያ በእኛ ዘንድ የነበረች ትእዛዝ ናት እንጂ አዲስ ትእዛዝን እንደምጽፍልሽ አይደለም።

⁵and now I beseech thee, Kyria, not as writing to thee a new command, but which we had from the beginning, that we may love one another,

⁶እንደ ትእዛዛቱም እንሄድ ዘንድ ይህ ፍቅር ነው፤ ከመጀመሪያ እንደ ሰማችሁ፥ በእርስዋ ትሄዱ ዘንድ ትእዛዙ ይህች ናት።

⁶and this is the love, that we may walk according to His commands; this is the command, even as ye did hear from the beginning, that in it ye may walk,

⁷ብዙ አሳቾች ወደ ዓለም ገብተዋልና እነርሱም ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ በሥጋ እንደ መጣ የማያምኑ ናቸው፤ ይህ አሳቹና የክርስቶስ ተቃዋሚው ነው።

⁷because many leading astray did enter into the world, who are not confessing Jesus Christ coming in flesh; this one is he who is leading astray, and the antichrist.

⁸ሙሉ ደመወዝን እንድትቀበሉ እንጂ የሠራችሁትን እንዳታጠፉ ለራሳችሁ ተጠንቀቁ።

⁸See to yourselves that ye may not lose the things that we wrought, but a full reward may receive;

⁹ለሚወጣ ሁሉ በክርስቶስም ትምህርት ለማይኖር ሰው አምላክ የለውም፤ በክርስቶስ ትምህርት ለሚኖር አብና ወልድ አሉት።

⁹every one who is transgressing, and is not remaining in the teaching of the Christ, hath not God; he who is remaining in the teaching of the Christ, this one hath both the Father and the Son;

¹⁰ማንም ወደ እናንተ ቢመጣ ይህንም ትምህርት ባያመጣ በቤታችሁ አትቀበሉት ሰላምም አትበሉት፤

¹⁰if any one doth come unto you, and this teaching doth not bear, receive him not into the house, and say not to him, `Hail!`

¹¹ሰላም የሚለው ሰው በክፉ ሥራው ይካፈላልና።

¹¹for he who is saying to him, `Hail,` hath fellowship with his evil works.

¹²እንድጽፍላችሁ የምፈልገው ብዙ ነገር ሳለኝ በወረቀትና በቀለም ልጽፈው አልወድም፥ ዳሩ ግን ደስታችሁ ፍጹም እንዲሆን ወደ እናንተ ልመጣ አፍ ለአፍም ልናገራችሁ ተስፋ አደርጋለሁ።

¹²Many things having to write to you, I did not intend through paper and ink, but I hope to come unto you, and speak mouth to mouth, that our joy may be full;

¹³የተመረጠችው የእኅትሽ ልጆች ሰላምታ ያቀርቡልሻል።

¹³salute thee do the children of thy choice sister. Amen.