¹The Elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth!

¹ሽማግሌው በእውነት እኔ ለምወደው ለተወደደው ለጋይዮስ።

²beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

²ወዳጅ ሆይ፥ ነፍስህ እንደሚከናወን፥ በነገር ሁሉ እንዲከናወንልህና ጤና እንዲኖርህ እጸልያለሁ።

³for I rejoiced exceedingly, brethren coming and testifying of the truth in thee, even as thou in truth dost walk;

³ወንድሞች መጥተው አንተ በእውነት እንደምትሄድ ስለ እውነትህ ሲመሰክሩ እጅግ ደስ ብሎኛልና።

⁴greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.

⁴ልጆቼ በእውነት እንዲሄዱ ከመስማት ይልቅ የሚበልጥ ደስታ የለኝም።

⁵Beloved, faithfully dost thou do whatever thou mayest work to the brethren and to the strangers,

⁵ወዳጅ ሆይ፥ ምንም እንግዶች ቢሆኑ፥ ለወንድሞች በምታደርገው ሁሉ የታመነ ሥራ ትሠራለህ፥ እነርሱም በማኅበር ፊት ስለ ፍቅርህ መስክረዋል፤

⁶who did testify of thy love before an assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God,

⁶ለእግዚአብሔር እንደሚገባ አድርገህ በጉዞአቸው ብትረዳ መልካም ታደርጋለህ፤

⁷because for [His] name they went forth, nothing receiving from the nations;

⁷ከአሕዛብ አንዳች ሳይቀበሉ ስለ ስሙ ወጥተዋልና።

⁸we, then, ought to receive such, that fellow-workers we may become to the truth.

⁸እንግዲህ ከእውነት ጋር አብረን እንድንሠራ እኛ እንዲህ ያሉትን በእንግድነት ልንቀበል ይገባናል።

⁹I did write to the assembly, but he who is loving the first place among them — Diotrephes — doth not receive us;

⁹ወደ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ጻፍሁ፤ ዳሩ ግን ዋናቸው ሊሆን የሚወድ ዲዮጥራጢስ አይቀበለንም።

¹⁰because 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.

¹⁰ስለዚህ፥ እኔ ብመጣ፥ በእኛ ላይ በክፉ ቃል እየለፈለፈ የሚያደርገውን ሥራውን አሳስባለሁ፤ ይህም ሳይበቃው እርሱ ራሱ ወንድሞችን አይቀበልም፥ ሊቀበሉአቸውም የሚወዱትን ከልክሎ ከቤተ ክርስቲያን ያወጣቸዋል።

¹¹Beloved, 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;

¹¹ወዳጅ ሆይ፥ በጎ የሆነውን እንጂ ክፉን አትምሰል። በጎ የሚያደርግ ከእግዚአብሔር ነው፤ ክፉን የሚያደርግ ግን እግዚአብሔርን አላየውም።

¹²to 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.

¹²ለድሜጥሮስ ሁሉ ይመሰክሩለታል፥ እውነት ራስዋም ትመሰክርለታለች፤ እኛም ደግሞ እንመሰክርለታለን፥ ምስክርነታችንም እውነት እንደ ሆነ ታውቃላችሁ።

¹³Many things I had to write, but I do not wish through ink and pen to write to thee,

¹³ልጽፍልህ የምፈልገው ብዙ ነገር ነበረኝ፥ ዳሩ ግን በቀለምና በብርዕ ልጽፍልህ አልወድም፤

¹⁴and 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.

¹⁴ነገር ግን ወዲያው ላይህ ተስፋ አደርጋለሁ፥ አፍ ለአፍም እንነጋገራለን። ሰላም ለአንተ ይሁን። ወዳጆች ሰላምታ ያቀርቡልሃል። ወዳጆችን በየስማቸው እየጠራህ ሰላምታ አቅርብልኝ።