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

¹The elder to [the] elect lady and her children, whom *I* love in truth, and not *I* only but also all who have known the truth,

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

²for the truth's sake which abides in us and shall be with us to eternity.

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

³Grace shall be with you, mercy, peace from God [the] Father, and from [the] Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

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

⁴I rejoiced greatly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received commandment from the Father.

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

⁵And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing to thee a new commandment, but that which we have had from [the] beginning, that we should love one another.

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

⁶And this is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, according as ye have heard from the beginning, that ye might walk in it.

⁸ሙሉ ደመወዝን እንድትቀበሉ እንጂ የሠራችሁትን እንዳታጠፉ ለራሳችሁ ተጠንቀቁ።

⁷For many deceivers have gone out into the world, they who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in flesh -- this is the deceiver and the antichrist.

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

⁸See to yourselves, that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive full wages.

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

⁹Whosoever goes forward and abides not in the doctrine of the Christ has not God. He that abides in the doctrine, *he* has both the Father and the Son.

¹¹ሰላም የሚለው ሰው በክፉ ሥራው ይካፈላልና።

¹⁰If any one come to you and bring not this doctrine, do not receive him into [the] house, and greet him not;

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

¹¹for he who greets him partakes in his wicked works.

¹³የተመረጠችው የእኅትሽ ልጆች ሰላምታ ያቀርቡልሻል።

¹²Having many things to write to you, I would not with paper and ink; but hope to come to you, and to speak mouth to mouth, that our joy may be full.

¹³The children of thine elect sister greet thee.