¹ሽማግሌው በእውነት እኔ ለምወደው ለተወደደው ለጋይዮስ።

¹The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.

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

²Beloved, I desire that in all things thou shouldest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospers.

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

³For I rejoiced exceedingly when [the] brethren came and bore testimony to thy [holding fast the] truth, even as *thou* walkest in truth.

⁴ልጆቼ በእውነት እንዲሄዱ ከመስማት ይልቅ የሚበልጥ ደስታ የለኝም።

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

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

⁵Beloved, thou doest faithfully [in] whatever thou mayest have wrought towards the brethren and that strangers,

⁶ለእግዚአብሔር እንደሚገባ አድርገህ በጉዞአቸው ብትረዳ መልካም ታደርጋለህ፤

⁶(who have witnessed of thy love before [the] assembly,) in setting forward whom on their journey worthily of God, thou wilt do well;

⁷ከአሕዛብ አንዳች ሳይቀበሉ ስለ ስሙ ወጥተዋልና።

⁷for for the name have they gone forth, taking nothing of those of the nations.

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

⁸*We* therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow-workers with the truth.

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

⁹I wrote something to the assembly; but Diotrephes, who loves to have the first place among them, receives us not.

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

¹⁰For this reason, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he does, babbling against us with wicked words; and not content with these, neither does he himself receive the brethren; and those who would he prevents, and casts [them] out of the assembly.

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

¹¹Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He that does good is of God. He that does evil has not seen God.

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

¹²Demetrius has witness borne to him by all, and by the truth itself; and *we* also bear witness, and thou knowest that our witness is true.

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

¹³I had many things to write to thee, but I will not with ink and pen write to thee;

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

¹⁴but I hope soon to see thee, and we will speak mouth to mouth.

¹⁵Peace [be] to thee. The friends greet thee. Greet the friends by name.