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 chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who know the truth;

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

²for the truth’s sake, which remains in us, and it will be with us forever:

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

³Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, 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 rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.

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

⁵Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

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

⁶This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

⁸ሙሉ ደመወዝን እንድትቀበሉ እንጂ የሠራችሁትን እንዳታጠፉ ለራሳችሁ ተጠንቀቁ።

⁷For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who don’t confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist.

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

⁸Watch yourselves, that we don’t lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.

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

⁹Whoever transgresses and doesn’t remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn’t have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.

¹¹ሰላም የሚለው ሰው በክፉ ሥራው ይካፈላልና።

¹⁰If anyone comes to you, and doesn’t bring this teaching, don’t receive him into your house, and don’t welcome him,

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 welcomes him participates in his evil works.

¹³የተመረጠችው የእኅትሽ ልጆች ሰላምታ ያቀርቡልሻል።

¹²Having many things to write to you, I don’t want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come to you, and to speak face to face, that our joy may be made full.

¹³The children of your chosen sister greet you. Amen.