¹ANCIANOAC Gayo maite nic eguiazqui on daritzadanari.

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

²Maiteá, desiratzen diat gauça gucietan prospera deçán, eta sendo aicén, hire arimá prospero den beçala.

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

³Ecen alegueratu içan nauc haguitz ethorri içan diradenean anayeac eta testificatu vkan dutenean hire integritateaz, nola integroqui ebilten baitaiz.

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

⁴Haur baino bozcario handiagoric eztiát, cein baita, ençuten dudanean ene haourrac integroqui dabiltzala.

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

⁵Maiteá, fidelqui eguiten duc cer-ere eguiten baituc anayetara eta estrangeretara.

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

⁶Ceinéc testificatu vkan baituté hire charitateaz Eliçaren presentián: hec baldin guida baditzac Iaincoari dagocan beçala, vngui daidiquec.

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

⁷Ecen haren icenagatic partitu içan dituc, deus hartzen etzutela Gentiletaric.

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

⁸Guc beraz behar citiagu recebitu halacoac, eguiá aiuta deçagunçát.

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

⁹Scribatu diarocát Eliçari: baina hayén artean lehen içan aiher denac, Diotrephesec ezguiaitic recebitzen.

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

¹⁰Halacotz, baldin ethor banadi aippaturen citiat harc eguiten dituen obrác, elhe gaichtoz dadassala gure contra: eta hauçaz ez contentez, eztitic berac anayeac recebitzen, eta recebitu nahi dituztenac empatchatzen citic eta Eliçatic egoizten.

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.

¹¹Maiteá, ezteçála imita gaitza, baina ona: vngui eguiten duena, Iaincoaganic duc: baina gaizqui eguiten duenac eztic ikussi Iaincoa.

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.

¹²Demetrioz guciéc testificatzen dié, eta eguiac berac-ere: baina guc-ere testificatzen diagu, eta eçagutu vkan duçue ecen gure testificationea eguiazco dela.

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.

¹³Banián anhitz gauça scribatzecoric, baina eztrauát tintaz eta hegatsez scribatu nahi.

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

¹⁴Baina sperança diát sarri ikussiren audala, eta ahoz aho minçaturen garela.

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

¹⁵Baquea dela hirequin. Salutatzen auté adisquidéc. Salutaitzac adisquideac icenguilatuqui.

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