¹Sura toi ngkai aku' Totu'a, kupakatu hi bale-ku Gayus, to kupoka'ahi' mpu'u.

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

²Bale! Mosampaya-a bona seha' -ko pai' bona mporata-ko kalompea' hi rala hawe'ea to nubabehi, hewa kao' -nu mporata kalompea'.

²Beloved, I pray that in all things thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

³Goe' lia nono-ku, apa' ba hangkuja dua ompi' hampepangalaa' -ta rata hi rehe'i, mpokeni kareba ngkai retu. Ra'uli': tida-ko mpangala' tudui' to makono, pai' po'ingku-nu mpotuku' oa' tudui' to makono.

³For I rejoiced greatly, when brethren came and bare witness unto thy truth, even as thou walkest in truth.

⁴Uma ria to kupokagoe' melabi ngkai tohe'i, mpo'epe kareba to mpo'uli' ana' -ku mpotuku' ncuu tudui' to makono.

⁴Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

⁵Bale! Goe' -a apa' tida oa' -ko mpotulungi ompi' -ta to mehani hi ngata-nu. Nau' to ko'ia-ra nu'incai, nutulungi oa' -ra.

⁵Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;

⁶Hira' toe-mi to mpotompo'wiwi ahi' -nu hi rehe'i hi hawe'ea ompi' hampepangalaa' -ta. Wae-pi, kusarumaka-ko mpope'ongko' lompe' -ra, bona ma'ala-ra mpokaliliu pomakoa' -ra. Pope'ongko' -ra hewa to natao hi suro Alata'ala, bona goe' -i Alata'ala.

⁶who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:

⁷Apa' ompi' -ta toera momako' hilou mpokeni hanga' Pue' Yesus. Pai' uma-ra mporatai napa-napa ngkai tauna to uma mepangala' hi Pue'.

⁷because that for the sake of the Name they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

⁸Jadi', masipato' lia-ta mpotulungi-ra, bona hewa to tadohei-ramo hi rala pobago-ra mpokeni kareba to makono.

⁸We therefore ought to welcome such, that we may be fellow-workers for the truth.

⁹Ria-mi sura-ku hi hawe'ea ompi' hampepangalaa' -ta hi retu. Tapi' Diotrefes-hana, uma-i mposaile' lolita-kai, apa' mpoiwongko huraa-na oa' -i-hana.

⁹I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

¹⁰Jadi', ane rata-a-damo mpai', kuwongka po'ingku-na to dada'a pai' petuntui' -na hi kai'. Uma muntu' toe to nababehi. Meliu ngkai toe, ane ompi' -ta to mpokeni Kareba Lompe' mehani hi ngata-ni, oja' -i mpotarima-ra. Pai' natagi wo'o-ra to doko' mpotarima-ra, pai' uma-pi napiliu-ra mesua' hi pogamparaa.

¹⁰Therefore, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he doeth, prating against us with wicked words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and them that would he forbiddeth and casteth [them] out of the church.

¹¹Bale! Neo' mpenau' to dada'a. Penau' to lompe'. Tauna to mpobabehi to lompe', napo'ana' Alata'ala-ra. Tauna to mpobabehi to dada'a, ko'ia-ra mpo'incai-i Alata'ala.

¹¹Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

¹²Ane Demetrius-hana, hawe'ea tauna mpo'une' -i. Masipato' mpu'u-i ra'une', apa' po'ingku-na mpotuku' tudui' to makono. Kai', ki'une' wo'o-i-kaiwo, pai' nu'inca kamakono-na pe'une' -kai.

¹²Demetrius hath the witness of all [men], and of the truth itself: yea, we also bear witness: and thou knowest that our witness is true.

¹³Wori' -pidi to dota ku'uki' -koko, tapi' uma-a dota mpo'uki' hi rala sura toi.

¹³I had many things to write unto thee, but I am unwilling to write [them] to thee with ink and pen:

¹⁴Apa' kusarumaka uma-pi mahae hirua' -ta nculii', bona momepololitai wiwi ngkawiwi-ta-damo mpai'. (G1-15) Kalompea' rata hi iko. Wori' tabe ngkai hawe'ea bale-nu hi rehe'i. Parata-ka-kuwo tabe-ku hi hawe'ea bale-ku to hi retu butu-butu dua-na. Hudu rei.

¹⁴but I hope shortly to see thee, and we shall speak face to face.

¹⁵Peace [be] unto thee. The friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name.