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

¹ሽማግሌው በእውነት እኔ ለምወደው ለተወደደው ለጋይዮስ።

²Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

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

³For I rejoiced greatly, when brothers came and testified about your truth, even as you walk in truth.

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

⁴I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.

⁴ልጆቼ በእውነት እንዲሄዱ ከመስማት ይልቅ የሚበልጥ ደስታ የለኝም።

⁵Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.

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

⁶They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a way worthy of God,

⁶ለእግዚአብሔር እንደሚገባ አድርገህ በጉዞአቸው ብትረዳ መልካም ታደርጋለህ፤

⁷because for the sake of the Name they went out, taking nothing from the Gentiles.

⁷ከአሕዛብ አንዳች ሳይቀበሉ ስለ ስሙ ወጥተዋልና።

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

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

⁹I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t accept what we say.

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

¹⁰Therefore if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words. Not content with this, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and those who would, he forbids and throws out of the assembly.

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

¹¹Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.

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

¹²Demetrius has the testimony of all, and of the truth itself; yes, we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.

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

¹³I had many things to write to you, but I am unwilling to write to you with ink and pen;

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

¹⁴but I hope to see you soon, and we will speak face to face. Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.

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