1 Man njiit li, maa ngi lay bind, yaw sama xarit Gayus, mi ma bëgg ci sama xol.
1The Elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth!
2 Sama soppe, maa ngi ñaan, Yàlla may la jàmm ci lépp, ànd ak wér gi yaram, ju mel ni sa naataangeg xol.
2beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,
3 Sunuy mbokk ñëw nañu, te seede ni nga fonke dëgg gi, ba wéer ci sa dund gépp, te bég naa ci lool.
3for I rejoiced exceedingly, brethren coming and testifying of the truth in thee, even as thou in truth dost walk;
4 Awma mbég mu ëpp lii: ma dégg ne samay doomi diine ñu ngiy jaar ci tànki dëgg.
4greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.
5 Yaw sama xarit, sa takkute fés na ci teeru bi ngay teeru mbokk yi, te fekk xamoo leen.
5Beloved, faithfully dost thou do whatever thou mayest work to the brethren and to the strangers,
6 Seedeel nañu sa mbëggeel fi kanam mbooloom ñi gëm. Taxawu leen nag ci seen yoon taxawu gu neex Yàlla.
6who did testify of thy love before an assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God,
7 Ndaxte turu Krist la leen taxa jóg, te sàkkuwuñu daray ku gëmul.
7because for [His] name they went forth, nothing receiving from the nations;
8 Nun nag fàww nu teeru ñu mel ni ñoom, ngir nu liggéeyandoo ak dëgg gi.
8we, then, ought to receive such, that fellow-workers we may become to the truth.
9 Bind naa mbooloo mi bataaxel, waaye Jotref, mi bëgg noot ñépp, du dégg sunu ndigal.
9I did write to the assembly, but he who is loving the first place among them — Diotrephes — doth not receive us;
10 Kon nag su ma ñëwee, dinaa fàttali li mu def lépp, ci di nu sosal ci kàdduy neen yu ñaaw. Yemu foofu sax, waaye nanguwula teeru mbokk yi, rax-ca-dolli ku leen bëgga teeru, mu gàllankoor ko, dàq ko ci mbooloo mi.
10because of this, if I may come, I will cause him to remember his works that he doth, with evil words prating against us; and not content with these, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and those intending he doth forbid, and out of the assembly he doth cast.
11 Sama xarit, bul roy lu bon, waaye lu baax rekk. Kuy def lu baax, ci Yàlla nga bokk; kuy def lu bon, xamoo dara ci Yàlla.
11Beloved, be not thou following that which is evil, but that which is good; he who is doing good, of God he is, and he who is doing evil hath not seen God;
12 Naka Démétrius nag, ñépp seedeel nañu ko lu baax, te dëgg gi sax seedeel na ko ko. Nun itam seedeel nanu ko te wóor na ma ne, sunu seede dëgg la.
12to Demetrius testimony hath been given by all, and by the truth itself, and we also — we do testify, and ye have known that our testimony is true.
13 Am na lu bare, lu ma la bëggoona wax, waaye lépp xajul ci kayit.
13Many things I had to write, but I do not wish through ink and pen to write to thee,
14 Kon yaakaar naa laa seetsi balaa yàgg, jàkkaarlook yaw, nu waxtaan ci.
14and I hope straightway to see thee, and mouth to mouth we shall speak. Peace to thee! salute thee do the friends; be saluting the friends by name.
15 Na jàmm ànd ak yaw. Xarit yi yépp ñu ngi lay nuyu. Nuyul nu sunuy xarit, kenn ku nekk ci turam.