1 Okuza komunene.
Me tjanga komuyozikua omutoororua wa Ndjambi novanatje ve. Ami mbe mu suvera tjinene, nu kawami porwandje, nungwari wina owo mba avehe mbe tjiwa ouatjiri, 2 orondu ouatjiri u ri mu eṱe nu mau karerere mu eṱe nga aruhe.
3 Otjari nomutima omuwa nohange mbi za ku Ndjambi Tate na ku Jesus Kristus, Omuna wa Ihe, ngavi rire ovyetu mouatjiri na morusuvero.
Ouatjiri norusuvero
4 Ami mba nyanda tjinene tji mba muna kutja ovanatje voye tjiva ve hupa mouatjiri otja ketwako ndi twa pewa i Tate. 5 Nopu me ningirire kove, muyozikua, kutja ngatu suverasane. Ami hi nokumutjangera etwako epe nungwari oro etwako ndi twa kara na ro okuza kombutiro. 6 Norusuvero ndwi maru hee kutja ngatu kare nonḓuviro ketwako ra Ndjambi mongarero yetu. Netwako ndi otja amuhe punga amwa zuva okuza kombutiro okongwi okutja eṋe amuhe mamu sokukara nongaro yorusuvero.
7 Ovapukise ovengi va rimbara mouye auhe. Owo ve tja Jesus Kristus kangu ri ye ngwi ngwa rira omundu. Omundu otja ingwi eye omupukise nOmunavita na Kristus. 8 Otji mwa sokuṱakamisa nawa kutja amu ha pandjarisa imbi mbi twa ungurira, nungwari kutja mu mune ondjambi yeṋu okuura.
9 Auhe ngu ha ṱakamisa omahongero wa Kristus, nungwari ngu ye rundurura, eye ke noruwano na Ndjambi. Nu ingwi ngu ri momahongero nga eye u na Ihe nOmuna aveyevari. 10 Omundu worive tje ya ku eṋe na ha hongo omahongero nga, amu mu sekirisa mozoyeṋu; nu wina amu roro nangarire ingwi okumuminika; 11 orondu auhe ngu me mu minike ma kara norupa mouvi eye mbu ma tjiti.
Omambo omasenina
12 Ami ingee mbi noviṋa ovingi okumuraera. Nungwari hi nokumutjangera vyo. Nu moruveze rwanao ami omuini meya ku eṋe okuyekumuraera, kokutja enyando retu ri urisiwe. 13 Ovanatje womuṱena kwoye omusuverwa mave ku minike.
1 From the church leader.
To a very special woman and her children. I truly love all of you, and so does everyone else who knows the truth. 2 We love you because the truth is now in our hearts, and it will be there forever.
3 I pray that God the Father and Jesus Christ his Son will be kind and merciful to us! May they give us peace and truth and love.
Truth and Love
4 I was very glad to learn that some of your children are obeying the truth, as the Father told us to do. 5 Dear friend, I am not writing to tell you and your children to do something you have not done before. I am writing to tell you to love each other, which is the first thing you were told to do. 6 Love means we do what God tells us. And from the beginning, he told you to love him.
7 Many liars have gone out into the world. These deceitful liars are saying Jesus Christ did not have a truly human body. But they are liars and the enemies of Christ. 8 So be sure not to lose what we have worked for. If you do, you won't be given your full reward. 9 Don't keep changing what you were taught about Christ, or else God will no longer be with you. But if you hold firmly to what you were taught, both the Father and the Son will be with you. 10 If people won't agree to this teaching, don't welcome them into your home or even greet them. 11 Greeting them is the same as taking part in their evil deeds.
Final Greetings
12 I have much more to tell you, but I don't want to write it with pen and ink. I want to come and talk to you in person, because this will make us really happy.
13 Greetings from the children of your very special sister.
