Moshili nomohole
1 Aame omukulunhu kuGaius omuholike, ou ndi mu hole moshili.
2 Omuholike, ame onde ku halela ouwa keshe moinima aishe, ove u kale u li nawa nongaashi omwenyo woye u li nawa. 3 Osheshi onda hafa shili, ovamwatate eshi ve uya kwaame, ndele va hepaulula oshili yoye, ngaashi u li ho ende yo moshili. 4 Ame kandi nehafo limwe, li dule eli, eshi handi udu ovamwange hava ende moshili.
5 Omuholike, ove ho ningi noudiinini ashishe osho ho shi ningile ovamwatate novaendanandjila yo. 6 Ovo va hepaulula ohole yoye moipafi yeongalo. Ove oto ningi nawa, ngeenge to va kwafa molweendo lavo va ehene komesho ngaashi sha wapala koshipala shaKalunga. 7 Osheshi omolwedina laKristus ove litula mondjila, ndele ihava tambula sha nande kovapaani. 8 Hano otu nokutambula nawa ovanhu ve li ngaha, opo tu ninge ovayakuli pamwe navo omolwoshili.
9 Onda li nda shangela eongalo, ndelenee Diotrefes, ou a hala okukala wotete mokati kavo, ite tu tambula. 10 Onghee hano, ngeenge handi uya, ohandi ke mu dimbulukifa oilonga ei he i ningi, eshi he tu lundile neendjovo dii; natango eshi inashi mu wanena, ndelenee ye mwene iha yakula ovamwatate ndele ta kelele ava va hala oku shi ninga ndele te va te mo meongalo.
Hopaelela ouwa
11 Omuholike, ino shikula owii, ndelenee shikula ouwa. Ou ta longo ouwa, oye womuKalunga. Ndele ou ta longo owii, oye ina mona Kalunga. 12 Demetrius, okwa hepaululwa nawa kwaaveshe nokoshili yoovene, nafye yo osho hatu mu hepaulula nawa ndele ou shi shii, ehepaululo letu oloshili.
13 Onda li ndi na shihapu oku ku shangela ngeno, ndele inandi hala oku ku shangela nondomo noshishangifo, 14 ndelenee ondi neteelelo, ndi ku mone diva nohatu kundafana kokanya nokanya.
15 Ombili nai kale naave. Ookaume otave ku kundile po. Kundila po ookaume, keshe tuu umwe.
1 From the Elder—
To my dear Gaius, whom I truly love.
2 My dear friend, I pray that everything may go well with you and that you may be in good health—as I know you are well in spirit. 3 I was so happy when some Christians arrived and told me how faithful you are to the truth—just as you always live in the truth. 4 Nothing makes me happier than to hear that my children live in the truth.
Gaius Is Praised
5 My dear friend, you are so faithful in the work you do for other Christians, even when they are strangers. 6 They have spoken to the church here about your love. Please help them to continue their trip in a way that will please God. 7 For they set out on their trip in the service of Christ without accepting any help from unbelievers. 8 We Christians, then, must help these people, so that we may share in their work for the truth.
Diotrephes and Demetrius
9 I wrote a short letter to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to be their leader, will not pay any attention to what I say. 10 When I come, then, I will bring up everything he has done: the terrible things he says about us and the lies he tells! But that is not enough for him; he will not receive the Christians when they come, and even stops those who want to receive them and tries to drive them out of the church!
11 My dear friend, do not imitate what is bad, but imitate what is good. Whoever does good belongs to God; whoever does what is bad has not seen God.
12 Everyone speaks well of Demetrius; truth itself speaks well of him. And we add our testimony, and you know that what we say is true.
Final Greetings
13 I have so much to tell you, but I do not want to do it with pen and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and then we will talk personally.
15 Peace be with you.
All your friends send greetings. Greet all our friends personally.
