3 John 1
1 [You(sg) know me as] the [chief] Elder. [I am writing this letter to you], my dear friend Gaius, whom I truly love.
Ọ bụ okenye ahụ, Na-edegara Gaiọs, onye ahụrụ nʼanya akwụkwọ a, bụ onye m hụrụ nʼanya nʼeziokwu.
2 Dear friend, I ask [God that things may go] well for you in every way, [specifically], that you will be physically healthy just like you are spiritually healthy [MTY].
Onye m hụrụ nʼanya, ekpere m bụ na ahụ ga-esi gị ike, ka ihe na-agara gị nke ọma, dịka ọ na-agara mkpụrụobi gị nke ọma.
3 I am very happy because some fellow believers have come [here] and told me that you conduct your life in a manner [that is consistent with God’s] true message.
Aṅụrịrị m ọṅụ nke ukwu, mgbe ụfọdụ ụmụnna bịara gbaa ama banyere ikwesi ntụkwasị obi gị nye eziokwu, na otu i si nọgide na-agbaso eziokwu ahụ.
4 I am very happy when I hear that (people whom I helped to believe in Christ/my [spiritual] children) are conducting their lives like you are!
O nweghị ihe na-enye m ọṅụ karịa ịnụ na ụmụ m na-agbaso eziokwu.
5 Dear friend, you are [serving Jesus] loyally/faithfully whenever you do things to help fellow believers, [even those whom you] do not know, who are traveling [around doing God’s work].
Onye m hụrụ nʼanya, i kwesiri ntụkwasị obi nʼihe ọbụla nke ị na-emere ụmụnna, ọ bụ ezie na ha bụ ọbịa nye gị.
6 [Some of] them have reported before the congregation [here how] you have showed that you love them. You should continue to help such people in their travels in a way that is pleasing to God.
Ha akọọlara nzukọ banyere ịhụnanya gị. Biko, mgbe ha na-apụ, nyekwara ha aka nʼije ha nʼụzọ ga-enye Chineke otuto.
7 When those fellow believers went out [to tell people about Jesus] [MTY], the people who do not believe in Christ did not give them anything [to help them].
Ọ bụ nʼihi aha ahụ ka ha biliri ije, na-anaraghị enyemaka ọbụla site nʼaka ndị na-ekweghị ekwe.
8 So we [who believe in Christ] ought to give food and money to such people to help [them as they teach others God’s] true message.
Nke a mere o ji kwesi ekwesi na anyị ga-elekọta ndị dị otu a anya ka anyị bụrụ ndị so ha na-ejikọta aka nʼotu nʼọrụ eziokwu ahụ.
9 I wrote [a letter] to the congregation [telling them to help those fellow believers]. However, Diotrephes does not (acknowledge my authority/[pay any attention to what] I wrote), because he (desires to be in charge/wants to be the leader) of [the congregation].
Edere m akwụkwọ ozi zigara nzukọ ahụ, ma Diotrefis onye ọ na-atọ ụtọ ịbụ onye mbụ, anabataghị anyị nke ọma.
10 So, when I arrive [there], I will [publicly] tell what he does: He tells others evil nonsense about us [in order to] harm [us by what he] says, and he is not content with only doing that. He himself refuses to receive the fellow believers who are traveling around doing God’s work, and he also stops those who want to receive them by expelling them from the congregation.
Ya mere, ọ bụrụ na m abịa, aga m eme ka ihe niile ọ na-eme na ọtụtụ ihe niile ọ na-ekwu megide anyị pụta ìhè. Ọ bụghị naanị na afọ ejughi ya nʼihi ihe ndị a niile, ọ jụrụ ịnabata ndị ụmụnna, ma na-egbochi ndị ọzọ chọrọ ịnabata ha ka ha ghara ime otu ahụ. Ọ na-achụpụkwa ha site nʼụlọ nzukọ.
11 Dear friend, do not imitate a bad [example like that]. Instead, [keep imitating] good [examples. Remember that] people who do good deeds ([truly] belong to God/are [spiritual children] of God), [but] those who do [what is] evil do not (know/have fellowship with) God.
Onye m hụrụ nʼanya, eṅomila ihe dị njọ kama ṅomie ihe dị mma. Onye ọbụla na-eme ezi ihe na-egosi na o si na Chineke. Onye ọ bụlakwa na-eme ajọ ihe ahụbeghị Chineke anya.
12 All [the believers who know Demetrius] say that he [is a good person]. The fact [that he conducts his life in a way that is consistent/in accordance with God’s] true [message] shows [that he is a good person], and we also say the same thing [about him]. You know that what we say [about him] is true. [So it will be good if you welcome him and help him. He is the one who will be bringing this letter to you].
Onye ọbụla na-agba ezi ama banyere Dimitriọs ọ bụladị eziokwu ahụ nʼonwe ya. Anyị na-ekwukwa ezi ihe banyere ya. Ị makwaara na ọ bụ ezi ama ka anyị na-agba.
13 [When I began] to write this letter, I had much more [that I intended] to tell you. But [now] I do not want to say [it] in a letter [MTY].
Enwere m ọtụtụ ihe m chọrọ idere gị nʼakwụkwọ, ma achọghị m iji mkpisi odee na inki dee ha.
14 Instead, I expect to [come and] see you soon. Then we will talk directly with one another. [I pray that God will enable] you [to experience inner] peace. Our friends [here] (send you their greetings/say that they are thinking affectionately about you) [MTY]. Tell our friends [there] that we (send our greetings to/are thinking fondly about) them.
Ọ bụ olileanya m ịbịa ịhụ gị nʼoge na-adịghị anya. Mgbe ahụ anyị ga-anọdụ ala kwuo ihe niile nʼihu nʼihu. Ka udo dịrị gị. Ndị enyi niile nọ nʼebe a na-ekele gị. Kelekwa ndị enyi niile nọ nʼebe ahụ nʼaha nʼaha.
