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.
Nkulutu sonikini nkanda wawu. Kuidi kiluzolo kiama Ngayusi, mutu wowo ndieti zola mu kiedika.
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].
A kiluzolo, lukanu luama luidi mu diambu wutoma nitu mu mambu moso ayi wuba mu buvini banga boso buntomina muelꞌaku.
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.
Khini yiwombo ndimona bakhomba bu bayiza ayi zitelimina kiedika kiaku kimbangi ayi buevi ngeyo weti diatila mu kiedika.
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!
Ndikadi mona khini yiviokidi yayi: mu wa ti bana bama bandiatila mu kiedika.
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].
A kiluzolo, ngeyo widi wukuikama mu mambu moso momo wetivanga mu diambu di bakhomba; ka diambu ko badi banzenza kuidi ngeyo.
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.
Zinzenza beni zitelimina luzolo luaku kimbangi va ntuala dibundu. Wela luta vanga bumboti enati wuba sadisidi mu landakana nzietolo awu mu phila yimmonisa Nzambi khini.
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].
Bila bawu bayenda mu diambu di samina dizina di Pfumu mu kambu tambula kadikima kuidi Bapakanu.
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.
Beto tufueti yakulanga bumboti batu ba phila yoyi muingi tusala va kimosi mu diambu di kiedika.
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].
Tsonikini ndambu zi mambu kuidi dibundu vayi Diotelefe, mutu wuntomba monikanga wutheti mu bawu, wumanga ku khinzika.
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.
Diawu, enati ndizidi, ndiela yolukila mavanga momo kalembo vangibu keti tuba mambu mambimbi mu diambu dieto. Bika sia ti mawu kaka mambu keti vanga, vayi niandi veka kayakulanga ko bakhomba, weti kakidika bakhomba ziozi zitidi kuba yakula. Bosi weti kubakukamu dibundu.
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.
A kiluzolo, kadi sokudilanga mambimbi vayi sokudilanga mamboti. Woso mutu wumvanganga mamboti Nzambi wumvuidi; woso mutu wumvanganga mambimbi kasia mona Nzambi ko.
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].
Batu boso banteliminanga Demetelusi kimbangi ayi kiawu vekakiedika kinkuteliminanga kimbangi. Beto mamveto tueti kuntelimina kimbangiayi ngeyo zebi ti kimbangi kieto kidi ki kiedika.
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].
Mambu mawombo madi yama ma kusonikina vayi mbengi kusonikina mu thita ayi mu lapi.
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.
Vayi tsidi diana mu vika kumona; buna bosi tuela solula zizi mu zizi. Bika ndemama yibanga yaku. Bakundi badi kuaku bafidisidi mboti. Vana mboti kuidi bakundi badi kuna, kadika mutu mu dizina diandi.
