1 Nyii kwɔrɔ kwir Shekh ŋgwa kwɔlɔcca-ŋa ŋaaŋwa kwǝni Ghaayuus kwǝṯir amɽi, nǝ kwǝṯi-nyii amɽi rerrem.
2 Kwimɽi kwiinyi kwǝṯi-nyii amɽi, nyii kwǝṯi aari kiyiiri mindaŋ mǝ ŋiɽaŋal tatap saawi ŋǝni ŋaaŋa, mindaŋ mǝ aŋna wɔɔŋa aami naanɔŋw tok; ŋilŋithi-nyji rac ethaarɔŋw a kwisaaw ki-rogɽo rɔɔŋwa. 3 Kaka naaminy-gwɔna beṯṯen liyǝŋgǝr-li lokwo limǝ ɔppatha, mindaŋ nǝr andasi shahaaḏa kwǝthi ŋethre ŋisaaw ŋir rerrem, kaka nǝṯsi-gwɔ elela ŋa ŋir rerrem. 4 Nyiiti kwǝthi ṯinyiŋla-na ṯeere kwokwony mac ṯithǝmthi-lǝ kɔthɔ, ethisi neŋne ŋa ŋǝthi nyɔr nyiinyi nyaami eleŋw ki-ŋiɽaŋal-na ŋir rerrem.
Ghaayuus mǝr-gwɔ biɽǝthǝ yiriny.
5 Kwimɽi kwiinyi kwaṯi-nyii amɽi, a kwǝni kwirllalɔ beṯṯen ki-ŋiɽaŋal-na ŋa ŋǝṯisi ǝrrici liyǝŋgǝri-ŋwɔsi, mǝroro kinnǝni lithimthina tok, 6 nǝrsi kette ŋǝthi shahaaḏa kwǝthi ṯamɽa ṯɔɔŋwa kiyǝnǝ yǝthi kǝniisǝ. Ŋǝni ŋisaaw beṯṯen mǝsi ɔɔsi etheele ki-thaay-la ṯeeŋen ethisi mǝcci kila lǝṯi ǝkkici Allah ŋothɽor 7 Kaka mǝr-gwɔ ruu nǝreele sǝbǝb-gi kwǝthi Kwɔrɔstɔ, nǝreere ǝmmini ethaavi kwomne kweere mac ki-lizi-nǝ liira ṯǝmminǝ 8 Ŋwɔṯaŋw nǝr ɔvthanni laazim ethi mǝcci lizi lir kaka ṯǝŋw mindaŋ mǝr-li ɔɽɔmaṯṯi ki-ŋothɽor-na ŋir rerrem.
Ḏiiyuuṯiriifɔs-ŋǝ Ḏiimiṯiriiyuus-gi.
9 Ŋimǝ-nyji locce kǝniisǝ ŋette; laakin Ḏiiyuuṯiriifɔs kwǝṯi amɽi ethi iŋni rogɽo ruuŋwun, nɔŋweere ǝmmini nyuŋwɔ ethǝthi sɔlṯa mac. 10 Ŋwɔṯaŋw mǝnyii iila tǝ, nyji ruwǝzǝlɔ ŋa tatap ŋǝṯɔŋwsi ǝrri, nǝ ŋa ŋǝṯɔŋwsi andisasa nyuŋwɔ naana ŋigii-ŋigii. Nǝ nǝreere urǝthǝ ŋunduŋw ŋa mac, laakin ǝṯɔŋwseere aalanni kila lir liyǝŋgǝri-ŋǝ mac, nǝ ǝṯɔŋwsi ṯiinyini kila lǝṯisi naŋni ethisi aalanni, nǝ ǝṯɔŋwsi rutti kithaay kǝniisǝ-nǝ.
11 Kwimɽi kwiinyi kwǝṯi-nyii amɽi, ǝṯeere ṯǝccicini ŋikiyaŋi mac, laakin ǝṯi kǝniny ṯǝccicini ŋisanna; ŋgwa kwǝṯisi ǝrri ŋigii ǝṯɔŋweere ese Allah mac. 12 Nǝ ŋǝthi Ḏiimiṯiriiyuus tǝ, ǝṯirsi andasi kila tatap ŋǝni ŋundu ŋisaaw-ŋisaaw, nǝ ŋa ŋir rerrem ǝṯir ruwǝzi ŋethre-lɔ ŋuuŋun; nǝ nyii wɔɽe-wɔɽeny ǝṯi-nyii kette shahaaḏa kwǝni ŋundu, nǝ nelŋe tok ethaarɔŋw shahaaḏa kwiinyi kwir rerrem.
Ṯaaginna ṯirimthithɔ.
13 Ŋǝthi-nyji ŋittǝzir ethisi lɔcca ŋaaŋwɔ, laakin ninyeere naŋni ethi lɔcca ŋaaŋwɔ galam-gi nǝ hibir-yi tok mac. 14 Nyii kwɔrittathɔ etheese ŋaaŋwɔ fittak, mindaŋ mǝndi iisithi kiyǝnǝ ethi andasi.
15 Ethi ŋiiɽǝnnǝ naani naani-ŋa-gwɔ. Limath laaginna-ŋa. Aaginna limathi tatap.
1 From the church leader.
To my dear friend Gaius.
I love you because we follow the truth, 2 dear friend, and I pray all goes well for you. I hope you are as strong in body, as I know you are in spirit. 3 It makes me very happy when the Lord's followers come by and speak openly of how you obey the truth. 4 Nothing brings me greater happiness than to hear that my children are obeying the truth.
Working Together
5 Dear friend, you have always been faithful in helping other followers of the Lord, even the ones you didn't know before. 6 They have told the church about your love. They say you were good enough to welcome them and to send them on their mission in a way God's servants deserve. 7 When they left to tell others about the Lord, they decided not to accept help from anyone who wasn't a follower. 8 We must support people like them, so we can take part in what they are doing to spread the truth.
9 I wrote to the church. But Diotrephes likes to be the number-one leader, and he won't pay any attention to us. 10 So if I come, I will remind him of how he has been attacking us with gossip. Not only has he been doing this, but he refuses to welcome any of the Lord's followers who come by. And when other church members want to welcome them, he puts them out of the church.
11 Dear friend, don't imitate the evil deeds of others, but follow the example of people who do kind deeds. They are God's children, but those who are always doing evil have never seen God.
12 Everyone speaks well of Demetrius, and so does the true message that he teaches. I also speak well of him, and you know what I say is true.
Final Greetings
13 I have much more to say to you, but I don't want to write it with pen and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and then we can talk in person.
15 I pray that God will bless you with peace!
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