3 Yohana
1: 1 Umusaza kuri Gayusi ukundwa cyane, uwo nkunda mu kuri.
1: 2 Bakundwa, ndifuriza hejuru y'ibintu byose kugirango mutere imbere kandi mubemo
ubuzima, nkuko umutima wawe utera imbere.
1: 3 Kuko narishimye cyane, igihe abavandimwe baza guhamya Uwiteka
ukuri kukuri muri wewe, nkuko ugenda mu kuri.
1: 4 Nta byishimo biruta kumva ko abana banjye bagenda mu kuri.
1: 5 Bakundwa, mukora mu budahemuka ibyo mukorera abavandimwe,
n'abanyamahanga;
1: 6 Bahamije ubuntu bwawe imbere yitorero: uwo niba ari wowe
uzane urugendo rwabo nyuma yubwoko bwubaha Imana, uzakora neza:
1: 7 Kubera ko izina ryabo basohotse, ntacyo batwaye Uwiteka
Abanyamahanga.
1: 8 Tugomba rero kwakira bene abo, kugirango dushobore gufatanya nabo
ukuri.
1: 9 Nandikiye itorero, ariko Diotrephe, ukunda kugira Uwiteka
icyambere muri bo, ntabwo yatwakiriye.
1:10 Ni yo mpamvu, nuzaza, nzibuka ibikorwa bye akora, abishima
kuturwanya n'amagambo mabi: kandi ntayanyuzwe, ntanubwo
we ubwe yakira abavandimwe, akabuza abashaka, kandi
abirukana mu itorero.
1:11 Bakundwa, ntukurikire ikibi, ahubwo ukurikize icyiza. We
Gukora ibyiza ni iby'Imana, ariko ukora ibibi ntiyabonye Imana.
1:12 Demetiriyo afite inkuru nziza kubantu bose, nukuri kwukuri: yego, na
natwe dufite amateka; kandi muzi ko ibyo twanditse ari ukuri.
1:13 Nari mfite ibintu byinshi byo kwandika, ariko sinzandikira wino n'ikaramu
wowe:
1:14 Ariko ndizera ko nzakubona bidatinze, kandi tuzavugana imbonankubone.
Mugire amahoro. Inshuti zacu zirakuramutsa. Kuramutsa inshuti mwizina.