3 Johane 1:1 Ilunga kuGayu othandekayo, engimthandayo ngeqiniso. 1:2 Sithandwa, ngifisa phezu kwakho konke ukuba uphumelele futhi ube phakathi impilo, njengoba nje umphefumulo wakho uphumelela. 1:3 Ngoba ngajabula kakhulu lapho abazalwane befika futhi bafakaza mayelana iqiniso elikini, njengokuba uhamba eqinisweni. 1:4 Anginayo intokozo enkulu kunaleyo yokuzwa ukuthi abantwana bami bahamba eqinisweni. 1:5 Sithandwa, wenza ngokwethembeka konke okwenzayo kubazalwane. nakwabafokazi; 1:6 abaye bafakaza ngothando lwakho phambi kwebandla; uhambise indlela yabo ngendlela kaNkulunkulu, wenza kahle; 1:7 Ngokuba ngenxa yegama lakhe baphuma, bengathathi lutho kuJehova Abezizwe. 1:8 Ngakho thina sifanele ukwamukela abanjalo, ukuze sibe ngabasizi abakanye nabo iqiniso. 1:9 Ngalobela ibandla, kodwa uDiyotrefe, othanda ukuba nebandla ukuvelela phakathi kwabo akusemukeli. 1:10 Ngakho-ke, uma ngifika, ngizokhumbula izenzo zakhe azenzayo, ethandaza ngokumelene nathi ngamazwi amabi; yena uqobo uyabemukela abazalwane, abanqabele abafunayo, njalo uyabakhipha ebandleni. 1:11 Sithandwa, ungalandeli okubi, kodwa okuhle. Yena lowo owenza okuhle ungokaNkulunkulu, kepha owenza okubi akambonanga uNkulunkulu. 1:12 UDemetriyu ufakazelwa yibo bonke nayiqiniso ngokwalo; nathi siyafakaza; niyazi ukuthi ubufakazi bethu buqinisile. 1:13 Benginezinto eziningi engingazibhala, kepha angithandi ukukubhalela ngoyinki nangosiba wena: 1:14 Kodwa ngiyethemba ukuthi ngizokubona masinyane, futhi sizokhuluma ubuso nobuso. Ukuthula makube kuwe. Abangane bethu bayakubingelela. Bingelela abangani ngamagama.