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.