3 John 1

¹The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.

¹作長老的寫信給親愛的該猶，就是我誠心所愛的。

²Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.

²親愛的兄弟阿，我願你凡事興盛，身體健壯，正如你的靈魂興盛一樣。

³For I was very glad when brethren came and testified to your truth, [that is], how you are walking in truth.

³有弟兄來證明你心裡存的真理，正如你按真理而行，我就甚喜樂。

⁴I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

⁴我聽見我的兒女們按真理而行，我的喜樂就沒有比這個大的。

⁵Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever you accomplish for the brethren, and especially [when they are] strangers;

⁵親愛的兄弟阿，凡你向作客旅之弟兄所行的都是忠心的。

⁶and they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

⁶他們在教會面前證明了你的愛；你若配得過神，幫助他們往前行，這就好了。

⁷For they went out for the sake of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.

⁷因他們是為主的名（原文是那名）出外，對於外邦人一無所取。

⁸Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers with the truth.

⁸所以我們應該接待這樣的人，叫我們與他們一同為真理做工。

⁹I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not accept what we say.

⁹我曾略略的寫信給教會，但那在教會中好為首的丟特腓不接待我們。

¹⁰For this reason, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words; and not satisfied with this, he himself does not receive the brethren, either, and he forbids those who desire [to do so] and puts [them] out of the church.

¹⁰所以我若去，必要提說他所行的事，就是他用惡言妄論我們。還不以此為足，他自己不接待弟兄，有人願意接待，他也禁止，並且將接待弟兄的人趕出教會。

¹¹Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

¹¹親愛的兄弟阿，不要效法惡，只要效法善。行善的屬乎神；行惡的未曾見過神。

¹²Demetrius has received a [good] testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself; and we add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true.

¹²低米丟行善，有眾人給他作見證，又有真理給他作見證；就是我們也給他作見證。你也知道我們的見證是真的。

¹³I had many things to write to you, but I am not willing to write [them] to you with pen and ink;

¹³我原有許多事要寫給你，卻不願意用筆墨寫給你，

¹⁴but I hope to see you shortly, and we will speak face to face.

¹⁴但盼望快快的見你，我們就當面談論。[(IIIJohn1:15)願你平安。眾位朋友都問你安。請你替我按著姓名問眾位朋友安。]

¹⁵Peace [be] to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.

¹⁵[Verse 15]