1 Vyresnysis mylimajam Gajui, kurį myliu tiesoje.

2 Mylimasis, aš meldžiu, kad tau visame kame gerai sektųsi, kad būtum sveikas,­taip, kaip gerai sekasi tavo sielai.

3 Aš labai apsidžiaugiau, kai atvykę broliai paliudijo apie tavo tiesą, kaip tu vaikščioji tiesoje.

4 Neturiu didesnio džiaugsmo, kaip girdėti, jog mano vaikai gyvena tiesoje.

5 Mielasis, tu ištikimai elgiesi, pagelbėdamas broliams ir atvykstantiems iš kitur.

6 Jie paliudijo bažnyčiai apie tavo meilę. Tu puikiai padarysi, išruošdamas juos į kelionę taip, kaip Dievui patinka,

7 nes jie išvyko Jo vardo labui, nieko neimdami iš pagonių.

8 Mes turime tokius priimti, kad taptume tiesos bendradarbiais.

9 Aš parašiau bažnyčiai, bet mėgstantis jiems vadovauti Diotrefas nepriima mūsų.

10 Todėl, jei atvyksiu, priminsiu jo darbus, kuriuos jis daro, skleisdamas apie mus piktas kalbas; maža to, nei pats nepriima brolių, nei kitiems, kurie norėtų priimti, neleidžia ir išmeta juos iš bažnyčios.

11 Mielasis, nesek tuo, kas pikta, bet tuo, kas gera. Kuris daro gera, yra iš Dievo, o kuris pikta, nėra matęs Dievo.

12 Apie Demetriją gerai liudija visi ir pati tiesa. Ir mes liudijame, o tu žinai, kad mūsų liudijimas tikras.

13 Dar daug ką turėčiau tau parašyti, bet nenoriu rašyti rašalu ir plunksna.

14 Tikiuosi greitai pamatyti tave ir pasikalbėti iš lūpų į lūpas. Ramybė tau! Sveikina tave bičiuliai. Sveikink draugus pavardžiui!

1 I, a ruler in the church, send word to the well loved Gaius, for whom I have true love.

2 My loved one, it is my prayer that you may do well in all things, and be healthy in body, even as your soul does well.

3 For it gave me great joy when some of the brothers came and gave witness that you had the true faith and were walking in the true way.

4 I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.

5 My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;

6 Who have given witness to the church of your love for them: and you will do well to send them on their way well cared for, as is right for servants of God:

7 For they went out for love of the Name, taking nothing from the Gentiles.

8 So it is right for us to take in such men as guests, so that we may take our part in the work of the true faith.

9 I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, whose desire is ever to have the first place among them, will not have us there.

10 So if I come, I will keep in mind the things he does, talking against us with evil words: and as if this was not enough, he does not take the brothers into his house, and those who are ready to take them in, he keeps from doing so, putting them out of the church if they do.

11 My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.

12 Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.

13 I had much to say to you, but it is not my purpose to put it all down with ink and pen:

14 But I am hoping to see you in a short time, and to have talk with you face to face.\