¹ Mutungamiriri kune mudhikani gayo, ondinodha mutchokwadhi. ² Mudhikani, ndinonamata kuti ubhudhirire pazwiro zwese, uyezve kuti pakurarama wetchiramba wetchibhudhirira sezvoo paupenyu. ³ Nekuti ndakadhakara zwikuru pondaka ona hama dzetchikupupurira mutchokwadhi, tingana mafambire ako mutchokwadhi. ⁴ Inini andina mufaro mukuru unopindira uyu: kuzuwa kuti ana angu anofamba mutchokwadhi. ⁵ Mudhikani, iwewe unoita zwakanaka ngani ese paunonga wetchisenza no hama, kana kuti ari anyakudharika, ⁶ awona anosokupupurira parudho pamberi pe themberi. Utchaita zwiri nani ungaatuma pazvinodhikanuwa naMwari, ⁷ nekuti zwakaitika ngondaa yo Zita kuti iwona akabhudha, pasina tchaaaka tambira kumahedene. ⁸ Tinodhikana hino, kuti titambire hama kuti tiite abhati etchokwadhi. ⁹ Inini ndakatarira themberi, asi Diotrefe, anodha kudziita wokutanga pa ese, aazi kuti tambira. ¹⁰ Nekudharoko, ndetchiuya, nditcharangarira mabhasa ake, nekuti iyena aireketa masoko ekushata pamusoro pedhu. Uye andizi kufara nazwo izwi, Iyena kamare Diotrefe aatambiri hama, uyezve anorambidza anodha kuzviita, etchiathusira kunze kwe themberi. ¹¹ Mudhikani, usatedzere zwakashata, asi zwakanaka. Uya unoita zwakanaka ndiye waMwari; asi uya unoita zwakashata aazi kuona Mwari. ¹² Kuna Dimetri; uyu unotambira tchapupu tchakana no ese; kana no tchokwadhitcho. isusuo tinopa tchapupu, uye iwewe unozwiziya kuti tchapupu tchedhu nge tche tchokwadhi. ¹³ Inini ndanga ndino zwiro zwakawanda zveikuti ndikutarire, asi andidhi kuzviita no nhenga kana no tchinotara. ¹⁴ Asi ndinoimirira kuti nditchakuona zwinouno, uye tichareketa meso no meso. ¹⁵ Rugare ngariwe newe. Hama dzinokukwadzisa. Dzinokwadzisa shamwari, zina no zina