¹ Umuzelie, kwa Gayo umukunzi nkunda kweli. ² Mkundwa ndakusengela uvonke mumajambo yose ni kuba na magara meza nkuko umutima wawe guronkesha. ³ Kubela nanezewe chane mukihe nabwigwa na benewachu baje kushuhudiya hejuru yubukweli bwawe, nkuko ugande la mubukweli. ⁴ Ntafuraha nini mfishe isumbwa iyi kwumva kwa bana banje bagendela mubukweli. ⁵ Mkundwa, ugendela mukwikzigigwa, ubaga bunla benewanyu na bagenyi. ⁶ Bamwe batanzeubushuhuda bulukundogwawe imbele yikanisa. Ukora neza kubatwara mugendo zabo mungene yabo bibeleye imana. ⁷ Kukubera ilizina bagiye batatwaye ikintu chochose kuva kubantu bisi. ⁸ Kwivyo tushakigwa kubakarisha abantu nkaba, kugira tube abakora akazi bagenziwe kubela ubukweli. ⁹ Naladyandikiye ihunlo ijambo ntuzenya aliko Diotrofe; akunda kuba uwambele muribo, ntiyumuikana na twebwe. ¹⁰ Nkuko ninaza ndowibuka ibikogwa vyukora nkuko uvuga amajambo mabi avyulanye natwe. Ntarashima ibi bikogwa, wene nyene ntiyakila benewabo. Kandi alabuza abandi bamwe biofuza kubakaribisha abo benewabo no kubabinga bave mwidyo hulilo. ¹¹ Mkunzi ntiwige ikili kibi, aliko wige ikili chiza. Wene akora neza niwi mana, na wene akora nabi ntarabona imana. ¹² Demetrio yashuhudiwe na bose bubukweli nyene. Twebwe kandi nivyabona, kandi ulazi yuko ubushuhuda bwachu alibwo ubukweli. ¹³ Ndafishe amajambo meshi yo kukwandikira, aliko sinkunda kukwandikila ni kalamu ni wino. ¹⁴ Aliko ndategeleje kukubona ubuvuba na vuba, na oroganila nawe imbona nkubone. ¹⁵ Amahoro abe hamwe nawe. Abagenzi balakuramucha. Bakulamucha bur umugenzi yunywe kwizina dyiwe.