¹ Ne cilolo ndelembe ku mutemwikwa wandi Gai, uwo natemwa mu cishinka. ² we mutemwikwa, ndepepa ukuti fyonsefye fibefye bwino na kabili nati ube uwabumi, nge fyo cili bwino pamo nomutima obe. ³ Pantu na sekelela apakalamba ilyo bamunyinefwe baishile no kupela bukambone pa cishinka cobe pamo ngefyo wenda mu cishinka. ⁴ Nshikweta insansa ukucila pali ci, pakumfwa ukuti abana bandi baleenda mu cishinka. ⁵ We mutemwikwa, ulecita munshita yonse ulebomba na bamunyinefwe na kabili na batandashi. ⁶ Uwafyalwa bukambone mukutemwa kobe mukubapo kwa cilonganino. Wacita bwino pakubatuma ukufuma ukuya mubulendo mumano ayabukata ubwakwa Lesa, ⁷ pantu bafumiine peshina, tabapitile nangu kamo ukufuma kubena fyalo. ⁸ Na fwebo tufwile twapokelela ifi fine, pakuti nafwebo tukeseba ba cibusa ababomfi aba cishinka. ⁹ Na lembele ifintu fimo kwibumba lyakwa Lesa, nomba Diotriphesi, uwatemenwe sana ukuba uwantanshi pali bonse, ena tatupokelele. ¹⁰ Eico ilyo nebo nkesa, nkebulula imilimo yakwe iyo alecita, pakunandila ifyebo ifya bubifi: kabili pakukana pema palifi, ena tasekelele bamunyinefwe, lelo abo abafwaya ukubasekelela abalesha nokubatamfya mu lukuta. ¹¹ We mutemwikwa, wipashanye cibi kano icisuma. Ucite ubusuma bwakwa Lesa; uucita ububi tamona Lesa. ¹² Demetri afyelwe bukambone muli fyonse na kabili na mucishinka conse. Na fwebo bene twasuminisha tuli ba kambone, kabili na webo waishiba ukuti ifilangililo fyesu fya cishinka. ¹³ Nebo ninkwata ifingi ifintu ifya kulemba kuli webo, nomba nshilefwaya ukuti nebo imfilembele ku kalembelo na inki. ¹⁴ Nomba ndepekanya ukumona webo bwangu bwangu, nafwebo tulande impumi nempumi. ¹⁵ Eifyo umutende ube nawebo. Ne fibusa fyaposha webo. Posha ifi busa fyesu kulya pe shina,