3 John 1

1 ¹Me, di elder, I dey write give Gaius wey I love, di one wey I love for truth.

²My beloved, I dey pray sey make everytin dey work well for you and make your body dey strong, just as your soul dey prosper. ³My belle sweet me well-well wen some brothers come and testify about how you dey faithful to di truth—as you dey truly waka inside am. ⁴No joy pass dis one for me: to hear sey my pikin dem dey waka inside di truth.

⁵My beloved, you dey do faithful work for everytin wey you dey do for di brothers, even di ones wey be stranger. ⁶Dem testify about your love for front of di church. Send dem go for road for way wey fit our Papa. ⁷Because na for di Name sake dem comot, and dem no collect anytin from di Gentile people. ^a a v7 "Di Name" dey point to Jesus — dis missionary dem comot go represent am and dem no collect any money from people wey no believe. ⁸Na so we suppose dey support people like dis, so dat we go fit be fellow workers for di truth.

⁹I write somtin give di church, but Diotrephes, wey love to dey number one among dem, no gree receive us. ¹⁰So if I come, I go expose wetin e dey do—as e dey talk bad tin against us with wicked mouth. And e never satisfy with dat one, e still refuse to welcome di brothers, e dey stop di people wey wan welcome dem, and e dey drive dem comot for di church.

¹¹My beloved, no copy bad tin, but copy good tin. Anybody wey dey do good na from our Papa; anybody wey dey do evil never see our Papa. ¹²Everybody dey talk good about Demetrius, and di truth self dey talk am too. We too dey testify, and you know sey our testimony na true.

¹³I get plenty tin wey I for write give you, but I no wan write am with pen and ink. ¹⁴I hope sey I go see you soon, and we go talk face to face. ¹⁵Peace dey with you. Di friends dem dey greet you. Greet each one of di friends by im name.