3 KaYohane 1 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

1 ¹Umdala, kuGayo oyintanda, endimthanda enyanisweni.

²Ntanda, ndithandaza ukuba uphumelele ngandlela zonke, uphile emzimbeni, njengokuba uphumelela nje umphefumlo wakho. ³Ndavuya kunene, xa kwafika abazalwana, bangqina ngokuthembeka kwakho enyanisweni, njengokuba kaloku uhamba ngayo ngenyaniso. ⁴Andinalunye uvuyo olungaphezu kolu: ukuva ukuba abantwana bam bahamba enyanisweni.

⁵Ntanda, wenza ngokuthembeka kuko konke okwenzela abazalwana, nkqu nabasemzini. ⁶Bangqinile ngothando lwakho phambi kwebandla. Bandulule ngendlela emfaneleyo uBawo wethu. ⁷Kuba baphumela igama leNkosi, bengamkeli nto kweentlanga. ^a a v7 “Igama” libhekisa kuYesu — aba bavangeli baphuma bemmela, bengamkeli nkxaso-mali kwabangakholwayo. ⁸Ngoko ke sifanele ukubaxhasa abantu abanjalo, ukuze sibe ngabasebenzi benyaniso.

⁹Ndabhala nto ithile kwibandla, kodwa uDiyotrefe, othanda ukuba ngowokuqala phakathi kwabo, akasamkeli thina. ¹⁰Ngoko ukuba ndithe ndeza, ndoyityhila into ayenzayo—usihleba ngamazwi akhohlakeleyo. Engakholiswa koko, uyala ukubamkela abazalwana, abanqande abo bathandayo, abakhuphele ngaphandle kwebandla.

¹¹Ntanda, musa ukuxelisa okubi, koko okulungileyo. Lowo wenza okulungileyo ungokaBawo wethu; lowo wenza okubi akambonanga uBawo wethu. ¹²Bonke bathetha kakuhle ngoDemetriyo, nenyaniso ngokunjalo. Nathi siyangqina, kwaye uyazi ukuba ubungqina bethu buyinyaniso.

¹³Bendinento eninzi yokukubhalela, kodwa andithandi ukubhala ngosiba nangeyinki. ¹⁴Ndinethemba lokukubona kungekudala, size sithethe ubuso ngobuso. ¹⁵Uxolo malube nawe. Abahlobo bayakubulisa. Babulise abahlobo ngabanye ngegama.