1 From the church leader.
To a very special woman and her children. I truly love all of you, and so does everyone else who knows the truth. 2 We love you because the truth is now in our hearts, and it will be there forever.
3 I pray that God the Father and Jesus Christ his Son will be kind and merciful to us! May they give us peace and truth and love.
Truth and Love
4 I was very glad to learn that some of your children are obeying the truth, as the Father told us to do. 5 Dear friend, I am not writing to tell you and your children to do something you have not done before. I am writing to tell you to love each other, which is the first thing you were told to do. 6 Love means we do what God tells us. And from the beginning, he told you to love him.
7 Many liars have gone out into the world. These deceitful liars are saying Jesus Christ did not have a truly human body. But they are liars and the enemies of Christ. 8 So be sure not to lose what we have worked for. If you do, you won't be given your full reward. 9 Don't keep changing what you were taught about Christ, or else God will no longer be with you. But if you hold firmly to what you were taught, both the Father and the Son will be with you. 10 If people won't agree to this teaching, don't welcome them into your home or even greet them. 11 Greeting them is the same as taking part in their evil deeds.
Final Greetings
12 I have much more to tell you, but I don't want to write it with pen and ink. I want to come and talk to you in person, because this will make us really happy.
13 Greetings from the children of your very special sister.
Kontondiroo
1 Nte alifaa, m be ite musu tombondiŋo kontoŋ na. Ŋa i niŋ i la dindiŋolu kanu tooñaa kono le, aduŋ a maŋ ke nte dammaa ti, bari moolu bee mennu ye tooñaa loŋ. 2 Ŋa i kanu tooñaa le kamma, meŋ tarata ntolu kono, aduŋ a be tara la ntolu fee le fo abadaa. 3 Hiinoo, balafaa aniŋ kayiroo si tara m̀ fee ka bo Alla yaa, m̀ Faamaa, aniŋ Yeesu Kiristu*, a Dinkewo, tooñaa niŋ kanoo kono.
Tooñaa niŋ kanoo
4 Nte seewoota baake le ka ali la dindiŋolu doolu tara taama kaŋ tooñaa kono, ko m̀ Faamaa ye ǹ yaamari ñaameŋ. 5 Musu buuñaariŋo, ŋa i daani saayiŋ, ali ŋà ñoo kanu. Nte maŋ yaamari kuta safee i ye, bari yaamari kiliŋo, ŋà meŋ soto kabiriŋ foloodulaa to, ŋa wo le safee i ye. 6 Aduŋ ñiŋ ne mu kanoo ti ko, ŋà m̀ Faamaa la yaamaroolu muta. Yaamaroo, ali ye meŋ moyi kabiriŋ foloodulaa to, wo le mu ka taama kanoo kono.
Dandalaaroo neeneerilaalu la kuwo to
7 Kaatu neeneerilaa jamaa le be duniyaa kono. Wolu le mu moolu ti, mennu maŋ soŋ ko, Yeesu Kiristu keta hadamadiŋo le ti. Ñiŋ moo siifaa le mu neeneerilaa ti, aniŋ Kiristu Konnantewo. 8 Ali ali faŋ koroosi, fo ali kana foo feŋolu la, ntolu ye mennu dookuu, bari fo ali si baraaji timmariŋo soto.
9 Moo meŋ maŋ sabati Kiristu la karandiroo kono, bari a jenketa wo la, wo maarii maŋ Alla soto. Moo meŋ tarata Kiristu la karandiroo kono, wo maarii ye Faamaa niŋ a Dinkewo* bee le soto. 10 Niŋ moo-wo-moo naata ali yaa, a maŋ ñiŋ karandiroo naati, ali kana soŋ wo maarii ye duŋ ali la buŋolu kono, sako ali si a kontoŋ. 11 Kaatu moo meŋ ye wo maarii danku, a niŋ a denta a la kebaara jawoolu la le.
Kontondiri labaŋo
12 Ŋa kuu jamaa le soto ka ì safee ali ye, bari m maŋ lafi ka a safee duwaa la kayitoo bala. N jikita ko, m be naa la ali kumpabo la le. Wo to le ǹ si diyaamu ñaa niŋ ñaa la fo ǹ na seewoo si timma.
13 Ali baarimmusu tombondiŋo la dindiŋolu ye ali kontoŋ.
