OET interlinear 3YHN (3JHN) 1:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-blessing

εἰρήνη σοι

peace_‹be› ˱to˲_you

John ends his letter with a blessing for Gaius. You could express this as either a blessing or a prayer, in whichever way is more natural in your language. Alternate translation: “May God give you peace”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

εἰρήνη σοι

peace_‹be› ˱to˲_you

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of peace, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “May God make you peaceful”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀσπάζονταί σε οἱ φίλοι

/are/_greeting you the friends

John assumes that Gaius will understand that by The friends in this instance, he means the believers who are with him. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “The believers with me send their greetings to you”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀσπάζου τοὺς φίλους

/be/_greeting the friends

John assumes that Gaius will understand that when he says the friends in this instance, he is referring to the believers who are there with Gaius. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “Greet the believers there for us”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

κατ’ ὄνομα

by name

Here, by name is an idiom that means “personally.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “one by one” or “personally”