Core Glossary
Core Glossary — 3 John (English–Azerbaijani)
This glossary catalogs every load-bearing term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, across the entire book of 3 John (a single chapter, 1:1–14). Terms already fixed in the baseline Romans translation_memory.json are marked (baseline — reuse exactly) and must not be altered. New terms proposed here are candidates for addition to translation memory before Phase 2 begins.
Risk tiers follow the baseline’s doctrine_risk_registry.json definitions:
- Critical — mistranslation destroys essential doctrine; human theologian review required for every occurrence.
- High — significant theological confusion/syncretism risk; human theologian review required.
- Medium — reduces clarity but preserves essential meaning; native speaker review recommended.
- Low — minor imprecision risk; automated review sufficient.
Baseline Terms Reused Exactly (from Romans Language Package)
| English Term | Azerbaijani Term | Risk | Doctrine | Verse(s) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| church | Kilsə | Medium | Church as God’s People | 6, 9, 10 | Reused exactly per baseline. |
| peace | Sülh | Medium | Peace with God / epistolary greeting | 14 | Here used as a closing greeting formula; same term retained. |
| God | Allah | Critical | Deity of Christ / God | 6, 11 (x2) | Reused exactly per baseline. |
New Terms Established for 3 John
| # | English Term | Greek (translit.) | Azerbaijani Rendering | Risk | Doctrine | Verse(s) | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | elder | πρεσβύτερος (presbyteros) | Ağsaqqal | Medium | Church Leadership | 1 | başçı (generic “leader,” loses office-specific sense) | Cultural resonance with clan/village-elder honor structures; clarify as recognized pastoral-apostolic office. |
| 2 | beloved | ἀγαπητός (agapētos) | Əziz | Low | Christian Fellowship | 1, 2, 5, 11 | sevimli (acceptable alt.) | Warm relational address; keep consistent across all four occurrences. |
| 3 | love (verb/noun) | ἀγαπάω / ἀγάπη (agapaō/agapē) | sevmək / Məhəbbət | Medium | Truth and Christian Fellowship | 1, 6 | sevgi (romantic-love connotation in colloquial use) | Məhəbbət matches established IBT convention (1 Corinthians 13 usage). |
| 4 | truth | ἀλήθεια (alētheia) | Həqiqət | High | Truth and Christian Fellowship | 1, 3(x2), 4, 8, 12 | — | Tahrif-reflex risk; must clarify relational/moral fidelity sense vs. textual-reliability claim. |
| 5 | to wish/pray | εὔχομαι (euchomai) | arzu etmək | Low | — | 2 | dua etmək (implies formal liturgical prayer) | Personal goodwill wish, not ritual prayer. |
| 6 | to prosper | εὐοδοῦσθαι (euodousthai) | uğurlu olmaq | Medium | — | 2 | — | Guard against prosperity-gospel over-reading; subordinate to soul’s prosperity in context. |
| 7 | to be healthy | ὑγιαίνω (hygiainō) | sağlam olmaq | Low | — | 2 | — | Purely physical sense here. |
| 8 | soul | ψυχή (psychē) | can | Medium | — | 2 | Ruh (reserved for Holy Spirit/Spirit) | Must stay distinct from Müqəddəs Ruh terminology. |
| 9 | to rejoice / joy | χαίρω / χαρά (chairō/chara) | sevinmək / sevinc | Low | — | 3, 4 | — | — |
| 10 | brother(s) | ἀδελφός (adelphos) | qardaşlar | Low | Christian Fellowship | 3, 5, 10 | — | Distinct from φίλος (dost) at v.14; preserve both terms separately. |
| 11 | to testify / testimony | μαρτυρέω / μαρτυρία (martyreō/martyria) | şahidlik etmək / şahidlik | High | Commendation of Faithful Witness | 3, 6, 12 (x3) | şəhadət (Shia martyrdom-testimony) | Must not evoke Karbala/martyrdom doctrine; clarify as relational/reputational testimony. |
| 12 | to walk (conduct) | περιπατέω (peripateō) | həqiqətdə həyat sürmək | Medium | Truth and Christian Fellowship | 3, 4 | gəzmək (literal, misleading) | Idiomatic non-literal rendering required. |
| 13 | child (spiritual) | τέκνον (teknon) | övladlarım | Medium | — | 4 | — | Metaphorical spiritual-parentage sense; distinct from Adoption doctrine (Övladlığa götürülmə). |
| 14 | faithful | πιστός (pistos) | sadiq | Medium | Faith (adjacent) | 5 | İman-family derivative | Must not conflate faithful conduct with the doctrine of saving faith (İman). |
| 15 | to work/do | ἐργάζομαι (ergazomai) | etmək / zəhmət çəkmək | Low | — | 5 | — | — |
| 16 | stranger | ξένος (xenos) | qəriblər | High | Hospitality to Traveling Ministers | 5 | musafir (risk of merit-earning-charity framing) | Must clarify as gospel-partnership hospitality, not meritorious almsgiving. |
| 17 | to send on the way | προπέμπω (propempō) | yola salmaq | Low | Hospitality to Traveling Ministers | 6 | — | Natural, positive Azerbaijani hospitality idiom. |
| 18 | worthy of God | ἀξίως τοῦ θεοῦ (axiōs tou theou) | Allaha layiq şəkildə | Medium | Hospitality to Traveling Ministers | 6 | — | Manner-of-conduct standard, not merit-earning worthiness. |
| 19 | the Name (Christ) | ὄνομα (onoma) | Ad (İsa Məsihin adı) | High | Lordship of Christ | 7 | — | Must be explicitly tied to Christ in teaching material. |
| 20 | Gentiles/outsiders (funding-source sense) | ἐθνικός (ethnikos) | imansızlar | High | Hospitality to Traveling Ministers | 7 | Millətlər (baseline term, wrong sense here) | Distinct sense from Romans’ Jew/Gentile covenant category; must not reuse Millətlər. |
| 21 | ought/obligated | ὀφείλω (opheilō) | borcluyuq | Low | — | 8 | — | — |
| 22 | to receive/support | ὑπολαμβάνω (hypolambanō) | dəstəkləmək | Medium | Hospitality to Traveling Ministers | 8 | — | Central hospitality-partnership verb. |
| 23 | fellow worker | συνεργός (synergos) | əməkdaş | Low-Medium | Hospitality to Traveling Ministers | 8 | — | Frames hospitality as active gospel partnership. |
| 24 | loves to be first | φιλοπρωτεύω (philoprōteuō) | özünü irəli qoymağı sevən | High | Church Leadership and Pride | 9 | ambisiyalı (too neutral) | Descriptive phrase required; names sinful pride specifically. |
| 25 | to receive/welcome/accept | ἐπιδέχομαι (epidechomai) | qəbul etmək | Medium | Church Leadership and Pride | 9, 10 | — | Consistency required across both occurrences. |
| 26 | to remind/bring up | ὑπομιμνήσκω (hypomimnēskō) | xatırlatmaq | Low | — | 10 | — | — |
| 27 | works/deeds | ἔργον (ergon) | əməllər | Medium | Church Leadership and Pride | 10 | — | Guard against unintended echo of saleh əməllər framework. |
| 28 | wicked words / false accusation | λόγοις πονηροῖς φλυαρῶν (logois ponērois phlyarōn) | pis sözlərlə yersiz ittihamlar etmək | Medium | Church Leadership and Pride | 10 | — | Descriptive phrase; preserve malicious-slander sense. |
| 29 | to be content | ἀρκέω (arkeō) | kifayətlənmək | Low | — | 10 | — | — |
| 30 | to hinder | κωλύω (kōlyō) | mane olmaq | Low | — | 10 | — | — |
| 31 | to cast out/expel | ἐκβάλλω (ekballō) | kilsədən qovmaq | High | Church Leadership and Pride | 10 | — | Frame as abuse of authority, not legitimate discipline model. |
| 32 | to imitate | μιμέομαι (mimeomai) | nümunə götürmək | CRITICAL | Imitating Good rather than Evil | 11 | təqlid etmək (Shia clerical-authority emulation doctrine) | Highest-priority forbidden substitution in this curriculum; mandatory theologian review every occurrence. |
| 33 | evil | κακός (kakos) | pis / şər | Low-Medium | Imitating Good rather than Evil | 11 | — | Keep distinct from Günah (sin, baseline term). |
| 34 | good | ἀγαθός (agathos) | yaxşı | Low | Imitating Good rather than Evil | 11 | — | — |
| 35 | to do good | ἀγαθοποιέω (agathopoieō) | yaxşılıq etmək | Medium | Imitating Good rather than Evil | 11 | — | Good deeds as fruit/evidence, never as ground of standing before God. |
| 36 | to do evil | κακοποιέω (kakopoieō) | pislik etmək | Low-Medium | Imitating Good rather than Evil | 11 | — | — |
| 37 | to see (perceive) | ὁράω (horaō) | görmək | Low-Medium | — | 11 | — | “Has not seen God” = lacks true knowledge of God, not literal sight. |
| 38 | Demetrius (proper name) | Δημήτριος (Dēmētrios) | Dimitri | Low | Commendation of Faithful Witness | 12 | Demetrius (unadapted) | Follows Slavic-influenced proper-name convention (cf. Paul → Pavel). |
| 39 | true | ἀληθής (alēthēs) | doğru / həqiqi | Medium | Truth and Christian Fellowship | 12 | — | Adjectival form of ἀλήθεια; same doctrinal caution applies. |
| 40 | to hope | ἐλπίζω (elpizō) | ümid etmək | Low | — | 14 | — | — |
| 41 | face to face | στόμα πρὸς στόμα (stoma pros stoma) | üz-üzə | Low | — | 14 | ağızdan ağıza (literal, awkward) | Idiom-handling rule applies. |
| 42 | friend(s) | φίλος (philos) | dostlar | Low-Medium | Christian Fellowship | 14 | — | Distinct from ἀδελφός (qardaşlar); preserve both terms separately. |
| 43 | to greet | ἀσπάζομαι (aspazomai) | salamlamaq | Low | — | 14 | — | — |
| 44 | by name | κατ’ ὄνομα (kat’ onoma) | adı ilə | Low | — | 14 | — | — |
| 45 | Gaius (proper name) | Γάϊος (Gaios) | Qay | Low | — | 1 | Gay (English-form homograph risk) | Established Q-for-hard-G proper-name convention (cf. Qalileya, Qolyat). |
| 46 | Diotrephes (proper name) | Διοτρέφης (Diotrephēs) | Diotref | Low | Church Leadership and Pride | 9, 10 | Diotrephes (unadapted) | Consonant-ending-drop convention consistent with Dimitri, Pavel. |
Cross-Reference Note: Terms Requiring Distinction from Baseline Romans Terms
| 3 John Term | AZ Rendering | Must NOT Be Confused With (baseline) | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐθνικός (unbelieving outsiders, funding source) | imansızlar | Millətlər (Gentiles, Romans’ Jew/Gentile covenant category) | Different referent and doctrinal function; conflating them imports Romans’ ethnic-inclusion argument into an unrelated financial-support point. |
| πιστός (faithful conduct) | sadiq | İman (faith, saving trust in Christ) | Shares root but describes reliable action, not the doctrine of saving faith. |
| ψυχή (soul, inner self) | can | Ruh (Spirit / Müqəddəs Ruh) | Preserve clean boundary between human inner life and the divine Person of the Holy Spirit. |
| μιμέομαι (imitate a good example) | nümunə götürmək | təqlid etmək (Shia clerical-authority emulation, taqlid) | Prevents collision with a live, technical Islamic jurisprudential doctrine. |
| μαρτυρέω/μαρτυρία (reputational testimony) | şahidlik etmək | şəhadət (Shia martyrdom-testimony, Karbala) | Prevents collision with Shia devotional martyrdom theology. |
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: Allah
Transliteration: ahl-LAHKH
Doctrine: Deity of Christ / God
Rejected alternatives: Tanrı (Turkish convention, not settled Azerbaijani IBT usage)
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Reused exactly. In 3 John, the ultimate standard by which hospitality (v.6, ‘worthy of God’) and conduct (v.11, ‘has not seen God’) are judged.
Imitate
Approved rendering: nümunə götürmək
Transliteration: noo-moo-NAH gur-tewr-MAHK
Doctrine: Imitating Good rather than Evil
Rejected alternatives: təqlid etmək (Shia taqlid — the binding jurisprudential doctrine of following a living marja-i taqlid’s rulings without independent verification)
Original: μιμέομαι
Category: Ethics
v.11. The highest-priority forbidden substitution in this curriculum. təqlid etmək must NEVER be used; it would import an entire clerical-authority-emulation framework into a simple ethical exhortation to pattern conduct after a godly moral example. Mandatory theologian review at every occurrence.
High Risk Terms
Truth
Approved rendering: Həqiqət
Transliteration: hah-gee-GAT
Doctrine: Truth and Christian Fellowship
Original: ἀλήθεια
Category: Truth
The letter’s controlling keyword (vv.1, 3[x2], 4, 8, 12). Islamic tahrif doctrine (belief the Christian scriptures were corrupted) means readers may reflexively hear this as a manuscript-reliability claim; must be taught as relational/moral fidelity to the gospel already received (‘walking in truth’), not textual-reliability apologetics.
Testify Testimony
Approved rendering: şahidlik etmək / şahidlik
Transliteration: shah-heed-LEEK et-MAHK / shah-heed-LEEK
Doctrine: Commendation of Faithful Witness
Rejected alternatives: şəhadət (Shia martyrdom-testimony tied to Karbala/Imam Hussein)
Original: μαρτυρέω / μαρτυρία
Category: Commendation
vv.3, 6, 12 (x3). Also risks being heard as formal courtroom witness testimony. Must be clarified as warm, relational, reputational commendation of character and faithfulness, not martyrdom-testimony or legal deposition.
Stranger
Approved rendering: qəriblər
Transliteration: gah-reeb-LAIR
Doctrine: Hospitality to Traveling Ministers
Rejected alternatives: musafir (risk of merit-earning-charity framing, sədəqə/zakat-adjacent)
Original: ξένος
Category: Hospitality
v.5. Azerbaijani qonaqpərvərlik/musafirpərvərlik traditions treat hosting travelers as a meritorious deed contributing to standing before God; must be taught as gospel-partnership hospitality, not merit accumulation.
The Name
Approved rendering: Ad (İsa Məsihin adı)
Transliteration: AHD (ee-SAH mah-see-HEEN ah-DUH)
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ / Hospitality to Traveling Ministers
Rejected alternatives: bare ‘Ad’ without an explicit antecedent, Allahın adı ilə (generic divine-Name invocation, echoes Bismillah-style piety and Jehovah’s Witness Name-theology substitution)
Original: ὄνομα (τὸ ὄνομα)
Category: Christology
v.7. Absolute reference to Christ’s own name and authority. Must always be explicitly tied to İsa Məsih in the same sentence or immediate teaching gloss; reinforces the baseline’s Critical-risk Lordship of Christ doctrine.
Gentiles Outsiders
Approved rendering: imansızlar
Transliteration: ee-man-suhz-LAR
Doctrine: Hospitality to Traveling Ministers
Rejected alternatives: Millətlər (baseline Romans term reserved for the ethnic-covenantal Jew/Gentile category; a different referent and doctrinal function)
Original: ἐθνικός
Category: Hospitality
v.7. Non-believing outsiders, specifically the funding source the traveling missionaries deliberately avoid. Must never be rendered Millətlər, which would import Romans’ unrelated Jew/Gentile inclusion argument.
Loves To Be First
Approved rendering: özünü irəli qoymağı sevən
Transliteration: oh-zoo-NOO ee-rah-LEE koy-mah-UH seh-VAN
Doctrine: Church Leadership and Pride
Rejected alternatives: ambisiyalı (too neutral, loses condemnatory force)
Original: φιλοπρωτεύω
Category: Church Leadership
v.9. No single Azerbaijani word captures this rare Greek compound (φιλοπρωτεύω); the descriptive phrase must never be softened into a neutral ‘ambitious leader’ description — it names Diotrephes’ specific, condemned root sin.
Cast Out Expel
Approved rendering: kilsədən qovmaq
Transliteration: keel-sah-DAN gov-MAHK
Doctrine: Church Leadership and Pride
Original: ἐκβάλλω
Category: Church Leadership
v.10. Must be explicitly framed in teaching material as a condemned abuse of church authority by a prideful leader, never as a model of legitimate church discipline.
Medium Risk Terms
Church
Approved rendering: Kilsə
Transliteration: keel-SAY
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: məscid-vari icma (mosque-like religious community)
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Reused exactly. In 3 John, names Gaius’s local congregation, the arena of Diotrephes’ abuse of authority (vv.9-10).
Peace
Approved rendering: Sülh
Transliteration: SYULKH
Doctrine: Peace with God / epistolary greeting
Rejected alternatives: rahatlıq (inner calm/comfort)
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Reused exactly. In 3 John 1:14, functions as a closing epistolary greeting/blessing formula rather than the specific ‘peace with God’ doctrine of Romans 5:1; same term retained for cross-curriculum consistency.
Elder
Approved rendering: Ağsaqqal
Transliteration: akh-sak-KAHL
Doctrine: Church Leadership and Pride
Rejected alternatives: başçı (generic ‘leader,’ loses office-specific pastoral sense)
Original: πρεσβύτερος
Category: Church Leadership
New term for 3 John. The author’s self-designation (v.1), traditionally the Apostle John. Draws on Caucasus clan/village-elder honor tradition; must be glossed on first use as a recognized pastoral-apostolic church office, not a secular clan patriarch or hereditary communal position — set as the humble, contrastive baseline against Diotrephes’ self-promoting pride.
Love
Approved rendering: Məhəbbət (noun) / sevmək (verb)
Transliteration: mah-hab-BAT / sev-MAKH
Doctrine: Truth and Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: sevgi (colloquial, carries strong romantic connotations)
Original: ἀγαπάω / ἀγάπη
Category: Christian Fellowship
Məhəbbət matches the established IBT convention (1 Corinthians 13 usage) for self-giving, covenantal love qualified by and expressed through gospel truth (v.1, v.6), not sentiment alone.
Prosper
Approved rendering: uğurlu olmaq
Transliteration: oo-oor-LOO ol-MAHK
Original: εὐοδοῦσθαι (εὐοδόω)
Category: Wellbeing
v.2. Guard against prosperity-gospel over-reading; the verse’s own logic subordinates material well-being to the soul’s (can) well-being.
Soul
Approved rendering: can
Transliteration: JAHN
Rejected alternatives: Ruh (reserved exclusively for Holy Spirit / Müqəddəs Ruh)
Original: ψυχή
Category: Anthropology
v.2. Must stay distinct from Ruh, preserving a clean boundary between the human inner self and the divine Person of the Holy Spirit.
Walk Conduct
Approved rendering: həqiqətdə həyat sürmək
Transliteration: hah-gee-gat-DAH hah-YAHT sewr-MAHK
Doctrine: Truth and Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: gəzmək (literal ‘to stroll,’ misleadingly physical)
Original: περιπατέω
Category: Truth
vv.3-4. NT idiom for ongoing conduct/manner of life shaped by the gospel. Idiomatic non-literal rendering required.
Spiritual Child
Approved rendering: övladlarım
Transliteration: ohv-lahd-lah-RUHM
Doctrine: Church Leadership
Original: τέκνον
Category: Church Leadership
v.4. The elder’s pastoral, parental relationship to his converts. Must be distinguished from Romans’ Adoption doctrine (Övladlığa götürülmə, believers as children of God) — this is a distinct pastoral-relational sense.
Faithful
Approved rendering: sadiq
Transliteration: sah-DEEK
Doctrine: Hospitality to Traveling Ministers
Rejected alternatives: İman-family derivative (would conflate faithful conduct with the doctrine of saving faith)
Original: πιστός
Category: Faith
v.5. Describes Gaius’s hospitable conduct as reliable/loyal, not his saving faith. Because πιστός shares its root with İman (Critical-risk baseline term), sadiq is preferred to prevent conflation.
Worthy Of God
Approved rendering: Allaha layiq şəkildə
Transliteration: ahl-lah-HAH lah-YEEK shah-keel-DAH
Doctrine: Hospitality to Traveling Ministers
Original: ἀξίως τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Hospitality
v.6. A manner-of-conduct standard reflecting God’s character, not a merit-earning worthiness that qualifies someone before God.
Receive Support
Approved rendering: dəstəkləmək
Transliteration: das-tak-lah-MAHK
Doctrine: Hospitality to Traveling Ministers
Original: ὑπολαμβάνω
Category: Hospitality
v.8. Central hospitality-partnership verb; tie to the same clarification given for qəriblər — supportive gospel partnership, not generic charitable merit.
Receive Welcome
Approved rendering: qəbul etmək
Transliteration: gah-BOOL et-MAHK
Doctrine: Church Leadership and Pride
Original: ἐπιδέχομαι
Category: Church Leadership
vv.9, 10. Consistency required across both occurrences to preserve the parallel between Diotrephes’ rejection of John and his rejection of the brothers.
Works Deeds
Approved rendering: əməllər
Transliteration: ah-mal-LAIR
Doctrine: Church Leadership and Pride
Original: ἔργον
Category: Church Leadership
v.10. Names Diotrephes’ sinful actions negatively. Guard against unintended echo of the baseline’s rejected saleh əməllər (righteous-deeds) works-ledger category; here əməllər describes condemned conduct, not a claim about earning standing before God.
Wicked Words False Accusation
Approved rendering: pis sözlərlə yersiz ittihamlar etmək
Transliteration: PEES sohz-lar-LAH yer-SEEZ eet-tee-ham-LAR et-MAHK
Doctrine: Church Leadership and Pride
Original: λόγοις πονηροῖς φλυαρῶν
Category: Church Leadership
v.10. Descriptive phrase; must preserve unjust, malicious slander, not merely gossip or ordinary criticism.
Do Good
Approved rendering: yaxşılıq etmək
Transliteration: yakh-shuh-LUHK et-MAHK
Doctrine: Imitating Good rather than Evil
Original: ἀγαθοποιέω
Category: Ethics
v.11. ‘Whoever does good is from God’ must be taught as evidence/fruit of belonging to God, not the ground of standing before him; explicitly connect to the baseline’s caution against saleh əməllər.
True
Approved rendering: doğru / həqiqi
Transliteration: doh-ROO / hah-gee-GEE
Doctrine: Truth and Christian Fellowship
Original: ἀληθής
Category: Truth
v.12. Adjectival form of ἀλήθεια; same doctrinal caution as Həqiqət applies.
Low Risk Terms
Beloved
Approved rendering: Əziz
Transliteration: ah-ZEEZ
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: sevimli (acceptable alternative, but Əziz preferred for consistency)
Original: ἀγαπητός
Category: Christian Fellowship
Warm relational address term, used repeatedly of Gaius (vv.1, 2, 5, 11). Keep consistent across all four occurrences.
Prayerful Wish
Approved rendering: arzu etmək
Transliteration: ar-ZOO et-MAKH
Rejected alternatives: dua etmək (implies formal liturgical/ritual prayer)
Original: εὔχομαι
Category: Faith
Personal wish/blessing (v.2), milder than formal petitionary prayer. Distinguish from ritual dua so readers do not expect liturgical prayer language.
Good Health
Approved rendering: sağlam olmaq
Transliteration: sah-LAHM ol-MAHK
Original: ὑγιαίνω
Category: Wellbeing
v.2. Purely physical-health sense, no doctrinal weight.
Rejoice Joy
Approved rendering: sevinmək / sevinc
Transliteration: seh-veen-MAHK / seh-VEENJ
Original: χαίρω / χαρά
Category: Christian Fellowship
vv.3-4. Joy occasioned by a report of another believer’s faithfulness.
Brother
Approved rendering: qardaşlar
Transliteration: gar-dash-LAR
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Original: ἀδελφός
Category: Christian Fellowship
vv.3, 5, 10. Fellow believers/itinerant messengers. Keep distinct from φίλος (dostlar, v.14) so the letter’s relational texture is not flattened.
Work Labor
Approved rendering: etmək / zəhmət çəkmək
Transliteration: et-MAHK / zah-MAHT chek-MAHK
Original: ἐργάζομαι
Category: Hospitality
v.5. The practical work of hosting and provisioning traveling ministers.
Send On The Way
Approved rendering: yola salmaq
Transliteration: yoh-LAH sahl-MAHK
Doctrine: Hospitality to Traveling Ministers
Original: προπέμπω
Category: Hospitality
v.6. Natural, culturally resonant, positive Azerbaijani hospitality idiom; no doctrinal collision.
Ought Obligated
Approved rendering: borcluyuq
Transliteration: bor-jloo-YOOK
Doctrine: Hospitality to Traveling Ministers
Original: ὀφείλω
Category: Hospitality
v.8. Moral obligation owed by the church to support gospel workers.
Remind
Approved rendering: xatırlatmaq
Transliteration: khah-tuhr-laht-MAHK
Original: ὑπομιμνήσκω
Category: Church Leadership
v.10.
Content Satisfied
Approved rendering: kifayətlənmək
Transliteration: kee-fah-yat-lan-MAHK
Original: ἀρκέω
Category: Church Leadership
v.10.
Hinder
Approved rendering: mane olmaq
Transliteration: mah-NEH ol-MAHK
Original: κωλύω
Category: Church Leadership
v.10.
Good
Approved rendering: yaxşı
Transliteration: yakh-SHUH
Doctrine: Imitating Good rather than Evil
Original: ἀγαθός
Category: Ethics
v.11.
Demetrius
Approved rendering: Dimitri
Transliteration: dee-meet-REE
Doctrine: Commendation of Faithful Witness
Rejected alternatives: Demetrius (unadapted transliteration)
Original: Δημήτριος
Category: Proper Names
v.12. Proper name; follows the Slavic/Russian-influenced consonant-drop convention already used in this Language Package family (cf. Paul → Pavel). Doctrinal significance entirely positive.
Hope
Approved rendering: ümid etmək
Transliteration: oo-MEED et-MAHK
Original: ἐλπίζω
Category: Faith
v.14.
Face To Face
Approved rendering: üz-üzə
Transliteration: ewz-ew-ZAH
Rejected alternatives: ağızdan ağıza (literal ‘mouth to mouth,’ awkward/misleading)
Original: στόμα πρὸς στόμα
Category: Christian Fellowship
v.14. Hebraic idiom for direct, personal, unmediated communication; idiom-handling rule applies.
Greet
Approved rendering: salamlamaq
Transliteration: sah-lahm-lah-MAHK
Original: ἀσπάζομαι
Category: Christian Fellowship
v.14.
By Name
Approved rendering: adı ilə
Transliteration: ah-DUH ee-LAH
Original: κατ’ ὄνομα
Category: Christian Fellowship
v.14.
Gaius
Approved rendering: Qay
Transliteration: KAI
Rejected alternatives: Gay-us (unadapted, homograph risk with the English word ‘Gay’)
Original: Γάϊος
Category: Proper Names
The letter’s primary recipient. Established Q-for-hard-G proper-name convention (cf. Qalileya, Qolyat).
Diotrephes
Approved rendering: Diotref
Transliteration: dee-oh-TREF
Doctrine: Church Leadership and Pride
Rejected alternatives: Diotrephes (unadapted, unpronounceable in Azerbaijani orthography)
Original: Διοτρέφης
Category: Proper Names
Consonant-ending-drop convention consistent with Dimitri and Pavel elsewhere in this Language Package family. A named negative example of self-promoting pride and abuse of authority.
Low-Medium Risk Terms
Fellow Worker
Approved rendering: əməkdaş
Transliteration: ah-mak-DASH
Doctrine: Hospitality to Traveling Ministers
Original: συνεργός
Category: Hospitality
v.8. Frames hosting traveling ministers as active participation in gospel mission, not passive well-wishing.
Evil
Approved rendering: pis / şər
Transliteration: PEES / SHAIR
Doctrine: Imitating Good rather than Evil
Original: κακός
Category: Ethics
v.11. Keep distinct from Günah (sin, baseline term for moral transgression against God); κακός here names a conduct-model, not the doctrine of sin per se.
Do Evil
Approved rendering: pislik etmək
Transliteration: pees-LEEK et-MAHK
Doctrine: Imitating Good rather than Evil
Original: κακοποιέω
Category: Ethics
v.11.
See Perceive
Approved rendering: görmək
Transliteration: gur-MAHK
Original: ὁράω (ἑώρακεν)
Category: God
v.11. ‘Has not seen God’ denotes lacking true relational/spiritual knowledge of God, not literal ocular vision; brief clarifying note recommended.
Friend
Approved rendering: dostlar
Transliteration: dost-LAR
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Original: φίλος
Category: Christian Fellowship
v.14. Preserve the ἀδελφός/φίλος distinction (qardaşlar vs. dostlar) rather than collapsing both into one word.