Joni 15
1 “Ndimusamu wakasimpwa Taata ngomuka mwini muunda?
“I AM the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser;
2 Uyogwisya ntabi zyoonse mulindime zitazyali michelo, akukwezuula ntabi zitazyali michelo kuchitila kuti zikazyale michelo.
every branch not bearing fruit in Me, He takes it away, and everyone bearing fruit, He cleanses by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;
3 Ulasalala kale nkambo kamilumbe njindakawambula kulinduwe.
you are already clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;
4 Kkalilila mulindime, andime mulinduwe, mbuli mutabi, utakonzyi kuzyala michelo lwayo, kunze kwakuti wayima kuchisiko, kuti amwi ulakonzya kuzyala, kunze kwakukkalilila mulindime.
remain in Me, and I in you, as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, if it may not remain in the vine, so neither you, if you may not remain in Me.
5 Ndichisiko chamusamu, inywe muli mutabi. Oyo ukkalilila muli ndime, ambebo mulinguwe, ulazyalisya michelo, kotakwe ndime takwe nchokonzya kuchita.
I AM the vine, you the branches; he who is remaining in Me, and I in him, this one bears much fruit, because apart from Me you are not able to do anything;
6 Ooyo naba oomwe uutakkali mulindime, Uyosowegwa mbuli mutabi mpo uyoyuma, alubo iyobwezelelwa mitabi akuyowalilwa mumulilo, mpawo iyotentwa.
if anyone may not remain in Me, he was cast forth outside as the branch, and was withered, and they gather them, and cast into fire, and they are burned;
7 Kuti wakkalilila mulindime, akuti majwi angu akkala mulinduwe, kumbila kufumbwa nchoyanda, mpawo uyochitilwa mboyanda.
if you may remain in Me, and My sayings may remain in you, whatever you may wish you will ask, and it will be done to you.
8 Taata ulalemekezegwa azeezi, kuti wazyalisya michelo akulitondezya kuti nduwe sikwiiya wangu.
In this was My Father glorified, that you may bear much fruit, and you will become My disciples.
9 Mbuli Taata mbandiyandisya mebo, Ndakuyanda ambebo; mukkalilile mulindime.
According as the Father loved Me, I also loved you, remain in My love;
10 Kuti wabamba milawu yangu, unokkalilide muluyando lwangu, mbundaka bambamilawu ya Taata akukkalilila muluyando lwakwe.
if you may keep My commands, you will remain in My love, according as I have kept the commands of My Father, and remain in His love;
11 Ndambuula ezi zintu kulindinywe nkuchitila kuti lukondo lube muli nduwe, akuchitila kuti lukondo lumaninine.
these things I have spoken to you, that My joy in you may remain, and your joy may be full.
12 Ooyu ngomulwu wangu, kuti muyandane mbuli mbondakamuyanda.
This is My command, that you love one another, according as I loved you;
13 Takwe naba omwe ulaluyando luli oobu-kuti umwi abambe buumi bwakwe mwenzinyina.
greater love has no one than this, that anyone may lay down his life for his friends;
14 Muli benzuma kuti mwachita zintu nzindakamulayilila.
you are My friends if you may do whatever I command you;
15 Nsichiyomwiti kuti babelesi, nkambo mubelesi tazi kuti simalelo akwe anzyachita. Ndamwita kuti benzuma, mbuli zyoonse nzindakamvwa kuli Taata, ndachita kuti zizibinkane kulindinywe.
I no longer call you servants, because the servant has not known what his lord does, and I have called you friends, because all things that I heard from My Father, I made known to you.
16 Teensi mwakandisala mebo, pesi ndakamusala inywebo kumwimika nywe kuti mwelede kwenda akuzyala michelo, akuti michelo yanu ikkalilile. Eechi chamba kuti kufumbwa nchimuyokumbila kuli Taata kwinda muzina lyangu, uuyochipa kulindinywe.
You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever you may ask of the Father in My Name, He may give you.
17 Eezi zintu nzindamu layilila, kuti mukonzye kuyandana umwi awumwi.
These things I command you, that you love one another;
18 Kuti nyika yakusula, ziiba kuti yakalindisulide nkitana kukusula webo.
if the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before you;
19 Kuti wali muntu wenyika, inyika ilakuyanda lwayo. Pesi nkambo kakuti taliwanyika akambo kakuti ndakakusala kuzwa munyika, nkiinkako inyika iyokusula we.
if you were of the world, the world would have been cherishing its own, but because you are not of the world, but I chose [you] out of the world—because of this the world hates you.
20 Koyeeya ijwi ndindakakwambila we, Ímubelesi tali mupati kwinda simalelo.'Na bandipenzya mebo, bayomupenzya anywebo; Anukuti balondola majwi angu, bayowalondola amajwenu.
Remember the word that I said to you: A servant is not greater than his lord; if they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will also keep yours;
21 Bayochita zyoonsezi zintu kuli nduwe nkambo kezina lyangu, nkambo tabamwizi pe wakandituma.
but all these things will they do to you, because of My Name, because they have not known Him who sent Me;
22 Anoli tendakasika akwambuula kuli mbabo, teensi bayinobisya, pesi kwalino tabakwe nchebanga balatamizya kukubisya kwabo.
if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now they have no pretext for their sin.
23 Ooyo wakkaka ndime ngonguwe wakkaka Taata.
He who is hating Me, hates My Father also;
24 Ikuti tendachita milimo takwe naaba oomwe ukazya akati kabo, takwe nibanola chibi pe, pesi lino bibona akusula ndime a Taata.
if I did not do among them the works that no other has done, they were not having sin, and now they have both seen and hated both Me and My Father;
25 Pesi eezi zitondezya kuzuzikizya majwi alembedwe mumulawu, 'Bandisula nkenditakwe mulandu.'
but—that the word may be fulfilled that was written in their law—They hated Me without a cause.
26 Eelyo mugwasyi nayosika - ooyo ngwenjotuma kuli ndinywe kuzwa kuli Taata, nguwe ooyo Muuya wakasimpe, ooyo iwakazwa kuli Taata - Uyoopa bukamboni atala andime.
And when the Comforter may come, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth, who comes forth from the Father, He will testify of Me;
27 Uleelede ayebo kupa bukamboni, nkambo wakali andime kuzwa kumatalikilo.
and you also testify, because you are with Me from the beginning.”
