John 15
1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
“Mụ onwe m bụ ezigbo osisi vaịnị ahụ. Nna m bụkwa onye ọrụ ubi.
2 He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
Ọ na-egbuda alaka ọbụla dị nʼime m nke na-adịghị amị mkpụrụ. Ma alaka ọbụla na-amị mkpụrụ ka ọ na-egbucha, ka o nwee ike mịa mkpụrụ dị ọtụtụ.
3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
Ugbu a, e meela ka unu dịrị ọcha nʼihi okwu m gwara unu.
4 Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
Nọgidenụ nʼime m, ka mụ onwe m nọgidekwa nʼime unu. Dịka alaka ọbụla apụghị ịmị mkpụrụ nʼonwe ya ma ọ bụrụ na ọ nọgideghị nʼosisi vaịnị. Otu a, unu apụghịkwa ịmị mkpụrụ ma ọ bụrụ na unu anọgideghị nʼime m.
5 I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
“Mụ onwe m bụ osisi vaịnị ahụ; unu bụkwa alaka ya. Onye ọbụla na-anọgide nʼime m, nke mụ onwe m na-anọgidekwa nʼime ya, na-amị ọtụtụ mkpụrụ. Nʼihi na ewezuga m, unu enweghị ike ime ihe ọbụla.
6 If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
Onye ọbụla na-adịghị anọgide nʼime m dị ka alaka e gbuturu, tụpụ ya, ọ kpọnwụọ. A ga-achịkọta ya, chịnye ya nʼọkụ, o repịa.
7 If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Ọ bụrụ na unu anọgide nʼime m, okwu m anọgidekwa nʼime unu, rịọọnụ ihe ọbụla unu chọrọ, a ga-emere unu ya.
8 This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
Nke a ga-abụrụ Nna m otuto na unu mịrị ọtụtụ mkpụrụ hie nne, ọ na-egosikwa na unu bụ ndị na-eso ụzọ m.
9 As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.
“Dị ka Nna sị hụ m nʼanya, otu a ka m sị hụkwa unu nʼanya. Ya mere, nọgidenụ nʼime ịhụnanya m.
10 If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
Unu ga-anọgide nʼịhụnanya m ma ọ bụrụ na unu edebe iwu m. Dị ka m debere iwu Nna m ma nọgidekwa nʼịhụnanya ya.
11 I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
Agwala m unu ihe ndị a ka ọṅụ m dịrị nʼime unu ka ọṅụ unu zukwaa oke.
12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Nke a bụkwa iwu m, ka unu hụrịta onwe unu nʼanya dị ka m siri hụ unu nʼanya.
13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Ọ dịghị onye ọbụla nwere ịhụnanya karịrị nke a na mmadụ tọgbọrọ ndụ ya nʼihi ndị enyi ya.
14 You are My friends if you do what I command you.
Unu onwe unu bụkwa ndị enyi m ma ọ bụrụ na unu edebe ihe m nyere nʼiwu.
15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
Anaghị m akpọkwa unu ndị ohu ọzọ. Nʼihi na ohu adịghị amatazu ihe niile onyenwe ya na-eme. Ma ana m akpọ unu ndị enyi m nʼihi na agwala m unu ihe niile m nụrụ nʼọnụ Nna m.
16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
Ọ bụkwaghị unu onwe unu họọrọ m. Ọ bụ m họọrọ unu, wepụtakwa unu iche ka unu gaa mịa ọtụtụ mkpụrụ, mkpụrụ nke ga-adịgidekwa. Ya mere, Nna m ga-enye unu ihe ọbụla unu ga-arịọ nʼaha m.
17 This is My command to you: Love one another.
Ihe ndị a ka m na-enye unu nʼiwu, hụrịtanụ onwe unu nʼanya.
18 If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
“Ọ bụrụ na ụwa akpọọ unu asị, chetanụ na o buru ụzọ kpọọ m asị.
19 If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
A sị na unu bụ nke ụwa, ụwa ga-ahụ unu nʼanya dịka ndị nke ya. Ma otu ọ dị unu abụghị nke ụwa. Kama, esi m nʼime ụwa họrọ unu. Ọ bụkwa nʼihi ya ka ụwa ji akpọ unu asị.
20 Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.
Chetakwanụ ihe m gwara unu, ‘Ohu adịghị adị ukwuu karịa Onyenwe ya.’Ya mere, ebe ha kpagburu m, ha ga-akpagbukwa unu. Ọ bụrụ na ha debere okwu m, ha ga-edebekwa nke unu.
21 But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.
Ee, ha ga-eme unu ihe niile ndị a nʼihi aha m, na nʼihi na ha amaghị onye ahụ zitere m.
22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
Ọ bụrụ na abịaghị m, gwa ha okwu, ikpe mmehie agaraghị ama ha. Ma ugbu a, ha enweghị ngọpụ ọbụla banyere mmehie ha.
23 Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
Onye ọbụla kpọrọ m asị kpọkwara Nna m asị.
24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.
A sị na ọrụ niile m rụrụ nʼetiti ha akarịghị ọrụ nke onye ọbụla ọzọ rụrụ, ha agaraghị abụ ndị ikpe mmehie mara. Ma ugbu a ha ahụzuola ọrụ ebube ndị a niile, ma ha nọgidekwara na-akpọ mụ na Nna m asị.
25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
Nke a bụ imezu ihe e dere nʼakwụkwọ iwu ha. ‘Ha kpọrọ m asị na-enweghị ihe m mere.’
26 When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
“Mgbe Onye Ndụmọdụahụ ga-abịa, onye m ga-ezitere unu site nʼaka Nna, bụ Mmụọ eziokwu ahụ sitere na Nna pụta, ọ ga-agba ama banyere m.
27 And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
Ma unu onwe unu aghaghị ịgba ama, nʼihi na mụ na unu anọọla site na mmalite.
