John 15
1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
“Nene ndi mzabibu wa chakaka na Dadi wangu mwene ndi mulimaji.
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.
Lipanda loloha mugati yangu langapambika matunda mwene akuliwusa, na lipanda loloha lelipambika akulikita livyayi bwina muni lipambikayi neju.
3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
Nyenye mmali kunyamba ndava lilovi lenavajovili lila.
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.
Mtama mugati yangu, na nene nitama mugati yinu. Ngati lipanda nakuhotola kupapimbika lene ngati livili lepi palihina, mewawa nyenye nakuhotola kupambika ngati mutama lepi mugati ya nene.”
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.
Nene ndi mzabibu, na nyenye ndi mambanda. Mweitama mugati yangu, na nene nivyayi mugati yaki, mwenuyo ipambika gamahele, muni changali nene nakuhotola kuhenga chochoha.
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.
Mundu ngati itama lepi mugati yangu yati itagiwa kuvala ngati lipanda chelitagiwa kuvala na kuyuma. Lipanda ngati lenilo vandu vakulinonga na kulitaga pamotu litinyikayi.
7 If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Ngati nyenye mwitama mugati yangu na malovi gangu yati gitama mugati yinu, muyupa chindu chochoha chemwigana yati mwipewa.
8 This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
Ukulu wa Dadi wangu ulangasika ngati nyenye mwipambika matunda gamahele na kuvya vawuliwa vangu.
9 As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.
Nene nikuvagana nyenye ngati Dadi cheaniganili nene. Mtama muuganu wangu.
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.
Mwakayidakila mihilu yangu yati itama mugati yangu, ngati nene cheniyidakili malagizu ga Dadi wangu na kutama muuganu waki.
11 I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
Nivajovili mambu genaga muni luheku lwangu lutama mugati yinu, na luheku lwinu lutimila.
12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Mihilu yangu ndi iyi: Mgananayi, ngati chenikuvagana nyenye.
13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Kawaka mundu mweavi na uganu mkulu neju kuliku uwu, wa mundu kuwusa wumi waki ndava ya vankozi vaki.
14 You are My friends if you do what I command you.
Nyenye vankozi vangu mwakahenga chenivalagiza.
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.
Nakuvakemela kavili vehengaji, muni mtangatila imanya lepi cheikita mtopeswa waki. Nambu nyenye nivakemili vankozi, ndava muni goha genayuwini kwa Dadi wangu nivajovili.
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.
Nyenye nakunihagula nene, nambu nene ndi mwenivahagwili na kuvatuma mhamba mkapambika matunda ndi mahengu gabwina gegisigalia, mwene Dadi ahotola kuvapela chindu chochoa chemwiyupa kwa liina langu.
17 This is My command to you: Love one another.
Hinu, muhilu wangu ukulu ndi wenuwu mgananayi.
18 If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
Ngati vandu va mulima vakuvayomela nyenye, mkoto kukosiwa kuvya vakuniyomela nene kwakona kuvayomela nyenye.
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.
Ngati nyenye kuvya vandu va pamulima, mulima ngauvaganili nyenye ngati vandu vaki. Nambu ndava nyenye vandu lepi va pamulima, ndi nene nivahagwili kuhuma pamulima, ndava ya genago vandu va mulima vakuvayomela.
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.
Mkumbuka lilovi lila lenivajovili, mtangatila lepi mkulu kuliku mtopeswa waki. Yakavya vanig'aisi nene, mewawa vakuvang'aisa na nyenye, ngati malovi gangu vagakamwili mewa vakugakamula na malovi ginu.
21 But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.
Nambu genaga goha vakuvakitila ndava nyenye mukunisadika nene muni mwavandu vangu, ndava vakummanya lepi yula mweanitumili.
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.
Ngati nabweli lepi na kulongela navu, ngavavalangiwi lepi vakumbudila Chapanga, nambu hinu nakuhotola kujova kuvya vambudili lepi Chapanga.
23 Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
Mundu yoyoha mweakuniyomela nene, mewawa akumyomela Dadi wangu.
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.
Ngati nihengili lepi kwavi mambu gangahengeka na mundu yungi kwavi, ngavavalangiwi lepi vambudili Chapanga, nambu hinu vagaweni gachinamtiti genihengili ndi vaniyomili nene mewawa vamuyomili Dadi wangu.
25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
Nambu vahengili lijambu lenili muni malovi gegayandikwi mu Malagizu gatimilayi! “Vaniyomili waka!”
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.
Peibwela mtangatila mwenuyo mwenikumtuma kwinu kuhuma kwa Dadi, mwenuyo ndi Mpungu Msopi mweakuvajovela uchakaka kumvala Chapanga. Yati nikumtuma kwinu kuhuma kwa Dadi, mwene yati akuvajovela kunivala nene.
27 And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
Nyenye mewa yati mukuvajovela vandu kunivala nene ndava muvi na nene kuhumila pakutumbula.
