John 15
1 I am the true vine; and my Father is the husbandman.
“Nyee nye Wainti vavã la, eye Fofonyee nye Agbletɔ la.
2 Every branch in me, that beareth not fruit, he will take away: and every one that beareth fruit, he will purge it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Elãa alɔdze siwo le ŋunye eye wometsea ku o la ɖa, ke esiwo tsea ku la, eɖea wo ŋu be woagatse ku geɖe fũu wu.
3 Now you are clean by reason of the word, which I have spoken to you.
Miawo la, mia ŋu kɔ xoxo le nya siwo megblɔ na mi la ta.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in me.
Minɔ menye, eye nye hã manɔ mia me. Wainti ƒe alɔdze aɖeke mate ŋu atse ku nenye be wolãe ɖa tso wainti la ŋu o, eya ta miawo hã, nye manɔmee la, miate ŋu atse ku aɖeke o.
5 I am the vine: you the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing.
“Nyee nye wainti la, eye miawoe nye alɔdzeawo. Ame si le menye, eye nye hã mele eme la, atse ku nyui geɖe, elabena nye manɔmee la, miate ŋu awɔ naneke o.
6 If any one abide not in me, he shall be cast forth as a branch, and shall wither, and they shall gather him up, and case him into the fire, and be burneth.
Ame si aɖe ɖe aga tso gbɔnye la, woatsɔe aƒu gbe abe alɔdze matseku ene, eye woatɔ dzoe.
7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask whatever you will, and it shall be done unto you.
Ke ne miele menye, eye nye nyawo le mia me la, nu sia nu si miabia la, woawɔe na mi.
8 In this is my Father glorified; that you bring forth very much fruit, and become my disciples.
Esia hea ŋutikɔkɔe vɛ na Fofonye, nenye be mietse ku geɖe, eye miefia mia ɖokuiwo abe nye nusrɔ̃lawo ene.
9 As the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you.
“Melɔ̃ mi abe ale si Fofo la lɔ̃m ene, eya ta minɔ nye lɔlɔ̃ la me.
10 If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; as I also have kept my Father’s commandments, and do abide in his love.
Ne miewɔa se siwo mede na mi dzi la, mianɔ nye lɔlɔ̃ la me abe ale si meɖo to Fofonye ƒe sededewo, eye menɔ eƒe lɔlɔ̃ la me ene.
11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be filled.
Megblɔ nya siawo na mi be dzidzɔ si le menye la nanɔ miawo hã mia me, be miaƒe dzidzɔ nagbã go.
12 This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you.
Mele se dem na mi be mialɔ̃ mia nɔewo abe ale si nye hã melɔ̃ mie ene.
13 Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Lɔlɔ̃ gãtɔ kekeake si ame ate ŋu aɖe afia nɔvia lae nye be wòatsɔ eƒe agbe ana ɖe exɔlɔ̃wo ta.
14 You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you.
Ne miewɔ ɖe nye sewo dzi la, ekema mienye xɔ̃nyewo.
15 I will not now call you servants: for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth. But I have called you friends: because all things whatsoever I have heard of my Father, I have made known to you.
Nyemagayɔ mi be subɔlawo o, elabena aƒetɔ mate ŋu agblɔ eƒe nya ɣaɣlawo na subɔla o. Ke meyɔ mi be xɔ̃nyewo, elabena megblɔ nya sia nya si Fofo la gblɔ nam la na mi.
16 You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you should go, and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Menye miawoe tiam o, ke boŋ nyee tia mi, eye ɖe metia mi be miayi aɖatse ku, kutsetse siwo anɔ anyi ɖaa. Eye Fofo la ana nu sia nu si miabia le nye ŋkɔ dzi la mi.
17 These things I command you, that you love one another.
Mele se dem na mi be milɔ̃ mia nɔewo.
18 If the world hate you, know ye, that it hath hated me before you.
“Ne xexe sia me tɔwo lé fu mi la, minyae be wolé fum gbã.
19 If you had been of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Nenye xexe sia me tɔwo mienye la, anye ne woalɔ̃ mi, ke esi metia mi tso xexea me ta la, wolé fu mi.
20 Remember my word that I said to you: The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.
Miɖo ŋku nya si megblɔ na mi la dzi be, ‘Subɔla mewua eƒe Aƒetɔ o.’ Ne woti yonyeme la, woati miawo hã yome. Nenye ɖe woɖo tom la, woaɖo to miawo hã.
21 But all these things they will do to you for my name’s sake: because they know not him who sent me.
Xexe sia me tɔwo ati mia yome, elabena mienye tɔnyewo. Woawɔ esia ɖe mia ŋu, elabena womenya ame si dɔm la o.
22 If I had not come, and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Ɖe nyemeva gblɔ mawunya na wo o la, womabu fɔ wo ɖe woƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta o, gake esi wose mawunya la ta la, taflatsedodo aɖeke meli na wo o.
23 He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.
Ame si lé fum la lé fu Fofonye hã.
24 If I had not done among them the works that no other man hath done, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Ɖe nyemewɔ nukunu gã geɖe si ame aɖeke mewɔ kpɔ le wo dome o la, anye ne womabu fɔ wo o; wokpɔ nukunu geɖe siawo, gake wolé fu nye kple Fofonye.
25 But that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law: They hated me without cause.
Esia wu nya si wogblɔ le se la me be, ‘Wolé fum dzodzro’ la nu.
26 But when the Paraclete cometh, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall give testimony of me.
“Ne Nyaxɔɖeakɔla la, ame si madɔ ɖo ɖe mi tso Fofo la gbɔ, nyateƒe ƒe Gbɔgbɔ si tso Fofo la gbɔ va la, aɖi ɖase tso ŋutinye.
27 And you shall give testimony, because you are with me from the beginning.
Eye ele be miawo hã miaɖi ɖase le ŋutinye, elabena mienɔ anyi kplim tso gɔmedzedzea me ke.
