John 15
1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Ame njame citondo ca vaini, nomba Bata ebalimi.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Nabo bakute kutimbula misampi iliyonse mulinjame itaseme bisepo. Nomba misampi ikutekusema bisepo Bata bakute kwibambilila cena kwambeti ikate bisepo bingi.
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Amwe mulapenselwa kayi mulaswepe kendi pacebo ca maswi ngondalamwambila.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
Kamwikalililani mulinjame kayi nenjame ninkekalilile muli njamwe. Kuliyawa musampi wabulakwikata kucinyina welakwikata bisepo. Copeleco nenjamwe nkamwela kwikata bisepo nankamulekalilinga muli njame.
5 I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Ame njame citondo cancine ncine ca vaini nomba amwe njamwe misampi. Muntu uliyense eshakekalilile mulinjame, nenjame mulyendiye nakekate bisepo bingi. Weco kwakubula njame kuliyawa ncomwela kwinsa.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.
Namuntu nkalekalanga mulinjame, nakawalwe kunseti misampi yatemwa, ikute kuyuma. Misampi yamushoboyo ikute kubunganishiwa nekuwalwa mumulilo nekutentwa.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Namulekala mulinjame, kayi maswi akame ekala mulinjamwe, ngamunsenga ciliconse ncomwela kuyanda, nimukapewe.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
Bata bakute kulemekeshewa namulekata bisepo bingi, kayi cikute kulesheti njamwe beshikwiya bakame bancine ncine.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
Mbuli Bata ncobansuni, nenjame ndimusuni amwe. Mwikalenga mu lusuno lwakame.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
Namukonkelenga milawo yakame, nimwikalenga mulusuno lwakame, mbuli ame nconkute kukonkela milawo ya Bata nekwikalilila mulusuno lwabo.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and [that] your joy might be full.
“Ndamwambili ibi kwambeti kukondwa kwakame kube muli njamwe kayi kwambeti kukondwa kwenu kube kwakwana.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Mulawo wakame niwakwambeti musunanenga mbuli ncondimusuni.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Kuliya muntu ukute lusuno lwapita ulu lwakutaya buyumi bwakendi pacebo cabanendi.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Namulakonkelenga kwiyisha kwakame ekwambeti njamwe mobaname.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Nteshi ndimukuwengeti basebenshi sobwe pakwinga musebenshi nkakute kwinshiba bilenshinga mwami wakendi. Nsombi ndamukungeti baname, pacebo cakwambeti byonse mbyondalanyumfwa kuli Bata ndalamwambila.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Ntamwe mwalansala sobwe, nsombi njame ndalamusala. Kayi ndalamupatula kwambeti mukekate bisepo bitalobo. Neco ciliconse ncoshimukasenge kuli Bata mulina lyakame nibakamupe.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
Neco mulawo wakame niwakwambeti musunanenga.
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you.
“Na cishi capanshi cikamupate, mukanuke kwambeti calatatikila kupata njame.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Nemwekalangeti bantu bamucishi nebalamusuna, nomba pacebo cakwambeti ntamwe bamucishi capanshi sobwe. Nomba bamupela pakwinga ame ndalamusala pakati pabo, weco ntamwe banabo sobwe.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
Kamwanukanga maswi asa ngondalamwambileti, ‘Musebenshi nkapiti mwami wakendi.’ Na balampensha, nenjamwe nibakamupenshe. Na balanyumfwa maswi akame, nibakanyumfwe maswi enu.
21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
Nsombi nibakamwinshile bintu mbyobalenshila kulinjame, pakwinga nkabamwinshi walantuma.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
Nendalabula kwisa kubeyisha, nebalabula kuba nemulandu. Nomba lino paliyawa mpobela kukanina mulandu wabo.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
Muntu lapatananga nenjame, lapatananga neBata.
24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Nendalabula kwinsa bintu pakati pabo bitana binshiwapo nemuntu uliyense, cakubinga nebalakabulu kuba nemulandu. Nomba pakwinga balabibona, nsombi bapata ame neBata.
25 But [this cometh to pass], that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
Nomba byalenshika mushoboyo mbuli ncecalembwa mulibuku lyabo lya milawo kwambeti, ‘Balapatana nenjame kwakubula mulandu.’
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
“Shikumunyamfwa lakesanga, uyo ni Mushimu weshukayubulule cancine ncine cilambanga shaBata, Ninkamutumine, nendi uyo akesa nakambele bukamboni.
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Nenjamwe nimukambele bukamboni, pakwinga mulekala nenjame kufuma kumatatikilo.”
