John 15
1 “I AM the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser;
Ame njame citondo ca vaini, nomba Bata ebalimi.
2 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;
Nabo bakute kutimbula misampi iliyonse mulinjame itaseme bisepo. Nomba misampi ikutekusema bisepo Bata bakute kwibambilila cena kwambeti ikate bisepo bingi.
3 you are already clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;
Amwe mulapenselwa kayi mulaswepe kendi pacebo ca maswi ngondalamwambila.
4 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.
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, 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;
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 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;
Namuntu nkalekalanga mulinjame, nakawalwe kunseti misampi yatemwa, ikute kuyuma. Misampi yamushoboyo ikute kubunganishiwa nekuwalwa mumulilo nekutentwa.
7 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.
Namulekala mulinjame, kayi maswi akame ekala mulinjamwe, ngamunsenga ciliconse ncomwela kuyanda, nimukapewe.
8 In this was My Father glorified, that you may bear much fruit, and you will become My disciples.
Bata bakute kulemekeshewa namulekata bisepo bingi, kayi cikute kulesheti njamwe beshikwiya bakame bancine ncine.
9 According as the Father loved Me, I also loved you, remain in My love;
Mbuli Bata ncobansuni, nenjame ndimusuni amwe. Mwikalenga mu lusuno lwakame.
10 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;
Namukonkelenga milawo yakame, nimwikalenga mulusuno lwakame, mbuli ame nconkute kukonkela milawo ya Bata nekwikalilila mulusuno lwabo.
11 these things I have spoken to you, that My joy in you may remain, and your joy may be full.
“Ndamwambili ibi kwambeti kukondwa kwakame kube muli njamwe kayi kwambeti kukondwa kwenu kube kwakwana.
12 This is My command, that you love one another, according as I loved you;
Mulawo wakame niwakwambeti musunanenga mbuli ncondimusuni.
13 greater love has no one than this, that anyone may lay down his life for his friends;
Kuliya muntu ukute lusuno lwapita ulu lwakutaya buyumi bwakendi pacebo cabanendi.
14 you are My friends if you may do whatever I command you;
Namulakonkelenga kwiyisha kwakame ekwambeti njamwe mobaname.
15 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.
Nteshi ndimukuwengeti basebenshi sobwe pakwinga musebenshi nkakute kwinshiba bilenshinga mwami wakendi. Nsombi ndamukungeti baname, pacebo cakwambeti byonse mbyondalanyumfwa kuli Bata ndalamwambila.
16 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.
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 you love one another;
Neco mulawo wakame niwakwambeti musunanenga.
18 if the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before you;
“Na cishi capanshi cikamupate, mukanuke kwambeti calatatikila kupata njame.
19 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.
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 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;
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 to you, because of My Name, because they have not known Him who sent Me;
Nsombi nibakamwinshile bintu mbyobalenshila kulinjame, pakwinga nkabamwinshi walantuma.
22 if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now they have no pretext for their sin.
Nendalabula kwisa kubeyisha, nebalabula kuba nemulandu. Nomba lino paliyawa mpobela kukanina mulandu wabo.
23 He who is hating Me, hates My Father also;
Muntu lapatananga nenjame, lapatananga neBata.
24 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;
Nendalabula kwinsa bintu pakati pabo bitana binshiwapo nemuntu uliyense, cakubinga nebalakabulu kuba nemulandu. Nomba pakwinga balabibona, nsombi bapata ame neBata.
25 but—that the word may be fulfilled that was 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 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;
“Shikumunyamfwa lakesanga, uyo ni Mushimu weshukayubulule cancine ncine cilambanga shaBata, Ninkamutumine, nendi uyo akesa nakambele bukamboni.
27 and you also testify, because you are with Me from the beginning.”
Nenjamwe nimukambele bukamboni, pakwinga mulekala nenjame kufuma kumatatikilo.”
