John 15
1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
Nazali nzete ya solo ya vino, mpe Tata na Ngai azali nkolo elanga.
2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
Tata na Ngai akataka etape nyonso oyo, kati na Ngai, ebotaka mbuma te; mpe abongisaka bitape nyonso oyo ebotaka bambuma, mpo ete ebota lisusu bambuma ebele koleka.
3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
Bino mpe, bosili kokoma peto mpo na liloba oyo nateyaki bino.
4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
Bowumela kati na Ngai, mpe Ngai nakowumela kati na bino. Ndenge etape ekoki kobota bambuma te na ndenge na yango moko, soki ekangani te na nzete na yango ya vino, ndenge wana mpe bino, bokoki kobota bambuma te soki bokangani na Ngai te.
5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
Nazali nzete ya vino; bino, bozali bitape. Moto oyo akowumela kati na Ngai, mpe Ngai kati na ye, akobotaka bambuma ebele, pamba te bokoki kosala eloko moko te, soki na lisungi na Ngai te.
6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and withers; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
Moto oyo akowumela te kati na Ngai akobwakama na libanda ya elanga, lokola bitape oyo bakati: ekokawuka, bakolokota yango, bakobwaka yango na moto mpe ekozika.
7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
Soki bokowumela kati na Ngai, mpe maloba na Ngai ekowumela kati na bino, bosenga nyonso oyo bolingi, bokozwa yango.
8 "In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.
Soki boboti bambuma ebele mpe botalisi, na nzela yango, ete bozali bayekoli na Ngai, Tata na Ngai azwa lokumu.
9 Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.
Ndenge Tata alingaki Ngai, Ngai mpe nalingaki bino; boye, bowumela kati na bolingo na Ngai.
10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and remain in his love.
Soki kaka bobateli mibeko na Ngai, bokowumela kati na bolingo na Ngai, ndenge Ngai nabatelaki mibeko ya Tata na Ngai mpe nawumelaka kati na bolingo na Ye.
11 I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
Nalobi na bino makambo oyo nyonso mpo ete esengo na Ngai ezala kati na bino, mpe esengo na bino ezala ya kokoka.
12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
Tala mobeko na Ngai: bolinganaka bino na bino ndenge Ngai nalingaki bino.
13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends.
Bolingo oyo eleki monene ezali: kokaba bomoi mpo na balingami.
14 You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
Bozali baninga na Ngai soki bozali kosala makambo oyo nazali kotinda bino.
15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father I have made known to you.
Nazali kobenga bino lisusu te « bawumbu, » pamba te mowumbu ayebaka te makambo oyo nkolo na ye asalaka. Nzokande, nazali kobenga bino « baninga na Ngai, » pamba te nayebisi bino makambo nyonso oyo nayekolaki epai ya Tata na Ngai.
16 You did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
Ezali bino te bato boponaki Ngai! Ngai nde naponaki bino mpe napesaki bino mosala mpo ete bokende, bobota bambuma, bambuma oyo ekowumela; mpe mpo ete Tata apesa bino nyonso oyo bokosenga Ye na Kombo na Ngai.
17 "I command these things to you, that you may love one another.
Tala mobeko na Ngai: bolinganaka bino na bino.
18 If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
Solo, mokili ezali koyina bino; kasi boyeba ete eyinaki Ngai liboso na bino.
19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
Soki kaka bozalaki ya mokili, mokili ekokaki kolinga bino lokola bato na yango penza. Nzokande, bozali ya mokili te, pamba te nasilaki kopona mpe kolongola bino na se ya bokonzi na yango mpo na kobulisa bino; yango wana mokili ezali koyina bino.
20 Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
Bobosana te makambo oyo nayebisaki bino: « Mowumbu aleki nkolo na ye te, na bokonzi. » Lokola banyokolaki Ngai, bino mpe bakonyokola bino; soki babatelaki mateya na Ngai, bakobatela mpe mateya na bino.
21 But all these things will they do to you because of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.
Bakosala bino makambo wana nyonso likolo na Ngai, pamba te bayebi te Ye oyo atindaki Ngai.
22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Soki nayaki te mpe soki nalobaki na bango te, balingaki te komema ngambo ya lisumu; kasi sik’oyo, bakoki komilongisa te na tina na lisumu na bango.
23 He who hates me hates my Father also.
Pamba te moto oyo ayini Ngai ayini mpe Tata na Ngai.
24 If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.
Mpe soki nasalaki te, kati na bango, misala wana oyo moto ata moko te asalaki, balingaki te kozala na ngambo ya lisumu. Kasi sik’oyo, atako bamonaki misala yango, bazali kaka kokoba koyina biso: Ngai mpe Tata na Ngai.
25 But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'
Kasi ezali mpo ete liloba oyo ekomama kati na mibeko na bango ekokisama: « Bayinaki Ngai kaka pamba. »
26 "When the Helper has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Rukha of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
Tango Molobeli akoya, oyo nakotindela bino kowuta epai ya Tata —Molimo ya bosolo, oyo akowuta epai ya Tata— akotatola Ye moko na tina na Ngai;
27 And you will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
bongo bino mpe bokotatola na tina na Ngai, pamba te bozali elongo na Ngai wuta na ebandeli.
