John 15
1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
“Mimi ni mzabibu wa kweli, na Baba yangu ndiye mkulima.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.
Yeye huliondoa ndani yangu kila tawi lisilozaa matunda, na kila tawi lizaalo hulisafisha lipate kuzaa zaidi.
3 Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you.
Ninyi mmekwisha kuwa safi kwa sababu ya ule ujumbe niliowaambieni.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.
Kaeni ndani yangu, nami nikae ndani yenu. Tawi haliwezi peke yake kuzaa matunda lisipokaa katika mzabibu hali kadhalika nanyi hamwezi kuzaa matunda msipokaa ndani yangu.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.
“Mimi ni mzabibu, nanyi ni matawi yake. Akaaye ndani yangu, nami ndani yake, huyo atazaa matunda mengi, maana bila mimi hamwezi kufanya chochote.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Mtu yeyote asipokaa ndani yangu hutupwa nje kama tawi litupwalo nje hata likakauka. Watu huliokota tawi la namna hiyo na kulitupa motoni liungue.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Mkikaa ndani yangu na maneno yangu yakikaa ndani yenu, basi, ombeni chochote mtakacho nanyi mtapewa.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and [so] shall ye be my disciples.
Baba yangu hutukuzwa kama mkizaa matunda mengi na kuwa wanafunzi wangu.
9 Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love.
Mimi nimewapenda ninyi kama vile Baba alivyonipenda mimi. Kaeni katika pendo langu.
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.
Mkizishika amri zangu mtakaa katika pendo langu, kama vile nami nilivyozishika amri za Baba yangu na kukaa katika pendo lake.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and [that] your joy may be fulfilled.
Nimewaambieni mambo haya ili furaha yangu ikae ndani yenu, na furaha yenu ikamilike.
12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
Hii ndiyo amri yangu: pendaneni; pendaneni kama nilivyowapenda ninyi.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Hakuna upendo mkuu zaidi kuliko upendo wa mtu atoaye uhai wake kwa ajili ya rafiki zake.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.
Ninyi ni rafiki zangu mkifanya ninayowaamuru.
15 No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you.
Ninyi siwaiti tena watumishi, maana mtumishi hajui anachofanya bwana wake. Lakini mimi nimewaita ninyi rafiki, kwa sababu nimewajulisha yote ambayo nimeyasikia kutoka kwa Baba yangu.
16 Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Ninyi hamkunichagua mimi; mimi niliwachagueni na kuwatuma mwende mkazae matunda, matunda yadumuyo, naye Baba apate kuwapa ninyi chochote mumwombacho kwa jina langu.
17 These things I command you, that ye may love one another.
Basi, amri yangu kwenu ndiyo hii: pendaneni.
18 If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before [it hated] you.
“Kama ulimwengu ukiwachukia ninyi, kumbukeni kwamba umenichukia mimi kabla haujawachukia ninyi.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Kama mngalikuwa watu wa ulimwengu, ulimwengu ungaliwapenda ninyi kama watu wake. Lakini kwa vile ninyi si wa ulimwengu, ila mimi nimewachagueni kutoka ulimwenguni, kwa sababu hiyo ulimwengu unawachukieni.
20 Remember the word that I said unto 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 keep yours also.
Kumbukeni niliyowaambieni: mtumishi si mkuu zaidi kuliko bwana wake. Ikiwa wamenitesa mimi, watawatesa na ninyi pia; kama wameshika neno langu, watalishika na lenu pia.
21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
Lakini hayo yote watawatendeeni ninyi kwa sababu ya jina langu, kwani hawamjui yeye aliyenituma.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Kama nisingalikuja na kusema nao wasingalikuwa na hatia; lakini sasa hawawezi kujitetea kwamba hawana dhambi.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
Anayenichukia mimi, anamchukia na Baba yangu pia.
24 If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Kama nisingalifanya kwao mambo ambayo hakuna mtu mwingine amekwisha yafanya wasingalikuwa na hatia; lakini sasa wameona niliyoyafanya wakinichukia mimi, wakamchukia na Baba yangu pia.
25 But [this cometh to pass], that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
Na hivi ni lazima yatimie yale yaliyoandikwa katika Sheria yao: Wamenichukia bure!
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 bear witness of me:
“Atakapokuja huyo Msaidizi nitakayemtuma kwenu kutoka kwa Baba, huyo Roho wa kweli atokaye kwa Baba, yeye atanishuhudia mimi.
27 and ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Nanyi pia mtanishuhudia kwa kuwa mmekuwa nami tangu mwanzo.
