John 15
1 [Jesus talked to us as we were walking along. Speaking figuratively of the need for us to live in a way that God wants us to, he said], “I am like [MET] a genuine vine, [not like those Jewish leaders who do not teach the truth]. My father is like [MET] a gardener who [works to] take care of a vineyard.
“Menghari na kuca napau kidegene, Ucif ninghari unan bilisue.
2 [Just like a gardener] cuts off the branches that bear no grapes [MET], [God gets rid of those who do not please him even though they say that they belong to him]. Those branches that bear fruit, [the gardener] trims so that they may bear more grapes. [Similarly, my Father disciplines/corrects those who live as he wants them to live].
Adin kaluzu kidowo nighe ko uyeme ulang ule na udin macu ba, adin kaulu vat nlang ule na udin macu unan kpina umacu.
3 You are already [like] the branches [that a gardener] trims because [you have believed] the message that I have told you.
Anung di lau uworsu bara ulirue na nna belin minu.
4 Remain having a close relationship with me. [If you do that], I will remain having a close relationship with you. A branch [of a vine] cannot bear fruit [if it is cut off and left] by itself. To bear fruit, it must remain attached to the vine. Similarly, you cannot [live the way that God wants you to] if you do not remain united to me [MET].
Son nanya ning, meng so nanya mine. Nafo na ulang wasa usu kumat usamme ba se udofin kuce, nanere anung wang, se iso nanya ning.
5 I am [like] [MET] a vine. You are [like] [MET] the branches. All those who have a close relationship with me and with whom I have a close relationship will [do much that pleases God, like] [MET] [a vine that] bears much fruit. [Remember that] you can do nothing [HYP] [that truly pleases God] without my [help].
Menghari litinoe; anunghari tilanghe. Ule na adi nin mi ameng ninghe, ame uleli unite masu kumat gbardang, andi na nin mi ba iwasa isu imon ba.
6 [A gardener cuts off and] throws away useless branches. Then, after they dry up, [he] picks them up and throws them into a fire and burns them [SIM]. Similarly, everyone who does not remain having a close relationship with me, [God] will get rid of.
Andi na unit nso nin mi ba, ima fillinghe a koto nafo ulang; anit ma pitiru tilanghe iti nla, tima juju kidowo.
7 If you remain having a close relationship with me and you keep [living in accordance with] my message, you can ask [God to do] anything for you, and he will do it.
Asa iso nan mi, tutung asa uliru nighe nso nanya mine, tirinon imon ile na idi nin sue, ima su minu ining.
8 The way my Father is honored is by your {The way you honor my Father is by} doing much that pleases him [MET], and by doing that, you will show that you are my disciples.
Nin nanere idin ti Ucif gongong, inan macca nono gbardang ikuru iso nono katwa.
9 I have loved you just as [my] Father has loved me. Now keep living in [a way that is appropriate for those whom] I love.
Nafo na Ucife dinin suninghe, Meng wang di nini sumine; Son nanya nsu ninghe.
10 If you obey what I have commanded you, you will be acting in [a way that is appropriate for those whom] I love, just like I have obeyed what my Father has commanded me and I act [in a way that is appropriate for someone] whom he loves.
Asa Idorto uduka nighe, ima so nanya nsuu nighe nafo na meng na dortu uduka Ncif nighe nmini naso nanya nsu me.
11 I have told you these things so that you may be joyful as I [am joyful], and that you may be completely joyful.
Nbelin minu ile imone liburi libo ning nan yita nan ghinu, lin min liburi libowe nan se ukulu.
12 What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.
Uduka nighari ulele, iti usuu nati nafo na meng nati usuu mine.
13 The best way that people can show that they love someone is to die for that person. There is no way that you can love someone in a greater way than that.
Na umong dinin suu ule na ukatin ulele ba, na ama ni ulai me bara adondong me.
14 You [show that you] are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you.
Anung adondong nighari adi idi su imon ile na nbellin minu.
15 I will no longer call you my servants, because servants do not know [why] their masters [want them to] do things. Instead, I have said that you are my friends, because I, [acting like a friend], have revealed to you everything that my Father told me.
Na uma kuru nyiccila minu acin ba, bara na kucin asa yiro imon ile na Cikilari din su ba. Ncila minu adondong, vat nimon ile na nna lanza kitin Cifning, nna belin minu.
16 You did not decide to become my [disciples]. Instead, I chose you, so that you would do many things that please him [MET]. The results of what you do will last [forever]. I also chose you so that [my] Father will do for you whatever you, using my authority, ask him to do [MTY].
Na anunghari na fere yiba, menghari nafere minu nmini na ni minu katwaa inan do idi macu nono, tutung nono mine so. Uso nane bara vat nimon ile na ima tirinu Ucif nanya lissaning, ama ni minu inin.
17 [I repeat what] I have commanded you: Love each other.”
Ilenge imone ndin bellu minu inan su usuu nati mine.
18 “The people who are opposed to God will hate you. When that happens, remember that they hated me first.
Asa uyii nnari anung, yinnon nworu una cizin unari menku.
19 If you belonged to those who are opposed to God [MTY], they would love [you like they love] those who belong to them. But you do not belong to those who are opposed to God [MTY]. Instead, I chose you so that you would separate yourselves from [MTY] them. That is why those who are opposed to God [MTY] hate you.
In dafo anung anan yieari, uye wa yitu nin suu mine nafo anit me; bara anung anan yiere ba tutung Meng na fere minu unuzu nanya yie, bara ile imone uyie ma nari anung.
20 Remember these words that I told you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ [That means that you, who are like my servants, cannot expect people to treat you better than they treat me]. So, since they have (persecuted me/caused me to suffer), they will (persecute you/cause you to suffer) also. If they had paid attention to the things I taught them, they would pay attention to what you teach them.
Lizinon ulirue na nna belin minu, 'Na kucin katin Cikilari me ba.' Andi ina ti meng ku uniu, anung wang ima ti minu uniu, andi ina lanza uliru nighe, ima lanzu umine wang.
21 They will treat you like that because you [belong to] me [MTY], and because they do not know the one who sent me.
Ima su minu ile imone vat bara lissanighari, bara na iyiru ulenge na ana tuyi ba.
22 If I had not come and spoken [God’s message] to them, they would not be guilty [of rejecting me and my message]. But now [I have come and told them God’s message, so] they will have no excuse [when God judges them] for their sin.
Ndafo na nna dak nda su nani uliru ba, na iwa di nin nalapi; ama nene na idi nin surtu ba bara kulapi mine.
23 All those who hate me, [it is as though] they hate my Father as well.
Ulenge na a narii anari Ucif nighe wang.
24 If I had not done among them the [miracles] that no one else ever did, they would not be guilty of the sin [of rejecting me]. But now, [although] they have seen [those miracles], they have hated both me and my Father.
Ndafo nna su nitwa nanya mine nanga na umong nsa su ba, na iwa di nin kulapi ba, ama nene ina yene, ikuru inarii umunu Ucifnighe ku.
25 But this has happened in order that these words that have been written in their Scriptures might be fulfilled {to fulfill this that [(someone/the Psalmist]) wrote in their Scriptures}: ‘They hated me for no reason.’
Ile imone din tizu nani bara uliru nan kulo na udi nanya niyerte nduka mine, 'Inari mengku sa finu.'
26 [Later] I will send to you from [my] Father the one who will (encourage/be like a legal counsel for) you. He is the Spirit [who will teach you God’s] truth. He will come from my Father. He will tell people about me.
Asa unan bunue nda, ulenge na nma tu minu mum unuzu kiti Ncife, unnare, Uruhu kidegen, ulenge na una nuzu kitin Ncife, uma ti ushaida kitene nighe.
27 But you [disciples] must also tell people [about me], because you have been with me from the time when I started [my ministry] [MTY].”
Anung wang dinti nshaida bara idi ligowe nan mi unuzun cizunue.
