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.
“Ako ang tinuod nga punoan, ug ang akong Amahan mao ang tig-atiman.
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].
Kuhaon niya ang matag sanga nga ania kanako nga wala nagahatag ug bunga, ug iyang pul-ongan ang mga sanga nga nagapamunga aron nga kini mamunga ug daghan.
3 You are already [like] the branches [that a gardener] trims because [you have believed] the message that I have told you.
Kamo hinlo na tungod sa mga mensahe nga gisulti ko kaninyo.
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].
Pabilin kanako, ug ako kaninyo. Sama nga ang sanga dili makapamunga sa iyang kaugalingon gawas kung kini magpabilin sa punoan, bisan usab kamo, gawas kung kamo magpabilin kanako.
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].
Ako ang punoan, kamo ang mga sanga. Siya nga magpabilin kanako, ug ako kaniya, mamunga ug daghan, kay kung wala ako wala kamoy mahimo.
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.
Si kinsa kadtong dili magpabilin kanako, isalibay siya sama sa sanga ug mangalaya, ug tapokon nila ang mga sanga ug itambog ngadto sa kalayo, ug sila mangasunog.
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.
Kung kamo magpabilin kanako, ug kung ang akong mga pulong magpabilin kaninyo, pangayoa ang bisan unsa nga inyong gitinguha, ug kini mahitabo alang kaninyo.
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.
Ang akong Amahan mahimaya niini: nga kamo mamunga ug daghan ug nga kamo akong mga disipulo.
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.
Sama sa paghigugma sa Amahan kanako, ako usab nahigugma kaninyo; busa pabilin sa akong gugma.
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.
Kung inyong tumanon ang akong mga kasugoan, kamo magpabilin sa akong gugma sama nga ako nituman sa mga kasugoan sa akong Amahan ug nagpabilin sa iyang gugma.
11 I have told you these things so that you may be joyful as I [am joyful], and that you may be completely joyful.
Gisulti ko kini nga mga butang kaninyo aron nga ang akong kalipay maanaa kaninyo ug aron ang inyong kalipay mahingpit.
12 What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.
Kini ang akong sugo, nga kamo maghigugmaay sa matag usa sama sa akong paghigugma kaninyo.
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.
Walay usa nga adunay gugma nga mas labaw kaysa niini, nga iyang ihatag ang iyang kinabuhi alang sa iyang mga higala.
14 You [show that you] are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you.
Kamo akong mga higala kung mobuhat kamo sa mga butang nga akong gisugo kaninyo.
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.
Wala ko na kamo gitawag nga akong mga sulugoon, kay ang sulugoon wala masayod kung unsa ang ginabuhat sa iyang agalon. Gitawag ko kamo nga mga higala, kay ang tanan nga akong nadungog gikan sa akong Amahan, akong gipahibalo kaninyo.
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].
Dili kamo ang nagpili kanako, apan ako ang nagpili kaninyo ug nagtudlo kaninyo aron manglakaw ug mamunga, ug ang inyong bunga kinahanglan magpabilin. Mao kini aron bisan unsa ang inyong pangayoon sa Amahan sa akong ngalan, ihatag niya kini kaninyo.
17 [I repeat what] I have commanded you: Love each other.”
Kini mao ang mga butang nga akong gisugo kaninyo: nga maghinigugmaay kamo sa matag usa.
18 “The people who are opposed to God will hate you. When that happens, remember that they hated me first.
Kung ang kalibotan nagdumot kaninyo, sayri nga kini nagdumot kanako sa wala pa kini nagdumot kaninyo.
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.
Kung kamo iya sa kalibotan, ang kalibotan mahigugma kaninyo ingon nga iya. Apan tungod kay kamo dili iya sa kalibotan ug tungod kay gipili ko kamo gikan sa kalibotan, nagpasabot nga ang kalibotan nagdumot kaninyo.
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.
Hinumdomi ang pulong nga akong gisulti kaninyo, 'Ang sulugoon dili labaw sa iyang agalon.' Kung gilutos nila ako, lutoson usab nila kamo; kung ilang tumanon ang akong pulong, tumanon usab nila ang inyong pulong.
21 They will treat you like that because you [belong to] me [MTY], and because they do not know the one who sent me.
Buhaton nila kining tanan nga mga butang diha kaninyo tungod sa akong ngalan kay wala man sila makaila kaniya nga nagpadala kanako.
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.
Kung wala ako mianhi ug misulti kanila, wala unta sila makasala, apan karon wala silay ikapasumangil alang sa ilang sala.
23 All those who hate me, [it is as though] they hate my Father as well.
Siya nga nagdumot kanako nagdumot usab sa akong Amahan.
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.
Kung wala ko nahimo ang mga buluhaton nga wala gayoy nakahimo kanila, wala unta sila makasala, apan karon sila nakakita ug nagdumot kanako ug sa akong Amahan.
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.’
Apan kini aron matuman ang pulong nga nahisulat sa ilang balaod, 'Nagdumot sila kanako sa walay hinungdan.'
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.
Kung ang Maghuhupay—nga akong ipadala kaninyo gikan sa Amahan, nga mao, ang Espiritu sa kamatuoran, nga gikan sa Amahan—moabot, siya makapamatuod mahitungod kanako.
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].”
Kamo usab makapamatuod tungod kay kamo uban kanako gikan pa sa sinugdanan.
