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.
Jisasi'a mago'ane anage hu'ne, Nagra tamage waini zafamofo nena'a mani'noe. Nenfa'a waini hozamofo nefa'e.
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].
Hakare azankuna'amo Nagripi me'neno raga reontesimofona, Agra akafri netreno, hakare azankuna'amo raga rentesiana, mago'ene traga huno eri fatgo hanigeno, aguheno raga rentegahie.
3 You are already [like] the branches [that a gardener] trims because [you have believed] the message that I have told you.
Tamagra ko agru hu'naze, na'ankure kema tamasmi'noa kemo tamazeri agru hu'ne.
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].
Nagri nagu'afi emaninenke'na, Nagra tamagri tmagu'afi mani'neno. Zafa azankuna'amo agra avesitera raga'a reontegahie, waini zafare azankuna'amo ru okamare snuno'a raga reontegahie. Hagi Nagrite'ma ruokamare'sutma raga'a reontegahaze.
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].
Nagra waini zafa mani'nogeta, tamagra azankuna'a mani'naze. Iza'o Nagripi manige'na agripi mani'nomo'a, rama'a raga renente, Nagri'ma natresuta mago'zana osu'tfa hugahaze.
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.
Mago vahe'mo'ma Nagri'ene tragoteno omanisimofona, azankuna eritru hu'nazageno osaparea kna hina, mate vu'za tevefi kregahaze.
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.
Tamagrama, Nagri'ene tragoteta mani'ne'nageno, naneke ni'amo tamagri tamagu'afi'ma me'nena, tamesinia zankuma nantahigesazana amne erigahaze.
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.
Tamagra rama'a raga renentenkeno, Nenfa'a ra agi erisige'za nege'za, Nagri namage nentaza disaipol vahere hu'za tamagrikura hugahaze.
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.
Nenfa'ma, Nagri'ma navesi nante'neaza hu'na, Nagranena anahu kna hu'na tmesi nermantoanki, ana navesimofo agu'afi maniho.
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.
Tamagrama kasege ni'ama amage' antesuta, tamagra Nagri navesimofo agu'afi manigahaze, Nagrama, Nenfa kasegema amage ante'na, Agri avesizamofo agu'afi mani'noankna huta manigahaze.
11 I have told you these things so that you may be joyful as I [am joyful], and that you may be completely joyful.
Ama zanku'ma Nagra nermasmuana, Nagri muse zamo tamagri tamagu'afi me'nigeno, musezantmimo'a avitegahie.
12 What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.
Ama'i Nagri kasege, tamararunku ovesinte, avesinte hiho. Nagrama, tamagri'ma navesi tamante'noa kna hiho.
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.
Mago'mo'ma rone'agu avesinteno, agra asimuma atreno frisimo'a, tusi'a ugota hu'nea avesiza huzmerigahie.
14 You [show that you] are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you.
Nagrama neramasmua kasegema amage antesutma Tamagra, Nagri rone manigahaze.
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.
Nagra ru'ene kazokzo eri'za vahe'ni'e hu'na tmagrikura osugahue, na'ankure kazokzo eri'za vahe'mo'a kva'amo'ma hiazana ontahi'ne. Hianagi Nagra rone'nimote hu'na tmagrikura nehue, na'ankure Nenfantegati maka'zama Nagrama antahuazana, tamagrira neramasmue.
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].
Tamagra, Nagrira huhampri'onante'naze, hianagi Nagra, tamagrira huhampritamantena, tamazeri oti'noe, vuta nena raga'a ome rentesageno, ana ragamo me'nena, na'ankuro Nagri nagifi Nenfama antahigesageno'a, Agra amne tmigahie.
17 [I repeat what] I have commanded you: Love each other.”
Nagra ama kasege neramasmue, tmararuna ovesinte avesinte hiho.
18 “The people who are opposed to God will hate you. When that happens, remember that they hated me first.
Jisasi'a amanage huno zamasmi'ne, Ama mopafi vahe'mo'za ha' rermantesaza zanku kva hiho, na'ankure ese agafare, Nagri ha' renante'naze.
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.
Ama'na mopafi vahe mani'naresina, ama mopafi vahe'mo'za tagri vahere hu'za zamesi rmantasine, ana hu'neanagi na'ankure tamagra ama mopafi vahera omani'naze. Hianagi Nagra ama mopafinti tamagrira tmavre'noe, ana agafare ama mopafi vahe'mo'za hara reneramantaze.
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.
Ko'ma tamasmi'noa kegu tamagesa antahiho, kazokzo eri'za ne'amo'a, kva vahe'a knara osu'ne. Nagri'ma nazanva ante'nesu'za, tamagri enena anahu kna hu'za tamazanva antegahaze, ke'ni'a amage antenare'sina, tamagri kea ana zanke hu'za antahizasine.
21 They will treat you like that because you [belong to] me [MTY], and because they do not know the one who sent me.
Hianagi Nagri nagimo tamagripi me'nenigeno'a, e'ina hu'zana hurmantegahaze, na'ankure hunantege'na e'nomofona ke'za antahi'za osu'nagu ana hurmategahaze.
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.
Nagrama naneke e'na eme ozmasmuasina, zamagrira kumi'zmi omanesine. Hianagi menina kumi'zmia eri fraki kazamia omnegahie.
23 All those who hate me, [it is as though] they hate my Father as well.
Higeno Nagri'ma ha'ma renantesimo'a, ana zanke huno Nenfana ha' renente.
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.
Mago'a vahe'mo'za e'orinaza kaguva eri'zama zamagri amu'nompi e'ori'noasinia, kumi'zmia omnesine. Hianagi menina kaguva eri'zani'a kazanagi, Nagri'ene Nenfanena ha' renerantaze.
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.’
Menima anazama nehazana, zamagri kasegefi kre'naza ke eri knare nehaze, Mago havizana Nagra osunoge'za, hara renenantaze. (Sam-Zga 69:4)
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.
Hagi tamazama hu'zama huntesugeno Nenfantegati tamagrite'ma esuno'a, Agra Tamage Avamukino Nagri nagenkea eriama hugahie.
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].”
Tamagranena ana zanke hutma Nagri nanekea huama hugahaze, na'ankure tamagra Nagrane mani'nage'na, eri'zana eri agafa hu'na eri'noe.
