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.
Nene na mzabibu ghwa bhukweli, ni dadi jhangu ndo n'kulima ghwa mizabibu.
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].
Kila litafi mugati mwa nene ambalyo lihogola lepi litunda libhosibhwa ili libhwesiyi kuhogola zaidi.
3 You are already [like] the branches [that a gardener] trims because [you have believed] the message that I have told you.
Muenga tayari mujhele mwebhanofu kwandabha jha bhujumbe ambabho ni bhajobhili.
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].
Mtamayi mgati mwa nene ni nene mwa muenga. Kama litafi kyalibhwesyalepi kuhogola lyene palibelikujha mu mzabibu, kadhalika namu, mkabelayi kutama mwanene.
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].
Nene na mzabibu; muenga matafi. Jhaibetakudumu mugati mwa nene nani nibetakujha mwa muene, munu ojho ihogola matunda mini, kwa kujha pasipo nene wibhwesyalepi kubhomba khenu kyokyoha khela.
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.
Ikajhiajhi munu jhejhioha ibetalepi kusalila mugati mwa nene ibetakutaghibhwa kama litafi ni kujhoma; bhanu bhibhonganya matafi ni kutagha mu muoto, ni kuteketela.
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.
Ikajhiayi mwibetakudumu mugati mwa nene, ni kama malobhi ghangu ghatamisyi mwa muenga, mus'okayi lyolyoha lya mwilonda namu mwibetakubhombibhwa.
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.
Katika e'le Dadi jhangu atukusibhu, kwamba mwihogola matunda mingi ni kwamba bhanafunzi bhanene.
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.
Kama dadijhangu kya aniganili nene, nani pia nibhaganili muenga; mudumumuayi mu lipendo lyangu.
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.
Ikajhiajhi mwibeta kusikamula amri sya nene, mwibeta kutamisya mu lipendo lya muene.
11 I have told you these things so that you may be joyful as I [am joyful], and that you may be completely joyful.
Nijobhili mambo agha kwa muenga ili furaha jha nene jhijhelayi mugati mwa muenga ili kwamba furaha jha muenga jhibhombekayi kujha timilifu.
12 What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.
Ejhe ndo amri jha nene, kwamba mgananayi jhomu kwa jhomu kama kyanibhaganili nene.
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.
Ajhelepi munu jha ajhe ni bhupendo mbaha kuliko obho, kujha aghapisiayi maisha gha muene kwandabha jha bhalongomunu.
14 You [show that you] are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you.
Muenga bhalongobhangu kama mwibetakubhomba ghala ghanibhalaghisi.
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.
Nikabhakuta lepi bhatumwa, kwa kujha n'tumwa amanyilepi khela kyaibhomba bwana ghwa muene. Nibhakutili muenga marafiki, kwa ndabha nibhajobhili muenga mambo ghoha ambagho ni ghap'eliki kuhomela kwa Dadi.
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].
Mwanichuguili lepi nene, bali nene nabhachaguili muenga ni kubhabheka mlotayi kuhogola matunda ni litunda lya muega libhwesyayi kutama. E'le lijhele naha ili kyamwis'oka kwa Dadi kwa lihina lya nene, ibetakubhapela.
17 [I repeat what] I have commanded you: Love each other.”
Mambo agha nikabhalaghisya, kujha mgananayi khila munu ni njhinu.
18 “The people who are opposed to God will hate you. When that happens, remember that they hated me first.
Kamam ulimwengu ghwibetakubhadadila, mmanyayi kujha bhwanidadila nene kabla jha kubhadadila muenga.
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.
Kama ngamujhele bha ulimwengu, ulimwengu gha ubhaganili kama ghwa bhene; Lakini kwa ndabha bhaulimwengu lepi na kwa ndabha nabhachaguili kuh'omela ku ulimwengu, kwandabha ejhe ulimwengu ukabhachukila.
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.
Mkhombokayi lilobhi lya nabhajobhili, 'N'tumwa mbaha lepi kuliko bwana ghwa muene.' Ikajhelayi bhanitesisi nene, bhibetakubhatesya ni muenga pia; kama bhakamuili lilobhi lya nene, ngabhalikamuili lya jhomu pia.
21 They will treat you like that because you [belong to] me [MTY], and because they do not know the one who sent me.
Bhibetakubhabhombela mbombo agha ghoha kwandabha jha lihina lya nene, kwa ndabha bhammanyilepi jhola jhaanilaghisi.
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.
Kama nganihidilepi ni kubhajobhela, ngabhajhelepi bhabhomba dhambi; lakini henu bhajhelepi ni udhuru kwa dhambi sya bhene.
23 All those who hate me, [it is as though] they hate my Father as well.
Jhaakanida dila nene akan'dadila ni Dadi pia.
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.
Ikajhiajhi nibhombilepi mbombo miongoni mwa bhene ambayo ajhelepi hata mmonga jha ajhibhombili, ngabhajhele bhaduli dhambi; lakini henu bhabhombili ghoha mabhele bhabhuene na bhanidadili nene ni Dadi jhangu.
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.’
E'le lihomlea ili lilobhi litimilayi ambalyo lilembibhu mu sheria sya bhene: 'Bhakanidadila nene bila sababu.'
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.
Wakati mfariji ahidili, ambajhe nikandaghisya kwa muenga kuhomela kwa Dadi, ojho ndo, Roho ghwa kweli, ambajhe ihomela kwa Dadi, ibetakunishuhudila.
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].”
Namu pia mwibetakunishuhudila kwa ndabha nijhele pamonga nani kuhomela kubhwandelu.
