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 tunay na puno ng ubas, at ang aking Ama ang magsasaka.
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].
Ang bawa't sanga na sa akin ay hindi nagbubunga, ay inaalis niya: at ang bawa't sanga na nagbubunga ay nililinis niya, upang lalong magbunga.
3 You are already [like] the branches [that a gardener] trims because [you have believed] the message that I have told you.
Kayo'y malilinis na sa pamamagitan ng salita na sa inyo'y aking sinalita.
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].
Kayo'y manatili sa akin, at ako'y sa inyo. Gaya ng sanga na di makapagbunga sa kaniyang sarili maliban na nakakabit sa puno; gayon din naman kayo, maliban na kayo'y manatili sa akin.
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 puno ng ubas, kayo ang mga sanga: Ang nananatili sa akin, at ako'y sa kaniya, ay siyang nagbubunga ng marami: sapagka't kung kayo'y hiwalay sa akin ay wala kayong magagawa.
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.
Kung ang sinoman ay hindi manatili sa akin, ay siya'y matatapong katulad ng sanga, at matutuyo; at mga titipunin at mga ihahagis sa apoy, at mangasusunog.
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 kayo'y magsipanatili sa akin, at ang mga salita ko'y magsipanatili sa inyo, ay hingin ninyo ang anomang inyong ibigin, at gagawin sa inyo.
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.
Sa ganito'y lumuluwalhati ang aking Ama, na kayo'y magsipagbunga ng marami; at gayon kayo'y magiging aking mga alagad.
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.
Kung paanong inibig ako ng Ama, ay gayon din naman iniibig ko kayo: magsipanatili kayo sa aking pagibig.
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 tinutupad ninyo ang aking mga utos, ay magsisipanahan kayo sa aking pagibig; gaya ng aking pagtupad sa mga utos ng aking Ama, at ako'y nananatili sa kaniyang pagibig.
11 I have told you these things so that you may be joyful as I [am joyful], and that you may be completely joyful.
Ang mga bagay na ito ay sinalita ko sa inyo, upang ang aking kagalakan ay mapasa inyo, at upang ang inyong kagalakan ay malubos.
12 What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.
Ito ang aking utos, na kayo'y mangagibigan sa isa't isa, na gaya ng pagibig ko sa inyo.
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.
Walang may lalong dakilang pagibig kay sa rito, na ibigay ng isang tao ang kaniyang buhay dahil sa kaniyang mga kaibigan.
14 You [show that you] are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you.
Kayo'y aking mga kaibigan, kung gawin ninyo ang mga bagay na aking iniuutos sa inyo.
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.
Hindi ko na kayo tatawaging mga alipin; sapagka't hindi nalalaman ng alipin kung ano ang ginagawa ng kaniyang panginoon: nguni't tinatawag ko kayong mga kaibigan; sapagka't ang lahat ng mga bagay na narinig ko sa aking Ama ay mga ipinakilala ko sa inyo.
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].
Ako'y hindi ninyo hinirang, nguni't kayo'y hinirang ko, at aking kayong inihalal, upang kayo'y magsiyaon at magsipagbunga, at upang manatili ang inyong bunga: upang ang anomang inyong hingin sa Ama sa aking pangalan, ay maibigay niya sa inyo.
17 [I repeat what] I have commanded you: Love each other.”
Ang mga bagay na ito ay iniuutos ko sa inyo, upang kayo'y mangagibigan sa isa't isa.
18 “The people who are opposed to God will hate you. When that happens, remember that they hated me first.
Kung kayo'y kinapopootan ng sanglibutan, ay inyong talastas na ako muna ang kinapootan bago kayo.
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 kayo'y taga sanglibutan, ay iibigin ng sanglibutan ang kaniyang sarili: nguni't sapagka't kayo'y hindi taga sanglibutan, kundi kayo'y hinirang ko sa sanglibutan, kaya napopoot sa inyo ang sanglibutan.
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.
Alalahanin ninyo ang salitang sa inyo'y aking sinabi, Ang alipin ay hindi dakila kay sa kaniyang panginoon. Kung ako'y kanilang pinagusig, kayo man ay kanilang paguusigin din; kung tinupad nila ang aking salita, ang inyo man ay tutuparin din.
21 They will treat you like that because you [belong to] me [MTY], and because they do not know the one who sent me.
Datapuwa't ang lahat ng mga bagay na ito ay gagawin nila sa inyo dahil sa aking pangalan, sapagka't hindi nila nakikilala ang sa akin ay nagsugo.
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 hindi sana ako naparito at nagsalita sa kanila, ay hindi sila magkakaroon ng kasalanan: datapuwa't ngayo'y wala na silang madadahilan sa kanilang kasalanan.
23 All those who hate me, [it is as though] they hate my Father as well.
Ang napopoot sa akin ay napopoot din naman sa aking Ama.
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 ako sana'y hindi gumawa sa gitna nila ng mga gawang hindi ginawa ng sinomang iba, ay hindi sana sila nangagkaroon ng kasalanan: datapuwa't ngayon ay kanilang nangakita at kinapootan nila ako at ang aking Ama.
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.’
Nguni't nangyari ito, upang matupad ang salitang nasusulat sa kanilang kautusan, Ako'y kinapootan nila na walang kadahilanan.
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.
Datapuwa't pagparito ng Mangaaliw, na aking susuguin sa inyo mula sa Ama, sa makatuwid baga'y ang Espiritu ng katotohanan, na nagbubuhat sa Ama, ay siyang magpapatotoo sa akin:
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].”
At kayo naman ay magpapatotoo, sapagka't kayo'y nangakasama ko buhat pa nang una.
