< 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 tagapag-alaga ng ubasan.
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].
Inaalis niya sa akin ang bawat sanga na hindi nagbubunga, at nililinis niya ang bawat sanga na nagbubunga upang ito ay lalong mamunga ng higit pa.
3 You are already [like] the branches [that a gardener] trims because [you have believed] the message that I have told you.
Kayo ay malinis na dahil sa mensahe na sinabi ko sa inyo.
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].
Manatili kayo sa akin at ako sa inyo. Katulad ng sanga na hindi maaring magbunga sa kaniyang sarili, maliban na ito ay nananatili sa puno, kaya hindi rin kayo maaring magbunga, maliban kung kayo ay mananatili 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 mananatili sa akin at ako sa kaniya, ang tao ring ito ay namumunga ng marami, sapagka't wala kayong magagawa kung kayo ay hiwalay sa akin.
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.
Ang sinumang hindi nanatili sa akin, tinatapon siya katulad ng sanga at natutuyo; tinitipon ng mga tao ang mga sanga at itinatapon ang mga ito sa apoy, at ang mga ito ay sinusunog.
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 ay mananatili sa akin, at kung ang aking mga salita ay mananatili sa inyo, humingi kayo ng anumang nais ninyo, at ito ay gagawin para 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 ay naluluwalhati ang aking Ama na kayo ay mamunga ng marami at na kayo ay maging 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.
Katulad ng pagmamahal sa akin ng Ama, kayo rin ay minahal ko, manatili kayo sa aking pagmamahal.
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 tutuparin ninyo ang aking mga kautusan, mananatili kayo sa aking pagmamahal katulad ng pagtutupad ko sa mga kautusan ng Ama at nanatili sa kaniyang pagmamahal.
11 I have told you these things so that you may be joyful as I [am joyful], and that you may be completely joyful.
Sinasabi ko ang mga bagay na ito sa inyo upang ang aking kagalakan ay sumainyo at upang ang inyong kagalakan ay maging lubos.
12 What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.
Ito ang akin kautusan, na dapat ninyong mahalin ang isa't isa katulad ng pagmamahal 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 sinuman ang nagmahal na hihigit pa rito, na kaniyang inaalay ang kaniyang buhay para sa kaniyang mga kaibigan.
14 You [show that you] are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you.
Kayo ay mga kaibigan ko kung ginagawa ninyo ang mga bagay na iniuutos ko 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 tinatawag na mga lingkod, dahil hindi nalalaman ng lingkod kung ano ang ginagawa ng kaniyang Panginoon. Tinawag ko kayong mga kaibigan dahil ipinaalam ko sa inyo ang lahat ng mga bagay na narinig ko mula sa aking Ama.
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].
Hindi kayo ang pumili sa akin ngunit pinili ko kayo at itinalaga kayo na humayo at magbunga at manatili ang inyong bunga. Ito ay upang kung anuman ang hingin ninyo sa Ama sa aking pangalan, ibibigay niya ito sa inyo.
17 [I repeat what] I have commanded you: Love each other.”
Ang mga bagay na ito ay iniuutos ko sa inyo, na magmahalan kayo 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 kinamumuhian kayo ng mundo, alam ninyo na kinamuhian muna ako nito bago kayo kamuhian nito.
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 ay sa mundo, mamahalin kayo ng mundo bilang sa kaniya; ngunit dahil hindi kayo sa mundo, at dahil pinili ko kayo mula sa mundo, sa kadahilanang ito kayo ay kinamumuhian ng mundo.
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.
Tandaan ninyo ang salitang sinabi ko sa inyo. 'Ang lingkod ay hindi mas dakila kaysa sa kaniyang panginoon'. Kung inusig nila ako, uusigin din nila kayo; kung sinunod nila ang aking salita, susundin din nila ang sa inyo.
21 They will treat you like that because you [belong to] me [MTY], and because they do not know the one who sent me.
Gagawin nila ang lahat ng mga bagay na ito sa inyo dahil sa aking pangalan sapagkat hindi nila kilala ang nagsugo sa akin.
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 ako dumating at nagsalita sa kanila, hindi sana sila nagkasala; subali't ngayon wala silang maidadahilan para sa kanilang kasalanan.
23 All those who hate me, [it is as though] they hate my Father as well.
Ang namumuhi sa akin ay namumuhi rin sa akin 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 hindi ko sana ginawa sa kanilang kalagitnaan ang mga gawain na hindi pa nagawa ninuman; hindi sana sila nagkaroon ng kasalanan, ngunit ngayon, pareho na nilang nakita at kinamuhian 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.’
Ito ay nangyayari upang ang salita ay matupad na ayon sa nakasulat sa kanilang kautusan: Kinamumuhian nila ako ng 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.
Kapag darating na ang Manga-aliw na siyang aking isusugo sa inyo mula sa Ama, na ang Espiritu ng katotohanan, na nanggaling mula sa Ama, magpapatotoo siya tungkol 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].”
Magpapatotoo rin kayo dahil kasama ko na kayo mula pa sa simula.

< John 15 >