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.
“Ngo singnv hampo ngv, okv ngoogv Abu nayam mvnv atuv.
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].
Hv ngoogvlo hakbv asi svvma nvnga pala paa dunv, okv asi svvnv hakbv vdwa hv mvngi riadunv, vkvlvgavbolo abuyayabv asi svvmu dubv vla hv mvngi dunv.
3 You are already [like] the branches [that a gardener] trims because [you have believed] the message that I have told you.
Nonua mvngi ropvkunv (darwk dubv mvpvkunv) ngoogv nonua tamsar kolokv.
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].
Ngoogvlo doolwk laka, okv ngo ka nonu gvlo doolwkre. Hakbv ngv atuv asi svvnyu madunv; hakbv ngv asi svvlare vdwlo hv hampo nga hargap tvla dooridw. Vkv aingbv nonu asi svvnyu mare vdwlo nonu ngam rwkrwk mvla gakbwngla doomaredw.”
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].
“Ngo hampo ngv, okv nonu hakbv ngv. Yvvdw ngam rwkrwk mvla gakbwng doonv, ngo ka ninyia, hv achialvbv asi svvre; ngam kayu tvla nonu oguka rinyu mare.
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.
Yvvdw ngam gakbwng madunv (ngoogvlo doolwk madunv), hakbv nga mvnam apiabv ora dunv okv simudunv; vkvnv hakbv nga naakum dukunv okv vmvlo orlwk dukunv, hoka bunua vmv ramdu kunv.
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.
Nonu ngoogvlo doobwng bolo okv ngoogv gamchar vdwv nonu gvlo doore, vbvrikunamv nonugv mvngnam lokv ogugo kooridw, nonu um paare.
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.
Nonugv achialvbv asi svvku lokv ngo Abu gv kairungnam ha kaapa dunv; okv vbvrila nonu ngoogv lvbwlaksu bv ridunv.
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.
Abu gv ngam paknam aingbv, ngo nonua pakdunv; ngoogv pakkulo doobwng laka.
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.
Nonu ngoogv gamki nama tvboribolo, nonu ngoogv paknam lo doobwngre, ngo Abu gv gamki nama tvvla rila ninyigv paknam lo doobwng nam aingbv.”
11 I have told you these things so that you may be joyful as I [am joyful], and that you may be completely joyful.
“Ngo sum nonua mintam pvkunv, vkvlvgavbolo ngoogv mvngpuv nonu gvlo doolwk dubv okv nonugv mvngpuv achialv dukubv vla mindunv.
12 What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.
Ngoogv gamki la minammv siinv: akonv akonyi pakmi sulaka, ngoogv nonua paknam aingbv.
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.
Akonv ajin vdwgv lvgabv ninyigv turnama mvngnga jikunv v kaiyachokbv paknam jinamv.
14 You [show that you] are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you.
Okv vdwlo nonu ngoogv gamki nama ribolo, nonu ngoogv ajin v.
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.
Ngo nonua pakbu vla minku mare, ogulvgavbolo pakbuv chima ninyigv atuv ogugo ridudw. Vmabvya, ngo nonua ajin vla mindunv, ogulvgavbolo ngo vdwgo ngo Abu gvlo tvvpvkudw nonua mintam pvkunv.
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].
Nonu ngam darma; ngo nonua darpvkunv okv vngla turbwngnv asi lokv achialvbv svvmudubv tolwk pvkunv, okv nonu ngoogv amin bv Abunyi ogugo kooredw nw nonua jire.
17 [I repeat what] I have commanded you: Love each other.”
Vbvrikunamv, sum ngo gamki la mindunv: akonv akonyi pakmi sulaka.”
18 “The people who are opposed to God will hate you. When that happens, remember that they hated me first.
“Nyiamooku hv nonua kaanwng madubolo, nonu mvngpa dalaka hv ngam kaanwng mabv richo dunv.
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.
Nonu nyiamooku gvngvbolo, vbvrikunamv, nonua nyiamooku v atu gvngv vla pakdu nvpv. Vbvritola ngo nonua nyiamooku loka darpvkunv, okv nonu nyiamooku gvbv rikuma; vkvlvgabv nyiamookuv nonua kaanwng madunv.
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.
Mvngpa laka ngo nonua ogugo minpvkudw: ‘pakbuv ninyigv atua kaiyama dunv.’ Bunu ngam mvdwkmvku bolo, bunu nonua ka mvdwkmvkure; bunu ngoogv tamsar nama tvvdu bolo, bunu nonua ka tvvre.
21 They will treat you like that because you [belong to] me [MTY], and because they do not know the one who sent me.
Vbvritola bunu nonua so mvnwng sum rire ogulvgavbolo nonu ngo gvngv; bunu ngam so imunv anga chima.
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.
Ngo bunu gvlo aala mima nvgoilo, bunu vdwloka chinsu mare bunu rimur nvngv vla; vjak vbvrikujeka, bunugv rimur gungnying nga vjak anyubv kayu laku mare.
23 All those who hate me, [it is as though] they hate my Father as well.
Yvvdw ngam kaanwng madunv hv ngoogv Abu nyika kaanwng madunv.
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.
Bunu rimurnvngv vla chinsu mapvnvpv, ngo bunu gvlo nyi gv rikw manam vdwa rima nvgolo; vbvdvdvbv, bunu kaato ngo ogugo ripvkudw, okv bunu ngam okv Abu ngunyia kaanwng madu.
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.’
Svbvrinam si bunugv Pvbv kitaplo ogugo lvkchola lvkpv pvdw um jvjvbv rilin monam lvgabv ripv, ho vbv lvkpv: ‘Bunu ngam oguguka gungnying kaamabv kaanwng madu.’”
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.
“Riduryanv aare—Dow v, hv Pwknvyarnv gvlokv aanv okv Pwknvyarnv gv jvjv nga kaatam mintam rianv. Ngo ninyia nonu gvlo vngmure, okv hv ngoogv lvkwng nga japjire.
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].”
Okv nonuka, ngoogv lvkwng nga japjire, ogulvgavbolo nonu ngam atuk lokv reming gvkunv.”
