Yohanes 15
1 “Nyee nye Wainti vavã la, eye Fofonyee nye Agbletɔ la.
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
2 Elãa alɔdze siwo le ŋunye eye wometsea ku o la ɖa, ke esiwo tsea ku la, eɖea wo ŋu be woagatse ku geɖe fũu wu.
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will bear more fruit.
3 Miawo la, mia ŋu kɔ xoxo le nya siwo megblɔ na mi la ta.
You have already been pruned by the word I have spoken to you.
4 Minɔ menye, eye nye hã manɔ mia me. Wainti ƒe alɔdze aɖeke mate ŋu atse ku nenye be wolãe ɖa tso wainti la ŋu o, eya ta miawo hã, nye manɔmee la, miate ŋu atse ku aɖeke o.
Abide in me, and I will abide in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in me.
5 “Nyee nye wainti la, eye miawoe nye alɔdzeawo. Ame si le menye, eye nye hã mele eme la, atse ku nyui geɖe, elabena nye manɔmee la, miate ŋu awɔ naneke o.
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.
6 Ame si aɖe ɖe aga tso gbɔnye la, woatsɔe aƒu gbe abe alɔdze matseku ene, eye woatɔ dzoe.
If anyone does not abide in me, he is thrown out like a branch and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
7 Ke ne miele menye, eye nye nyawo le mia me la, nu sia nu si miabia la, woawɔe na mi.
If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you will ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
8 Esia hea ŋutikɔkɔe vɛ na Fofonye, nenye be mietse ku geɖe, eye miefia mia ɖokuiwo abe nye nusrɔ̃lawo ene.
My Father is glorified when you bear much fruit, and by doing so you will be my disciples.
9 “Melɔ̃ mi abe ale si Fofo la lɔ̃m ene, eya ta minɔ nye lɔlɔ̃ la me.
Just as the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.
10 Ne miewɔa se siwo mede na mi dzi la, mianɔ nye lɔlɔ̃ la me abe ale si meɖo to Fofonye ƒe sededewo, eye menɔ eƒe lɔlɔ̃ la me ene.
If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
11 Megblɔ nya siawo na mi be dzidzɔ si le menye la nanɔ miawo hã mia me, be miaƒe dzidzɔ nagbã go.
I have told you these things so that my joy may abide in you, and so that your joy may be full.
12 Mele se dem na mi be mialɔ̃ mia nɔewo abe ale si nye hã melɔ̃ mie ene.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
13 Lɔlɔ̃ gãtɔ kekeake si ame ate ŋu aɖe afia nɔvia lae nye be wòatsɔ eƒe agbe ana ɖe exɔlɔ̃wo ta.
No one has greater love than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ne miewɔ ɖe nye sewo dzi la, ekema mienye xɔ̃nyewo.
You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.
15 Nyemagayɔ mi be subɔlawo o, elabena aƒetɔ mate ŋu agblɔ eƒe nya ɣaɣlawo na subɔla o. Ke meyɔ mi be xɔ̃nyewo, elabena megblɔ nya sia nya si Fofo la gblɔ nam la na mi.
No longer do I call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I heard from my Father.
16 Menye miawoe tiam o, ke boŋ nyee tia mi, eye ɖe metia mi be miayi aɖatse ku, kutsetse siwo anɔ anyi ɖaa. Eye Fofo la ana nu sia nu si miabia le nye ŋkɔ dzi la mi.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask of the Father in my name he will give you.
17 Mele se dem na mi be milɔ̃ mia nɔewo.
I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.
18 “Ne xexe sia me tɔwo lé fu mi la, minyae be wolé fum gbã.
“If the world hates you, know that it hated me before it hated you.
19 Nenye xexe sia me tɔwo mienye la, anye ne woalɔ̃ mi, ke esi metia mi tso xexea me ta la, wolé fu mi.
If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.
20 Miɖo ŋku nya si megblɔ na mi la dzi be, ‘Subɔla mewua eƒe Aƒetɔ o.’ Ne woti yonyeme la, woati miawo hã yome. Nenye ɖe woɖo tom la, woaɖo to miawo hã.
Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
21 Xexe sia me tɔwo ati mia yome, elabena mienye tɔnyewo. Woawɔ esia ɖe mia ŋu, elabena womenya ame si dɔm la o.
But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.
22 Ɖe nyemeva gblɔ mawunya na wo o la, womabu fɔ wo ɖe woƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta o, gake esi wose mawunya la ta la, taflatsedodo aɖeke meli na wo o.
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 Ame si lé fum la lé fu Fofonye hã.
Whoever hates me hates my Father also.
24 Ɖe nyemewɔ nukunu gã geɖe si ame aɖeke mewɔ kpɔ le wo dome o la, anye ne womabu fɔ wo o; wokpɔ nukunu geɖe siawo, gake wolé fu nye kple Fofonye.
If I had not done among them the works that no one else had done, they would have no sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 Esia wu nya si wogblɔ le se la me be, ‘Wolé fum dzodzro’ la nu.
But this has happened to fulfill what is written in their law: ‘They hated me for no reason.’
26 “Ne Nyaxɔɖeakɔla la, ame si madɔ ɖo ɖe mi tso Fofo la gbɔ, nyateƒe ƒe Gbɔgbɔ si tso Fofo la gbɔ va la, aɖi ɖase tso ŋutinye.
“When the Helper comes, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
27 Eye ele be miawo hã miaɖi ɖase le ŋutinye, elabena mienɔ anyi kplim tso gɔmedzedzea me ke.
You must also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
