Jan 15
1 “Mwen se vrè pye rezen an, epi se Papa M ki okipe pye rezen an.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser.
2 Chak branch nan Mwen ki pa pote fwi, Li retire. E chak branch ki pote fwi, li taye pou l pote plis fwi.
Every branch in me that bears no fruit, he takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
3 “Nou deja pwòp akoz pawòl ke Mwen te pale a nou an.
Now are you pure, through the word which I have spoken to you.
4 Rete nan Mwen, e Mwen nan nou. Kon branch lan pa kapab pote fwi pou kont li, sof ke li rete nan pye rezen an, ni nou pa kapab, sof ke nou rete nan Mwen.
Abide in me, and I will abide in you. As the branch can not bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in me.
5 “Mwen se pye rezen an, nou se branch yo. Moun ki rete nan Mwen, e Mwen nan li, li pote anpil fwi. Paske apa de Mwen, nou pa kapab fè anyen.
I am the vine, you are the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; for apart from me you can do nothing.
6 Si nenpòt moun pa rete nan Mwen, li va jete kon yon branch, e l ap seche. Y ap ranmase yo e jete yo nan dife, epi y ap brile.
If any one abide not in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and withers; and such are gathered, and thrown into the fire, and burned.
7 Si nou rete nan Mwen, e pawòl Mwen rete nan nou, mande nenpòt sa nou vle, e l ap fèt pou nou.
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done for you.
8 Konsa, Papa M ap resevwa glwa, lè nou pote anpil fwi. E konsa, nou fè prèv ke nou se disip Mwen yo.
In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and in this you will be my disciples.
9 “Menm jan ke Papa a renmen M, Mwen renmen nou tou. Rete nan amou Mwen.
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.
10 Si nou kenbe kòmandman Mwen yo, nou ap rete nan amou Mwen. Menm jan ke Mwen te kenbe kòmandman a Papa M yo, e rete nan amou pa Li a.
If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love, even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
11 “Bagay sa yo Mwen pale nou, pou jwa M kapab nan nou, e ke jwa nou kapab konplete.
These things have I spoken to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.
12 Sa se kòmandman Mwen, pou nou renmen youn a lòt, menm jan ke Mwen renmen nou an.
This is my commandment: That you love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Pa gen pi gran amou pase sa. Ke yon moun bay vi li pou zanmi li yo.
Greater love has no man than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.
14 “Nou se zanmi Mwen si nou fè sa ke Mwen kòmande nou.
You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
15 Mwen p ap rele nou esklav ankò, paske yon esklav pa konnen kisa mèt li ap fè. Men Mwen rele nou zanmi, paske tout bagay ke Mwen tande nan Papa M, Mwen fè nou konnen.
I no longer call you servants, because the servant knows not what his master does. But I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
16 “Nou pa t chwazi Mwen, men Mwen te chwazi nou, e te etabli nou pou nou ta kapab pote fwi, e ke fwi sa a ta kapab dire, pou nenpòt sa ke nou mande Papa a, nan non pa M, Li kapab bay nou li.
You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and appointed you, that you may go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit may remain; that whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he may give you.
17 “Sa Mwen kòmande nou, pou nou renmen youn a lòt.
These things I command you, that you may love one another.
18 “Si lemonn rayi nou, byen konnen ke li te rayi M avan nou.
If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you.
19 Si nou te apatyen a lemonn, lemonn ta renmen pa li, men akoz ke nou pa apatyen a lemonn, e ke Mwen te chwazi rachte nou nan mond sa a, akoz sa yo rayi nou.
If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
20 “Sonje pawòl ke Mwen te di nou an: ‘Yon esklav pa pi gran pase mèt li’. Si yo te pèsekite Mwen, y ap pèsekite nou tou. Si yo te kenbe pawòl Mwen, yo va kenbe pawòl pa nou osi.
Remember the word which I spoke to you, The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.
21 Men tout bagay sa yo, yo va fè nou pou koz a Non pa M, paske yo pa konnen Sila a ki te voye M nan.
But all these things they will do to you on my account, because they know not him that sent me.
22 “Si Mwen pa t vini pou pale avèk yo, yo pa t ap gen peche, men koulye a yo pa gen eskiz pou peche yo.
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 “Moun ki rayi M, rayi Papa M tou.
He that hates me, hates my Father also.
24 Si Mwen pa t fè pami yo zèv ke okenn lòt pa t janm fè, yo pa t ap gen peche, men koulye a, yo wè, e yo rayi M, e Papa M tou.
If I had not done among them the works that no other man has done, they would have had no sin; but now they have both seen, and hated both me and my Father.
25 “Men yo te fè sa pou pawòl la ta kapab akonpli ki te ekri nan Lalwa pa yo: ‘Yo te rayi Mwen san koz.’
But this is so, that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
26 “Lè Konseye a vini, sila a ke M ap voye bay nou sòti nan Papa a, sa se Lespri verite a, ki sòti nan Papa a, L ap fè temwayaj de Mwen.
But when the Paraclete has come, whom I will send to you from my Father, the Spirit of the truth, which proceeds from the Father, he will testify of me;
27 E nou va fè temwayaj tou, paske nou te avèk Mwen depi nan kòmansman.”
and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
