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 husbandman.
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 which in me giveth not fruits he taketh away; and that which giveth fruits he cleanseth, that more fruits it may give.
3 “Nou deja pwòp akoz pawòl ke Mwen te pale a nou an.
Now are you clean because of the word which I have spoken with 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 in you. As the branch cannot give fruits of itself if it abide not in the vine, so also cannot you, if you abide not 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, and you the branches. Whoso abideth in me, and I in him, this produceth much fruits, because without me you cannot do any thing.
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.
But if a man abide not in me, he is cast without, as a withered branch; and, gathering, they cast it into the fire to burn.
7 Si nou rete nan Mwen, e pawòl Mwen rete nan nou, mande nenpòt sa nou vle, e l ap fèt pou nou.
But if you abide in me, and my words abide in you, all whatever you will to ask shall be unto 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 glorified my Father, that much fruit you give, and be my disciples.
9 “Menm jan ke Papa a renmen M, Mwen renmen nou tou. Rete nan amou Mwen.
As my Father hath loved me, so I have loved you: continue in the love of me.
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 my commandments you will keep, you shall abide in my love; as I have kept the commandments of my Father, 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 have I spoken with you, that my joy may be 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.
Love which is greater than this is not, that a man 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 all that 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.
No more I call you servants, for the servant knoweth not what doeth his Lord; but my friends have I called you; wherefore all that I have heard from my Father, I have made known unto 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 placed you, that you also may go (and) yield much fruit; and your fruit shall remain, because all that you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give to you.
17 “Sa Mwen kòmande nou, pou nou renmen youn a lòt.
These I command you, That you love one another.
18 “Si lemonn rayi nou, byen konnen ke li te rayi M avan nou.
And if the world hate you, know that, before you, it hated me.
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.
And if of the world you were, the world its own would have loved; but you are not of the world, for I have chosen you from the world; on which account the world hateth 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 spake with you, That there is no servant who is greater than his lord. If me they have persecuted, you also will they persecute; and if my word they had kept, yours also would they keep.
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 these all will they do to you on account of my name, because they know not Him who 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 with them, they had not had sin; but now have they no pretext for their sins.
23 “Moun ki rayi M, rayi Papa M tou.
He who hateth me, my Father also hateth.
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.
And if the works I had not done before their eyes which no other man hath done, they had not had sin; but now they have 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.’
that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law, They hated me undeservedly.
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 cometh, He whom I will send unto you from my Father, the Spirit of Truth, He who from my Father cometh forth, He shall testify of me.
27 E nou va fè temwayaj tou, paske nou te avèk Mwen depi nan kòmansman.”
You also testify, because from the beginning are you with me.
