Jọn 15
1 “Mụ onwe m bụ ezigbo osisi vaịnị ahụ. Nna m bụkwa onye ọrụ ubi.
I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the farmer.
2 Ọ na-egbuda alaka ọbụla dị nʼime m nke na-adịghị amị mkpụrụ. Ma alaka ọbụla na-amị mkpụrụ ka ọ na-egbucha, ka o nwee ike mịa mkpụrụ dị ọtụtụ.
Every branch in me not bearing fruit, he removes it. And every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it, so that it may bear more fruit.
3 Ugbu a, e meela ka unu dịrị ọcha nʼihi okwu m gwara unu.
Now ye are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
4 Nọgidenụ nʼime m, ka mụ onwe m nọgidekwa nʼime unu. Dịka alaka ọbụla apụghị ịmị mkpụrụ nʼonwe ya ma ọ bụrụ na ọ nọgideghị nʼosisi vaịnị. Otu a, unu apụghịkwa ịmị mkpụrụ ma ọ bụrụ na unu anọgideghị nʼime m.
Dwell in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it dwells in the grapevine, so neither ye, if ye do not dwell in me.
5 “Mụ onwe m bụ osisi vaịnị ahụ; unu bụkwa alaka ya. Onye ọbụla na-anọgide nʼime m, nke mụ onwe m na-anọgidekwa nʼime ya, na-amị ọtụtụ mkpụrụ. Nʼihi na ewezuga m, unu enweghị ike ime ihe ọbụla.
I am the grapevine, ye are the branches. He who dwells in me, and I in him, this man bears much fruit, because without me ye can do nothing.
6 Onye ọbụla na-adịghị anọgide nʼime m dị ka alaka e gbuturu, tụpụ ya, ọ kpọnwụọ. A ga-achịkọta ya, chịnye ya nʼọkụ, o repịa.
If any man does not dwell in me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered. And they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and are burned.
7 Ọ bụrụ na unu anọgide nʼime m, okwu m anọgidekwa nʼime unu, rịọọnụ ihe ọbụla unu chọrọ, a ga-emere unu ya.
If ye dwell in me, and my sayings dwell in you, ye will ask whatever ye may want, and it will be done to you.
8 Nke a ga-abụrụ Nna m otuto na unu mịrị ọtụtụ mkpụrụ hie nne, ọ na-egosikwa na unu bụ ndị na-eso ụzọ m.
By this my Father is glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye will become my disciples.
9 “Dị ka Nna sị hụ m nʼanya, otu a ka m sị hụkwa unu nʼanya. Ya mere, nọgidenụ nʼime ịhụnanya m.
As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Dwell ye in my love.
10 Unu ga-anọgide nʼịhụnanya m ma ọ bụrụ na unu edebe iwu m. Dị ka m debere iwu Nna m ma nọgidekwa nʼịhụnanya ya.
If ye keep my commandments, ye will dwell in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments, and dwell in his love.
11 Agwala m unu ihe ndị a ka ọṅụ m dịrị nʼime unu ka ọṅụ unu zukwaa oke.
These things I have spoken to you that my joy may dwell in you, and your joy may be full.
12 Nke a bụkwa iwu m, ka unu hụrịta onwe unu nʼanya dị ka m siri hụ unu nʼanya.
This is my commandment, that ye love each other, just as I have loved you.
13 Ọ dịghị onye ọbụla nwere ịhụnanya karịrị nke a na mmadụ tọgbọrọ ndụ ya nʼihi ndị enyi ya.
Greater love has no man than this, that some man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Unu onwe unu bụkwa ndị enyi m ma ọ bụrụ na unu edebe ihe m nyere nʼiwu.
Ye are my friends, if ye do as many things as I command you.
15 Anaghị m akpọkwa unu ndị ohu ọzọ. Nʼihi na ohu adịghị amatazu ihe niile onyenwe ya na-eme. Ma ana m akpọ unu ndị enyi m nʼihi na agwala m unu ihe niile m nụrụ nʼọnụ Nna m.
I no longer call you bondmen, because the bondman does not know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I made known to you.
16 Ọ bụkwaghị unu onwe unu họọrọ m. Ọ bụ m họọrọ unu, wepụtakwa unu iche ka unu gaa mịa ọtụtụ mkpụrụ, mkpụrụ nke ga-adịgidekwa. Ya mere, Nna m ga-enye unu ihe ọbụla unu ga-arịọ nʼaha m.
Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and appointed you, so that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, so that anything whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, he may give you.
17 Ihe ndị a ka m na-enye unu nʼiwu, hụrịtanụ onwe unu nʼanya.
These things I command you, so that ye may love each other.
18 “Ọ bụrụ na ụwa akpọọ unu asị, chetanụ na o buru ụzọ kpọọ m asị.
If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before you.
19 A sị na unu bụ nke ụwa, ụwa ga-ahụ unu nʼanya dịka ndị nke ya. Ma otu ọ dị unu abụghị nke ụwa. Kama, esi m nʼime ụwa họrọ unu. Ọ bụkwa nʼihi ya ka ụwa ji akpọ unu asị.
If ye were of the world, the world would love its own, but because ye are not of the world (instead I chose you out of the world), because of this the world hates you.
20 Chetakwanụ ihe m gwara unu, ‘Ohu adịghị adị ukwuu karịa Onyenwe ya.’Ya mere, ebe ha kpagburu m, ha ga-akpagbukwa unu. Ọ bụrụ na ha debere okwu m, ha ga-edebekwa nke unu.
Remember the word that I said to you, A bondman is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
21 Ee, ha ga-eme unu ihe niile ndị a nʼihi aha m, na nʼihi na ha amaghị onye ahụ zitere m.
But all these things they will do to you because of my name, because they have not known him who sent me.
22 Ọ bụrụ na abịaghị m, gwa ha okwu, ikpe mmehie agaraghị ama ha. Ma ugbu a, ha enweghị ngọpụ ọbụla banyere mmehie ha.
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 Onye ọbụla kpọrọ m asị kpọkwara Nna m asị.
He who hates me hates my Father also.
24 A sị na ọrụ niile m rụrụ nʼetiti ha akarịghị ọrụ nke onye ọbụla ọzọ rụrụ, ha agaraghị abụ ndị ikpe mmehie mara. Ma ugbu a ha ahụzuola ọrụ ebube ndị a niile, ma ha nọgidekwara na-akpọ mụ na Nna m asị.
If I had not done among them the works that no other man has done, they would not have had sin, but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 Nke a bụ imezu ihe e dere nʼakwụkwọ iwu ha. ‘Ha kpọrọ m asị na-enweghị ihe m mere.’
But, that the word that is written in their law may be fulfilled, They hated me without cause.
26 “Mgbe Onye Ndụmọdụahụ ga-abịa, onye m ga-ezitere unu site nʼaka Nna, bụ Mmụọ eziokwu ahụ sitere na Nna pụta, ọ ga-agba ama banyere m.
But when the helper comes whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, that will testify about me.
27 Ma unu onwe unu aghaghị ịgba ama, nʼihi na mụ na unu anọọla site na mmalite.
And ye also testify, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
