Jọn 15
1 “Mụ onwe m bụ ezigbo osisi vaịnị ahụ. Nna m bụkwa onye ọrụ ubi.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
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 that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.
3 Ugbu a, e meela ka unu dịrị ọcha nʼihi okwu m gwara unu.
Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto 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.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide 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 vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from 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 a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they 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 abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto 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.
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and [so] shall ye be my disciples.
9 “Dị ka Nna sị hụ m nʼanya, otu a ka m sị hụkwa unu nʼanya. Ya mere, nọgidenụ nʼime ịhụnanya m.
Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide 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 shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
11 Agwala m unu ihe ndị a ka ọṅụ m dịrị nʼime unu ka ọṅụ unu zukwaa oke.
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and [that] your joy may be fulfilled.
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 one another, even 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 hath no man than this, that a 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 the things which 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.
No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known unto 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 me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17 Ihe ndị a ka m na-enye unu nʼiwu, hụrịtanụ onwe unu nʼanya.
These things I command you, that ye may love one another.
18 “Ọ bụrụ na ụwa akpọọ unu asị, chetanụ na o buru ụzọ kpọọ m asị.
If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before [it hated] 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, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth 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 unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; 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 will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that 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 unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 Onye ọbụla kpọrọ m asị kpọkwara Nna m asị.
He that hateth me hateth 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 which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they 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 [this cometh to pass], that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a 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 Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:
27 Ma unu onwe unu aghaghị ịgba ama, nʼihi na mụ na unu anọọla site na mmalite.
and ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
