Yokaana 15
1 “Nze muzabbibu ogw’amazima, ate Kitange ye mulimi.
'I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman;
2 Buli ttabi eriri ku Nze eritabala bibala aliggyako. Naye buli ttabi eribala ebibala, alirongoosa lyeyongerenga okubala.
every branch in me not bearing fruit, He doth take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He doth cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;
3 Mmwe kaakano muli balongoofu olw’ekigambo kye mbagambye;
already ye are clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;
4 mubeere mu Nze era nange mbeere mu mmwe. Ng’ettabi bwe litayinza kubala bibala ku bwalyo nga teriri ku muzabbibu, bwe mutyo nammwe temuyinza kubala bibala bwe mutabeera mu Nze.
remain in me, and I in you, as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, if it may not remain in the vine, so neither ye, if ye may not remain in me.
5 “Nze muzabbibu, mmwe matabi. Buli abeera mu Nze nange ne mbeera mu ye oyo abala ebibala bingi. Kubanga awatali Nze temuliiko kye muyinza kukola.
'I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;
6 Omuntu bw’atabeera mu nze asuulibwa ebweru ng’ettabi erikaze. Amatabi ng’ago bagakuŋŋaanya ne bagasuula ku muliro ne gaggya.
if any one may not remain in me, he was cast forth without as the branch, and was withered, and they gather them, and cast to fire, and they are burned;
7 Naye bwe munywerera mu Nze ne munyweza ebigambo byange, buli kye munaasabanga kinaabakolerwanga.
if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.
8 Bwe mubala ebibala ebingi, muba bayigirizwa bange, ne Kitange, agulumizibwa.
'In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples.
9 “Mbaagadde nga Kitange bw’anjagala. Noolwekyo munywererenga mu kwagala kwange.
According as the Father did love me, I also loved you, remain in my love;
10 Bwe munaagonderanga ebiragiro byange olwo munaabanga munyweredde mu kwagala kwange, nga nange bwe ŋŋondera ebiragiro bya Kitange ne mbeera mu kwagala kwe.
if my commandments ye may keep, ye shall remain in my love, according as I the commands of my Father have kept, and do remain in His love;
11 Mbategeezezza ebyo mulyoke mujjule essanyu lyange. Era essanyu lyammwe liryoke lituukirire.
these things I have spoken to you, that my joy in you may remain, and your joy may be full.
12 Kye mbalagira kye kino nti mwagalanenga nga Nze bwe mbaagala.
'This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;
13 Tewali kwagala kusinga okw’omuntu awaayo obulamu bwe olwa mikwano gye.
greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;
14 Muba mikwano gyange bwe mukola bye mbalagira.
ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you;
15 Olwo nga sikyabayita baddu, kubanga omuddu tamanya bifa ku mukama we. Kaakano mmwe muli mikwano gyange, kubanga mbategeezezza byonna Kitange bye yaŋŋamba.
no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.
16 Si mmwe mwannonda! Wabula Nze nabalonda, mulyoke mubale ebibala ate ebibala eby’olubeerera. Olwo buli kye munaasabanga Kitange mu linnya lyange anaakibawanga.
'Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.
17 Kye mbalagira kye kino nti mwagalanenga.
'These things I command you, that ye love one another;
18 “Ensi bw’ebakyawanga mumanye nti yasooka kukyawa nze.
if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you;
19 Singa mubadde ba nsi, yandibaagadde, naye temuli ba nsi, kubanga nabalonda muve mu nsi, kyeva ebakyawa.
if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not — but I chose out of the world — because of this the world hateth you.
20 Mujjukire kye nabagamba nti, ‘Omuddu tasinga mukama we.’ Kale obanga Nze banjigganya era nammwe bagenda kubayigganyanga. Era obanga baagondera ebigambo byange n’ebyammwe balibigondera.
'Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;
21 Ebyo byonna balibibakola ku lw’erinnya lyange, kubanga eyantuma tebamumanyi.
but all these things will they do to you, because of my name, because they have not known Him who sent me;
22 Singa sajja ne njogera nabo tebandibadde na musango. Naye kaakano tebalina kya kwewolereza olw’ekibi kyabwe.
if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now pretext they have not for their sin.
23 Buli ankyawa aba akyawa ne Kitange.
'He who is hating me, doth hate also my Father;
24 Singa saakola mirimu egitaakolebwa muntu yenna mu bo tebandibaddeko musango. Naye kaakano balabye emirimu egyo, n’okutukyawa ne batukyawa, Nze ne Kitange.
if I did not do among them the works that no other hath done, they were not having sin, and now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father;
25 Ekyawandiikibwa ne kiryoka kituukirira ekigamba nti, ‘Bankyayira bwereere.’
but — that the word may be fulfilled that was written in their law — They hated me without a cause.
26 “Kyokka mmwe ndibatumira Omubeezi okuva eri Kitange, Omwoyo ow’amazima ava eri Kitange era alibategeeza buli ekinfaako.
'And when the Comforter may come, whom I will send to you from the Father — the Spirit of truth, who from the Father doth come forth, he will testify of me;
27 Era nammwe mulinjulira, kubanga mubadde nange okuva ku lubereberye.”
and ye also do testify, because from the beginning ye are with me.
