Jaona 15
1 Izaho no tena voaloboka, ary ny Raiko no mpamboatra.
“I am the vine, the true one, and my Father is the vinedresser.
2 Ny sampany rehetra eo amiko izay tsy mamoa dia esoriny; fa ny sampany rehetra izay mamoa kosa dia amboariny, mba hamoa bebe kokoa.
Any branch in me which does not produce fruit He lifts up, and every one producing fruit He prunes, so that it may produce more fruit.
3 Efa madio rahateo ianareo noho ny teniko, izay nolazaiko taminareo.
You are already clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
4 Tomoera amiko ary Izaho aminareo. Tahaka ny sampany tsy mahay mamoa ho azy, raha tsy miray amin’ ny voaloboka izy, dia toy izany koa ianareo, raha tsy miray amiko.
Abide in me and I in you. Just as a branch is incapable of producing fruit by itself, except it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in me.
5 Izaho no voaloboka, ianareo no sampany. Izay miray amiko, ary Izaho aminy, dia mamoa be izy; fa raha misaraka amiko kosa ianareo, dia tsy mahay manao na inona na inona.
“I am the vine, and you are the branches. The one who abides in me and I in him, he is the one who produces much fruit, because apart from me you are incapable of doing anything.
6 Raha misy tsy miray amiko, dia ariana eny ivelany tahaka ny sampany izy ka malazo; ary angonina izy ka atsipy ao anaty afo, dia ho may.
If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown out, like a branch, and dries up; well they gather such and throw them into the fire, and he is burned up.
7 Raha miray amiko ianareo, ka mitoetra ao anatinareo ny teniko, dia angataho izay tianareo na inona na inona, fa ho tonga aminareo izany.
If you abide in me and my sayings abide in you, you will ask whatever you desire and it will happen for you.
8 Izany no ankalazana ny Raiko, mba hamoazanareo be ka ho tonga mpianatro ianareo.
My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit; and you will become disciples to me.
9 Tahaka ny nitiavan’ ny Ray Ahy no nitiavako anareo; tomoera amin’ ny fitiavako ianareo.
“Just as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you; abide in my love.
10 Raha mitandrina ny didiko ianareo, dia hitoetra amin’ ny fitiavako, tahaka ny nitandremako ny didin’ ny Raiko sy ny itoerako amin’ ny fitiavany.
If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in His love.
11 Izany zavatra izany dia efa nolazaiko taminareo, mba ho ao aminareo ny fifaliako, ka ho tanteraka ny fifalianareo.
I have spoken these things to you so that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.
12 Izao no didiko, dia ny mba hifankatiavanareo tahaka ny nitiavako anareo.
This is my commandment, that you love one another just as I have loved you.
13 Tsy misy manana fitiavana lehibe noho izao, dia ny manolotra ny ainy hamonjy ny sakaizany.
No one has greater love than this, that someone should lay down his life for his friends.
14 Hianareo no sakaizako, raha manao araka izay andidiako anareo.
You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.
15 Tsy hataoko hoe mpanompo intsony ianareo, fa ny mpanompo tsy mahalala izay ataon’ ny tompony; fa efa nataoko hoe sakaiza ianareo, satria izay rehetra reko tamin’ ny Raiko no nambarako taminareo.
“I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his owner is doing; rather I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I heard from my Father.
16 Tsy ianareo no nifidy Ahy, fa Izaho no nifidy anareo ka nanendry anareo mba handeha sy hamoa, ary mba haharetan’ ny vokatrareo, mba homen’ ny Ray anareo izay rehetra hangatahinareo amin’ ny anarako na inona na inona.
It was not you who chose me but I who chose you, and I appointed you so that you should go and produce fruit, and that your fruit should endure, so that whatever you may ask the Father in my name He may give you.
17 Izany zavatra izany no andidiako anareo, mba hifankatiavanareo.
These things I command you so that you love one another.
18 Raha halan’ izao tontolo izao ianareo, dia aoka ho fantatrareo fa Izaho efa halany talohanareo.
“When the world hates you, you can be sure that it has hated me first.
19 Raha naman’ izao tontolo izao ianareo, dia ho tia ny azy izao tontolo izao; fa satria tsy naman’ izao tontolo izao ianareo, fa Izaho efa nifidy anareo tamin’ izao tontolo izao, dia halan’ izao tontolo izao ianareo.
If you were of the world, the world would be fond of its own. So because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, that is why the world hates you.
20 Tsarovy ny teny izay nolazaiko taminareo hoe: Ny mpanompo tsy lehibe noho ny tompony. Raha nanenjika Ahy izy, dia hanenjika anareo koa; ary raha nitandrina ny teniko izy, dia hitandrina ny anareo koa.
Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his owner.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
21 Fa izany rehetra izany no hataony aminareo noho ny anarako, satria tsy mahalala Izay naniraka Ahy izy.
Now they will do all of these things to you because of my name, in that they do not know the One who sent me.
22 Raha tsy tonga Aho ka niteny taminy, dia tsy nanan-keloka izy; fa ankehitriny dia tsy misy fialàna azony atao ny amin’ ny helony.
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be having sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 Izay mankahala Ahy dia mankahala ny Raiko koa.
The one who hates me hates my Father too.
24 Raha tsy nataoko teo aminy Izay asa tsy nataon’ olona, dia tsy nanan-keloka izy; fa ankehitriny efa hitany sady efa halany Ahy sy ny Raiko koa;
If I had not done among them the works that no one else has done, they would not be having sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 fa tonga izany mba hahatanteraka ny teny izay voasoratra ao amin’ ny lalàny hoe: Halany foana Aho.
However, this was so that the statement written in their law might be fulfilled, ‘They hated me without cause.’
26 Fa raha tonga ny Mpananatra, Izay hirahiko ho aminareo avy amin’ ny Ray, dia ny Fanahin’ ny fahamarinana Izay mivoaka avy amin’ ny Ray, dia Izy no ho vavolombelona hanambara Ahy.
“Now when the Enabler comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of the Truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify concerning me.
27 Ary ianareo koa dia vavolombelona hanambara, satria ianareo efa teto amiko hatramin’ ny voalohany.
And you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
