Yohana 15
1 Mimi ni mzabibu wa huu kweli, na baba yangu ni mkulima wa mzabibu.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Kila tawi ndani yangu ambalo halizai tunda, na husafisha kila tawi ambalo huzaa tunda huliondoa ili kwamba liweze kuzaa zaidi.
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away; and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he cleaneth it, that it my bring forth more fruit.
3 Ninyi tayari mmekuwa safi kwa sababu ya ujumbe ambao nimekwisha waambia.
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken to you.
4 Mkae ndani yangu, na mimi ndani yenu. Kama tawi lisivyoweza kuzaa peke yake lisipo kuwa katika mzabibu, kadhalika nayi, msipo kaa ndani yangu.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine: no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 Mimi ni mzabibu; ninyi ni matawi. Adumuye ndani yangu na mimi ndani yake, mtu huyu huzaa matunda mengi, kwa kuwa pasipo mimi hamuwezi kufanya jambo lolote.
I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6 Ikiwa mtu yeyote hatasalia ndani yangu, atatupwa kama tawi na kukauka; watu hukusanya matawi na kuyatupa katika moto, na kuteketea.
If a man abideth not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered: and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.
7 Ikiwa mtadumu ndani yangu, na kama maneno yangu yakidumu ndani yenu, ombeni lolote mtakalo, nanyi mtafanyiwa.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye may ask what ye will, and it shall be done to you.
8 Katika hili baba yangu ametukuzwa, kwamba mnazaa matunda mengi na kwamba ni wanafunzi wangu.
In this is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9 Kama baba yangu alivyonipenda mimi, mimi pia nimewapenda ninyi; dumuni katika pendo langu.
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10 Ikiwa mtashika amri zangu, mtadumu katika pendo langu kama nilivyo shika amri za baba yangu na kudumu katika pendo lake.
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 Nimesema mambo haya kwenu ili kwamba furaha yangu iwe ndani yenu na ili kwamba furaha yenu ifanyike kuwa timilifu.
These things have I spoken to you, that my joy may remain in you, and [that] your joy may be full.
12 Hii ndiyo amri yangu, kwamba mpendane ninyi kwa ninyi kama nilivyo wapenda ninyi.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Hakuna mtu aliye na upendo mkuu kuliko huu, kwamba ayatoe maisha yake kwa ajiliya rafiki zake.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ninyi ni rafiki zangu ikiwa mtafanya yale niwaagizayo.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatever I command you.
15 Siwaiti watumwa, kwa kuwa mtumwa hajui kile afanyacho bwana wake. Nimewaita ninyi marafiki, kwa sababu nimewajulisheni mambo yote ambayo nimesikia kutoka kwa Baba.
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
16 Hamkunichagua mimi, bali mimi niliwachagua ninyi na kuwaweka mwende mazae matunda, na tunda lenu lipate kukaa. Hii liko hivi ili kwamba chochote muombacho kwa Baba kwa jina langu, atawapeni.
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17 Mambo haya ninawaagiza, kwamba mpendane kila mtu na mwenzake.
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
18 Kama ulimwengu utawachukia, mjuwe kwamba ulinichukia mimi kabla haujawachukia ninyi.
If the world hateth you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you.
19 Kama mngekuwa wa ulimwengu, ulimwengu ungewapenda kama wa kwao; Lakini kwa sababau ninyi sio wa ulimwengu na kwa sababu niliwachagua kutoka katika ulimwengu, ni kwa ajili hii ulimwengu huwachukia.
If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Kumbukeni neno ambalo niliwaambia, 'Mtumwa si mkuu kuliko bwana wake.' Ikiwa walinitesa mimi, watawateseni ninyi pia; Kama walishika neno langu, wangelishika la kwenu pia.
Remember the word that I said to you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
21 Watawatendeeni mambo haya yote kwa ajili ya jina langu kwa sababu hawamjui yule aliyenituma.
But all these things will they do to you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22 Kama nisingekuja na kuwaambia waambia, wasingalikuwa wamefanya dhambi; lakini sasa hawana udhuru kwa dhambi yao.
If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
23 Anichukiaye mimi humchukia Baba pia.
He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.
24 Ikiwa sijafanya kazi miongoni mwao ambayo hapana mmoja aliyeifanya, wangelikuwa hawana dhambi; lakini sasa wamefanya yote mawili wameona na wamenichukia mimi na Baba yangu.
If I had not done among them the works which no other man hath done, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen, and hated both me and my Father.
25 Hili linatokea ili kwamba neno litimie ambalo limeandikwa katika sheria yao: 'Wananichukia mimi bila sababu.'
But [this cometh to pass], that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
26 Wakati mfariji amekuja, ambaye nitamtuma kwenu kutoka kwa Baba, huyu ndiye, Roho wa kweli, ambaye anatokea kwa Baba, atanishuhudia.
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he will testify concerning me.
27 Ninyi pia mnanishuhudia kwa sababu mmekuwa pamoja nami tangu mwanzo.
And ye also shall bear testimony, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
