Yohana 15
1 “Mimi ni mzabibu wa kweli, na Baba yangu ndiye mkulima.
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
2 Yeye huliondoa ndani yangu kila tawi lisilozaa matunda, na kila tawi lizaalo hulisafisha lipate kuzaa zaidi.
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will bear more fruit.
3 Ninyi mmekwisha kuwa safi kwa sababu ya ule ujumbe niliowaambieni.
You have already been pruned by the word I have spoken to you.
4 Kaeni ndani yangu, nami nikae ndani yenu. Tawi haliwezi peke yake kuzaa matunda lisipokaa katika mzabibu hali kadhalika nanyi hamwezi kuzaa matunda msipokaa ndani yangu.
Abide in me, and I will abide in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in me.
5 “Mimi ni mzabibu, nanyi ni matawi yake. Akaaye ndani yangu, nami ndani yake, huyo atazaa matunda mengi, maana bila mimi hamwezi kufanya chochote.
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.
6 Mtu yeyote asipokaa ndani yangu hutupwa nje kama tawi litupwalo nje hata likakauka. Watu huliokota tawi la namna hiyo na kulitupa motoni liungue.
If anyone does not abide in me, he is thrown out like a branch and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
7 Mkikaa ndani yangu na maneno yangu yakikaa ndani yenu, basi, ombeni chochote mtakacho nanyi mtapewa.
If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you will ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
8 Baba yangu hutukuzwa kama mkizaa matunda mengi na kuwa wanafunzi wangu.
My Father is glorified when you bear much fruit, and by doing so you will be my disciples.
9 Mimi nimewapenda ninyi kama vile Baba alivyonipenda mimi. Kaeni katika pendo langu.
Just as the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.
10 Mkizishika amri zangu mtakaa katika pendo langu, kama vile nami nilivyozishika amri za Baba yangu na kukaa katika pendo lake.
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 Nimewaambieni mambo haya ili furaha yangu ikae ndani yenu, na furaha yenu ikamilike.
I have told you these things so that my joy may abide in you, and so that your joy may be full.
12 Hii ndiyo amri yangu: pendaneni; pendaneni kama nilivyowapenda ninyi.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
13 Hakuna upendo mkuu zaidi kuliko upendo wa mtu atoaye uhai wake kwa ajili ya rafiki zake.
No one has greater love than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ninyi ni rafiki zangu mkifanya ninayowaamuru.
You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.
15 Ninyi siwaiti tena watumishi, maana mtumishi hajui anachofanya bwana wake. Lakini mimi nimewaita ninyi rafiki, kwa sababu nimewajulisha yote ambayo nimeyasikia kutoka kwa Baba yangu.
No longer do I call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I heard from my Father.
16 Ninyi hamkunichagua mimi; mimi niliwachagueni na kuwatuma mwende mkazae matunda, matunda yadumuyo, naye Baba apate kuwapa ninyi chochote mumwombacho kwa jina langu.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask of the Father in my name he will give you.
17 Basi, amri yangu kwenu ndiyo hii: pendaneni.
I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.
18 “Kama ulimwengu ukiwachukia ninyi, kumbukeni kwamba umenichukia mimi kabla haujawachukia ninyi.
“If the world hates you, know that it hated me before it hated you.
19 Kama mngalikuwa watu wa ulimwengu, ulimwengu ungaliwapenda ninyi kama watu wake. Lakini kwa vile ninyi si wa ulimwengu, ila mimi nimewachagueni kutoka ulimwenguni, kwa sababu hiyo ulimwengu unawachukieni.
If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.
20 Kumbukeni niliyowaambieni: mtumishi si mkuu zaidi kuliko bwana wake. Ikiwa wamenitesa mimi, watawatesa na ninyi pia; kama wameshika neno langu, watalishika na lenu pia.
Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
21 Lakini hayo yote watawatendeeni ninyi kwa sababu ya jina langu, kwani hawamjui yeye aliyenituma.
But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.
22 Kama nisingalikuja na kusema nao wasingalikuwa na hatia; lakini sasa hawawezi kujitetea kwamba hawana dhambi.
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 Anayenichukia mimi, anamchukia na Baba yangu pia.
Whoever hates me hates my Father also.
24 Kama nisingalifanya kwao mambo ambayo hakuna mtu mwingine amekwisha yafanya wasingalikuwa na hatia; lakini sasa wameona niliyoyafanya wakinichukia mimi, wakamchukia na Baba yangu pia.
If I had not done among them the works that no one else had done, they would have no sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 Na hivi ni lazima yatimie yale yaliyoandikwa katika Sheria yao: Wamenichukia bure!
But this has happened to fulfill what is written in their law: ‘They hated me for no reason.’
26 “Atakapokuja huyo Msaidizi nitakayemtuma kwenu kutoka kwa Baba, huyo Roho wa kweli atokaye kwa Baba, yeye atanishuhudia mimi.
“When the Helper comes, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
27 Nanyi pia mtanishuhudia kwa kuwa mmekuwa nami tangu mwanzo.
You must also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
