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 beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he trimmeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3 Ninyi mmekwisha kuwa safi kwa sababu ya ule ujumbe niliowaambieni.
Now ye are clean through the word which 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 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, nanyi ni matawi yake. Akaaye ndani yangu, nami ndani yake, huyo atazaa matunda mengi, maana bila mimi hamwezi kufanya chochote.
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 Mtu yeyote asipokaa ndani yangu hutupwa nje kama tawi litupwalo nje hata likakauka. Watu huliokota tawi la namna hiyo na kulitupa motoni liungue.
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 Mkikaa ndani yangu na maneno yangu yakikaa ndani yenu, basi, ombeni chochote mtakacho nanyi mtapewa.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done to you.
8 Baba yangu hutukuzwa kama mkizaa matunda mengi na kuwa wanafunzi wangu.
In this is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9 Mimi nimewapenda ninyi kama vile Baba alivyonipenda mimi. Kaeni katika pendo langu.
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye 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 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 Nimewaambieni mambo haya ili furaha yangu ikae ndani yenu, na furaha yenu ikamilike.
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: pendaneni; pendaneni kama nilivyowapenda ninyi.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Hakuna upendo mkuu zaidi kuliko upendo wa mtu atoaye uhai wake kwa ajili ya rafiki zake.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ninyi ni rafiki zangu mkifanya ninayowaamuru.
Ye are my friends, if ye 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.
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 Ninyi hamkunichagua mimi; mimi niliwachagueni na kuwatuma mwende mkazae matunda, matunda yadumuyo, naye Baba apate kuwapa ninyi chochote mumwombacho kwa jina langu.
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 to you.
17 Basi, amri yangu kwenu ndiyo hii: pendaneni.
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
18 “Kama ulimwengu ukiwachukia ninyi, kumbukeni kwamba umenichukia mimi kabla haujawachukia ninyi.
If the world hateth you, ye 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 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 niliyowaambieni: mtumishi si mkuu zaidi kuliko bwana wake. Ikiwa wamenitesa mimi, watawatesa na ninyi pia; kama wameshika neno langu, watalishika na lenu 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 Lakini hayo yote watawatendeeni ninyi kwa sababu ya jina langu, kwani hawamjui yeye 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 nisingalikuja na kusema nao wasingalikuwa na hatia; lakini sasa hawawezi kujitetea kwamba hawana dhambi.
If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
23 Anayenichukia mimi, anamchukia na Baba yangu pia.
He that hateth me hateth 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 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 Na hivi ni lazima yatimie yale yaliyoandikwa katika Sheria yao: Wamenichukia bure!
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
26 “Atakapokuja huyo Msaidizi nitakayemtuma kwenu kutoka kwa Baba, huyo Roho wa kweli atokaye kwa Baba, yeye atanishuhudia mimi.
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 shall testify concerning me:
27 Nanyi pia mtanishuhudia kwa kuwa mmekuwa nami tangu mwanzo.
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
