Yohane 15
1 “Mene nokorɛ bobe no, na mʼAgya ne okuafoɔ no.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Dua aban biara a ɛnso aba no, ɔtwa twene, na dua aban biara a ɛso no, ɔyiyi ho na aso aba bebree.
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.
3 Me nsɛm a maka akyerɛ mo no ama mo ho ate dada.
Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you.
4 Montena me mu na me nso mentena mo mu. Dua aban biara ankasa rentumi nso aba gye sɛ ɛfam ne dutan ho. Saa ara nso na morentumi nso aba gye sɛ mote me mu.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 “Mene bobe no; na mone dua aban no. Obiara a ɔte me mu na mete ne mu no bɛso aba bebree; sɛ mokwati me a, morentumi nyɛ hwee.
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.
6 Obiara a ɔntena me mu no te sɛ dua aban a wɔatwa ato atwene a ɛho nni mfasoɔ; ɛwo a, wɔboaboa ano de gu ogya mu hye.
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 Sɛ mote me mu na me nsɛm nso tena mo mu a, ɛnneɛ biribiara a mopɛ a mobɛbisa no, wɔde bɛma mo.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8 Wɔn a wɔyɛ mʼasuafoɔ nokorɛ mu no so aba bebree de hyɛ mʼAgya animuonyam.
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and [so] shall ye be my disciples.
9 “Sɛdeɛ Agya no dɔ me no, saa ara nso na me nso medɔ mo, Montena me dɔ mu.
Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love.
10 Sɛ modi mʼahyɛdeɛ so a, mobɛtena me dɔ mu sɛdeɛ madi mʼAgya ahyɛdeɛ so na ɛno enti ɔda so dɔ me no.
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 Maka yeinom nyinaa akyerɛ mo sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a mobɛnya mʼanigyeɛ no bi na ama mo anigyeɛ awie pɛyɛ.
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and [that] your joy may be fulfilled.
12 Mʼahyɛdeɛ ne sɛ, monnodɔ mo ho mo ho sɛdeɛ medɔ mo no.
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
13 Ɔdɔ biara nsene sɛ obi bɛwu ama ne nnamfonom.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Sɛ modi deɛ mehyɛ mo sɛ monyɛ no so a, na moyɛ me nnamfonom.
Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.
15 Memfrɛ mo nkoa bio, ɛfiri sɛ, akoa nnim deɛ ne wura reyɛ. Mmom, mefrɛ mo nnamfo, ɛfiri sɛ, maka biribiara a mete firii mʼAgya no nkyɛn akyerɛ mo.
No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ɛnyɛ mo na moyii me; me na meyii mo na memaa mo adwuma sɛ monkɔyɛ na monso aba pa bebree. Na biribiara a mode me din bɛbisa Agya no no, ɔde bɛma mo.
Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17 Yei na mehyɛ mo; monnodɔ mo ho.
These things I command you, that ye may love one another.
18 “Sɛ ewiase tane mo a, monkae sɛ me na ɛtanee me kane ansa na ɛretane mo.
If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before [it hated] you.
19 Sɛ mote ase ma ewiase a, ɛnneɛ ewiase bɛdɔ mo sɛ wɔn a wɔyɛ ne dea. Nanso, meyii mo firii ewiasefoɔ mu, ɛno enti, monyɛ ewiasefoɔ bio; yei enti na ewiasefoɔ tan mo no.
If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Monkae asɛm a meka kyerɛɛ mo no: ‘Akoa nsene ne wura.’ Sɛ wɔtan me a, mo nso, wɔbɛtan mo; sɛ wɔtie mʼasɛm a meka no a, mo nso, wɔbɛtie mo.
Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
21 Esiane sɛ moyɛ me dea enti na wɔbɛtaa mo, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔnnim Onyankopɔn a ɔsomaa me no.
But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22 Sɛ memmɛkaa asɛm biara nkyerɛɛ wɔn a, anka wɔrenni bɔne ho fɔ. Afei deɛ wɔnni wɔn bɔne ho anoyie biara.
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 Obiara a ɔtan me no tan mʼAgya nso.
He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24 Sɛ manyɛ nnwuma a obiara nyɛɛ bi da no wɔ wɔn mu a, anka wɔrenni bɔne ho fɔ; nanso wɔahunu deɛ meyɛeɛ, nso wɔtan me ne mʼAgya.
If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 Ɛsɛ sɛ yei ba mu sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a deɛ wɔatwerɛ wɔ wɔn Mmara no mu a ɛka sɛ, ‘Wɔtan me kwa’ no bɛba mu.
But [this cometh to pass], that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
26 “Mɛsoma ɔboafoɔ a ɔyɛ nokorɛ Honhom a ɔfiri Agya no nkyɛn no aba mo nkyɛn na wabɛdi me ho adanseɛ akyerɛ mo.
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:
27 Na mo nso mobɛdi me ho adanseɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, me ne mo na ɛwɔ hɔ firi ahyɛaseɛ pɛɛ.”
and ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
