John 15

1 [Jesus talked to us as we were walking along. Speaking figuratively of the need for us to live in a way that God wants us to, he said], “I am like [MET] a genuine vine, [not like those Jewish leaders who do not teach the truth]. My father is like [MET] a gardener who [works to] take care of a vineyard.

"Ako mao ang tinuod nga tanum nga parsas, ug ang akong Amahan mao ang tig-alima.

2 [Just like a gardener] cuts off the branches that bear no grapes [MET], [God gets rid of those who do not please him even though they say that they belong to him]. Those branches that bear fruit, [the gardener] trims so that they may bear more grapes. [Similarly, my Father disciplines/corrects those who live as he wants them to live].

Ang tanan kong sanga nga dili mamunga, kini iyang pamutlon; ug ang tanang sanga nga mamunga, kini iyang pagahinloan aron mamungag labi pang daghan.

3 You are already [like] the branches [that a gardener] trims because [you have believed] the message that I have told you.

Kamo nangahinlo na tungod sa pulong nga akong gisulti kaninyo.

4 Remain having a close relationship with me. [If you do that], I will remain having a close relationship with you. A branch [of a vine] cannot bear fruit [if it is cut off and left] by itself. To bear fruit, it must remain attached to the vine. Similarly, you cannot [live the way that God wants you to] if you do not remain united to me [MET].

Pabilin kamo kanako, ug pabilin ako kaninyo. Maingon nga ang sanga sa iya rang kaugalingon dili makabunga, gawas kon magapabilin kini sa tanum, sa ingon usab kamo dili makapamunga gawas kon magpabilini kamo kanako.

5 I am [like] [MET] a vine. You are [like] [MET] the branches. All those who have a close relationship with me and with whom I have a close relationship will [do much that pleases God, like] [MET] [a vine that] bears much fruit. [Remember that] you can do nothing [HYP] [that truly pleases God] without my [help].

Ako mao ang tanum nga parras, kamo mao ang mga sanga. Ang magapabilin kanako, kang kinsa magapabilin ako, mao siya ang magapamungag daghan, kay gawas kanako wala gayud kamoy arang mahimo.

6 [A gardener cuts off and] throws away useless branches. Then, after they dry up, [he] picks them up and throws them into a fire and burns them [SIM]. Similarly, everyone who does not remain having a close relationship with me, [God] will get rid of.

Ang tawo nga dili magapabilin kanako, igasalibay siya sama sa sanga ug malaya; ug ang mga sanga pamuniton ug igaitsa ngadto sa kalayo ug mangasunog sila.

7 If you remain having a close relationship with me and you keep [living in accordance with] my message, you can ask [God to do] anything for you, and he will do it.

Kon kamo pabilin kanako, ug ang akong mga sulti pabilin kaninyo, pangayo kamog bisan unsa nga inyong gusto, ug kini pagabuhaton alang kaninyo.

8 The way my Father is honored is by your {The way you honor my Father is by} doing much that pleases him [MET], and by doing that, you will show that you are my disciples.

Ang akong Amahan mapasidunggan sa diha nga mamunga kamog daghan, ug nga sa ingon pagahimatud-an nga kamo akong mga tinun-an.

9 I have loved you just as [my] Father has loved me. Now keep living in [a way that is appropriate for those whom] I love.

Sama sa paghigugma kanako sa Amahan, ako sa ingon nahigugma kaninyo; pabilin kamo diha sa akong gugma.

10 If you obey what I have commanded you, you will be acting in [a way that is appropriate for those whom] I love, just like I have obeyed what my Father has commanded me and I act [in a way that is appropriate for someone] whom he loves.

Kon tumanon ninyo ang akong sugo, magapabilin kamo sa akong gugma, maingon nga gituman ko ang mga sugo sa akong Amahan ug nagapabilin ako diha sa iyang gugma.

11 I have told you these things so that you may be joyful as I [am joyful], and that you may be completely joyful.

Kining mga butanga gisulti ko kaninyo, aron ang akong kalipay magapabilin diha kaninyo, ug ang inyong kalipay mamahingpit.

12 What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.

"Mao kini ang akong sugo, nga kinahanglan maghigugmaay kamo ang usa sa usa sama sa akong paghigugma kaninyo.

13 The best way that people can show that they love someone is to die for that person. There is no way that you can love someone in a greater way than that.

Walay bisan kinsa nga may gugma nga labaw pa niini, nga ang usa ka tawo magahalad sa iyang kinabuhi sa pagpakamatay alang sa iyang mga higala.

14 You [show that you] are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you.

Kamo mga higala nako kon magatuman kamo sa akong isugo kaninyo.

15 I will no longer call you my servants, because servants do not know [why] their masters [want them to] do things. Instead, I have said that you are my friends, because I, [acting like a friend], have revealed to you everything that my Father told me.

Dili ko na kamo nganlan nga mga ulipon, kay ang ulipon dili masayud sa ginabuhat sa iyang agalon. Apan ginganlan ko kamo nga mga higala, kay ang tanan nga nadungog ko gikan sa akong Amahan, kini gipahibalo ko man kaninyo.

16 You did not decide to become my [disciples]. Instead, I chose you, so that you would do many things that please him [MET]. The results of what you do will last [forever]. I also chose you so that [my] Father will do for you whatever you, using my authority, ask him to do [MTY].

Kamo wala magpili kanako, hinonoa ako mao ang nagpili kaninyo ug nagtudlo kaninyo aron managpanglakaw kamo ug managpamunga, ug magalungtad ang inyong bunga; aron nga pinaagi sa akong ngalan igahatag kaninyo sa Amahan ang bisan unsang butang nga inyong pangayoon kaniya.

17 [I repeat what] I have commanded you: Love each other.”

Ang akong sugo kaninyo mao kini, nga kinahanglan maghigugmaay kamo ang usa sa usa.

18 “The people who are opposed to God will hate you. When that happens, remember that they hated me first.

"Kon ang kalibutan nagadumot man kaninyo, hibaloi nga kini nagdumot na kanako sa wala pa kini magdumot kaninyo.

19 If you belonged to those who are opposed to God [MTY], they would love [you like they love] those who belong to them. But you do not belong to those who are opposed to God [MTY]. Instead, I chose you so that you would separate yourselves from [MTY] them. That is why those who are opposed to God [MTY] hate you.

Kon kamo iya pa sa kalibutan, higugmaon sa kalibutan ang mga iya. Apan kay kamo dili man iya sa kalibutan, hinonoa gipili ko kamo gikan sa kalibutan, ang kalibutan nagadumot kaninyo.

20 Remember these words that I told you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ [That means that you, who are like my servants, cannot expect people to treat you better than they treat me]. So, since they have (persecuted me/caused me to suffer), they will (persecute you/cause you to suffer) also. If they had paid attention to the things I taught them, they would pay attention to what you teach them.

Hinumdumi ang pulong nga akong giingon kaninyo, `Ang ulipon dili labaw sa iyang agalon. Kon ako ilang gilutos, kamo usab ilang pagalutoson; kon ang akong pulong ilang gibantayan, ang inyo ila usab nga pagabantayan.

21 They will treat you like that because you [belong to] me [MTY], and because they do not know the one who sent me.

Apan kining tanan ilang buhaton kaninyo tungod sa akong ngalan, kay sila wala man makaila kaniya nga mao ang nagpadala kanako.

22 If I had not come and spoken [God’s message] to them, they would not be guilty [of rejecting me and my message]. But now [I have come and told them God’s message, so] they will have no excuse [when God judges them] for their sin.

Kon wala pa ako mahianhi ug wala pa makasulti kanila, wala unta silay sala; apan karon wala silay ikapangulipas sa ilang sala.

23 All those who hate me, [it is as though] they hate my Father as well.

Ang nagadumot kanako nagadumot sa akong Amahan usab.

24 If I had not done among them the [miracles] that no one else ever did, they would not be guilty of the sin [of rejecting me]. But now, [although] they have seen [those miracles], they have hated both me and my Father.

Kon wala pa nako mahimo diha kanila ang mga buhat nga walay laing nakabuhat, wala unta silay sala; apan karon sila nakakita ug ilang gidumtan ako ug ang akong Amahan.

25 But this has happened in order that these words that have been written in their Scriptures might be fulfilled {to fulfill this that [(someone/the Psalmist]) wrote in their Scriptures}: ‘They hated me for no reason.’

Apan kini nahitabo aron matuman ang pulong nga nahisulat sa ilang kasugoan nga nagaingon, `Kanako nanagdumot sila nga walay naingnan.

26 [Later] I will send to you from [my] Father the one who will (encourage/be like a legal counsel for) you. He is the Spirit [who will teach you God’s] truth. He will come from my Father. He will tell people about me.

Apan inig-abut unya sa Manlalaban, ang akong igapadala kaninyo gikan sa Amahan, ang Espiritu sa kamatuoran nga magagikan sa Amahan, kini siya mao ang magahimog panghimatuod mahitungod kanako.

27 But you [disciples] must also tell people [about me], because you have been with me from the time when I started [my ministry] [MTY].”

Ug kamo usab magahimog panghimatuod, kay kamo nagpakig-uban man kanako sukad sa sinugdan.