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.

Unene ni muzabibu nua tai, nu tata nuane ingi mulimi nua mizabibu.

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].

Kila itambi mukati ane niiza shanga lipaa i nkali wi lihenguila, ni kila itambi ni llipaa inkali wilelyaa iti kina lihume kupa ikilo.

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

Unyenye yakondaa kutula mielu kunsoko a lukani naza nakondyaa kumutambuila.

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].

Mikie mukati ane, nu nene mukati anyu. Anga itambi ni shanga lihumile kupaa ling'wene, anga lihite kutula mu muzabibu, ga ni iti unyenye, anga muhite kikie mukati ane.

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].

Unene ingi ni muzabibu; unyenye mi ntambi. Nuikiie mukati ane nu nene mu kati akwe, muntu uyu wipezaa nkali idu, kunsoko anga ize shanga nene shanga muhuile kituma ikani lihi.

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.

Anga itule muntu wihi shanga ukusaga mukati ane, ukugung'wa anga itambi nukuma; antu ilingiila i ntambi nu kugumila mu moto, nu kulimila.

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.

Anga itule mukikie mukati ane, hangi anga imakani ane ikie mukati anyu, lompi lihi ni muloilwe, nu nyenye mukutendelwa.

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.

Mu ili uTata nuane ukuigwe, kina mipezaa nkali idu ni kina ingi mi amanyisigwa ane.

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.

Anga uTata nuane nai undoilwe unene, Ga nu nene namulowaa unyenye; ikii mu ulowa nuane.

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.

Anga itule mikaamba i malagiilyo ane, mukikie mu ulowa nuane anga ni mambiie i malagiilyo ang'wa Tata nu ane nu kikie mu ulowa nuakwe.

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

Ni maligitilye i makani aya kitalanyu iti kina iloeelya nilane litule mukati anyu ni iti kina iloeelya ni lanyu litulike kutula likondaniie.

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

Ili lilo ilagiilyo nilane, kina milowe unyenye ku nyenye anga nai numuloilwe unyenye.

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.

Kutili u muntu nukete u ulowa ukulu kukila uwu, kina walupumye u likalo nu lakwe ku nsoko a ahumba uya.

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

Unyenye mi ahumba iane anga itule mukituma ayo ni neenda mulagiilya.

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.

Shanga kumitanga atugwa, ku nsoko u mutugwa shanga ulingile iko nuitumaa u mukulu nuakwe. Numitangile unyenye ahumba iane. ku nsoko namukumuila i makani ihi naiza nigulye kupuma kung'wa Tata.

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].

Shanga ai muniholanilye unene, ila unene ai numuholanilye unyenye nu kumuika mulongole mupe inkali, ni nkali yanyu ilije kikie. Ili likoli iti kina kihi ni mukulompa kung'wa Tata ku lina ni lane, ukuminkiilya.

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

Makani aya kumulagiilya, kina milowe kila muntu nu muya.

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

Anga ize u unkumbigulu ukumubipilwa, mulinge kina ai umbipiwe unene ze ikili kumubipilwa unyenye.

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.

Anga aza mutule mia unkumbigulu, u unkumbigulu aza uzee mulowa anga mia kitalao; Kuiti ku nsoko shanga mia unkumbigulu hangi kunsoko ai numuholanilye kupuma mu unkumbigulu, ingi kunsoko ili u unkumbigulu wimubipilwa.

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.

Kimbukiilyi ikani naiza numutambuie, 'uMutugwa shanga mukulu kukila umukulu nuakwe, 'Anga itule ai anagilye unene, akumaja nu nyenye ga; Anga izee ai a ambile u lukani nulane, ai azee amba nulu nulanyu ga.

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

Akumutendeela makani aya ihi kunsoko a lina ni lane kunsoko shanga amulingile uyo numulagiiye.

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.

Anga aza itule shanga aza nzile nu kuatambuila, shanga ai azeetula itumile u mulandu; kuiti itungili agila u winegi ku milandu ao.

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

Nuimbipilwaa unene wimubipilwaa nu Tata ga.

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.

Anga itule shanga nitumile u mulimo mukati ao naiza kutili nung'wi nai witumile, ai azeetula agila u mulandu; kuiti itungili itumile ihi abiili ihengile hangi ambipiwe unene nu Tata nuane.

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.’

Ili likupumila iti kunsoko lukani lukondaniile naiza lukilisigwe mi ilagiilyo ni lao; 'Ambipiwe unene bila nsoko.'

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.

Itungo u mupooelya nuazaa, naiza numulagiiye kitalanyu kupuma kung'wa Tata, uyu yuyo, Ng'wau ng'welu nua tai, naiza ukupembelya kung'wa Tata, ukunkuiila. Ga nu nyenye muku nkuiila kunsoko matulaa palung'wi nu nene puma ung'wandyo.

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].”