| 15:1 |
“Mimi ndimi mzabibu wa kweli, na Baba yangu ndiye mkulima. |
| 15:2 |
Kila tawi ndani yangu lisilozaa matunda, ataondoa. Na kila mmoja anayezaa matunda, atasafisha, ili iweze kuzaa matunda zaidi. |
| 15:3 |
Wewe ni safi sasa, kwa sababu ya neno nililowaambia. |
| 15:4 |
Kaeni ndani yangu, na mimi ndani yenu. Kama vile tawi lisivyoweza kuzaa peke yake, isipokuwa inakaa ndani ya mzabibu, vivyo hivyo na wewe huwezi, msipokaa ndani yangu. |
| 15:5 |
Mimi ni mzabibu; ninyi ni matawi. Ye yote akaaye ndani yangu, na mimi ndani yake, huzaa matunda mengi. Kwa bila mimi, huna uwezo wa kufanya lolote. |
| 15:6 |
Mtu ye yote asipokaa ndani yangu, atatupwa mbali, kama tawi, naye atanyauka, nao watamkusanya na kumtupa motoni, na anachoma. |
| 15:7 |
Ninyi mkikaa ndani yangu, na maneno yangu yanakaa ndani yenu, basi mnaweza kuomba chochote mtakacho, nanyi mtatendewa. |
| 15:8 |
Katika hili, Baba yangu ametukuzwa: mpate kuzaa matunda mengi na kuwa wanafunzi wangu. |
| 15:9 |
Kama vile Baba alivyonipenda mimi, kwa hiyo nimekupenda. Kaeni katika upendo wangu. |
| 15:10 |
Ukishika maagizo yangu, mtakaa katika pendo langu, kama vile mimi nilivyozishika amri za Baba yangu na kukaa katika pendo lake. |
| 15:11 |
Mambo haya nimewaambia, ili furaha yangu iwe ndani yenu, na furaha yenu itimie. |
| 15:12 |
Hili ndilo agizo langu: kwamba mpendane, kama vile nilivyowapenda ninyi. |
| 15:13 |
Hakuna aliye na upendo mkuu kuliko huu: kwamba atoe maisha yake kwa ajili ya marafiki zake. |
| 15:14 |
Ninyi ni marafiki zangu, mkitenda ninayowaagiza. |
| 15:15 |
Sitawaita tena watumishi, kwani mja hajui anachofanya Mola wake. Lakini nimewaita marafiki, kwa sababu yote niliyoyasikia kwa Baba yangu, Nimekujulisha. |
| 15:16 |
Hujanichagua mimi, lakini nimekuchagua wewe. Nami nimekuteua, ili mpate kwenda na kuzaa matunda, na ili matunda yenu yapate kudumu. Basi chochote mlichomwomba Baba kwa jina langu, atakupa. |
| 15:17 |
Hili nakuamuru: kwamba mpendane. |
| 15:18 |
Ikiwa ulimwengu unakuchukia, jua kwamba imenichukia mimi kabla yenu. |
| 15:19 |
Kama ungekuwa wa ulimwengu, ulimwengu ungependa kilicho chake. Bado kweli, wewe si wa ulimwengu, bali mimi nimewachagua ninyi katika ulimwengu; kwa sababu hii, ulimwengu unakuchukia. |
| 15:20 |
Kumbuka neno langu nililokuambia: Mja si mkubwa kuliko Mola wake Mlezi. Ikiwa wamenitesa, watawatesa ninyi pia. Ikiwa wameshika neno langu, wataiweka yako pia. |
| 15:21 |
Lakini mambo haya yote watawatendea ninyi kwa ajili ya jina langu, kwa maana hawamjui yeye aliyenituma. |
| 15:22 |
If I had not come and had not spoken to them, they would not have sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin. |
| 15:23 |
Whoever hates me, hates my Father also. |
| 15:24 |
If I had not accomplished among them works that no other person has accomplished, they would not have sin. But now they have both seen me, and they have hated me and my Father. |
| 15:25 |
But this is so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law: ‘For they hated me without cause.’ |
| 15:26 |
Lakini wakati Wakili amefika, ambaye nitamtuma kwenu kutoka kwa Baba, Roho wa kweli atokaye kwa Baba, atatoa ushuhuda juu yangu. |
| 15:27 |
Nawe utatoa ushuhuda, kwa sababu wewe upo pamoja nami tangu mwanzo.” |
