The True Vine
1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Mimi ndimi mzabibu wa kweli, na Baba yangu ndiye mkulima.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Kila tawi ndani yangu lisilozaa huliondoa; na kila tawi lizaalo hulisafisha, ili lizidi kuzaa.
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Ninyi mmekwisha kuwa safi kwa sababu ya lile neno nililowaambia.
4 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.
Kaeni ndani yangu, nami ndani yenu. Kama vile tawi lisivyoweza kuzaa peke yake, lisipokaa ndani ya mzabibu; kadhalika nanyi, msipokaa ndani yangu.
5 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.
Mimi ni mzabibu; ninyi ni matawi, akaaye ndani yangu nami ndani yake, huyo huzaa sana; maana pasipo mimi ninyi hamwezi kufanya neno lo lote.
6 If a man abide 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.
Mtu asipokaa ndani yangu, hutupwa nje kama tawi na kunyauka; watu huyakusanya na kuyatupa motoni yakateketea.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Ninyi mkikaa ndani yangu, na maneno yangu yakikaa ndani yenu, ombeni mtakalo lote nanyi mtatendewa.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
Hivyo hutukuzwa Baba yangu, kwa vile mzaavyo sana; nanyi mtakuwa wanafunzi wangu.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
Kama vile Baba alivyonipenda mimi, nami nilivyowapenda ninyi, kaeni katika pendo langu.
10 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.
Mkizishika amri zangu, mtakaa katika pendo langu; kama vile mimi nilivyozishika amri za Baba yangu na kukaa katika pendo lake.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
Hayo nimewaambia, ili furaha yangu iwe ndani yenu, na furaha yenu itimizwe.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Amri yangu ndiyo hii, Mpendane, kama nilivyowapenda ninyi.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Hakuna aliye na upendo mwingi kuliko huu, wa mtu kuutoa uhai wake kwa ajili ya rafiki zake.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Ninyi mmekuwa rafiki zangu, mkitenda niwaamuruyo.
15 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 of my Father I have made known unto you.
Siwaiti tena watumwa; kwa maana mtumwa hajui atendalo bwana wake; lakini ninyi nimewaita rafiki; kwa kuwa yote niliyoyasikia kwa Baba yangu nimewaarifu.
16 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 whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Si ninyi mlionichagua mimi, bali ni mimi niliyewachagua ninyi; nami nikawaweka mwende mkazae matunda; na matunda yenu yapate kukaa; ili kwamba lo lote mmwombalo Baba kwa jina langu awapeni.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
Haya nawaamuru ninyi, mpate kupendana.
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
Iwapo ulimwengu ukiwachukia, mwajua ya kuwa umenichukia mimi kabla ya kuwachukia ninyi.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Kama mngekuwa wa ulimwengu, ulimwengu ungewapenda walio wake; lakini kwa kuwa ninyi si wa ulimwengu, bali mimi naliwachagua katika ulimwengu, kwa sababu hiyo ulimwengu huwachukia.
20 Remember the word that I said unto 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 your's also.
Likumbukeni lile neno nililowaambia, Mtumwa si mkubwa kuliko bwana wake. Ikiwa waliniudhi mimi, watawaudhi ninyi; ikiwa walilishika neno langu watalishika na lenu.
21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
Lakini haya yote watawatenda kwa ajili ya jina langu, kwa kuwa hawamjui yeye aliyenipeleka.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
Kama nisingalikuja na kusema nao, wasingalikuwa na dhambi; lakini sasa hawana udhuru kwa dhambi yao.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
Yeye anichukiaye mimi humchukia na Baba yangu.
24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Kama nisingalitenda kwao kazi asizozitenda mtu mwingine, wasingalikuwa na dhambi; lakini sasa wametuona mimi na Baba yangu, na kutuchukia.
25 But this cometh to pass , that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
Lakini litimie lile neno lililoandikwa katika torati yao, Walinichukia bure.
26 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 testify of me:
Lakini ajapo huyo Msaidizi, nitakayewapelekea kutoka kwa Baba, huyo Roho wa kweli atokaye kwa Baba, yeye atanishuhudia.
27 and ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Nanyi pia mnashuhudia, kwa kuwa tangu mwanzo mmekuwapo pamoja nami.
