Jesus the Real Vine
1 “I am the real vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He breaks off every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will be clean and bear more fruit. 3 You have been made clean already by the teaching I have given you. 4 Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. A branch cannot bear fruit by itself; it can do so only if it remains in the vine. In the same way you cannot bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5 “I am the vine, and you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without me. 6 Those who do not remain in me are thrown out like a branch and dry up; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, where they are burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then you will ask for anything you wish, and you shall have it. 8 My Father's glory is shown by your bearing much fruit; and in this way you become my disciples. 9 I love you just as the Father loves me; remain in my love. 10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.
11 “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 My commandment is this: love one another, just as I love you. 13 The greatest love you can have for your friends is to give your life for them. 14 And you are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 I do not call you servants any longer, because servants do not know what their master is doing. Instead, I call you friends, because I have told you everything I heard from my Father. 16 You did not choose me; I chose you and appointed you to go and bear much fruit, the kind of fruit that endures. And so the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name. 17 This, then, is what I command you: love one another.
The World's Hatred
18 “If the world hates you, just remember that it has hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, then the world would love you as its own. But I chose you from this world, and you do not belong to it; that is why the world hates you. 20 Remember what I told you: ‘Slaves are not greater than their master.’ If people persecuted me, they will persecute you too; if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours too. 21 But they will do all this to you because you are mine; for they do not know the one who sent me. 22 They would not have been guilty of sin if I had not come and spoken to them; as it is, they no longer have any excuse for their sin. 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father also. 24 They would not have been guilty of sin if I had not done among them the things that no one else ever did; as it is, they have seen what I did, and they hate both me and my Father. 25 This, however, was bound to happen so that what is written in their Law may come true: ‘They hated me for no reason at all.’
26 “The Helper will come—the Spirit, who reveals the truth about God and who comes from the Father. I will send him to you from the Father, and he will speak about me. 27 And you, too, will speak about me, because you have been with me from the very beginning.
Jesus omuviinu gwashili
1 “Ongame omuviinu gwashili. Tate oye omuneyana lyomiviinu. 2 Oye ota keke po oshitayi kehe shomungame shoka itaashi imi iiyimati, ihe kehe oshitayi shoka tashi imi, ote shi opaleke, shi ime iiyimati oyindji. 3 Ne omwa yelithwa nokuli koohapu ndhoka nde dhi mu lombwele. 4 Kaleni muukumwe nangame, nangame otandi kala muukumwe nane. Ne itamu vulu okwiima iiyimati, ngele itamu kala mungame, ngashi naanaa oshitayi itaashi vulu okwiima iiyimati, ngele kashi li momuviinu.
5 “Ongame omuviinu, ne iitayi. Oongoka ta kala mungame, ngame wo otandi kala muye. Oye noti imi iiyimati oyindji, oshoka mwaa na ndje kamu vulu okulonga nando osha. 6 Kehe ngoka ita kala mungame, ote ekelwahi e ta kukuta ngashi oshitayi. Iitayi ya tya ngaaka otayi gongelwa ondumba e tayi umbilwa momulilo moka tayi pile mo. 7 Ngele tamu kala mungame noohapu dhandje e tadhi kala mune, nena indileni shaa shoka mwa hala, ne notamu ke shi mona. 8 Osho ngeyi Tate ota simanekithwa, ne ngele tamu imi iiyimati oyindji; nopamukalo nguka ne otamu ningi aalongwa yandje. 9 Ngashi naanaa Tate e hole ndje, osho wo nangame ndi mu hole. Kaleni ano mohole yandje. 10 Ngele otamu vulika komalombwelo gandje, otamu kala mohole yandje naanaa, ngashi ngame he vulika komalombwelo gaTate nonda kala mohole ye.”
11 “Shika onde shi mu lombwele, opo enyanyu lyandje li kale mune, nenyanyu lyeni li kale lya gwanenena. 12 Oshipango shandje osho shika: Holathaneni, ngashi naanaa ngame ndi mu hole. 13 Ohole onenenene omuntu ta vulu okukala e yi na yokuhola ookuume ke, oyo okugandja omwenyo gwe molwawo. 14 One ookuume kandje, ngele tamu ningi shoka tandi mu lombwele. 15 Itandi mu ithana we aayakuli, oshoka omuyakuli ita tseya shoka mwene gwe te shi longo. Onkee ano ngame otandi mu ithana ookuume kandje, oshoka iinima ayihe mbyoka nde yi uva kuTate, onde yi mu lombwela. 16 Hane mwa hogolola ndje, ongame nde mu hogolola nonde mu tumu, mu ye ko, ne mu imike iiyimati oyindji, iiyimati mbyoka tayi kalelele. Nena shaa shoka tamu shi indile Tate medhina lyandje, ote shi mu pe. 17 Shoka tandi mu lombwele, osho shika: Holathaneni.”
Uutondwe wuuyuni
18 “Uuyuni ngele tau mu tondo, dhimbulukweni kutya ongame wa tondo tango. 19 Ando mwa li yomuuyuni, nena ando uuyuni ou hole aantu yawo. Ihe ngame onde mu yoolola mo muuyuni; omolwaasho uuyuni u na oku mu tonda. 20 Dhimbulukweni shoka nde mu lombwele: ‘Omuyakuli ke shi omunene e vule mwene gwe.’ Ngele aantu oya tidhagana ndje, nena otaa ke mu tidhagana wo. Ngele ya vulika koohapu dhandje, otaa ka vulika wo nokudheni. 21 Iinima mbika ayihe oyo otaye ke yi mu ningila molwashoka one aalongwa yandje, oshoka inaa tseya ngoka a tuma ndje. 22 Ando nda li inaandi ya noinaandi ya lombwela, ando kaye na oondjo. Ihe ngashingeyi oyo kaye na nando osha shokupopila oondjo dhawo. 23 Oongoka e tonde ndje, oku tonde wo naTate. 24 Ando onda li inaandi longa mokati kawo iilonga mbyoka inaayi longwa nando okomuntu, nena ando yo kaye na oondjo. Ihe ngashingeyi sho ya mono shoka nda longa, oye tu tonde atuhe naTate. 25 Shika oshi na okukala ngeyi, opo shoka sha nyolwa mompango yawo shi gwanithwe: ‘Oyo oya tondo ndje owala pwaa na nando etompelo.’
26 “Ihe Omupopili, Ombepo yoshili, ngoka ta zi kuTate, ote ke ya. Ngame otandi ke mu tuma ta zi kuTate. Oye nota ka hokolola ndje. 27 Nane wo otamu ka hokolola ndje, oshoka omwa kala pamwe nangame okuza ketameko.
