¹I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

¹እውነተኛ የወይን ግንድ እኔ ነኝ፤ ገበሬውም አባቴ ነው።

²Every 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.

²ፍሬ የማያፈራውን በእኔ ያለውን ቅርንጫፍ ሁሉ ያስወግደዋል፤ ፍሬ የሚያፈራውንም ሁሉ አብዝቶ እንዲያፈራ ያጠራዋል።

³Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

³እናንተ ስለ ነገርኋችሁ ቃል አሁን ንጹሐን ናችሁ፤

⁴Abide 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.

⁴በእኔ ኑሩ እኔም በእናንተ። ቅርንጫፍ በወይኑ ግንድ ባይኖር ከራሱ ፍሬ ሊያፈራ እንዳይቻለው፥ እንዲሁ እናንተ ደግሞ በእኔ ባትኖሩ አትችሉም።

⁵I 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.

⁵እኔ የወይን ግንድ ነኝ እናንተም ቅርንጫፎች ናችሁ። ያለ እኔ ምንም ልታደርጉ አትችሉምና በእኔ የሚኖር እኔም በእርሱ፥ እርሱ ብዙ ፍሬ ያፈራል።

⁶If 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.

⁶በእኔ የማይኖር ቢሆን እንደ ቅርንጫፍ ወደ ውጭ ይጣላል ይደርቅማል፤ እነርሱንም ሰብስበው ወደ እሳት ይጥሉአቸዋል፥ ያቃጥሉአቸውማል።

⁷If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

⁷በእኔ ብትኖሩ ቃሎቼም በእናንተ ቢኖሩ የምትወዱትን ሁሉ ለምኑ ይሆንላችሁማል።

⁸Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

⁸ብዙ ፍሬ ብታፈሩና ደቀ መዛሙርቴ ብትሆኑ በዚህ አባቴ ይከበራል።

⁹As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

⁹አብ እንደ ወደደኝ እኔ ደግሞ ወደድኋችሁ፤ በፍቅሬ ኑሩ።

¹⁰If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

¹⁰እኔ የአባቴን ትእዛዝ እንደ ጠበቅሁ በፍቅሩም እንደምኖር፥ ትእዛዜን ብትጠብቁ በፍቅሬ ትኖራላችሁ።

¹¹These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

¹¹ደስታዬም በእናንተ እንዲሆን ደስታችሁም እንዲፈጸም ይህን ነግሬአችኋለሁ።

¹²This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

¹²እኔ እንደ ወደድኋችሁ እርስ በርሳችሁ ትዋደዱ ዘንድ ትእዛዜ ይህች ናት።

¹³Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

¹³ነፍሱን ስለ ወዳጆቹ ከመስጠት ይልቅ ከዚህ የሚበልጥ ፍቅር ለማንም የለውም።

¹⁴Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

¹⁴እኔ ያዘዝኋችሁን ሁሉ ብታደርጉ እናንተ ወዳጆቼ ናችሁ።

¹⁵Henceforth 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.

¹⁵ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ባሮች አልላችሁም፤ ባርያ ጌታው የሚያደርገውን አያውቅምና፤ ወዳጆች ግን ብያችኋለሁ፥ ከአባቴ የሰማሁትን ሁሉ ለእናንተ አስታውቄአችኋለሁና።

¹⁶Ye 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.

¹⁶እኔ መረጥኋችሁ እንጂ እናንተ አልመረጣችሁኝም፤ አብም በስሜ የምትለምኑትን ሁሉ እንዲሰጣችሁ፥ ልትሄዱና ፍሬ ልታፈሩ ፍሬአችሁም ሊኖር ሾምኋችሁ።

¹⁷These things I command you, that ye love one another.

¹⁷እርስ በርሳችሁ እንድትዋደዱ ይህን አዛችኋለሁ።

¹⁸If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

¹⁸ዓለም ቢጠላችሁ ከእናንተ በፊት እኔን እንደ ጠላኝ እወቁ።

¹⁹If 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.

¹⁹ከዓለምስ ብትሆኑ ዓለም የራሱ የሆነውን ይወድ ነበር፤ ነገር ግን እኔ ከዓለም መረጥኋችሁ እንጂ ከዓለም ስለ አይደላችሁ ስለዚህ ዓለም ይጠላችኋል።

²⁰Remember 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 yours also.

²⁰ባርያ ከጌታው አይበልጥም ብዬ የነገርኋችሁን ቃል አስቡ። እኔን አሳደውኝ እንደ ሆኑ እናንተን ደግሞ ያሳድዱአችኋል፤ ቃሌን ጠብቀው እንደ ሆኑ ቃላችሁን ደግሞ ይጠብቃሉ።

²¹But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

²¹ዳሩ ግን የላከኝን አያውቁምና ይህን ሁሉ ሰለ ስሜ ያደርጉባችኋል።

²²If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.

²²እኔ መጥቼ ባልነገርኋቸውስ ኃጢአት ባልሆነባቸውም ነበር፤ አሁን ግን ለኃጢአታቸው ምክንያት የላቸውም።

²³He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

²³እኔን የሚጠላ አባቴን ደግሞ ይጠላል።

²⁴If 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.

²⁴ሌላ ሰው ያላደረገውን ሥራ በመካከላቸው ባላደረግሁ፥ ኃጢአት ባልሆነባቸውም ነበር፤ አሁን ግን እኔንም አባቴንም አይተውማል ጠልተውማል።

²⁵But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

²⁵ነገር ግን በሕጋቸው። በከንቱ ጠሉኝ ተብሎ የተጻፈው ቃል ይፈጸም ዘንድ ነው።

²⁶But 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:

²⁶ዳሩ ግን እኔ ከአብ ዘንድ የምልክላችሁ አጽናኝ እርሱም ከአብ የሚወጣ የእውነት መንፈስ በመጣ ጊዜ፥ እርሱ ስለ እኔ ይመሰክራል፤

²⁷And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

²⁷እናንተም ደግሞ ከመጀመሪያ ከእኔ ጋር ኖራችኋልና ትመሰክራላችሁ።