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

¹እውነተኛ የወይን ግንድ እኔ ነኝ፤ ገበሬውም አባቴ ነው።

²every branch in me not bearing fruit, He doth take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He doth cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;

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

³already ye are clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;

³እናንተ ስለ ነገርኋችሁ ቃል አሁን ንጹሐን ናችሁ፤

⁴remain in me, and I in you, as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, if it may not remain in the vine, so neither ye, if ye may not remain in me.

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

⁵`I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;

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

⁶if any one may not remain in me, he was cast forth without as the branch, and was withered, and they gather them, and cast to fire, and they are burned;

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

⁷if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.

⁷በእኔ ብትኖሩ ቃሎቼም በእናንተ ቢኖሩ የምትወዱትን ሁሉ ለምኑ ይሆንላችሁማል።

⁸`In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples.

⁸ብዙ ፍሬ ብታፈሩና ደቀ መዛሙርቴ ብትሆኑ በዚህ አባቴ ይከበራል።

⁹According as the Father did love me, I also loved you, remain in my love;

⁹አብ እንደ ወደደኝ እኔ ደግሞ ወደድኋችሁ፤ በፍቅሬ ኑሩ።

¹⁰if my commandments ye may keep, ye shall remain in my love, according as I the commands of my Father have kept, and do remain in His love;

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

¹¹these things I have spoken to you, that my joy in you may remain, and your joy may be full.

¹¹ደስታዬም በእናንተ እንዲሆን ደስታችሁም እንዲፈጸም ይህን ነግሬአችኋለሁ።

¹²`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

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

¹³greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

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

¹⁴ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you;

¹⁴እኔ ያዘዝኋችሁን ሁሉ ብታደርጉ እናንተ ወዳጆቼ ናችሁ።

¹⁵no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.

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

¹⁶`Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.

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

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

¹⁷እርስ በርሳችሁ እንድትዋደዱ ይህን አዛችኋለሁ።

¹⁸if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you;

¹⁸ዓለም ቢጠላችሁ ከእናንተ በፊት እኔን እንደ ጠላኝ እወቁ።

¹⁹if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not — but I chose out of the world — because of this the world hateth you.

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

²⁰`Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;

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 to you, because of my name, because they have not known Him who sent me;

²¹ዳሩ ግን የላከኝን አያውቁምና ይህን ሁሉ ሰለ ስሜ ያደርጉባችኋል።

²²if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now pretext they have not for their sin.

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

²³`He who is hating me, doth hate also my Father;

²³እኔን የሚጠላ አባቴን ደግሞ ይጠላል።

²⁴if I did not do among them the works that no other hath done, they were not having sin, and now they have 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 — that the word may be fulfilled that was written in their law — They hated me without a cause.

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

²⁶`And when the Comforter may come, whom I will send to you from the Father — the Spirit of truth, who from the Father doth come forth, he will testify of me;

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

²⁷and ye also do testify, because from the beginning ye are with me.

²⁷እናንተም ደግሞ ከመጀመሪያ ከእኔ ጋር ኖራችኋልና ትመሰክራላችሁ።