¹እውነተኛ የወይን ግንድ እኔ ነኝ፤ ገበሬውም አባቴ ነው።

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

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

²Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.

³እናንተ ስለ ነገርኋችሁ ቃል አሁን ንጹሐን ናችሁ፤

³Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you.

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

⁴Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.

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

⁵I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.

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

⁶If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

⁷በእኔ ብትኖሩ ቃሎቼም በእናንተ ቢኖሩ የምትወዱትን ሁሉ ለምኑ ይሆንላችሁማል።

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

⁸ብዙ ፍሬ ብታፈሩና ደቀ መዛሙርቴ ብትሆኑ በዚህ አባቴ ይከበራል።

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

⁹አብ እንደ ወደደኝ እኔ ደግሞ ወደድኋችሁ፤ በፍቅሬ ኑሩ።

⁹Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love.

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

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.

¹¹ደስታዬም በእናንተ እንዲሆን ደስታችሁም እንዲፈጸም ይህን ነግሬአችኋለሁ።

¹¹These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and [that] your joy may be made full.

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

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

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

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

¹⁴እኔ ያዘዝኋችሁን ሁሉ ብታደርጉ እናንተ ወዳጆቼ ናችሁ።

¹⁴Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.

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

¹⁵No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known unto you.

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

¹⁶Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

¹⁷እርስ በርሳችሁ እንድትዋደዱ ይህን አዛችኋለሁ።

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

¹⁸ዓለም ቢጠላችሁ ከእናንተ በፊት እኔን እንደ ጠላኝ እወቁ።

¹⁸If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before [it hated] you.

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

¹⁹If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

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

²⁰Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

²¹ዳሩ ግን የላከኝን አያውቁምና ይህን ሁሉ ሰለ ስሜ ያደርጉባችኋል።

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

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

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

²³እኔን የሚጠላ አባቴን ደግሞ ይጠላል።

²³He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

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

²⁴If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

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

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

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

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 bear witness of me:

²⁷እናንተም ደግሞ ከመጀመሪያ ከእኔ ጋር ኖራችኋልና ትመሰክራላችሁ።

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