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።

²[As to] every branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away; and [as to] every one bearing fruit, he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit.

³እናንተ ስለ ነገርኋችሁ ቃል አሁን ንጹሐን ናችሁ፤

³Ye are already clean by reason of the word which I have spoken to 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 unless it abide in the vine, thus neither [can] ye unless 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 abides in me and I in him, *he* bears much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing.

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

⁶Unless any one abide in me he is cast out as the branch, and is dried up; 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, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall come to pass to you.

⁸ብዙ ፍሬ ብታፈሩና ደቀ መዛሙርቴ ብትሆኑ በዚህ አባቴ ይከበራል።

⁸In this is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and ye shall become disciples of mine.

⁹አብ እንደ ወደደኝ እኔ ደግሞ ወደድኋችሁ፤ በፍቅሬ ኑሩ።

⁹As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you: abide in my love.

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

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

¹¹ደስታዬም በእናንተ እንዲሆን ደስታችሁም እንዲፈጸም ይህን ነግሬአችኋለሁ።

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

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

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

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

¹³No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.

¹⁴እኔ ያዘዝኋችሁን ሁሉ ብታደርጉ እናንተ ወዳጆቼ ናችሁ።

¹⁴Ye are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you.

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

¹⁵I call you no longer bondmen, for the bondman does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things which I have heard of my Father I have made known to you.

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

¹⁶Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and have set you that ye should go and [that] ye should bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide, that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you.

¹⁷እርስ በርሳችሁ እንድትዋደዱ ይህን አዛችኋለሁ።

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

¹⁸ዓለም ቢጠላችሁ ከእናንተ በፊት እኔን እንደ ጠላኝ እወቁ።

¹⁸If the world hate you, know that it has hated me before 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 have chosen you out of the world, on account of this the world hates 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 which I said unto you, The bondman is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep also yours.

²¹ዳሩ ግን የላከኝን አያውቁምና ይህን ሁሉ ሰለ ስሜ ያደርጉባችኋል።

²¹But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they have not known him that sent me.

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

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

²³እኔን የሚጠላ አባቴን ደግሞ ይጠላል።

²³He that hates me hates also my Father.

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 no other one has done, they had not had sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

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

²⁵But that the word written in their law might be fulfilled, 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 to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes forth from with the Father, *he* shall bear witness concerning me;

²⁷እናንተም ደግሞ ከመጀመሪያ ከእኔ ጋር ኖራችኋልና ትመሰክራላችሁ።

²⁷and ye too bear witness, because ye are with me from [the] beginning.