¹እውነተኛ የወይን ግንድ እኔ ነኝ፤ ገበሬውም አባቴ ነው።

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

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

² Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

³እናንተ ስለ ነገርኋችሁ ቃል አሁን ንጹሐን ናችሁ፤

³ You are already pruned clean because 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።

⁴ Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

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

⁵ I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

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

⁶ If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

⁷በእኔ ብትኖሩ ቃሎቼም በእናንተ ቢኖሩ የምትወዱትን ሁሉ ለምኑ ይሆንላችሁማል።

⁷ If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

⁸ብዙ ፍሬ ብታፈሩና ደቀ መዛሙርቴ ብትሆኑ በዚህ አባቴ ይከበራል።

⁸ “In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

⁹አብ እንደ ወደደኝ እኔ ደግሞ ወደድኋችሁ፤ በፍቅሬ ኑሩ።

⁹ Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.

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

¹⁰ If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love.

¹¹ደስታዬም በእናንተ እንዲሆን ደስታችሁም እንዲፈጸም ይህን ነግሬአችኋለሁ።

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

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

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

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

¹³ Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

¹⁴እኔ ያዘዝኋችሁን ሁሉ ብታደርጉ እናንተ ወዳጆቼ ናችሁ።

¹⁴ You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.

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

¹⁵ No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

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

¹⁶ You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

¹⁷እርስ በርሳችሁ እንድትዋደዱ ይህን አዛችኋለሁ።

¹⁷ “I command these things to you, that you may love one another.

¹⁸ዓለም ቢጠላችሁ ከእናንተ በፊት እኔን እንደ ጠላኝ እወቁ።

¹⁸ If the world hates you, you know that it has 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።

¹⁹ If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore 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።

²⁰ Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ John 13:16 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።

²¹ But all these things will they do to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.

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

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

²³እኔን የሚጠላ አባቴን ደግሞ ይጠላል።

²³ He who hates me, hates my Father also.

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

²⁴ If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn’t have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.

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

²⁵ But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’ Psalms 35:19; 69:4

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

²⁶ “When the Counselor Greek Parakletos: Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, and Comforter. has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.

²⁷እናንተም ደግሞ ከመጀመሪያ ከእኔ ጋር ኖራችኋልና ትመሰክራላችሁ።

²⁷ You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.