Yohana 15
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
Berean Standard Bible
1“Mimi ni mzabibu wa kweli, na Baba yangu ndiye mkulima.
1“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
2Yeye huliondoa ndani yangu kila tawi lisilozaa matunda, na kila tawi lizaalo hulisafisha lipate kuzaa zaidi.
2He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
3Ninyi mmekwisha kuwa safi kwa sababu ya ule ujumbe niliowaambieni.
3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
4Kaeni ndani yangu, nami nikae ndani yenu. Tawi haliwezi peke yake kuzaa matunda lisipokaa katika mzabibu hali kadhalika nanyi hamwezi kuzaa matunda msipokaa ndani yangu.
4Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
5“Mimi ni mzabibu, nanyi ni matawi yake. Akaaye ndani yangu, nami ndani yake, huyo atazaa matunda mengi, maana bila mimi hamwezi kufanya chochote.
5I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
6Mtu yeyote asipokaa ndani yangu hutupwa nje kama tawi litupwalo nje hata likakauka. Watu huliokota tawi la namna hiyo na kulitupa motoni liungue.
6If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
7Mkikaa ndani yangu na maneno yangu yakikaa ndani yenu, basi, ombeni chochote mtakacho nanyi mtapewa.
7If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
8Baba yangu hutukuzwa kama mkizaa matunda mengi na kuwa wanafunzi wangu.
8This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
9Mimi nimewapenda ninyi kama vile Baba alivyonipenda mimi. Kaeni katika pendo langu.
9As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.
10Mkizishika amri zangu mtakaa katika pendo langu, kama vile nami nilivyozishika amri za Baba yangu na kukaa katika pendo lake.
10If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
11Nimewaambieni mambo haya ili furaha yangu ikae ndani yenu, na furaha yenu ikamilike.
11I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
12Hii ndiyo amri yangu: pendaneni; pendaneni kama nilivyowapenda ninyi.
12This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
13Hakuna upendo mkuu zaidi kuliko upendo wa mtu atoaye uhai wake kwa ajili ya rafiki zake.
13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
14Ninyi ni rafiki zangu mkifanya ninayowaamuru.
14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
15Ninyi siwaiti tena watumishi, maana mtumishi hajui anachofanya bwana wake. Lakini mimi nimewaita ninyi rafiki, kwa sababu nimewajulisha yote ambayo nimeyasikia kutoka kwa Baba yangu.
15No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
16Ninyi hamkunichagua mimi; mimi niliwachagueni na kuwatuma mwende mkazae matunda, matunda yadumuyo, naye Baba apate kuwapa ninyi chochote mumwombacho kwa jina langu.
16You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
17Basi, amri yangu kwenu ndiyo hii: pendaneni.
17This is My command to you: Love one another.
18“Kama ulimwengu ukiwachukia ninyi, kumbukeni kwamba umenichukia mimi kabla haujawachukia ninyi.
18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
19Kama mngalikuwa watu wa ulimwengu, ulimwengu ungaliwapenda ninyi kama watu wake. Lakini kwa vile ninyi si wa ulimwengu, ila mimi nimewachagueni kutoka ulimwenguni, kwa sababu hiyo ulimwengu unawachukieni.
19If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
20Kumbukeni niliyowaambieni: mtumishi si mkuu zaidi kuliko bwana wake. Ikiwa wamenitesa mimi, watawatesa na ninyi pia; kama wameshika neno langu, watalishika na lenu pia.
20Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.
21Lakini hayo yote watawatendeeni ninyi kwa sababu ya jina langu, kwani hawamjui yeye aliyenituma.
21But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.
22Kama nisingalikuja na kusema nao wasingalikuwa na hatia; lakini sasa hawawezi kujitetea kwamba hawana dhambi.
22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
23Anayenichukia mimi, anamchukia na Baba yangu pia.
23Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
24Kama nisingalifanya kwao mambo ambayo hakuna mtu mwingine amekwisha yafanya wasingalikuwa na hatia; lakini sasa wameona niliyoyafanya wakinichukia mimi, wakamchukia na Baba yangu pia.
24If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.
25Na hivi ni lazima yatimie yale yaliyoandikwa katika Sheria yao: Wamenichukia bure!
25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
26“Atakapokuja huyo Msaidizi nitakayemtuma kwenu kutoka kwa Baba, huyo Roho wa kweli atokaye kwa Baba, yeye atanishuhudia mimi.
26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
27Nanyi pia mtanishuhudia kwa kuwa mmekuwa nami tangu mwanzo.
27And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
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