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Àjàrà àti ẹ̀ka rẹ̀

15 (A)“Èmi ni àjàrà tòótọ́, Baba mi sì ni olùṣọ́gbà. Gbogbo ẹ̀ka nínú mi tí kò bá so èso, òun a mú kúrò: gbogbo ẹ̀ka tí ó bá sì so èso, òun a wẹ̀ ẹ́ mọ́, kí ó lè so èso sí i. (B)Ẹ̀yin mọ́ nísinsin yìí nítorí ọ̀rọ̀ tí mo ti sọ fún yín. (C)Ẹ máa gbé inú mi, èmi ó sì máa gbé inú yín. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀ka kò ti lè so èso fún ara rẹ̀ bí kò ṣe pé ó ba ń gbé inú àjàrà, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹ̀yin, bí kò ṣe pé ẹ bá ń gbé inú mi.

“Èmi ni àjàrà, ẹ̀yin ni ẹ̀ka. Ẹni tí ó ń gbé inú mi, àti èmi nínú rẹ̀, òun ni yóò so èso lọ́pọ̀lọpọ̀: nítorí ní yíya ara yín kúrò lọ́dọ̀ mi, ẹ kò lè ṣe ohun kan. Bí ẹnìkan kò bá gbé inú mi, a gbé e sọnù gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀ka, a sì gbẹ; wọn a sì kó wọn jọ, wọn a sì sọ wọ́n sínú iná, wọn a sì jóná. (D)Bí ẹ̀yin bá ń gbé inú mi, tí ọ̀rọ̀ mi bá sì gbé inú yín, ẹ ó béèrè ohunkóhun tí ẹ bá fẹ́, a ó sì ṣe é fún yín. (E)Nínú èyí ní a yìn Baba mi lógo pé, kí ẹ̀yin kí ó máa so èso púpọ̀; ẹ̀yin ó sì jẹ́ ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn mi.

“Gẹ́gẹ́ bí Baba ti fẹ́ mi, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi sì fẹ́ yín: ẹ dúró nínú ìfẹ́ rẹ̀. 10 (F)Bí ẹ̀yin bá pa òfin mi mọ́, ẹ ó dúró nínú ìfẹ́ mi; gẹ́gẹ́ bí èmi ti pa òfin Baba mi mọ́, tí mo sì dúró nínú ìfẹ́ rẹ̀. 11 Nǹkan wọ̀nyí ni mo ti sọ fún yín, kí ayọ̀ mi kí ó lè wà nínú yín, àti kí ayọ̀ yín kí ó lè kún. 12 Èyí ni òfin mi, pé kí ẹ̀yin kí ó fẹ́ràn ara yín, gẹ́gẹ́ bí mo ti fẹ́ràn yín. 13 (G)Kò sí ẹnìkan tí ó ní ìfẹ́ tí ó tóbi ju èyí lọ, pé ẹnìkan fi ẹ̀mí rẹ̀ lélẹ̀ nítorí àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ rẹ̀. 14 (H)Ọ̀rẹ́ mi ni ẹ̀yin ń ṣe, bí ẹ bá ṣe ohun tí èmi pàṣẹ fún yín. 15 Èmi kò pè yín ní ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ mọ́; nítorí ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ kò mọ ohun tí olúwa rẹ̀ ń ṣe: ṣùgbọ́n èmi pè yín ní ọ̀rẹ́ nítorí ohun gbogbo tí mo ti gbọ́ láti ọ̀dọ̀ Baba mi wá, mo ti fihàn fún yín. 16 (I)Kì í ṣe ẹ̀yin ni ó yàn mí, ṣùgbọ́n èmi ni ó yàn yín, mo sì fi yín sípò, kí ẹ̀yin kí ó lè lọ, kí ẹ sì so èso, àti kí èso yín lè dúró; kí ohunkóhun tí ẹ bá béèrè lọ́wọ́ Baba ní orúkọ mi, kí ó lè fi í fún yín. 17 Nǹkan wọ̀nyí ni mo pàṣẹ fún yín pé, kí ẹ̀yin kí ó fẹ́ràn ara yín.

Ayé kórìíra àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn

18 (J)“Bí ayé bá kórìíra yín, ẹ mọ̀ pé, ó ti kórìíra mi ṣáájú yín. 19 Ìbá ṣe pé ẹ̀yin ń ṣe ti ayé, ayé ìbá fẹ́ yin bi àwọn tirẹ̀; gẹ́gẹ́ bi o ṣe ri tí ẹ̀yin kì ń ṣe ti ayé, ṣùgbọ́n èmi ti yàn yín kúrò nínú ayé, nítorí èyí ni ayé ṣe kórìíra yín. 20 (K)Ẹ rántí ọ̀rọ̀ tí mo ti sọ fún yín pé, ‘Ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ kò tóbi ju olúwa rẹ̀ lọ.’ Bí wọ́n bá ti ṣe inúnibíni sí mi, wọ́n ó ṣe inúnibíni sí yín pẹ̀lú: bí wọ́n bá ti pa ọ̀rọ̀ mi mọ́, wọ́n ó sì pa tiyín mọ́ pẹ̀lú. 21 Ṣùgbọ́n gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí ni wọ́n yóò ṣe sí yín, nítorí orúkọ mi, nítorí tí wọn kò mọ ẹni tí ó rán mi. 22 (L)Ìbá ṣe pé èmi kò ti wá kí n sì ti bá wọn sọ̀rọ̀, wọn kì bá tí ní ẹ̀ṣẹ̀: ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí wọ́n di aláìríwí fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn. 23 Ẹni tí ó bá kórìíra mi, ó kórìíra Baba mi pẹ̀lú. 24 Ìbá ṣe pé èmi kò ti ṣe iṣẹ́ wọ̀n-ọn-nì láàrín wọn tí ẹlòmíràn kò ṣe rí, wọn kì bá tí ní ẹ̀ṣẹ̀: ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí wọ́n sì rí, wọ́n sì kórìíra èmi àti Baba mi. 25 (M)Ṣùgbọ́n èyí rí bẹ́ẹ̀ kí ọ̀rọ̀ tí a kọ nínú òfin wọn kí ó lè ṣẹ pé, ‘Wọ́n kórìíra mi ní àìnídìí.’

26 (N)“Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí Olùtùnú náà bá dé, ẹni tí èmi ó rán sí yín láti ọ̀dọ̀ Baba wá, àní Ẹ̀mí òtítọ́ nì, tí ń ti ọ̀dọ̀ Baba wá, òun náà ni yóò jẹ́rìí mi: 27 (O)Ẹ̀yin pẹ̀lú yóò sì jẹ́rìí mi, nítorí tí ẹ̀yin ti wà pẹ̀lú mi láti ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wá.

The Vine and the Branches

15 “I am(A) the true vine,(B) and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit,(C) while every branch that does bear fruit(D) he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.(E) Remain in me, as I also remain in you.(F) No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;(G) apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.(H) If you remain in me(I) and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.(J) This is to my Father’s glory,(K) that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.(L)

“As the Father has loved me,(M) so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands,(N) you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.(O) 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.(P) 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.(Q) 14 You are my friends(R) if you do what I command.(S) 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.(T) 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you(U) so that you might go and bear fruit(V)—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.(W) 17 This is my command: Love each other.(X)

The World Hates the Disciples

18 “If the world hates you,(Y) keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you(Z) out of the world. That is why the world hates you.(AA) 20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’[b](AB) If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.(AC) If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They will treat you this way because of my name,(AD) for they do not know the one who sent me.(AE) 22 If I had not come and spoken to them,(AF) they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.(AG) 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. 24 If I had not done among them the works no one else did,(AH) they would not be guilty of sin.(AI) As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law:(AJ) ‘They hated me without reason.’[c](AK)

The Work of the Holy Spirit

26 “When the Advocate(AL) comes, whom I will send to you from the Father(AM)—the Spirit of truth(AN) who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.(AO) 27 And you also must testify,(AP) for you have been with me from the beginning.(AQ)

Footnotes

  1. John 15:2 The Greek for he prunes also means he cleans.
  2. John 15:20 John 13:16
  3. John 15:25 Psalms 35:19; 69:4