John 15

15 ¹“Na me be di true vine, and my Papa na di person wey dey take care of di garden. ²Every branch wey dey inside me wey no dey bear fruit, e go comot am; and every one wey dey bear fruit, e go trim am, so e fit bear more fruit. ³You don already clean because of di word wey I don talk give you. ⁴Stay inside me, and make I stay inside you. Just as one branch no fit bear fruit by imsef, unless e stay for di vine, na so you too no fit unless you stay inside me. ⁵Na me be di vine, una na di branches. Anybody wey stay inside me, and me inside am, go bear plenty fruit, because if I no dey, you no fit do anytin. ⁶Anybody wey no stay inside me na dem go throw am comot like branch, and e go dry; dem dey gather di branches, throw dem inside fire, and burn dem. ⁷If you stay inside me and my words stay inside you, ask anytin wey you want, and e go happen for you. ⁸Na so my Papa dey get glory: say you go bear plenty fruit and show sey na my disciples una be.

⁹“Just as di Papa don love me, na so I don love you. Stay inside my love. ¹⁰If you keep my commands, you go stay inside my love, just as I don keep my Papa im commands and I dey stay inside im love. ¹¹I don tell you dis so my joy fit dey inside you, and make your own joy full complete.

¹²“Dis na my command: make una love one anoda just as I don love una. ¹³Nobody get love wey pass dis one: to lay down im own life for im friends. ¹⁴Una na my friends if una do wetin I command una. ¹⁵I no dey call una servants again—servant no dey know wetin im master dey do. I dey call una friends, because I don make una sabi everytin wey I hear from my Papa. ^a a v15 Jesus dey move di disciples from servants go friends by di way wey e dey share everytin wey e don hear from im Papa — dis na di Papa im heart goal for every reader, friendship through di Pikin. ¹⁶Na not una choose me—na me choose una and put una make una go, bear fruit wey go last, so anytin wey una ask di Papa for my name, e go give una. ¹⁷Dis na my command give una: make una love one anoda.

Wen di World Hate You

¹⁸“If di world hate una, sabi sey na me e first hate. ¹⁹If una be of di world, di world for love una as im own. But una no be of di world; instead, na me choose una comot from di world, so na im make di world dey hate una. ²⁰Remember wetin I tell una: servant no big pass im master. If dem persecute me, dem go persecute una too; if dem keep my word, dem go keep una own too. ²¹But dem go do all dis to una because of my name, because dem no know di One wey send me. ²²If I no come and talk to dem, dem for no get sin; but now dem no get any excuse for dia sin. ²³Anybody wey hate me hate my Papa too. ²⁴If I no do di works wey nobody else do among dem, dem for no get sin. But now dem don see and dem don hate both me and my Papa. ²⁵But dis one happen so e go fulfill wetin dem write for dia Law: ‘Dem hate me for notin.’

²⁶“Wen di Helper come, di One wey I go send give una from di Papa—di Spirit of truth wey dey comot from di Papa—e go testify about me. ^b b v26 Di Helper wey Jesus promise na di Holy Spirit — Jesus go send am from di Papa, e call am here “di Spirit of truth” because e dey lead di disciples enter everytin wey Jesus don show.

²⁷“And una too must testify, because una don dey with me from di beginning.”