John 15

15 ¹"Na me be di true vine tree, and my Papa na di farmer. ²Every branch inside me wey no dey bear fruit, e go comot am; and every one wey dey bear fruit, e go trim am well, so e go bear more fruit. ³Una don already clean because of di word wey I don talk give una. ⁴Stay inside me, and me too go stay inside una. Just as branch no fit bear fruit by imsef, unless e stay inside di vine tree, na so una too no fit unless una stay inside me. ⁵Na me be di vine tree, una na di branch dem. Anybody wey stay inside me, and me inside am, go bear plenty fruit, because if una comot from me, una no fit do anything. ⁶Anybody wey no stay inside me, dem go throway am like branch wey dry; dem dey gather di branch dem, throway dem inside fire, and burn dem. ⁷If una stay inside me and my words dey inside una, ask anything wey una want, and e go happen for una. ⁸Na so my Papa dey get glory: na wen una bear plenty fruit and show sey una be my disciple dem.

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

¹²Dis na my command: make una love una-una as I don love una. ¹³Nobody get love wey pass dis one: to lay down im life for im friends. ¹⁴Una na my friends if una dey 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, since I don make una know everything wey I hear from my Papa. ^a a v15 Jesus dey move di disciples from servants go friends by sharing everything wey e don hear from im Papa — dis na di Papa 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 anything wey una ask di Papa for my name, e go give una. ¹⁷Dis na my command give una: make una love una-una.

Wen di World Hate You

¹⁸"If di world hate una, sabi sey na me e hate first. 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 di world 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, since dem no know di one wey send me. ²²If I no come and talk give dem, dem for no get sin; but now dem no get excuse for dem sin. ²³Anybody wey hate me, hate my Papa too. ²⁴If I no do di works among dem wey nobody else do, dem for no get sin. But now dem don see and dem don hate both me and my Papa. ²⁵But dis happen make wetin dem write for dem Law fit come pass: 'Dem hate me for nothing.'

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 dey send am from di Papa, dem call am here "di Spirit of truth" because e dey lead di disciple dem enter inside everything wey Jesus don reveal.

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