Johannes 15
1 „Jeg er det sande Vintræ, og min Fader er Vingaardsmanden.
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
2 Hver Gren paa mig, som ikke bærer Frugt, den borttager han, og hver den, som bærer Frugt, renser han, for at den skal bære mere Frugt.
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.
3 I ere allerede rene paa Grund af det Ord, som jeg har talt til eder.
You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
4 Bliver i mig, da bliver ogsaa jeg i eder. Ligesom Grenen ikke kan bære Frugt af sig selv, uden den bliver paa Vintræet, saaledes kunne I ikke heller, uden I blive i mig.
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.
5 Jeg er Vintræet, I ere Grenene. Den, som bliver i mig, og jeg i ham, han bærer megen Frugt; thi uden mig kunne I slet intet gøre.
I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
6 Om nogen ikke bliver i mig, han bliver udkastet som en Gren og visner; man sanker dem og kaster dem i Ilden, og de brændes.
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 burnt.
7 Dersom I blive i mig, og mine Ord blive i eder, da beder, om hvad som helst I ville, og det skal blive eder til Del.
If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
8 Derved er min Fader herliggjort, at I bære megen Frugt, og I skulle blive mine Disciple.
“In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.
9 Ligesom Faderen har elsket mig, saa har ogsaa jeg elsket eder; bliver i min Kærlighed!
Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.
10 Dersom I holde mine Befalinger, skulle I blive i min Kærlighed, ligesom jeg har holdt min Faders Befalinger og bliver i hans Kærlighed.
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.
11 Dette har jeg talt til eder, for at min Glæde kan være i eder, og eders Glæde kan blive fuldkommen.
I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.
12 Dette er min Befaling, at I skulle elske hverandre, ligesom jeg har elsket eder.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
13 Større Kærlighed har ingen end denne, at han sætter sit Liv til for sine Venner.
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
14 I ere mine Venner, dersom I gøre, hvad jeg befaler eder.
You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.
15 Jeg kalder eder ikke længere Tjenere; thi Tjeneren ved ikke, hvad hans Herre gør; men eder har jeg kaldt Venner; thi alt det, som jeg har hørt af min Fader, har jeg kundgjort eder.
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.
16 I have ikke udvalgt mig, men jeg har udvalgt eder og sat eder til, at I skulle gaa hen og bære Frugt, og eders Frugt skal blive ved, for at Faderen skal give eder, hvad som helst I bede ham om i mit Navn.
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.
17 Dette befaler jeg eder, at I skulle elske hverandre.
“I command these things to you, that you may love one another.
18 Naar Verden hader eder, da vider, at den har hadet mig før end eder.
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
19 Vare I af Verden, da vilde Verden elske sit eget; men fordi I ikke ere af Verden, men jeg har valgt eder ud af Verden, derfor hader Verden eder.
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.
20 Kommer det Ord i Hu, som jeg har sagt eder: En Tjener er ikke større end sin Herre. Have de forfulgt mig, ville de ogsaa forfølge eder; have de holdt mit Ord, ville de ogsaa holde eders.
Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
21 Men alt dette ville de gøre imod eder for mit Navns Skyld, fordi de ikke kende den, som sendte mig.
But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.
22 Dersom jeg ikke var kommen og havde talt til dem, havde de ikke Synd; men nu have de ingen Undskyldning for deres Synd.
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 Den, som hader mig, hader ogsaa min Fader.
He who hates me, hates my Father also.
24 Havde jeg ikke gjort de Gerninger iblandt dem, som ingen anden har gjort, havde de ikke Synd; men nu have de set dem og dog hadet baade mig og min Fader.
If I hadn’t done amongst them the works which no one else did, they wouldn’t have had sin. But now they have seen and also hated both me and my Father.
25 Dog, det Ord, som er skrevet i deres Lov, maa opfyldes: De hadede mig uforskyldt.
But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’
26 Men naar Talsmanden kommer, som jeg skal sende eder fra Faderen, Sandhedens Aand, som udgaar fra Faderen, da skal han vidne om mig.
“When the Counsellor 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.
27 Men ogsaa I skulle vidne; thi I vare med mig fra Begyndelsen.‟
You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
