Johannes 15
1 "Jeg er det sande Vintræ, og min Fader er Vingårdsmanden.
“Ena Na [I AM (the Living God)] the true vine, and 'Avi ·my Father· is the farmer.
2 Hver Gren på 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 does not bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
3 I ere allerede rene på 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 også jeg i eder. Ligesom Grenen ikke kan bære Frugt af sig selv, uden den bliver på Vintræet, således 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.
Ena Na [I AM (the Living God)] the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same 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 does not 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 burned.
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 is 'Avi ·my Father· glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.
9 Ligesom Faderen har elsket mig, så har også jeg elsket eder; bliver i min Kærlighed!
Even as haAbba ·the Father· has agapao ·totally devoted love· for me, I also have shown agapao ·totally devoted love· for you. Remain in my agape ·unconditional 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 agape ·unconditional love·; even as I have kept 'Avi ·my Father·’s commandments, and remain in his agape ·unconditional 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 have agapao ·total devotion love· to one another, even as I have shown agapao ·total devotion love· to you.
13 Større Kærlighed har ingen end denne, at han sætter sit Liv til for sine Venner.
Greater agape ·unconditional 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 enjoin 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 does not know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from 'Avi ·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 gå 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 haAbba ·the Father· in my name, he may give it to you.
17 Dette befaler jeg eder, at I skulle elske hverandre.
“I enjoin these things to you, that you may have agapao ·totally devoted love· to one another.
18 Når Verden hader eder, da vid, at den har hadet mig førend 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 phileo ·affectionately love, have high regard for· 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 også forfølge eder; have de holdt mit Ord, ville de også 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 keep yours also.
21 Men alt dette ville de gøre imod eder for mit Navns Skyld, fordi de ikke kende den, som sendte mig.
But all these things will they do 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 også min Fader.
He who hates me, hates 'Avi ·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 både mig og min Fader.
If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and 'Avi ·my Father·.
25 Dog, det Ord, som er skrevet i deres Lov, må opfyldes: De hadede mig uforskyldt.
But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their Torah ·Teaching, ‘They hated me for no reason at all.’
26 Men når Talsmanden kommer, som jeg skal sende eder fra Faderen, Sandhedens Ånd, som udgår fra Faderen, da skal han vidne om mig.
“When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from haAbba ·the Father·, haRuach [the Spirit] of truth, who proceeds from haAbba ·the Father·, he will testify about me.
27 Men også I skulle vidne; thi I vare med mig fra Begyndelsen."
You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
