Johannes 15
1 "Jeg er det sande Vintræ, og min Fader er Vingårdsmanden.
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-grower.
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.
Any unfruitful branch in me he takes away, and he cleanses every fruitful branch, so 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 clean because of the message that I have given 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 united to me, and I will remain united to you. As a branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains united to the vine; no more can you, unless you remain united to 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. If you remains united to me, while I remain united to you – you bear fruit plentifully; for you can do nothing apart from me.
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 anyone does not remain united to me, they are thrown away, as a branch would be, and withers up. Such branches are collected and thrown into the fire, and 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 united to me, and my teaching remains in your hearts, ask whatever you wish, and it will be yours.
8 Derved er min Fader herliggjort, at I bære megen Frugt, og I skulle blive mine Disciple.
It is by your bearing fruit plentifully, and so showing yourselves my disciples, that my Father is honored.
9 Ligesom Faderen har elsket mig, så har også jeg elsket eder; bliver i min Kærlighed!
As the Father has loved me, so have I 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 lay my commands to heart, you will remain in my love; just as I have laid the Father’s commands to heart 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 told you all this so that my own joy may be yours, and that your joy may be complete.
12 Dette er min Befaling, at I skulle elske hverandre, ligesom jeg har elsket eder.
This is my command – love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Større Kærlighed har ingen end denne, at han sætter sit Liv til for sine Venner.
No one can give greater proof of love than by laying down their life for their friends.
14 I ere mine Venner, dersom I gøre, hvad jeg befaler eder.
And you are my friends, if you do what 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.
I no longer call you ‘servants,’ because a servant does not know what their master is doing; but I have given you the name of ‘friends,’ because I made known to you everything that I learned from my Father.
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.
It wasn’t you who chose me, but I who chose you, and I appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that should remain, so that the Father might grant you whatever you ask in my name.
17 Dette befaler jeg eder, at I skulle elske hverandre.
I am giving you these commands that you may love 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 first hated me.
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 belonged to the world, the world would love its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world – that is why 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 what I said to you – ‘A servant is not greater than their master.’ If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have laid my message to heart, they will lay yours to heart also.
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 this to you, because you believe in my name, for they do not 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 have had no sin to answer for; but as it is, they have no excuse for their sin.
23 Den, som hader mig, hader også min Fader.
The person 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 både mig og min Fader.
If I had not done among them such work as no one else ever did, they would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 Dog, det Ord, som er skrevet i deres Lov, må opfyldes: De hadede mig uforskyldt.
And so is fulfilled what is said in their Law – ‘They hated me without cause.’
26 Men når Talsmanden kommer, som jeg skal sende eder fra Faderen, Sandhedens Ånd, som udgår fra Faderen, da skal han vidne om mig.
But, when the helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father – the Spirit of truth, who comes from the Father – will bear testimony to me;
27 Men også I skulle vidne; thi I vare med mig fra Begyndelsen."
yes, and you also are to bear testimony, because you have been with me from the first.
