Johannes 15
1 "Jeg er det sande Vintræ, og min Fader er Vingårdsmanden.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
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 which in me giveth not fruits he taketh away; and that which giveth fruits he cleanseth, that more fruits it may give.
3 I ere allerede rene på Grund af det Ord, som jeg har talt til eder.
Now are you clean because of the word which I have spoken with 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.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot give fruits of itself if it abide not in the vine, so also cannot you, if you abide not 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, and you the branches. Whoso abideth in me, and I in him, this produceth much fruits, because without me you cannot do any thing.
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.
But if a man abide not in me, he is cast without, as a withered branch; and, gathering, they cast it into the fire to burn.
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.
But if you abide in me, and my words abide in you, all whatever you will to ask shall be unto you.
8 Derved er min Fader herliggjort, at I bære megen Frugt, og I skulle blive mine Disciple.
IN this is glorified my Father, that much fruit you give, and be my disciples.
9 Ligesom Faderen har elsket mig, så har også jeg elsket eder; bliver i min Kærlighed!
As my Father hath loved me, so I have loved you: continue in the love of me.
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 my commandments you will keep, you shall abide in my love; as I have kept the commandments of my Father, and abide in his love.
11 Dette har jeg talt til eder, for at min Glæde kan være i eder, og eders Glæde kan blive fuldkommen.
These have I spoken with you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be 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, as I have loved you.
13 Større Kærlighed har ingen end denne, at han sætter sit Liv til for sine Venner.
Love which is greater than this is not, that a man 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 all that 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 more I call you servants, for the servant knoweth not what doeth his Lord; but my friends have I called you; wherefore all that I have heard from my Father, I have made known unto 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 have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and placed you, that you also may go (and) yield much fruit; and your fruit shall remain, because all that you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give to you.
17 Dette befaler jeg eder, at I skulle elske hverandre.
These I command you, That you love one another.
18 Når Verden hader eder, da vid, at den har hadet mig førend eder.
And if the world hate you, know that, before you, it 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.
And if of the world you were, the world its own would have loved; but you are not of the world, for I have chosen you from the world; on which account the world hateth 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 which I spake with you, That there is no servant who is greater than his lord. If me they have persecuted, you also will they persecute; and if my word they had kept, yours also would they keep.
21 Men alt dette ville de gøre imod eder for mit Navns Skyld, fordi de ikke kende den, som sendte mig.
But these all will they do to you on account of my name, because they know not 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 with them, they had not had sin; but now have they no pretext for their sins.
23 Den, som hader mig, hader også min Fader.
He who hateth me, my Father also hateth.
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.
And if the works I had not done before their eyes which no other man hath done, they had not had sin; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father;
25 Dog, det Ord, som er skrevet i deres Lov, må opfyldes: De hadede mig uforskyldt.
that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law, They hated me undeservedly.
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 Paraclete cometh, He whom I will send unto you from my Father, the Spirit of Truth, He who from my Father cometh forth, He shall testify of me.
27 Men også I skulle vidne; thi I vare med mig fra Begyndelsen."
You also testify, because from the beginning are you with me.
