John 15
1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
„Jeg er det sande Vintræ, og min Fader er Vingaardsmanden.
2 [As to] every branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away; and [as to] every one bearing fruit, he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit.
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.
3 Ye are already clean by reason of the word which I have spoken to you.
I ere allerede rene paa Grund af det Ord, som jeg har talt til eder.
4 Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abide in the vine, thus neither [can] ye unless ye abide in me.
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.
5 I am the vine, ye [are] the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing.
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.
6 Unless any one abide in me he is cast out as the branch, and is dried up; and they gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
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.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall come to pass to you.
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.
8 In this is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and ye shall become disciples of mine.
Derved er min Fader herliggjort, at I bære megen Frugt, og I skulle blive mine Disciple.
9 As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you: abide in my love.
Ligesom Faderen har elsket mig, saa har ogsaa jeg elsket eder; bliver i min Kærlighed!
10 If ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
Dersom I holde mine Befalinger, skulle I blive i min Kærlighed, ligesom jeg har holdt min Faders Befalinger og bliver i hans Kærlighed.
11 I have spoken these things to you that my joy may be in you, and your joy be full.
Dette har jeg talt til eder, for at min Glæde kan være i eder, og eders Glæde kan blive fuldkommen.
12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Dette er min Befaling, at I skulle elske hverandre, ligesom jeg har elsket eder.
13 No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.
Større Kærlighed har ingen end denne, at han sætter sit Liv til for sine Venner.
14 Ye are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you.
I ere mine Venner, dersom I gøre, hvad jeg befaler eder.
15 I call you no longer bondmen, for the bondman does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things which I have heard of my Father I have made known to you.
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.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and have set you that ye should go and [that] ye should bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide, that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you.
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.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
Dette befaler jeg eder, at I skulle elske hverandre.
18 If the world hate you, know that it has hated me before you.
Naar Verden hader eder, da vider, at den har hadet mig før end eder.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on account of this the world hates you.
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.
20 Remember the word which I said unto you, The bondman is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep also yours.
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.
21 But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they have not known him that sent me.
Men alt dette ville de gøre imod eder for mit Navns Skyld, fordi de ikke kende den, som sendte mig.
22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Dersom jeg ikke var kommen og havde talt til dem, havde de ikke Synd; men nu have de ingen Undskyldning for deres Synd.
23 He that hates me hates also my Father.
Den, som hader mig, hader ogsaa min Fader.
24 If I had not done among them the works which no other one has done, they had not had sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
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.
25 But that the word written in their law might be fulfilled, They hated me without a cause.
Dog, det Ord, som er skrevet i deres Lov, maa opfyldes: De hadede mig uforskyldt.
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes forth from with the Father, he shall bear witness concerning me;
Men naar Talsmanden kommer, som jeg skal sende eder fra Faderen, Sandhedens Aand, som udgaar fra Faderen, da skal han vidne om mig.
27 and ye too bear witness, because ye are with me from [the] beginning.
Men ogsaa I skulle vidne; thi I vare med mig fra Begyndelsen.‟
