John 15
1 I am the true vine; and my Father is the husbandman.
"Jeg er det sande Vintræ, og min Fader er Vingårdsmanden.
2 Every branch in me, that beareth not fruit, he will take away: and every one that beareth fruit, he will purge it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
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.
3 Now you are clean by reason of the word, which I have spoken to you.
I ere allerede rene på 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, so neither can you, unless you abide in me.
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.
5 I am the vine: you the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me you 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 If any one abide not in me, he shall be cast forth as a branch, and shall wither, and they shall gather him up, and case him into the fire, and be burneth.
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 you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask whatever you will, and it shall be done unto 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 you bring forth very much fruit, and become my disciples.
Derved er min Fader herliggjort, at I bære megen Frugt, og I skulle blive mine Disciple.
9 As the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you.
Ligesom Faderen har elsket mig, så har også jeg elsket eder; bliver i min Kærlighed!
10 If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; as I also have kept my Father’s commandments, and do 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 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be filled.
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 you love one another, as I have loved you.
Dette er min Befaling, at I skulle elske hverandre, ligesom jeg har elsket eder.
13 Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Større Kærlighed har ingen end denne, at han sætter sit Liv til for sine Venner.
14 You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you.
I ere mine Venner, dersom I gøre, hvad jeg befaler eder.
15 I will not now call you servants: for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth. But I have called you friends: because all things whatsoever 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 You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you should go, and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
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.
17 These things I command you, that you love one another.
Dette befaler jeg eder, at I skulle elske hverandre.
18 If the world hate you, know ye, that it hath hated me before you.
Når Verden hader eder, da vid, at den har hadet mig førend eder.
19 If you had been of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth 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 my word that I said to you: The servant 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 yours also.
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.
21 But all these things they will do to you for my name’s sake: because they know not him who 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 would not have 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 hateth me, hateth my Father also.
Den, som hader mig, hader også min Fader.
24 If I had not done among them the works that no other man hath done, they would not have 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 både mig og min Fader.
25 But that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law: They hated me without cause.
Dog, det Ord, som er skrevet i deres Lov, må opfyldes: De hadede mig uforskyldt.
26 But when the Paraclete cometh, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall give testimony of me.
Men når Talsmanden kommer, som jeg skal sende eder fra Faderen, Sandhedens Ånd, som udgår fra Faderen, da skal han vidne om mig.
27 And you shall give testimony, because you are with me from the beginning.
Men også I skulle vidne; thi I vare med mig fra Begyndelsen."
