John 15
1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
"Jeg er det sande Vintræ, og min Fader er Vingårdsmanden.
2 He cuts off every one of my branches that doesn't bear fruit. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so it can bear even more.
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 You are already pruned and made clean through what I've told you.
I ere allerede rene på Grund af det Ord, som jeg har talt til eder.
4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as a branch cannot produce fruit unless it remains part of the vine, so it is for you: you cannot bear fruit unless you remain 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'm the vine, you're the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit—for apart from me you can't do anything.
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 Anyone who doesn't remain in me is like a branch that is thrown out and dries up. Such branches are gathered together, thrown into the fire and 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 you remain in me, and my words remain in you, then you can ask for whatever you want, and it will be given 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 My Father is glorified as you produce much fruit, proving you are my disciples.
Derved er min Fader herliggjort, at I bære megen Frugt, og I skulle blive mine Disciple.
9 As the Father loved me, so I have loved you. Remain in my love.
Ligesom Faderen har elsket mig, så har også jeg elsket eder; bliver i min Kærlighed!
10 If you do what I say, you will remain in my love, just as I do what my Father says and remain 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've explained this to you so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
Dette har jeg talt til eder, for at min Glæde kan være i eder, og eders Glæde kan blive fuldkommen.
12 This is my command: love one another as I have loved you.
Dette er min Befaling, at I skulle elske hverandre, ligesom jeg har elsket eder.
13 There is no greater love than to give your life for your friends.
Større Kærlighed har ingen end denne, at han sætter sit Liv til for sine Venner.
14 You're my friends if you do what I tell you.
I ere mine Venner, dersom I gøre, hvad jeg befaler eder.
15 I don't call you servants any longer, for servants are not taken into their master's confidence. I call you friends, for everything my Father told me I've explained 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 didn't choose me, I chose you. I have given you the responsibility to go and produce lasting fruit. So the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.
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 This is my command to you: love one another.
Dette befaler jeg eder, at I skulle elske hverandre.
18 If the world hates you, remember that it hated me before it hated you.
Når Verden hader eder, da vid, at den har hadet mig førend eder.
19 If you were part of this world, it would love you as its own. But you're not part of the world, and I chose you out of the world—that's why 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 what I told you: servants aren't more important than their master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you too. If they did what I told them, they will do what you tell them too.
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 everything they do to you will be because of me, for they don't know the one 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 hadn't come and spoken to them, they wouldn't be guilty of 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 Anyone who hates me hates my Father as well.
Den, som hader mig, hader også min Fader.
24 If I had not given them such a demonstration through things that no one had ever done before, they wouldn't be guilty of sin, but despite seeing all this they 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 this just fulfilled what Scripture says, ‘They hated me for no reason at all.’
Dog, det Ord, som er skrevet i deres Lov, må opfyldes: De hadede mig uforskyldt.
26 But I will send you the Comforter from the Father. When he comes, he will give evidence about me. He is the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father.
Men når Talsmanden kommer, som jeg skal sende eder fra Faderen, Sandhedens Ånd, som udgår fra Faderen, da skal han vidne om mig.
27 You will also give evidence about me because you were with me from the beginning.
Men også I skulle vidne; thi I vare med mig fra Begyndelsen."
