John 15
1 [Jesus talked to us as we were walking along. Speaking figuratively of the need for us to live in a way that God wants us to, he said], “I am like [MET] a genuine vine, [not like those Jewish leaders who do not teach the truth]. My father is like [MET] a gardener who [works to] take care of a vineyard.
I/we to be the/this/who vine the/this/who true and the/this/who father me the/this/who farmer to be
2 [Just like a gardener] cuts off the branches that bear no grapes [MET], [God gets rid of those who do not please him even though they say that they belong to him]. Those branches that bear fruit, [the gardener] trims so that they may bear more grapes. [Similarly, my Father disciplines/corrects those who live as he wants them to live].
all branch in/on/among I/we not to bear/lead fruit to take up it/s/he and all the/this/who fruit to bear/lead to prune it/s/he in order that/to fruit greater to bear/lead
3 You are already [like] the branches [that a gardener] trims because [you have believed] the message that I have told you.
already you clean to be through/because of the/this/who word which to speak you
4 Remain having a close relationship with me. [If you do that], I will remain having a close relationship with you. A branch [of a vine] cannot bear fruit [if it is cut off and left] by itself. To bear fruit, it must remain attached to the vine. Similarly, you cannot [live the way that God wants you to] if you do not remain united to me [MET].
to stay in/on/among I/we I/we and in/on/among you as/just as the/this/who branch no be able fruit to bear/lead away from themself if not (to stay *N(k)O*) in/on/among the/this/who vine thus(-ly) nor you if not in/on/among I/we (to stay *N(k)O*)
5 I am [like] [MET] a vine. You are [like] [MET] the branches. All those who have a close relationship with me and with whom I have a close relationship will [do much that pleases God, like] [MET] [a vine that] bears much fruit. [Remember that] you can do nothing [HYP] [that truly pleases God] without my [help].
I/we to be the/this/who vine you the/this/who branch the/this/who to stay in/on/among I/we I/we and in/on/among it/s/he this/he/she/it to bear/lead fruit much that/since: since without I/we no be able to do/make: do none
6 [A gardener cuts off and] throws away useless branches. Then, after they dry up, [he] picks them up and throws them into a fire and burns them [SIM]. Similarly, everyone who does not remain having a close relationship with me, [God] will get rid of.
if not one (to stay *N(k)O*) in/on/among I/we to throw: throw out/outside(r) as/when the/this/who branch and to dry and to assemble it/s/he and toward the/this/who fire to throw: throw and to kindle/burn
7 If you remain having a close relationship with me and you keep [living in accordance with] my message, you can ask [God to do] anything for you, and he will do it.
if to stay in/on/among I/we and the/this/who declaration me in/on/among you to stay which if to will/desire (to ask *N(k)O*) and to be you
8 The way my Father is honored is by your {The way you honor my Father is by} doing much that pleases him [MET], and by doing that, you will show that you are my disciples.
in/on/among this/he/she/it to glorify the/this/who father me in order that/to fruit much to bear/lead and (to be *N(k)O*) I/we disciple
9 I have loved you just as [my] Father has loved me. Now keep living in [a way that is appropriate for those whom] I love.
as/just as to love me the/this/who father I/we and you to love to stay in/on/among the/this/who love the/this/who I/we
10 If you obey what I have commanded you, you will be acting in [a way that is appropriate for those whom] I love, just like I have obeyed what my Father has commanded me and I act [in a way that is appropriate for someone] whom he loves.
if the/this/who commandment me to keep: observe to stay in/on/among the/this/who love me as/just as I/we the/this/who commandment the/this/who father me to keep: observe and to stay it/s/he in/on/among the/this/who love
11 I have told you these things so that you may be joyful as I [am joyful], and that you may be completely joyful.
this/he/she/it to speak you in order that/to the/this/who joy the/this/who I/we in/on/among you (to be *N(K)O*) and the/this/who joy you to fulfill
12 What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.
this/he/she/it to be the/this/who commandment the/this/who I/we in order that/to to love one another as/just as to love you
13 The best way that people can show that they love someone is to die for that person. There is no way that you can love someone in a greater way than that.
great this/he/she/it love none to have/be in order that/to one the/this/who soul: life it/s/he to place above/for the/this/who friendly/friend it/s/he
14 You [show that you] are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you.
you friendly/friend me to be if to do/make: do (which *n(o)*) (just as/how much *K*) I/we to order you
15 I will no longer call you my servants, because servants do not know [why] their masters [want them to] do things. Instead, I have said that you are my friends, because I, [acting like a friend], have revealed to you everything that my Father told me.
no still to say: call you slave that/since: since the/this/who slave no to know which? to do/make: do it/s/he the/this/who lord: master you then to say friendly/friend that/since: since all which to hear from/with/beside the/this/who father me to make known you
16 You did not decide to become my [disciples]. Instead, I chose you, so that you would do many things that please him [MET]. The results of what you do will last [forever]. I also chose you so that [my] Father will do for you whatever you, using my authority, ask him to do [MTY].
no you me to select but I/we to select you and to place you in order that/to you to go and fruit to bear/lead and the/this/who fruit you to stay in order that/to (which one *NK(o)*) if to ask the/this/who father in/on/among the/this/who name me to give you
17 [I repeat what] I have commanded you: Love each other.”
this/he/she/it to order you in order that/to to love one another
18 “The people who are opposed to God will hate you. When that happens, remember that they hated me first.
if the/this/who world you to hate to know that/since: that I/we first: previous you to hate
19 If you belonged to those who are opposed to God [MTY], they would love [you like they love] those who belong to them. But you do not belong to those who are opposed to God [MTY]. Instead, I chose you so that you would separate yourselves from [MTY] them. That is why those who are opposed to God [MTY] hate you.
if out from the/this/who world to be the/this/who world if the/this/who one's own/private to love that/since: since then out from the/this/who world no to be but I/we to select you out from the/this/who world through/because of this/he/she/it to hate you the/this/who world
20 Remember these words that I told you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ [That means that you, who are like my servants, cannot expect people to treat you better than they treat me]. So, since they have (persecuted me/caused me to suffer), they will (persecute you/cause you to suffer) also. If they had paid attention to the things I taught them, they would pay attention to what you teach them.
to remember the/this/who word which I/we to say you no to be slave great the/this/who lord: master it/s/he if I/we to pursue and you to pursue if the/this/who word me to keep: observe and the/this/who you to keep: observe
21 They will treat you like that because you [belong to] me [MTY], and because they do not know the one who sent me.
but this/he/she/it all to do/make: do (toward *no*) (you *N(k)O*) through/because of the/this/who name me that/since: since no to know the/this/who to send me
22 If I had not come and spoken [God’s message] to them, they would not be guilty [of rejecting me and my message]. But now [I have come and told them God’s message, so] they will have no excuse [when God judges them] for their sin.
if: not not to come/go and to speak it/s/he sin no to have/be now then pretense no to have/be about the/this/who sin it/s/he
23 All those who hate me, [it is as though] they hate my Father as well.
the/this/who I/we to hate and the/this/who father me to hate
24 If I had not done among them the [miracles] that no one else ever did, they would not be guilty of the sin [of rejecting me]. But now, [although] they have seen [those miracles], they have hated both me and my Father.
if: not the/this/who work not to do/make: do in/on/among it/s/he which none another (to do/make: do *N(k)O*) sin no to have/be now then and to see: see and to hate and I/we and the/this/who father me
25 But this has happened in order that these words that have been written in their Scriptures might be fulfilled {to fulfill this that [(someone/the Psalmist]) wrote in their Scriptures}: ‘They hated me for no reason.’
but in order that/to to fulfill the/this/who word the/this/who in/on/among the/this/who law it/s/he to write that/since: that to hate me freely
26 [Later] I will send to you from [my] Father the one who will (encourage/be like a legal counsel for) you. He is the Spirit [who will teach you God’s] truth. He will come from my Father. He will tell people about me.
when(-ever) (then *ko*) to come/go the/this/who counsellor which I/we to send you from/with/beside the/this/who father the/this/who spirit/breath: spirit the/this/who truth which from/with/beside the/this/who father to depart that to testify about I/we
27 But you [disciples] must also tell people [about me], because you have been with me from the time when I started [my ministry] [MTY].”
and you then to testify that/since: since away from beginning with/after I/we to be
