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.
« Je suis la vraie vigne, et mon Père est le cultivateur.
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].
Tout sarment qui est en moi et qui ne porte pas de fruit, il l'enlève. Tout sarment qui porte du fruit, il l'émonde, afin qu'il porte encore plus de fruit.
3 You are already [like] the branches [that a gardener] trims because [you have believed] the message that I have told you.
Vous êtes déjà émondés, à cause de la parole que je vous ai dite.
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].
Restez en moi, et moi en vous. De même que le sarment ne peut porter du fruit de lui-même s'il ne demeure pas dans le cep, de même vous ne le pouvez pas non plus, si vous ne demeurez pas en moi.
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].
Je suis la vigne. Vous êtes les sarments. Celui qui demeure en moi et en qui je demeure porte beaucoup de fruit, car hors de moi vous ne pouvez rien faire.
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.
Si un homme ne demeure pas en moi, il est jeté comme un sarment et il se dessèche; on le ramasse, on le jette au feu et il brûle.
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.
Si vous demeurez en moi, et que mes paroles demeurent en vous, vous demanderez tout ce que vous voudrez, et cela vous sera accordé.
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.
« Mon Père est glorifié en ceci que vous portez beaucoup de fruit; c'est ainsi que vous serez mes disciples.
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.
Comme le Père m'a aimé, moi aussi je vous ai aimés. Demeurez dans mon amour.
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.
Si vous gardez mes commandements, vous demeurerez dans mon amour, comme j'ai gardé les commandements de mon Père et que je demeure dans son amour.
11 I have told you these things so that you may be joyful as I [am joyful], and that you may be completely joyful.
Je vous ai dit ces choses, afin que ma joie demeure en vous, et que votre joie soit parfaite.
12 What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.
« Voici mon commandement: aimez-vous les uns les autres, comme je vous ai aimés.
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.
Il n'y a pas de plus grand amour que celui-ci: que quelqu'un donne sa vie pour ses amis.
14 You [show that you] are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you.
Vous êtes mes amis, si vous faites tout ce que je vous commande.
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.
Je ne vous appelle plus serviteurs, car le serviteur ne sait pas ce que fait son maître. Mais je vous ai appelés amis, car tout ce que j'ai entendu de mon Père, je vous l'ai fait connaître.
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].
Ce n'est pas vous qui m'avez choisi, mais c'est moi qui vous ai choisis et établis, afin que vous alliez et que vous portiez du fruit, et que votre fruit demeure, afin que tout ce que vous demanderez au Père en mon nom, il vous le donne.
17 [I repeat what] I have commanded you: Love each other.”
Je vous ordonne ces choses, afin que vous vous aimiez les uns les autres.
18 “The people who are opposed to God will hate you. When that happens, remember that they hated me first.
Si le monde vous hait, vous savez qu'il m'a haï avant de vous haïr.
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.
Si vous étiez du monde, le monde aimerait les siens. Mais parce que vous n'êtes pas du monde, parce que je vous ai choisis hors du monde, c'est pourquoi le monde vous hait.
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.
Souvenez-vous de la parole que je vous ai dite: « Le serviteur n'est pas plus grand que son maître ». S'ils m'ont persécuté, ils vous persécuteront aussi. S'ils ont gardé ma parole, ils garderont aussi la vôtre.
21 They will treat you like that because you [belong to] me [MTY], and because they do not know the one who sent me.
Mais ils vous feront toutes ces choses à cause de mon nom, parce qu'ils ne connaissent pas celui qui m'a envoyé.
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.
Si je n'étais pas venu leur parler, ils n'auraient pas eu de péché; mais maintenant ils n'ont aucune excuse pour leur péché.
23 All those who hate me, [it is as though] they hate my Father as well.
Celui qui me hait, hait aussi mon Père.
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.
Si je n'avais pas fait parmi eux les œuvres que personne d'autre n'a faites, ils n'auraient pas eu de péché. Mais maintenant ils ont vu et ils ont aussi haï à la fois moi et mon Père.
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.’
Mais cela est arrivé afin que s'accomplisse la parole qui était écrite dans leur loi: « Ils m'ont haï sans cause.
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.
Quand sera venu le conseiller que je vous enverrai de la part du Père, l'Esprit de vérité, qui vient du Père, il rendra témoignage de moi.
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].”
Vous aussi, vous rendrez témoignage, parce que vous êtes avec moi depuis le commencement.
