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.
Moi, je suis le vrai cep, 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 en moi qui ne porte pas de fruit, il l’ôte; et tout sarment qui porte du fruit, il le nettoie, afin qu’il porte 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, vous êtes déjà nets, 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].
Demeurez en moi, et moi en vous. Comme le sarment ne peut pas porter de fruit de lui-même, à moins qu’il ne demeure dans le cep, de même vous non plus [vous ne le pouvez pas], à moins que vous ne demeuriez 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].
Moi, je suis le cep, vous, les sarments. Celui qui demeure en moi, et moi en lui, celui-là porte beaucoup de fruit; car, séparés 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 quelqu’un ne demeure pas en moi, il est jeté dehors comme le sarment, et il sèche; et on les amasse, et on les met au feu, et ils brûlent.
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 ce que vous voudrez, et il vous sera fait.
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.
En ceci mon Père est glorifié, que vous portiez beaucoup de fruit; et 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 moi j’ai gardé les commandements de mon Père, et 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 soit en vous, et que votre joie soit accomplie.
12 What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.
C’est ici mon commandement: Que vous vous aimiez 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.
Personne n’a un plus grand amour que celui-ci, qu’il laisse 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 moi 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 esclaves, car l’esclave ne sait pas ce que son maître fait; mais je vous ai appelés amis, parce que je vous ai fait connaître tout ce que j’ai entendu de mon Père.
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 qui vous ai 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 commande ces choses, c’est 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, sachez qu’il m’a haï avant vous.
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 ce qui serait sien; mais parce que vous n’êtes pas du monde, mais que moi je vous ai choisis du monde, à cause de cela 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 moi je vous ai dite: L’esclave 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, et que je ne leur aie pas parlé, ils n’auraient pas eu de péché; mais maintenant ils n’ont pas de prétexte 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 qu’aucun autre n’a faites, ils n’auraient pas eu de péché; mais maintenant ils ont, et vu, et haï et 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 c’est afin que fût accomplie la parole qui est 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.
Mais quand le Consolateur sera venu, lequel moi je vous enverrai d’auprès du Père, l’Esprit de vérité, qui procède du Père, celui-là 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].”
Et vous aussi, vous rendrez témoignage; parce que dès le commencement vous êtes avec moi.
