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.
Ich bin der wahre Weinstock, und mein Vater ist der Weingärtner.
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].
Jede Rebe an mir, welche keine Frucht bringt, die schneidet er ab, und jede, welche Frucht bringt, die reinigt er, damit sie mehr Frucht bringe.
3 You are already [like] the branches [that a gardener] trims because [you have believed] the message that I have told you.
Ihr seid schon rein, um des Wortes willen, das ich zu euch geredet habe.
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].
Bleibet in mir, und ich in euch. Gleichwie die Rebe kann keine Frucht bringen von ihr selbst, wenn sie nicht am Weinstock bleibt, so auch ihr nicht, wenn ihr nicht in mir bleibet.
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].
Ich bin der Weinstock, ihr seid die Reben. Wer in mir bleibt, und ich in ihm, der bringt viel Frucht, denn ohne mich könnt ihr nichts tun.
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.
Wer nicht in mir bleibt, der ist weggeworfen, wie die Rebe, und verdorrt; und man sammelt sie, und wirft sie ins Feuer, und sie verbrennen.
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.
Wenn ihr in mir bleibet, und meine Worte in euch bleiben, so mögt ihr erbitten, was ihr wollt, und es wird euch werden.
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.
darin wird mein Vater verherrlicht, daß ihr viel Frucht bringet, und meine Jünger werdet.
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.
Gleichwie der Vater mich geliebt hat, so liebe auch ich euch; bleibet in meiner Liebe.
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.
Wenn ihr meine Gebote halten werdet, so bleibet ihr in meiner Liebe, gleichwie ich die Gebote meines Vaters gehalten habe, und bleibe in seiner Liebe.
11 I have told you these things so that you may be joyful as I [am joyful], and that you may be completely joyful.
Dieses habe ich mit euch geredet, damit meine Freude in euch bleibe, und euere Freude völlig werde.
12 What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.
Dies ist mein Gebot, daß ihr einander liebet, wie ich euch geliebt habe.
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.
Größere Liebe hat niemand, als die, daß er seine Seele hingibt für seine Freunde.
14 You [show that you] are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you.
Ihr seid meine Freunde, wenn ihr tut, was ich euch gebiete.
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.
Ich nenne euch nicht mehr Knechte, denn der Knecht weiß nicht, was sein Herr tut; euch aber habe ich Freunde geheißen, weil ich euch alles kund getan habe, was ich von meinem Vater gehört habe.
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].
Nicht ihr habt mich auserwählt, sondern ich habe euch auserwählt, und euch gesetzt, daß ihr hingehet und Frucht bringet, und euere Frucht bleibe; damit was ihr den Vater bittet in meinem Namen, er euch gebe.
17 [I repeat what] I have commanded you: Love each other.”
Dieses gebiete ich euch, damit ihr einander liebet.
18 “The people who are opposed to God will hate you. When that happens, remember that they hated me first.
Wenn die Welt euch haßt, so wisset, daß sie mich vor euch gehaßt hat.
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.
Wenn ihr von der Welt wäret, so hätte die Welt das Ihre lieb; weil ihr aber nicht von der Welt seid, sondern ich euch von der Welt auserwählt habe, darum haßt euch die Welt.
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.
Erinnert euch des Wortes, daß ich euch gesagt habe: Der Knecht ist nicht größer, als sein Herr. Wenn sie mich verfolgt haben, so werden sie euch auch verfolgen; wenn sie mein Wort gehalten haben, so werden sie auch das eurige halten.
21 They will treat you like that because you [belong to] me [MTY], and because they do not know the one who sent me.
Aber dies alles werden sie euch tun um meines Namens willen, weil sie den nicht kennen, der mich gesandt hat.
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.
Wenn ich nicht gekommen wäre, und hätte zu ihnen geredet, so hätten sie keine Sünde, jetzt haben sie keine Ausrede für ihre Sünde.
23 All those who hate me, [it is as though] they hate my Father as well.
Wer mich haßt, der haßt auch meinen Vater.
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.
Wenn ich nicht die Taten unter ihnen getan hätte, die kein anderer getan hat, so hätten sie keine Sünde, jetzt aber haben sie sie gesehen, und doch mich und meinen Vater gehaßt.
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.’
Aber (es geschah) damit erfüllt werde das Wort, welches in ihrem Gesetz geschrieben steht: "Sie haßten mich ohne Ursache.
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.
Wenn aber der Beistand gekommen ist, welchen ich euch sende vom Vater, der Geist der Wahrheit, der vom Vater ausgeht, so wird derselbige zeugen von mir.
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].”
Und ihr werdet auch zeugen, weil ihr vom Anfang an bei mir gewesen seid.
