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].
Jegliches Schoß an mir, das keine Frucht bringt, nimmt er weg; jedes fruchtbare aber reinigt er, damit es 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 [bleibe] in euch! Gleichwie das Rebschoß von sich selbst keine Frucht bringen kann, wenn es nicht am Weinstock bleibt, also 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 getrennt von mir 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.
Wenn jemand nicht in mir bleibt, so wird er weggeworfen wie das Rebschoß und verdorrt; und solche sammelt man und wirft sie ins Feuer, und sie brennen.
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, möget ihr bitten, was ihr wollt, so wird es euch widerfahren.
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.
Dadurch 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 mich der Vater liebt, so liebe 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 haltet, so bleibet ihr in meiner Liebe, gleichwie ich meines Vaters Gebote gehalten habe und in seiner Liebe geblieben bin.
11 I have told you these things so that you may be joyful as I [am joyful], and that you may be completely joyful.
Solches habe ich zu euch geredet, auf daß meine Freude in euch bleibe und eure Freude völlig werde.
12 What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.
Das ist mein Gebot, daß ihr einander liebet, gleichwie 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 sein Leben läßt 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 alles 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 genannt, weil ich alles, was ich von meinem Vater gehört habe, euch kundgetan 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 erwählt, sondern ich habe euch erwählt und gesetzt, daß ihr hingehet und Frucht bringet und eure Frucht bleibe, auf daß, was irgend ihr den Vater bitten werdet in meinem Namen, er es euch gebe.
17 [I repeat what] I have commanded you: Love each other.”
Das gebiete ich euch, daß ihr einander liebet.
18 “The people who are opposed to God will hate you. When that happens, remember that they hated me first.
Wenn euch die Welt 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.
Wäret ihr von der Welt, so hätte die Welt das Ihrige lieb; weil ihr aber nicht von der Welt seid, sondern ich euch aus der Welt heraus erwählt 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.
Gedenket an das Wort, das ich zu euch gesagt habe: Der Knecht ist nicht größer als sein Herr. Haben sie mich verfolgt, so werden sie auch euch verfolgen; haben sie mein Wort befolgt, so werden sie auch das eurige befolgen.
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 das alles werden sie euch tun um meines Namens willen; denn sie kennen den nicht, 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 es ihnen gesagt hätte, so hätten sie keine Sünde; nun aber haben sie keinen Vorwand 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.
Hätte ich nicht die Werke unter ihnen getan, die kein anderer getan hat, so hätten sie keine Sünde; nun aber haben sie [dieselben] gesehen und hassen doch sowohl mich als auch meinen Vater;
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.’
doch solches geschieht, damit das Wort erfüllt werde, das in ihrem Gesetz geschrieben steht: Sie hassen 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 kommen wird, welchen ich euch vom Vater senden werde, der Geist der Wahrheit, der vom Vater ausgeht, so wird der von mir zeugen;
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 auch ihr werdet zeugen, weil ihr von Anfang an bei mir gewesen seid.
