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 wahrhaftige 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].
Eine jegliche Rebe an Mir, die nicht Frucht trägt, nimmt Er weg, und eine jegliche, die da Frucht trägt, reinigt Er, daß sie mehr Frucht trage.
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 durch das Wort, 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].
Bleibt in Mir, und Ich in euch. Gleichwie die Rebe keine Frucht tragen kann von ihr selber, sie bleibe denn am Weinstock, so auch ihr nicht, ihr bleibt denn in Mir.
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 die Reben. Wer in Mir bleibt und Ich in ihm, der trägt viele 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 wird hinausgeworfen wie die Rebe und verdorrt, und sie sammeln sie und werfen 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 bleibt und Meine Reden in euch bleiben, so sollt ihr bitten, was ihr wollt, und es wird euch geschehen.
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 viele Frucht traget 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.
Wie Mich Mein Vater geliebt hat, so habe Ich euch auch geliebt. 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 werdet ihr in Meiner Liebe bleiben, wie Ich die Gebote Meines Vaters gehalten habe und in Seiner Liebe bleibe.
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 erfüllt 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 liebt, 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 denn die, daß er sein Leben für seine Freunde läßt.
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 hinfort nicht Knechte; denn der Knecht weiß nicht, was sein Herr tut, sondern habe euch Freunde genannt, weil Ich alles, was Ich von Meinem Vater gehört, 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].
Ihr habt Mich nicht erwählt, sondern Ich habe euch erwählt, und euch eingesetzt, daß ihr hingehet und Frucht traget, und eure Frucht bleibe, auf daß, was immer ihr vom Vater in Meinem Namen bittet, 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.
So euch die Welt haßt, so erkennet, 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 aus der Welt, so hätte die Welt das Eigene lieb. Nun ihr aber nicht aus der Welt seid, sondern Ich euch auserwählt habe, aus der Welt, 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 sprach: Der Knecht ist nicht größer, denn sein Herr. Verfolgten sie Mich, so werden sie auch euch verfolgen. Hielten sie Mein Wort, so werden sie auch eures 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 solches 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.
Wäre Ich nicht gekommen und hätte zu ihnen geredet, 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 die Werke nicht getan unter ihnen, die kein anderer tat, so hätten sie keine Sünde. Nun aber haben sie sie gesehen und hassen beide, Mich und 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.’
Jedoch es sollte das Wort erfüllt werden, das in ihrem Gesetz geschrieben ist: Umsonst haßten sie Mich.
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, den Ich euch vom Vater senden werde - der Geist der Wahrheit, der vom Vater ausgehtder wird 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 auch ihr werdet zeugen, weil ihr vom Anfang an bei Mir seid.
