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.
Eu sou a videira verdadeira, e meu Pai é o lavrador.
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].
Toda a vara em mim, que não dá fruto, a tira; e alimpa toda o que dá fruto, para que dê mais fruto.
3 You are already [like] the branches [that a gardener] trims because [you have believed] the message that I have told you.
Vós já estais limpos, pela palavra que vos tenho falado.
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].
Estai em mim, e eu em vós: como a vara de si mesma não pode dar fruto, se não estiver na videira, assim nem vós, se não estiverdes em mim.
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].
Eu sou a videira, vós as varas: quem está em mim, e eu nele, esse dá muito fruto; porque sem mim nada podeis fazer.
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.
Se alguém não estiver em mim, será lançado fora, como a vara, e secará; e os colhem, e os lançam no fogo, e ardem
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.
Se vós estiverdes em mim, e as minhas palavras estiverem em vós, pedireis tudo o que quizerdes, e vos será feito.
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.
Nisto é glorificado meu Pai, que deis muito fruto; e assim sereis meus discípulos.
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.
Como o Pai me amou, também eu vos amei a vós; permanecei neste meu amor.
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.
Se guardardes os meus mandamentos, permanecereis no meu amor; como eu tenho guardado os mandamentos de meu Pai, e permaneço no seu amor.
11 I have told you these things so that you may be joyful as I [am joyful], and that you may be completely joyful.
Tenho-vos dito estas coisas, para que o meu gozo permaneça em vós, e o vosso gozo seja cumprido.
12 What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.
O meu mandamento é este: Que vos ameis uns aos outros, assim como eu vos amei.
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.
Ninguém tem maior amor do que este: de dar alguém a sua vida pelos seus amigos.
14 You [show that you] are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you.
Vós sereis meus amigos, se fizerdes o que eu vos mando.
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.
Já vos não chamarei servos, porque o servo não sabe o que faz o seu senhor, mas tenho-vos chamado amigos, porque tudo quanto ouvi de meu Pai vos tenho feito conhecer.
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].
Não me escolhestes vós a mim, porém eu vos escolhi a vós, e vos constitui, para que vades e deis fruto, e o vosso fruto permaneça; para que tudo quanto em meu nome pedirdes ao Pai ele vo-lo conceda.
17 [I repeat what] I have commanded you: Love each other.”
Isto vos mando: que vos ameis uns aos outros.
18 “The people who are opposed to God will hate you. When that happens, remember that they hated me first.
Se o mundo vos aborrece, sabei que, primeiro do que a vós, me aborreceu a mim.
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.
Se vós fosseis do mundo, o mundo amaria o que era seu, mas, porque não sois do mundo, antes eu vos escolhi do mundo, por isso o mundo vos aborrece.
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.
Lembrai-vos da palavra que vos disse: Não é o servo maior do que o seu senhor. Se a mim me perseguiram, também vos perseguirão a vós; se guardaram a minha palavra, também guardarão a vossa.
21 They will treat you like that because you [belong to] me [MTY], and because they do not know the one who sent me.
Mas tudo isto vos farão por causa do meu nome; porque não conhecem aquele que me enviou.
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.
Se eu não viera, nem lhes houvera falado, não teriam pecado, mas agora não tem desculpa do seu pecado.
23 All those who hate me, [it is as though] they hate my Father as well.
Aquele que me aborrece aborrece também a meu Pai.
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.
Se eu entre eles não fizesse obras, quais nenhum outro tem feito, não teriam pecado; mas agora, viram-nas e me aborreceram a mim e a meu Pai.
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.’
Mas isto é para que se cumpra a palavra que está escrita na sua lei: Aborreceram-me sem causa.
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.
Mas, quando vier o Consolador, que eu da parte do Pai vos hei de enviar, a saber, aquele espírito de verdade, que procede do Pai, ele testificará de mim.
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].”
E vós também testificareis, pois estivestes comigo desde o princípio.
