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.
“Yo soy la vid verdadera y mi padre es el jardinero.
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].
Él corta de mí cada una de las ramas que no llevan fruto. Él poda las ramas que llevan fruto a fin de que lleven mucho más fruto.
3 You are already [like] the branches [that a gardener] trims because [you have believed] the message that I have told you.
Ustedes ya están podados y limpios por lo que les he dicho.
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].
Permanezcan en mí, y yo permaneceré en ustedes. Así como una rama no puede producir fruto a menos que permanezca siendo parte de la vid, así ocurre con ustedes: no pueden llevar fruto a menos que permanezcan en mí.
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].
Yo soy la vid y ustedes las ramas. Los que permanezcan en mí, y yo en ellos, producirán mucho fruto—porque lejos de mí, ustedes no pueden hacer nada.
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.
Todo aquél que no permanece en mí es como una rama que es cortada y se seca. Tales ramas se juntan, son lanzadas al fuego y quemadas.
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 ustedes permanecen en mí, y mis palabras en ustedes, entonces pueden pedir cualquier cosa que quieran, y les será dada.
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.
Mi Padre es glorificado cuando ustedes producen mucho fruto, demostrando que son mis 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.
“Así como me amó el Padre, yo los he amado a ustedes.
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 ustedes hacen lo que yo digo, permanecerán en mi amor, así como yo hago lo que mi Padre dice y permanezco en su 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.
Les he explicado esto para que mi alegría esté en ustedes y así su alegría esté completa.
12 What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.
“Este es mi mandato: ámense unos a otros como yo los he amado a ustedes.
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.
No hay amor más grande que dar la vida por los amigos.
14 You [show that you] are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you.
Ustedes son mis amigos si hacen lo que yo les digo.
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.
Yo no los llamaré más siervos, porque los siervos no son considerados como de confianza por su amo. Yo los llamo amigos, porque todo lo que mi Padre me dijo yo se los he dicho a ustedes.
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].
Ustedes no me eligieron a mí, yo los elegí a ustedes. Yo les he dado a ustedes la responsabilidad de ir y producir fruto duradero. Entonces el Padre les dará todo lo que pidan en mi nombre.
17 [I repeat what] I have commanded you: Love each other.”
Este es mi mandato para ustedes: ámense los unos a los otros.
18 “The people who are opposed to God will hate you. When that happens, remember that they hated me first.
“Si el mundo los odia, recuerden que ya me odió a mi antes que a ustedes.
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 ustedes fueran parte de este mundo, el mundo los amaría como parte suya. Pero ustedes no son parte del mundo, y yo los separé del mundo—por eso el mundo los odia.
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.
“Recuerden lo que les dije: los siervos no son más importantes que su amo. Si ellos me persiguen a mí, los perseguirán a ustedes también. Si hicieron lo que yo les dije, harán lo que ustedes les digan también.
21 They will treat you like that because you [belong to] me [MTY], and because they do not know the one who sent me.
Pero todo lo que les hagan a ustedes será por mi causa, porque ellos no conocen a Aquél que me envió.
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 yo no hubiera venido a hablarles, ellos no serían culpables de pecado—pero ahora ellos no tienen excusa para su pecado.
23 All those who hate me, [it is as though] they hate my Father as well.
Cualquiera que me odia, odia también a mi Padre.
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 yo no les hubiera dado una demostración mediante cosas que nadie ha hecho antes, ellos no serían culpables de pecado; pero a pesar de haber visto todo esto, me odiaron a mí y también a mi Padre.
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.’
Pero esto solo es cumplimiento de lo que dice la Escritura: ‘Ellos me odiaron sin ninguna razón’.
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.
“Pero yo les enviaré al Consolador de parte del Padre. Cuando él venga, les dará testimonio de mí. Él es el Espíritu de verdad que viene del Padre.
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].”
Ustedes también darán testimonio de mí porque ustedes estuvieron conmigo desde el principio”.
