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 verdadera vid, y mi Padre es el viticultor.

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].

Todo sarmiento que en mí no da fruto, lo quita. Todo sarmiento que da fruto, lo poda para que dé más fruto.

3 You are already [like] the branches [that a gardener] trims because [you have believed] the message that I have told you.

Vosotros ya estáis limpios por la palabra que os 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].

Permaneced en mí, y yo en vosotros. Como el sarmiento no puede dar fruto por sí mismo si no permanece en la vid, así tampoco vosotros, si no permanecéis 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. Vosotros sois los sarmientos. El que permanece en mí y yo en él da mucho fruto, porque sin mí no podéis 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.

El que no permanece en mí, es arrojado como pámpano y se seca; los recogen, los echan al fuego y se queman.

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 permanecéis en mí, y mis palabras permanecen en vosotros, pediréis todo lo que queráis, y se os hará.

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.

“En esto es glorificado mi Padre, en que deis mucho fruto; y así seréis 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.

Como el Padre me ha amado, yo también os he amado. Permaneced en mi 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.

Si guardáis mis mandamientos, permaneceréis en mi amor, como yo he guardado los mandamientos de mi Padre 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.

Os he dicho estas cosas para que mi alegría permanezca en vosotros y vuestra alegría sea cumplida.

12 What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.

“Este es mi mandamiento: que os améis unos a otros, como yo os he amado.

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.

Nadie tiene mayor amor que el que da la vida por sus amigos.

14 You [show that you] are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you.

Vosotros sois mis amigos si hacéis lo que yo os 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.

Ya no os llamo siervos, porque el siervo no sabe lo que hace su señor. Pero os he llamado amigos, porque todo lo que he oído a mi Padre os lo he dado a conocer.

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].

No me habéis elegido a mí, sino que yo os he elegido a vosotros y os he designado para que vayáis y deis fruto, y vuestro fruto permanezca; para que todo lo que pidáis al Padre en mi nombre os lo dé.

17 [I repeat what] I have commanded you: Love each other.”

“Os mando estas cosas, para que os améis unos a otros.

18 “The people who are opposed to God will hate you. When that happens, remember that they hated me first.

Si el mundo os odia, sabed que me ha odiado a mí antes que a vosotros.

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 fuerais del mundo, el mundo amaría a los suyos. Pero como no sois del mundo, puesto que yo os elegí del mundo, por eso el mundo os 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.

Recordad la palabra que os dije: ‘Un siervo no es mayor que su señor’. Si me persiguieron a mí, también os perseguirán a vosotros. Si ellos cumplieron mi palabra, también cumplirán la vuestra.

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 esto os lo harán por mi nombre, porque no conocen al que me ha enviado.

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, no tendrían pecado; pero ahora no tienen excusa para su pecado.

23 All those who hate me, [it is as though] they hate my Father as well.

El 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 hubiera hecho entre ellos las obras que nadie hizo, no tendrían pecado. Pero ahora han visto y también me han odiado a mí y 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 ha sucedido para que se cumpla la palabra que estaba escrita en su ley: “Me odiaron sin 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.

“Cuando venga el Consejero que os enviaré de parte del Padre, el Espíritu de la verdad, que procede del Padre, él dará testimonio de mí.

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].”

También vosotrosdaréis testimonio, porque habéis estado conmigo desde el principio.