Giovanni 15
1 IO son la vera vite, e il Padre mio è il vignaiuolo.
[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.
2 Egli toglie via ogni tralcio che in me non porta frutto; ma ogni tralcio che porta frutto egli lo rimonda, acciocchè ne porti vie più.
[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].
3 Già siete voi mondi, per la parola che io vi ho detta.
You are already [like] the branches [that a gardener] trims because [you have believed] the message that I have told you.
4 Dimorate in me, ed io [dimorerò] in voi; siccome il tralcio non può portar frutto da sè stesso, se non dimora nella vite, così nè anche voi, se non dimorate in me.
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].
5 Io son la vite, voi [siete] i tralci; chi dimora in me, ed io in lui, esso porta molto frutto, poichè fuor di me non potete far nulla.
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].
6 Se alcuno non dimora in me, è gettato fuori, come il sermento, e si secca; poi [cotali sermenti] son raccolti, e son gettati nel fuoco, e si bruciano.
[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.
7 Se voi dimorate in me, e le mie parole dimorano in voi, voi domanderete ciò che vorrete, e vi sarà fatto.
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.
8 In questo è glorificato il Padre mio, che voi portiate molto frutto; e [così] sarete miei discepoli.
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.
9 Come il Padre mi ha amato, io altresì ho amati voi; dimorate nel mio amore.
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.
10 Se voi osservate i miei comandamenti, voi dimorerete nel mio amore; siccome io ho osservati i comandamenti del Padre mio, e dimoro nel suo amore.
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.
11 Queste cose vi ho io ragionate, acciocchè la mia allegrezza dimori in voi, e la vostra allegrezza sia compiuta.
I have told you these things so that you may be joyful as I [am joyful], and that you may be completely joyful.
12 Quest'è il mio comandamento: Che voi vi amiate gli uni gli altri, come io ho amati voi.
What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.
13 Niuno ha maggiore amor di questo: di metter la vita sua per i suoi amici.
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.
14 Voi sarete miei amici, se fate tutte le cose che io vi comando.
You [show that you] are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you.
15 Io non vi chiamo più servi, perciocchè il servo non sa ciò che fa il suo signore; ma io vi ho chiamati amici, perciocchè vi ho fatte assaper tutte le cose che ho udite dal Padre mio.
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.
16 Voi non avete eletto me, ma io ho eletti voi; e vi ho costituiti, acciocchè andiate, e portiate frutto, e il vostro frutto sia permanente; acciocchè qualunque cosa chiederete al Padre nel mio nome, egli ve la dia.
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].
17 Io vi comando queste cose, acciocchè vi amiate gli uni gli altri.
[I repeat what] I have commanded you: Love each other.”
18 Se il mondo vi odia, sappiate che egli mi ha odiato prima di voi.
“The people who are opposed to God will hate you. When that happens, remember that they hated me first.
19 Se voi foste del mondo, il mondo amerebbe ciò che sarebbe suo; ma, perciocchè voi non siete del mondo, anzi io vi ho eletti dal mondo, perciò vi odia il mondo.
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.
20 Ricordatevi delle parole che io vi ho dette: Che il servitore non è da più del suo signore; se hanno perseguito me, perseguiranno ancora voi; se hanno osservate le mie parole, osserveranno ancora le vostre.
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.
21 Ma vi faranno tutte queste cose per lo mio nome; perciocchè non conoscono colui che mi ha mandato.
They will treat you like that because you [belong to] me [MTY], and because they do not know the one who sent me.
22 Se io non fossi venuto, e non avessi lor parlato, non avrebbero alcun peccato; ma ora non hanno scusa alcuna del lor peccato.
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.
23 Chi odia me, odia eziandio il Padre mio.
All those who hate me, [it is as though] they hate my Father as well.
24 Se io non avessi fatte tra loro opere quali niuno altro ha fatte, non avrebbero alcun peccato; ma ora essi le hanno vedute, ed hanno odiato me, ed il Padre mio.
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.
25 Ma [questo è] acciocchè si adempia la parola scritta nella lor legge: M'hanno odiato senza cagione.
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.’
26 Ma, quando sarà venuto il Consolatore, il quale io vi manderò dal Padre, [che è] lo Spirito della verità, il qual procede dal Padre mio, esso testimonierà di me.
[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.
27 E voi ancora ne testimonierete, poichè dal principio siete meco.
But you [disciples] must also tell people [about me], because you have been with me from the time when I started [my ministry] [MTY].”
