John 15

1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.

1 “Jeg er det sande Vintræ, og min Fader er Vingårdsmanden.

2 He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.

2 Hver Gren på mig, som ikke bærer Frugt, den borttager han, og hver den, som bærer Frugt, renser han, for at den skal bære mere Frugt.

3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

3 I ere allerede rene på Grund af det Ord, som jeg har talt til eder.

4 Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.

4 Bliver i mig, da bliver også jeg i eder. Ligesom Grenen ikke kan bære Frugt af sig selv, uden den bliver på Vintræet, således kunne I ikke heller, uden I blive i mig.

5 I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.

5 Jeg er Vintræet, I ere Grenene. Den, som bliver i mig, og jeg i ham, han bærer megen Frugt; thi uden mig kunne I slet intet gøre.

6 If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.

6 Om nogen ikke bliver i mig, han bliver udkastet som en Gren og visner; man sanker dem og kaster dem i Ilden, og de brændes.

7 If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

7 Dersom I blive i mig, og mine Ord blive i eder, da beder, om hvad som helst I ville, og det skal blive eder til Del.

8 This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.

8 Derved er min Fader herliggjort, at I bære megen Frugt, og I skulle blive mine Disciple.

9 As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.

9 Ligesom Faderen har elsket mig, så har også jeg elsket eder; bliver i min Kærlighed!

10 If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

10 Dersom I holde mine Befalinger, skulle I blive i min Kærlighed, ligesom jeg har holdt min Faders Befalinger og bliver i hans Kærlighed.

11 I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

11 Dette har jeg talt til eder, for at min Glæde kan være i eder, og eders Glæde kan blive fuldkommen.

12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

12 Dette er min Befaling, at I skulle elske hverandre, ligesom jeg har elsket eder.

13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

13 Større Kærlighed har ingen end denne, at han sætter sit Liv til for sine Venner.

14 You are My friends if you do what I command you.

14 I ere mine Venner, dersom I gøre, hvad jeg befaler eder.

15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.

15 Jeg kalder eder ikke længere Tjenere; thi Tjeneren ved ikke, hvad hans Herre gør; men eder har jeg kaldt Venner; thi alt det, som jeg har hørt af min Fader, har jeg kundgjort eder.

16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

16 I have ikke udvalgt mig, men jeg har udvalgt eder og sat eder til, at I skulle gå hen og bære Frugt, og eders Frugt skal blive ved, for at Faderen skal give eder, hvad som helst I bede ham om i mit Navn.

17 This is My command to you: Love one another.

17 Dette befaler jeg eder, at I skulle elske hverandre.

18 If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

18 Når Verden hader eder, da vid, at den har hadet mig førend eder.

19 If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

19 Vare I af Verden, da vilde Verden elske sit eget; men fordi I ikke ere af Verden, men jeg har valgt eder ud af Verden, derfor hader Verden eder.

20 Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

20 Kommer det Ord i Hu, som jeg har sagt eder: En Tjener er ikke større end sin Herre. Have de forfulgt mig, ville de også forfølge eder; have de holdt mit Ord, ville de også holde eders.

21 But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.

21 Men alt dette ville de gøre imod eder for mit Navns Skyld, fordi de ikke kende den, som sendte mig.

22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

22 Dersom jeg ikke var kommen og havde talt til dem, havde de ikke Synd; men nu have de ingen Undskyldning for deres Synd.

23 Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.

23 Den, som hader mig, hader også min Fader.

24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.

24 Havde jeg ikke gjort de Gerninger iblandt dem, som ingen anden har gjort, havde de ikke Synd; men nu have de set dem og dog hadet både mig og min Fader.

25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

25 Dog, det Ord, som er skrevet i deres Lov, må opfyldes: De hadede mig uforskyldt.

26 When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.

26 Men når Talsmanden kommer, som jeg skal sende eder fra Faderen, Sandhedens Ånd, som udgår fra Faderen, da skal han vidne om mig.

27 And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

27 Men også I skulle vidne; thi I vare med mig fra Begyndelsen.”