John 15

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

1 أَنَا الْكَرْمَةُ الْحَقِيقِيَّةُ، وَأَبِي هُوَ الْكَرَّامُ.

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 كُلُّ غُصْنٍ فِيَّ لَا يُنْتِجُ ثَمَراً يَقْطَعُهُ؛ وَكُلُّ غُصْنٍ يُنْتِجُ ثَمَراً يُنَقِّيهِ لِيُنْتِجَ مَزِيداً مِنَ الثَّمَرِ.

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

3 أَنْتُمُ الآنَ أَنْقِيَاءُ بِسَبَبِ الْكَلِمَةِ الَّتِي خَاطَبْتُكُمْ بِها.

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 فَاثْبُتُوا فِيَّ وَأَنَا فِيكُمْ. كَمَا أَنَّ الْغُصْنَ لَا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُنْتِجَ ثَمَراً إِلّا إِذَا ثَبَتَ فِي الْكَرْمَةِ؛ فَكَذلِكَ أَنْتُمْ، إِلّا إِذَا ثَبَتُّمْ فِيَّ.

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 أَنَا الْكَرْمَةُ وَأَنْتُمُ الأَغْصَانُ. مَنْ يَثْبُتُ فِيَّ وَأَنَا فِيهِ، فَذَاكَ يُنْتِجُ ثَمَراً كَثِيراً. فَإِنَّكُمْ بِمَعْزِلٍ عَنِّي لَا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَفْعَلُوا شَيْئاً.

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 إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ لَا يَثْبُتُ فِيَّ يُطْرَحُ خَارِجاً كَالْغُصْنِ فَيَجِفُّ؛ ثُمَّ تُجْمَعُ الأَغْصَانُ الْجَافَّةُ، وَتُطْرَحُ فِي النَّارِ فَتَحْتَرِقُ.

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

7 وَلكِنْ، إِنْ ثَبَتُّمْ فِيَّ، وَثَبَتَ كَلامِي فِيكُمْ، فَاطْلُبُوا مَا تُرِيدُونَ يَكُنْ لَكُمْ.

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

8 بِهَذَا يَتَمَجَّدُ أَبِي: أَنْ تُنْتِجُوا ثَمَراً كَثِيراً فَتَكُونُوا حَقّاً تَلامِيذِي.

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

9 مِثْلَمَا أَحَبَّنِي الآبُ، أَحْبَبْتُكُمْ أَنَا، فَاثْبُتُوا فِي مَحَبَّتِي.

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 إِنْ عَمِلْتُمْ بِوَصَايَايَ، تَثْبُتُونَ فِي مَحَبَّتِي، كَمَا عَمِلْتُ أَنَا بِوَصَايَا أَبِي وَأَثْبُتُ فِي مَحَبَّتِهِ!

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

11 قُلْتُ لَكُمْ هَذَا لِيَكُونَ فِيكُمْ فَرَحِي، وَيَكُونَ فَرَحُكُمْ كَامِلاً.

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

12 وَصِيَّتِي لَكُمْ هِيَ هذِهِ: أَنْ يُحِبَّ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً كَمَا أَنَا أَحْبَبْتُكُمْ.

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

13 لَيْسَ لأَحَدٍ مَحَبَّةٌ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ هذِهِ: أَنْ يَبْذِلَ أَحَدٌ حَيَاتَهُ فِدَى أَحِبَّائِهِ.

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

14 وَأَنْتُمْ أَحِبَّائِي إِنْ عَمِلْتُمْ بِمَا أُوصِيكُمْ بِهِ.

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 لَا أُسَمِّيكُمْ عَبِيداً بَعْدُ، لأَنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَا يُطْلِعُهُ سَيِّدُهُ عَلَى مَا يَفْعَلُهُ. وَلكِنِّي قَدْ سَمَّيْتُكُمْ أَحِبَّاءَ لأَنِّي أَطْلَعْتُكُمْ عَلَى كُلِّ مَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ أَبِي.

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 لَيْسَ أَنْتُمُ اخْتَرْتُمُونِي، بَلْ أَنَا اخْتَرْتُكُمْ وَعَيَّنْتُكُمْ لِتَنْطَلِقُوا وَتُنْتِجُوا ثَمَراً وَيَدُومَ ثَمَرُكُمْ، فَيُعْطِيَكُمُ الآبُ كُلَّ مَا تَطْلُبُونَهُ بِاسْمِي.

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

17 فَبِهَذَا أُوصِيكُمْ إِذَنْ: أَنْ تُحِبُّوا بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً.

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

18 إِنْ أَبْغَضَكُمُ الْعَالَمُ، فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَبْغَضَنِي مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ.

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 لَوْ كُنْتُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعَالَمِ، لَكَانَ الْعَالَمُ يُحِبُّ أَهْلَهُ، وَلكِنْ لأَنَّكُمْ لَسْتُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعَالَمِ، بَلْ إِنِّي اخْتَرْتُكُمْ مِنْ وَسْطِ الْعَالَمِ، لِذَلِكَ يُبْغِضُكُمُ الْعَالَمُ.

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 اذْكُرُوا الْكَلِمَةَ الَّتِي قُلْتُهَا لَكُمْ: لَيْسَ عَبْدٌ أَعْظَمَ مِنْ سَيِّدِهِ. فَإِنْ كَانَ أَهْلُ الْعَالَمِ قَدِ اضْطَهَدُونِي، فَسَوْفَ يَضْطَهِدُونَكُمْ؛ وَإِنْ كَانُوا قَدْ عَمِلُوا بِكَلِمَتِي، فَسَوْفَ يَعْمَلُونَ بِكَلِمَتِكُمْ.

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

21 وَلكِنَّهُمْ سَيَفْعَلُونَ هَذَا كُلَّهُ بِكُمْ مِنْ أَجْلِ اسْمِي، لأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي.

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 لَوْ لَمْ آتِ وَأُكَلِّمْهُمْ، لَمَا كَانَتْ لَهُمْ خَطِيئَةٌ؛ وَلكِنْ لَا عُذْرَ لَهُمُ الآنَ فِي خَطِيئَتِهِمْ.

23 Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.

23 الَّذِي يُبْغِضُنِي، يُبْغِضُ أَبِي أَيْضاً.

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 وَلَوْ لَمْ أَعْمَلْ بَيْنَهُمْ أَعْمَالاً لَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي، لَمَا كَانَتْ لَهُمْ خَطِيئَةٌ. وَلكِنَّهُمْ أَبْغَضُونِي وَأَبْغَضُوا أَبِي، مَعَ أَنَّهُمْ رَأَوْا تِلْكَ الأَعْمَالَ.

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

25 وَقَدْ صَارَ ذلِكَ لِتَتِمَّ الْكَلِمَةُ الْمَكْتُوبَةُ فِي شَرِيعَتِهِمْ: أَبْغَضُونِي بِلا سَبَبٍ!

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 وَعِنْدَمَا يَأْتِي الْمُعِينُ، الَّذِي سَأُرْسِلُهُ لَكُمْ مِنْ عِنْدِ الآبِ، رُوحُ الْحَقِّ الَّذِي يَنْبَثِقُ مِنَ الآبِ، فَهُوَ يَشْهَد لِي،

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

27 وَتَشْهَدون لِي أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً، لأَنَّكُمْ مَعِي مِنَ الْبَدَايَةِ.