約 翰 福 音 15
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
耶稣犹如葡萄藤
15 耶稣说∶“我是真正的葡萄藤,我父是园丁, 2 他砍掉我身上所有不结果的枝条,精心修剪所有结果的枝条,以便让它结得更多。 3 因为我给了你们的教导,你们已经干净了。 4 要继续在我之中,我就会继续在你们之中。就像当枝条离开葡萄藤,就结不出果实一样,除非你们在我之中,否则,就不能结果。”
5 “我是葡萄藤,你们是枝条 [a],人若在我之中,我也在他之中,这样,这个人才会多结果实;离开我,你们将一事无成。 6 不在我之中的人,就像被扔掉的枝条一样枯死,然后,被人捡起投进火里烧掉。”
7 “你们如果继续在我之中,我的教导也继续在你们之中,那么,不论你们有什么样的愿望,都会如愿以偿。 8 你们结出的硕果,使我父得到荣耀,表明你们是我的门徒。 9 正如父爱我一样,我也爱你们。你们要继续在我的爱之中。 10 如果你们服从我的命令,就将继续在我的爱之中,正如我服从了父的命令,继续在他的爱之中一样。 11 我告诉你们这些,是让我的欢欣留在你们心中,使你们的欢欣完整。 12 这是我的命令:正如我爱你们一样,你们要彼此相爱, 13 没有哪种爱比为朋友献出生命更伟大了。 14 你们如果听从我的指挥,就是我的朋友。 15 我就不再叫你们‘仆人’了,因为仆人不知道主人在做什么,相反,我叫你们‘朋友’,因为我把从父那里听到的一切,都告诉你们了。 16 并不是你们选择了我,而是我选择了你们。我交给了你们这个任务:去结出不朽的果实。那么,不论你们以我的名义要求什么,父都会赐给你们的。 17 这是我对你们的要求:你们要彼此相爱。”
耶稣警告他的门徒
18 “如果世人恨你们,你们要记住,他们首先憎恨我。 19 如果你们属于这个世界,这个世界就会像爱自己一样爱你们。但是,你们不属于这个世界,因为,我从这个世界里挑选了你们,所以,这个世界憎恨你们。 20 记住我告诉你们的话,‘仆人不会比主人伟大,’如果他们迫害我,那么,他们也会迫害你们。如果他们遵从我的教导,那么,他们也会遵从你们的教导。 21 他们这样对待你们,是因为我的缘故,因为,他们不知道派我来的那位。 22 如果我没来教导过他们,他们就没有罪,但是现在,他们没有为罪过开脱的借口。 23 恨我的人,就是在恨我父。 24 如果我没有在他们面前做那些前人从未做过的事,他们就没有罪。然而他们目睹了这一切,却仍然憎恨我和我父。 25 这一切正应验了他们律法中的话∶‘他们毫无理由地恨我。’”
26 “从父那里的助手到来之后,他(来自父亲那里的真理之灵)会为我作证。 27 你们也要为我作证,因为,你们一开始就同我在一起。”
Footnotes
- 約 翰 福 音 15:5 枝条: 即耶稣的信徒。
約翰福音 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
真葡萄樹
15 耶穌說:「我是真葡萄樹,我父是栽培的人。 2 屬於我的枝子如果不結果子,祂就把它剪掉;如果結果子,祂便修剪它,讓它結更多的果子。 3 我對你們所講的道已經使你們潔淨了。 4 你們要常在我裡面,我就常在你們裡面。枝子若離開葡萄樹,就不能結果子。同樣,你們若不常在我裡面,也不能結果子。
5 「我是葡萄樹,你們是枝子。常在我裡面的,我也常在他裡面,他就會多結果子,因為你們離開了我什麼都不能做。 6 不常在我裡面的人就像丟在外面枯乾的枝子,最後只有被人拾起來丟在火裡燒掉。 7 如果你們常在我裡面,我的話也常在你們裡面,無論你們求什麼,都會得到應允。 8 你們多結果子,證明自己是我的門徒,就會給我父帶來榮耀。 9 父怎樣愛我,我也怎樣愛你們。你們要常在我的愛中。 10 你們若遵守我的命令,就必常在我的愛中,正如我遵守了父的命令,常在父的愛中一樣。
11 「我把這些事告訴你們,是要叫你們心裡有我的喜樂,讓你們的喜樂滿溢。 12 你們要彼此相愛,像我愛你們一樣,這就是我的命令。 13 為朋友捨命可以說是人間最偉大的愛了。 14 你們如果照我的吩咐去做,就是我的朋友。 15 我不再稱你們為奴僕,因為奴僕不知道主人的事。我稱你們為朋友,因為我把從父那裡聽見的一切都告訴了你們。 16 不是你們揀選了我,而是我揀選了你們,並且派你們出去結永存的果子。這樣,你們奉我的名無論向父求什麼,祂都會賜給你們。 17 我把這些事吩咐你們,是要叫你們彼此相愛。
被世人憎惡
18 「如果世人恨你們,要知道,他們恨你們以前已經恨我了。 19 如果你們屬於這個世界,世人一定會愛你們。可是你們不屬於這世界,我已經把你們揀選出來,因此世人恨你們。 20 你們要記住我說的話,『奴僕不能大過主人。』他們若迫害我,也必迫害你們;他們若遵行我的話,也必遵行你們的話。 21 世人將因為我的名而這樣對待你們,因為他們不認識差我來的那位。 22 我如果沒有來教導他們,他們就沒有罪了,但現在他們的罪無可推諉。 23 恨我的,也恨我的父。 24 我如果沒有在他們當中行過空前的神蹟,他們就沒有罪了。然而,他們親眼看見了,竟然還恨我和我的父。 25 這是要應驗他們律法書上的話,『他們無故地恨我。』
26 「我要從父那裡為你們差護慰者來,祂就是從父而來的真理之靈。祂來了要為我做見證。 27 你們也要為我做見證,因為你們從開始就與我在一起。
John 15
New Century Version
Jesus Is Like a Vine
15 “I am the true vine; my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch of mine that does not produce fruit. And he trims and cleans every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce even more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the words I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. A branch cannot produce fruit alone but must remain in the vine. In the same way, you cannot produce fruit alone but must remain in me.
5 “I am the vine, and you are the branches. If any remain in me and I remain in them, they produce much fruit. But without me they can do nothing. 6 If any do not remain in me, they are like a branch that is thrown away and then dies. People pick up dead branches, throw them into the fire, and burn them. 7 If you remain in me and follow my teachings, you can ask anything you want, and it will be given to you. 8 You should produce much fruit and show that you are my followers, which brings glory to my Father. 9 I loved you as the Father loved me. Now remain in my love. 10 I have obeyed my Father’s commands, and I remain in his love. In the same way, if you obey my commands, you will remain in my love. 11 I have told you these things so that you can have the same joy I have and so that your joy will be the fullest possible joy.
12 “This is my command: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 The greatest love a person can show is to die for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing. But I call you friends, because I have made known to you everything I heard from my Father. 16 You did not choose me; I chose you. And I gave you this work: to go and produce fruit, fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you anything you ask for in my name. 17 This is my command: Love each other.
Jesus Warns His Followers
18 “If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as it loves its own. But I have chosen you out of the world, so you don’t belong to it. That is why the world hates you. 20 Remember what I told you: A servant is not greater than his master. If people did wrong to me, they will do wrong to you, too. And if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours, too. 21 They will do all this to you on account of me, because they do not know the One who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 Whoever hates me also hates my Father. 24 I did works among them that no one else has ever done. If I had not done these works, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen what I have done, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25 But this happened so that what is written in their law would be true: ‘They hated me for no reason.’[a]
26 “I will send you the Helper[b] from the Father; he is the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father. When he comes, he will tell about me, 27 and you also must tell people about me, because you have been with me from the beginning.
Footnotes
- 15:25 ‘They . . . reason.’ These words could be from Psalm 35:19 or Psalm 69:4.
- 15:26 Helper “Counselor” or “Comforter.” Jesus is talking about the Holy Spirit.
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