约翰福音 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
真葡萄树
15 耶稣说:“我是真葡萄树,我父是栽培的人。 2 属于我的枝子如果不结果子,祂就把它剪掉;如果结果子,祂便修剪它,让它结更多的果子。 3 我对你们所讲的道已经使你们洁净了。 4 你们要常在我里面,我就常在你们里面。枝子若离开葡萄树,就不能结果子。同样,你们若不常在我里面,也不能结果子。
5 “我是葡萄树,你们是枝子。常在我里面的,我也常在他里面,他就会多结果子,因为你们离开了我什么都不能做。 6 不常在我里面的人就像丢在外面枯干的枝子,最后只有被人拾起来丢在火里烧掉。 7 如果你们常在我里面,我的话也常在你们里面,无论你们求什么,都会得到应允。 8 你们多结果子,证明自己是我的门徒,就会给我父带来荣耀。 9 父怎样爱我,我也怎样爱你们。你们要常在我的爱中。 10 你们若遵守我的命令,就必常在我的爱中,正如我遵守了父的命令,常在父的爱中一样。
11 “我把这些事告诉你们,是要叫你们心里有我的喜乐,让你们的喜乐满溢。 12 你们要彼此相爱,像我爱你们一样,这就是我的命令。 13 为朋友舍命可以说是人间最伟大的爱了。 14 你们如果照我的吩咐去做,就是我的朋友。 15 我不再称你们为奴仆,因为奴仆不知道主人的事。我称你们为朋友,因为我把从父那里听见的一切都告诉了你们。 16 不是你们拣选了我,而是我拣选了你们,并且派你们出去结永存的果子。这样,你们奉我的名无论向父求什么,祂都会赐给你们。 17 我把这些事吩咐你们,是要叫你们彼此相爱。
被世人憎恶
18 “如果世人恨你们,要知道,他们恨你们以前已经恨我了。 19 如果你们属于这个世界,世人一定会爱你们。可是你们不属于这世界,我已经把你们拣选出来,因此世人恨你们。 20 你们要记住我说的话,‘奴仆不能大过主人。’他们若迫害我,也必迫害你们;他们若遵行我的话,也必遵行你们的话。 21 世人将因为我的名而这样对待你们,因为他们不认识差我来的那位。 22 我如果没有来教导他们,他们就没有罪了,但现在他们的罪无可推诿。 23 恨我的,也恨我的父。 24 我如果没有在他们当中行过空前的神迹,他们就没有罪了。然而,他们亲眼看见了,竟然还恨我和我的父。 25 这是要应验他们律法书上的话,‘他们无故地恨我。’
26 “我要从父那里为你们差护慰者来,祂就是从父而来的真理之灵。祂来了要为我做见证。 27 你们也要为我做见证,因为你们从开始就与我在一起。
Johannes 15
Het Boek
De wijnstok en de ranken
15 ‘Ik ben de echte wijnstok en mijn Vader is de wijnbouwer. 2 De ranken aan Mij die geen vrucht dragen, kapt Hij weg. De ranken die wel vrucht dragen, snoeit Hij om er nog meer vruchten aan te laten komen. 3 Jullie zijn zuiver door het woord dat Ik tot jullie gesproken heb. 4 Blijf dicht bij Mij, dan blijf Ik in jullie. Net zoals een rank alleen maar vrucht kan dragen als hij aan de wijnstok zit, kunnen ook jullie alleen maar vruchtbaar leven als jullie in Mij blijven. 5 Ik ben de wijnstok en jullie zijn de ranken. Als jullie in Mij blijven en Ik blijf in jullie, brengen jullie veel vrucht voort. Want zonder Mij kunnen jullie niets doen. 6 Wie niet in Mij blijft, wordt weggegooid als een waardeloze rank en zal verdorren. Samen met andere dorre ranken wordt hij in het vuur gegooid en verbrand. 7 Maar als jullie één met Mij blijven en mijn woorden niet vergeten, kunnen jullie vragen wat jullie willen en het zal gebeuren. 8 Door veel vrucht te dragen, bewijzen jullie mijn leerlingen te zijn. Daardoor wordt duidelijk hoe glorierijk mijn Vader is.
9 Zoals de Vader van Mij houdt, houd Ik van jullie. Zorg dat je in mijn liefde blijft 10 en dat doe je door je aan mijn geboden te houden. Want de Vader is van Mij blijven houden, doordat Ik Mij aan zijn geboden heb gehouden. Leef vanuit zijn liefde.
11 Ik heb dit gezegd met de bedoeling dat mijn blijdschap in jullie zal zijn. Jullie zullen grote blijdschap ervaren. 12 Ik zeg dat jullie net zoveel van elkaar moet houden als Ik van jullie gehouden heb. 13 Wie zijn leven voor zijn vrienden overheeft, heeft de grootste liefde. 14 Jullie zijn mijn vrienden als jullie doen wat Ik zeg. 15 Ik noem jullie geen knechten meer, want een heer neemt zijn knechten niet in vertrouwen. Maar Ik noem jullie vrienden, omdat Ik jullie alles heb verteld wat Ik van mijn Vader gehoord heb. 16 Jullie hebben niet Mij uitgekozen, maar Ik heb jullie uitgekozen. Ik heb jullie aangewezen om erop uit te gaan en blijvende vrucht voort te brengen, zodat mijn Vader jullie alles zal geven wat jullie Hem vragen in mijn naam. 17 Ik draag jullie op van elkaar te houden.
18 Als de mensen jullie haten, vergeet dan niet dat zij Mij al eerder hebben gehaat. 19 De mensen zouden alleen van jullie houden als jullie bij de wereld hoorden. Maar nu dat niet zo is, haten zij jullie. Dat doen zij omdat Ik jullie van hen heb weggeroepen. 20 Weten jullie nog dat Ik zei dat een knecht niet de meerdere van zijn baas is? Als zij Mij hebben vervolgd, zullen ze jullie ook vervolgen. Als zij zich aan mijn woorden hebben gehouden, zullen ze zich ook aan jullie woorden houden. 21 De mensen zullen jullie vervolgen omdat jullie bij Mij horen. Zij kennen God niet, die Mij gestuurd heeft. 22 Als Ik niet gekomen was en tot hen gesproken had, zouden ze niet schuldig zijn. Maar nu hebben zij geen verontschuldiging voor de zonden die zij doen. 23 Wie Mij haat, haat ook mijn Vader. 24 Als Ik niet zulke grote wonderen onder hen had gedaan, zouden zij niet schuldig zijn. Maar nu hebben zij die wonderen met hun eigen ogen gezien, en ondanks dat haten zij zowel Mij als mijn Vader. 25 Daardoor wordt werkelijkheid wat er in hun wet staat: “Zij hebben mij zonder reden gehaat.”
26 Als Ik bij de Vader ben, zal Ik mijn Helper sturen. Dat is de Heilige Geest, de bron van alle waarheid. Hij komt van de Vader vandaan en zal jullie alles over Mij vertellen. 27 Omdat jullie vanaf het begin bij Mij geweest zijn, moeten jullie ook van Mij getuigen.’
John 15
New King James Version
The True Vine
15 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 (A)Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He [a]takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear (B)more fruit. 3 (C)You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 (D)Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much (E)fruit; for without Me you can do (F)nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, (G)he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words (H)abide in you, (I)you[b] will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 (J)By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; (K)so you will be My disciples.
Love and Joy Perfected
9 “As the Father (L)loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 (M)If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and (N)that your joy may be full. 12 (O)This is My (P)commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 (Q)Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 (R)You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, (S)for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. 16 (T)You did not choose Me, but I chose you and (U)appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father (V)in My name He may give you. 17 These things I command you, that you love one another.
The World’s Hatred
18 (W)“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. 19 (X)If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet (Y)because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you, (Z)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. (AA)If they kept My word, they will keep yours also. 21 But (AB)all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me. 22 (AC)If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, (AD)but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 (AE)He who hates Me hates My Father also. 24 If I had not done among them (AF)the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have (AG)seen and also hated both Me and My Father. 25 But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, (AH)‘They hated Me without a cause.’
The Coming Rejection
26 (AI)“But when the [c]Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, (AJ)He will testify of Me. 27 And (AK)you also will bear witness, because (AL)you have been with Me from the beginning.
Footnotes
- John 15:2 Or lifts up
- John 15:7 NU omits you will
- John 15:26 Comforter, Gr. Parakletos
John 15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 15
The Vine and the Branches. 1 [a]“I am the true vine,[b] and my Father is the vine grower.(A) 2 He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes[c] so that it bears more fruit. 3 You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.(B) 4 Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. 6 [d](C)Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.(D) 8 By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.(E) 9 As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love.(F) 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.(G)
11 “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.(H) 12 This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.(I) 13 [e]No one has greater love than this,(J) to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends,[f] because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.(K) 16 It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.(L) 17 This I command you: love one another.(M)
The World’s Hatred.[g] 18 “If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.(N) 19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.(O) 20 Remember the word I spoke to you,[h] ‘No slave is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.(P) 21 And they will do all these things to you on account of my name,[i] because they do not know the one who sent me.(Q) 22 If I had not come and spoken[j] to them, they would have no sin; but as it is they have no excuse for their sin.(R) 23 Whoever hates me also hates my Father.(S) 24 If I had not done works among them that no one else ever did, they would not have sin; but as it is, they have seen and hated both me and my Father.(T) 25 But in order that the word written in their law[k] might be fulfilled, ‘They hated me without cause.’(U)
26 “When the Advocate comes whom I will send[l] you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me.(V) 27 And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.(W)
Footnotes
- 15:1–16:4 Discourse on the union of Jesus with his disciples. His words become a monologue and go beyond the immediate crisis of the departure of Jesus.
- 15:1–17 Like Jn 10:1–5, this passage resembles a parable. Israel is spoken of as a vineyard at Is 5:1–7; Mt 21:33–46 and as a vine at Ps 80:9–17; Jer 2:21; Ez 15:2; 17:5–10; 19:10; Hos 10:1. The identification of the vine as the Son of Man in Ps 80:15 and Wisdom’s description of herself as a vine in Sir 24:17 are further background for portrayal of Jesus by this figure. There may be secondary eucharistic symbolism here; cf. Mk 14:25, “the fruit of the vine.”
- 15:2 Takes away…prunes: in Greek there is a play on two related verbs.
- 15:6 Branches were cut off and dried on the wall of the vineyard for later use as fuel.
- 15:13 For one’s friends: or: “those whom one loves.” In Jn 15:9–13a, the words for love are related to the Greek agapaō. In Jn 15:13b–15, the words for love are related to the Greek phileō. For John, the two roots seem synonymous and mean “to love”; cf. also Jn 21:15–17. The word philos is used here.
- 15:15 Slaves…friends: in the Old Testament, Moses (Dt 34:5), Joshua (Jos 24:29), and David (Ps 89:21) were called “servants” or “slaves of Yahweh”; only Abraham (Is 41:8; 2 Chr 20:7; cf. Jas 2:23) was called a “friend of God.”
- 15:18–16:4 The hostile reaction of the world. There are synoptic parallels, predicting persecution, especially at Mt 10:17–25; 24:9–10.
- 15:20 The word I spoke to you: a reference to Jn 13:16.
- 15:21 On account of my name: the idea of persecution for Jesus’ name is frequent in the New Testament (Mt 10:22; 24:9; Acts 9:14). For John, association with Jesus’ name implies union with Jesus.
- 15:22, 24 Jesus’ words (spoken) and deeds (works) are the great motives of credibility. They have seen and hated: probably means that they have seen his works and still have hated; but the Greek can be read: “have seen both me and my Father and still have hated both me and my Father.” Works…that no one else ever did: so Yahweh in Dt 4:32–33.
- 15:25 In their law: law is here used as a larger concept than the Pentateuch, for the reference is to Ps 35:19 or Ps 69:5. See notes on Jn 10:34; 12:34. Their law reflects the argument of the church with the synagogue.
- 15:26 Whom I will send: in Jn 14:16, 26, the Paraclete is to be sent by the Father, at the request of Jesus. Here the Spirit comes from both Jesus and the Father in mission; there is no reference here to the eternal procession of the Spirit.
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