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耶穌是真葡萄樹

15 “我是真葡萄樹,我父是培植的人。 所有屬我而不結果子的枝子,他就剪去;所有結果子的,他就修剪乾淨,讓它結更多的果子。 現在你們因著我對你們所講的道,已經乾淨了。 你們要住在我裡面,我也就住在你們裡面。枝子若不連在葡萄樹上,自己就不能結果子;你們若不住在我裡面,也是這樣。 我是葡萄樹,你們是枝子。住在我裡面的,我也住在他裡面,他就結出很多果子;因為離開了我,你們就不能作甚麼。 人若不住在我裡面,就像枝子丟在外面枯乾了,人把它們拾起來,丟在火裡燒掉了。 你們若住在我裡面,我的話也留在你們裡面;無論你們想要甚麼,祈求,就給你們成就。 這樣,你們結出很多果子,我父就因此得榮耀,你們也就是我的門徒了。 父怎樣愛我,我也怎樣愛你們;你們要住在我的愛裡。 10 如果你們遵守我的命令,就必定住在我的愛裡,正像我遵守了我父的命令,住在他的愛裡一樣。

11 “我把這些事告訴了你們,好讓我的喜樂存在你們心裡,並且使你們的喜樂滿溢。 12 你們要彼此相愛,像我愛你們一樣,這就是我的命令。 13 人為朋友捨命,人間的愛沒有比這個更大的了。 14 你們若行我所吩咐你們的,就是我的朋友了。 15 我不再稱你們為僕人,因為僕人不知道主人所作的事;我已經稱你們為朋友了,因為我從我父那裡聽見的一切,都已經告訴你們了。 16 不是你們揀選了我,而是我揀選了你們,並且分派你們去結果子,就是結常存的果子,使你們奉我的名,無論向父求甚麼,他必定賜給你們。 17 我把這些事吩咐你們,是要你們彼此相愛。

世人恨主也恨門徒

18 “如果世人恨你們,你們要知道他們在恨你們以先,已經恨我了。 19 你們若屬於這世界,世人必定愛屬自己的;但因為你們不屬於世界,而是我從世界中揀選了你們,所以世人就恨你們。 20 你們要記住我對你們說過的話:‘僕人不能大過主人。’他們若迫害我,也必定迫害你們;他們若遵守我的話,也必定遵守你們的話。 21 但他們因著我的名,要向你們行這一切,因為他們不認識那差我來的。 22 如果我沒有來,也沒有對他們講過甚麼,他們就沒有罪;但現在他們的罪是無可推諉的了。 23 恨我的,也恨我的父。 24 如果我沒有在他們中間作過別人沒有作過的事,他們就沒有罪;但現在我和我的父,他們都看見了,也都恨惡。 25 這就應驗了他們律法上所寫的話:‘他們無故地恨我。’

26 “我從父那裡要差來給你們的保惠師,就是從父那裡出來的真理的靈,他來到的時候,要為我作見證。 27 你們也要作見證,因為從開始你們就是跟我在一起的。”

The Vine and the Branches

15 “I am(A) the true vine,(B) and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit,(C) while every branch that does bear fruit(D) he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.(E) Remain in me, as I also remain in you.(F) No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;(G) apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.(H) If you remain in me(I) and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.(J) This is to my Father’s glory,(K) that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.(L)

“As the Father has loved me,(M) so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands,(N) you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.(O) 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.(P) 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.(Q) 14 You are my friends(R) if you do what I command.(S) 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.(T) 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you(U) so that you might go and bear fruit(V)—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.(W) 17 This is my command: Love each other.(X)

The World Hates the Disciples

18 “If the world hates you,(Y) keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you(Z) out of the world. That is why the world hates you.(AA) 20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’[b](AB) If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.(AC) If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They will treat you this way because of my name,(AD) for they do not know the one who sent me.(AE) 22 If I had not come and spoken to them,(AF) they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.(AG) 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. 24 If I had not done among them the works no one else did,(AH) they would not be guilty of sin.(AI) As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law:(AJ) ‘They hated me without reason.’[c](AK)

The Work of the Holy Spirit

26 “When the Advocate(AL) comes, whom I will send to you from the Father(AM)—the Spirit of truth(AN) who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.(AO) 27 And you also must testify,(AP) for you have been with me from the beginning.(AQ)

Footnotes

  1. John 15:2 The Greek for he prunes also means he cleans.
  2. John 15:20 John 13:16
  3. John 15:25 Psalms 35:19; 69:4

Ang Puno ng Ubas at ang mga Sanga

15 Ako ang tunay na puno ng ubas. Ang aking Ama ang tagapag-alaga.

Ang bawat sanga na nasa akin na hindi namumunga ay inaalis niya. At ang bawat sangang namumunga ay nililinis niya upang lalo pang magbunga ng marami. Kayo ay malinis na sa pamamagitan ng salita na sinalita ko sa inyo. Manatili kayo sa akin at ako ay mananatili sa inyo. Ang sanga ay hindi makakapamunga sa kaniyang sarili malibang ito ay manatili sa puno ng ubas. Maging kayo man ay hindi makakapamunga malibang manatili kayo sa akin.

Ako ang puno ng ubas, kayo ang mga sanga. Ang nananatili sa akin at ako sa kaniya ay magbubunga nang sagana sapagkat kung hiwalay kayo sa akin hindi kayo makakagawa ng anuman. Malibang ang sinuman ay manatili sa akin, siya ay itatapon tulad ng sanga at ito ay natutuyo. Kanila itong tinitipon at itinatapon sa apoy, at ito ay sinusunog. Kung kayo ay mananatili sa akin at ang aking mga salita ay manatili sa inyo, hingin ninyo ang anumang inyong ibigin at ito ay mangyayari sa inyo. Sa ganito naluluwalhati ang aking Ama na kayo ay magbunga ng sagana at kayo aymagiging mga alagad ko.

Kung papaanong inibig ako ng Ama ay gayon ko rin kayo inibig. Manatili kayo sa aking pag-ibig. 10 Kung tutuparin ninyo ang aking mga utos, mananatili kayo sa aking pag-ibig. Tulad ko, tinupad ko ang mga utos ng aking Ama at nanatili sa kaniyang pag-ibig. 11 Ang mga bagay na ito ay sinabi ko sa inyo upang ang aking kagalakan ay manatili sa inyo. Gayundin naman, ang inyong kagalakan ay malubos. 12 Ito ang aking utos: Kayo ay mag-ibigan sa isa’t isa gaya ng pag-ibig ko sa inyo. 13 Wala nang hihigit pang pag-ibig kaysa rito, na ang isang tao ay mag-alay ng kaniyang buhay para sa kaniyang mga kaibigan. 14 Kayo ay aking mga kaibigan kapag ginawa ninyo ang anumang inuutos ko sa inyo. 15 Hindi ko na kayo tinatawag na mga alipin sapagkat hindi alam ng alipin ang ginagawa ng kaniyang panginoon. Sa halip ay tinawag ko kayong mga kaibigan sapagkat ang lahat ng narinig ko sa aking Ama ay ipinaaalam ko sa inyo. 16 Hindi ninyo ako hinirang ngunit ako ang humirang sa inyo at nagtalaga sa inyo. Ang dahilan ay upang kayo ay humayo at mamunga at ang inyong bunga aymanatili. At anumang ang inyong hingin sa aking Ama sa pangalan ko ay ibibigay niya sa inyo. 17 Ang mga bagay na ito ay iniuutos ko sa inyo upang kayo ay mag-ibigan sa isa’t isa.

Kinapopootan ng Sanlibutan ang mga Alagad

18 Yamang ang sangkatauhan ay napopoot sa inyo, alam ninyo na ako muna ang kinapootan nito bago kayo.

19 Ngunit kung kayo ay sa sanlibutan, iibigin ng sangkatauhan ang sariling kaniya. Subalit hindi kayo sa sanlibutan.Hinirang ko kayo mula sa sanlibutan. Dahil nga dito, kinapopootan kayo ng sankatauhan. 20 Alalahanin ninyo ang mga salitang sinabi ko sa inyo. Ang alipin ay hindi nakakahigit sa kaniyang panginoon. Yamang ako ay kanilanginusig, kayo rin naman ay uusigin nila. Kung tinupad nila ang aking salita ay tutuparin din naman nila ang sa inyo. 21 Subalit ang lahat ng mga bagay na ito ay gagawin nila sa inyo dahil sa pangalan ko sapagkat hindi nilakilala ang nagsugo sa akin. 22 Kung hindi ako narito at nagsalita sa kanila, hindi sana sila nagkasala. Ngunit ngayon ay wala na silang maikakatwiran sa kanilang kasalanan. 23 Ang napo­poot sa akin ay napopoot din naman sa aking Ama. 24 Kung hindi ko ginawa sa harap nila ang mga gawaing hindi magagawa ng sinuman, hindi sana sila nagkasala. Ngayon ay kapwa nila nakita at kinapootan ako at ang akin ding Ama. 25 Ito ay upang matupad ang salita na nasusulat sa kanilang kautusan: Kinapootan nila ako ng walang dahilan.

26 Pagdating ng Tagapayo na aking susuguin sa inyo mula sa Ama, siya ay magpapatotoo patungkol sa akin. Siya ang Espiritu ng katotohanan namagmumula sa Ama. 27 Kayo rin naman ay magpapatotoo sapagkat kayo ay nakasama ko na mula pa sa pasimula.

Chapter 15

The Vine and the Branches. [a]“I am the true vine,[b] and my Father is the vine grower.(A) 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. You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.(B) 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. 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. [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. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.(D) By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.(E) 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.”
  3. 15:2 Takes away…prunes: in Greek there is a play on two related verbs.
  4. 15:6 Branches were cut off and dried on the wall of the vineyard for later use as fuel.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.”
  7. 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.
  8. 15:20 The word I spoke to you: a reference to Jn 13:16.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.