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Jezi se menm jan ak yon pye rezen

15 “Mwen menm se vrè pye rezen an, epi Papa m se moun k ap okipe pye rezen an. Tout branch ki nan mwen ki pa donnen, li koupe l voye jete. Men, tout branch ki donnen, li netwaye l pou l kapab donnen pi plis toujou. Pou nou menm, ansèyman nou resevwa avè m gentan retire vye fèy ak vye branch ki ta fè nou pa ka donnen. Rete branche nan mwen, epi mwen menm m ap rete branche nan nou tou. Menm jan ak branch rezen ki pa kapab donnen poukont li san l pa rete atache nan pye rezen an, se kon sa tou nou pa kapab donnen si nou pa rete branche nan mwen.

Mwen menm se pye rezen an, nou menm nou se branch yo. Branch sa yo ki rete nan mwen epi mwen menm nan yo, se pa ti donnen y ap donnen. Paske san mwen menm nou pa kapab fè anyen. Si yon moun pa rete atache nan mwen, yo va koupe l jete deyò, menm jan ak branch rezen an, l ap seche epi y ap ranmase l mete nan dife. Si nou rete atache nan mwen, epi nou pratike ansèyman mwen yo, nou mèt mande sa nou vle, nou va jwenn li. Lè nou donnen anpil, se kon sa nou montre nou se disip mwen. Alò moun va wè glwa Papa m.

Menm jan Papa a renmen m, kon sa tou mwen renmen nou. Kontinye viv selon ansèyman mwen yo, epi mwen menm va renmen nou. 10 Si nou fè sa m kòmande nou fè, n ap kontinye viv nan lanmou mwen, menm jan mwen menm, mwen fè sa Papa m kòmande m, epi m kontinye viv nan lanmou li. 11 Mwen di nou pawòl sa a, pou lajwa pa m kapab nan nou, epi pou nou menm kapab gen lajwa nèt ale. 12 Men kòmandman mwen: Se pou nou renmen youn lòt, menm jan m renmen nou. 13 Pa janm gen yon lanmou pi gran pase lanmou yon moun ki bay pwòp lavi l pou moun li renmen. 14 Nou se zanmi m si nou fè sa m mande nou fè. 15 Mwen pa rele nou senp sèvitè, paske yon sèvitè pa konn sa mèt li ap fè. Men nou menm, mwen rele nou zanmi, paske mwen fè nou konnen tout sa m tande Papa m di.

16 Malgre sa, se pa nou ki te chwazi m, men se mwen menm ki chwazi nou, epi mwen tabli nou pou nou al pote fwi epi pou fwi nou yo kapab dire lontan. Konsa, tout sa nou va mande Papa a nan non m, li va ba nou l. 17 Sa mwen pase nou lòd pou n fè se pou nou renmen youn lòt.

Jezi avèti disip li yo

18 Si lemonn rayi nou, se pou n konnen se paske l rayi m an premye. 19 Si nou te moun lemonn, lemonn t ap renmen nou. Men paske nou pa moun lemonn epi se nan lemonn mwen te pran nou mete apa, se pou sa lemonn rayi nou.

20 Sonje byen sa m te di nou: Yon esklav pa gen plis enpòtans pase mèt li. Si yo te pèsekite m, y ap pèsekite nou tou, si yo te obeyi ansèyman m yo, y ap obeyi ansèyman nou yo tou. 21 Yo va fè nou sibi tout bagay sa yo poutèt mwen, paske yo pa konnen moun ki voye m nan. 22 Si m pa t vini epi si m pa t pale yo, yo pa t ap koupab. Men kounye a, yo pa gen okenn eskiz pou peche yo.

23 Moun ki rayi m rayi Papa m tou. 24 Si m pa t fè devan je yo bagay okenn lòt moun pa t janm fè, yo pa t ap koupab. Men kounye a, malgre yo wè sa m fè, yo kontinye rayi ni mwen ni Papa m. 25 Men, se pou sa ki te ekri nan Lalwa yo a kapab akonpli ki fè yo rayi m san rezon.[a]

26 Lè konsolatè a va vini, moun m ap voye soti lakay Papa a, Lespri verite[b] Papa a ap voye a, l ap rann temwanyaj pou mwen. 27 Nou menm tou, n ap sèvi m temwen, paske depi nan kòmansman nou te avè m.

Footnotes

  1. 15:25 fè yo rayi m san rezon Pawòl sa yo ta kapab soti nan Sòm 35:19 oubyen nan Sòm 69:4.
  2. 15:26 Lespri verite Nan kontèks sa a, se kòm yon tit pou “Sentespri a”.

I Am the True Vine

15 “I am the (A)true vine, and my Father is (B)the vinedresser. (C)Every branch in me that does not bear fruit (D)he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, (E)that it may bear more fruit. Already (F)you are clean (G)because of the word that I have spoken to you. (H)Abide (I)in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; (J)you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that (K)bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in me, (L)he is thrown away like a branch and withers; (M)and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If (N)you abide in me, and my words abide in you, (O)ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. (P)By this my Father is glorified, that you (Q)bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. (R)As the Father has loved me, (S)so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 (T)If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as (U)I have kept (V)my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, (W)that my joy may be in you, and that (X)your joy may be full.

12 (Y)“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 (Z)Greater love has no one than this, (AA)that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are (AB)my friends (AC)if you do what I command you. 15 (AD)No longer do I call you servants,[a] for the servant (AE)does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for (AF)all that I have heard from my Father (AG)I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but (AH)I chose you and appointed you that you should go and (AI)bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that (AJ)whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17 These things I command you, (AK)so that you will love one another.

The Hatred of the World

18 (AL)“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 (AM)If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because (AN)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: (AO)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, (AP)they will also persecute you. (AQ)If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. 21 But (AR)all these things they will do to you (AS)on account of my name, (AT)because they do not know him who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, (AU)they would not have been guilty of sin,[b] but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 (AV)Whoever hates me hates my Father also. 24 (AW)If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, (AX)they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have (AY)seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But (AZ)the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: (BA)‘They hated me without a cause.’

26 “But (BB)when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, (BC)he will bear witness about me. 27 And (BD)you also will bear witness, (BE)because you have been with me (BF)from the beginning.

Footnotes

  1. John 15:15 Or bondservants, or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface); likewise for servant later in this verse and in verse 20
  2. John 15:22 Greek they would not have sin; also verse 24

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