John 15
World English Bible
15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. 2 Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. 5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
8 “In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples. 9 Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. 11 I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.
12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you. 16 You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
17 “I command these things to you, that you may love one another. 18 If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’(A) If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. 21 But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 He who hates me, hates my Father also. 24 If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn’t have had sin. But now they have seen and also hated both me and my Father. 25 But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’(B)
26 “When the Counselor[a] has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me. 27 You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
Footnotes
- 15:26 Greek Parakletos: Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, and Comforter.
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。
Ioan 15
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Viţa şi mlădiţele
15 Eu sunt adevărata viţă, iar Tatăl Meu este vierul. 2 El taie din Mine orice mlădiţă care nu aduce rod şi curăţă orice mlădiţă care aduce rod, ca să aducă şi mai mult rod. 3 Acum, voi sunteţi curaţi, din pricina cuvântului pe care vi l-am spus. 4 Rămâneţi în Mine şi Eu voi rămâne în voi! Aşa cum mlădiţa nu poate aduce rod de la sine, dacă nu rămâne în viţă, tot aşa nici voi nu puteţi, dacă nu rămâneţi în Mine.
5 Eu sunt viţa, iar voi sunteţi mlădiţele. Cel care rămâne în Mine şi în care rămân Eu aduce mult rod, pentru că despărţiţi de Mine nu puteţi face nimic. 6 Dacă cineva nu rămâne în Mine, este aruncat afară, ca o mlădiţă, şi se usucă; acestea sunt adunate, aruncate în foc şi arse. 7 Dacă rămâneţi în Mine şi dacă rămân în voi cuvintele Mele, atunci cereţi orice doriţi şi vi se va da. 8 Tatăl Meu este proslăvit prin aceasta: prin faptul că voi aduceţi mult rod şi deveniţi[a] ucenicii Mei.
9 Aşa cum M-a iubit pe Mine Tatăl, aşa v-am iubit şi Eu pe voi. Rămâneţi în dragostea Mea! 10 Dacă păziţi poruncile Mele, veţi rămâne în dragostea Mea, aşa cum şi Eu am păzit poruncile Tatălui Meu şi rămân în dragostea Lui.
11 V-am spus aceste lucruri pentru ca bucuria Mea să fie în voi, iar bucuria voastră să fie deplină. 12 Aceasta este porunca Mea: să vă iubiţi unii pe alţii aşa cum v-am iubit Eu! 13 Nimeni nu are o dragoste mai mare decât aceasta, şi anume să-şi dea viaţa pentru prietenii lui. 14 Voi sunteţi prietenii Mei, dacă faceţi ce vă poruncesc Eu. 15 Nu vă mai numesc sclavi, pentru că sclavul nu ştie ce face stăpânul lui, ci v-am numit prieteni, pentru că v-am făcut cunoscut tot ceea ce am auzit de la Tatăl Meu. 16 Nu voi M-aţi ales pe Mine, ci Eu v-am ales pe voi şi v-am pus să mergeţi şi să aduceţi rod, iar rodul vostru să rămână, pentru ca orice-I veţi cere Tatălui în Numele Meu să vă dea. 17 Vă poruncesc aceste lucruri ca să vă iubiţi unii pe alţii![b]
Ucenicii şi ura din partea lumii
18 Dacă lumea vă urăşte, ştiţi că pe Mine M-a urât înaintea voastră! 19 Dacă aţi fi din lume, lumea ar iubi ce este al ei. Dar lumea vă urăşte pentru că voi nu sunteţi din lume, ci Eu v-am ales din lume. 20 Aduceţi-vă aminte de vorba pe care v-am spus-o: „Un sclav nu este mai mare decât stăpânul lui.“[c] Dacă pe Mine M-au persecutat, vă vor persecuta şi pe voi! Dacă au păzit cuvântul Meu, îl vor păzi şi pe al vostru! 21 Dar vă vor face toate aceste lucruri din pricina Numelui Meu, pentru că ei nu-L cunosc pe Cel Ce M-a trimis. 22 Dacă n-aş fi venit şi nu le-aş fi vorbit, n-ar avea păcat, dar acum n-au nici o scuză pentru păcatul lor. 23 Cine Mă urăşte pe Mine Îl urăşte şi pe Tatăl Meu. 24 Dacă n-aş fi făcut între ei lucrări pe care nimeni altul nu le-a făcut, n-ar avea păcat. Dar acum au văzut şi M-au urât şi pe Mine, şi pe Tatăl Meu. 25 Însă aceasta s-a întâmplat ca să se împlinească cuvântul care este scris în Legea[d] lor: „M-au urât fără motiv.“[e]
26 Când va veni Apărătorul[f] pe Care vi-L voi trimite de la Tatăl, adică Duhul adevărului, Care iese de la Tatăl, El va depune mărturie despre Mine. 27 De asemenea, şi voi veţi depune mărturie, pentru că aţi fost cu Mine de la început.
Footnotes
- Ioan 15:8 Cf. unora dintre cele mai timpurii şi mai importante mss; cele mai multe mss conţin: şi veţi deveni
- Ioan 15:17 Sau: Vă poruncesc aceasta: să vă iubiţi unii pe alţii!
- Ioan 15:20 Vezi In. 13:16
- Ioan 15:25 Cu referire la întreg VT, nu doar la primele cinci cărţi ale lui Moise
- Ioan 15:25 Vezi Ps. 35:19; 69:4
- Ioan 15:26 Vezi nota de la 14:15
John 15
EasyEnglish Bible
The branches must stay in the vine
15 Jesus said, ‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.[a] 2 Some branches that are part of me may have no fruit on them. My Father completely removes all those branches. But other branches do have fruit. My Father cuts all those branches to make them better. Then they will be good and make more fruit. 3 The words that I have spoken to you have made you good already. 4 Continue to live in me, and I will continue to live in you. A branch cannot make fruit by itself. It can make fruit only if it continues to be part of the vine. You are like that. You cannot make fruit unless you continue to live in me.[b]
5 I am the vine, and you are the branches. You must continue to live in me and I must continue to live in you. Only if you do that will you make plenty of fruit. That is because you can do nothing without me. 6 If anyone does not remain in me, that person is like a dead branch. The gardener will throw that branch away and it will die. People throw all those dead branches into the fire so that they burn. 7 You must remain in me, and my teaching must remain in you. Then you may ask for anything that you want. God will do it for you. 8 If you make plenty of fruit, that will give honour to my Father. You will show that you are truly my disciples.
9 I have loved you in the same way that the Father has loved me. Continue to live in a way that shows my love. 10 If you obey what I have told you, you will be living in my love. In the same way, I have obeyed what my Father has told me to do. In that way, I live in his love. 11 I want you to be completely happy, in the same way that I myself am happy. That is why I have told you these things.
12 This is the rule that I give to you: You must love each other, in the same way that I have loved you. 13 A person really loves his friends if he dies so that they can live. Nobody could love anyone more than that. 14 And you are my friends, if you obey my message. 15 A servant does not know what his master is doing. So I do not call you servants any more. No, I call you my friends. This is because I have told you everything that I have heard from my Father. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you. I chose you to go and to make plenty of fruit. That kind of fruit will continue always. For that reason, the Father will help you with anything that you ask him. If you ask him in my name, he will do it for you.[c] 17 This is what I tell you to do: You must love each other.’
People will hate the disciples
18 ‘The people who belong to this world may hate you. But remember this: They hated me before they hated you. 19 If you belonged to this world, this world's people would love you. They would love you because you would belong with them. But I chose you so that you would be separate from this world's people. You do not belong with them, so they hate you. 20 Remember what I told you: “No servant is more important than his master is.” If they have caused trouble for me, they will also cause trouble for you. But if they have obeyed my message, they will also obey your message. 21 They will do all these things to you because you belong to me. They will do them because they do not know the one who sent me.
22 I have come and I have spoken my message to them. If I had not done that, they would not have been guilty of their sin. But now they cannot say, “We have not done anything wrong.” 23 Anyone who hates me also hates my Father. 24 When I was with them, I did many great things. Nobody else ever did things like that. If I had not done those great things among them, they would not have known what is wrong. But they have seen what I did. As a result, they have hated me, and they have hated my Father too. 25 Their book of God's Law says, “They hated me without any good reason.”[d] What that book already said long ago had to happen.
26 When I return to my Father, I will send the Helper to you. The Helper is God's Spirit who speaks only true things. He comes to you from the Father. I will send him to you and he will speak true things about me. 27 You also must speak to people about me, because you have been with me from the beginning.’
Footnotes
- 15:1 A vine is a plant that has many small, sweet fruits called grapes. People make wine from grapes.
- 15:4 Jesus speaks about fruit as a picture of the good things that will happen if we keep near to him, like a branch that belongs to a vine.
- 15:16 Jesus says that his disciples should ask for things ‘in his name’. This means ‘because they belong to him’. So they will ask only for things that God is happy to give to them.
- 15:25 See Psalms 35:19; 69:4.
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