Johannes 15
1 "Jeg er det sande Vintræ, og min Fader er Vingårdsmanden.
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
2 Hver Gren på mig, som ikke bærer Frugt, den borttager han, og hver den, som bærer Frugt, renser han, for at den skal bære mere Frugt.
He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit.
3 I ere allerede rene på Grund af det Ord, som jeg har talt til eder.
You are already clean because of the message that I have spoken to you.
4 Bliver i mig, da bliver også jeg i eder. Ligesom Grenen ikke kan bære Frugt af sig selv, uden den bliver på Vintræet, således kunne I ikke heller, uden I blive i mig.
Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
5 Jeg er Vintræet, I ere Grenene. Den, som bliver i mig, og jeg i ham, han bærer megen Frugt; thi uden mig kunne I slet intet gøre.
I am the vine, you are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for without me you can do nothing.
6 Om nogen ikke bliver i mig, han bliver udkastet som en Gren og visner; man sanker dem og kaster dem i Ilden, og de brændes.
If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown away like a branch and dries up, and they gather the branches and throw them into the fire, and they are burned up.
7 Dersom I blive i mig, og mine Ord blive i eder, da beder, om hvad som helst I ville, og det skal blive eder til Del.
If you remain in me, and if my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
8 Derved er min Fader herliggjort, at I bære megen Frugt, og I skulle blive mine Disciple.
My Father is glorified in this, that you bear much fruit and so prove that you are my disciples.
9 Ligesom Faderen har elsket mig, så har også jeg elsket eder; bliver i min Kærlighed!
As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you. Remain in my love.
10 Dersom I holde mine Befalinger, skulle I blive i min Kærlighed, ligesom jeg har holdt min Faders Befalinger og bliver i hans Kærlighed.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, as I have kept the commandments of my Father and remain in his love.
11 Dette har jeg talt til eder, for at min Glæde kan være i eder, og eders Glæde kan blive fuldkommen.
I have spoken these things to you so that my joy will be in you and so that your joy will be complete.
12 Dette er min Befaling, at I skulle elske hverandre, ligesom jeg har elsket eder.
This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
13 Større Kærlighed har ingen end denne, at han sætter sit Liv til for sine Venner.
No one has greater love than this—that he lay down his life for his friends.
14 I ere mine Venner, dersom I gøre, hvad jeg befaler eder.
You are my friends if you do the things that I command you.
15 Jeg kalder eder ikke længere Tjenere; thi Tjeneren ved ikke, hvad hans Herre gør; men eder har jeg kaldt Venner; thi alt det, som jeg har hørt af min Fader, har jeg kundgjort eder.
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
16 I have ikke udvalgt mig, men jeg har udvalgt eder og sat eder til, at I skulle gå hen og bære Frugt, og eders Frugt skal blive ved, for at Faderen skal give eder, hvad som helst I bede ham om i mit Navn.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain. This is so that whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
17 Dette befaler jeg eder, at I skulle elske hverandre.
These things I command you, so that you love one another.
18 Når Verden hader eder, da vid, at den har hadet mig førend eder.
If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
19 Vare I af Verden, da vilde Verden elske sit eget; men fordi I ikke ere af Verden, men jeg har valgt eder ud af Verden, derfor hader Verden eder.
If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. But because you are not of the world and because I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
20 Kommer det Ord i Hu, som jeg har sagt eder: En Tjener er ikke større end sin Herre. Have de forfulgt mig, ville de også forfølge eder; have de holdt mit Ord, ville de også holde eders.
Remember the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
21 Men alt dette ville de gøre imod eder for mit Navns Skyld, fordi de ikke kende den, som sendte mig.
They will do all these things to you because of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.
22 Dersom jeg ikke var kommen og havde talt til dem, havde de ikke Synd; men nu have de ingen Undskyldning for deres Synd.
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 Den, som hader mig, hader også min Fader.
He who hates me also hates my Father.
24 Havde jeg ikke gjort de Gerninger iblandt dem, som ingen anden har gjort, havde de ikke Synd; men nu have de set dem og dog hadet både mig og min Fader.
If I had not done the works that no one else did among them, they would have no sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 Dog, det Ord, som er skrevet i deres Lov, må opfyldes: De hadede mig uforskyldt.
But this is in order to fulfill the word that is written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'
26 Men når Talsmanden kommer, som jeg skal sende eder fra Faderen, Sandhedens Ånd, som udgår fra Faderen, da skal han vidne om mig.
When the Comforter—whom I will send to you from the Father, that is, the Spirit of truth, who goes out from the Father—comes, he will testify about me.
27 Men også I skulle vidne; thi I vare med mig fra Begyndelsen."
You are also testifying because you have been with me from the beginning.
