John 15

1 [Jesus talked to us as we were walking along. Speaking figuratively of the need for us to live in a way that God wants us to, he said], “I am like [MET] a genuine vine, [not like those Jewish leaders who do not teach the truth]. My father is like [MET] a gardener who [works to] take care of a vineyard.

Mi estas la vera vinberarbo, kaj mia Patro estas la kultivisto.

2 [Just like a gardener] cuts off the branches that bear no grapes [MET], [God gets rid of those who do not please him even though they say that they belong to him]. Those branches that bear fruit, [the gardener] trims so that they may bear more grapes. [Similarly, my Father disciplines/corrects those who live as he wants them to live].

Ĉiun nefruktodonan branĉon en mi Li forprenas; kaj ĉiun fruktodonan branĉon Li purigas, por ke ĝi donu pli da frukto.

3 You are already [like] the branches [that a gardener] trims because [you have believed] the message that I have told you.

Jam vi estas puraj pro la vorto, kiun mi parolis al vi.

4 Remain having a close relationship with me. [If you do that], I will remain having a close relationship with you. A branch [of a vine] cannot bear fruit [if it is cut off and left] by itself. To bear fruit, it must remain attached to the vine. Similarly, you cannot [live the way that God wants you to] if you do not remain united to me [MET].

Restadu en mi, kaj mi en vi. Kiel la branĉo ne povas de si mem doni frukton, se ĝi ne restas en la vinberarbo, tiel ankaŭ vi ne povas, se vi ne restas en mi.

5 I am [like] [MET] a vine. You are [like] [MET] the branches. All those who have a close relationship with me and with whom I have a close relationship will [do much that pleases God, like] [MET] [a vine that] bears much fruit. [Remember that] you can do nothing [HYP] [that truly pleases God] without my [help].

Mi estas la vinberarbo; vi estas la branĉoj; kiu restadas en mi, kaj mi en li, tiu donas multe da frukto; ĉar sen mi vi nenion povas fari.

6 [A gardener cuts off and] throws away useless branches. Then, after they dry up, [he] picks them up and throws them into a fire and burns them [SIM]. Similarly, everyone who does not remain having a close relationship with me, [God] will get rid of.

Se iu ne restas en mi, tiu estas elĵetita, kiel la branĉo, kaj sekiĝas; kaj oni ilin kolektas kaj ĵetas en fajron, kaj ili brulas.

7 If you remain having a close relationship with me and you keep [living in accordance with] my message, you can ask [God to do] anything for you, and he will do it.

Se vi restadas en mi, kaj miaj vortoj restadas en vi, petu kion ajn vi volos, kaj tio estos farita por vi.

8 The way my Father is honored is by your {The way you honor my Father is by} doing much that pleases him [MET], and by doing that, you will show that you are my disciples.

En tio mia Patro estas glorata, ke vi donas multe da frukto; kaj vi estos miaj disĉiploj.

9 I have loved you just as [my] Father has loved me. Now keep living in [a way that is appropriate for those whom] I love.

Kiel la Patro min amis, tiel mi ankaŭ vin amis; restadu en mia amo.

10 If you obey what I have commanded you, you will be acting in [a way that is appropriate for those whom] I love, just like I have obeyed what my Father has commanded me and I act [in a way that is appropriate for someone] whom he loves.

Se vi observos miajn ordonojn, vi restados en mia amo tiel same, kiel mi observis la ordonojn de mia Patro kaj restadas en Lia amo.

11 I have told you these things so that you may be joyful as I [am joyful], and that you may be completely joyful.

Tion mi parolis al vi, por ke mia ĝojo en vi restadu, kaj via ĝojo estu plena.

12 What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.

Jen estas mia ordono: ke vi amu unu alian tiel same, kiel mi vin amis.

13 The best way that people can show that they love someone is to die for that person. There is no way that you can love someone in a greater way than that.

Neniu havas amon pli grandan ol tio, ke iu demetus sian vivon por siaj amikoj.

14 You [show that you] are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you.

Vi estas miaj amikoj, se vi faras tion, kion mi al vi ordonas.

15 I will no longer call you my servants, because servants do not know [why] their masters [want them to] do things. Instead, I have said that you are my friends, because I, [acting like a friend], have revealed to you everything that my Father told me.

Mi jam ne nomas vin sklavoj, ĉar la sklavo ne scias, kion lia sinjoro faras; sed mi nomis vin amikoj, ĉar ĉion, kion mi aŭdis de mia Patro, mi sciigis al vi.

16 You did not decide to become my [disciples]. Instead, I chose you, so that you would do many things that please him [MET]. The results of what you do will last [forever]. I also chose you so that [my] Father will do for you whatever you, using my authority, ask him to do [MTY].

Vi ne elektis min, sed mi elektis vin, kaj starigis vin, por ke vi iru kaj donu frukton, kaj ke via frukto daŭru; por ke la Patro donu al vi ĉion ajn, kion vi petos de Li en mia nomo.

17 [I repeat what] I have commanded you: Love each other.”

Tion mi ordonas al vi, por ke vi amu unu la alian.

18 “The people who are opposed to God will hate you. When that happens, remember that they hated me first.

Se la mondo malamas vin, vi scias, ke ĝi malamis min pli frue, ol vin.

19 If you belonged to those who are opposed to God [MTY], they would love [you like they love] those who belong to them. But you do not belong to those who are opposed to God [MTY]. Instead, I chose you so that you would separate yourselves from [MTY] them. That is why those who are opposed to God [MTY] hate you.

Se vi estus el la mondo, la mondo amus siajn proprajn; sed ĉar vi ne estas el la mondo, kaj mi elektis vin for de la mondo, tial la mondo vin malamas.

20 Remember these words that I told you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ [That means that you, who are like my servants, cannot expect people to treat you better than they treat me]. So, since they have (persecuted me/caused me to suffer), they will (persecute you/cause you to suffer) also. If they had paid attention to the things I taught them, they would pay attention to what you teach them.

Memoru la vorton, kiun mi diris al vi: Sklavo ne estas pli granda ol lia sinjoro. Se ili min persekutis, vin ankaŭ ili persekutos; se ili observis mian vorton, ankaŭ vian ili observos.

21 They will treat you like that because you [belong to] me [MTY], and because they do not know the one who sent me.

Sed ĉion ĉi tion ili faros al vi pro mia nomo, ĉar ili ne konas Tiun, kiu min sendis.

22 If I had not come and spoken [God’s message] to them, they would not be guilty [of rejecting me and my message]. But now [I have come and told them God’s message, so] they will have no excuse [when God judges them] for their sin.

Se mi ne estus veninta kaj parolinta al ili, ili ne havus pekon; sed nun ili ne havas pretekston por sia peko.

23 All those who hate me, [it is as though] they hate my Father as well.

Tiu, kiu min malamas, malamas ankaŭ mian Patron.

24 If I had not done among them the [miracles] that no one else ever did, they would not be guilty of the sin [of rejecting me]. But now, [although] they have seen [those miracles], they have hated both me and my Father.

Se mi ne estus farinta inter ili farojn, kiajn neniu alia faris, ili ne havus pekon; sed nun ili vidis kaj malamis min kaj ankaŭ mian Patron.

25 But this has happened in order that these words that have been written in their Scriptures might be fulfilled {to fulfill this that [(someone/the Psalmist]) wrote in their Scriptures}: ‘They hated me for no reason.’

Sed tio okazas, por ke plenumiĝu la vorto skribita en ilia leĝo: Ili malamis min senkaŭze.

26 [Later] I will send to you from [my] Father the one who will (encourage/be like a legal counsel for) you. He is the Spirit [who will teach you God’s] truth. He will come from my Father. He will tell people about me.

Sed kiam venos la Parakleto, kiun mi sendos de la Patro al vi, la Spirito de la vero, kiu devenas de la Patro, tiu pri mi atestos;

27 But you [disciples] must also tell people [about me], because you have been with me from the time when I started [my ministry] [MTY].”

kaj vi ankaŭ atestas, ĉar vi estis kun mi de la komenco.