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.
Ја сам прави чокот, и Отац је мој виноградар;
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].
Сваку лозу на мени која не рађа рода одсећи ће је; и сваку која рађа род очистиће је да више рода роди.
3 You are already [like] the branches [that a gardener] trims because [you have believed] the message that I have told you.
Ви сте већ очишћени речју коју вам говорих.
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].
Будите у мени и ја ћу у вама. Као што лоза не може рода родити сама од себе, ако не буде на чокоту, тако и ви ако на мени не будете.
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].
Ја сам чокот а ви лозе; и који буде у мени и ја у њему он ће родити многи род; јер без мене не можете чинити ништа.
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.
Ко у мени не остане избациће се напоље као лоза, и осушиће се, и скупиће је, и у огањ бацити, и спалити.
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.
Ако останете у мени и речи моје у вама остану, шта год хоћете иштите, и биће вам.
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.
Тим ће се Отац мој прославити, да род многи родите; и бићете моји ученици.
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.
Као што Отац има љубав к мени, и ја имам љубав к вама; будите у љубави мојој.
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.
Ако заповести моје уздржите остаћете у љубави мојој, као што ја одржах заповести Оца свог и остајем у љубави Његовој.
11 I have told you these things so that you may be joyful as I [am joyful], and that you may be completely joyful.
Ово вам казах, да радост моја у вама остане и радост ваша се испуни.
12 What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.
Ово је заповест моја да имате љубав међу собом, као што ја имадох љубав к вама.
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.
Од ове љубави нико веће нема, да ко душу своју положи за пријатеље своје.
14 You [show that you] are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you.
Ви сте пријатељи моји ако творите шта вам ја заповедам.
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.
Више вас не називам слугама; јер слуга не зна шта ради господар његов; него вас назвах пријатељима; јер вам све казах што чух од Оца свог.
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].
Ви мене не изабрасте, него ја вас изабрах, и поставих вас да ви идете и род родите; и да ваш род остане, да шта год заиштете у Оца у име моје да вам да.
17 [I repeat what] I have commanded you: Love each other.”
Ово вам заповедам да имате љубав међу собом.
18 “The people who are opposed to God will hate you. When that happens, remember that they hated me first.
Ако свет на вас узмрзи, знајте да на мене омрзну пре вас.
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.
Кад бисте били од света, онда би свет своје љубио; а како нисте од света, него вас ја од света избрах, зато мрзи на вас свет.
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.
Опомињите се речи коју вам ја рекох: није слуга већи од господара свог. Ако мене изгнаше, и вас ће изгнати; ако моју реч одржаше, и вашу ће одржати.
21 They will treat you like that because you [belong to] me [MTY], and because they do not know the one who sent me.
Али све ће вам ово чинити за име моје, јер не познају Оног који ме посла.
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.
Да нисам био дошао и говорио им не би греха имали; а сад изговора неће имати за грех свој.
23 All those who hate me, [it is as though] they hate my Father as well.
Који мрзи на мене и на Оца мог мрзи.
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.
Да нисам био и дела творио међу њима којих нико други не твори, не би греха имали; а сад и видеше, и омрзнуше на мене и на Оца мог.
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.’
Али да се збуде реч написана у закону њиховом: Омрзнуше на ме низашта.
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.
А кад дође утешитељ, кога ћу вам послати од Оца, Дух истине, који од Оца излази, Он ће сведочити за мене.
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].”
А и ви ћете сведочити, јер сте од почетка са мном.
