Jean 15

1 Je suis le vrai cep, et mon Père est le vigneron.

[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.

2 Tout sarment qui est en moi et qui ne porte pas de fruit, il le retranche; et tout sarment qui porte du fruit, il l’émonde, afin qu’il porte encore plus de fruit.

[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].

3 Déjàvous êtes purs, à cause de la parole que je vous ai annoncée.

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

4 Demeurez en moi, et je demeurerai en vous. Comme le sarment ne peut de lui-même porter du fruit, s’il ne demeure attaché au cep, ainsi vous ne le pouvez non plus, si vous ne demeurez en moi.

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].

5 Je suis le cep, vous êtes les sarments. Celui qui demeure en moi et en qui je demeure porte beaucoup de fruit, car sans moi vous ne pouvez rien faire.

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].

6 Si quelqu’un ne demeure pas en moi, il est jeté dehors, comme le sarment, et il sèche; puis on ramasse les sarments, on les jette au feu, et ils brûlent.

[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.

7 Si vous demeurez en moi, et que mes paroles demeurent en vous, demandez ce que vous voudrez, et cela vous sera accordé.

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.

8 Si vous portez beaucoup de fruit, c’est ainsi que mon Père sera glorifié, et que vous serez mes disciples.

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.

9 Comme le Père m’a aimé, je vous ai aussi aimés. Demeurez dans mon amour.

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.

10 Si vous gardez mes commandements, vous demeurerez dans mon amour, de même que j’ai gardé les commandements de mon Père, et que je demeure dans son amour.

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.

11 Je vous ai dit ces choses, afin que ma joie soit en vous, et que votre joie soit parfaite.

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

12 C’est ici mon commandement: Aimez-vous les uns les autres, comme je vous ai aimés.

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

13 Il n’y a pas de plus grand amour que de donner sa vie pour ses amis.

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.

14 Vous êtes mes amis, si vous faites ce que je vous commande.

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

15 Je ne vous appelle plus serviteurs, parce que le serviteur ne sait pas ce que fait son maître; mais je vous ai appelés amis, parce queje vous ai fait connaître tout ce que j’ai appris de mon Père.

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.

16 Ce n’est pas vous qui m’avez choisi; mais moi, je vous ai choisis, et je vous ai établis, afin que vous alliez, et que vous portiez du fruit, et que votre fruit demeure, afin que ce que vous demanderez au Père en mon nom, il vous le donne.

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].

17 Ce que je vous commande, c’est de vous aimer les uns les autres.

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

18 Si le monde vous hait, sachez qu’il m’a haï avant vous.

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

19 Si vous étiez du monde, le monde aimerait ce qui est à lui; mais parce que vous n’êtes pas du monde, et que je vous ai choisis du milieu du monde, à cause de cela le monde vous hait.

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.

20 Souvenez-vous de la parole que je vous ai dite: Le serviteur n’est pas plus grand que son maître. S’ils m’ont persécuté, ils vous persécuteront aussi; s’ils ont gardé ma parole, ils garderont aussi la vôtre.

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.

21 Mais ils vous feront toutes ces choses à cause de mon nom, parce qu’ils ne connaissent pas celui qui m’a envoyé.

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

22 Si je n’étais pas venu et que je ne leur eusse point parlé, ils n’auraient pas de péché; mais maintenant ils n’ont aucune excuse de leur péché.

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.

23 Celui qui me hait, hait aussi mon Père.

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

24 Si je n’avais pas fait parmi eux des œuvres que nul autre n’a faites, ils n’auraient pas de péché; mais maintenant ils les ont vues, et ils ont haï et moi et mon Père.

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.

25 Mais cela est arrivé afin que s’accomplît la parole qui est écrite dans leur loi: Ils m’ont haï sans cause.

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.’

26 Quand sera venu le consolateur, que je vous enverrai de la part du Père, l’Esprit de vérité, qui vient du Père, il rendra témoignage de moi;

[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.

27 et vous aussi, vous rendrez témoignage, parce que vous êtes avec moi dès le commencement.

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